Wednesday, February 15, 2012

2-15 Post-Vday. Mr Awesome-Pants. AKA Brian.

Mr. Awesome-Pants made our 1st Valentine’s Day super special!

Came home… I love how he waits for me at the door and opens it for me! I get to hug him and kiss him IMMEDIATELY! IT IS AWESOME!!!!

I am not good at waiting to give presents. I wasn’t sure if he wanted to exchange after dinner, so I gave him card #1 right away!!! I LOVE THIS MAN!!!

We ended up exchanging before showering anyways…

He loved the gift certificate for www.createmychocolate.com !!! YEAH!!! And, I got us tickets for the Providence Bruins game on March 3. Row 105, GG, Seats 1 and 2.

I got a new pair of earrings with a matching necklace. They are from one of my most favorite stores in Mystic Village. I have included 4 separate articles including their facebook page for you to learn about this awesome-ness this woman creates from tagua, a palm tree that grows in the forests of South America. SO AMAZING. SO BEAUTIFUL.

I will post a picture later. I did not take one last night. I am wearing them today though!! Maybe I can get a self-port later during lunch time. =]

In addition to this beautiful jewelry, he gave me some chocolate from Munson’s. I got a few chocolate covered Oreos and a penut-shaped chocolate covered deliciousness with a peanut-shaped deliciousness on top for decoration. LOOKS SO GOOD.

www.facebook.com%2FVegetableIvory&ei=Xcg7T9qSEOrv0gHT1JDSCQ&usg=AFQjCNFl1YxDGyloI4g__fwWDGXC9KeYQQ

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=vegetable%20ivory%20mystic%20ct&source=web&cd=2&sqi=2&ved=0CDkQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstonington.patch.com%2Flistings%2Fvegetable-ivory-and-organics&ei=Xcg7T9qSEOrv0gHT1JDSCQ&usg=AFQjCNHu9X5QGthPlray0epJsLPksK_FPw

www.oldemistickvillage.com%2Fshops.aspx%3Fid%3D120&ei=Xcg7T9qSEOrv0gHT1JDSCQ&usg=AFQjCNFtn0BWi_0Ac_OvwYWP_Z3Kl0eUNg

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Please let me know if those links don’t work.. =] Although you could Google it yourself, I suppose. ;)


Showered and got dressed. It felt good to dress up for Brian. I wore a red cocktail halter dress I borrowed from Emily but have not returned yet. It is a little big around my chest. I will have to find a way to alter that non-permanently for the dinner-dance next month.

We had dinner at Go Fish in Mystic.. One of our favorite places!

We both had the yellowtail tuna. He had his rare, I had mine medium-rare. I should have gone with rare though… OH well! It was still delicious! It was topped with a pico de gallo. YUM. And served on top of some kale. YUM!
It was the perfect amount of food for me..

For dessert, I folded some black pepper into raspberry sorbet, scooped it into a champagne flute and poured Prosecco over it…

Another magical evening with Mr. Awesome-Pants. I am seriously a lucky woman and couldn’t ask for more!

Thanks for listening to me talk about an amazing Valentine’s Day… LOL


On Monday, Katie and I celebrated a pre-Valentine’s Day with pizza from Pizzetta in Mystic, wine from Cupcake, and Serendipity (the movie with John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale!) and chocolate cupcakes for dessert! =]

It was AWESOME!! We decided we are going to do this every year… the day before Valentine’s Day, have a night in and watch a movie.. That way, no matter what the next day brings, we still had an amazing Valentine’s Day!

I love the idea, Katie!! YOU’RE A BRILLIANT WOMAN, DARLING!

I am on Cloud 9 today. I am loving my life and everyone in it. Now to get to Bible Study tonight………

And clean my apartment…. It is desperate need of organization and serious cleaning….

Today’s photograph of the day is : PHONE.

Mel



Tuesday, February 14, 2012

2-14 Valentine's Day. Heart.

Today started out like any other day. Alarm clock. Floss, brush with Peelum, brush with baking soda. Rinse with Peroxide. Rinse with Listerine. Wash face. Get dressed. Fix hair. Make coffee. Leave house.

I had a very nice surprise this morning at work though! Brian sent me flowers!! Roses, Carnations, and baby's breath! They are beautiful!!!

I have been stopping to smell them all day. They make me smile, they make me feel elated and simply happy.

Today's photograph of the day is: heart. I will have to come back later for that one.

Monday, February 13, 2012

2-13 Blue

Life in general has been so busy and complicated I forgot about my photography. One a day.

Today is blue. And I painted my nails tonight blue. Coincidence. Yes. It is true. I don't care if you believe me.

Valentines Day 2-13

The last couple weeks have been pretty crazy busy.
Friday couldn’t have come any sooner! Was back at work, doing the normal stuff. And I got to have a normal weekend with Brian. =]

Saturday was a little bit more difficult to get through than usual.

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, I was full of anxiety and turmoil. I think Valentine’s Day is a ridiculous holiday. It forces men into thinking they ‘have to’ buy us flowers, take us out to dinner and buy us something special.

I hate it! And then we (women) often wonder how genuine is this? I have never had a great Valentine’s Day. The last couple years, I’ve dated guys who straight up told me they hate “having” to send me flowers. They hate “having” to buy me something. Just annoying!

And of course, Brian did it too… He doesn’t even really seem like he wants to do anything?
Maybe I’m being a crazy hormonal lady over here. LOL (PMS, anyone?)

Anyways…
Saturday, we went into Newport (really, Middletown) to have lunch around 230/3ish. It was ok. I said to myself that I can handle being in Newport and Middletown. I wasn’t really sure I could handle going through Portsmouth. But, he drove us through Portsmouth. UGH! WTF?! I thought maybe he was doing this on purpose to drive me mad! I wasn’t sure!

We stopped for gas at the Cumberland Farm right across from DeCastro Produce. UGH.
Of course we did. Happy they are closed until Spring. I didn’t have to see the cars and trucks. I didn’t have to worry I would literally run into him. Thankfully.

We went to The Green Grocer, kind of like a Whole Foods. I got some new Lavender Coconut lotion and some Lavender massage oil. I used the massage oil in my hair on Sunday before I showered. It worked really well!!! YEAH!! No frizz, no dandruff!!!

And then we kept going. And going. And we were on 24 on our way home. Driving past Tiverton. I finally just told him it was a little bit torturous. I told him that I co-adopted a dog who lives in Tiverton. He goes “wait, did you live in Portsmouth” And I told him, well, Tiverton, on the weekends. But his family lives in Portsmouth. And I told him that his family is the DeCastros. And that we got gas right next to the store. And I told him that the guy really crushed my heart. I told him that he became a completely different person than who I met.

And then the topic changed, as it should have.

Before I knew it, we were at the Warwick mall, at Macys. And I didn’t want to go inside. In fact, I asked if I could wait in the car. And I meant it. Fully.

I hated driving through Portsmouth. I hated having that crap pushed at me. I try really hard to forget it all. I try really hard not to miss Mowgli Bear. I think about him all the time… I wonder if he would recognize me if we did run into each other? Would he know me? Would he want to snuggle me? Would he love me still? I miss my baby bear with so much in my heart, it hurts some times. I don’t miss Steve. I miss his family. His parents were wonderful. And I really loved his sister.

So, I went inside with Brian. He told me we were there for me, to try on some dresses.
I first started at the Women’s section. I tried on a 4. Was too big (duh)…

Went to the Juniors and tried on a few. Brian found a really pretty silver/blue color that was AWESOME! It made my boobs look amazing and even my tiny butt! LOL!!!
It was a 3/4. And then I realized it had a zillion snags on it, like it was hung up next to something with sparklies and it got caught…. =[

So I didn’t buy it.

He kept telling me wanted to buy me a dress. Or a food processor. I didn’t let him buy me either. I chose “neither”

I felt a little bummed about our drive, and just wanted to go home.

Yesterday was a lot better. I got to visit with my dad and stepmom. I really missed him!!!! =]

And then we ate at a new Mexican place in Waterford that uses grass fed beef (etc) YUMMMM

And we saw Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Very sad. Very. Very. Sad. But so good. SOOO GOOD. I definitely cried. I probably should have brought tissues. Oh well. ;)

Ok, Valentine’s Date with Katie tonight. =]

Mel

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Closing Times.....

And so the week comes to a close. Goodbyes to be said, Tears to be shed. Wishes to be made and dreams to be dreamt.

I am tired. So much more stress and anxiety than I am used to. But, well worth it all in the end.

Tonight, a stay over in NYC. Tomorrow, home again and real life. Work. Brian. Bills. Cleaning house laundry.

I had more fun with Kathe than I thought I would. She really is a great young woman. And I am very happy to have spent the week with Onkel Martin too!

My back is a little sore and my heart feels heavy and tired.

After the kinesiology yesterday with Holly, I thought I'd be feeling much more emotional and heavy-hearted than I do now.

It is 10:30ish as I write this to you.

We are getting ready for bed.

Was a long day. A long week. I will have to write more tomorrow on the train ride home.

We saw the Statue of Liberty today! And the ferry went past Ellis Island. We didn't visit Ellis Island, but that's OK. :D

And then we saw the World Trade Center Memorial. I called my Dad while I was there to say hallo. I miss him when I am away from home!

And then we made our way back to the hotel to relax and get ourselves ready for some dinner.

We had dinner at an Irish Pub. I had corned beef and cabbage. Martin had skirt steak with fries. Kathe had a Caesar salad. Lol.

My fingernails are dirty. I washed my hands. I cleaned underneath my nails and they still feel dirty. Oh well, I guess.

Tomorrow, home. And a sleepover date with Brian. I got him a little something while at Statue of Liberty. I am hoping I have enough time to go to "our bakery" by Rockefeller Center and get him a cookie or something! I may not. I may cheat and get something at Grand Central! Hahaha..

I would very much like to bring him something though.

We are all very tired over here. Long day. Long week! I hope Dave is t mad that I took three days off this week.

Oh well. Goodnight.

Mel

Friday, February 3, 2012

I talked with a stewardess. I asked too many questions, I'm sure. But if I am not married and with no prospects in sight at 30, THAT is what I want to do.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Feb 2 - WoRdS

Today's photography day is WORDS.

Words.

I woke up this morning wondering WTF am I going to photograph for this. And all I could think of is NYC's LOVE statue.

But I can't be in NYC today.

At my desk, the question was still making its way through my tunnel.

What are the rules, though? Are there any rules? How can I tie this into February? Into Groundhogs Day? Into 6 more weeks of winter?

I decided to listen to some music. My iPod case is clear, but the skin is the iconic 'The Beatles' from Ringo's drum

So I took a picture of that. And then I realized words are everywhere. How can I possible take a picture of everything?

What about the 70's 'NO SMOKING' brown and white sign in the lobby?

What about the notes I am diligently creating for this cable drawing?

The signs on the bathrooms.
The signs reminding us about our time cards.
The signs on everyone's cube with their name and position title.

Words are everywhere. EVERYWHERE.

I do not feel pressured to take pictures of everything. I just want to do this correctly. Because I have this "thing" where I have to accomplish goals set out before me accurately.

I got a very nice message on my Facebook from Tante Karin thanking me for a beautiful picture.
She wrote this in German though, so I had to go on Google's translator.

Then I wrote back to her in English and realized I am a dummy for doing that. So, I went back to the translator and wrote back in German. :D

More words. In different languages. And tomorrow I am greeting Kathe and Onkel Martin with GUTEN TAG! Because that's all I know.

And look at all the words I have already written just about taking pictures of words.

Words. Language. Expression. Acclamations.

Words.

I took a Linguistics course at Eastern the summer of 2008. It was HARD but I loved it nonetheless. I loved learning about structure, etc... Lots of words. Nouns. Subjects. Adjectives. Adverb.

Anyways.

I am waiting slightly anxiously for the day to be over. An hour and a half left of work time.

Then date with Brian. I am making a pot roast. RIGHT NOW! In my awesome crock pot. :)

I am looking forward to cooking HIM dinner for a change. I already have the table set. Dishes are done except for two pans. I wanted them to soak up a little bit first....

Anyways.

Words.

Love em or hate em. Use them wisely because it is way too hard to forget something someone has said. and once you've said it, you can't take it back. And don't forget to be loving with the words you choose to use.


Love.
Create.
Encourage.
Apologize.
Sympathize.
Bring joy and happiness to someone.

And do all of that with all of your heart.

Think before you speak.