Do You Know Karriema?

Thanks, Karriema, for being our first Resident to Volunteer for "Do You Know?"Job Title: Project Management Analyst

Lived here how long? Lived at Bolton's Landing for 10 months andhave lived in Charleston for over 2 1/2 years

Where are you from Originally? Calhoun Falls, SC

First car: Saturn L200

What type of music do you like? Anything I can dance to! I love all music!

Favorite band? I can't pick just one! I have several!
Favorite Sport to Watch: College Football
Favorite Sport to Play: I'm not really a "playing sports" kinda girl
Favorite Place to Eat Out: Taco Boy (downtown)
Favorite Thing to Make at Home: Steak and mixed veggies (it's the easiest meal ever)
Best Vacation You've Ever Been On: Spring Break 2008 in Miami, FL
Person You Admire the Most: My cousin, Tivoli Thomas (She's accomplished great things, made great life decisions, and serves as a great role model to me)
Where is the Farthest You Have Been from Home? Portland, Oregon
Dream Car: Jaguar XF

Would you Bungee Jump? Definitely
Scared of spiders or snakes? I'm terrified of spiders AND snakes.
Favorite Season & Why? Fall (I love the weather during the fall season, and I love catching end-of-summer sales!!!)
Favorite Quotes or Sayings "Failure to plan is a plan for failure." "Never judge a book by its cover."
Prefer Sweet or Salty Snacks? Sweet Snacks
If you were to start a business, what would it be? I would be a natural hair consultant. I want to teach people how to properly care for their hair, especially the natural curlies. I love, love, love my hair, and I think everyone should have that same confidence and love for theirs. When you look good, you feel good. My hair is like my personality, very diverse and free-spirited. I style my hair based on my mood for the day. One day you might see a "straight-hair" day, and the next day, I could have "rockstar hair." It's all a part of me!

Which Movie?

Movie Night is this Friday night, at 8 pm
This month we'll be choosing from family classics.

Which movie should we watch?

Please vote using the poll at the bottom.

Princess Bride Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (original) Back to the Future Groundhog Day

Vote here!

Pancake Breakfast Tomorrow!

Come out to the Office tomorrow from

9-11 am for a Pancake Breakfast!

Pancakes, made to order!

We'll have your choice of chocolate chips, blueberries,
strawberries and pecans to be added into the pancake batter.

St. Patrick's Party Recap

If you didn't make it out to the St. Patrick's Party, here's what you missed: 

 lots of food

 Shamrock Sugar Cookies, Irish Soda Bread, Cupcakes, Best o' Luck Irish Brownies, and Green Krispies!

 Even the brownies had some green.

 Punch.

 VERY green punch.

Kiyomi and James

Laura and Keith, sportin' their green!

Sandra, Nikki, and Courtney with the BEST outfits!

And Matt and Tricia showing off their green too! 

 Plus lots of other neighbors who stopped by!

We missed those of you who weren't here and look forward to seeing you at the Breakfast next weekend.

St. Patrick's Day Party!

Getting in the St. Patty's Day Spirit?
Come out Thursday night for a celebration in honor of St. Patrick himself.

We'll have Irish Soda Bread and some green desserts... 

... and of course some green drink! 

There's also a costume contest. 

The person with the BEST St. Patrick's Day themed outfit will win a gift certificate to a local restaurant.

Need some inspiration? Check this out.

Pizza Party Tomorrow Night!

Come out to the first event tomorrow night!  

Pizza from Domino's 6-8 at the office!

Matt & Tricia, Bolton's Landing's Cares Team

Hey Y'all, 

We're Matt and Tricia (that's our picture on the left).  We just started as the Cares Team here at Bolton's Landing.  We'll be planning events for the community and help get people connected however we can.  Please let us know if there's ever anything we can do to help.

So, here's a little bit about who we are:  We're both from the Charleston area and met during high school.  At first, Matt was too much of a dork, and Tricia was too much of a freak for us to be friends.  But, our personalities evened out enough by the end of high school for us to be friends, and eventually best friends.  After we had both graduated from college (in 2005 and 2006), we ended up falling in love and then getting married in July 2007.

Our first year of marriage, we lived in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area of Texas.  While we lived there, we heard about the Cares program and became a Cares team.  After a few months of being a Cares team, we had the opportunity to move to Thailand to teach at an elementary school.  So, during our second year of marriage, we lived in Thailand.  Matt was teaching 2nd grade, and Tricia taught 4th grade.  We had so much fun!

But, it wasn't the best timing for us to continue living in Thailand, so we moved back to Charleston in the summer of 2009. We've been wanting to be a part of the Cares program in Charleston, so we're so excited to be here at Bolton's Landing.

We'll do posts later with more information about each of us.  You should also know that we have a 4-legged child named Nala.  And she's our only child for now.

Nala

We look forward to getting to know you!

Matt & Tricia