PCB...what what!

Here are a couple pix....

8.24.10- 8.26.10: party time.

Tuesday meant the celebration of one Anna Hildebrand's golden birthday

(never you mind that her actual bday is today)

Naturally, we had a progressive dinner in the 'hood!

Appetizers at the Marth's.

Dinner on Ashwood.

Dessert at my place! 

I made ice cream cupcakes (which went along with Caramel Brownies and Pound Cake)

**yummie**

Its the most people I have had in my house ever. Allison counted 16 people who were comfortably seated, so my dreams have come true! Comfortable house guests! 

Wednesday meant a goodbye dinner with my dearest Chelsea.

Its hard (and i mean HARD) to imagine Nashville without her. She heads home to Charleston today (via Clemson, of course) and I feel like a little piece of my heart is going with her. She's been a wonderful roommate and the kind of friend everyone needs. I'll miss her every day.

Here we are at Burger Up- Nashville's premiere local beef/veggie restaurant in the 12th South area. Naturally, there was a wait for such a place. We took the time to try our hand at a band photo. 

Magical, if you ask me. 

* I particularly like how Nathan and Chels are doing the same thing... mirror-image like*

OK OK OK.... no more sad. I have to work and I can't cry at my desk. I LOVE YOU, CHELSEA!!

Today (Thursday) means hopping a flight to Panama City Beach, baby!!

Thanks to Southwest's new direct flight, a crew of us head out after work today! Let's hear it for airbrushed t's and no tar balls!

xo,

kk

8.23.10- Cherry Pickin'

Woke up to find this lil beaut hovering over my hizzle.

What you don't see is the HUGE stump grinder truck on the other side of the house. I would so prefer they remove the two trees that serve as an obstacle course for me every time I go in/out of my driveway. Instead, they trim the nice one. a warning might have been nice. Ah well, probably for the best.

pick on, picker.

8.22.10- Catch up!

No, lovies. I won't leave you hanging. These will be pix for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I was too busy having fun and relaxing to snap away the way I usually do.

Over the weekend, a group of us went to a lake house to get away with our favorite bride to be- Hilda!

Fun ensued, ok? Here are some pix. But not many. 

 getting the room ready for the parTAY

 standard.

 Hostess with the Mostest #1

 Hostess with the Mostest #2

 Hostess with the Mostest #3

 Hilarious misspelled lil signs

The goods..... like you thought I'd show the actual goods? puh-leaze.

Love you, Hilda! What fun!

xo,

k

8.19.10- Grown up.

This is Chris. He's a grown up. You know how I know? He's finishing Medical School and knows things. He came over to my house last night to take a gander at my MRI films. He answered some questions and taught me some stuff. What a guy.

see?

8.18.10- MRI Madness

FIRST thing in the morning, Chelsea drove me to Diagnostic Health to partake in one of these:

Don't let this graph fool you. It is like a cocoon. A very tight-fitting cocoon that is loud and requires me to simulate blindness, deafness and lack of memory to survive it.

My body plays dead.

And I made it! Now, I just wish I could read the damn thing...

Later this evening, I get to meet Gus Wonder (blessed addition to the Gresham Family). Its a good day, indeed. :)

8.17.10- Sara the Birthday Girl!

Happy Birthday, dearest Sara! You are adored.

ps. duh- we took it to Tokyo for the event. We don't play.

8.16.10- Simple Pleasure

Look what came in the mail!! It doesn't take much.

8.15.10- Waffle House

Why wouldn't we?

8.14.10- Tomato Art Festival

...was so fun HOT.  I love East Nashville. They get how to festival it up.

Fun was had by all. Mostly during the set played by these hotties (obviously, I mean that literally as well).

8.13.10- Jake's last day

So, you know I work at a MOST ridiculously fun place, right?  Well, you may remember Jake. Well, today was his last day at Emma and, to pay tribute, we all wore his "uniform" of a white tshirt and jeans. Ironically, today he wore a blue tshirt. Here we are (top is our Nash* office and bottom is our Portland office):

What a fun crew. :)

Jake will be sorely missed. Here's to you, friend!

- k

*yes, I'm wearing the patch in the picture.

8.12.10- Momentous

Friends, tonight I will stand beside Chelsea and behind a table in Nashville's Premiere Music/Hockey/Etc venue. We will rep "HeadCount" and register young people to vote. We'll talk about the issues. We'll make friends. We'll help shape tomorrow.

THEN.

WE WILL ROCK.

That's right. These boys (oh, how I love thee) will be opening:

for these guys:

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

8.11.10- How has it been THREE years??

It is shocking that it has already been THREE years since these two crazy kids tied the knot.

They're my favorite forever.

*author's note: it was approximately 314 degrees that day in Charleston. Hence the sweat.

8.10.10- Dinner with friends

we hosted a dinner at the house tonight. So lovely.

I told them, "make it like American Gothic"... and this is what happened. I love it.

xo,
k

pop quiz:

social suicide?

or early Halloween?

8.9.10- Cool day(te)

I love numbers, so today is neat!

In relation to yesterday's post, here are two things I found interesting:

First, here is something of a picture of what my vision looks like. Its cool to have a picture. (Unfortch, this time, my left eye has a significant blind spot, so add that in, but still. Interesting):

Next, I found this:

Guess when people say I'm "one in a million", they aren't far off.

:/,
k

8.8.10- Eye ball Woes 3.0

I wish I weren't telling you this story again.

You may remember my unwelcome eye problems. As much as I hate to write these words... I will. I have Optic Neuritis again. This time in my left eye (previously referred to as "the one that worked"). I don't know what it means. I don't even really want to talk about it. Not because I'm trying to be a jerk. Because I don't know anything and don't know what to tell you (until I get back in to see the Doc). Just figured I would keep things real and let you in on it.

Things I do know:
- I am probably legally blind when I am sitting in front of my computer.
- I am in the painful stage... it genuinely hurts to look far left or right.
- I am afraid, really.
- I am looking forward to going on a walk and wonder what adventures will find me...as I walk blindly.

So, here are the eyes that betray me lately. Seem nice, don't they? Those buggers can be deceptive.

To be continued...

8.7.10- Lake Fun

My view for the weekend:

Thank you, Daileys!

8.6.10- Date

we loaded up on Whole Foods dinners and tasty sodas to go see a rom-com.
(movie= disappointing but company = magnif!)

What a splendid night with Catherine!

8.5.10- Double Header

From last night: Chelsea and Eden return to a game of Scrabble with some besties. 

From today's lunch with Michelle and Joanna (mere moments before a mini-typhoon):

(super flattering, obvs).

xo,
k

8.4.10- Today, I miss them.

this was as they drove away from the Promised Land in favor of Texas. 

COME BACK! Its been long enough.

xo, k

8.3.10- All is Right in the World

8.2.10 - Go Sounds!

Photo August

You know I love to keep things fresh.

SO, in that vein, I have decided to share a photo for every day of August.

Yesterday's was an easy choice! During my visit to Chateau Thomas (oy vey- that house is magnificent!), I enjoyed my inaugural fishing experience and....drumroll... CAUGHT A FISH!

Notice my joy.

The weekend was just plain happiness. Today's pic will be a little later this evening... post baseball game with my Capernaum buddies.

xo,
kk

Return!

Hi friends!

I missed you. I mean that. There has been stuff that I wanted to share with you over the last week and that tells me that this space has become more than simply an outlet. Its a place I look forward to investing in and then, sometimes, talking with a few of you (in real life!) about those things.

So, you should know I've missed you. I'm better for my little hiatus, so thanks for affording me that. I needed it.

I have had my batteries recharged in numerous ways- some too precious to me to share here BUT I will share a few. You will not be surprised to learn that that some of that refreshment came to me through people... my people. I have have deep, meaningful talks with Kristin (per usual. I will say it again... HOW do you people not have a twin?), Katherine (got to meet baby Olivia and that just made things complete. What an angel!!), Emily (and that was a triple header.... Traci, Holly, Meagan, and Em all at once!! BTW- happy bday, T!), etc. It left me feeling very loved and I just can't say enough about that.

In totally unrelated news, I am endlessly amazed by the flow of traffic I see on my beloved blog. I spend so much time wondering about you. I see Saskatoon, Toronto (i LOVE Canada, so this does my heart good), some international cities I can't even pronounce, LOTS of traffic from Birmingham, and even small towns around my hometown in Charleston. Its a total riot to imagine who you are and what you do. I wish this blog went both ways. What if, in exchange for getting a glimpse (or stare, really) into my world, I got a glimpse of yours? That would be so lovely and more fair, some how. :)

OK, time to go enjoy the rest of my Sunday. I just wanted to let you know I'm back and you can expect to hear from me tomorrow. I have some good pics of late.

xo,
k