Lasting Memories

Last Sunday I had the pleasure of having a fun filled photo shot with my sisters. When we went down to Mckinney by a quaint little coffee shop. It was so much fun and I made memories with my sisters that can never be replaced! Big thanks to Rebecca Egger for taking these pictures for us. The memories that you captured for us will never be forgotten and we will be forever greatful for them!

For many more pics of us by our outstanding phtographer... check out: http://www.rlephotography.blogspot.com/
~Chelsea - Left-sider~

What Matters the Most!!

Sometimes it takes a simple opportunity to make people realize what's really 

important and what's not. Two weekends ago I went on a retreat as a part of 

completing my confirmation. While I was there, I realized that we cannot be 

forgiven unless we forgive ourselves and others. It was great getting to know 

other people and focusing on the number one person in my life, God.

The cross at Camp Copass

~Celeste - Right-sider~

Celebrity Crush!

Keep in mind these are subject to change at a moments notice...
So lets say Celebrity Crush for the week...lol...


Candace - Tony Parker... and this is only because he is fresh on the market due to Eva divorcing him. Yeah I know the ink aint even dry yet...hhahaha

Caresse - Drake... she plays his music all day and all night and all day and all night. Thank God she did not rape him on stage at the concert last month..

Celeste - Trey Songz... dont know if its the music but she insist that he is her husband (in her head)..lol

Chelsea - Justin Beiber... Thank God the days are over when she played his songs all day and all night just like her fellow left-sider

OH and I just realise the only real celeb here is Drake cause he goes by one name and we sill know who he is...lol... way to go Caresse!

~Candace - Right Sider~

Rotary Wednesday!

So for those of you that dont know, Caresse and I attend the North Texas Pioneers Rotary Club. Now you may be wondering what exactly is Rotary..the purpose of the organization is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. Long Story short: "Service above Self". We do this through projects on a local, regional, and global basis. The organization was founded in 1905 by Paul Harris in Chicago.

OK, so since you got a quick, and when I say quick, I really mean quick because there is a lot more I could say about Rotary that would make you wanna be a part of this great organization. Even though I was ambushed by Caresse (Left-Sider) to go to the first meeting. She normally comes up with her wild crazy ideas and events, and for some reason I'm the one with the follow through. Match made in CRAZY HEAVEN. But I must admit that this invite as her "default guest" was one of the greatest things my sissy encouraged me to do.

Anywho.... so tonight we had a very touching program about a Tanzanian Mission, which provides medical and educational services during the summer to the Tanzanian people. I am sure our club will be a part of in the summer of 2012. More info in later blog posts.....

I also dressed up in a ballgown that was borrowed from.....yes.... my sissy Caresse! BEAUTIFUL! The club President and I had to make a special about an upcoming Rotary Gala to support the Rotary Foundation! AND, we had a surprise turkey dinner, that consist of a cake! Pumpkin Spice cake that looked like a turkey... see pic below...AMAZING!

Where can u go to have great German food, drink beer and wine and still work on GREAT SERVICE PROJECT.... ROTARY!

~Candace - Right-Sider~

Weekly Fav!

For the guys and girls who LOVE to shop!

Spend your money AND be part of a fantastic humanitarian effort. I wanted to share with you one of my favorite things! TOMS shoes are so comfortable and stylish, the first time I thought of buying some I couldn’t buy JUST one pair. Wear them with jeans, shorts, dresses, even formal wear! For shoe lovers everywhere for any and every occasion TOMS are right for you! The BEST part of it all, for every pair of shoes you buy, a child in need in a 3^rd world country gets one too! One for one. Shop and give to a great cause and help impact lives at the SAME time.  Read TOMS story

http://www.toms.com

Here are some pics of TOMS my friends and I own!

 ~Caresse - Left Sider~

Christmas BEFORE Thanksgiving?!

What?! Yes, it’s true! In Trinidad it seems like everyone celebrates and observes almost all religious holidays, which makes for wonderful days off school! For those of you not familiar with Divali (Diwali) the Hindu festival of lights. While very important to Hindus, this marked the need to eat A LOT of curry and most importantly, beginning of our family’s Christmas Season. 

It used to be that Christmas in our house came right after Divali…which is in OCTOBER. Since we’ve moved to the United States, Halloween and Thanksgiving are now both occasions/days we enjoy. My mother LOVES Christmas; in fact, she counts down the days starting on December 27^th.  Christmas i

n our house comes before Thanksgiving since we’ve moved to the United States in 2002 as not to offend those who JUDGE people who decorate before the Turkey Day. So as a result, you guessed it! “We” as in, SHE, started to decorate on November 7^th.  NOVEMBER 7^th?! Yes, you can start laughing now.  Apparently the decorations don’t exactly count as decorations if they’re not all light up! 

We love our mom, she surely is one of a kind. So unique she woke us all up at 7:00am on a Sunday to put up the Christmas trees. Yes, trees as in THREE. Now it looks like my house threw up garland. We love our mom, don’t get it mistaken, she’s the anchor that holds all of our traditions together, a house is a house but she makes it a home, even if we get our holidays all out of order! So get ready…it’s Happy Thanks-it’s not Christmas yet but it sure looks like it-giving season at OUR HOUSE! 

With all this happening, the only question that comes to mind is: Does turkey and eggnog taste good in your mouth at the same time? Well, stay tuned! I might just be able to convince Chelsea to try that bad boy combination out!

~Caresse - Left Sider~

Growing up we were thought the TRUE meaning of Christmas, and coming from the islands we are use to strippin the house of "its pretty" (as my granny would say) by repainting from ceiling to floor, buying new furniture and appliances and lets not forget the new curtains... which my mom still gets sent to her from Trinidad EVERY YEAR!

For the past couple of weeks I have been surrounded by boxes of garland and lights, and the excitement of getting ready for our family's favorite time of the year. All it took for me to help was a *boof  from meh granny all the way in Trinidad... Like it of not, we will be having Turkey with Christmas lights :-)

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas in the Smith/Bucchan home....

 * boof-  stern talking too/ orders from an adult

~Candace - Right Sider~

 

 

Why we are, who we are!

WELCOME TO Doing Left Right

For those of you who dabble in the world of psychology, you may have heard of a little theory called “birth order” with reference to personality. In layman’s terms, your birth order is said to determine the kind of personality you have. With four girls and four birth orders, that makes for A LOT of personality.

First	Middle	Last	Only
Natural Leader	Flexible	Risk-taker	Close to parents
High Achiever	Easy-going	Outgoing	Self-control
Organized	Social	Creative	Leader
On-time	Peacemakers	Self-centered	Mature
Know-it-all	Independent	Financially irresponsible	Dependable
Bossy	Secretive	Competitive	Demanding
Responsible	May feel life is unfair	Bored easily	Unforgiving
Adult-pleaser	Strong negotiator	Likes to be pampered	Private
Obeys the rules	Generous	Sense of humor	Sensitive

I’d say these are about 85% accurate for us but there’s so much personality in a crazy family like ours, we all have a little bit of everything. Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, our perspectives and opinions on everything is always outside the box.  Our mother always said that during her time of the month (might be TMI) one month she has no pain at all and the next she has more pain than she did during any of her births. That’s where the name of the blog came from and our healthy sibling rivalries that every family has.

We have the right side siblings  (Candace and Celeste) who cause no pain or stress and are, in general, super nurturing and responsible in our mother’s life and the left side siblings (Caresse and Chelsea) who…well… let’s not call us “stressful” let’s call us INTERESTING and most times FUN. Life isn’t worth living if it’s not interesting right?! Then again, I am a left sider so I might be a bit biased!

We generally “team up” The right siders and the left siders: Candace and Celeste are usually the ones who keep Chelsea and I in the realm of reality.

A bit about us-

Candace- The oldest, the nurturer; the one who looks out for everyone, 28 years young and fabulous.

Caresse-The second oldest, sometimes too brutally honest, pseudo painter, 23 years mature and fabulous

Celeste- the third oldest , the wise one, cross country runner and violinist extraordinaire, 16 years old and fabulous

Chelsea- The youngest, the baby because she’s 14 but not so much, cheerleading captain and violinist extraordinaire, crazy and of course fab.u.lous.

Again, welcome to our blog where you can not only witness our lives but be a part of it!  Get ready for THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE!

Want to know a little more on birth order? http://www.birthorderandpersonality.com/

Contributor: Caresse ~Left sider~