5 things I Love about Costco!

I LOVE COSTCO! What a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon! Why do I love Costco? Well here are my top 5 reasons;)!

1. Free Samples! Those people saw me coming! I had almost a full lunch. Potstickers, Crab Dip, Mini Taco, Philly Cheese-steaks, Fruit Smoothies and a delightful dixie cup of salad. LOL!

2. They have EVERYTHING! Movies, Food, Batteries, TVs, Furniture etc. Its AMAZING!

3. Giant Size Everything! I'm always impressed with the large quantity sizes of everything! I mean who wouldn't want a 50 count pack of chapstick! I do I do.

4. Pretty Flowers. I can't resist buying fresh flowers. They certainly cheer me up when I'm having a sad day.

~a treat for myself~

5. Where else can you get a hot dog and coke for $1.59. That's insane and delicious!



Oh Sweet Costco, If you were a person I would marry you!

This makes me happy

Ryan Gosling finally has a movie coming out that looks good! AHHHHHHHHH!

30 and Fabulous!

This past weekend we celebrated Lauren's 30th Birthday! We started the day by driving around to a few Atlanta landmarks so Lauren could do what she loves most. Photoshoot! We went to see the Olympic Torch, The Varsity, Little 5 Points, The Clermont Lounge, and the to the Highlands. We stopped along the way for a few pre-dinner shots. Then it was onto dinner at El Taco.


We ate massive amounts of salsa, queso, guacamole, and tacos. Drank even more than we ate. Opened Presents, and ate beautifully decorated cupcakes (provided by myself).


After dinner it was on to Hand and Hand to meet up with some more friends and drink until the wee hours of the morning.



Happy Birthday Poppet! 30 never looked so good! xoxo

Who is at your table?

At the Parker dinner table conversation is never dull, especially when you put my brother Scott in the room. So he begged the question.. "If you could dine with any 5 people who would you choose?"

This question was not something I took lightly. I felt like Ross from Friends narrowing down my choices to a final laminated, wallet sized card I could carry with me at all times. We all went around the table suggesting who, dead or alive, we would want to have at our dinner table. We decided that there should be categories for each of the people.

1 Actor, 1 Actress, 1 Literary Figure, 1 Athlete and 1 Musician.

Behold! I give you my choices..

Actor- Robert Downey Jr.
Actress- Grace Kelly
Literary Figure- JK Rowling
Athlete- Sidney Crosby
Musician- Elvis

So much for wishful dining. Well.. Who do YOU want sitting around your table?

Sing Song

So.. Yesterday I heard this song for the first time and I kinda loved it. It seems like the type of song that would play at the beginning of a movie about me. Here is Michael Buble singing Haven't Met You Yet.

Sweet Brooks

Last night my brother Scott and his wife Missy had their second child. A beautiful baby boy named Brooks Edward Parker. I am so thrilled to have another little nephew to spoil. Here are a few pictures, and I must say that when I have a child if I can look half as good as Missy does that will be good enough for me. Seriously after having a baby she doesn't have a hair out of place. Congratulations Missy and Scott.






Happy Birthday Baby Brooks.. I love you so much already:)

ummm.. hello!

By now its no secret that I love love love Robert Downey Jr. And this week I have pretty much been watching all his movies. Ever since I first saw him in the romcom Only You, I was hooked. Remember this:)


He is just super adorable, arrogant, cocky, funny and I'd take him whether he is wearing a pin-stripped or a orange jump - suit. Is it just me or did he age REALLY well! Remember when he was on that lovely little show Ally McBeal, and he would sing and dance. I loved it all! Oh Mr. Downey how I would love to do a movie with you! Is anyone else as stoked as I am about Ironman 2.

Fluffly Clouds of Words

A friend of mine showed we this site wordle.net
where you can input text to form lovely little word clouds. I was immediately fascinated with this.. ohh the possibilities. You could make really cute ones for weddings, or scrap-booking, or even just for sheer art. After fiddling around with the site for a few hours I decided to plug in the words of all the things I love. The things that make me smile. And so.. Behold... My Wordle.

A New Moon & A Christmas Tree

I love days like today..

Today I woke up relaxed and excited. Up at 8:30 I was ready to start my day. I started out doing a little Christmas shopping before meeting Brittany and Lauren for Lunch at Tin Lizzy's followed by ... NEW MOON! I had been anxiously awaiting this movie to come out all year and today I finally saw it.

~Tin Lizzy's..Ohh how I love thee soft tacos~

~The moment we've been waiting for~

~I love the New Moon Cups~

As you can probably tell by now I am a huge 'TwiHard' (thats the name for twilight fans). How was New Moon you may ask? It was great. For me it was 10x better than the first movie and it followed the book much more closely. Edwards skin glittered as I imagined it would and although I think Edward Cullen is absolutely fabulous, Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black was equally delicious. So which team would I choose?? Since I can't choose between the two.. I'll just take Bella's dad Charlie. I love me some Billy Burke. This movie left me feeling satisfied, and I look forward to seeing Eclipse in May.

After the movie Brittany came back to my house to partake in our tradition of decorating my Christmas tree. I told her today that when we are 60 years old and I have my own family I'm still going to call her to come over and help me trim my tree. I remember when I was little putting up the Christmas tree in my house meant that the holiday was finally close. We would all hide in the other room while my parents put the lights on the tree (something always seemed to go wrong during this part)... but then we would all line up in front of my Dad as he handed us each ornaments to adorn the tree with. My Dad would put his favorite icicles on the tree followed by candy canes and tinsel. As soon as all the ornaments where on we would all stand back and enjoy the beautifully decorated tree.

~Me and My Christmas Tree~

~hanging the ornaments~

~Traditional ode to Twilight photo~


~Brittany puts the star on the top~

On my Christmas tree I went with a gold and red motif... all except for one special ornament. You've heard the legend of the Christmas Pickle.

LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS PICKLE
A pickle is used as decoration on the Christmas tree seems odd at first, but it is an old German tradition. When decorating the Christmas tree, it is traditional to hang the pickle last, hidden among the branches. The first child on Christmas Day to find the Christmas pickle receives a special blessing for the year and an extra gift! Great tradition to share with your family this year and for years to come!

Well as much as I love pickles I decided to go with something I love even more. So you may ask,"what do I hide deep among the branches of my tree?" Well folks... Sidney Crosby.. and what's in store for the person who finds him ..well if I had my way it would be a lifetime of waking up to find him sleeping in the bed with me. But alas..we will just say that the person who finds him gets a year of luck and happiness.

~My Very Own Sidney Crosby~

And now.. fa la la la la.. and VOILA! My Tree is up and I say " Let the festivus begin"!

Well are you??

An Afghan for Amanda

Over the couch in my mothers living room sits a green and white afghan my Grandma Helen made. It's warm, pretty and every time I lay on that couch I pull it over myself. The other day my grandma gave me a red one she made especially for me to sit over the couch in my living room, and I love it. As I sit here in my condo typing this blog I am sitting under it. It matches the room perfectly, and looking at it just makes me smile. It may be cold outside, but I'll always be warm under my red afghan.


Thank you Grandma!