Today at the awards ceremony and team meeting at my Real Estate Company, I was recognized as one of the Top 10 Agents (#9 as a matter of fact) in the office by number of homes sold during the 3rd Quarter of 2019.
I knew I was busy, but wow! Wasn’t expecting this!
I love what I do helping people find their perfect home and this was just the “icing on the cake.” I’m so grateful for my fun, wonderful clients who trust me to help them achieve their dream.
Yay! {happy dance}
I’m honestly wanting to write an actual post but I had another 13-hour work day today (albeit a great work day-I have awesome clients.) It’s almost midnight and I’m still sending and replying to emails and I want to post everyday this month so….
…so I give you-fishes, instead! I am so thankful for the phone camera.
My husband I got to attend a fundraiser event at the Georgia Aquarium two weeks ago and had an amazing time seeing all the gorgeous underwater critters!
It was a wonderful night and such a beautiful environment-absolutely magical.
I would tell you we had a whale of a time but I’ll spare us both.
My home is in Old Forth Ward in Atlanta, just outside of downtown,and I get miraculous, amazing sunsets over the skyline.
It’s always so wonderful to come home to my windows bathed in light and color and to stop my crazy day and just appreciate the glorious view of my city.
…with your dinner and you would very much like Chef to be fired and some new talent brought in.
Hey Y’all! I’m back with another installation of a Hellacious Belle’s Guide to Sips and Vittles of the Modern South. May I take a moment to introduce you to a sippin’ stable of the South, the Royal Crown Cola?
Royal Crown Cola or RC, is the Moon Pie’s Bubbly Buddy and the Most Famous Cola-drink you may never have met. It’s the fizz that saw the first aluminum cans and paved the way for the diet sodas we know today.
Just like Coca Cola, RC was founded in the state of Georgia – in the town of Columbus, to be exact, way back in 1905. The Founder of RC, Claude Hatcher, was a grocery store owner, who felt he deserved a discounted deal due to his large monthly orders of Coca-Cola syrup sold in the store and pharmacy’s soda fountain. When his salesman wouldn’t oblige, Claude became determined to make his own carbinated beverages, starting with a Ginger Ale and moving on to a cherry-flavored drink called Chero-Cola. As the company grew and sales took off in the 1920s, its moniker changed to Nehi.
1934 saw the official introduction of their flagship product, Royal Crown Cola, which became the new company name and a grocery-store staple after a nation-wide series of taste-tests and and the launch of a print and TV ad campaign featuring such celebrities as Bing Crosby, Joan Crawford, Shirley Temple and Lucille Ball.
But how did RC match up with the Moon Pie, to become the stuff of Southern Legend? Interestingly, the marriage of these iconic treats was perhaps one more of convenience than passion: During the Depression, both RC Cola and Moon Pies (based out of Chattanooga), were cheaper than their competitors (five cents each!) making them ideal for working-class people, miners, farmers and kids all over the South.
Since I had to host a board meeting tonight, for my Pace Cetters‘ Womens Leadership and Networking Organization.  This meant hors d’oeuvres and drinks for 10-15 ladies at my house at 5:30 this evening and it was a bit of a scramble because…
OK, let me be honest, everything’s always a bit of a scramble with me.
Anyhow, this was my last official board meeting as President of the group for 2019 and I wanted to do a little something special for these lovely ladies, who have all collaborated and gone above and beyond to produce an incredible format of community service, inspiring guest speakers and incredibly fun and engaging social activities for our membership this year.
I had thought to do a “Thanksgiving” theme for my pre-meeting snacks to express my appreciation, inspired by the traditional dinner, so I planned out a menu with hummus and veggies (to represent the green bean casserole), Parmesan pastry pups (thank you, Trader Joes) to represent the glazed ham and rolls, those amazingly delicious Cranberry Brie Bites from Delish (standing in for the cranberry sauce, plus anything cheesy, random crescent rolls and pecan pie – yeah, pecan pie! Possibly a bit of a stretch…) and spicy turkey meatballs for the (d’uh) turkey and…crap I needed something else. Sweet potatoes! Yep, that’s the ticket! I needed a sweet potato hors d’oeuvre recipe!
I madly googled and found one at the last minute, “Healthy Loaded Sweet Potato Rounds,” that looked doable and fairly tasty so I jumped in and bought the ingredients.
My husband. “You can’t experiment on people at a party with a recipe you’ve never tried.”
Me: “What are friends for?”
It actually turned out quite tasty and could be adapted for Keto and Vegetarian, quite easily.
Winner, winner, Chicken Turkey dinner! Or, Thanksgiving-themed cocktail party!
Anyhow, Board meeting was a smashing success and they scarfed up everything! (Yay). And the Sweet Potato Rounds were a giant hit! Whoo hoo!
I do actually plan to write some things this Blogvember, but I’m working so much this week that my brain’s feeling a bit scrambled, so I thought I’d share some pretty pics of the pansies on my terrace today!
It has been a beautiful Fall day in Atlanta!
I’m sad to see these fellas go.
Today we celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Pace Cetters, a women’s leadership, community service, and networking organization I’ve been privileged to be a member of the past 5 years, with a glamorous High Tea at the Four Seasons
complete with hats and fancy dress.
And of course, fabulous tiny tea foods and desserts!
I so love these wonderful women and all we do not only to support our community but each other.
Here’s to another 50 years!
Drunk on Life 