Perhaps I have let this little guy go too long, and perhaps not. It's been a pretty hectic last.... um, gulp, 9 months. Now, it seems a daunting task to update my 'life story'. I think that's why I haven't written as I'm not sure how to jump from where I was in September and properly do justice to all that has really happened and is currently happening... For heaven sakes, I got married - it's not official you know, until you announce it on facebook and on your blog. 2 1/2 weeks ago now and I can't say as it has really set in. For all I know, I'm just visiting New York like I have 5 or 6 times in the past 9 months - minus my stuff sitting all over... and the fact that I have to make lunch for Joel in the morning and dinner at night - that's pulling on the reality string a little. I can at least do that as I'm a homemaker now, stopped the job at the end of April. All the wedding planning and stuff is over, minus those darn thank you notes - I shall start them soon. In the mean time though, I've issued myself a bit of a challenge. We are in this apt. until Sept 1st at which point we will be moving to somewhere yet unknown (that's a tricky little unknown right there) in the city. Since it might not be in as ideal location as this Upper East side - 15 min from everything - I have got to take advantage of where I'm at, by force if necessary. So, starting 2 days ago on Monday June 22, I started my pursuit.
Day 1 - I went to the post office. Blah blah, easy peasy you might say. NO! USPS was holding a package for us while we were gone and with the address and hopstop.com, I found it. I then stood in a line for 20 min only to find out I was in the wrong one and needed to go through the doors to the right and then make two lefts, OH, and I needed my ID and his. Sure. Couldn't they have mentioned that somewhere? A sign or something...? That and the ID thing - who else gets the mail that only I have a key to. Bah. So, with nothing in hand, I headed to Central Park for a walk and a read.
Day 2 - Target. Remember the good old days of jumping in the car? Yea, no. Another visit to hopstop - which will be my best friend - showed the closest in Brooklyn, so there identified where I was headed. 45 min there, 30 min back and not a wrong train taken yet. I did walk around for 20 min in the Atlantic Terminal as there was construction and about 5 unmarked dead ends I managed to find... but I did find the Target. I bought up as much as I could carry and then walked around outside just a bit before heading back on a new route that I may have had to call Joel to get. What would I do without him? I must have been hankering for sweets as when I unloaded at home, I had 3 boxes of cookies.
And now I sit here on Day 3 uninspired. Old Navy downtown? New York Public Library? There has to be something... I guess I will have to decide by the time the FedEx guy gets here - waiting on a package today and tomorrow...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Sunday, September 28, 2008
I like this style
http://blog.blurb.com/index.php/2008/09/26/color-coordinated-books/
I tried to do this in the kitchen with the cookbooks. Why didn't it go over exactly?
I tried to do this in the kitchen with the cookbooks. Why didn't it go over exactly?
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
An Update on Life and Times
Well, times go on. I posted a lot in the past, but I think I was more exciting and adventurous then. I'm going to have to make a concerted effort to change my sedentary ways. It isn't like I don't do anything-i scarcely have free time, but whether it is interesting enough to blog about, that is another matter... I do suppose I could mention a bit about Hawaii. We were there Aug 7-17 - this time visiting the Big Island and Oahu. Stayed close to Waikiki Beah and swam early in the morning before all the other vacationers made it out - you know, 9:30-11:00 sort of thing. The water was so full of salt! Saltiest water I've been in and you could just float in the upright position - definitely an odd feeling. We hiked Diamond Head and drove around 2/3 of the island throughout the day. In downtown Waikiki we were quite suprised at how many different cultures of people were there on the main drag. It was expensive, our pockets felt like they had holes in them. You walk down the street and you see name brand stores of every kind and English in Not the primary language - it is a tourist town and definitely the most 'un-hawaiian' feeling town I've been to thus far. It was more like New York City of the Pacific. Alas though, that was only the last 2 days. The week before was spent at Joel's folks house :) We drove up to 9,000 feet and watched the sunset over the ocean and through a beacon of clouds - it was gorgeous. AND! This time I got to see Lava - from a safe viewing distance I assure you. It was neat to see this swirling vortex of steam as the lava entered the ocean off in the distance...
As for other items of note - we got to see Joel's sister's third child - Robyn - a little boy. He was a cutie at 4 weeks old and the other two at 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 were adorable! Oh to think that this was only a month ago... Hmm. I seem to be missing some days. This is all I've got for now.
I'm reading the Omnivore's Dilemna at the moment and... it is calling to me. I do have a few pictures to show though!
As for other items of note - we got to see Joel's sister's third child - Robyn - a little boy. He was a cutie at 4 weeks old and the other two at 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 were adorable! Oh to think that this was only a month ago... Hmm. I seem to be missing some days. This is all I've got for now.
I'm reading the Omnivore's Dilemna at the moment and... it is calling to me. I do have a few pictures to show though!
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
A Tripping I will go...
I'm going to Hawaii in 16 days! I'm excited. It's just about the best thing in the whole world to look forward to... besides the wedding. I'm looking forward to that too.
Work is going great. I'm learning lots and learning to be OK with where I work. I switched my hours so I now work 7:30-4 and have a shorter commute. I'm also making a difference where I work. My team of 3 is the most productive of the 5 teams - we're carrying the company through this financial down-time and I'd like to think that I'm a big part of that. I'm no salesman, but I keep people on their toes, I keep my two bosses accountable and have helped to keep everything in order much more than the last person who had my job. It's nice. I suppose I've settled in nicely in the last 8 months. It's hard for me to even believe that it has been that long.
As for this summer, it's been quite hectic. Joel got in in May and we haven't slowed down since. He's in the crunch time for the bar exam currently and takes the test next Tuesday and Wednesday up in Albany, New York. I hope that the past 3 years of schooling and 3 months of intense studying end up paying off. He'll be looking for appts. soon in NY and then moving for good in early September. After that, it'll just be me and my folks here at the house. He's been pretty helpful in re-vamping our house. We revived the front of the house, installed a new door for my room, and added a climbing trellis for my garden. There's more, but those are the finest works of art.
We've been working out in the Flower and Vegetable gardens frequently this summer, I should like to some of the photos. My favorites are the Cannas, Gladiolas and Zinnias this summer for their vibrant colors.
In other news, Joel's sister just had her third kid (the sister out in Hawaii). She is 22 and has a 2.5 girl Aurora, 1.5 girl Savannah and 1 month old boy Kekoa Robin. They're adorable and I've had lots of fun getting little baby and toddler gifts for them. These clothes look like they could fit baby dolls. :)
Reading an Omnivore's Dilemna now, it's a dense book, but good. It has some very insightful points and is quite making me re-think my eating habits.
It's finally turned summer like here. Our cool days have past this past week and now we're in the mid 9o's each day. One thing about the Midwest that I do love is the thunderstorms. About 4 AM last night, there was thunder that shook the house and so much lightening. It lasted about a half hour and just down-poured. I loved it-though it was a bit scary at first as it sounds like a freight train or bombs or very loud noises in a half-conscious sleep.
For all the praying people out there, I'd like to send a request out for my grandpa and brother. My Grandpa fell on Sunday and I was at the ER with him and though no broken bones, he was quite showing his age. I can't imagine that is an easy transition, getting old and losing your memory. Second is for my brother as his foot wound is seemingly taking steps backward and he will be preparing for more surgery this fall...
I still love to cook and if anyone wants to see St. Louis before I head out of here for NYC, I welcome you! Has anyone run across any good recipes recently?
I envy everyone's adventures these days and love reading about them, please don't stop posting!
A good luck to all who are embarking on new adventures...
Pics of my garden: http://picasaweb.google.com/itizzy/MyGarden
I'll have to get more up on here as the summer progresses.
Happy Day!
Work is going great. I'm learning lots and learning to be OK with where I work. I switched my hours so I now work 7:30-4 and have a shorter commute. I'm also making a difference where I work. My team of 3 is the most productive of the 5 teams - we're carrying the company through this financial down-time and I'd like to think that I'm a big part of that. I'm no salesman, but I keep people on their toes, I keep my two bosses accountable and have helped to keep everything in order much more than the last person who had my job. It's nice. I suppose I've settled in nicely in the last 8 months. It's hard for me to even believe that it has been that long.
As for this summer, it's been quite hectic. Joel got in in May and we haven't slowed down since. He's in the crunch time for the bar exam currently and takes the test next Tuesday and Wednesday up in Albany, New York. I hope that the past 3 years of schooling and 3 months of intense studying end up paying off. He'll be looking for appts. soon in NY and then moving for good in early September. After that, it'll just be me and my folks here at the house. He's been pretty helpful in re-vamping our house. We revived the front of the house, installed a new door for my room, and added a climbing trellis for my garden. There's more, but those are the finest works of art.
We've been working out in the Flower and Vegetable gardens frequently this summer, I should like to some of the photos. My favorites are the Cannas, Gladiolas and Zinnias this summer for their vibrant colors.
In other news, Joel's sister just had her third kid (the sister out in Hawaii). She is 22 and has a 2.5 girl Aurora, 1.5 girl Savannah and 1 month old boy Kekoa Robin. They're adorable and I've had lots of fun getting little baby and toddler gifts for them. These clothes look like they could fit baby dolls. :)
Reading an Omnivore's Dilemna now, it's a dense book, but good. It has some very insightful points and is quite making me re-think my eating habits.
It's finally turned summer like here. Our cool days have past this past week and now we're in the mid 9o's each day. One thing about the Midwest that I do love is the thunderstorms. About 4 AM last night, there was thunder that shook the house and so much lightening. It lasted about a half hour and just down-poured. I loved it-though it was a bit scary at first as it sounds like a freight train or bombs or very loud noises in a half-conscious sleep.
For all the praying people out there, I'd like to send a request out for my grandpa and brother. My Grandpa fell on Sunday and I was at the ER with him and though no broken bones, he was quite showing his age. I can't imagine that is an easy transition, getting old and losing your memory. Second is for my brother as his foot wound is seemingly taking steps backward and he will be preparing for more surgery this fall...
I still love to cook and if anyone wants to see St. Louis before I head out of here for NYC, I welcome you! Has anyone run across any good recipes recently?
I envy everyone's adventures these days and love reading about them, please don't stop posting!
A good luck to all who are embarking on new adventures...
Pics of my garden: http://picasaweb.google.com/itizzy/MyGarden
I'll have to get more up on here as the summer progresses.
Happy Day!
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