I decided that while we were gone, we would re-visit our last trip to NYC, especially for those of you who weren't hanging around in 2011. When we're back in town, there will be dance recital recaps, beach fun and new adventures in the Big Apple. You can find this original post here. December 19, 2011: On Sunday, we knew we were flying home, but we tried to squeeze as many things in our short day as we possibly could. That included packing our bags for the airport, checking out of our hotel, taking the train to the city, getting some Christmas shopping done and visiting the 9|11 Memorial in lower Manhattan. This was probably the coldest day we spent in NYC -- the high was 38 degrees. We bundled up as best we could, but it was windy and the city is still in the shadows at 9 o'clock, so ...
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NYC Revisited | The Best Day
I decided that while we were gone, we would re-visit our last trip to NYC, especially for those of you who weren't hanging around in 2011. When we're back in town, there will be dance recital recaps, beach fun and new adventures in the Big Apple. You can find this original posts here and here. December 15, 2011: ...alternately titled, "the one with all the pictures"! We took so many pictures this day that I'm going to have to split it up into two posts! I knew that seeing the Statue of Liberty would be cool, but I had no idea that I would love it as much as I did. We took a ferry cruise from Battery Park at 9 o'clock on Saturday morning. After standing in line and clearing security, we were statue bound. It a gorgeous day, cold and crisp, not a cloud in the sky. The water was choppy and ...
NYC Revisited | Strawberry Fields
I decided that while we were gone, we would re-visit our last trip to NYC, especially for those of you who weren't hanging around in 2011. When we're back in town, there will be dance recital recaps, beach fun and new adventures in the Big Apple. You can find this original post here. December 13, 2011: For as long as I can remember, I've been a Beatles fan. More specifically, a Lennon fan. My dad and I used to listen to their music together when I was a girl. I have the albums on disk and on vinyl. For my sixteenth birthday, my mom won tickets to a Beatles tribute band concert and I could not have been happier. I visited London (would still like to visit Liverpool) when I was 14 and loved seeing the memorabilia everywhere and walking where they walked. And I've always wanted to visit the ...
Just the Two of Us
I sometimes wonder if we have a strange relationship. We've been together almost as long as we were apart and that means we know each other really well. I don't mean that our relationship is the greatest ever or that we love each more than you love your spouse, but in a world where divorce seems like no big deal, you kind of have to pat yourself on the back for really liking somebody after seventeen years, right? Josh drives me batty. Like crazy, kicking, screaming, batty. He knows exactly what buttons to push, how to make me smile and how to make me scream. He knows I hate repetitive noises like pen-clicking or toe-tapping. He knows not to hand me the remote control when he's done watching (I don't want much television), but he does it any way because this one makes him laugh. I'm laying ...
Father’s Day: A Cautionary Tale
Don't get me wrong, there were a lot of really great days on our vacation last week. I do NOT regret going and the moments spent on the beach with my family were, as always, amazing. There is nothing like being in paradise with twenty of your favorite people. Amidst all of the good, however, were a few moments when I just wanted to bang my head against a wall. On Saturday night while traveling down, we blew a tire on our travel trailer. It was well after dark and we were precariously parked on the side of the interstate. After a failed attempt to call roadside service, my uncle caught up to us and helped Josh jack up the camper and change the tire. Sunday and Monday it rained. All day. The first day didn't bother me, because it's always nice to hang around camp and settle in. I read a ...
15 Weird Things You’ll Wish You Didn’t Know
on our way home from Panama City Beach the summer after he graduated high-school I read a funny post earlier in the week where the blogger asked her husband for a list of funny / random / unknown facts about her. It kind of made me snort laugh. Not really because of what he said about her, but because I could only imagine what my husband might say about me. I emailed him at work and asked him to compile a list for me. That was my only instruction. I didn't give him any direction about what I wanted, how many or how long they should be or even what topics were off limits. Here is what he had to say (with my commentary, of course): She wants everything to be divisible by the number five. I think we've discussed this before, but let me enlighten you just in case. I have a thing with ...
Birthday Boy
Happy Birthday to my favorite person on the planet. Nothing is worth celebrating without you. 1/31/98 - Josh's 19th birthday - the first we spent together ...
thankful
I'm thankful that yesterday I had over 100 wishes / messages / emails / phone calls / hugs / songs to celebrate my birthday. I'm thankful that when I walked in the back door Sophie yelled "It's YOU birthday!" and did a little jig. I'm thankful that my mom made my most favorite dinner and that I got some pretty special gifts. I'm thankful that Ella monopolized the dinner conversation as usual. I'm thankful that I'm really only 33, even though I spent the entire day thinking I was 34. I'm thankful that I left my parents' house with a to-go plate for lunch today, may the carb-fest never end! I'm thankful that I came home with my precious family to our little rock house. I'm thankful that no matter how high the thermostat reads, it's always a little chilly in the fall and winter. I'm thankful ...