Looking Back on 2010.

Stole this list from Teddi @ Jewish Girl in Wasp's Clothing. I thought her list was pretty all encompassing so here goes...

Accomplishments: graduating from college and moving out on my own.

 {my favorite picture from graduation that my sister snapped of me!}

Decisions: opening up and showing my face on this here blog, closing some doors for good, realizing that my choices are MINE and that they might not please everyone.

Moments: sobbing watching the firework display from the academic quad in College Town, PA but knowing that I had the best four years anyone could ask for, turning the keys to finally open my very own apartment. 

Movies: The King's Speech, hands down the best movie I have seen in a long while {highly recommend it still!}.

Presents: A quilt made of all my college and sorority t-shirts, tickets to the Nutcracker, I wasn't expecting either one and I am NEVER surprised.

Songs: Everything by William Fitzsimmons, the entire Battle Studies CD by John Mayer, Dirty Talk by Wynter Gordon

Travels: a quick 24 hours in Nashville for a job interview, I wouldn't count it as travels but I definitely want to go back now, a wonderful week in Hilton Head, SC with my favorites in between finals and graduation, Boston to visit my good friend R.

TV Shows: Glee, Mad Men, Modern Family, good TV is finally making a comeback!

Words to Live By: "Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give." 

Here's to a great new year! See you all in 2011!

traveling tunes.

Now that my iTunes is in working order... I have created a pretty ass kickin' playlist for my flight tonight. Below is a little snapshot of my musical companion. I have my car picking me up probably way too early, but I am flying out of an airport I have never been to and it is the holidays and maybe if I'm lucky I will get some TSA groping action?! {I kid...}

+ The entire Forrest Gump Soundtrack 
{arguably the best movie soundtrack ever made}

+ Grenade - Bruno*Mars

+ Whats Wrong With Them - Lil*Wayne ft. Nicki*Minaj

+ Whip My Hair - Willow*Smith {coolest 9 year old on the playground}

+ Hey Soul Sister - Glee cast version

+ Very Merry Christmas - Dave*Barnes {amazing voice}

+ Southern Girl - Amos*Lee

+ Don't You Wanna Stay - Jason*Aldean ft. Kelly*Clarkson

+ What If - Jason*DeRulo

+ Hang With Me (Acoustic version) - Rob*yn 
{because who didn't love her back in 1998?!}

+ Lights - Ellie*Goulding {another great voice, very original}

+ Where is The Love? - Black*Eyed*Peas & Justin*Timberlake 
{because it was only 69 cents on iTunes and its so good!}

+ Been There Before - Hanson {i still love them, i am not ashamed} 

You might be able to see now why more than one friend has told me before that I have the worst taste in music, but hey... I like what I like, which is clearly everything from oldies to country to rap and back again. The only music I don't listen to is heavy metal because lets face it... that's just noise.

Also bringing this along... 

I had been meaning to read this book for a while and now with the movie coming out I finally purchased it a few weeks ago. Looking forward to starting it!

Kudos to me on my travel outfit today. I am comfortable, yet presentable looking, without appearing as though I tried really hard to get dressed for this airplane. There is a chance I could meet Prince Charming in the airport terminal, so I certainly can't show up in my pajamas.

Happy Christmas Eve Eve to you all! Safe travels wherever you are headed, near or far!   

oh, happy day!!

I was all prepared to write a post last night entitled "Blogging From My Couch As Opposed to My Office Because I Finally Got A New Laptop After The 2 Months Of Headache I Had To Endure" but alas I spent my evening organizing my iTunes. I am the least organized/OCD person on the planet except for when it comes to my music. When I used to burn CDs way back when before the iPod I would organize my CD case and then keep a running list of each song on each CD. So last night IMMEDIATELY upon taking my pretty new Macbook out of the box had to take all my music off of my external hard drive, delete the duplicates, and figure out which 40 songs that were on my iPod were not on my computer. All is complete now... but could I sound any crazier?! {I am also weird about the volume level on TVs and such. The volume must land on a level ending in an even number or a 5.} I am loving my Mac so far! It isn't anywhere near as scary a transition/not really scary at all as I was making it seem and since I don't have projects to do anymore in my post-undergrad life, this is purely a leisure machine. Welcome back to the world, MLD!
 

I NOW HAVE 75 FOLLOWERS!!! Once I return from my crazy holiday travels, I will be hosting my first ever giveaway! I can't even believe that I have one reader, much less 75 so this is going to be good. Thanks to Jill for being follower #75!

tis the season!

Cannot believe that Christmas is this weekend. Hooray for a short work week! I am flying to upstate NY Thursday night after work to meet up with the rest of my family and then going to my grandfather's, then to my aunt's, then to New Jersey for a family friend's holiday party, and finally home on Sunday. It is going to be quite the cross New York state trek, but its worth it to see family. I just booked my car service to the airport {which was almost as much as my flight itself, ugh holiday travel is a definite way to drain the bank account}. It is sort of a bummer that my brother and sister are home from college and that I don't have a month off like they do.

I had a great weekend in the city with C. We stayed in Times Square, walked down to Rockefeller Center, had some good food, met up with some friends of mine from college, saw West Side Story, and went to Madame Tussauds. 

Us in Times Square! 

With the tree in Rockefeller Center!

I recently heard on the news that there were people dressed in different character outfits walking around the city offering to take pictures with tourists and they were EVERYWHERE! I was getting kind of nervous because you really never know who is under those masks. All in all, a very successful weekend. The weather cooperated and I feel like we did a lot on a short period of time. You can never tackle all of NYC in one trip, but I think we gave it our best shot! How did you all spend your last weekend before the holidays??

ONE MORE FOLLOWER AND THEN IT IS GIVEAWAY TIME! It will be a good one, promise! ;)

workin for the weekend.

Happiest Friday everyone! My oh my did this week take a long time to end! The Nutcracker was wonderful. We had great seats, but it must be me. No matter the venue or the show I am at, I am always seated near the most obnoxious people. This little girl kept asking her mother a thousand questions and the mother would respond, but not in a whisper. So frustrating. If she is not old enough to understand, maybe wait a few years before you bring her, but that's just my opinion. 

 The stage!
 

This was the scene out my apartment window the other night when we got our first actual snowfall. It was only about an inch, maybe two and NO ONE was freaking out. There was still bread and milk on the shelves at the grocery store and people weren't ripping their hair out like the world was coming to an end. Oh right, that's because people in New York know how to deal with snow unlike those Virginians {who I still love}.

 

C is en route to NYC as we speak. I am really excited for her visit. Hopefully the weather cooperates, but I am armed with gloves, scarves, and my camera! FINALLY! I went so long with keeping it in my purse and never using it, and now that I am wanting to snap some photos, I have been forgetting it at home. 

Hope you all have wonderful, warm weekends! Cannot believe that this is the last weekend before Christmas!