Thursday, July 31, 2008

New 'do

Ah, back to a normal haircut. After my disastrous salon experience in March, it was nice to go to a hairdresser who listened to what I wanted. Like therapy.

Us. . .

. . .a few weeks ago:

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Way-Back Wednesday

This week's way-back is dedicated to my sweet cousin Anna who gets married on Saturday! We soooo wish we could be there! Congratulations cousin!!!! We love you! And welcome, Joe, to our crazy fam!

So here's the way-back. My mom and her brother Kerry from quite a few years ago. . .I'm not sure how old she was in this picture.


I've always thought that Anna looks like my mom. Here she is in 2004. (With her mom and our Grandma) Crazy, huh?!


Sunday, July 20, 2008

I'm Still Alive!!!

Hello! I'm still here! Man, I really haven't posted in a while, have I? Blogging, or rather, not blogging, has come to be a thing I actually feel guilty about. I'm working through that. . .

There are things to catch up on I know, but I'll need to give abbreviated updates now, as the afternoon has wasted away and I have to be somewhere in 20 minutes.

My birthday was a few weeks ago. It was wonderful. I felt very loved by a lot of people. People back home new people here. . .I'm very blessed. I kept a collection going for a couple weeks of all the cards:


One of my favorites - from my sister:


The very sweet breakfast in bed I got:


And the well-meaning cake Michael made for me - his first two-layer cake ever!


My incredibly highly anticipated birthday gift(s) arrived in shifts over the past couple of weeks. (Photos to come)

A week after my birthday we had our first visitor from Iowa! Jen (previous co-worker turned friend) flew in with her son Danny to spend a few days with us. We had a blast. . . did some serious shopping, went to the City, and hung around our place some. It was SO FUN to have her here.


Michael's birthday was a week after Jen's visit. We went to Bushkill Falls and hiked around all the beautiful waterfalls. 


When we got home he walked in to find his beautiful new golf clubs!


I just booked our plane tickets home for Christmas. Ahhhh. So nice to have that done. I've been so focused lately on scoping out prices and picking the best travel dates, and, consequently, thinking about being home and with family and friends. Now that the flights are booked I have to pull myself back to the present. Five months to go! The countdown has begun!

Oh, and I know I'm pitifully behind on my movie reviews. Suck it up. I'll get to it when I get to it.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Way-Back Wednesday

July 1982


. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I was going to blog more tonight, but I'm really into this book. . .I've been reading it at Barnes and Noble the last couple of days over lunch. I couldn't wait till tomorrow though to keep reading. It's a novel. . .involving vampires. :o)

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Way-Back Wednesday

7th birthday party at McDonald's