Tonight marked the last shower thrown for babycarrot sister during these, her Pre-Wedding Festivities. Mostly because (we are possibly out of stamina, yes, but also) we are out of time, she being scheduled to do a little vow-taking with her beloved Villhem (a.k.a. Will) in just two days.
We have all been waiting for this day [...]

Such has been my life the past week.
I am very much alive and well, but have been momentarily swallowed by TheWedding, Babycarrot Sister Edition.
During the past week, week and a half, I have thrown a bridal shower for The Future Interior Designer (wedding date: September 9th), a bachelorette party for Co-worker Jess (wedding date: Tomorrow), [...]

Thank you! all so much for your recent (and wonderful) engagement well-wishing. I have already begun writing everyone back, so if you haven’t received an email from me, rest assured, it is coming. Here at Kerrianne.org comment is to return-email, like Schnozz is to cucumber dancing. Or something. I like to think of it as [...]

Acrylic on canvas, by babycarrot sister. Her first ever!

I am SO coveting her mad painting skills right now. And hoping I received even a fraction of those genes.

How babycarrot sister, with the characteristic Ladish Hint Of Red encroaching upon her cheeks, shyly asked before she proceeded to finish tugging items out of a pink-striped birthday bag which she incorrectly assumed to contain hot panties of some variety: “Is there anything in here that’s inappropriate for me to open in front of [...]

I think it’s a good sign when, after being recently commissioned to procure some style suggestions for babycarrot sister’s upcoming vow-taking, I Google “bridesmaid dresses” and the third site in the list proudly leads me to none other than the level of purgatory formerly known as Bridesmaid Dress Hell, now commonly referred to as The [...]

Tonight babycarrot sister will forever be wearing a sparkly on her left ring finger.
Tonight my baby carrot sister is engaged! (Tonight I am fighting the urge to use an abundance! of! exclamation!
points!)
And thus, tonight my baby carrot sister isn’t so baby anymore.
But even while I know that she has grown, and that soon I will [...]

Someone extremely important to me is soon to become engaged. Yesterday, I braved The Great Big World Of The Sparkly with her to become educated on important issues like diamond shapes and carat sizes, but mostly to discover exactly what she would prefer in an engagement ring and a wedding band, she herself having until [...]

Make-shift dinner with babycarrot sister at the ‘bucks. Even after some pesky patrons illegally parked right in front of the sidewalk, and thus, in front of the main (and only) entrance to the establishment and proceeded to leave their car doors open so everyone outside enjoying the last bit of warmth of the day could [...]

Babycarrot sister and I are heading slightly South tomorrow morning, to peruse all that is (good and green and granola and) Portland, before lacing our respective running shoes for Race for the Cure on Sunday.
This is my fourth trip to Portland in five months, and I’m insanely excited to show my sister around the town, [...]