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Publications
  • Let's Pretend This Never Happened: (A Mostly True Memoir)
    Let's Pretend This Never Happened: (A Mostly True Memoir)
    by Jenny Lawson
  • Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
    Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
    by Rachel Maddow
  • Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
    Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
    by Susan Cain

    Loved Susan's TED talk! 

  • The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier
    The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier
    by Ree Drummond

    The recipes. The photos. The humor. I'm so in! 

  • Marriage Rules: A Manual for the Married and the Coupled Up
    Marriage Rules: A Manual for the Married and the Coupled Up
    by Harriet Lerner
  • The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
    The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
    by Harriet Lerner

    I reread this every couple of years! So powerful. 

  • The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You're Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate
    The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You're Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate
    by Harriet Lerner

    C'mon. The subtitle says it all. 

Publications
  • City of Refuge
    City of Refuge
    by Abigail Washburn

    Pure magic!

  • I'm Your Man
    I'm Your Man
    by Leonard Cohen

    Take this Waltz is on my top ten list of all songs!

  • I and Love and You
    I and Love and You
    by The Avett Brothers
Publications
  • Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Original UK Unedited Edition)
    Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Original UK Unedited Edition)
    PBS

    So totally addicted to this series! Absolutely amazing!

  • Zen: Vendetta / Cabal / Ratking [Blu-ray]
    Zen: Vendetta / Cabal / Ratking [Blu-ray]
    starring Rufus Sewell

    Based on your recommendations from a recent blog post! It's another wonderful BBC mystery series! 

  • The Good Wife: The First Season
    The Good Wife: The First Season
    starring Julianna Margulies, Chris Noth, Josh Charles, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi

    One of the best shows on TV. Juiliana Marguiles is incredible. 

gifting
Sunday
Jan242010

bsm + giveaway winners

I spent the weekend in San Antonio with my family. My sister Barrett (far left) is pregnant with her first baby, and Ashley and I hosted a baby shower for her and her husband. It was great fun! Oh yeah, in case you're new here . . . I'm the oldest of four and my sisters are identical twins. My little brother Jason is the lucky insides to this sister sandwich. 

We love Barrett and Frankie so much. And, as you can see, they love each other.

Barrett has been the "Awesome Aunt" for so long. We can't wait to watch her become a mom. This is "B" (as she's known to my kids and my niece) swimming with Ellen in Port Aransas.

We just found out that she's having a girl! It was a VERY pink shower. The baby's name is Gabriella!

But, it won't be all bows and dresses. Barrett is a serious tennis player and athlete. She's also a coach. Plus there's always our family's mandatory couture from Bucee's truck stop.

The shower was at La Fonda - one of our favorite places in San Antonio. Enchiladas and iced tea - that's how we roll. Steve's mom brought us all of the Christmas gifts that we couldn't fit in our car when we were in San Antonio for the holidays. The kids busted out the Rock'em Sock'em robots. It was incredibly loud . . .

. . . until it was cupcake time. Then everything got really quiet. It's too bad that they were so light on the icing.

Congrats to Sarahbeanne, Faith C, Catherine Just, Marianne E., and Stephanie (CMSU)!

You all won copies of the book!

Don't forget to stay tuned here for more info on the read-along!

Happy Best Shot Monday!

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Reader Comments (4)

Congratulations to your Barrett and Frankie.
01.25.2010 | Unregistered CommenterDeb j
Gabriella. Love it! I will have to ask B if it was at least partially inspired by the famous tennis player, Gabriella Sabatini.
01.25.2010 | Unregistered CommenterChaz
Oh, wow! That is truly awesome! How nice to have such a fun family, and what wonderful ways to celebrate the little blessing!
01.25.2010 | Unregistered CommenterMallory
Enchiladas and iced tea - and mandatory couture from the truck stop! Yes Ma'am!!

~~WooT!~~

Love your photos - they just ooze happiness.
01.26.2010 | Unregistered Commenteranna k.
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