The Time I Went to Washington

What a weekend!!! In case you missed it, I went to Washington, DC this weekend for the most epic of vacays and a Blate! I finally got to meet my BOFF P!inky and Jenn! I headed off to DC for Jenn's wedding and P!nky's birthday weekend! To say I was excited is the most understatement of all time. i was elated, excited, over the top could not hold in the excitement happy!

I got in and headed out to see DC since I had never been. It was Cherry Blossom Festival and boy were they in bloom! DC was gorgeous! Beware of picture overload:

Then, I headed back into Clarendon for P!nky's bday dinner! It was major public screaming! I had a blast with her family and friends and well just being together!!

Saturday was wedding day! Man oh man did Jenn look beautiful!

BOFF, we were made for each other!

Mr. and Mrs.

gorgeous bride!

3 bloggers, 3 great friends!

We danced the night away and just had a blast! If you didn't now we had just met in person you would have never known, it was like we had known each other for years. Which, technically we did, but not IRL! Yes, people, this was real life, major reality!

Its funny, I knew I had connected with P!nky and Jenn and Jessica, but its so different when you meet them in person and talk to them. I had built up this crazy anticipation and it lived up to it! Seriously, I thought P!inky and I had a connection, but we really do! Funny how God works and puts people in our lives and finds a way for it to work.

I know that my friendship with these two woman will only grow over time. I am beyond blessed! It was also the best way to spend the anniversary of the big D, with two of my closest friends, two people who had been there through it all.

Sunday I headed to church and brunch with P!inky and her family. It was the perfect end to the perfect weekend. Praising Him with one of my best friends IRL now. I loved sharing my faith with her and her family (who  by the way are the coolest people ever!). And le husband, well C is the best (thank you C for indulging your wife's crazy passion to write and meet people in person she has only know via blogging!)

Although I was sad to go and totally already miss her, & Jenn, I know this is only the beginning! But... I was so happy to see these faces when I got home:

Hope ya'll had an epic weekend as well.

I'm a Horrible Blogger

I aspire to be one of those bloggers who remembers to take pictures of everything.... I mean it. From the grocery buying, to the mixing, the mess, the finished project... yup I just don't. And why.... well because my life is one giant whirlwind!

I left work at about , eh 6pm.... trekked to Sam's to return the ornaments I do not need, ran to the store to buy a couple ingredients to make a homemade dessert for Bunco that I am hosting at my house tonight and cornbread fixings to accompany the crockpot turkey chili I am making for the meal & mac & cheese stuff for tomorrow's church party.... So.... I got home about 6:55 and began to make the various parts of these delicious skinny cranberry bliss bars. I had dogs running about, le guy on his way post workout and my house needed cleaned, dishes put away and laundry folded... So, yeah I decided to make a huge mess in my kitchen which needs to be spotless... And in swoops le guy! Sweet, wonderful man he is. Put the dishes away, cleaned the ones I was dirtying up, attended to the pups, made us sandwiches, helped me get the table I am borrowing from C and managed to still spend some quality time listening to be drone on about work...

So, yes it would be lovely to photograph this scene of baking delight, but no... I do not know how those bloggers do it, but I applaud thee! Kudos to you! Perhaps, if I remember amidst the doctor appointment, outfit fitting, mediation prep, conference call and getting home by 6:30 to let 11 women into my home, I might snap a photo or two... but don't judge me if tomorrow's post is baron... Yes, I am a horrible blogger.

Wish me luck tonight, if I'm lucky I'll win back the cost of the meal I made. xoxo

To Blog or Not to Blog?

So a FB friend posted that he was amused that people still blogged.... Gasp! Does this friend not know of the big 'ole blogosphere out here? Yet it got me thinking why people blog, why I blog.

Hubs asks me this question frequently, but coming from someone who is not on facebook and learned to email circa 2006, I do not give him much credence. However, I tell him I blog for me. It's a way to vent/cry/scream but also a place to have creative license. I can talk about things that interest me or bug me or I'm passionate about. Blogging is also a great way to connect with new people and network.

So although I'm rather new to blogging and haven't met any of my blog friends in person, I am proud to say I have a blog. I have learned about places, people, and fashion; I've cooked new meals, put together outfits; and most importantly I have an outlet that lets me be me! I mean where else can I go from politics to fashion in one week?

So be amused fb friend, I still like ya! So why do you blog? ~The Illegal Blonde