Walking in the Woods

I went for a glorious walk in the woods for two hours today. It was spectacular. I was nice to be by myself. My company was the noise of squirrels running around, birds singing, and the sound of the snow crunching under my feet.

I sat by the lake and crushed some of the ice that was floating.
Bird feeder
There are super crazy vines! Kind of reminds me of my natural hair.
van's in the snow do NOT work well. I had a very cold squid and feet!
This was the sledding hill...so much has melted.
So pretty.
There are these trees randomly in the woods. They have dead leaves that have turned either peach or white. The leaves are a focal point where ever the trees are.
My Yoga bench! I was so fantastic doing yoga barefoot , and without a sweatshirt. Although there is snow on the ground it was a super warm day!

Mid-day sun
birds nest

Girls day

So yesterday we had a girl's day at the mall! It was so fun! I told myself before I went not to buy anything...haha I totally did. But only a few small things. So that was good!
We found tails and hats!One store had clip on bunny ears...

We got a yummy cinnamon bun! It was devoured in less than a minute.


These four kids were outside of the mall eating ice cream. I took their picture because I have not seen kids that completely full of joy over ice cream in forever. It made me realize what a big event getting a treat used to be as a kid.
Julia and I !
We both got fun hair things!
I was waiting for them to try stuff on.
lunch time. fries, and crummy cheesesteaks.
The two little ones were shopping for dresses!

The two princesses! We used to fight over who got the pretty toys, or who got to be the pretty one.
Hot chocolate tea party from saturday. haha

Sledding with the Triplets

Last night's date was the best date I have ever been on! We went to the zoo, and dinner and the Clay pot, and ice cream!

We had soooo much fun looking at the lions, tigers, bears, otters, meercats, rhino butts (since they were laying down), elephants, giraffes, the monkeys, fish, a range of cute to ugly birds (including a spiky headed crane) and the sloth! and all the other great animals. I was a little creeped out by the big snakes though. It was really so perfect, the weather was great and everything!

At one point while staring at some animals, Jeff picked up my hand and kissed it. I was mid-sentence and it seemed like time stopped for a second. At the place where his lips met my hand, happiness surged through my body. I couldn't think of what I was saying, so I started mumbling while I thought, WOw there is no where else I'd rather be than standing here with Jeff. I don't know if he noticed though that i couldn't finish my sentence.

I snagged these pictures from Jeff.

After driving super late to Austin last night I woke up from barely any sleep to fly to New Jersey. My cousins picked me up from the airport. And after a lunch of hotdogs and beefaroni we headed out in the snow to a near by hill. We sledded for a while and had tons of fun! We had a good tea party of hot chocolate and whip cream! Then, Maria and I drove to Succasunna and back within 40 minutes because she forgot her purse (a VERY cousin Maria thing for her to do). We watched Balto! I forgot how totally great that movie was! Aunt T's famous pasta fagioli for dinner! It's been a super great day....with the exception of the sugar hangover I had all morning ! so miserable.

ps. I kept saying the Robert Frost poem ..."The woods are lovely, dark, and deep ..."

I memorized this poem in junior high and I still remember most of it.

Friday

I have never in my life had this much trouble packing. I'm not sure what my problem is.

But Buddy is loving all the junk on the floor. I can't keep her out of it. (She moved right after I took the picture, but she kept peeking out to look at me). She just keeps trying to knock things over and lick my clothes. Its extremely cute. I will miss her so much! Fortunately she will get to play with Toby all day, so hopefully she won't miss me too much.

off the the zoo in a bit.

portfolio was completed around 9:30 this morning. It feels good to have it done. She said my series was strong. This made me very happy!

Antique pepper grinder series

We have a portfolio due in drawing tomorrow. Our most recent drawings due are a series of 6 drawings based on an antique we chose.

I was in art mood from 11 to around 6. With a few breaks. And I was an art machine. So in the zone. I love it! (I'll upload pictures tomorrow that I take of the final products)

The weather was perfect and warm. Even early in the morning...(I got up before 7 and just did a whole bunch of stuff)...Cruised around campus on Robbie's longboard. Saw the man himself before he left for Chicago.

Dinner with Caitlyn, Liza, and Jerry was great! I showed Caitlyn the 3 bedroom apt in case the duplex doesn;t work out! So either way I have good options.

Jeff and I are going to the zoo tomorrow! I am VERY excited!

Maybe I do things differently...

Maybe I fold and hang up clothes inside out because I am too lazy to turn them inside out

Maybe I sometimes put milk in before the cereal

Maybe I eat bell peppers like they are apples

Maybe I wear my snuggie backwards

Maybe I hate warm brownies, but Love cold ones

Maybe I write myself a lot of To Do lists to help me remember things

Maybe I just straighten out my comforter to make it look like my bed is made.

Maybe I always have trail mix and water with me NO matter where I go.

Maybe I am a bit neurotic about washing my hands wayyy too many times in one day

Maybe my handwriting is never the same

Maybe I like sprinkles more than ice cream

Maybe sometimes I just turn off my phone for a few days and take a break from it

Maybe I put peanut butter on one half of my toast and cream cheese on the other.

500 days

This is something I found on my computer it's a few months old, and not relevant. But I thought I should post it anyways:

I just finished watching 500 days of summer. I love this movie. I love this movie and other movies like this. I hate the typical chick-flick, girls ends up with boy. I like the movies where they don’t end up together. Why? Because I feel that is more realistic, its not cheesed-up hollywood putting unrealistic dreams in silly girls heads. Its real life. People do not always end up together.

Some times I like to think that the love story I write in my head for myself is better than my real life.

I am so often torn between an unexplained desire to have a boyfriend and my love of being independent and single. I hate having feelings get hurt, and messy break-ups (that are usually inevitable). I don't like being a slave to my phone and always need it around in case a boy texts. And I hate feeling bad about spending time with other boys. So I'd rather prefer just me.

But the real secret is, the boy I like doesn’t like me. Isn't that how it always is? I like to think in a few years we might end up together, but the reality is we probably won’t. I think I like the chase, even if he did like me I might stop liking him. I am one of those girls who likes the beforehand, the unknowing and unsure of true intentions.

I do like dreaming though because, it helps to the story that is my life that I can’t stop writing.

pizza!

I had a few whole wheat pizza crusts in my fridge...Jeff and I planned to make pizza but at the time it was still frozen as a rock. So mac and cheese instead. lol

But Today for lunch I got around to making it. Tons of veg and fresh tomatoes! It was fantastic! I also learned a rolling pin works better than trying to toss it in the air...If you have zero pizza air tossing skills.