holiday spirit

we haz it.

sterl girl

marley dog

day 24: where i live

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i'm a southern girl, born and bred. i cherish bbq festivals on the mighty mississippi (for the good times with friends as opposed to the bbq i don't eat):


southern gents in their summer finery:

dad, burruss and captain fantastic on easter. yes, i am wearing a coat. never said i like/understand memphis weather.

downtown tomfoolery with life-long friends:

bachelorette partay at raiford's

hometown basketball pride:

GO TIGERS!

...and a bunch of other stuff that i don't have pictures to illustrate.

a few hours to the east gives you the great smoky mountains

a few hours west gives you the ozarks


a few hours south gives you the white sand beaches of the gulf


but my favorite spot is right here at home:

waiting for daddy circa 2009

memphis, tennessee

spring cleaning the garage, hence the redneck back yard. very tennessee of us, no?

day 23: a video

just try to tell me this isn't the cutest thing you've ever seen. try.

Once upon a time... from Capucha on Vimeo.

day 22: a website

websites i visit every day:

gmail.com - to check my electronic mails
hotmail.com - to check my junk electronic mails (store mailing lists, coupons, etc)
thebreastcancersite.com et al - free donating! duh!

and my google reader page, to check my embarrassingly-large amount of blogs. reader currently says that i have 1000+ unread items, if that gives you an idea. so far behind, google reader doesn't even count that high. sad story.

day 21: a recipe

note the title of this post is not "a fancy recipe." which is appropriate, as fancy i am not. delicious, however, i am. rather, this recipe is.

if you come to my house, you will most likely be eating this.

(i like the smoked variety, though it gets less melty than regular)

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wrapped around the wheel of cheese

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sprinkled on top. i've used a variety of spices, and all are tasty. kinda can't go wrong.

bake for 12-15 minutesish, until it's lovely golden brown outside and melty inside. serve with crackers, or just dig in with a knife and your fingers. it's the poor man's baked brie. or the man who doesn't like baked brie's baked brie ( here's looking at you, dad). "recipe" courtesy of my mama, queen of party food.

want a real recipe? check out my pal the blue jean gourmet. girlfriend knows how to cook!

day 20: a hobby of yours

my biggest, longest, love-of-my life hobby? making things. in general. from sewing purses for my bridesmaids to drawing my own cards for every occasion since birth to painstakingly painting furniture for myself and others, i'm always making something. usually the most complicated slash detailed something i can possibly make. for example: waste baskets. i have been dying to make some hand-painted waste baskets for quite some time now. i finally found some suitable wooden numbers, just in time for a collection of birthdays and holidays. for my first go-round, a birthday gift for my chic new york lawyer pal (whose new digs she plans to outfit in navy velvet upholstery, acrylic bar stools and mirrored case goods) i had the perfect pattern in mind: the illustrious kwid imperial trellis. painted by hand, with love. the most important ingredient in all my projects. aaaaaawwwwwww.

amidst victoria's packing paraphernalia before the big move

i made a stencil and traced it onto the sides, then painted all the blue bits by hand.

guess what's on all my friends' birthday wish lists this year?

day 19: a talent of yours

are you impressed?