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Author Archives: Cocktails With Hemingway
Five years of Taterbug
*Tatum Maris Reed* 21 February 2012 @ 12:46pm CST • 7lbs4oz & 19.7 inches Born at the Regional Medical Center of Memphis Looking back at the announcement of her birth feels like a million years have passed. Only half a … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Germantown, Parenting, Tatum
Tagged Birthdays, Cake, Daughter, Miss Muff'n, PhotoGrid
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Don’t eat all my candy
Other than stocking up on sugary swag for my kiddos and no time to enjoy a delicious meal cooked and served by somebody else because you are a T4T Team Captain food specials at local eateries, Valentine’s Day was just … Continue reading
Posted in Adam, Cheese, Jojo Dancer, Love, Relationships, Riverdale, Tatum, TeePee
Tagged Ann Landers, Cheese, Dr. Seuss, Facebook, Happies, Instagram, Instagran, Love, PhotoGrid, Siblings, Significant Other, T4T, Team Captain, TV, Valentine's Day
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Stimulating the economy
I support small businesses, purchasing local, and buying from friends whenever possible. Put your money where your mouth is. I strive to be a conscientious consumer who speaks with the power of purchase. Where I spend my earnings reflects my … Continue reading
Posted in Bethany, Customer Service, Da Real Homiez, Employment, Feminism, Germantown, It Works!, Library, Matt Boyfran, Megan Childers- favorite roomie, Memphis, Money, Recovery, TeePee, Tutoring, Working It
Tagged Account Executive, Administrative Assistant, Amazon, Art, Boss Babe, Brittany Wright, California, Chemicals, Church, Community, Consumption, Corporations, Emmy Enclosures, Entrepreneurs, Etsy, Germantown News, Google, Hair, Instagram, Isagenix, It Works!, Jewelry, Kaufman Shoes, Keep, Library, Lipgloss, Magazine, Matt McAtee, Money, Network Marketing, Organic, Plexus, Premier Mascara, Rachel Easley, Robbi Edwards, Sales Associate, Scentsy, Sephora, Shopping, Small Business, Stationery, Stella Reed Salon, Support Local, Tammy Keenum, Target, Thrive, Twitter, Usborne Books, Walgreens, Younique
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Time capsule and a funeral
Adam, Tatum, and I created a time capsule over the weekend per their request. It was a spur of the moment thing but I decided to roll with it. Easier said than done given my perfectionist tendencies and control freak … Continue reading
Posted in * R. i. P. *, Adam, Bosi, Death, Family, Grief, Memories, Tatum
Tagged 2021, Captain America, Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep, Eulogy, Funeral, Germantown, iPhone, Lacy Ferguson, Mary Elizabeth Frye, Photos, Reverend, Ron Jones, Time Capsule, Traditions, Trinkets, Warren Smith
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I cling to the 9%!
Last fall I purchased a DNA kit from Ancestry.com, hoping to shed some light on my international genetic makeup. I spit awkwardly into a plastic test tube, made a video to commemorate the occasion [bonus points for Adam referencing John … Continue reading
Posted in Adam, Adoption, Birdie, Da Real Homiez, Family, Kids, Matt Boyfran, Megan Childers- favorite roomie, Memphis, Mother Russia, My Parents, Tennessee, YouTube
Tagged 2015, 2016, Aesthetician, Africa North, Albert Einstein, Ancestry DNA, Anglo-Saxon, App, Cordell Hull Building, Customer Service, December, Dye, Ethnicity, Europe East, Europe West, European, Fall, Finland/Northwest Russia, Great Britain, Hair, iPhone, Ireland, John Cena, Matt McAtee, Nashville, November, Operation Biological Information, Red, Scandinavia, Spectacular Skin, Stella Reed Salon, Stylist, Teri Lewis
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2017
2016 wasn’t a complete disaster. I experienced gut wrenching pain [death, relapse, difficult life lessons], euphoric joy [recovery, adulting, the perfect job] and learned so much I thought my head would explode. Even though the vast majority of my news … Continue reading
Posted in Changes, Inspiration, Memories, Memphis, Parenting, Recovery
Tagged 2016, 2017, 52 Good Jar, AA, Alcoholics, Balmoral, Cordova, Facebook, Gratitude, Just For Today, New Years Eve, Parenting Objectives, Quince, Red Stamp, Ridgeway, Sobriety, Tower, Traditions, White Chip
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Thomas Brian Bosi
My best friend, Thomas Bosi, was killed on 13 October 2015. A drunk driver slammed into him and couldn’t be bothered to stop. He died on impact. His tragic, senseless, and untimely death sent me into a downward spiral. Only … Continue reading
Posted in * R. i. P. *, Addiction, Birdie, Bosi, Crime, Da Real Homiez, Death, Depression, Jojo Dancer, Love, Memories, Memphis, My Parents, Raleigh
Tagged AA, Alcohol, Anger, Catholic, Covington Pike, Detox, Drunk Drivers, DUI, Facebook, Forgiveness, Friends, Germantown, Grace House, Grief, Hit and Run, Italian Stallion, Jackson Ave., Jojo, Kevin, Killed, Larry, Methodist North Hospital, Nutbush, Pine Lakes, Randy, Resentment, Stuart, Tattoos, The Cave, Thomas Bosi, Tragedy, Vehicular Manslaughter, Walmart, Wendy's, WMC Action News 5
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