New job?

Instead of coming back east I think I'm going to stay in cali for a bit and get one of the crazy/hilarious jobs advertising on the street.  What do you do for a living? Oh just stand around with a giant balloon attached to my backpack.  NBD!

next stop, san francisco...

but for now I'm in the Denver airport chomping away at an overpriced slice of 'za that was one of the few "safe" choices I could find without going to a sit down restaurant!

I flew Frontier airline here and it was great!! Would def recommend it if you're coming to Colorado or just have to make a stop on your way across the country.  I volunteered to gate check my bag...since the aftermath of Irene meant completely packed flights...and it totally paid off! Not only did I get to board early but they also gave me tv/movie for free (they have directTv in flight) and my bag will be waiting for me at the gate in SF. So easy!  Oh and frontier comes around with warm chocolate chip cookies after beverage service, how exciting is that?!

Say hello to misty, my arctic fox travelling buddy (she's just chilling at the end of the wing and on the tail)...wish I was out there with her instead of sitting next to a lady that smelled like dirty soap. Ick.

Looked like it was a gorgeous day in Denver...need to get back here for a trip! Love that the airport looks like cirque du soleil dancers are waiting inside to welcome you :).

Can't wait to be in California!!

Mean Irene

Watch "Hurricane Irene in Marlton NJ" on YouTube

Triathlon was cancelled...flight to California was cancelled...might as well make fun of the weather people (click the link above)!

a stroll down memory {card} lane

typically i upload my pictures from my camera as soon as i get home.

sometimes i keep a couple on my camera just for smiles.

every once in a while i just plain forget and pictures get 'stuck' on my memory card for ages...especially when i leave my camera in the closet to sulk.

so here's what you've been missing in the past few weeks...or months.  eek!

epically long picture posts begins now:

 we went to Phillies Picnic in the Park! So cool...well really like a million degrees that day, but really fun experience to be out on the field.  oh yea, just so happened to have a root canal that day, yuck...hence the awkward crooked smile below.  401 love!!

 tried out the miniature effect on my elph, fun fun!!

 we went to the lovely wedding of our triathlon friends tom & jess..

 michael wore a bow tie, which he felt uncomfortable about at first...even brought a 'back up' option...but i think he rocked it!  apparently he decided to try to eat me..

 sat with some cool kids...lauren & chris...

on another random day, i did something weird and mz took a picture of it, go figs...

 woosh...and then we were swept away to rhody for a long weekend that included a 10 mile road race (go us!) and a trip to the Breakers (newport mansion)...

 we also were surprised with a delicious Brickley's ice cream cake and an awesome bride & groom biking cake topper for an early anniversary celebration.  thanks sistas! wish i had that cake right now, i'd eat the entire thing!!

what else...oh yea, this little guy turned THREE! seriously?! wow, so old, can't believe it!! he celebrated by eating as many fruit snacks as possible, pretty impressive...

 alex decided it would be fun to drive on the lawn...excellent chauffeur service

 in between triathlon training took place plus lots of eating and drinking...but nothing else photo worthy...so that's it!

california pictures will be making an appearance on the blog starting next week (i leave Monday morning, please don't mess that up Irene!)...but they'll be phone pics and mobile blogs for the most part.  i'm sure in another 4 or 5 months after i get back i might get some of the actual pics off of my memory card ;-).

have a great weekend...stay safe with all of this crazy hurricane activity going on!!

happy happy #4

dear hubster,
can you believe this was 4 years ago?!  seems crazy the amount of stuff we've done and been through in that short amount of time.  nevis, bahamas, london, ireland, paris, colorado, nyc, florida, boston, nh, just to name a few....skiing, dancing (sometimes at midnight in the basement after italian fest), triathlons, concerts and some phenomenal meals....i'm so glad that we've been keeping off the rocks and that we're really working to build a strong, fun, loving, life together.  i'm so proud of us, our accomplishments, our goals, our dreams, our insanity...and i love it.

and i love you.

xo, me

:-x

maple acres farm

since I've been trying to eat healthy lately I woke up with a craving for some nice fresh veggies...and for an awesome farmers market like the one I went to the other weekend in RI.  found this gem of a farm really close by with bushels and barrels of corn, peppers, eggplants, tomatoes, peaches....and so much gorgeous produce that it didn't even matter that the skies opened up with a nasty thunderstorm while we were perusing.  Oh and they have a giant field of zinnias that you can cut yourself if you want! Not necessarily my fave flower, but when you look out onto a field full of beautiful brightly colored flowers how can you not smile?!
Hope you had a weekend full of fun and fresh food!

cali bound

hip-hip-hooray i'm going to californ-eye-aye!  too much of a stretch to make that rhyme? whatevs, at least this blog is getting some activity right?!  so much in the queue but so little time to actually type.

so so excited that i'll be in san francisco the last week of august...even if it is for work.  i've only been to california once and here's all i know about that trip:

• i was like 2 years old so it doesn't really count
• i got to eat an ice cream sunday on the plane...so says the pictures
• i went to the zoo and it was awesome!
• i went to disneyland and got a minnie mouse hat with my name embroidered on the back

oh wait, that last one didn't actually happen...my parents went to disneyland and just bought me the hat.  they told me (or i incorrectly assumed) that i had gone.  legit believed i had been there until i was probably about high school age.  don't know why i never questioned the lack of pictures of me & minnie, haha.

any tips on what to see / where to eat / anything else awesome that i can't miss while i'm out there?!