I have a deep love for how the blogging community connects people. It creates new friendships and in my case it also has brought and kept old friends in my life. (For any new readers, Ryan and I actually went to high school together and Megan and I were randomly paired as roommates our freshman year at UCF.) Well today I have the honor of introducing the blog world to another friend of mine: Katy.
Katy and I actually met when we were paired in the same group for our UCF orientation. Ironically we both thought the other was rather snobby at first, until we ran into each other at a bookstore as we were seeking shelter from the Florida afternoon thunderstorms. It turned out we were both just rather shy, and we actually ended up hitting it off quite well!
Since then we spent a lot of time in college together. We have been to Atlanta together:

As well as Italy:


She was there the night I got engaged:

Through my bridal shower:

And my wedding (where we unfortunately never got a picture together!).
(Please see the Popular Posts page for recaps of my wedding and more!)
Then the tables turned! I went to her bridal shower:
And in May I went to her wedding:
Now here we are, a short few months later, and I am so excited that Katy has decided to start a healthy living blog of her own! I look forward to following her in her daily life and I can’t wait until I can hang out with her again the next time I’m in Orlando.
Now head on over to visit Katy over at her new blog, These Beautiful Feet, and get to know her, say hi and show her how awesome and welcoming this blogging community can be!
I’ll be back later tonight with a full recap of my day. In the meantime (I’m sure you all know what I’m about to say, but please bear with me, it’ll all be over Friday!)…
Thank you again for voting - I’m still going to keep asking y’all to help with the votes because I know the numbers and I know there are many of you out there who are reading my little blog everyday but aren’t voting! So let’s vote!
Help us get into the Top 20 for the SAM-e Good Mood Gig! Vote for each of us once a day until October 30th by clicking on each of our names below! With your help we can all make and stay in the top 20! THANK YOU!
- Me (www.soundeats.com)
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Oh how cool! Your friend looks a lot like Julia Stiles. Gorgeous!
Awesome! I’ll add her to my google reader.
What a cute story! I’m going to head over and check out her blog!
I’ll definitely take a look at her blog
Funny, a lot of people think I’m a little snob/arrogant at first.. but really, I’m just shy!
How amazing to have such a wonderful long lasting friendship. I think that is just great and if she is as sweet as you I’ll be a dedicated reader!
Yay for new bloggies, checking it out now!
Aw how fun!! Welcome to the blogs