Rue La La

One of my favorite online shopping sites is Rue La La. The site sells different brands for 2 days only, and you must be a member to login. Rue La La has a app for your iphone or itouch too! If you would like become a member and shop away follow this link www.ruelala.com/katherinebrown

A New Blog

Not a new blog for us...but a funny new blog for you to read. Mark has been a friend since elementary school. He is a free lance writer in Atlanta and has a new blog that makes us laugh out loud. The blog can be a little off color but is well worth the read! Check out the things WHITE CHICKS CHERISH...

Busy Weekend

We had a busy weekend. We both worked late Friday - the students are coming back to campus this weekend for the fall semester so Columbia is full of activity. I cleaned the house Saturday morning while DJ did a little grocery shopping. We spent the late morning power washing the 2 sides of the house...and DJ finished the other 2 sides this afternoon. We are on countdown to a vacation...better late than not at all!

Rachel Hobo

I have been coveting this for the past few months...and finally broke down and purchased it in coral. I have owned it for less than 24 hours and love it!

Truck

DJ has been talking about a truck for about 2 years...ever since we traded in his truck for the Acadia. After 2 long years of driving the 4Runner DJ has a new truck. I think he's pretty excited...it looks little something like this

Travels

April was full of travels and visitors. I headed to Waco, TX with our equestrian team where they placed 3rd and I came home with real cowboy boots. I left Waco early Saturday and flew into Greenville/Spartanburg for a old college friend's wedding. She was a beautiful bride and it was good to see old college friends from my time at Clemson. A few days later we headed to Edisto and welcomed Jake, Katie, Scott and Krissy to South Carolina for a long weekend at the beach with old and newer friends. The boys have been friends since the 6th grade playing basketball...a long time ago! After we said goodbye to the midwest crew we had more visitors from Ames. DJ's parents came down for a weekend visit. We caught 2 baseball games, cleaned out the garage and put up shelves to make room for DJ's new ride. Some photos from April...

Blogging Hiatus

A few of you have commented that I haven't posted anything in a long time - so this blog is for you Jennifer!

Over the last few weeks we have been busy... Work is busy for both of us! DJ is spending a lot of time out at the baseball stadium cheering for the Gamecocks. They open SEC play this weekend against Tennessee. I joined a tennis league! I am playing Monday nights and lost my first game a couple nights ago 6-4 6-1. We also had a wonderful visit from DJ's grandparents. They spend the winter in Destin, Florida and stopped through Columbia on their way back north. It was good to see them - hopefully we will see them again soon.

I'll try to be better about posting...

Bennett is One

We celebrated Bennett's 1st birthday on Sunday with friends and family. I think Bennett really enjoyed the chocolate cake!

Snow in SC

We had between 7 and 8 inches of snow Friday night. Trice loves the snow and wishes she got to see the white stuff more often!

Whetstone (again)

The newest addition to our den has a new frame and a new home.

DJ's Office

DJ has a new photo for his office. This will be the first USC thing in his office - fitting it would be the new baseball field!

Club Trillion

I read an article in The State newspaper Sunday about Mike Titus and his blog. Mike is a basketball player at Ohio State University, I use the word player loosely because he really is a bench warmer. The name of his blog - Club Trillion - came about because trillion is what those in the basketball world refer to as someone that gets into the game for a minute but records no other statistic than that. There is a 1 for the minute and then enough zeros for the number to be a trillion.

Titus' Saturday post was a fitting time for me to start reading his blog. He made several references to the compliance office at OSU. And poked fun at some of the crazy NCAA rules. I have now added this to my lists of blogs to read. Definitely a must read!

Whetstone

Last night we attended the Ray Tanner Foundation auction and dinner. We walked away with several items...my favorite is a painting by Steven Whetstone. Whetstone is a former South Carolina baseball player and is now (although always was) an artist. Steven was affectionately know to many as *Dry Rock* and famous for his caricatures in the baseball media guide one season. We had a wonderful evening and it was great to see several of the former baseball players come out to support a good cause.

Edventure

The nephews were in town for the weekend and we spent the morning at Edventure.

Horses

Our equestrian team does a promotion every year. Mom and Dad took part in the promotion and got on a horse and had their picture taken. DJ nor I got on a horse for the promotion...but I did convince a few football players to get on a horse. Thanks for being good sports Tori and Byron!

Home Tour Sunday

The den update is complete. Mom & I painted on Friday and we found a new rug for the den. I love it! I think everything looks clean, crisp and up-to-date. Here is the finished product...

Kitty

This picture is from our trip to Charleston. Why is the kitty on the roof?

Mission Organization

I like things clean and tidy. Over our holiday break I tackled our closet. I still had spring clothes mixed in with winter clothes, shoes everywhere and sweaters piled up on the top shelf that I couldn't reach. I now have a pile of shoes to throw out, some clothes to give away and there is a little more room in the closet for DJ's stuff. Note for the next house - BIGGER master closet!

My next project...painting the den with my mom on Friday!

after 377 days...

Last New Year's Eve Day DJ got a new television, today a new piece of furniture for that television was delivered!! The tv has been sitting on our old coffee table for 377 days and now it has a new home! Does anyone need a coffee table?

pandora

DJ and I aren't very good about making a wish list for Christmas...but my sister got me a gift I'm super excited about - a Pandora bracelet! You add beads to the bracelet and I got a pretty good start in Charleston. Now I have to look at all of the different choices and create a "wish list" for the beads to add to my bracelet. This is what my bracelet looks like so far...

Casey

DJ's brother flew in to Charleston to spend a couple days with us, then head to Birmingham for the Papa John's bowl game with DJ and a friend from work. Despite the game, I think Casey had a good visit with us...

FIG

All dressed up and ready for FIG. We tried a new restaurant in Charleston, or new to us. FIG is a short walk from the condo and is now one of our top 3 favorite restaurants in Charleston. We will definitely dine there again!

we're back...

home that is. We spent the week between Christmas and New Year's Day in Charleston. The city was beautiful with all of the decorations - especially the on the wrought iron gates. These were some of my favorites.