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7 years married today and not feeling itchy at all! Happy anniversary My Love! 60+ years to go! ❤️

October 5th is not only our wedding anniversary but also our dating anniversary (13 years ago today) and also the day I proposed to Josh (8 years ago today). 🥰
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It's official - Josh is the greatest Traitors player to ever play my version of the game!

Yes, he has played multiple times and was banished early in All Stars last year but after winning for a 3rd time last Saturday, there is no question on his ability to lie, manipulate and backstab his way to a victory. 

25 first time players entered the game for Season 11 with one very big twist - 4 previous winners, Josh, Kelley, Tessa and Tiffany would divide everyone into 4 teams and "coach" them on how to play the game. That is until I surprised everyone and announced after round 4 that the teams twist was over and the coaches would be entering the game as players!

I'm not sure if this twist affected how the Traitors played but one by one, the Faithfuls sussed them out - Sarah D. in round 4, Gerrad in round 6, Patrick in round 8 and Lawrence in round 9. Josh was recruited as a Traitor immediately upon entering the game and somehow alluded any suspicion on himself only receiving a single vote the entire night from Adam T. (who Josh then quickly murdered). 

By the time Josh, along with Maggie who he recruited late in the game as a fellow Traitor, Natalie and Tessa reached the Firepit of Truth, it was game over. Josh got Tessa and Natalie to banish Maggie and then in the ultimate betrayal, convinced Tessa that Natalie was a Traitor over him (a move he pulled on her way back in season 1!) and claimed his first solo win in the game!

A new round of schemers, master manipulators and cutthroat competitors enter my castle next month and I can't wait for the murdering and banishing to begin again!
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20 years ago today, I arrived in Los Angeles as a fresh faced, newly turned 23-year-old with hopes of making a life for myself in the "City of Dreams." 

My dad and I began our roadtrip in my red pickup truck all the way from Michigan 3 days earlier with a tight deadline as I was starting my first day of work at Walden Media on July 5th. I wish I remembered those days better but looking back, I was a bucket of nerves moving my entire life nearly 2,300 miles away from home. I do remember dropping my dad off at the airport that night and driving to my friend's apartment (shoutout to Amy and Melissa for their generous hospitality) when the entire sky erupted in the most stunning fireworks making me think that this could be the start of an amazing adventure.

And what an adventure it's been! I met and married the love of my life Josh, we bought a beautiful home together in Burbank, adopted our dog Sprocket, I spent 17 years as a publicist at Walt Disney Studios, 2 (so far) at Netflix, worked and attended countless award shows, red carpet premieres and press junkets, won Publicist of the Year, hiked thousands of miles and have become obsessed with inviting friends over to play Traitors. 

Blessed doesn't even begin to describe how lucky I feel looking back on these past 20 years and I can't wait to see what the next 20 holds!
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June was anything but Gloom 💖 (even with Atlanta’s incessant rain!) 
Events in NYC, LA and Atlanta with friendship reunions peppered in throughout because man, it had been a while! 😘 💜💚🩷❤️💙

KPop Demon Hunters One Year Anniversary Party at Funko Hollywood

Shaved Milk!

Team MKM - LA

Team MKM - NYC

June was anything but Gloom 💖 (even with Atlanta’s incessant rain!) 
Events in NYC, LA and Atlanta with friendship reunions peppered in throughout because man, it had been a while! 😘

USA in the World Cup

On brand for Toy Story 5

Reunion!

Reunion!

Best gift!

Reunion!

So proud of this mailer!!!

Pool day with my little besties

Elevator selfies are my fave

OaksATL X 880 North Ribbon Cutting

NYC trip for Wicked event and seeing The Balusters and bonus Two Strangers Carry a Cake Across New York

24 hours at Trilith Studios for a secret mission

Ribbon cutting with Mayor Andre Dickens

Babysitting and learning about PAW Patrol MERPUPS
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43 never looked so handsome. Happy birthday My Love!
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2025 flew by so quickly that I honestly don't know how to describe it other than calling it a whirlwind. How is it 2026 already?? In any case, here are my top 10 favorite memories of 2025 (which equally feel like they happened this year but also 5 years ago lol):

1. All things KPop Demon Hunters - with so much more to come!

2. Season 4 of The Traitors when the 4 Traitors made it to the end and won the game together!

3. After 10 years of living in our home, Josh and I finally were able to convert our garage into a backhouse which I have nicknamed "The Residence"

4. Watching our niece Lilly grow a year older and continue to crush on her boyfriend Chucky!

5. Attending the Oscars as a seated guest for the first time!

6. Season 5 of The Traitors which was filled with "Returning Favorites" when I played for the first time and won as a Faithful alongside Big Brother legend Taylor Hale!

7. Spending the first 2 months of the year with the Wallace & Gromit legends Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham

8. Season 7 of The Traitors when 25 "All Stars" returned to play the game which made for the most epic game play I've ever seen!

9. Meeting the giant Baloney Tony at the Annecy Film Festival while working on Alex Woo's beautiful and hilarious film In Your Dreams

10. Visiting Salt Lake City with the best friends a guy could ever ask for!

#KPopDemonHunters #WallaceAndGromit #InYourDreams #TheTraitors #TheOscars
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Happy Thanksgiving from our little family to yours.
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Earlier this month, 25 previous winners, finalists and stand out personalities from the first 6 seasons of THE TRAITORS returned to the Sprocket Estate for the ultimate game of deceit and murder – THE TRAITORS: ALL STARS!

Season 7 was a year and a half in the making and from the shocking first murder of Michelle (a season 3 winner) to the early banishment of Josh (a Traitor), this group held nothing back as the lies and accusations flew across the roundtable until Faithfuls Kelley, Marcus and Valerie banished Amanda (the last Traitor left) during the Firepit of Truth to secure victory!

“Karma points” were introduced into the game as the big twist for the season where the first 8 banished and murdered players got to vote on which 3 remaining players to give an “advantage” to (immunity) and which 3 remaining players to give a “disadvantage” to (extra votes against them in the next banishment round). But nothing stopped these All Stars from making a mark on the game in each of their own ways. Jami (a Faithful) vs. Taylor (a Traitor) was a rivalry no one saw coming, Kelly's masterful way to defend and deflect should be studied by all future players and Marcus making it all the way to the end without receiving a single vote against him perhaps makes him the best player of them all. 

There is nothing more fun than a great night playing The Traitors and luckily Season 8 will be here before we know it!
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12 years ago today we had our first date, 7 years ago today I asked you to marry me and 6 years ago today this photo was taken right after we both said "I do." 

No matter what happens, I always feel safe and loved having you in my life. 

Happy Anniversary My Love!
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