happy (fri)day

this has been another crazy week - things were pretty nuts at work, and alan was out of town again - so i haven't been feeling like myself too much lately.

but the craziness has subsided at work, and we even got to leave early for a big group happy hour today at 3:30! alan got on an early flight back to dallas this morning, and the moment i found out that he was safely back in the same state as me, i felt ten million times better.

i survived this week. i drank some beer. my honey is home. i feel like i won the prize!

happy first day of summer!

little things

...caterpillars

...smoothies

...little notes from my hubby

...meows

...my favorite spoon

...instant messenger

...pilot pens

...toast

...shade

...giggles

...pickles

...pretty paper

...frogs

...daffodils

...lemonade stands

...board games

...chandeliers

...snowflakes

...pockets

...cupcakes

happy songs

there are some songs that you just have to sing and dance to - the ones that have the power to instantly lift your spirits and bring a smile to your face. for me, oye como va does it every time. also: anything by queen. i can't help myself.

love

"there is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved."

- george sand

kisses

my husband is the best kisser in the whole wide world.

i remember our first kiss so vividly - i remember feeling like it was the first kiss in the history of kisses. i remember feeling like i didn't know what was going to come next for us, but whatever it was it was going to be something pretty amazing...

and it was.

fathers

just as i have been blessed to have many amazing mothers in my life, i have also been blessed with some truly fantastic fathers.

my dad is my dad, and we are a lot alike in a lot of ways. i look just like him. we have the same sense of humor and the same stubbornness and the same love for spicy food and tabasco.

my step-dad is patient and kind and he makes my mommy so happy. i couldn't possibly begin to thank him enough for that.

my father-in-law has been so warm and welcoming since the very first time i met him. he always has a story to tell or a good piece of advice for every situation.

i have also been blessed with some really wonderful grandfathers in my life: my grandpa w., my keepaw d., my step-grandad, and my gran'pa-in-law. these are the men who taught my dads how to be men (and how to be dads).

happy fathers' day!

on friendship

"true happiness consists not in the

multitude of friends, but in

their worth and choice."

- samuel johnson

the today show

i remember the today show being on in the background every morning while my mom and i got ready to go to work and middle school, respectively. i remember matt lauer and bryant gumbel and katie couric reporting the top news stories every day, i remember al roker back when he was still fat, and i remember willard scott and his smuckers birthday reports. they were a party of my everyday life for years.

now that i am out of college [read: waking up earlier than 10:00 am], i have renewed my today show tradition. even though some of the faces have changed, there's something about the familiarity of the jingle and the nbc peacock and al roker's catch phrases that just makes me feel like i'm starting my day off right.

farewell to tim russert, nbc's washington bureau chief and moderator of meet the press. you will be missed.

a clean house

there is something so satisfying about a clean house - especially if it's a clean house because you cleaned it. our apartment has been a bit of a mess for a little while now, partly because of busy schedules and partly because of apathy... but i got home from work a little bit early today, and two hours later the world is a better place because the laundry has been put away, the counters have been scrubbed, the dishes have been washed, and the carpet has been vacuumed (thanks to my lovely husband and our lovely dyson). i find that cleaning can be quite therapeutic - i know that at least my inner neat freak is at peace.

fonts

i love fonts. i could spend hours looking at them. i suppose that makes me a bit of a nerd. font nerds are cool, though, right?