Thankful.
This year I’m thankful for happiness.
A job where I’m helping children for the better.
A house with lovely light and space.
A city that continues to inspire me.
Family and friends and a Zanner that love me for me.
This life is full of things to be joyful about.
And so, I’m thankful.
Just thankful.
Happy Thanksgiving. ♥
I spent another weekend in Beacon Hill with this little lady. Saturday I did double duty with another family I’m close with in the South End and it was both tiring and restful at the same time. Mostly restful to be perfectly honest. Yes, kids can be kids, but I always get the best night’s sleep when I’m on an overnight. It’s like there’s nothing else to do but relax and sleep so I soak it up and enjoy the evening in. The weekend weather was amazing (sweater and flats on Sunday!), I got to spend time in Boston, and now I have plenty of dough for Christmas shopping.
Hooray!
Boy did I ever have a Boston-filled weekend.
I spent Friday through Sunday kid-sitting my little summer buddy in Beacon Hill. Her parents went out of town for a friend’s birthday weekend and I took over to hold down the fort. We had a great couple of days going to birthday parties, visiting the Aquarium, and hanging out with friends at the park. I tried to snap a lot of pics. For one, I wanted to share them with her mom, but also because the life of a city-kid is intriguing to me. I grew up in a neighborhood where every house had a front and back yard, and where eating out meant Saturday night at the Friendly’s down the street (yeah, clown cone!). This little lady eats sushi for lunch and has dinners at the Four Seasons. Eloise, perhaps? Kind of, except instead of dresses she wears skorts, and she traded the patent leathers in for Pumas.
Hi friends! This week’s link-up brought to you from the beautiful waters of Skaneateles, NY. I am always amazed by how beautiful it is at sunset and we were there late afternoon into the evening to enjoy the view. The weather was perfect, cool and refreshing, with the sun supplying warmth for our skin.
We ate clams and lobsters, hot dogs and hamburgers, and enough sides to last us for days. My mom made a shrimp pasta salad and her famous artichoke dip. There was also a good amount of chips and Helluva Good (which I can never say no to!). This was truly the close of summer for me, and I’m glad I got to spend it at my favorite place on earth. It’s weekends like these I wish Boston were closer to home, but luckily a car ride away gets us there when we need it to.
How are you spending your last few weekends of summer?
Next weekend I’m headed down to North Carolina for a visit with my best friends from home. Our lives have scattered us all over the country so we’re hopping on planes and heading to Charlotte for a reunion (on my birthday to make it extra sweet!). We’ll have smiles and lots of laughs, and hopefully some more warm weather to hold onto before fall rolls in. This week needs to go by fast, I can’t wait to get there!!
Linking up with a {little} dash of ash!
