Terribly Missed...

I miss having the internet at home. I have so many fun updates for my blog. It's depressing.

Until then, you can read about my fun 4th of July at http://makingartagain.blogspot.com

I'm Sorry...

As you may know, I've been in the process of moving. Up and down stairs, in and out of doors, lifting, dropping, sweating... ugh! But, I think it's over... for now.

I just wanted to apologize for my lack of postings. I don't have internet at my new place and we're not allowed to put our pictures on our work computers, therefore, not allowing me to update.

We did go to the beach last week and had a blast. There are tons of pictures and as soon as possible, I will post them.

Until then...

xo

Great Grapes

Wine festivals are my most favorite activity of all activites. You get to be outside all day, taste from over 20 different vineyards, and enjoy the company that you are with. Sunday afternoon, my sister, Jillian and I headed out to Oregon Ridge Park in Hunt Valley to bask in the sun and sip some sweet wine. It just happened to be the MOST GORGEOUS DAY God could have given us.

Eventually, the other Jill (the one who's in Lindsey's wedding) and some other friends met up with us. Obviously, I had to take the traditional picture.

Trying on hats is extremely entertaining. Here we are channeling our inner "Cousin Kev" as I told Carly.

Adam and I having some fun in the hat tent.

Towards the end of the day we ran into Matt, Ashley, Kerri and Mike, so we bought a few bottles of wine, spread out our blanket and danced to the music. Look at that sky!

This was Allie's idea to take this picture, but I'm glad that we did because I love it.

Oh and Dog the Bounty Hunter was there.

(Not really but Jill and Linds thought so.)

Another Goodbye

Yet another depressing weekend of saying goodbye to my precious roommate. Her friends who she's worked with for the past few years threw her a going away party down at their house in Canton. After having some pizza and a cocktail, we headed out to a bar called "Clutch".

Melissa, Me and Adam. (I don't look sad, but I am really, really sad)

Some of our Melting Pot friends came to wish her farewell. Weller, Adam, Melissa, Me and Melissa.

Me and my G.

Erica, Melissa and me trying desperately to make her stay in Maryland.

All in all, it was a great night. Even with the rain. We'll miss you Melissa!!!

Taylor Swift

Last Thursday, the 11th, I treated my sister and my roommate to the best birthday present ever... THE TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT! Tickets went on sale back in March, the weekend before Lindsey's birthday, so I called her best friend, Jill (who's father owns a ticketmaster distribution thing) and asked her if she'd like to come along and if her father could get us the tickets. Good thing she agreed because the show was sold out in less than 5 minutes! It was at Merriweather (where the Wine in the Woods took place) so we bought lawn seats. Unfortunately we couldn't see the stage AT ALL, but we had an amazing time watching the big tv and hearing her sing.

Me and Melissa (it was on her actuall birthday) tailgating.

With my Winsy.

Group shot of the girls enjoying the show. We had such an amazing time!

Yup, that's the best shot of the stage that I could get. Now you understand how crowded it was.

America's Next Top Models?

While at Melissa's graduation party (see post below), I stumbled upon her little cousins pool goggles that were left behind. Here is what it led to:

Me

Melissa

Kate

Michelle

Anj

Heather

Feel free to laugh.

She's Leaving Me

Saturday, Michelle and I jumped in my car and headed to New Jersey. Good news: it was to celebrate my roommates graduation at a party her parents were throwing for her. Bad news: That means she's getting closer to leaving me :'(


Here is us girls posing poolside. (We're so cute!) Michelle, Me, Melissa (the roomie), Heather and Kate. My friends that I met on my first day of college. They'll be in my heart forever.

My roomie and me with sunglasses...

My Roomie and me without sunglasses.

Anj finally got there! I really love these girls. I'm so blessed.

This is Melissa's cousin, Clyde, in the green. He loved hanging out with us girls and thought he was the "Man". So here he is jumping into Ryan (Melissa's little brother) arms to brag that he got to hang out with us all night.

We had such a good time celebrating. And I only cried once in mourning of my roommate leaving me. I love her.

Memorial weekend at the Beach

For the past two years, I've been lucky enough to spend my Memorial Day basking in the sun in Ocean City. Nothing is better than sitting on the dock of the bay at Mrs. Sue's. I'm so blessed to have her in my life. I woke up early Saturday morning (6 am) and headed over the Bridge. I got to OC in just over 2 hours... not a bit of traffic.

Naturally, I headed right to Seacrets. Please enjoy the bounty of pictures below.

Here is one of Me and Gert in the water at Seacrets. If you look closely, you can actually see Mrs. Sue's place through the people in the background (for those of you who know what to look for).

Dale and I.

Megan, her friend (who's name I forget, please forgive me), and myself.

A small ZTA reunion. Tess and Kim were there, all dressed up and looking pretty. Of course I haven't seen them in a year and I looked like that. It was still great seeing them though.

Now time for a high school reunion. Gary, Katie and Me.

Megan was working all day but I grabbed her for just one quick picture.

(Does anyone else notice the cocktail in my hand in EVERY picture? Hey, it was vacation, don't judge me!)

Becca, Me and Gert waiting in line for some refreshments.

Uh... this was just a small portion of the crowd. It's all that I could fit in my frame from my view in the water. The gross water.

My FAVORITE picture of the whole trip. Yes, that's Mark Clayton. MARK CLAYTON OF THE BALTIMORE RAVENS!!! We all know how much I LOVE my Ravens as expressed here and here . He was at Seacrets!

Later that night, Meg got off work at Seacrets, came home and freshened up and then the two of us headed over to Macky's for a little bit.

The rest of the weekend I put my camera on rest because that's basically what I did. Just layed around and enjoyed being at the beach. Sunday though, Mrs. Sue, Meg and I went on a nice long nike ride and I did actually see the ocean which was nice.

This picture says it all-

Crabbies with the Girlies

Last Tuesday night, myself, Alyssa, Katie and Gert indulged in Maryland's finest asset... CRABS! YUMMMMMM!

Here I am holding up my first crab of the summer. Alyssa thinks this picture is hysterical.

Unfortunately, Lyssers was playing photog so she didn't get in the group picture, but here is Katie, Gert and myself enjoying our corn.

Now, Me and Lys enjoying the corn. It was really good. They melt feta cheese on it with Old Bay! DELICIOUS!

After dinner, Alyssa and I went and met up with Melanie to celebrate her graduation. Here's a picture of most of the group that night at Brewer's Art.

Melanie, Me and Alyssa.

The crabs were so tasty that Melissa, Michelle and I went back this Tuesday. Hee hee.

Post #50

Yay for Me! This is my 50th post. Therefore, getting it's own attention.



That is all.

Wine in the Woods

A few weekends ago, Wine in the Woods was held at Merriweather in Columbia. An officially declared "Girls Day". The closer the day came, the worse the weather was predicted to be. Luckily, this is the weather we got:

Here is the "Sister-Sister" picture. We love Cait and Jill.

Here I am enjoying my wine. (This was just before I tried to snap a picture of me and my sister, who was sitting next to me. Instead, I fell backwards, throwing my wine on poor Lindsey. When I finally found my balance and stood back up 43849023 strangers clapped for me. You could say that I was slightly embarrassed.)

This is my hippie shot. Last year, Me, Linz and Jill went to the Great Grapes Festival and met these super fun people that were volunteering for a vineyard. They were wearing nametags that said "Dickie" and "Spanky", so clearly we became friends with them and took this picture with them:

Well, we found Dickie and Spanky again at this wine festival, so we took our ritual picture

Here is another sister shot. We had so much fun.

This is my friend Jackie. I love her.

And these are my best friends sharing a snuggie earlier that weekend. I just really wanted to share it with everyone who reads my blog. I thin that I'm going to print this and frame it because I love it so much.

And in about two or three weeks, the Great Grapes Festival comes around again. We're SO excited. Keep looking for photos.