christmas in the south

at andy's mom's, pretending new year's eve is prom night

christmas in memphis was pretty great. there was a lot of relaxing, a lot of eating, and a lot of sleeping in and waking up to a fully prepared and glistening breakfast feast... every morning. it was unreal how many overflowing portions of cheese grits this girl can put away. just when you thought i was done, there i was eating them standing up in front of the fridge, door open.


if you find yourself in a similar position (not necessarily with cheese grits, but please follow along), here is an exercise that you can do to make more room in your tummy so that it is not overflowing with complex carbohydrates. it also doubles as a new-pants-dance-to-stretch-them-out.

figure a.


figure b.


note the high knee kick, can-do attitude.



introducing the cutest people in the world.

mammaw and pappaw. their names only begin to describe how cutely southern they are. here they are looking at photos of them 30 years ago.