happy birthday carol.

I love birthdays. It is wonderful to be able to celebrate the life of someone you really care about with them. A couple of weeks ago I got to do just that. Carolyn (widely regarded as Carol)  is one of my dearest and sweetest friends. She's the kind of friend who is totally ok with eating ice cream in bed while watching You've Got Mail. The kind of friend that you can share you opinions and ideas with because she can easily relate. She's the kind of friend that will loan you her red lipstick and make you coffee in her french press. She's the forever kind.

Needless to say, I was thrilled to be able to share her special day...err...special weekend with her. The highlight of the weekend was definitely the surprise party coordinated by her brother and his wife (remember them?). The party was not only to celebrate her and but also her photography. It was a great venue with delicious food, pretty flowers and fun people. A wonderful time was had by all.

2012, say what?

Friends, it's 2012!! I can hardly believe it's true.

2011 was an eventful year: I threw a successful surprise party, visited lots of new places, started this blog, graduated from college, got my first real job & moved to Alabama. Most of all, I learned so much about myself and other people. I would say I even learned a little about the "real world" (whatever that is, right?).

The end of the year tied up nicely with the holiday season spent in Florida hanging out with people I love a lot. There was lots of laughter, silliness, family and friends. It doesn't really get much better than that.

I hope your year was rounded out in a way that made you smile.

A few memories:

  

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It is a miracle if you can find true friends, and it is a miracle if you have enough food to eat, and it is a miracle if you get to spend your days and evenings doing whatever it is you like to do, and the holiday season - like all the other seasons - is a good time not only to tell stories of miracles, but to think about the miracles in your own life, and to be grateful for them, and that's the end of this particular story.” -Lemony Snicket, The Lump of Coal (via this fun blog)

Cheers to a New Year.
It's going to be great. I just know it.