I'll Be Home For Christmas...If Only In My Dreams...

I should be boarding a plane any time now that should be taking off at about 4:30 to take me home to Utah for Christmas. I should be, but I'm not. The flight was cancelled because of the storm that is brewing in the Northeast...It would be easier to be not bitter if it was actually snowing...we haven't seen a single flake yet. At least I was lucky enough to get a different flight in a couple of days. I'll see you on Monday, Utah. boo hoo!

Stupid Martha

Do you know what I love? I love those little individually wrapped squares of Dove dark chocolate. You know the ones? And they have such nice little sayings on the inside of the wrapper. I especially love them during the holidays cause the wrapper message is all holiday-ish and it's so nice. Do you know what I hate? I hate that I bought a bag of those delicious and wonderful little treats, not only cause I love the candy but also cause I love the message on the inside of the wrapper, I got them home and carefully opened one to enjoy and on the inside of the wrapper was a stupid message from Martha Stewart! Stupid Martha! I didn't notice when I bought them that they are the special Martha Stewarts tips for making the holidays better type of Dove dark chocolates. Now instead of reading something like "Have a wonderful holiday season" I have to read something like "wallpaper and fabric remnants make inspired wrapping" or "Tie a sprig of holly to the bedpost in your guest room." Really Martha? Cause I think decorating my wreath with gumdrops will actually attract wild animals to my front door which I don't happen to think is a great idea! Stupid Martha!! I just want my chocolate to say something nice to me, not tell me how to decorate! And what if the chocolates were for guests? Now the guests are going to read the wrappers and know that it wasn't my idea to use a damask runner to create an elegant table setting...oh who am I kidding? I don't even know what a "damask runner" is! Stupid Martha!!

My Merry Christmas-ish Weekend

On Friday, I was invited by Megan to go into the city to enjoy some Christmas festivities with her and some of her friends. We went to Bryant Park and watched them do some synchronized ice skating and some singing and then the lighting of the tree. Then we went to see the tree at Rockefeller Center (which is pictured above) (and which was so amazing!) Then we went to a great thai restaurant called Room Service and ate dinner. We wandered around the city a bit then Megan let me crash at her apartment in Brooklyn so that I didn't have to ride the train back to Connecticut that night (did I mention that this was the first time I met this really wonderful girl? My sister-in-laws brother gave me her number when I was in Utah for Thanksgiving...thanks Kevin, she's really great!). The next morning Meg and I went to brunch in Brooklyn (FYI, I am now in LOVE with Brooklyn, I haven't spent much time there but its so great!) at this little restaurant that I WILL be back to because it was AMAZING! It was called Watty and Meg's and it was delicious, and quaint and spectacular. And delicious! Once back in Connecticut, I did some Christmas shopping and topped the weekend off with a little Christmas movie watching. Oh yeah, and on Saturday night, my dear friend Sadie came over with some chinese food and hung out for a while. It was such a great weekend!

Home from being home

I was going to post this on Monday but my laptop wasn't cooperating with me, so I'm posting now instead. I went home for a whole week for Thanksgiving, and it was SO great! I hung out with the people that I love, ate some great food, hung out some more with the people that I love, went to my nieces 2nd birthday party, played dress up with Kinley, and hung out some more with the people that I love. It was the best! Here are a few pictures from the week, I just wish I would have had a little more time to hang out with the people that I love...