the weekend.

went to the park with the munchkin. it was sunny and bright, we packed a picnic lunch, took a walk, played on the swings, read my book, and met new friends & a dog. i invented a game called "run to that tree over there as fast as you can and i'll time you!", she thought it was wonderful and wanted to play over and over and over again-until sweat was beading on her little forehead & i was extremely amused {simple pleasures for us both}. the baby drank her entire sippy cup AND was completely tuckered out for nap time. that is success. i didn't mean to cut our heads off... but look at her cute lips and dress!

had dinner with these girls. i love them a lot. whitney is leaving us in just a few weeks and we are so sad. then alli is taking off the end of june. lex and i will be out here for a while yet. over the past 10 months we've had our girls night dinners fairly regularly and it's been so fun. schedules are crazy and because we were nervous this would be our last one, it lasted for a long time. 5 am. yep. had dinner, went to alli's house & reverted back to middle school. {nail polish, gossip, magazines, junk food}. luckily- we're all {kind of/temporarily} utah girls and once we leave the east coast it won't be the end. btw- we're spelling "love" with our hands. cheesy? maybe since some high school kids were making fun of us in the park for it, the answer is "yes".

finished the book "wuthering heights" by emily bronte. regan recommended it to me, and it did not disappoint.  it's a love story, although you can hardly call it that, more like an anti-love story of twisted obsessions, thwarted longing, and endless misery that result from the meeting of the gypsy orphan boy heathcliff and the young aristocrat catherine. it was captivating and so full of beautiful imagery.

this was my favorite passage:

"He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same; If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger: I should not seem a part of it."

& this one too:

"He wanted all to lie in an ecstasy of peace; I wanted all to sparkle and dance in a glorious jubilee. I said his heaven would be only half alive; and he said mine would be drunk: I said I should fall asleep in his; and he said he could not breathe in mine..."

so exquisite, isn't it?

happy memorial day!

a really good day, a really bad outfit.

Ever heard of the Hell's Kitchen International Food Fair?

I hadn't. Luckily, Alli has a special book that tells us about fun things to do in the city.

And Saturday we checked it out.

So overwhelming and incredible. A bazillion booths of crafts, treats, snacks, clothes, jewelery, and amazing food. My favorite was the "teas and spices" table. It was lovely- my heart wished my Mom was with me, she would have appreciated it.

It was a hot day, 75 degrees and humid. I had on jeans and a black shirt. I had to buy a cheap $15.00 tie-dyed sun dress from a vendor and change my clothes in the middle of the fair, literally, in the middle of the fair.

As discreetly as I could; which was not very.

Got a few looks, but it was so worth it for those few miserably hot hours.

My outfit was priceless. Every time I looked down I had to laugh when I saw my floral tennis shoes, tie-dyed dress, and funny sun hat.

I secretly loved it.

We met up with my friend Gunnar that afternoon, he was in town for an interview.

Thought it would be fun to take a little trip down to Coney Island.

Ate a hot dog-first one in years-but I figured I had to, it being Coney Island and all.

We lazed in the sand, Gunnar built a funny something with his lemonade cup, we laughed, chatted, reminisced and watched all the silly people.

Coney Island is ghetto, like, Oakland ghetto {fyi}. You should see it sometime, it's comical & wonderful.

That night we stayed in Brooklyn for dinner.

Mckay drove down and met up with us after his 8 hours of studying {ouch!}.

We ate at a cute Italian place.

It's sad when a good day comes to an end...

& it was a really good day.

{a blurry cell phone picture of my outfit. i sent mckay a text asking

 him to "please match me for dinner".  in reply, "i can't match you

 for dinner". i guess if he could, it would be a nervous situation.

1 crazy person per relationship please.}

Boston in 26 pictures

Mckay's brother Jared was in Boston this weekend for some conferences so we took a fun little road trip to spend a few days with him.

This is what we did:

Saturday afternoon we drove the three hours to Boston. I got so sad when we missed the "Welcome to Massachusetts" sign, darn.  We arrived at our hotel at 5:30pm and met up with Jared {i was nervous, but he wasn't so scary}.  After everything was settled we walked The Boston Freedom Trail for a few hours and saw a plethora of awesome historical sites-

Old graveyards, statue of George Washington in a pretty park, Samuel Adams' grave, The Old South Meeting House {where Samuel Adams gave the signal that started the Boston Tea Party}, Feneuil Hall and the North & South Markets and the site of the Boston Massacre.

Then we had dinner at a yummy Italian restaurant on the North side of Boston.

After all of the walking we were beat-we made it back to the hotel, ate some pastries, and went to bed.

The next morning Jared was off early for more lectures & we got to sleep in. I called my Mom and Grandmas to wish them a happy mother's day, lots of love in my heart for each one of them.  We finally got out the door and bought trolley passes to finish our tour of Boston.  Mckay went shopping with me on Newbury St. {it's love} and we bought fresh fruit for breakfast at a fruit stand.  My favorite part of our trip was the Battle of Bunker Hill Monument.   It was built between 1827-1843 and we climbed all 294 steps to the top! My legs were jello after that, but the view was lovely and so worth it.   

We consumed a frillion calories between the three of us from Mike's Pastry; cannolis, Boston cream pies, cream puffs, chocolate and pb cups, and other disgustingly deliciously rich treats.

We saw Samuel Adams' house, the oldest preserved house in Boston.  We drove through Cambridge and over the Longfellow Bridge.  And last on the agenda was the Red Sox/Yankees game at Fenway Park.  In the freezing cold.  Which meant lots of snuggling, even more unnecessary food consumption {steaming clam chowder, hot dogs, hamburgers, pretzels & diet coke}, an overpriced $50.00 sweatshirt to keep warm, and leaving during the 6th inning because we couldn't take the cold.

After the game we said goodbye to Jared and had a very late drive home Sunday evening.

It was a super fun, albeit short, road trip! Boston is such a cool place with tons of history, I would love go back for a longer stay. 

I am having issues...

Serious issues. This morning I woke up and it was raining. I feel like that automatically makes for a lazy day.  So instead of getting out of bed, I just pulled my computer up onto my lap. Checked e-mail, went to blog, went to friend Rach's blog. Noticed that her blog roll updates according to latest post. Which is convenient because she just clicks on the top ones to see new posts, instead of clicking on all of them [like me] to see who has posted something new.  I decided I really liked that, no brainer, right? Next, I spent way too much time turning my "link list" into a "blog roll".

At this point I have my "link list" and "blog roll" both on the side of my blog. Obviously repetitive and taking up excess space, but I almost let them both stay-to serve two purposes. 1 To be easily updated via the blog roll and 2 the link list looks so much better! The blog roll is not centered with my other thingys [notice that please], the font is different, the font is bold, and the fact that it's not alphabetized [& I know that's kinda the point] is KILLING me. I miss my perfectly organized link list. Sigh... Some lazy Saturday morning in the future I might just change it all back. For now I just needed to vent. This really is giving me abnormal levels of anxiety.

Luckily, this regret and confusion and my momentary lapse in organization and conformity is short-lived because today I'm leaving for Boston! Stay tuned for those adventures.

Regretfully yours,

Sloppy blogger.

{This picture just makes me feel better about life}