No Cake for You!

Sadly my dreams were smashed last night and I won't be frolicking in the land of icing bags, sugar flowers, and piping tips.

My friend, K, and I arrived at my cake decorating class about 30 mins early to pay for the class and get settled. Well we got there and the lady looked at us like we was crazy. Ok, so maybe she was super polite, but the reality is she snatched my dreams from me. I. BLAME. HER. There I said it.

Let me tell you what happened.

We walked in and asked what we was suppose to do, where we was suppose to go. Miss Dream-Snatcher looked at me and asked me where my supplies were. Well I didn’t have any. I thought since I was paying for the class, that would cover my supplies. Neither one of us had supplies. Miss D-S pulled out a supply list from her handy-dandy notebook and informed K and I that there was no way we could gather all our supplies before class started. Thanks for that vote of confidence. 

Anyways, said list would have been helpful last week! Keep in mind there is NO supply list anywhere on the website. Also when we called to confirm, no supply list was mentioned. K and I are smart people so I REALLY want to know how the other people in the class knew what to bring. It wasn't fair.

So maybe Miss D-S didn’t smash my dreams into a trillion pieces, but she messed up my cake plans this month AND K's birthday. Yes, yesterday was K's birthday and the fine people at AC Moore ruined it. I hope they feel guilty.

 I just want to learn how to make a nice basket weave on a cupcake. Seriously, am I asking too much?! AC Moore, you are now on my S*** List! Maybe I’ll go take the class at Michael’s instead.

S.O.S.

Sugarland

I bet you're thinking this is post is going to be about the wonderful musical styles of Sugarland, but you are wrong my friend.

Tonight I start my cake decorating class. Every Tuesday evening for the next four weeks you will find me frolicking in the land of icing bags, sugar flowers, piping tips, and I am beyond excited!!!

Via

The cake above is my goal. I want to make it one day. I love the way the color fades as you go up. I love the texture. I just love it. 

I have been wanting to take a cake decorating class for some time now and I'm thrilled that I have prioritized it.  Remember back when I made my list To Do List. Well here we go!!

I can't wait to tell you all about it!!

XOXO,

S.O.S.

Vacation Love

I am on vacation at the beach and I am beyond relaxed. We've had thunderstorms every afternoon. On two afternoons the thunderstorms have given us double rainbows! I'm not sure you can see the second rainbow in this picture, but its there!! Do you see it?

When I was on study abroad, I learned that double rainbows mean good luck. Do I get double the amount of good luck since I saw double rainbows on Sunday AND Monday?? 

I hope your week is as relaxing as mine! 

Hi! Are you there?

Hello there!!

I'm back!! Are you ready for this?! Because I am. Seriously, I feel guilty that I haven't made blogging a priority like I promised myself I would. However, I have been out and about.

There’s no way to go back and go into detail about everything but I'll do an overview. After that, I'm moving forward. I was slightly overwhelmed with the idea of having to go back and talk about everything AND blog about current events. Therefore I just didn't blog. Opps!

Thank you for all the summer reading suggestions yall have emailed me. I have read several books so far this summer and now I'm in the middle of 50 Shades of Grey. OMG! Don't tell me what happens but I can barely put that book down!

Life has finally calmed down. And I honestly mean that. Three work events (a two day bike event, a week of summer camp, and a black tie gala) in June was a bit much. We got them done and came through with flying colors. I've learned so much at this job already. My boss is amazing. He is fully confident in me and appreciates hard work. I'm very happy!

I have finally finished the last of the moving boxes and hung everything on the walls last weekend. It feels like home now. I can't thank my friend Shannon enough for coming over and helping. I'll take some pictures this weekend to give yall a tour.

Let’s see what has happened in the capital city lately....
Kt Pav got engaged!
Stacia got married
Shannon and Pat moved to the capital city
Pav asked me to be one of her bridesmaids. That’s wedding #11 ;)
I survived a wild work month!
I've had some dates. Maybe I won't be the eternal bridesmaid haha
I finally feel like I'm not living out of boxes, my car, my suitecase, etc. Oh happy day!

Upcoming funs...
A whole week at the beach! Yay vacation
Cake decorating class. Working on that bucket list...
Kelly's bridal shower. Kelly and I have been friends since 1st grade and she is getting married this fall. I can't believe after all these years, we still keep in touch.
Baby Fogleman is due this fall
A dinner party to celebrate the upcoming arrival of Baby Fogleman

Okay, I think that sums up life around here. I'll post pictures, hopefully this evening.

XO,

Southern Gal

Summer Reading?

I need your help.

What are you reading this summer?? My nightstand is empty as of this weekend. I finished two books and now I have nothing to read. For some reason I read more in the summer plus I have a FULL week at the beach in July. I need to be prepared for beach reading!

Whats on your nightstand? Whats your book list? Whats your favorite book? Who is your favorite author?

By the way, I have not read 50 Shades of Grey. Is it worth it?

Thanks!

Southern Gal

IOU

I know I keep promising lots of great pictures, posts, stories, etc but I haven't delivered. I'm sorry!

Here is my IOU list-

1. S + P wedding part II
2. S + C wedding- I discovered my talent for setting up a candy bar!
3. New house tour
4. New job update (Tour de Cure is a semi-update)
5. My trip to DC

For now, here are some pictures of life

Yay peonies!

I received this beauty the other day in a text. That's Sara and I when we were like 4 years old- baby dolls and dress up!

I learned a new drinking game! Have you played Four Corner?

And of course, a sleeping princess!

Happy Hump Day,

S.O.S.



I Survied!

I survived my first Tour de Cure. 2 days, 500 riders, 200+ miles, countless volunteers, and one capri pants sunburn lines.

Here is the Start Line on Day 1 (my 3am wake up call)

From the Start Line, the riders either headed out on an 85 mile route or a 100 mile route to the overnight site.

Sunday was a day long event as well. We had the 25 mile route, 50 mile route, Family Fun Ride, bouncey houses, face painting, and cheering the riders as they crossed the finish line.

I got a killer sunburn on Sunday. My coworkers told me it looked like I had red knee-highs on yesterday because my shins/calves were sooooo red. They still hurt!

Thinking about training for next year's event???

xoxo,

Southern Gal