A YEAR IN THE LIFE...............

"a gift from Eli Fugazza.....my friend in Italy......."

On April 14th. of last year I began one of the most fun journeys of my life.....Daughter suggested I start a blog.....She thought I had something to say and I haven't shut up since....

Thank you daughter and in the spirit of this milestone here is a *not* so brief look back at a year in the life of a blogger.....Early on I introduced you to the "Boss"....

here is our best impression of the Soprano's......

He loves those damn hats....

I invited you all to celebrate an anniversary and re-visit a fairytale wedding.....

I didn't tell you of my favorite of all time footwear....
I considered calling the blog........"Lady in High Tops".......

My very first post was untitled....."Fat and Skinny Had a Race".......named after a wacky poem that the "Boss" knew from his childhood....I got inspired after seeing the buying habits of both a thin women and a overweight women at the "express" line at the grocery store....
This post proved to be popular as it's one of the all time most looked at posts....
Who Knew??

And if I actually knew how to link you might be reading that first post right now.....

I then introduced you to the "Other" Boss of the household......
Boo....the Pyrenees....
To prove my point that the dog isn't all that fond of me...he actually locked me out of the house the other day.....I went out on the porch....he layed down in front of the door inside the house and then refused to move.....

You met
The Real "Fat" Housewives of Cobb County....
my dear friends....Sherry....Necie and Helen....
who didn't mind that I used this name in my post.....

We celebrated a first birthday!!
Happy Birthday Miss "B"


I had Adventures in Cat Sitting.....

Miss Kitty.....our Grandcat.

I discovered No-Knead bread baking.....

I baked an awful lot of bread

and I encouraged you all to do the same.....

I gushed about my admiration for Vinnie D'Onofrio

Hey, he's not as bad as Brian Dennehy (sorry Susie-Q)

Sophie met her Great-Grandfather......and if this picture had a thought bubble it would say....

"Who in the hell is this man and please tell me we're not related"..

I had the pleasure of meeting HGTV's Vern Yip at the Pottery Barn outlet up in Dawsonville..

He's as lovely in person as he appears on air....

I bet they didn't make him wait an hour to make his purchase...

and who could forget the husband asking....."Who in the hell is Vern Yip?"

I told you about the greatest stuff on earth...

Kiehl's Face moisturizer

I never miss a day.....

we went to my favorite event of all time...

The Cobb County Friends of the Library book sale

All Books $1.00!!!!!!!!!!!!

and there are thousands and thousands of them....

I tried out a new profession.....

uniforms aren't for me.
I decided I would rather stay home and sleep late.

We had squirrels living in our attic.....
They didn't want to leave...

They even thought about turning it in to a "Spa"

Miss "B" debuted her 2009 calendar of famous movie scenes..

Here she is as "Sophie and the City"

my favorite post of all time....you were all so kind to stop by and leave such wonderful comments about our girl....

I warned you all about the hazards of dry cleaning.......the hijinks's of both the Pottery Barn and Zappos....but got the most comments about the Big Ten fiasco....

I did get a letter from corporate saying the two employees were fired..

I made a quiche and entered it into the Pillsbury Bake-off.....

Not a Chance......

I discovered Tablescape Thursdays......from Susan at

Between Naps on the Porch..
I am totally hooked!!

I started taking you all on a trip to Paris.....

and I did more tablescapes...

I was invited to become a "Darling Baker"......I'm very honored to be in the company of such talented women....Thank you Jain for considering me for your very special group of ladies

and I made more food...........

and we ate more food.....

And the highlight on my year of blogging.....besides meeting all you special ladies out their in cyberspace was meeting bloggers in real life....

My new friends.....The Georgia Bloggers.....

The year has been amazing......I have met ladies that you would swear you have known your entire life.....the connections that you find between strangers is incredible from Laura at the Shorehouse...who is "me" 30 years ago......to Susie Q who is the only person *ever* to know what the movie "Since You Went Away" is.......Wonderful Sally in Colorado and crazy Nikki Crumpet who never fails to make me laugh with her hijinks.....and to dear Eli in Italy...my friend across the ocean...

and then there's Joyce.....Joyce knows what it's like to be married for almost 40 years and isn't afraid to tell it like it is....Plus she's from New York and you all know about New Yorkers....Right Daryl??

Thank you all and I hope you keep coming back for a very long time!