What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

The Reynolds wish everyone a healthy and safe New Years Eve!  We will be laying low with some yummy food (beer brined chicken & twice baked potato casserole recipes to come!) and some great friends!  Wherever you are and whatever you are doing we wish you the absolute best for 2012!

Here's the latest youtube craze with the adorable Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt for your New Years Eve viewing pleasure (ps, don't you think they would make an amazing couple?!).  Enjoy!

Best (or I guess WORST) of 2011 ~ The Breakups

No comments on these for me...I am afraid I might offend someone!

DEMI MOORE & ASHTON KUTCHER
Married 6 Years

via People

MARIA SCHRIVER & ARNOLD SCHWARTZENEGGER
Married 25 Years

via People

KIM KARDASHIAN & KRIS HUMPRIES
Married a wopping 72 Days

via People

MELISSA GILBERT & BRUCE BOXLEITNER
Married 16 Years


via People


ASHLEE SIMPSON & PETE WENTZ
Married 2 1/2 Years

via People

JENNIFER LOPEZ & MARC ANTHONY
Married 7 Years

via People

**AND IN LATE BREAKING NEWS...**

KATY PERRY & RUSSELL BRAND
Married 1 1/2 Years

via People

Best of 2011 ~ Internet Highlights

These days I am not sure what I (or most people I know) would do without the internet.  Everyday something new and improved and intriguing hits the world wide web.  What were your favorite additions in 2011?

PINTEREST
I'm addicted, my mom is addicted, my sister is addicted, my bff is addicted...get the picture?

via PINTEREST...duh

THE HONEY BADGER

This might be one of the funniest things I have ever seen...LSU nicknamed a player after this "nasty" rodent and Mr. R and I have taken to calling our cat by this.  I even saw a license plate spelling out "hnybdgr."

WORDS WITH FRIENDS

Alec Baldwin got kicked off a plane for it and we think we are smart when we beat our husbands/boyfriends/siblings/parents in it.  Again, ADDICTING.

via osxreality.com

JACK SPARROW (FT. MICHAEL BOLTON)

This aired on SNL and then went on to be performed at the Emmy Awards.  HILARIOUS.

LIQUORVILLE (FT. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, KRISTIN WIG & LADY GAGA
One of my personal favorites from this year and performed on the season finale of SNL, Justin Timberlake still has it!

Playing Copy Cat ~ What I Gave Christmas 2011

I was catching up on one of my daily reads and loved my fellow blogging friend, Megan of Fried Green Pickles' post today!    We talk and talk and talk about what WE want for Christmas but isn't really about the spirit of giving?  I absolutely LOVE gift giving and trying to find that perfect gift for someone or even just a little something that reminds us of them to put a smile on their face.

MR. R
Widespread Panic DVDs of the 25th Anniversary Show in Athens that he and his brother went to last February, a new Widespread Panic tee shirt (can you tell he likes WSP?), AND an awesome new turkey fryer/oyster cooker (on a side note, NEVER order from Pelican Sky if you are ordering Bayou Classic products.  I never received a shipping confirmation and when I called to check on the shipping the voicemail was "full" and now, three weeks later, my credit card still has not been charged.  I called the customer service again and the number is now DISCONNECTED.  I was lucky that the manufacturer had at least received the order and was able to give me a tracking number.  Now I am trying to decide what to do regarding the missing charge.)

via Bayou Classic Depot

 



DADDY
garden hose (yes he asked for this while we were on the cruise and Mr. R remembered!)


MOMMA
new salt & pepper grinders and a rotary cheese grater for fresh parm
   

ALL via Target

MOMMA & DADDY TOGETHER
So excited about this gift...when we went cave tubing and zip lining in Belize my mom commented on how it would be nice to have a nicer underwater camera vs the plastic cheapo one.  We saw someone else on the tour with one.  Mr. R (again!) remembered this comment and it was a HUGE hit on Christmas morning.  When I first ordered it, the package got lost in mailing and Amazon was so great they OVERNIGHTED a brand new one, no questions asked!

via Amazon

KDE (MY SISTER)

Tortoise Shell Watch, Sound Machine & Bridesmaids DVD

via Jewelry Nut Auctions

GRANDMA FAYE

She is stocked UP on Aveda!

via Aveda

DSRB (MR. R'S MOMMA)

personalized Kindle sleeve, subscription to Charleston Magazine & Coastal Living

via Swoozies

DLB (MR. R'S STEP FATHER)

Big Green Egg Grilling Gloves, Big Green Egg Grill Gripper and subscription to Fine WoodWorking Magazine

    

via Big Green Egg

 

 

KCR, MLR, EER & SCR (NIECES!)

"f"uggs (fake uggs!!! or 'boots with the fur' as MLR calls them), Sweet Treats Kids Cooking by Williams Sonoma for KCR, matching games for MLR & EER, and last but not least a snuggly fleece outfit for baby SCR

via Old Navy

via Amazon

  

 

Best of 2011 ~ Weddings

Every year to-die-for weddings grace the pages of glossy magazines, newspaper announcements and blogs.  Obviously 2011 was no different, if not even more grand, with the Royal Wedding in April.  Congrats to those of you who join the likes of Reese, Kate(s), Kim, Miranda and others!

MIRANDA LAMBERT & BLAKE SHELTON
Hill Country, Texas
in her mother's wedding dress

via People

REESE WITHERSPOON & JIM TOTH

Ojai, California

in Monique Lhuillier

via People

KIM KARDASIAN & KRIS HUMPHRIES (SADLY THEY WILL MAKE MY 2011 BREAKUPS LIST TOO!)

Monticeto, California

in Vera Wang

via People

VANESSA MINILLO & NICK LACHEY

Necker Island

in Monique Lhuillier

via People

KATE MOSS & JAMIE HINCE

Cotswold, England

in John Galliano

via People

LEANN RIMES & EDDIE CIBRIAN

Malibu, California

in Reem Acra

via Creative Wedding

LUISANA LOPILATO & MICHAEL BUBLE

Buenos Aires, Argentina AND Vancouver, Canada

via US Weekly

via Just Jared

AND FINALLY, THE ROYALS...

CHARLENE WITTSTOCK & PRINCE ALBERT OF MONACO

Monaco

in Georgio Armani Prive

via People

ZARA PHILLIPS & MIKE TINDALL

Edinburgh, Scotland

in Stewart Parvin

via People

CATHERINE MIDDLETON & PRINCE WILLIAM OF ENGLAND

London, England

in Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen

via People

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Days ~ Pretty Little Christmas Things

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via Budget Wise Home

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via Fashionally Bombed

3 Days ~ Christmas Week Thoughts

• Only 2.5 days left of holiday shopping!  Sad that Target already has spring clothes out...
• It was 75 degrees here in Charleston today, I'm OVER it, what happened to "its beginning to look a lot like Christmas?"
• Our UPS driver told me that he had over 350 deliveries yesterday, give them a little cheer when they deliver your package on time!
• A couple of my friends saw NEW YEARS EVE last Friday night and said it was great, I hope Mr. R and I can go see it while on break.

• Mr. R and I had an ornament exchange party last night with some of our friends and it was a GRAND time.  I got an adorable snowman ornament and Mr. R ended up with a dog bone ornament for Tucker.  I tried out a a new look for the dining room for the festivities and it looks very pinteresty...

• In WONDERFUL news, my Grandaddy is going to be released from the hospital tomorrow!  He had a heart attack on Monday and we are so happy he is doing great!  God is Good!

4 Days ~ Santa! I know him!

via Pinterest

5 Days ~ Great Gifts Under $25

Need a last minute little something for someone on your list?  Try one of these!

ANTHROPOLOGIE MONOGRAMMED MUG $4

LUGGAGE TAGS VIA MORE THAN PAPER 4 FOR $25

FORNASH BANGLE $25

CAMO IPHONE CASE VIA JCREW $9.99

2012 DESK CALENDAR VIA ROSITA DESIGNS @ ETSY $20