Friday Five.

{bright birthday daffodils}

Friday Five… on a Wednesday.  With only a month of school left, I’m finding in the midst of the end-of-semester hecticness I rarely know what day it is anyway (joking…partially), a theme I am quite sure echos through my sporadic writing here.  Over the past few weeks, I turned another year older, drilled about 100 ivorine teeth preparations, and studied far more gross anatomy than I care to admit.  Clearly, my life is burgeoning with excitement…

Thankfully, spring break brought its obligatory dose of relaxation, leaving me with a stack of relished hardbacks and a lesson in effectively bating a fishing hook.  Here’s to a week of (finally) no-jacket-required weather and leftover Easter candy!

{fish beware}

{celebrating seester getting her white coat!}

{lake time : his + hers reading material}

{surprise birthday weekend in Chattanooga with my favorite guy}

 

Friday Five.

{making chocolate-covered strawberries for my cute Valentine}

This week was lovely for many reasons.  A surprise visit from the baby McCormick sis, celebrating my grandparents 60th wedding anniversary, and an improptu camping trip with my favorite guy all made me feel full and happy.  Another culinary highlight of the week was experiencing my first authentic oyster bake, complete with 200-pounds of seafood goodness cooked to perfection under steamy burlap sacks. Although impending anaphylaxis prevented me from sampling any of the little gems, the way the other party-goers raved let me know they were fabulous.  Here’s to a wonderful (halfway-over, oops!) week!

{coming home to a box of perfect homemade petit fours on my counter}

{aquisition of my first set of dental tools at school}

{enjoying my first authentic South Carolina-style oyster bake}

{Happy Valentine’s Day! Love, Alice and Tobias}

 

Friday Five.

{fresh strawberries + splenda, breakfast (lunch?) of champions}

I always love the short 4-day week that follows a Monday holiday.  Although arguably “gaining” only one extra day, something about the distance to the next weekend seems blissfully short, and this week has been just that: short and sweet.  This weekend I plan to keep that mantra by learning to make the perfect Pizza Margherita and enjoying plenty of sunshine by the pool. Hope you have a great weekend!

{shopping list : #necessities}

{fresh basil on my patio + OPI’s “cajun shrimp”}

{fresh market has now made my jeni’s splendid addiction much easier to procure}

{long drives interrupted by gorgeous sunsets}