I just had an INCREDIBLE weekend with some really good friends.
It was never anything major but it was just low key (late nights) fun.
On Friday we went to a roof top party in Charlestown, MA and it was just COOL!
On Saturday my friend Emallie and I went with my friend Jake to help him search for and buy a new (used) car and I got to test drive my brand new favorite car, a 2009 Black Convertible VW Eos. Oh. My. Gosh. HEAVEN!! I want it!! If only I had $35,000...haha. Then after the car shopping the 3 of us met up near our new church meeting place for a BBQ with the ward. It was lots of fun as well! And after that about 10 of us went to go see the HILARIOUS Pixar movie "UP!". Seriously...it was really really funny!
Then on Sunday..well I had church and then after church Em and I went to her sister's boyfriends house for dinner. It was a surprising amount of fun. :D
And that was my weekend--welcome to summer!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
okay. I'm done..
June 8, 2009
June 2, 2009
" I'm everything I am, because you Loved me"
Why do I love summer you ask? Okay. I know you didn't ask, but I wanted to share...
1) The cabin. It isn't really summer without at least ONE trip to heaven..
2) The beach. I love it so...
3) Just the good old sunshine...
4) Fabulous FANTASTIC friends and random, crazy and awesome days/nights...
AND
5) Not fitting into ANY of the clothes I wore last summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously. NONE of them. All to baggy...Talk about welcoming in summer!!!! :D
Oh, and there are many more things I love about summer, but nothing can top those 5 things.
Okay, I'm done.
Enjoy!
1) The cabin. It isn't really summer without at least ONE trip to heaven..
2) The beach. I love it so...
3) Just the good old sunshine...
4) Fabulous FANTASTIC friends and random, crazy and awesome days/nights...
AND
5) Not fitting into ANY of the clothes I wore last summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously. NONE of them. All to baggy...Talk about welcoming in summer!!!! :D
Oh, and there are many more things I love about summer, but nothing can top those 5 things.
Okay, I'm done.
Enjoy!
May 28, 2009
"The only way to get what you want, is to become a human yourself."
I just HAD to post this little "argument" I just had with Connor.
*We are fighting (aka he is crying) because he doesn't want to clean up the toys he has played with in the basement even though he KNOWS the rule is that you pick up any toys you played with before we can go upstairs.
A: Connor. I'm not going to say this again so listen closely.
C: DON'T SAY IT!!!
A: Say what? You don't know what I'm going to say.
C: Yes I do.
A: Okay, what am I going to say?
C: I don't know but I don't want to hear it!
This whole conversation was had while I was calmly (okay annoyingly) standing by and trying to not raise my voice to get him to stop crying/whining (because "connor? do you get what you want from me when you whine?") and pick up toys, and he was going between tears, whining and screeching his displeasure at me.
Just to inform you all--the 2 rules about basement play are as follows:
1--you have to pick up all toys played with before going upstairs (as previously stated)
2--Connor has to pick up 5 toys on his own (and put them in the right place) before I will help him, and he only gets help if he asks me nicely ("help with toys please pick up" as he "politely" asks)
just thought I would share that because that conversation made me laugh really hard--well. the last line especially.
alright I'm done.
*We are fighting (aka he is crying) because he doesn't want to clean up the toys he has played with in the basement even though he KNOWS the rule is that you pick up any toys you played with before we can go upstairs.
A: Connor. I'm not going to say this again so listen closely.
C: DON'T SAY IT!!!
A: Say what? You don't know what I'm going to say.
C: Yes I do.
A: Okay, what am I going to say?
C: I don't know but I don't want to hear it!
This whole conversation was had while I was calmly (okay annoyingly) standing by and trying to not raise my voice to get him to stop crying/whining (because "connor? do you get what you want from me when you whine?") and pick up toys, and he was going between tears, whining and screeching his displeasure at me.
Just to inform you all--the 2 rules about basement play are as follows:
1--you have to pick up all toys played with before going upstairs (as previously stated)
2--Connor has to pick up 5 toys on his own (and put them in the right place) before I will help him, and he only gets help if he asks me nicely ("help with toys please pick up" as he "politely" asks)
just thought I would share that because that conversation made me laugh really hard--well. the last line especially.
alright I'm done.
May 27, 2009
"I can see clearly now, the rain is gone...It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) Sun-Shiny day"
So, my weekend was jam packed full of fun fun FUN!!! I LOVE my friends and my life here!! :D
Friday night--I got a fantastic massage...
Saturday afternoon/night--SALEM (as you know, my fave place in MA) with 2 friends Jon and Aimee. It was great because I got to see/do things I haven't done before. :D
Sunday (all day)--got up for church at 7:30 am (as opposed to 11 am) to go to our new temporary church at the Episcopal Divinity School which has us meeting at 10 am now instead of 2 pm. Beautiful location and chapel and we are all grateful for the hospitality of the local religions. After church got out at 1:00, about 10 friends (including me) went to my friend Rob's house for a BBQ and then we hung out there for a few hours and played games and stuff. Then we went to my friend Christie's house (where about 6-7 more ppl showed up) for birthday cake and more hanging out/games. I left my house at 9 am and didn't get back to it until 11:00 pm. But I was only home long enough to get some stuff together and bring the car back because I stayed at my fabulous friend Emallie's house so that Monday fun could happen ASAP!!
Monday (Memorial Day!)--went to Malden, MA city parade (hilariously lame but thoroughly entertaining), then we got our stuff together (me and Em) to go meet about 15ish people at a beach in Rockport, MA! We spent about 4.5 hours at the beach then we went to Harvard Square and hung out for about 4 more hours and THEN I finally got home at a little after midnight! Whew.
Oh and then on Tuesday, Emallie and I made dinner for a few of our guy friends last night (just for fun mia! and mom!) Spaghetti with sauce that I made (a bit of garlic, half an onion finely chopped, basil, a dash of cheyenne pepper, a bunch of veggies, and some ground beef), garlic bread, and salad. yum!
it has been a lot of fun (but busy) these last four days! yay!!! :D
okay...i'm done!!
oh! and that top picture is a ship that looks an awful lot like a pirate ship. I enjoyed that...
May 17, 2009
"LET ME STAND NEXT TO YOUR FIRE"
So today was not exactly how I wanted to spend any Sunday...
I have been feeling crummy since Friday night--aches, fever, nausea, etc...
and then on Saturday, it got worse. So I slept all day.
Then this morning I woke up still feeling sick but not as bad, but still bad enough that I needed to stay in bed some more.
Lori (the mom of the kids I watch) told me (very nicely and gently) that she wasn't allowed to go to work for 5 days if someone in her house has the flu (she works in a medical research/testing company) so I went to the only medical place that is open on a sunday...the ER.
I was there for 4.5 hours to find out that I DON'T have the flu and I don't have strep, and I don't have mono, I don't have anything. Not really anyway. I have some sort of viral infection that my body is fighting because my white blood cell count is elevated 5000 more than normal. Because of that, he told me to just rest it up for a day or two. BUT he was a very nice and comprehended how much pain I was in from the throat up, so he gave me an antibiotic for that. yay!
and I had my blood drawn today (duh, how else would they know my white blood cell count) and it was my first real time and I was so upset by it (I can't explain it, but needles/giving/drawing blood freaks me out) that I cried a little... :(
Lori has been really great! She went to the store and bought me italian ice for my sore throat, a gatorade, some apple juice, some tissues, and as a snack some on-the-go fruit loops. :D very sweet...
Then there was this. Luckily no one was hurt.
And this is just the HALF my friend got on his cell phone. The entire building went down. Read the article--it is very short.
So, how was your sunday?
I have been feeling crummy since Friday night--aches, fever, nausea, etc...
and then on Saturday, it got worse. So I slept all day.
Then this morning I woke up still feeling sick but not as bad, but still bad enough that I needed to stay in bed some more.
Lori (the mom of the kids I watch) told me (very nicely and gently) that she wasn't allowed to go to work for 5 days if someone in her house has the flu (she works in a medical research/testing company) so I went to the only medical place that is open on a sunday...the ER.
I was there for 4.5 hours to find out that I DON'T have the flu and I don't have strep, and I don't have mono, I don't have anything. Not really anyway. I have some sort of viral infection that my body is fighting because my white blood cell count is elevated 5000 more than normal. Because of that, he told me to just rest it up for a day or two. BUT he was a very nice and comprehended how much pain I was in from the throat up, so he gave me an antibiotic for that. yay!
and I had my blood drawn today (duh, how else would they know my white blood cell count) and it was my first real time and I was so upset by it (I can't explain it, but needles/giving/drawing blood freaks me out) that I cried a little... :(
Lori has been really great! She went to the store and bought me italian ice for my sore throat, a gatorade, some apple juice, some tissues, and as a snack some on-the-go fruit loops. :D very sweet...
Then there was this. Luckily no one was hurt.
And this is just the HALF my friend got on his cell phone. The entire building went down. Read the article--it is very short.
So, how was your sunday?
May 13, 2009
"I may be weak but I'm never defeated And I'll keep believing In clouds with that sweet silver lining"
So my little boys have a new nanny...
Her name is Colette and she is great. Truly. But it is still weird...
I know she'll fit in great and it will ultimately be fine, but so weird!!
Connor likes her, which is good, but I still don't think he fully understands what is happening because the other day Connor and I were talking and this was the conversation:
A: "Connor. Do you like Colette?"
C: "Yeah.."
A: "would you like it if she came over and played with you again?"
C: "yeah, but for longer this time."
A: "I think we can do that! Would you like it if she came and watched you sometime?"
C: "yeah! that would be fun."
A: "maybe she could come watch you all the time when I go back home to Utah"
C: "sure! but only until you come back."
talk about heart breaking! :(
but it is all really happening and Lori, Jonathan and I are figuring out the best way to transition from me everyday to Colette everyday..So far we have that for the month of July she comes day once a week for a significant chunk of time and then for the last week either everyday for smaller amounts of time or 2 or 3 times a week where one of those days she has them by herself...
so that is that and i can't talk about it anymore right now.
what I can talk about is this:
The CRUISE to the BAHAMAS is officially on!! hells to the ya! haha :D
AND
it was my good friend Emallie (and yes, that is how you spell it)'s birthday last Thursday so for her birthday I got her (okay, us) concert tickets to see Kate Voegele at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston last night!!! SO AMAZING!!!
for those of you who don't know who she is, shame on you. but seriously, she is my new backstreet boys. haha jk...kinda
I truly love all of her songs and when her new album comes out May 19th I know I will love all those songs just as much! I thank the show 'One Tree Hill' for introducing me to her and her first album was written just for me, I'm pretty sure.
Okay I'm done.
I'm going to end with this:
SMALL VENUE CONCERTS ARE SO AWESOME!!!! :D
okay, i'm done!
(the post's title are some lyrics from her song "Sweet Silver Lining")
Her name is Colette and she is great. Truly. But it is still weird...
I know she'll fit in great and it will ultimately be fine, but so weird!!
Connor likes her, which is good, but I still don't think he fully understands what is happening because the other day Connor and I were talking and this was the conversation:
A: "Connor. Do you like Colette?"
C: "Yeah.."
A: "would you like it if she came over and played with you again?"
C: "yeah, but for longer this time."
A: "I think we can do that! Would you like it if she came and watched you sometime?"
C: "yeah! that would be fun."
A: "maybe she could come watch you all the time when I go back home to Utah"
C: "sure! but only until you come back."
talk about heart breaking! :(
but it is all really happening and Lori, Jonathan and I are figuring out the best way to transition from me everyday to Colette everyday..So far we have that for the month of July she comes day once a week for a significant chunk of time and then for the last week either everyday for smaller amounts of time or 2 or 3 times a week where one of those days she has them by herself...
so that is that and i can't talk about it anymore right now.
what I can talk about is this:
The CRUISE to the BAHAMAS is officially on!! hells to the ya! haha :D
AND
it was my good friend Emallie (and yes, that is how you spell it)'s birthday last Thursday so for her birthday I got her (okay, us) concert tickets to see Kate Voegele at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston last night!!! SO AMAZING!!!
for those of you who don't know who she is, shame on you. but seriously, she is my new backstreet boys. haha jk...kinda
I truly love all of her songs and when her new album comes out May 19th I know I will love all those songs just as much! I thank the show 'One Tree Hill' for introducing me to her and her first album was written just for me, I'm pretty sure.
Okay I'm done.
I'm going to end with this:
SMALL VENUE CONCERTS ARE SO AWESOME!!!! :D
okay, i'm done!
(the post's title are some lyrics from her song "Sweet Silver Lining")
May 8, 2009
"Picture yourself in a boat on a river, With tangerine trees and marmalade skies"
So, pretty much I'm just gonna ramble. :D
My Anatomy class is DONE! And I feel unbelievably confident that I passed the final therefore passing the class!!! *Not sure with what grade yet though* I put so much time, effort and energy into that class that I shouldn't be surprised that I feel this confident put given my past and how poorly I've done in science and math classes before, it is kind of hard to let go of that fear of failing. But I'm over that now. At least for science. Math I'm still terrified of.
And speaking of classes, I am now officially a full time student again. Well, at least I will be once school starts August 26th! I am signed up for 14 credits and I am so nervous, anxious, happy and excited!!! I will be taking 3 English classes (one I've taken before but NEED a better grade in) and Spanish 1010! Yay! I finally get to learn Espanol! Haha...luckily my future roomie knows Spanish and is willing to help language challenged me!!
And speaking future roommates--YAY!!! SO excited for that to happen in mid-August!!
Oh yeah...and we WILL go on that cruise!!!!
Yes everyone--a cruise! At the beginning of August. unless actual cosmic issues happen, we will be going! BAHAMAS baby!!!
AND the Gorski's have unofficially found my replacement. Ah! Actually, I found her. Her name is Colette and she is way nice and I think she will be great, but it is a very bizarre bittersweet moment. It is really happening. and sooner than I want to believe. Bitter. Sweet.
Happy and excited to go home and get back to school. Sad and slightly in denial.
July 31st (ish) and I'm done...
But if that is true--then I get to go visit with Dad and Dana before the cruise and before I go home to Utah! That will be great!
Oh and side note--it was my really good friends birthday on Wednesday and we went to bar's karaoke night and for me-not so good. but watching everyone else was extremely entertaining!
Okay. I'm done!!! Enjoy all!
My Anatomy class is DONE! And I feel unbelievably confident that I passed the final therefore passing the class!!! *Not sure with what grade yet though* I put so much time, effort and energy into that class that I shouldn't be surprised that I feel this confident put given my past and how poorly I've done in science and math classes before, it is kind of hard to let go of that fear of failing. But I'm over that now. At least for science. Math I'm still terrified of.
And speaking of classes, I am now officially a full time student again. Well, at least I will be once school starts August 26th! I am signed up for 14 credits and I am so nervous, anxious, happy and excited!!! I will be taking 3 English classes (one I've taken before but NEED a better grade in) and Spanish 1010! Yay! I finally get to learn Espanol! Haha...luckily my future roomie knows Spanish and is willing to help language challenged me!!
And speaking future roommates--YAY!!! SO excited for that to happen in mid-August!!
Oh yeah...and we WILL go on that cruise!!!!
Yes everyone--a cruise! At the beginning of August. unless actual cosmic issues happen, we will be going! BAHAMAS baby!!!
AND the Gorski's have unofficially found my replacement. Ah! Actually, I found her. Her name is Colette and she is way nice and I think she will be great, but it is a very bizarre bittersweet moment. It is really happening. and sooner than I want to believe. Bitter. Sweet.
Happy and excited to go home and get back to school. Sad and slightly in denial.
July 31st (ish) and I'm done...
But if that is true--then I get to go visit with Dad and Dana before the cruise and before I go home to Utah! That will be great!
Oh and side note--it was my really good friends birthday on Wednesday and we went to bar's karaoke night and for me-not so good. but watching everyone else was extremely entertaining!
Okay. I'm done!!! Enjoy all!
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