Happy SITS Day to me! | Itty Bitty City Kitchen

Today is my 100th post! It’s also my SITS day!

What a lovely coincidence.

If you’re not familiar with SITS, you should be! Check them out here.

It’s a fantastic community of women who offer blogging tips and advice and who support their fellow female bloggers. I’ve found some incredibly inspiring stories, some killer recipes and lots of giggles on the pages of the blogs of these ladies.

I was never one of those girls with lots of girl friends.

I was always really close with my dad (I still am), and with all my boy cousins, I grew up very much a tom boy.

I’m incredibly lucky to have a dad who will watch movies or a football game with me and then come help me pick out my wedding dress. I’m thankful to him for teaching me how to throw a perfect spiral – I never ever threw like a girl. And having such a solid relationship with my dad has definitely helped me have such an incredible relationship with my fiance. Your dad’s the first guy who loves you.

The relationship with my dad is probably why I always hung with boys. All through high school and college, I was always the one girl with the guys. I didn’t understand girls. They seemed catty and sometimes downright mean. My guy friends were fun. And things were just easy with them. It was about laughs not about makeup.

I mean, check out my guys below. Don’t they just look awesome?

But as I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to see the value in those female friendships. When you find a few good women in your life, you really *get* what girlfriends are all about.

My first friends were my parents. I think as an only child you just get a different relationship with your parents than you would if you had siblings.

My mom is the person I tell everything. As I’m about to get married, I know my fiance will become more and more my number one confidante, but sometimes, you just want your mom. She gets that when I’m crying, it’s because I’m angry, not upset, and she knows when to push and when to keep her mouth shut (most of the time). I was always baffled when some of the girls I grew up with said they didn’t really talk to their moms. I can’t imagine not talking to her or not sharing everything with her.

I’ve told you I’m an only child, but I never really felt like one. I have a ton of cousins, so I wasn’t like totally isolated from kids. I also grew up with a very close friend, who is as close to a sister without being blood as you can get. I’ve known her since first grade. She’s Jill and I’m Jack. We were definitely meant to be a twosome! She is a beautiful person inside and out.

And we’ve grown up together and changed and gotten married and gotten engaged and moved around, but we’re still Jack and Jill.

And every girl needs a partner in crime. I met mine in high school and she is the nonfat milk in my coffee. We’ve been separated by distance and higher learning (only she knows what that means) but it hasn’t stopped Romy and Michelle. Getting into concerts without tickets is a fine art that we have mastered.

I’m also really excited to have some new wonderful ladies in my life.

My fiance’s brother has a lovely girlfriend, Sam, who is incredibly talented, smart and fun. I’m so so so lucky to have a great relationship with her and with my future-brother-in-law.

And having heard so many mother-in-law horror stories, I’m even more lucky to be friends with my future mother-in-law. She is an incredibly fun and funny woman who should start her own blog. Patty P. has been loving and caring since the day I have met her and has always made me feel like family.

I guess every woman reaches a stage in her life where she realizes that she needs some strong females she can call on as backup, as comfort and as friends.

I’m not just saying Happy SITS to me, but to the women who have helped make me who I am.

21 thoughts on “Happy SITS Day to me!”

It’s wonderful that you have so many close friends and family to support you as you grow and learn life. As I’ve grown older, I’ve learned it’s not the number of friends, but the quality of your friends. And, my number one friend is my husband. He gets me and supports me and cares for me. I hope you’re having a wonderful SITS day. Enjoy! Have a blessed day!

jacky grace on September 20, 2013 at 1:05 pm said:

I couldn’t agree more. I’ve had the same friends forever.

Happiest of SITS Days to you. I love this post. This is a beautiful tribute to those special people in your life.

Happy SITS Day! I’m a lot like you – always one of the guys – knowing how to box out and throw a perfect spiral is an important part of being a tomboy! I have found making friends, female friends as an adult to be very hard. I’m so thankful for social media for introducing me to women who can support me, and vice versa, in a way that I was having a hard time doing on my own!

jacky grace on September 20, 2013 at 1:06 pm said:

I still find making female friends hard. I’ve been lucky enough to have grown up with my closest two gal pals. It helps when your guys friends have great girlfriends.

Happy SITS Day to you – what a lovely post! Now – I have to ask – how did you master the fine art of getting into a concert sans tix. The recovering publicist in me is curious 🙂 I’m so thankful that SITS featured you today – I can’t wait to peruse IBCK!

jacky grace on September 20, 2013 at 1:07 pm said:

Always always always accidentally walk down streets that are closed off because the band is loading in. And then be friendly and offer to carry stuff or hand out flyers or stickers. : )

I am an only child, too, but like you I was blessed with so many cousins and friends. Happy SITS day! What a coincidence that you’re featured as you write your 100th post!

Congrats on being featured blogger! Enjoy your day!

This is so incredibly beautiful–and a touching tribute to all the people in your life who have clearly played a role in making you the wonderful, well-rounded young woman you are today 🙂 I have a Romy in my life, too… I have no idea where I would be without her. Happy SiTS day!!! XOXO

Happy SITS Day! Congrats on your 100th post!

Hello Happy SITS Day & Congrats on your 100th post. My Mom has always been my best friend. She understands me, supports me. Now my husband is added to list and a few good girl friends.

I’m super excited that you are enjoying your SITS Day and that you are part of the SITS community because I might never have found your blog otherwise!!