you like?

a girl needs a make-over every once in a while.

quote of the day.

::While watching the inaugural ball::

J: "Michelle Obama really is the best looking first lady we've had in a while."
M: "She definitely has the best tan."

ZING!

Clearly, the boy has lived with me too long.

hope floats.

So proud to call Barack Obama my President :)

definitely, maybe.

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Not Me Monday!!

I have been reading Mckmama's blog for a while now and I always get a chuckle out of the things that she did not do last week. Not Me Monday is a time for all bloggers to confess to things that they did not do. I thought I'd give it a try.

Without futher adieu....
::trumpets sound::

I don't care what anyone says, it was not me who made pasta yesterday and accidently threw half of it in the sink when draining it. Further more, I did not promptly rinse the pasta off and eat it anyway. That would be disgusting.

While on the subject, there is absolutely no way that there are a stack of dishes rivaling the leaning tower of pisa in my kitchen waiting to be washed. That must be someone else's house, because it can't possibly be mine. I am fabulous housekeeper. Honest.

And by the way, it was definitely not me who bought delicious blueberry mini-scones from Mollie Stones yesterday and promptly ate four of them. And I definitely wouldn't be lying on my Not Me Monday post because the number was actually closer to five...or six. There is no way that was me! That would be piggish. And disgusting. In fact, I would judge the person who did that. Thank goodness that it wasn't me :)

So, come on! Fess up! What didn't you do last week?

father of the bride.

A belated birthday post to my dearest Dad who turned 21 again [50] on Wednesday. Love you, Dad.

Once upon a time, there was a cute little blonde kid who woke up WAY too early on Christmas day. Her Dad got up anyway...but needed a lot of coffee.

One year we went to Spain......and made Flamenco Eggs.... [a tradition continued to this day]

Then something horrible happened. 80's fashion. I looked like an Olsen twin and Dad looked like Dilbert.
See!!!
I grew up and went off to college...

...and 5 years later I graduated from UNCW with a Bachelor's [and Master's] degree in Psychology [read: useless. i'm still in school]

And then one day, the little [no longer blonde] girl grew up and he walked her down the aisle.

Happy Birthday Dad - I love you!

And Happy Birthday to all you other January folks!


Uncle Peter - January 1st
Auntie Col - January 10th

Richard - January 12th

and my BFF Miranda - January 24th

burn after reading.

I'm burned out already.....this is not a good sign. Only 1 week into the quarter and I'm counting down the days until break (March 20th, if you care). My classes are fine, for the most part, but the textbooks are particularly heinous this time around. It took me two days to read a 50+ page chapter on psychoanalysis because it kept putting me out. Forget sleep medication, read a psychotherapy textbook.

Is it Friday yet?

happy new year, charlie brown.

Happy 2009 to all!

Matt and I celebrated the New Year [and our anniversary] with a football game and a trip to Napa Valley.

On December 27th we rode the Caltrain up to the city and watched California Berkeley play Miami in the Emerald Bowl. Cal won 24 to 17. We are so fortunate to live such a short distance from San Francisco and to be able to watch the game on the Bay.

and really....who can see the bay bridge by driving 20 minutes from their house [we can!]

Isn't it pretty here??? Even on a foggy day...

We drove up to Napa on January 3rd to celebrate our 1-year anniversary (December 28th). It was absolutely beautiful and a lot of fun.

Here is the bed and breakfast that we stayed at:

I'll post more pictures later.

Goodnight :)