"do something to make the world more beautiful."

"but i do not yet know what that could be."


AHHH, great book. we have been getting these HUGE donation of children's books from Border's lately. and will continue so until early May. and today, i sorted through 6 heavy boxes of books. had to read a few including:

- Miss Rumphius
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Time For Bed (oh, i loved this one.)
- Goodnight Moon
- Barnyard Dance

that one, Time for Bed, OH it had the sweetest illustrations of mother and baby animals. just click on that link for the cover picture and it will melt your heart. that's a promise.

i sorted through those books for like, 5 hours. no kidding. and have more to do tomorrow.


ANYWAYS - in much better and more exiting news, i woke up this morning to TWO WONDERFUL BLOG COMMENTS!!!!

well, one was actually a Facebook comment but RELATED to the blog, and one was in the actual blog.


1. BLOOD FEATHERS. remember how they were the opening band for Crash Kings last week in West Chester? WELL, they commented in my blog. IN THIS BLOG. on the Crash Kings entry. oh man - i was freaking out. SO COOL, right?! and i wrote in the entry that i would like to be BFF with them, and i think that dream just came true. i immediately started following them on Twitter. i am very excited about this. :)

2. LAURA! My friend Laura who i've known since....geeze, like, forever? first grade, maybe? she sent me a super exciting facebook comment saying she was driving this morning at 5am and she heard Crash Kings on the radio!!!!! and that made her excited because she knew that i would be excited. AND SHE'S RIGHT!!!!! i was super excited to hear this. it's good when exciting things happen at 5am! especially when it's a Crash Kings related excitement. :)


what a great morning, right?! right.

the afternoon was spent digging through those books.

and tonight i will watch the newest Michael Moore documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story. very much looking forward to it.


YESTERDAY (meaning Tuesday), was also a great day.

:: i woke up and washed my hair.

:: went down for staff meeting at 12:30, only to find out that we weren't having staff meeting.

:: so i hung around anyways, caught up with Courtney, which was lovely.

:: then made plans with Diane to do some errand running in the afternoon. work-related errand running that consisted of going to local businesses and picking up their donations for an upcoming fundraiser. this including going to: a jewelry store, a toy store, a stained glass store, and a fancy restaurant. fun! everyone we met was so nice.

:: during this adventure we also stopped and got ice cream at the place in the parking lot of Home Depot. sounds like a total sketch place - oh, but it's delicious.

:: and then after we were done, we decided to stay in Hanover and get dinner! so we went to the newly opened Salt Hill Pub! we split some "Dublin fries" and baked feta on bread with olives and tomatoes. DELISH! totes delish. and i enjoyed some Bulmer's (Magner's in the states). OOHHHHH so good.

:: we had a lovely time. it was very fun to be social. and the menu at the new Salt Hill is quite extensive compared to the one in Lebanon! it took us a really long time to decide. worth it. it was so good.

fun!


ALSO EXCITING ABOUT TODAY:: i am done with my antibiotics!!!!! took my last dose this afternoon. i am glad about this. it was more stressful than i thought to try and remember to take them. 4 times a day was a lot. there's still a tiny bump on the back of my ear. but, the hole has completely closed up. that didn't take long at all! i was surprised at that. it was closed up after like, 2 or 3 days. that makes me think that it was still not healed. after all this time.

will i do it again? NOPE!

although today i got that tattoo craving that has been semi-constant for a while.


HEY!!!! EARTH DAY!!! tomorrow! 22 april! that's when they are announcing the official band lineup for Earth Fest. in Boston. sponsored by 92.9. two words:

CRASH KINGS.

they are performing at Earth Fest. you heard it here first! unless you've talked to Crash Kings, and they've told you that they are performing at Earth Fest.

hey, speaking of Earth things, i was cataloging a Curious George book called, Curious George Plants A Tree, and it came with a little bookmark that you planted in the ground and then it would sprout flowers! this made me really excited. i wanted to plant it! how fun would that be?! cool.

i was cataloging another Curious George book called, Curious George Goes to the Hospital. first of all - why would you want to read about a monkey who needs to go to the hospital? is he sick? did he break a bone? this sounds sad to me. but when i first read the title, i read, Curious George Goes to the Hamptons. and i thought, "oooo he's going to the Hamptons!" and for one second i imagined a "Gossip Girl-esque" Curious George book. but then realized it said 'hospital.' and that's when i thought the other things.

i started reading A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius the other day. so far, so good. i was a little confused at the beginning by all the stuff. like, all the notes and such. but then i got to the book part and i liked it.

i just learned via Twitter that my new friend/Crash Queen sister Christina was accepted into UCLA! this is very exciting. :)

hm, okay. it's like, twenty minutes to 10pm. i might get ready to have supper.

oh! the other night at the grocery store i bought peach mango frozen yogurt and it's delish! it's Hood brand. definitely recommend it. this morning i thought, "it's yogurt so technically i could eat it for breakfast..." but i didn't. i had toast instead.

OK. i think that's all. i'll probably think of more things to say. but right now, i'd say this is pretty good.

although, i'm totally bummed that Facebook is taking so long to upload these posts. why facebook!? it's been taking like, two days per post. that's too long for people to go without reading a Julie Blog Post. hopefully they'll sharpen up their act and get back to the way things were before.

OK, have a great evening! a great morning! and a great afternoon!!! i'll talk to you again soon!!


muchlove.


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