Opening the scrapbook...Panama City, FL

Me (top left), Morgan, Katie, Emma (bottom left), Kaylee

Meet my best friends,

aren't they gorgeous?

(Inside & out)

They make my laugh a little louder,

my smile a little brighter,

& my life a little better.

Opening the scrapbook...One Tree Hill

I am opening another page of my online scrapbook.

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I am obsessed with One Tree Hill.

I have been watching it for years and have all the seasons on DVD.

And I don't want to brag or anything, but I really am the #1 fan.

I came to this conclusion because I traveled all the way to Wilmington, North Carolina (where they film this amazing show) last summer. To be thorough, I looked up the addresses for all of the filming locations.

Not stalkerish. Thorough.

(If you don't watch the show, this post will be absolutely useless to you.)

On to the tour!

Lucas and Karen's house, with Lucas's famous bedroom door on the side.

The Scott residence. I was hiding in the bushes for this shot, although I'm sure the family that lives there are used to people photographing their house.

Brooke's beautiful house!
"I really liked being the girl behind the red door."

Peyton's house.

I kept trying to picture Brooke and Peyton's cat fight on the front lawn. Looks small compared to how it did on tv.

What used to be Karen's Cafe but is now Clothes over Bros. This was in the middle of downtown Wilmington. I'm sure they love seeing them film all the time. I would!

The rivercourt. This was, by far, my favorite spot to visit. I stepped onto center court and felt so amazing. It was so cool- picturing all of the moments that happened there. So cool.

Tric, Peyton's all-ages night club.

Tree Hill High School, which is actually Cape Fear Community College

The famous bridge

Told you. I am the biggest fan.

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More scrapbook openings to come...

Opening the scrapbook...Laguna Beach, CA

I'm opening up a scrapbook, of sorts.

Of past trips and experiences before I became a dedicated blogger. (Blogess? Blogette?)

The first installment is my trip in September 2008 to
Laguna Beach, California.

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Once upon a time there was a girl (me) & a best friend (her) who dreamt of California. Fiercely. And so in September they hopped on a jet and flew five hours to be there, where they would spend a week.

Their first day took them to Laguna Beach where they sank their toes in hot white sand and collected seashells.

Then, they stalked all of the places the cast of the MTV reality show 'Laguna Beach' (I know you watched it. Don't even play) had been on the show, the high school included.

Our eyes lusted on beach goodies in the downtown boutiques and we both thought throughout the day, "how freaking inadequate is Arkansas?"

& that, my friends, was only
day one.