little bit of trivia

sometimes my boyfriend tells me how much [ie: how little] he paid for a particular item of clothing. i adore that.


personally, i love finding bargains so it makes me really happy that he does, too.

christmas wish list

it's been a while since i actually made a christmas wish list. and i'm not about to start now.

but i just stumbled across this idea. and immediately emailed my parents to BEG for it!!


SO awesome~

someday

someday i would like to blog about the following things:
the awesome way i've decorated my own home. my own children. cool gift ideas. my own photography. rad places i've traveled. my own christmas traditions. delicious food i've made.


in the meantime:
the ADORABLE child of one of my students walked for the first time on tuesday. he walked to me!!! and today he snuggled on my lap & played with my earrings. and then another student's child snuggled on my lap and rubbed her hand on my arm. mmmmm*

i just booked my plane ticket to michigan for post-christmas/ new years. wahoo!~

if i were a boy 4

if i were a boy...

i'd

make

fun

plans

for

new

years

in

michigan.

with

me.

thanksgiving 09

last night i got back from a long weekend in rhode island. i loved my parents house & loved the time with my family. i loved hanging out & laughing with allen. both car rides were good & full of conversation. i got to hang out with my old friend jacqueline. joel had only been to boston once [while running the marathon!] so it was fun to give him a taste of other boston stuff.

we didn't take as many photos as i would have liked, but here are a few. interspersed with details of the weekend and things i'm SO very thankful for...
thankful that my fam could be together
thankful to be surrounded by such studly history majors :)
thankful that this self-timed photo turned out hilarious
thankful that allen is fun & funny & can read my mind about goofy photosthankful that joel got to go to fenway park. even though it was dark & cold.
thankful that we got to see paul revere's grave. jk i don't care about that... thankful that my parents love each other so well.

[words cannot express how grateful i am for the weekend. photos can't either. but they're a good start]

so what's a progressive dinner?

i thought everyone knew about progressive dinners... basically, you progress through the stages of dinner, stopping at different people's homes for different courses of the meal. ours had 4 stops: appetizers, dinner, dessert, and porch sitting.

our group of 10 friends carpooled to the various sites. after appetizers we got a tour of the church where matt/ann marie live. at our house we had an entire thanksgiving feast, including a turkey carved with an electric knife. dan/becca's apartment was perfect for dessert; we sat on the floor around their stone table [japanese style!!!]. we ended at the awesome porch at chris' house & continued into the basement to play wii golf. ok, the guys played wii golf while the girls watched...



my friends are SO awesome. i'm incredibly grateful that they like to do fun, creative things. i'm grateful that we can all be ourselves when we're together. and i'm sooooo grateful that they willingly accept new people into the group.

my 5 things

ummm, i read a hundred different blogs throughout the week. one of them posts regularly about various people's "5 things" [aka: top 5 things people want to do in a lifetime].

made me think about mine:

1. go to europe
2. have my own garden
3. kiss as the ball drops on new years eve
4. stay with my whole big fam at the beach again
5. write a children's book. seriously. this is a new dream~ [and no, not one about a tiny baby leaf... been there. done that.]