Okay, so not exactly wordless. These photos are from my recent trip to surprise my grandparents on their 60th wedding anniversary. When I was in Connecticut a few summers back I took approximately 600+ photos of the farm...didn't quite make it to that number on this trip cause let's face it, cold and I are not friends. But here's a few shots I did manage to get...
I want to live where I can have palm trees in my front yard.
Cleveland need not apply.
Just popping in to say hello from Arizona. I forgot what an awful flight it is here...I guess a year in between each visit makes the mind forget. In the less-than-twenty-four-hours that I've been here I've eaten too much, gotten lost at the hotel, enjoyed a night of sleep in a KING SIZE bed (not sharing), wasted four hours drinking coffee and chatting with my boss and overhauled part of my presentation for later today. Busy busy. I think I'll go enjoy the 67 degree weather for a bit before heading into the conference...67 degrees is cold for here...who knew? I think it's shorts weather but then again, I am from Ohio...sighhhh...
Well, despite doing absolutely nothing this weekend but watching football (and Dexter) and eating and sleeping, Adam and I did manage to cross one thing off our to-do list - we finally got off our butts and registered for the wedding at Bed Bath & Beyond.
That was quite the experience...I thought that they just handed you the scanner gun and let you loose in the store. Nope. We had to fill out some paperwork and then a VERY nice saleswomen helped us select our tableware. And by select I mean she was completely shocked at the fact that Adam and I picked out our everyday stuff, fine china and place setting accessories ALL in under 10 minutes. I guess we just know what we like.
Everyday tableware was easy - we're in LOVE with the Noritake Colorwave line. Adam's parents have it in blue and it is phenomenal. We both love the raspberry but seeing as we have a sage green kitchen right now and who knows what color our next kitchen will be, well, it seemed safer to go with the graphiteand just accessorize with color (napkins, placemats, etc).
As for the china, that took a little convincing simply because Adam and I both walked in there thinking that we were only going to register for the everyday stuff. I mean really, we eat at our coffee table, how fancy do we need to get? I think the colorwave stuff is a little to nice for our lifestyle, but hey I'm not going to give up the chance to get some nice tableware!
Well, the lady convinced us that we must register for china so Adam picked out a simple set that actually once we saw it, we both were like, oooh maybe if our siblings come over we can use this (and actually use the kitchen table for once). So here's our china pattern, sweet, simple, I actually really love it and hope we get it now that we've picked one out.
As for the rest of the stuff, we struggled immensely. Over the past three years we've accumulated almost everything that we 'need' in our house so we spent a good amount of time walking around the store with the scanner debating over what else to add.
I will say though that the Bed Bath & Beyondgift registry people were extremely helpful and not at all pushy, that was pleasant...especially since I had read some horror stories about some people's experiences with trying to put together a list or get their questions answered. My only complaint would be that the 'OOPS' scan code was hard to use since you could only erase the last scanned item. But everything was instantaneous so we just went online when we got home and easily deleted those that we didn't want.
And now for the tricky part...we need to register at one more place but are having difficulty deciding where..Target? Crate and Barrel? Pottery Barn? Any suggestions?
(Unfortunately Home Depot is out, their registry is next-to-impossible to use...)
Oh yes, it continues. Remember how I was complaining in December that we were experiencing some interrupted sleep due to these cute, fuzzy adorable little creatures that were throwing the world's biggest rave in our attic?
Yeah well, they're still there.
So in the middle of one of their jam sessions (I swear I heard one of them cooning some MJ) Adam declared that it was time to go to war cause apparently our house isn't big enough for two humans, a dog and a small army of squirrels.
Critter control was immediately summoned to inspect the situation and discovered that the smart little buggers had chewed a hole through a piece of wood and scampered their way inside to the attic. Well, gee. I could've told ya that. It's not like they apparated into there.
Anyway, after this 'surprising' discovery, the critter-whisperers set a few traps up on the roof and left them for a few days with hope that we could catch some dinner. They came back today to check the traps and inspect the attic again, finding that we had indeed managed to outsmart TWO of the squirrels that inhabited our attic.
And then I cried. The critter-man came walking up my steps holding the squirrel in it's little cage. And it looked so helpless...and I'm well aware that by law the squirrel has to go to squirrel heaven a meadow filled with sunshine and rainbows after leaving my house.
Sob.
I'm teary-eyed over a RODENT. A LOUD rodent.
Pull it together.
Right. Well, the traps have been reset and we're anxiously awaiting some more catches and perhaps some peace and quiet during the wee hours of the morning.
I found this week's challenge to be particulary difficult, not because I didn't know what to shoot but because there's literary HUNDREDs of things around the house that remind me of love. I really did try to narrow it down to just a few though...
I love that Adam loves his plants. The kid was definitely blessed with a green thumb. Here's some of his favorites that he moved to his bedroom for the winter so they would survive the cold.
My feelings of love come from all the photographs around our house. With living two hours away from both of our families, I have to rely on the photo of my brother's goofy grin at Adam's graduation to bring about a feeling of home. Here's a bunch of smiling faces lined up on my dresser.
And of course, Ricki has love in our house too. I snapped a quick shot of his favorite toy...of course he's in the photo trying to paw it away from me. Silly puppy.
And I think there is one thing that symbolizes love for all three of us (okay, maybe just Adam and I cause Ricki REALLY loves that toy). Our best man took and designed this photo of our house when we moved in. It's hanging right by our front door. I love that he was able to capture our first home together.
To see the love in other's homes, click here!
So, surprise! I had barely stepped off the plane from NYC last week when I hopped on another one to surprise my grandparents for their 60th wedding anniversary in Connecticut!
After arriving (late) Friday night, we caught a ride to my grandparents house, walked through the door and SURPRISE! And boy were they...I believe my gramma's words where ' what are YOU doing here??!?!' It was worth all the traveling and planning just to see their faces.
The weekend was spent giggling, chuckling and having a wonderful time with family. On Saturday night the older cousins ventured into Hartford for a hockey game and then back to our old hometown for a few beers and fun.
Sunday we gathered the entire family together to celebrate my grandparents' sixty years of marriage. It's amazing to think that Adam and I could really make it that long - although I keep telling him I'll be on my fourth husband by then... ;)
Busyteacheramy and I flew back Monday night and are completely exhausted from the weekend, especially since we barely got any sleep (my cousins are wayyyy to fun to go to bed early). So I'm signing off to get some much-needed shut-eye. Goodnight all!
Alrighty then, time to get busy and give you all the down-low on my visit with my bestie Martha Stewart!
After discovering that Grace and I were indeed on the list, we immediately started planning our trip...including tacking on an extra two days in NYC because why fly all that way and not get to shop? Which is exactly what we did on Tuesday/Wednesday until Girlymama rode in on the train from Philly to join us! The three of us quickly got settled into our hotel and headed uptown...downtown...midtown... I'm not quite sure - I'm obviously not from NYC. We stumbled upon this hole-in-the-wall Belgium restaurant that had the most FABULOUS food.
We then scurried over to the Roger Smith hotelto meet up with some other blogger friends (and lots of Philly moms!) at a tweetup thrown by Katja and Erika. A few drinks and then early to bed because we needed to rest up for the big day!
We headed out early to get in line outside the studio. After being let in and signing our life away on the release forms we were ushered into the 'holding cell' until further instructions were given.
Here's a snapshot of the Philly Moms, I LOVED getting to meet all of them finally:
Finally we were ushered to our seats, set up our laptops and we're good to go! The set was AMAZING! A gorgeous kitchen with shelves lined with white dishware, a craftroom with rolls and rolls of ribbon and a greenhouse with flourishing plants.
The best of the entire set though was the full-kitchen to the side of the set full of bustling interns running around trying to get everything ready for Martha.
Here's Grace, Girlymama and I anxiously waiting...
And finally she walked out...in FIVE INCH HEELS!!! Apparently my bestie Martha and I share the same insecurities about our height, regardless of the fact that she is a whole foot taller than me. To be honest between tweeting, clapping and staring at those insane shoes, I really didn't get to see too much of the show. I mean really, look at these:
(Did you know she was a yoga instructor in a former life? She just THREW her leg up there to show those off...WOW)
The guests were amazing, especially Jennifer Hutt - I am OBSESSED with her hair...and she was a total doll. We also got a copy of Chez Pim's 'The Foodie Handbook' which I cannot wait to dive into.
It was a fabulous experience being a part of a live audience and the best part was that my blog was featured on tv! EEP! I know Martha LOVED having me there...and is looking forward to catering my wedding on July 2, 2010 (seriously Martha, that orange-almond cake looked to-die-for).
Just got home from NYC and of course immediately tuned into my DVR to check out the show.
Busygirl is on The Martha Show - eeek! So excited! (and Adam is pretty pleased that his netbook is now a TV celebrity)
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