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heather: get to know the sunny slide up girls

It’s “Get To Know The Sunny Slide Up Girls” week here on the blog. We will each be answering personal questions this week. Have an additional question? Feel free to comment below and ask away!

1. If you had to work on only one project for the next year, what would it be?

Marketing for my business, The Creative Stack. I love marketing, and help small businesses with their marketing everyday. But I get too busy to keep up with it for my own business sometimes! I’ve thought about taking a “vacation” and working on things just for my business during that time. It is just hard to put myself (my business) before my clients – but I do need to work on that for my future success.

2. What is your most embarrassing moment?

This is a really embarrassing story. You know that game “sardines” you play as kid? One person hides, the others come find you and hide with you. Last one to find the group hiding was the loser. Well, a bunch of us kids were playing that game at a family get together…. I must have been about 10 or so. And it was my turn to hide and be the “sardine” So, I was hiding in the bathroom behind the shower curtain. I heard someone come in the bathroom, but you are hiding and trying not to be found…so I was being really quiet. Well, next thing you know this person (who I thought was playing the “sardine” game) was actually just coming to to use the bathroom. #2 OMG. I panicked. I tore open the shower curtain and ran out of the bathroom. I must have given that poor man a heart attack. And I bet he checks the shower curtain every time he goes into a bathroom now. I know I sure do.

3. What sound do you love?

Laughter. It is contagious. Especially babies laughing. It’s hilarious. Babies don’t fake laugh. It’s the real deal.

4. What is your favorite time of day/day of the week/month of the year?

Favorite time of day is dinner time. I love to cook and try new recipes. Thank you Pinterest! My poor husband is my guinea pig….he is a real trooper, even through those Pinterest fails, ha!

Favorite day of the week is a toss up between Friday and Sunday. I love my Fridays – the excitement of the weekend starting. And I love my Sundays – which are normally lazy around the house days. Sometimes we venture out for brunch and errands, but it is a nice low-key day before gearing up for the work week.

Favorite month of the year….December. I love the holidays! Family time, all of the sparkly lights around town, buying presents for loved ones, lots of parties, overindulging in all kinds of sweets…and then the start of a new year which is always refreshing.

5. List 5 things you would tell your 16 year-old self, if you could.

Move out of this city for college, or at least go live in the dorms and experience the “college life”
Do a study abroad program (travel while you can, what a great experience!)
Don’t put up the with stupid boys…read “He’s Just Not That Into You” – cold hard truth.
I promise you don’t hate your parents as much as you think you do.
Enjoy these high school days, they are some of the best years of your life.

6. What are the 5 things that make you most happy right now?

My husband
My furry babies
My travels coming up in the next month – Atlanta, Cherokee Casino, Nashville, and the Outer Banks!
Spa day with my bestie next week!
The success of my business

7. Describe a typical day in your current life.

Wake up. Take out the furry babies. Make coffee (decaf only….I don’t drink caffeine). Head to my office for work…answer emails, design some websites. Head out to a meet a client at a coffee shop. Maybe hit up some errands on the way home. Back to work. Logo design! Event Poster Design! All while checking Facebook of course 🙂 Husband comes home. Wrap up work. Feed the furry babies. House chores, laundry. Dinner time….time to go to my Pinterest board for some inspiration! Watch some DVR. Good night!

8. What are your pet peeves.

People not responding to text messages or emails.

9. What is your favorite part of your body and why?

My baby face/good skin. I am 34 years old and I still get carded when I order a drink. Sometimes people question the age on my id. That’s a blessing people.

10. What is the best decision you made?

Bravely leaving my stressful “office” job to start my own company. Best decision. I’m lucky that it worked out!

11. When is the last time you laughed so hard you couldn’t breath?

Probably about a week ago. I tend to do this a couple of times a month….. I go “chicken snail”. You might remember this blog post I wrote a while back on this.

12. What is your idea of a perfect house?

My house I’m in now! We built our dream house and moved in last December. It has been amazing and we are so blessed to be here. Now, if I could just figure out a way to move it to the beach for part of the year…

get to know the sunny slide up girls

by Mandi | personal, sunny slide up

Each week we all share a bit of ourselves with you, giving you a small glimpse into our lives. You see our style, loves, values, etc… but do you really know the girls of Sunny Slide Up?

Next week, we are each going to take a day and answer a list of questions that we have come up with that we believe will share a little more insight into our lives! Give you a better idea of who the person is behind the posts!

Here is where you come in! We are ready to share – so if you have a question, let us know by Friday in the comment section and we will answer it! It can be a question for one specific person, (Mandi, Heather or Jenn) or a general question and we will add it to our list!

I personally am really excited to see what the reader want to know about us… so please – ask away!

my happy end

by jenn_davis | personal

The funny thing about life is that, it happens.

Yesterday was one of those days when, looking back on it, I just have to laugh! I fell going into my office when I was climbing the stairs and cracked my foot a little. Then, of course, any time a pregnant woman falls she should be seen…..so after getting my foot secured in a stylish black boot it was off to the OBGYN . Baby girl was perfectly well and there were no concerns as far as my fall, however my doctor proceeds to inform me that my weight is a slight concern. It seems I have gained twice the suggested amount thus far and it’s something they want to keep an eye on (for blood sugar purposes). From there my day only got better (sarcasm) as I went back to work and barely made it to my scheduled conference call before managing to hobble inside my son’s daycare to fetch him after leaving work (I should mention they don’t give expectant mothers pain medication. BONUS.).

I was dreaming about relaxing on the couch with an elevated foot and letting my son watch afternoon cartoons until my husband got home (to make dinner……I did say daydreaming, after all). Don’t you love how those day dreaming scenarios never pan out? Instead I came home and not only was our power out because of a storm that afternoon, but I discovered that our dog had had an upset stomach ALL through the house and had thrown up on the couch. I immediately called my husband and told him that I was giving up.

It was not my day.

Being the amazing man he is (duh), he came right home and cleaned the mess and loaded our son in the car so we could eat dinner out. We were hoping our power would be back on by the time we returned. Again, day dreaming scenario. Needless to say, our power never came back on and as I am typing this post it is still not on. We were told they are hoping to have it back on by 5pm today.

So here I am, thinking about all the food in our fridge we will have to throw out. Then thinking about food in general. Then thinking about lunch. And dessert. Then thinking about those extra pounds I should be concerned about.

And the only thing left for me to do is laugh. I laugh and smile and thank God for everything that happened yesterday.

Thankful that I didn’t break my neck when I fell. Thankful that our baby wasn’t harmed. Thankful for doctors who care enough about me to be honest. Thankful for a job that allows flexibility. Thankful for a private office where I can unbutton my pants after lunch and elevate my bum foot. Thankful that a tree didn’t fall through our house because of the storm. Thankful that because of two days without power our electricity bill should be lower. Thankful for a dog who only threw up on our couch and got off before anything came out the other end. Thankful for a son who asks me if I’m ok. Thankful for a husband who can laugh at this mess with me. Thankful for a God who allows me to see the bright side.

And thankful for this blog where I can ramble on about my bad luck and feel it’s completely appropriate.

I will leave you with this little video. It made me smile and hope it can do the same for you….