Currently...

LISTENING: to random people talking while they walk down Meeting Street.

EATING: just finished leftovers from last night, rice with sauteed chicken, broccoli and cream of chicken soup (one of my favorites!)

DRINKING: water

READING: an email about insurance coverage.

WEARING: 

White Tee from H&M, Orange Cardigan from LOFT (on sale HERE), Black Skirt from Target, new F21 boots, Grey Ombre Necklace from Anthropologie HERE

FEELING: Sad for my sister who is going through a breakup, excited/anxious about a trip to VA this weekend to see family, praying Chris can still go since he is feeling sick!

WEATHER: 70 degrees and sunny but its supposed to rain and temps plummet tonight...finally back to regular January temps.  Very jealous of the snow headed towards my NC family and VA!

NEEDING: to write some thank you notes...I'm way behind.

WANTING: my husband to feel better so he can visit family with me!!!

THINKING: heartbreaks really suck.

ENJOYING: the new book I started last night, Groundswell by Katie Lee.

Get it on Amazon HERE!

M.I.A.

Hello friends!  So sorry for the lack of blogging lately but we have been enjoying lots of time with visiting family!  


This past weekend we got to see these two cutie pie nieces and their parents who came in town for the Cooper River Bridge Run all the way from Indiana!  We miss them so very much. (SC is now 7 Months and M just turned 4)

Have been dealing with THIS heat (I mean really...its only April 3)

Got a new addition to our OFFICE and got to dog sit her (she slept like that for like an hour).

 

I ordered this awesome tablet cover from ROUGE & CO....(I got it in tan trellis and coral monogram)


More family comes today and I CAN'T wait to see Miss K and Miss E (as well as their parents) and THEN my parents, my sister and her boyfriend come on Thursday!!!  Like I said, LOTS of family time and a revolving door at the Reynolds B&B!  

Monogrammed Mondays: Halloween Spirit!

It was a GORGEOUS weekend here in Chucktown and we are really starting to feel the fall weather.  Time to open the windows, put some mums out and decorate pumpkins!  I am excited to try these adorable monogrammed pumpkins for our front porch this year.  Maybe I will carve as well for a candle lighted monogram?  What will you carve this year?



via Brown Paper Packages



via The Gift Closet

via Garland & Grace

via Pinterest

via Pinterest

Hello Fall, I've Missed You Old Friend

You wouldn't know it today in Charleston, with the ridic humidity and the monsoon-like tropical weather, BUT today is the first day of FALL, i.e. MY FAVORITE SEASON.  This means lots of yummy scents and some exciting times in the Reynolds household.  Maybe we can finally get our oven fixed and I can bake some pies...mmmmmm.

BEST CANDLE EVER (and most economical!)
If you want the most inviting fall & holiday smell ever (for an el cheapo price) look no further.  WALMART's Mulled Cider candle for $3 a pop.  Even mini sized for a whopping 99 cents.  I buy in bulk and my office loves it!

SAVING SOME AC COSTS!
The weather in Charleston is finally tolerable.  Which means I can finally leave the back door to the screened in porch open and open the windows.  Rals the cat ESPECIALLY loves this.  He can meanader in and out of the screened in porch where he pretends the chase birds, stalks lizards and calls on the occasional lady cats that walk by in the neighborhood.  Here the little sh*! is during the hot weather making a lot of ruckuss trying to get out. 

"LET ME OUT!"

TV IS BACK...FINALLY
Mr. R and I can stop watching House Hunters re-runs and my DVR is about to get to full capacity with all the new goodies on TV!  The season premiere of Criminal Minds was AMAZING and we can't wait for Sunday's Amazing Race episode.  Mr. R loves Gloria on Modern Family and we are both loving the new show Up All Night.

   

VACATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November marks our first vacation in a year (and our FIRST ANNIVERSARY!) and we can hardly wait.  7 full days of fun in the sun on a Carribean Cruise with my family!


Going cave tubing and ziplining in Belize and can't wait for all that yummy food and drinks!


WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FALL?

Just One of Those Days

In case you have not heard there is a little storm off the coast named Irene.  Charleston at this point seems to be on the much luckier side than our friends to the north.  Right now its raining and we do have a fair amount of wind causing some power outages and trees down.  I know I am thinking of my OBX and VA cousins and wish them only the best (as well as everyone else in already declared state's of emergency). 

This weather makes me sleepy and it does not help that I was up half the night hugging the toilet.  Note to self and all others, stay away from Hardees/Red Burrito.  However, I am starting to wonder if its a little bug since my tummy is still not A-ok after some of Campbell's best and some saltines. 

What do I want right now more than anything?  My bed, with a big down comforter and a black puppy dog and orange kitty cat snuggled up with me.  Mr. R would be a nice addition too.  Wouldn't some of these swoon worthy beds be a welcomed treat this afternoon?

            

all via Pinterest

And for the furry ones:

         

all via pinterest

Sweet Dreams!

via MY BED

Holy Times A-Flyin' Batman, its August Already!

Hello blogland...its nice to see you again!  With the recent establishment of "free time" in my life I decided to spark my creative juices and get back to bloggin'.  Like the new blog title?  Yeah, a little corny but whatevs.

With August comes HOT and with HOT comes one of my favorite seasons...HURRICANE SEASON!  Now some of my long time friends know I have a little bit of a sick obsession with the weather and if science didn't get in the way, well I might just be BFF's with Jim Cantore.  Living on the coast of SC we have been (thankfully) very lucky when it comes to the tropical cyclones of late, however with Miss Emily churning in the Carribean, my Blackberry has been bookmarked to the latest stats for each update!  Keep your eye on the sky this weekend Charleston, hopefully it will just be a TON of much needed rain!  

National Hurricane Center-NOAA