Friday Follow: Am I Following Your Blog?

I have a feeling there are some of you out there that I am not following. Leave your blog address in the comments if you think I might not be, and I'll make sure to follow you asap. And I am determined to get back to commenting on blogs again.

Also, if you like, follow me on Twitter: @carolina_tweets.

I won't post much on the royal wedding because I'm sure you've read/heard all about it. But it was definitely so beautiful. I am still in awe and plan on watching it again tonight. I'll state the obvious: Kate was stunning!
























Photo courtesy of The Hollywood Gossip.

Cheerio!

Pray For Alabama

For the recovery...and the families of all those who lost their lives in yesterday's awful storms.











































All photos from msnbc.

What I'm Reading

I have times where I read and times where I don't. Last year I didn't read much at all. This year I've read a few books here and there. Also, I have a habit of reading 2 or 3 books at one time. I don't join book clubs either. I loathe having to read what everyone else is reading. And people in book clubs get really annoyed when you show up and haven't read the book and just want to drink wine. Not saying I did that or anything... :-)

But I did download a few more books recently, and going to attempt to get started on them asap.

The Help

It helps (pun intended) that this movie is coming out in August. And the trailer looked super cute. I started reading this Sunday night, and so far it's awesome.















The Paris Wife

I have a feeling I am going to fall madly in love with this book - Ernest Hemingway, a love story, Paris in the 20's. Yes, please. Have any of you read it?



















Pictures of You

I don't much about this book except that a blogger recommended it and said it was amazing and one of the best books they've ever read. I'm a sucker for a good review, so on my kindle it went. I'll let you know when I'm done!
















Saving CeeCee Honeycutt

One of my best friends told me about this book recently. She said if I liked The Secret Life of Bees (which I loved) then I would love this. So I downloaded it asap.

Last but not least: Breaking Dawn

My friend Lisa will kill me if I don't finish this book soon. I really need to start it over to be honest. Sometimes I get sucked into a series of books but I burn out before I reach the end. That happened to me with the Harry Potter series and now the Twilight Series. But I definitely want to finish it, and super excited to see the premiere in November with her!



















So that's it for now. I'll keep you posted! Are y'all currently reading any books that I should add to my list?

I'm Back: Monday Brain Dump

Was really thinking that I had lost my blog mojo recently, so decided to do a Monday brain dump just to get back in the habit of blogging. Here we go...

• My conference went great. We had a good turnout, and everyone seemed to go home happy. The Marina Inn is fabulous as a site location, and I highly recommend them. Here I am with my coworker (check out Caroline's blog) handing out a 2 night stay at the Marina Inn to one lucky door prize winner! Everyone had a good time.

• This past weekend, my friend and I went to visit her family in Orlando. Her sister lives in the Celebration community near Disney, and I was super excited! We had a wonderful time - we had a pool day, a shopping day, dinner at downtown Disney and a movie. Have you seen Water for Elephants? I am VERY sensitive to seeing animals being abused, and I was extremely nervous about seeing this film. But I'm glad I did. It was a beautiful movie, and even though it was hard for me to watch some scenes, I actually want to see it again. And I'm not going to lie; seeing Rob Pattinson helped. He's super hot. And Reese did a wonderful job as always. I did not read the book, but everyone has told me that they did a great job of keeping it very much like the book. Go see WFE!

Can you tell we were excited??

• I've recently discovered Pinterest, thanks to my friend Crist. Have you tried it? It's super addictive. Add me as a friend if you are a member of the site.
  

• I canceled my Weight Watchers online membership. Now I am trying something new called My Fitness Pal. It's a free site where you log your food and fitness, and I find it to be very motivating. I'll keep you posted on my progress from week to week.

I think that's it for now. Have a great week all! Good to be back in the normal swing of things.