I BOUGHT A MARKER BOARD!!!!!!

The first thing I thought when I unwrapped the new marker board was, "OMG I HAVE TO TAKE A PICTURE FOR THE BLOG!!!!" I knew you guys would be super excited about it.




Awesome, right?!?!? It even has a cork board portion!!!! HYBRID MARKER CORK BOARD!!!!!

And I bought AWESOME marker colors to go with it. Notice all the awesome colors in the picture!! (and the note i wrote you all!!!)

It's really going to revolutionize my life. Either that, or be totally distracting and I'll just want to write on it all the time and I'll never get another productive thing done ever.

I bought it for work. So I can write my goals for the week on it so I'll be able to see them at all times. Good idea, right? I think so.

ANYWAYS - I'm super excited about it. And I signed up for a Staples rewards card while I was at it. The girl was super nice and had great nail polish, so I thought, "why not?!"

Great!!!

Ok. That's all, really. Hope you all are having a great day. I am! I think I'm gonna go make mac and cheese right now. Even better.


Bye, friends!!!! We'll talk again soon!!!

everytime I fell for you...

I'm permanently black and blue, permanently blue for you...


Been listening to this song, 'Bruises' by Chairlift a lot. I put it on a new mix that I made. It's really fun to sing along to. It was on that iPod commercial a while back where all the colors started melting....

I listen to that song and think it's funny, because it's about how loving someone leaves you with bruises, because you keep falling for them. (get it? FALLING for them?) Essentially the same message that the Ben Folds/Lee/Kweller song, 'Bruised' leaves you with. Only, that song is so much more sad seeming. Like, 'who would ever want to fall in love because it just leaves you with bruises."

Whereas the other song is more, "aw cute! I'm falling for you!!"

I've felt a mix of both songs lately.


OMG I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN SO LONG. Whaaatttt is my problem?! IDK!

Ummmmmmm I GOT ASSOCIATE OF THE MONTH AT EDDIE BAUER! Did I tell you that?! It happened!! They were so excited about my enthusiasm and the excellent job I did during the first floorset I was a part of. Plus, my selling numbers were phenom. TRUE STORY. I kind of felt like a rockstar. Still do, actually.

I was sick last week. Yeah! I had a cold. At the beginning of the week. For the first two days, I thought it was allergies. I was like, sniffly and sneezy, but other than that, I felt fine. Which is the burden of allergies. And then I woke up Monday morning and was like, BLAHHHHH. It was over pretty quick, though. Like, I was feeling a lot better by Wednesday.

WEIRD - because it was THIS TIME LAST YEAR that I had that other super bad cold. If you read that post from last year, you'll notice how I say that that cold was "borderline flu." NASTY. Also, that post contains some VERY CUTE PHOTOS of Ruby Tuesday sleeping upside down on the couch.

(Currently, I'm writing this entry on a bed, and Ruby is sleeping next to me under the covers. Best. Cat. Ever.)

I read a few entries from 'this time last year' and I was also having to sleep with the baby monitor in my bed, which can make for lack of sleep. Also, I blogged that a baby spit up and sneezed on me, which can account for sickness.

Man, I do not miss having to have that baby monitor on all the time. Well, when there was a new baby in the house. Especially sleeping with it in bed with me.

**sleeping with the monitor in the bed with me... NOT the baby. babies should always sleep in their cribs. on their backs.**

I realized I do miss babies, though. I realized this when Greg and I were over his friend's house, and they have babies, and I held one of them for a really long time. It was awesome. Super cute babies. It was the first time I had held a baby since leaving Hannah House. I don't know. Maybe it felt like a "full circle" thing.

I was thinking about my last night at Hannah House the other night. Because I was crying, and I was thinking of all the times I've cried this year. And, one of them was when I left Hannah House. I cried for a while in the car with my mom. And we stopped at Kohl's on our way home. And the internet was broken. And Keith called me and I listened to 90's music and talked to him on the phone for like an hour. And then I felt better. That turned into a good night.

While I was crying the other night I was also thinking about all the times that I've been crying and actually thought that I would never stop. There have only been three times like that. Two for bad reasons, one for a good reason. They've all occurred in the past two years.

"Here's to the tears you knew you'd cry..."

Yep.

So, it's fall again. "I can't believe a year went by so fast." (can anyone name that song?!?!?)

'So, I fall again,' would have been a better way to say it. Ha, ha.

I saw a sign today in downtown Berwick for a haunted house in Lebanon. This was the first time EVER that I saw a sign for a haunted house and thought, "ooo fun!" WHY?? IDK. Maybe I can find someone to go with me, who would also protect me if I got scared. Halloween is like, over a month away. I've got time.

OK - something that you HAVE to do is go watch this SNL clip from like a million years ago. It's the 'Irish Home Makeover.' Liam Neeson is the host. My mom literally will quote this skit every chance she gets. And every time she does it, we all start laughing and then have to go find the video online. It's Seth Meyers as "Buildin' Finn McQuinn" and he's like, hosting a home makeover show in Ireland. It's kind of hilarious.

But, we watched a Liam Neeson movie the other night, and then started talking about the skit, had to go online and watch the video, etc, etc... and now I'm posting the link for you. Seriously - watch it.

Speaking of TV - New Girl is on tonight!!! I know a lot of people who are really excited about this. Maybe more like a handful of people. But still - it's very exciting.

Ok. Now I kind of feel like I'm just talking about totally random, unrelated stuff. And you guys are all like, "ummm yeah like always, duhhh!!" Because you all talk like valley girls. I knew it!

I've been having weird dreams lately!!!!

I had a dream a few nights ago that I was driving and I hit and killed a chipmunk.

And then the next night I had a dream that a very shiny, silver gun was being pointed at my head.

Yikes!

Two things I don't like: guns and chipmunks.

Josh recommended that I go to a firing range to get over the fear of guns.

OH!! Something I have to do:

- email Josh

ALSO

- email Courtney

I owe them both life updates. As well as Maria.

- Maria

Actually, I owe a lot of people life updates. It's amazing to think that I actually have more stuff to say OUTSIDE of this blog. Or like, things that actually matter...(??) But, yes. There are SOME things I don't talk about in the blog.

- also, Jenn.

If you are one of those people and are reading - know that I HAVEN'T forgotten about you!!! I'm just very lazy.

Oh - getting back to the dreams:

CHIPMUNK:

To see a chipmunk in your dream suggests that you are holding onto the past and need to let it go.

Yes, and in my dream I killed the chipmunk with my car.

GUN:

To see a gun in your dream symbolizes aggression, anger, and potential danger. You may be dealing with issues of passiveness/aggressiveness and authority/dependence. Alternatively, a gun represents the male sexual drive.

Hmm. This one is more complicated. Actually, considering the gun was pointed at my head... I'm coming up with some interesting theories that means the dream would have been foreshadowing... It was a nice looking gun.

(hahaha)

I had a foreshadowing dream a few weeks ago. It was weird. I dreamed that one of our old neighbors that I haven't seen in probably 10 years came into the store while I was working. And, lo and behold - it happened! Weird, right?

Actually, I just remembered my dream from last night. Hm.

OK. That might be all I have to talk about. Believe it or not. Although, I feel as thought I haven't really said anything.

I'm finding I have more of a crush on Tim Riggins during season 2 of Friday Night Lights than I did during season 1. I should have highlighted that with like a **NEWSFLASH** sign, or something. Important info, right here.

I'm in a great mood today. Although, I'm super tired. But, I've had a really great day. Really great.

OK. That's it. I might go take a shower now. We shall see.

Hope you all are having an equally great day! And a great night! Don't forget to watch New Girl! I think it's on FOX!

In honor of Zooey, and my great mood - here's a link to one of my fave She & Him songs!

Sweet Darlin'

Great song.

There's been a lot of media in this post. Enjoy it!


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TEST BLOG

Hi friends,

This is a test blog. I just signed up something called, Networked Blogs, which is like a blog thing that imports and shares your blogs to social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter.

I learned about it in a social media for your business seminar that I attended today.

So, I figured I'd give it a try. Especially since I've been having trouble importing my blog into Facebook and getting the links to work... which is a problem I can't figure out. It takes a lot of time to manually upload the blog posts to Facebook, but it's something that's important to me. So! Hopefully this will be a beautiful gateway to a new automatic blog updating world!!!

I'm about to eat something called a "frudel." It's like a strudel? With fruit? So.. a frudel? It's an apple one. Currently it's being warmed up. I wish it came with some sort of sweetened cream cheese filling also, but, I'll take what I can get.

OK. I think I'll stop before the test blog entry becomes a real blog entry.

I'll update again soon!!!! Hope everyone is doing real well. It's cold and rainy today. And, I seem to have gotten a cold also. So, that's not fun.

But - hope you're having a great day! Talk soon :)

it's many hundred miles and it won't be long

OOOHHHHHH kathy.  OOOHHHHHH kathyyyy.

(Hot Rod, anyone?)

Anyways.  I'm kinda sad right now.  Feeling lonely.  I was so excited and having a great day all day and then it was just like, blahhhhh. 

I don't really know why.

Work was fine. 

So, they're re-releasing The Lion King in 3D.  I wish they were just normal re-releasing it.  3D is weird and kinda distracting.  Like, YES, I would pay to see The Lion King in theaters, but I don't want to see it in 3D.

I think they should re-release all the Disney musicals.  That would be amazzzing.

I think I'm gonna get an iPhone.  And I think I want a white one.  Is this lame?  I can't decide if the white iPhones are lame or not.  But, every time I imagine myself with an iPhone, it's a white one.  So, it might be kind of my destiny.

(Just like every time I imagine myself accepting an Academy Award, I have blonde hair and a navy blue sweetheart cut strapless dress.  Why, I don't know.)

Also, I have known for a long time that when I get my iPhone I want an orange case.  And, if I got the black iPhone, it'd be like Halloween 24/7.  Which, might be cool for a little while.

Listen to me.  Debating over which color iPhone to get.  I'm a jerk.

Two movies I watched recently:

THE ROMANTICS:  Better than I expected.  I thought it was going to be totally boring and unfunny.  But, it wasn't.  Hard to watch two people who are in love with each other, not be together.

THE OTHER WOMAN:  Nat Port flick!  As much as I hate Nat Port (for stealing my jacket that one time), I will never turn down one of her movies.  About an affair that turned into marriage that turned into pregnancy that turned into the baby dying at only 3 days old.  None of that was spoiler info.  It was very sad, but I thought all the different characters were really interesting.  Everyone was dealing in different ways with this baby dying.

I also started watching Friday Night Lights again.  I stopped watching after the first episode of season 2.  And this was like, over a year ago.  But, I just started right back up again.  Loved it.  Loved the part when Lila's dad was drunk on the floor and Tim was trying to help and Lila said,

LILA:  Don't you have a 3-way to get to or something?

Ha.  That made me laugh.  And, OH the awkwardness between Matt and Julie.  It's pretty freaking adorable.

Watched the movie, American Psycho last night.  MESSED UP.  It was so freaking messed up.  But, I kind of loved it.  The fact that Christian Bale hadn't won an Oscar until this past year is like WTF.  He was a total crazy guy.  Ohhh man it was so fascinating.  How he had so many different personalities he was UNRECOGNIZABLE to people who knew him by a different name.  Like, WOW.  And the parts where he would say one thing, but people would hear something different - loved it.

Yeah.  It was like, totally brilliant and completely disturbing.

I feel like being artsy and crafty right now.  Like, creating something with my hands.  I think because at work we are selling LED headlamps on sale for $9.99, and all the associates have to come up with different uses for the headlamp and then write them on a poster.  (yep.)  And, everyone was like, "hiking! boating! camping! camping! camping!"  And I was like, "um, these headlamps are awesome when you're doing things like arts and crafts or sewing!!"  Who wants to go camping when you could do arts and crafts?!?!  (actually, i would kind of like to go "real camping" sometime.)

And then I was like, "we should all wear a headlamp, turn out all the lights and have a dance party!"  How fun would that have been??  But, the idea was shot down almost immediately.  Actually, immediately.

What else can I tell you?

My feather extension needs to be re-positioned.  Also, I kind of want to get some more.  Also, I really wish I still had teal streaks in my hair.

Ok I think that's all.  I'm still kinda sad and lonely and blahhh.  But, whatevs, I guess.  I'm like, sick of being in this house right now.

Also, I want chocolate ice cream with peanut butter cups.

I might try doing a fishtail braid in my hair.  Excitement!!





cause all i really want is to be with you
and feeling like i matter too

I FORGOT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING!!!

It's kind of a gross story, but I know how you love those... (Renee...) 

So last week, Kara and I were returning a RedBox rental (We rented Prom.... OMG - loved it just as much the second time as I did the first.) to the machine inside Wal-Mart.  It was a rainy night.  I was wearing flip flops.  I dashed from the car into the store to make the return. 

Now, this is where it gets tricky..

As I was walking up to the machine, my flip flop skidded on the wet floor and SOMEHOW my toe got injured in this process.  Like, the top of my toe scraped against the RedBox machine in just a way as to destroy it.  Graceful, eh?

So now I'm like, "crap, this sucks."  Because now the top of my toe is all bloody and mangled.

I go back to the car and tell Kara the tale.  Toe Tale, as it will be called.  Now, the toe is hurting pretty bad.  Like, REALLY bad, actually.  It's like, throbbing with sharp pain.  Upon further inspection I saw that a giant piece of my nail was ripped off AS WELL AS half of my nailpolish!!!!!  It wasn't just the top of my toe, it was also the nail and the polish. 

And we're driving and it feels just like blood is gushing out of the wound, so Kara gives me a napkin as to not bleed everywhere. 

It turns out, there wasn't actually that much blood.  Just lots of pain. 

But now it's all scabby and hurts still when I bend it.  It's been a hard week.  But, I've managed.  Hopefully the toe will be all healed soon. 

And to add to this: I just feel like I've gotten like, 75% more clumsier than I used to be.  I always feel like I'm either walking into things, banging my arm, slicing my toe... all over the place.  Seriously, I have like, four bruises on my legs right now and I KNOW one is in the works on my arm from when I banged it last night.  THAT HURT. 

I'm like living that Fergie song, 'Clumsy.'  Clumsy 'cause I've fallen in love?  Well, no.  All the parts except for the parts about boys.  Except maybe the parts about boys, too.  Mainly just the tripping and stumbling parts. 

WELLLLL OK. 

Kara and I went to the gym today.  I increased the ratio of Lady Gaga songs in my workout mix before we left.  Gaga Six - I OWN YOU.  But, I do admit it was a mistake after not having been to the gym in a few weeks.  It was prettttyyyyy hard to get through it all.  BUT - I did it. 

Other than that: I've been working all day at a NEW JOB!  Which I will tell you about soon.  Like, very soon.  I'm very excited about it.  CHANGE! 

OK.  I think that's all for now.  I'm very hungry, so I'll probably go eat something.  I don't know what yet.  Possibly some pasta and sauce. 

Hope you all are having a great night!!!!!!! 


♥♥♥♡♡♡

"and i can't keep you off my mind.... i have tried, but you come right back in again."

Oohhh hi.  Hope you all are doing well.  Blogger introduced a new blog interface... so it feels a little weird being here right now.  Like, being on Blogger.  It doesn't feel like the same old hang out spot I know.  Yep, because I'm creepy like that.

I know we haven't talked in a little while.  I've been busy!   We did another floorset at work this past week, so it was a lot of DOING stuff.  Like, moving around shelves, stripping wall hardware, putting new hardware up.  I was in charge of coming up with something to put in the decorative crates.  I spent a lot of time on this project.  ALSO!  OMG - I can't believe I forgot to tell you this story.  Actually, maybe I did tell you.... I feel like I told anyone who would listen....  which was maybe like... 3 people..  ANYWAYS:

This story happened like, maybe two weeks ago at work.  There was this olive green skirt that I was in charge of putting a belt on.  It was like, on a display.  So, at first I had this thin brown belt on it and it looked pretty good.  But, I noticed that it wasn't really selling.  So, I changed the belt to another thin brown belt, but this one had a string of gold beads also on it.  The gold really went well with the olive green. 

SO, I'm working at the register and someone comes through with both the skirt and the belt and I say to them,

JULIE:  You know, this belt goes great with this skirt!
CUSTOMER:  I know!  They have it on the display and I loved it!!
JULIE:  :-D!!!!!!!!

And that's how much I rock. 

And then last week I was redressing all the puppets in the store and the next day, one of the managers told me that someone came up and wanted to buy all the clothes on the display because they loved it so much. 

Yeah, I'm kind of a big deal.



And now, for a brief PART TWO of my Ruby Tuesday Sleeping Under Blankets post....

 

YEP.  This happened the other day while I was trying to do work.  HOWWW can you get work done when this is happening?!?!  RUBY!  She's the best.  

So, Kara and I had been waiting for the new Zooey Deschanel TV show, 'New Girl,' to premiere later on this month, but I saw last week that the pilot episode was FREE on iTunes!  So, I downloaded it!  And it was super cute and funny.  And it also stars the guy who played Officer Leo on Veronica Mars!!!  (yeah, that's a giant screenshot of him from a former blog entry where I talk about how Veronica Mars stole my teal jacket...)  Anyways - he's super cute.  And we loved the show.  Zooey is a total hottie.  UGH why does she have to be so hip and cool?!?  Unfair.  

But!  You should go to iTunes and download the free ep!  Super funny.  Plus: Zooey.  

Also!  Zooey's older sister is on that show Bones, which I had never seen until last week, when I watched it with Greg.  And now I can't wait to watch more.  

And like, I keep thinking about it.  There was this one episode where this lady was pregnant, but some other lady who was crazy, killed the pregnant woman and cut the baby out of her, replacing it with another, dead baby.  Creepy, right?

So then, the crazy lady raises the other lady's baby for a few years until the police figure it out.  The police find the lady and the baby at the playground, where they seem to be having a great day.  The baby looks healthy, happy, well-dressed, and well cared for.  But, this is the crazy lady.  So, the police just go up and force the lady to hand over the baby, because of what she did.  Now, this baby is maybe like..... a year old?  Definitely older than an infant.  But, they just take the baby, right there on the playground.  

This was very upsetting to me.  YES, the lady was a crazy person who killed another lady and then stole her baby.  THAT'S horrible and sick.  But, it was also clear that she was taking care of this baby.  I feel like in this situation, the police should have maybe not just taken the baby away.  The baby most definitely recognized his "mother," and I think they should have at least been sympathetic of that.  Maybe at least arrested the mother WITH the baby, so the baby wasn't just ripped away.  I don't know.  It's a tricky situation. 

BUT - this happens too frequent.  I had to deal with it when working at Hannah House.  Not babies being cut out of their mothers.... but, babies being taken away from their mother's.  And it's hard to watch.  

And, I can think of one instance when I needed to take a baby away for its own safety.  That was a bad night.  

ANYWAYS.  That's why I don't work at Hannah House anymore. 

ANYWAYS.  What else?

I've had a heavy heart lately.  At least, I feel that way.  Oohhhhh I don't know.  I'm trying to find the in between, as the song goes.  It's a subtle mix of melancholy and excitement.  

On a different note, I want to see the new Lars von Trier film, Melancholia.  What a great filmmaker that guy is.  I REALLY want to see that movie the more I think about it.  Somebody find out when it's playing and TAKE ME.  Actually, it looks like it doesn't come out for a few months.  

I've never cried harder during a movie than during Dancer in the Dark.  I think about that from time to time.  How it's probably a movie that I would never watch again.  How upset it made me.  

Ok.  Before this turns too somber, I'm going to go.  I think Kara and I are going to hang out.  There's a hookah lounge that just opened in Somersworth.  We want to go.  Not tonight, but another night.  I'll let you know if we go.  It looks pretty cool.  

OK.  Hope you have a great night!!  And a great week!!!!  We'll talk again soon!!!!  That's a blog promise!!!!!

lovelovelove,

JULIE

TAMMY GOT MARRIED!

Tammy's wedding was more than a week ago! I can't believe it's taken me so long to post these pictures/stories from the big day!!!!



The wedding was up at Camp O-At-Ka, which is a boys summer camp up at Sebago Lake, in the town of Sebago, Maine. We had never been there before, which is apparently almost illegal if you live in Maine. It's the second biggest lake in Maine. (Fun fact.) Murdock Lake is the first. (Just kidding. It's Moosehead, I think.)



So, the wedding was Saturday the 27th. But since Kara was making the wedding cake, we needed to go up on Friday and turn the place into a commercial bakery. Success!!! Partly due to the fact that I am an excellent/pro cake holder while in the car. It takes more effort than you think. I'm skilled at holding all cakes, be they birthday, wedding, welcome home, or any other special occasion.



So my mom and I picked Kara up at her bakery on Friday afternoon and gathered up all the cake decorating supplies she would need, piled it all into the car, and make the trek up to Sebago!! Everything arrived in fine condition.



We got to the kitchen and Kara immediately took over. I loved this. It was like, 'never mind those camp workers, I'm here to make a wedding cake!!!' YES! Mutiny of the dining hall. 'Mess Hall Mutiny,' could be another one.



And now - the creation of a wedding cake! (in photos.)











Kara's gonna hate that I posted this photo of her, but I think she looks great.





































It came out so beautiful!! Kara did such an awesome job, as always.



We went home shortly after she finished the cake... since it was like, 5pm and she had been working since 3am or something crazy.



The next morning was the wedding!! Got up early to get ready. I had to go out and put gas in my car. And we headed north again!! Got there in time to get seats and socialize a little. Morgan Roy (formerly Morgan Mosher) came running over to Kara and I as soon as we got there telling us that the camp people weren't going to be moving the cake from the fridge to the hall, and that we had to do it. Morgan was acting as sort of the "day-of" coordinator. She was awesome. I hadn't seen her since high school!! WAaaayyyyy too long for someone who used to sleep over my house like, every week. Same with Kristin Otten!!!! I miss those ladies.



SO - Kara and I now knew that we needed to move the cake and that we needed to book it back to the kitchen after the ceremony.



Then it started!!







Tammy's brother Corey and her mom, Doris!!!! Corey and Kara were born just days apart. Her mom is like a second mother to us!









Morgan Bickford!! Wearing killer shoes.









Katie Brown!!







Laura Plaisted!!!! Kara is BFF with Laura's younger sister, Mary. Laura is the one who won the Maine Dream Wedding for herself and her fiance, Nolan!!!









Chelsey Coughlin!!









Laura Olsen!



What a lovely crew of bridesmaids!!!!!







Tammy!!!!! And her dad, Gary!!! :)















The ceremony was super short, but very nice. And set against a beautiful backdrop of the lake! Awww, I had tears!!!









Tammy and Josh!! First dance!!!! Josh is a great guy.











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Father/daughter dance!!!!!











Mother/son dance!!!!!











It was all great. Everyone did a great job dancing.



And then! The cake cutting!!!!!







Member how Kara made that?!?!



















So great!!! And the cake was delish, as is anything that Kara bakes.





Then we had a BBQ, make smores, and relaxed on the beach!!! What a beautiful spot!!













Artsy photo of Kara in front of the water.



See how her dress is that gorgeous shade of yellow? Wanna know how it got to be that shade?? Ummmm cause I dyed it. Yep. She was on the lookout for a yellow dress to wear, but instead we found a white dress. And I said, well, get it and I'll dye it yellow.



So we bought the dress and brought it home, only to discover that the dress was dry clean only, because of some plastic-y lining. So we were thinking that if we put the dress into a boiling pot of hot water, it would melt or shrink, or something else even more horrible.



But, it was down to the wire, and I said, "OKAY, we are gonna do this and it's either gonna come out awesome or it's going to be totally ruined."



And, it came out awesome. Why? Because I am an expert dye-r. Like Brittany!! (shout out to Squeaky Hindu and the Rainbow Fish, whatwhat!!) So, she was able to wear the dress and she looked totally fabulous.







That's us! Looking kinda gross, but whatevs. We're all friends here.



What a great wedding!!!! It was really fun seeing people from high school!!!



OH AND!!!!! I caught the bouquet!!!!! YEP. That was fun, haha. And the bouquets were wrapped with braided pieces of the train from Tammy's dress, which she cut off, so that is a cool thing to have.





♡ yay love! ♡





And it was kinda crazy, because the very next day the camp was semi-destroyed by the hurricane!!! It was weird like, watching that video and thinking that we were there just the day before. The wedding balloons are still up :(



Luckily, the storm did no major damage around here. We all spent the day mainly indoors. Greg came over and we started watching Smallville. The show about Superman! I have always gotten this show confused with the other show, Supernatural, which I also want to watch. Both shows are about unnatural occurrences, so I think it's okay to mistake them. But, I really like Smallville so far! We're two discs in. I mayyy or may nottt have a tiny crush on Lex Luther. The fact that everyone knows he turns out to be a bad guy is kinda sexy....???....or something.



So! That's been my week.



I went to the movies twice!!!!!! I saw Our Idiot Brother with Greg on Monday and then 30 Minutes or Less with Kara on Wednesday!!!! So fun!!! Both movies I am constantly confusing as: 1. My Idiot Boyfriend and 2. 30 Seconds or Less. But - it's okay. I really liked Our Idiot Brother. It was funny as well as heartfelt. And, he was just a guy, trying to stay happy and put his faith and trust into others, which, I don't think is such a bad way to be. Certainly not "idiotic" in my opinion.



Great week, right?!?! RIGHT. Other awesome things happened tooooo which I will talk more about later!!!!!



And then last night I saw ALIYA!!!!!!!! And her brother SAM!!!!! They were up from various cross-country locations on their annual family vacation in Ogunquit!!! And I made my usual trip over to hang out with their family!!!!!! Aliya, Sam and I had a bro night together drinking beers on the beach late at night. It was super fun.



And then this morning I saw them again!!!! We all (aliya, sam, their parents, me, my mom and kara) went to Kara's bakery and all had breakfast together! Kara was working, of course, but she was able to come out and sit for a few minutes. So nice! It was the first time my mom was meeting Aliya's parents! Which is crazy thinking about all the times I've met hers. And stayed at her house in Florida! So, that was fun.



OK! I feel like this was a great entry. Lots of great stories. And friends. Both old and new.



I hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend!!!!! Stay safe! Have fun!



I'll post more later about EVEN MORE exciting news!!!!!!!!







love!







ps: happy birthday kerianne!!!!! ♡