Archives for August 2009

the ROC.

August 9, 2009

This weekend I hit the thruway and drove out to Rochester to visit one of my oldest and dearest friends, Mo Hannan. We don’t get to see each other as often as we’d like, so I take every chance I can get! The last time we hung out was around Thanksgiving so we’ve been due for another get together for some time now. This trip was great because we got a chance to catch up, go out to dinner and drinks, have a picnic, do some shopping at the outlets, watch a movie and order chinese food. All in one weekend! Here are some pics we took for the memories:

Out to dinner!

Mo is also a lover of headbands

(this is how I know we are kindred spirits).

We took Mo’s puppy Scout on a picnic. He’s so lovable!

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Regal Paisley twist-front bandeau tank.

August 7, 2009

Today I purchased my first one-piece swim-suit since the 8th grade. It’s super adorable and from j.crew: 2 things I require for most of my wardrobe. I decided to get the suit because it was on super-sale on the j.crew website. Awesome! Now, I have been wanting to get a one-piece for some time now, I could just never find the right one. I went last year with Hannah and Ali to try some on at L.L.Bean and boy was that a disaster. To put things simply I looked like I was twelve and wearing my old ballet leotard. I thought black would be slimming and flattering, right? Wrong. So after that experience I gave up on the whole one-piece idea for awhile, until my mom offered to buy me and my sister each a suit for the summer. I looked on the website for one I liked, but could not make up my mind. Plus this was pre-summer and all of the suits were close to one-hundo dollars. For serious. I could not bring myself to buy something I will only wear 3 months out of the year (only on the weekends plus that one luscious week in CC) for such a steep price. So up until now I have been making do with my last years suit, which is fantastic by the way (also j.crew), but I’ve still been yearning for that cute one-piece I’ve had in the back of my mind ever since they came back into style. Well, today I was randomly browsing jcrew.com when I came across this suit:

Isn’t is great? I just hope it looks as good in person as it does on the website. I just love the print. I think it will look great on and will minimize imperfections because the print is so busy. The top of the suit is a twist front, which is the same as my two-piece from last year and I love it. Plus I like the strap that you can put around your neck if you’d like. I can’t wait till it comes in the mail! It better fit/look good because I bought it on an impulse and it was final sale! Cross your fingers everyone… I’ll let you know the final verdict when it arrives!!!

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DMB 8.4.09

August 5, 2009

Well, folks, Dave Matthews finally made it back to Syracuse, NY. And I came home to take part in the thrill of it all. This concert marks Dave’s first cuse experience since 1999, when he played at the Landmark Theatre with Tim Reynolds. Bet that show was phenomenal. My sister and I saw Dave and Tim play at Westpoint in 2003 and it was the best concert I’ve ever been too.

Anyhow, back to last night at Alliance Bank Stadium, what a show! Brought me straight back to high school and my days of dave-mania. The night was perfect, the company was quality and I just LOVED it.

Here was the setlist that he played:

We had a great time singing along and dancing it all out. My personal

favorites were Crush, Lie In Our Graves, and Grey Street. CLASSIC. Boyd Tinsley just ripped it up on the violin. Sweeeetness! Now I will admit here in my post this was my first concert in about 4 years. Shameful, believe me, I know. But I sure haven’t forgotten the glory. Overall it was concert #17 for me… can only hope to go to 17 more!

I used to say back in the day and I’ll say it again: DAVE FOREVER. Thanks for a terrific concert DMB… amazing as always.

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goodbye, KAP!

August 4, 2009

This past Friday I had my very last day at KAP school, where I have been teaching 1st grade for the past 2 and a half years. Although I am excited and ready to move to the next phase of my career, I am so sad to leave my kids! This year I had an amazing class that I will never ever forget. There have definitely been some tough times (this was my first teaching job!) but I feel like I have grown a tremendous amount as a teacher and know that this is what I want to be doing. I LOVE it.

Here are some of my favorite pics from this year: