Why waste the pumpkin when it clearly makes a wonderful holiday decoration?
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Another Holiday Photo
I got a pumpkin from my boss at Halloween, and I've now made it into a Sant-o-lantern. I just couldn't throw away the perfectly good pumpkin just because the pumpkin "season" has passed, so I just upgraded him a little.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Monday Madness
I know it's not the highest quality picture ever, but that's my wreath. It smells wonderful and it makes me happy. I'm still bummed that we're not having our own tree this year (the in-laws-to-be will have one, so I'm not completely without), but this is a nice touch. I put up our lights and even made a couple paper snow flakes. Tree or no tree, my apartment will have some holiday flair.
What maddens me today is how close Christmas and our travels really are! We leave in less than two weeks! That's crazy! We're having Christmas with my family in less than two weeks! I have less than two weeks to finish shopping for my family! (4 down, 5 to go! Yikes!) Not to mention, in the next two weeks I have about 5 Christmas parties to go to! I need to go shopping! :)
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
December Spirit
It's December and that means I can listen to Christmas music. And I have been for the last two days. I love Christmas music (for the few weeks a year that it's relevant), but I won't do it until it's December. I like to respect the bird and wait for the whole month to finish before I tune into the holiday stations.
I love December and I love Christmas. There's nothing better to me than the smell of Christmas trees and peppermint hot chocolate. I love decorating and watching horribly cheesy movies. Last year I had my very first tree. I took so much pride in the ornaments and all the decorations for my apartment. I'd never had my own place for the holidays before. This year we won't be home for the holidays, and so we're going tree-less. I'm a little disappointed, because I had so much fun last year, but it doesn't make sense to get one, so oh well. I'm definitely going to get a wreath though, because I need that awesome smell to fill my little apartment. I'm also going to decorate with paper snowflakes and a red and green paper chain (think back to elementary school and linking the paper together...yeah, that's my favorite).
This weekend I plan on watching Christmas movies and, hopefully, finishing our Save-the-Dates. Who knew they would be such a pain? We want to send them out with our Christmas cards to kill two birds with one stone, but I'm a little behind on both things, so we'll see how it goes!
I just can't believe how quickly this year went and how soon Christmas is!
I love December and I love Christmas. There's nothing better to me than the smell of Christmas trees and peppermint hot chocolate. I love decorating and watching horribly cheesy movies. Last year I had my very first tree. I took so much pride in the ornaments and all the decorations for my apartment. I'd never had my own place for the holidays before. This year we won't be home for the holidays, and so we're going tree-less. I'm a little disappointed, because I had so much fun last year, but it doesn't make sense to get one, so oh well. I'm definitely going to get a wreath though, because I need that awesome smell to fill my little apartment. I'm also going to decorate with paper snowflakes and a red and green paper chain (think back to elementary school and linking the paper together...yeah, that's my favorite).
This weekend I plan on watching Christmas movies and, hopefully, finishing our Save-the-Dates. Who knew they would be such a pain? We want to send them out with our Christmas cards to kill two birds with one stone, but I'm a little behind on both things, so we'll see how it goes!
I just can't believe how quickly this year went and how soon Christmas is!
Monday, November 30, 2009
Monday Madness
What happened to November? How is it possible that the month is over and Christmas is just a few weeks away? I feel like I blinked and the month went by. It's maddening.
Thanksgiving was wonderful. We had quite the adventure and a great weekend over all. My top five moments are:
1. Being pulled over Thursday morning for being a horrible driver and running a red light. I was driving in Boston and could not get to where I wanted to be for the life of me, thanks to all the one way streets, and just totally missed the light. Luckily, no one was even close to hurt (it was a stop light for a crosswalk, so no cars and no people were crossing), but of course a police office saw me. He was in the Thanksgiving spirit and let me go.
2. Spending approximately 13 hours in the car. Luckily I enjoyed the company I kept and my radio decided to work for all but an hour of the trip. The clock was not as cooperative.
3. Hearing "Alice's Restaurant" on the radio at noon, as always, and knowing pretty much all the words...at least all the words at the good parts. (If you don't know the song, definitely look it up. It's by Arlo Guthrie and is a Thanksgiving must).
4. Celebrating seven years of dating with the hubs-to-be. On our first date we saw a Harry Potter movie, went to the Thanksgiving bonfire, and played pool. This year we went to Borders and had coffee, and discussed wedding invitations. I'm happy to say we've grown up quite a bit since then, but not to worry, I still love Harry Potter movies :)
5. Taking a nap by my grandfather's fireplace on Friday when it was nasty and rainy outside. That's what's supposed to happen on vacation and I was happy to do it. It's not often that I get to sit in front of a fire, or take a nap, so it was bliss. (Plus I was full of day-after-Thanksgiving turkey and stuffing sandwich, so life was REALLY good).
I just hope December can live up to the standard November set!
Thanksgiving was wonderful. We had quite the adventure and a great weekend over all. My top five moments are:
1. Being pulled over Thursday morning for being a horrible driver and running a red light. I was driving in Boston and could not get to where I wanted to be for the life of me, thanks to all the one way streets, and just totally missed the light. Luckily, no one was even close to hurt (it was a stop light for a crosswalk, so no cars and no people were crossing), but of course a police office saw me. He was in the Thanksgiving spirit and let me go.
2. Spending approximately 13 hours in the car. Luckily I enjoyed the company I kept and my radio decided to work for all but an hour of the trip. The clock was not as cooperative.
3. Hearing "Alice's Restaurant" on the radio at noon, as always, and knowing pretty much all the words...at least all the words at the good parts. (If you don't know the song, definitely look it up. It's by Arlo Guthrie and is a Thanksgiving must).
4. Celebrating seven years of dating with the hubs-to-be. On our first date we saw a Harry Potter movie, went to the Thanksgiving bonfire, and played pool. This year we went to Borders and had coffee, and discussed wedding invitations. I'm happy to say we've grown up quite a bit since then, but not to worry, I still love Harry Potter movies :)
5. Taking a nap by my grandfather's fireplace on Friday when it was nasty and rainy outside. That's what's supposed to happen on vacation and I was happy to do it. It's not often that I get to sit in front of a fire, or take a nap, so it was bliss. (Plus I was full of day-after-Thanksgiving turkey and stuffing sandwich, so life was REALLY good).
I just hope December can live up to the standard November set!
Sunday, November 22, 2009
A week without words
So I totally missed a week of blogging, and I'm fully aware of it. This week was incredibly busy. Work was just crazy and I had something to do in the evening every night! It was a fun week, but it totally wore me out.
This weekend has been wonderfully restful. The hubs-to-be and I haven't had a lot of time to ourselves (again), so we spent all day yesterday just the two of us. It was so nice. It's such a weird feeling to live with someone, but to miss them so much. Like I said, it was a fun week, but we needed some us time.
Today, and the rest of the upcoming week will be very family-filled. Tonight is Sunday Family dinner at my sisters (which should be awesome), then Thanksgiving in CT, followed by Thanksgiving with the soon-to-be aunts and uncles and cousins in-law in Vermont. A lot of family means a lot of driving, but it will be good to see everyone.
I'm so glad this is a short week! Three days of work sounds definitely do-able :)
This weekend has been wonderfully restful. The hubs-to-be and I haven't had a lot of time to ourselves (again), so we spent all day yesterday just the two of us. It was so nice. It's such a weird feeling to live with someone, but to miss them so much. Like I said, it was a fun week, but we needed some us time.
Today, and the rest of the upcoming week will be very family-filled. Tonight is Sunday Family dinner at my sisters (which should be awesome), then Thanksgiving in CT, followed by Thanksgiving with the soon-to-be aunts and uncles and cousins in-law in Vermont. A lot of family means a lot of driving, but it will be good to see everyone.
I'm so glad this is a short week! Three days of work sounds definitely do-able :)
Friday, November 13, 2009
Everybody's Working for the Weekend
I am so unbelievably happy it's Friday. This week has been too long and too busy and I'm ready for the break. More than anything, I'm ready to sleep and not have to wake up to an alarm tomorrow morning. That will be so wonderful.
This weekend I'm going home to my Gramma's house and getting new tires on my car. It was quite the process of figuring out where the best place to get them done was, so hopefully I've picked well. Having a car can be so expensive, but I just can't give up the freedom it gives me. I have hating to park it and move it for street cleaning and all that bologna, but being able to go home or to the store, or to Vermont whenever I want to is worth it. I always debate getting rid of my car, and always come right back to the fact that I would feel SO trapped without it.
Although the weekend promises some rain, I'm so ready for the relaxation! Happy Weekend!
This weekend I'm going home to my Gramma's house and getting new tires on my car. It was quite the process of figuring out where the best place to get them done was, so hopefully I've picked well. Having a car can be so expensive, but I just can't give up the freedom it gives me. I have hating to park it and move it for street cleaning and all that bologna, but being able to go home or to the store, or to Vermont whenever I want to is worth it. I always debate getting rid of my car, and always come right back to the fact that I would feel SO trapped without it.
Although the weekend promises some rain, I'm so ready for the relaxation! Happy Weekend!
Monday, November 9, 2009
Monday Madness
Here we are at Monday again. The week really goes by so quickly!
This week was good, but the madness is the irony of a broken hair straightener. So this weekend I got my hair cut. I decided to go with bangs again because it's winter and I have to blow dry my hair anyway, so bang wouldn't be such a pain. Of course because I have curly-ish hair I have to straighten them with the hot iron after blow drying. Wouldn't you know my straighten broke this morning. Just decided it didn't want to turn on any more. Gonzo. Four days ago and I wouldn't have cared. Today, I needed that puppy. Luckily my most amazing bff is in town from NM, so I could use hers, but I have to get a new one tonight.
Isn't it always that the one thing we barely ever use decides not to work right when we need it? And there isn't much that will do the duties of a hair straightener. Although I know this is ridiculously trivial, it was not the way I wanted to start my Monday.
The weekend was awesome, as was having the bff in town. If I could find the card reader to take my pictures off my camera I'd add a little pzazz to this blog. Hopefully that can happen soon!
This week was good, but the madness is the irony of a broken hair straightener. So this weekend I got my hair cut. I decided to go with bangs again because it's winter and I have to blow dry my hair anyway, so bang wouldn't be such a pain. Of course because I have curly-ish hair I have to straighten them with the hot iron after blow drying. Wouldn't you know my straighten broke this morning. Just decided it didn't want to turn on any more. Gonzo. Four days ago and I wouldn't have cared. Today, I needed that puppy. Luckily my most amazing bff is in town from NM, so I could use hers, but I have to get a new one tonight.
Isn't it always that the one thing we barely ever use decides not to work right when we need it? And there isn't much that will do the duties of a hair straightener. Although I know this is ridiculously trivial, it was not the way I wanted to start my Monday.
The weekend was awesome, as was having the bff in town. If I could find the card reader to take my pictures off my camera I'd add a little pzazz to this blog. Hopefully that can happen soon!
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