the best love

HAPPY TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO MY LOVE!!!

You are the best.  Thanks for the best two years ever. Love you!

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That's right folks...it's FINALLY THE WEEKEND.  Well, not yet, I still have about 7 hours and 45 minutes of work :-( But after that small detail the weekend will have officially begun! I plan on packing as many fun things as possible into these three days.  I am spending time with some very important ladies!

First off...tonight, my favorite one of all!

Then tomorrow, a little BBQ/Skinny Girl Margarita (aka SGM)/Crab Festing day with this one...

Old School Picture, circa 2006

Then on Sunday I get to see this girl for some Sangria, Sex and the City and Bachelorette time...

Another Birthday Tubing adventure???

Then Monday I MAY get to see this girl (hopefully) for some pool time??

Anyone else interested in a little bit of this???

Call me!! Let's have a HUGE pool date monday!

Song of the weekend...this is a hard one. I think I have to go old school:

The Perfect Beach Song!

Don't worry, I didn't foget about this guy, I will be hanging out with him too!

Happy Memorial Day/Three Day Weekend! Beachgoers, I hope for not horrendous traffic for you!!



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The routine was normal this morning..

1. Get up, walk into the bathroom, close my eyes so the light doesn't blind me

2. Take a shower, eventually open my eyes

3. Find something to wear

4. Turn on the news while putting on makeup/drying hair

Then it happened...the Dunkin Donuts commercial came on and it got me.  I HAD to have an iced coffee.  Needless to say I make myself iced coffee at home on the regular now, but DD has the best. 

This picture was taken while sitting at a light...promise

I may or may not have been 15 minutes late for work, in part, because of my slight detour.  But, it did make my morning SO MUCH BETTER!

While driving to work I heard a new song that I like, and I can't believe that I am going to admit this, but it's by Lady GaGa...



Normally I am not a fan, at all. I just don't get the "little monster" craze and I didn't like Born this Way, Judas, Pokerface or any of that but I think this song is catchy and will be so much fun to dance to!

What do you think??

 

Week-i-versary!

Let's start with something I don't love...I haven't let you in on the little "thunderstorms terrify me" secret.  Normally, I can stay pretty composed as long as there is no tornado watch/warning/spin in the atmosphere stuff.  But, yesterday as I was driving home from work, in bright sun, with sunglasses on, suddenly there was a HUGE lightning bolt, a clap of thunder that I could hear over my radio (which means it was really loud) and then the sky turned black and it started down pouring.  I quickly threw on those hazard lights that I make fun of people for using in thunderstorms and turned into the nearest entrance to what I thought was a small office building, but after the rain stopped it kind of looked like a house with parking spaces?? As soon as I put my car in park, it started hailing.  The hail, although, not super huge, probably the size of a marble, was coming down so hard I though my windows were going to break.  I started to panic (more) and got control of myself enough to take a picture (to prove that I am not just a wimp and that it was actually crazy).

I think it looks like snow! 

In better news, my Mom found this granola at Trader Joe's last night (probably while I was sitting in the hail storm).  I am a self proclaimed granola-holic, as long as there are no raisins in it.  It is the best.  All clusters...almonds...a little vanilla flavor :-) I am addicted. 

Please note that today is one week since I started this blog.  It is one week longer than I thought I would last and 1 week longer than I have lasted on any other blog (that no one knew about) that I may or may not have thought about starting in the past and given up on after the first entry. I think I am hooked!  



I need some vitamin D!

Last weekend was spent with good friends at the beach, on one of the first 80 degree days of the season.  The sun was bright, the sand was hot and the frozen drinks were perfect. ;-)

We sat in the bay during the day and drank, played games and chatted away.



We went to the track to place some bets for PREAKNESS.  My horse didn't win, but I had a lot of fun watching it.  There is something so cool about how many people get in to the races.  I can't wait to pick another horse for Belmont. 

And, my favorite part, we danced the night away! The music was not my favorite but I love to dance, anytime...anywhere!



Can't wait to head back there later this summer to lay on the beach and relax a little more.  Now...time to work on that tan...I am so very pale.  Brent says paleness must be contagious, and I must be catching it from him.

Beach Memories

The beach, Ocean City specifially always reminds me of two moments in my childhood:

1.) When I was about 8 I went to the beach with my Dad and swam for 6 hours straight in the hotel pool.  When we went to dinner with  my stepmom in the evening they were trying to make it super special.  I got to order anything on the menu and even got a shirley temple (at the time I thought it was an alcoholic beverage...lol).  About 5 minutes after ordering I fell asleep on the table and slept through the who meal.  :-)

2.) My other beach memory I was really young, maybe about 5.  I went down with my Mom and Nana and  we spent the whole weekend playing in the ocean and walking the boardwalk. My Nana loved the beach more than anyone I know.  I love going down there and going to the touristy places that I knew were her favorite...Phillips, Dough Roller, the carnival and the Plim Plaza rocking chairs.

Beach getaways always end way too quickly!!

Goodnight :-)

Set the Tone

The weekend is over :-( It always happens way too quickly.  Some weekend beach pictures will be coming shortly! But until then...let's set the tone for the week. 

Monday
I woke up in an Ah-mazing mood this morning, which if you know me, is rare.  My good mood usually doesn't kick in until noon or so.  I felt refreshed and ready to go. 

And then I sat in this...

After driving around on the backroads of Delaware this weekend, I have decided that the next place I live must have little to no traffic (good luck right?!?). 

But after I got to work I realized today is...the season finale of Dancing with the Stars AND even better, the season premier of The Bachelorette! That could make any girls monday splendid :-)

Some of my bachelorette watching friends and I are having a little friendly competition in the form of Fantasy Bachelorette! I found this bracket off another website and found it brilliant! Let me know if you want to join too!

I guess it is time to be slightly productive.  Gotta get some work done so I can enjoy the beautiful weather this evening before the thunderstorms roll in.  It's the season for grilling and homemade skinny girl margaritas (recipe to be shared after tasting).  I heard the are delicious!

New favorite song, after watching the Billboard Music Awards: