new camera fun

well, december is like totally over but i have had some good fun. my birthday celebrations were great, and i've enjoyed spending the extra time with family and friends. my parents gave me this funky new camera from lomography that i've been experimenting with.

i'm almost finished making my ornament for an ornament exchange/cocktail party that is coming up tomorrow. definitely

posting pictures of that baby, if only to showcase how long it took!

though i've said it before, i'll say it again...i really truly am going to try to post more stuff soon. possibly the tea sandwiches for tomorrow evening as well?

taco night

tonight we're eating marinated steak tacos with jalapeño something beans and mango salsa. mmm!

jersey girl

what a weekend. trevor's aunt susie is turning 50 this week, and we drove to nj to celebrate with her.

in 36 hours, we drove down to palmyra (right outside philly), partied it up, and came back up through ridgewood (right outside nyc) for dinner at his aunt bitsie's house.

no more extended car rides for me for a while. oh, and these are some photos of susie's "yarden" and our delicious mid-morning mimosas.

720 miles in three days

we've had the longest few days ever!

after work on thursday (yeah, i have a job now!) trev and i began our road trip to philadelphia to see theresa and steve. we stopped at his aunt bitsie's one night, and on the way back stayed with his aunt susie. unfortunately we didn't visit with either aunt as long as we would have liked, but it was still really nice to meet them.

we didn't have much time together in philly, so we hit some major spots. one being the philadelphia museum of art, which had an amazing permanent collection. our two hour window in the museum went by wayyy too fast. and thennnn, we had to have a philly cheesesteak. it was heavenly. weirdo canned cheese (think nacho style) and finely chopped up meat and sloppy onions on a big roll. deelish.

to my great surprise, trevor did most of the driving while i tried to soak in as much of ct, ny, nj, and pa as i could. on our way back i caught a glimpse of manhattan and was excited to see lady liberty from a distance. next time, we'll get much closer.

happy birthday, little sister!

wino forever

last weekend we went to deaver vineyards in amador county for some wine tasting. they are the makers of my most favorite bubbles, almond sparkling wine. not only was the wine fantastic, but the landscape was absolutely beautiful. bella, the resident pooch hung out with me while photographing the lake.