a new expression

today i taught my ladies the expression "looking forward to..." it was a good one and most already knew it. i realize that in my current life, i almost always have something[s] i'm looking forward to. so here's the running list:

teaching my students tomorrow [and basically everyday]; driving to upstate NY with meliss on friday; seeing/staying in fan's awesome house; hanging out in rochester; going to heart&soul; lunch with lynz; meg & kyle's wedding; the reception in a barn [basically my dream come true!]; seeing my pregnant friend andrea [<3]; driving home on monday with meliss; celebrating my 25th birthday by eating chocolate chip pie.
___________________________________
p.s. i've been brainstorming the top 25 things i've learned/experienced in my last year of life. hopefully that will be completed sometime soon*

oktoberfest 2009

about a month ago, we started planning our own personal oktoberfest. it was seriously awesome! we think it might very well be an annual tradition. i've added photos and some crucial oktoberfest elements.

1. apple picking


2. awesome friends!!
3. delicious baked goods


4. a sweet house [our friend chris has an awesome home!]
5. the inner circle [aka oktoberfest planners/hosts]

NYC bday!

today's allen's birthday. [happy 20th, little bro!] we met on saturday in new york city to hang out and spend a little birthday time together.

i took the chinatown bus for the 1st time. it only cost 20 bucks roundtrip and it was super convenient to meet al when he got of his chinatown bus.

after that, we went to the lower east side tenement museum. i blogged about this a few months ago and it was totally worth the wait! we took a tour of an irish family's tenement AND our tour guide who also taught in japan with the JET program*

because i love lists 4: friend edition

top 5 reasons i adore my college crew <3

1. they have brilliant ideas like laying on the ground and tracing around their sprawled bodies
2. they are hilarious. and random. and fun.
3. they give me lots and lots and lots of hugs!
4. we can all be completely ourselves when we're together
5. they are SOOOOOOO good looking!

wedding/reunion weekend: sunday

on sunday we explored around our B&B a little bit...
someone thought this was a store selling beaded moccasins. apparently not.
we decided to relive our days of loving the boxcar children~

wedding/reunion weekend: saturday

the shadows were amazing
the bride & groom sure could boogy down

fanster & i took about four million photos

the boys played golf illegally during the reception
the girls took silly photos

the girls took lovely photos

the bride & groom drove a rad getaway car

the pink/brown reception was totally cute

wedding/reunion weekend: sneak peek

i'm about to hit the hay, but i wanted to leave a few cute photos from my 24 hours of awesome-ness. the wedding was fun. the reunion was funner. the place we stayed was great. my friends are greater. i'm soooooooo happy & content <3