Quarterlife Crisis

So it's been awhile since I blogged....life has been busy! I've been to Arkansas and back, to Louisiana and back...celebrated my first Thanksgiving in Charlotte with friends, and decorated my first real Christmas tree!

I am in the process of applying for a child life internship at the hospital where I volunteer--so say a prayer that will work out for next summer. I have my transcripts ready, recommendations/references in the works, and just have to finish the application to send in a few weeks before Dec. 31.

Things I've been up to in pics...
I had a reunion weekend with my 2 best friends from high school...Noelle and Fran...for Frannie's wedding in Arkansas. It was a great weekend seeing both of them since we are all spread out in NC, OK, and NYC now. My family came to Eureka Springs too for the weekend so we made it our "early" Thanksgiving weekend.

For Thanksgiving, my friend Nicole's family adopted me for the holiday. Thanks Gasbarros! I made my pecan oatmeal pie and corn casserole. I decided to start a new tradition for myself since this was my first Thanksgiving without my family. I baked Christmas cookies and watched Christmas movies all weekend. Then on Sunday, I delivered cookies to my friends and got to visit with everyone.

Some of the cookies I made...I also made peanut butter hershey kiss cookies and these yummy peppermint shortbread cookies dipped in chocolate.

On Saturday after Thanksgiving, my roomie Casey and I went to pick up our Christmas tree and start our decorations! We ordered our tree from this man in the NC mountains--my boss vouched for his trees being very full. Well, we ordered a 6 foot tree and ended up with a 7 or 7 1/2 foot tree! We had to trim the top just so we could stand it up! It is a big tree...but it smells wonderful and is very festive with all our ornaments. This was the first year I could use my silver bells that my Grandma gave me on a tree, so that was nice.


I just got back tonight from a short trip to LA for an early Christmas and the Winnsboro Christmas parade. I must say---we were very impressed with the parade! The entire McLemore family were the grand marshals of the parade because we received some Franklin Parish spirit award. Our entire family was there to represent our side and we celebrated an early Christmas with all the cousins too. It was a great weekend to get us all in the festive holiday spirit early!

I have lots of other pictures in facebook albums from the past month and all its events.

Frannie's wedding weekend in Arkansas

Christmas festivities

I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season! Merry Christmas :)

Posted in: Christmas, family, friends, Thanksgiving, weddings on Sunday, December 7, 2008 at at 10:27 PM 1 comments  

I thought I should explain the links on the left side of my blog so y'all (those who are actually reading this) will know who/what they are.

1. My friend Vaughan is in Copenhagen for the summer studying abroad in accounting/business. She started a blog to chronicle her adventures.

2. My cousin Ben and his wife Rachel are expecting their first baby, Avery Elizabeth, in August. Rachel started a blog to track her pregnancy journey.

3. The Charlotte Observer is one of my main news sources here.

4. Weight Watchers is pretty self explanatory :) I have just a few more pounds left!

5. Myers Park UMC is my church here in Charlotte.

6. Pray for Katherine Wolf: Katherine went to Samford during the same time I did and graduated the year before I did. Although I did not know her personally, SU is such a small school that I knew of her since she was Miss Samford one year. She suffered a brain rupture back in the spring and went through a 13 hour surgery. She and her husband have an 8 month old baby. Katherine survived the surgery and is now in an acute care rehab. Please keep Katherine and her family in your prayers. You can get updates on the site linked here.

7. CF Husband blog: I randomly came across this blog, but it is an amazing story that will make you believe that miracles still happen...and they live in NC! Nathan faithfully blogs about his wife Tricia's journey with Cystic Fibrosis while surviving giving birth to a premature baby girl and a double lung transplant. All the odds were beat because Tricia survived the pregnancy and received her transplant. Their baby Gwyneth is thriving and growing after being born weighing just over 1 pound. You can read more about their story on their site and get the quick story here. Tricia is now battling some form of post-transplant cancer. Please keep this family in your prayers.

Posted in: blogs, church, family, friends, weight watchers on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at at 7:00 PM 0 comments