In no particular order...here are some of my favorite snapshots from the last six months.

From top to bottom:

1. Megan and I in Missoula, MT (isn't that neckless beautiful? hehe)

2. Megan is an excellent artist!

3. My dear sweet Lucy.

4. My first trip to Wrigely-I might become a Cubbies fan just because of this park.

More to come...

Changing the format of this blog yet again. My life at this point feels too complicated to put down in words...Maybe visual aids will bring more light into what my life is like here in NYC. Hope you all enjoy the new incarnation!

From top to bottom:
1. The Fordham crew at Mary and Danny's wedding. We do clean up nice don't we?
2. My pop and I at Thanksgiving.
3. Rockin the side poneytail at Mary's bachlorette.

Went ice skating tonight in Bryant Park...with our own skates!! woot! Though I have to say, the breaking in process is going to hurt. A lot. Luckily skating at Bryant Park is free if you have your own skates and its open until Jan. 15th So Rick and I can go a couple of times a week if we wanted to. Rick is really enjoying getting better at the basic tricks and whatnot. I am trying to show how but I am not a very good explainer of stuff;) On my side, I am having so much fun just being on the ice and sliding around. It brings me back to my childhood...when I was like twelve I got a pair of rollarblades for my birthday and I hardly ever took them off for the next three years. Every afternoon after school I would strap on my skates and head off for the basketball court-which was ideal for perfecting my little tricks. Hours would go by and I would just get lost in the wonderful feeling of gliding around in the fresh air. *sigh* good times!

Three months later and the skins are in a "rebuilding year." *sigh* Oh well...at least the Bears are good (well their defense is anyways).

Rick and I moved into the apartment I mentioned the last time I wrote. The move was surprisingly easy, thanks to the help of a couple of friends. The neighborhood is really nice and cheerful and two of my good friends from Fordham live within a two minute walk of our apartment. I get to hang out with them at least once a week (when we all watch The Amazing Race), which is so great. I was beginning to feel as though I only saw them when it was someone's birthday. Tomorrow night we are going to go see the new James Bond at our neighborhood movie theater (super tuesdays are $4!).

Thanksgiving was really nice. I went home to DC and hung out with my brother and sister and parents. I would have to say that the highlight of the whole day was when Caty and I beat everyone else at Trivial Pursuit (Jimmy Buffet! Richard III!). The Saturday after Thanksgiving I was back in NYC attending my friend Mary's wedding. Honestly the best wedding ever:) I will be posting pictures....at some point. Best not to committ too much at this point!

My boss is going to Finland tomorrow and I am completely beside myself with jealousy. He gets to go and see my friends in Jyvaskyla (hi friends!) who I miss so dearly. I just managed to get all of my pics from those two months (all 2,000 of them) uploaded onto my kodakgallery website. I look at them and think about how I am going to get back there someday. When is the big question...now might be the time to mention that I take monetary donations;)

Well folks, just 10 days and counting till football season. Woot! Oh no! I have to get my Moss jersey out of storage!! And the skins are 0-4 in the preseason....could this mean disaster?? I don't think so folks. Read this and (if your a skins fan) you'll get all tingly with excitment!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/01/AR2006090100033.html

P.S. The apartment search appears to be over. Lets hope so. Rick and I found a really nice one bedroom in Sunnyside with carpeting (for Rick) and a pub underneath (for me;). Everyone wins!! Anyone want to help us move? (lol)

Hope yall have a pleasant Labor Day weekend (the US verison of Vappu)! *mwah*

Man! I suck at this!! I couldn't even finish telling you all about my vacation...and as it happens, I just got back from another vacation! The things to write about keep piling up. I'm like the little boy trying to plug up the holes in the dike. Boo!

My life has been a whirlwind since coming back from Finland (hi guys!). So much has happened and I can't wait to tell you all about it. Unfortunately, I do not have a reliable internet connection outside of work at the moment. But hopefully in the next two weeks I will be living in a new apartment (queens!) with my honey (yay!) and have reliable internet. And then yall will be sick of me and my stupid adventures! HA!!

Just a technical note about my blog. I am going to change my format a little, more specifically the description. I hope that doesn't freak you all out too much;)

Much Love!