For some reason today feels like Friday. Maybe it’s because I’ll have my 1st 4-day weekend this year. I’m way to excited for this weekend and I know it’s dumb to get so worked up because I’m only going to let myself down when it doesn’t exceed my expectations.
After 2 straight weekends of rain, I’m really looking forward to lying out on the beach. I’m also very excited because Kendra will be coming down again this weekend, and Mark Manore is going to be here for almost a week starting on Monday! I have so much to look forward to during the next week and a half!!! On Saturday is our big party at the shore house (see invite below). Assuming the ants don’t infest my bedroom again, I don’t think it would be possible to ruin my weekend. I just wish it were here already!!!
On another note, I was finally able to finish reading A Million Little Pieces. Despite the controversy surrounding this book, it was actually a very good read and I really enjoyed it. The next book I’m starting is The Devil Wears Prada. Reason one being that I had the book sitting on my shelf for years, and the second being that Kendra and I are planning on seeing the movie Tuesday, which gives me 5 days to finish it. I don’t know how I plan on finishing it in less than a week considering it took me over 4 months to finish A Million Little Pieces. I’m babysitting tonight and tomorrow night, which should give me some time, not to mention 3 days of beach reading.
Hopefully by mid week next week I’ll be onto My Friend Leonard which is the book after A Million Little Pieces. After that I don’t have any other books “planned,” and since Jennifer Weiner hasn’t come out with a new book since Goodnight Nobody I’ll probably just grab one of the many books on my bookshelf that I’ve yet to read. Does it make me sound like a senior citizen if I admitted that I would actually be interested in joining a book club??
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Monday, June 26, 2006
Another Rainy Weekend in the Squan
This weekend was another wet one down the shore. I still haven’t managed to get more than 2 days worth of a suntan in the entire summer, and I’m sure those 2 days are pretty faded!!! It seemed a little brighter though because Kendra made the trip down with us. It was so nice to have her there, and I can’t wait for this weekend when she’ll be down again!!!
Besides a very dramatic Saturday night dealing with an ant infestation in my bedroom, it was a pretty relaxing weekend. We watched the movie “The Ringer” with Johnny Knoxville where he pretends to be mentally challenged to compete in the Special Olympics. If you’re reading this and have not already wasted two hours of your life on this stupid film, go into your Netflix account right now and delete it from your Queue. It’s strange because I’m usually a fan of dumb movies, but this one did not make the cut for me.
On Saturday night we just hung out at the house (see pic of me in my pajamas on the porch), unlike Friday night where we went to Leggett’s and took way too many pictures (see picture of me licking the beer bottles).
Yesterday was very relaxing, and I even read 50 more pages in “A million little pieces.” I’ve been reading this book since February, and I really need to finish. It’s a very good book, but it seems that every time I sit down to read, I’m really tired and can only get in about 5 pages before I fall asleep. I’m hoping to finish in the next couple nights because I only have about 70 pages left.
Last week I took a short business trip to Indianapolis and got to stay with Amy, my old roommate from college. It was so nice to see her and it made me realize how much I miss her and my old apartment. We had dinner at a brewery in downtown Indy (which is a really nice city) and then had a drink at a local bar where we were by far the youngest customers there.
I hope this week flies by because I cannot wait for the 4 day weekend ahead!!!
Besides a very dramatic Saturday night dealing with an ant infestation in my bedroom, it was a pretty relaxing weekend. We watched the movie “The Ringer” with Johnny Knoxville where he pretends to be mentally challenged to compete in the Special Olympics. If you’re reading this and have not already wasted two hours of your life on this stupid film, go into your Netflix account right now and delete it from your Queue. It’s strange because I’m usually a fan of dumb movies, but this one did not make the cut for me.
On Saturday night we just hung out at the house (see pic of me in my pajamas on the porch), unlike Friday night where we went to Leggett’s and took way too many pictures (see picture of me licking the beer bottles).
Yesterday was very relaxing, and I even read 50 more pages in “A million little pieces.” I’ve been reading this book since February, and I really need to finish. It’s a very good book, but it seems that every time I sit down to read, I’m really tired and can only get in about 5 pages before I fall asleep. I’m hoping to finish in the next couple nights because I only have about 70 pages left.
Last week I took a short business trip to Indianapolis and got to stay with Amy, my old roommate from college. It was so nice to see her and it made me realize how much I miss her and my old apartment. We had dinner at a brewery in downtown Indy (which is a really nice city) and then had a drink at a local bar where we were by far the youngest customers there.
I hope this week flies by because I cannot wait for the 4 day weekend ahead!!!
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Happy Birthday Blog!!!
After reading Kendra’s post, I realized that I too have been blogging for over a year now. Much unlike Kendra, there hasn’t been much of a change in my life within the past year. So instead of listing things that have changed, I’ll list things that haven’t changed, and maybe I’ll come across a couple that have:
- I’m still at the same job
- I still live in the same apartment; however I now have a roommate…which brings me to my next “unchanged event”…
- I’m still with my boyfriend, who continues to love, surprise, amaze and annoy me all at the same time.
- I now share my bed with another person; however it’s a much larger bed. I love my California King…
- I still wear the same size (I wish I could stick to a diet long enough so this could change)
- I still share a shore house with the same guys, but have made some great friends throughout the year because of it.
- I am very familiar with roads, and highways in NJ. I’ve also become very good at finding my way around NYC…that’s a good change.
- I’m still addicted to online sites like myspace and facebook.
- I still love reading and become easily addicted to reality TV shows.
- I still have too many clothes, and continue to buy more.
- Since living in NJ I have become obsessed with good food (more so than I already was) and have become a faithful Sopranos viewer every Sunday night. Not sure if either of those is good things…?
- I’ve been to my first Nets, Knicks, Jets and Yankees games J (First Mets game tonight)
- I went to Las Vegas for the 1st time.
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Rain, Rain, Go Away!!!
We’ve always been very lucky with the weather whenever we were in Manasquan, but I suppose that all good things had to come to an end. For the very first time ever, I spent an entire weekend down the shore without setting foot on the beach.
Friday night I babysat, while the boys headed down for a “guys night.” Saturday morning Rachel picked me up and we were down in Manasquan by 10:00am. The weather was dreary… rainy, with no promise of sun for Sunday either. After taking a day trip to Wal-Mart, we came back to the house for naps. For dinner Rachel and I went to Carraba’s, while the guys stayed back and attempted to make burgers. There were only 5 of us total that night, and apparently the boys didn’t see much use of firing up the grill for the 3 of them, so they chose to drink their dinner instead. By the time we arrived back to the house, they were ready for the night. We ended up at The Osprey for the night, which wasn’t very packed, but was a nice change from the usual.
On Sunday it was cloudy, but wasn’t raining. I went to church with Jim at 11:00am and hoped that by noon it would be clear enough to lay out. It wasn’t, so we went to grab lunch with Rachel before heading home.
The weekend was fairly uneventful but offered a nice change of pace from the hectic previous weekend. This weekend they’re calling for more rain. My cousin Andrea was going to make the trip down here for the weekend, but may hold off until more promising weather. I’ll still be heading down. Rain or shine…I’m getting every pennies worth of that house!!!
Friday night I babysat, while the boys headed down for a “guys night.” Saturday morning Rachel picked me up and we were down in Manasquan by 10:00am. The weather was dreary… rainy, with no promise of sun for Sunday either. After taking a day trip to Wal-Mart, we came back to the house for naps. For dinner Rachel and I went to Carraba’s, while the guys stayed back and attempted to make burgers. There were only 5 of us total that night, and apparently the boys didn’t see much use of firing up the grill for the 3 of them, so they chose to drink their dinner instead. By the time we arrived back to the house, they were ready for the night. We ended up at The Osprey for the night, which wasn’t very packed, but was a nice change from the usual.
On Sunday it was cloudy, but wasn’t raining. I went to church with Jim at 11:00am and hoped that by noon it would be clear enough to lay out. It wasn’t, so we went to grab lunch with Rachel before heading home.
The weekend was fairly uneventful but offered a nice change of pace from the hectic previous weekend. This weekend they’re calling for more rain. My cousin Andrea was going to make the trip down here for the weekend, but may hold off until more promising weather. I’ll still be heading down. Rain or shine…I’m getting every pennies worth of that house!!!
Friday, June 02, 2006
NEWSFLASH!!!!
I know it’s a little soon for an update, but a very important event took place last night. KENDRA JEAN SNYDER has officially moved to Long Island, which means that once again, my best friend and I are within driving distance of each other.
I pretty much know directions to her apartment by heart, since I went there for my third time last night to help her move in. Adam, Mason and Kendra’s dad unloaded the trailer and van to the front porch, where Kendra and I made numerous trips up and down the stairs cramming boxes upon boxes into her living room.
After being stuck at the office until 10 after 6, and moving in during a mild thunderstorm, we were on our way back to Jesery by 10:00pm, leaving Kendra and her dad in a packed, unfurnished, and extremely hot apartment.
By the time we stopped at McDonalds to grab our “dinner” and drove through more thunderstorms, we were home and in bed by midnight. Today I’m a little sore, but more so just exhausted. It’s a good thing that I’m babysitting tonight and taking it easy instead of heading down to the shore with the boys. I’ll be driving down with Rachel tomorrow morning, and I know the guys will appreciate their “boys night. I’m sure I’ll have plenty of stories (and photos) by Monday…
I pretty much know directions to her apartment by heart, since I went there for my third time last night to help her move in. Adam, Mason and Kendra’s dad unloaded the trailer and van to the front porch, where Kendra and I made numerous trips up and down the stairs cramming boxes upon boxes into her living room.
After being stuck at the office until 10 after 6, and moving in during a mild thunderstorm, we were on our way back to Jesery by 10:00pm, leaving Kendra and her dad in a packed, unfurnished, and extremely hot apartment.
By the time we stopped at McDonalds to grab our “dinner” and drove through more thunderstorms, we were home and in bed by midnight. Today I’m a little sore, but more so just exhausted. It’s a good thing that I’m babysitting tonight and taking it easy instead of heading down to the shore with the boys. I’ll be driving down with Rachel tomorrow morning, and I know the guys will appreciate their “boys night. I’m sure I’ll have plenty of stories (and photos) by Monday…
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Memorial Day Weekend
So I suppose I should re-cap the first official weekend of the summer… Let’s see…
On Friday, I left work a little early to pick up Rachel to go to the Rascal Flatts concert. It was raining on and off for most of the day, and the forecast was for heavy rain and storms throughout the night. Luckily for us it only rained for one song, and the trash bags which I stole from work earlier in the day served as an excellent temporary umbrella. We met some really awesome twin sisters who we talked with during the concert, and had an all around great time. They sang most of my favorites and one song I’d never heard before but really enjoyed, Skin (read the lyrics).
After the concert, and waiting in the parking lot for over an hour (all the cars were being forced to use the parkway North and we were told if we wanted to try to get onto the parkway South, we’d have to wait until all the cars were gone…so we did), we headed down to Manasquan to meet up with everyone else. When we got down there Adam and Jim were on their way back from the Osprey, so we met up with them and got our 1st Fajitas of the summer.
On Saturday was our party, and after laying out on the beach for an hour or so, we were off to the grocery store to get food for the party. We had a good turn out for the party and a couple new additions to the house, including a pretty sweet Michigan State beer pong table Kory had made, and a very special apron Kendra brought back for Adam from Europe (see photo). After fireworks, food, and lots of beer we all crashed.
Sunday morning Jim and I went to church, and then picked up bagels for the house. We went down to the beach again, and then came home to quite a messy house. Lauren, Rachel, Kory and I spent a good hour picking up from the night before and getting the house in order again. That night we finally made it to the Osprey!!! It was packed as usual, but felt good to be back…
By Monday morning I was exhausted and ready to head home. All the sun (don’t worry Mom, I wore sunblock), drinking and partying had gotten to me and I was ready to crash. Once we got home I feel asleep for a couple hours, only getting up to eat and shower. Our apartment was almost 90 degrees and I felt disgusting!!! Adam of course decided we wouldn’t turn the air conditioning on because “it’ll be cooling down the rest of the week and it won’t help us cool off the bedroom.” Well, it’s now Thursday and we’ve been sweating our asses off every night since Monday, waiting for the “cool down.” Adam even checked out Wal-mart for an A/C unit for the bedroom, only to find that every store was destroyed, and there wasn’t a since unit to be found!!!
On Friday, I left work a little early to pick up Rachel to go to the Rascal Flatts concert. It was raining on and off for most of the day, and the forecast was for heavy rain and storms throughout the night. Luckily for us it only rained for one song, and the trash bags which I stole from work earlier in the day served as an excellent temporary umbrella. We met some really awesome twin sisters who we talked with during the concert, and had an all around great time. They sang most of my favorites and one song I’d never heard before but really enjoyed, Skin (read the lyrics).
After the concert, and waiting in the parking lot for over an hour (all the cars were being forced to use the parkway North and we were told if we wanted to try to get onto the parkway South, we’d have to wait until all the cars were gone…so we did), we headed down to Manasquan to meet up with everyone else. When we got down there Adam and Jim were on their way back from the Osprey, so we met up with them and got our 1st Fajitas of the summer.
On Saturday was our party, and after laying out on the beach for an hour or so, we were off to the grocery store to get food for the party. We had a good turn out for the party and a couple new additions to the house, including a pretty sweet Michigan State beer pong table Kory had made, and a very special apron Kendra brought back for Adam from Europe (see photo). After fireworks, food, and lots of beer we all crashed.
Sunday morning Jim and I went to church, and then picked up bagels for the house. We went down to the beach again, and then came home to quite a messy house. Lauren, Rachel, Kory and I spent a good hour picking up from the night before and getting the house in order again. That night we finally made it to the Osprey!!! It was packed as usual, but felt good to be back…
By Monday morning I was exhausted and ready to head home. All the sun (don’t worry Mom, I wore sunblock), drinking and partying had gotten to me and I was ready to crash. Once we got home I feel asleep for a couple hours, only getting up to eat and shower. Our apartment was almost 90 degrees and I felt disgusting!!! Adam of course decided we wouldn’t turn the air conditioning on because “it’ll be cooling down the rest of the week and it won’t help us cool off the bedroom.” Well, it’s now Thursday and we’ve been sweating our asses off every night since Monday, waiting for the “cool down.” Adam even checked out Wal-mart for an A/C unit for the bedroom, only to find that every store was destroyed, and there wasn’t a since unit to be found!!!
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