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Happy Spring

Sarah Fortune
March 21, 2010
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What better way to celebrate the beginning of spring than with… SNOW!

Wait. What?

Yeah, that’s what I thought when I woke up this morning.

It started falling on Saturday and continued all through late afternoon on Sunday. This is especially crazy considering that on Thursday and Friday I shared happy hour with girl friends on a sunny patio…

Fast forward to Sunday and we have at least a foot of the cold stuff. Even though I am beyond ready for sundresses, margaritas, and swimming pools, we did manage to have a little fun…

Sadie & Everett had a couple friends over to enjoy the snow.

Sadie, Layla, Ellie, & Pinky the flamingo

Layla has a snow mustache.

Ellie says, “I’ll just be right here…”

Sadie!

Ooph..

I built a snow lady…

While my 10 year old husband built a snow fort.

He even built a doggie door.

I think Sadie had the most fun of all.

Till next year, snow!
Or so I hope…

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Mississippi Wedding

Sarah Fortune
March 19, 2010
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What a wonderful little weekend we just had!

Todd and I joined some old friends in Oxford, Mississippi for a wedding celebration. I say ‘celebration’ because Erin & Sean (the newlyweddies) had a small, family-only wedding ceremony and then threw a giant party this past Saturday for all of their friends. People came from all over the country to party hard in the name of love.

Let the road trip begin…

I swear we are more excited than we look.

Going over the old bridge into Memphis. It was so weird going through my hometown & not stopping.

Arriving in Oxford. We stayed a hotel right off the downtown square.

A sign with “Sarah McG” next to our hotel!

Friday evening Erin had a group of girls over to her house in Water Valley, Mississippi for a pre-party dinner.

I finally met one of her friends, Lauren, who apparently is my long lost twin…

Brandy + Kerri

The bride

Erin had a fun little game planned for her party favors. We did a ‘dirty santa’ style gift swap, with southern themed food from the local Piggly Wiggly. This was especially hilarious since a lot of the girls were from L.A. (aka – not the south).

Peanut butter moon pies.

Chocolate syrup inside of a bear with a bow tie!

Hoppin’ Johns beans.

Crawfish chips. They were really good, actually (and contained no crawfish whatsoever).

Bacon crackers.

Pork & Beans + ham flavored lima beans.

Bis-Kits!

Soul Food Seasoning

Fat Back

Of course while I was at Erin’s home I couldn’t help but drool over her house & it’s vintage decor.

On Saturday we enjoyed a lazy day around Oxford before the party that evening. We explored the Ole Miss campus, had some beers, and had lunch with my old roommate, Necha, and her new baby, Lucia.

The food here is sooo good.

The City Grocery bar

Getting ready

That night the party got underway at The Lyric

Super cute guest book idea

Wedding favors

“Yay!!!” napkins + cookies shaped like the USA & Mississippi

Lots of drinks

Food line. Sliders + french fries + hush puppies. Mmm.

bffs together again!

Congrats again to Erin + Sean!

Can we do it again?

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Busted

Sarah Fortune
March 16, 2010
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Blue, my favorite animal ever in my life, passed away about a year and a half ago. Even with all that time behind me, I still think of her more than anyone would ever know. She was in my life for 15 years.
We were BFFs.

How could I not think of her all the time when her big, beautiful face is constantly looking over living room?

Well, this week I was reminded of her again, but in a different way. In a way that has really hindered me, actually.

You see, Blue was weird. So weird that one of her favorite things was to chew on rubber things. One time I even bought her one of those old, curly phone cords (the kind grandmas still use) to chew on and she was in total heaven.

Unfortunately, I think she took that as an “okay” to chew on other tasty electrical things that cats should not eat. About a year before she died she took a chompin’ to my Apple power cord, displaying a few of the metal threads. It still worked, so I didn’t get too mad.

This weekend, sparks finally flew and the cord went to join Blue in heaven. Because of this, I can’t use my laptop, meaning I can’t properly blog or post any of the photos from my recent road trip. A replacement is on its way, so hopefully it won’t be too long before I’m back to my internet-obsessed self.

It’s been nearly two years since her death and she’s still finding ways to make me laugh. So now when I think of Blue, I’ll picture that busted computer cord hanging out of her stinky, cat breath mouth.

Cheers, Blue.
And thanks a lot.

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TO: Mom LOVE: Sarah

Sarah Fortune
March 10, 2010
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This week my mom had a birthday.
I love my mom.
She’s the very, berry best.
I say this because…

She dances by herself on Beale Street.

She attempts to use complicated new technology
(my digital camera)

She parties VIP style.
With me in Vegas.

While watching Ludacris
by the Palms pool.

She gets arrested in front of the White House.
Protesting the war in Iraq.

She combs her hair
with silly wall murals.

She fulfills many of my lifelong dreams.
Like taking me to see the New Kids on the Block in D.C.
for my birthday.

She tells stories to strangers
as if they’re her best friends.

She’s always been both beautiful
and badass.

And most importantly,
she loves me unconditionally.
Just as I love her.

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Oh Disney!

Sarah Fortune
March 9, 2010
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Somehow I forgot to mention the best part of my recent trip to The OC – a late night adventure to Disneyland!

On our last night in town our organization hosted a final dinner function at The Orange County Mining Co. This picture does it no justice at all. The restaurant has a gorgeous view that overlooks Orange County and LA. It was lovely.

Posing outside

After the dinner, we made a mad dash to Disneyland. Due to their early closing hours during the week, this was our only opportunity to visit Disney (and to use the tickets we purchased before our trip even started). We were determined to at least step foot through the gates.

We finally made it to the park around 10:00 pm and stayed till it was closing up around midnight. The weather was perfect and the lines were short. Just my style. Plus, just two days earlier, the Captain EO 3D movie with Michael Jackson re-opened for the first time since the 1990s. Score!

It’s a small world. The song is still stuck in my head.

The next morning our airport shuttle picked us up very, very early. With only three hours of MUCH needed sleep, we were on our way back to Arkansas. Even so, the adventure was well worth all those yawns on the plane ride home.