Amy tagged me for a meme and I’ve been awful on blogging this holiday season … so here’s a start to 2009!
Four places I go over and over again:
Peak Fitness
Starbucks
Harris Teeter
Borders
Four people who mail me regularly:
Chris
Michael
Amy
Colleen
Four of my favorite places to eat, (apart from home)
The Melting Pot
Harpers
Sir Edmund Halley’s
Jade
Four places I’d rather be now:
At a [...]
This was no ordinary concert. I’ve been to several concerts in my lifetime, some for artists I absolutely adore and other featuring artists I didn’t care much about one way or another (typically was invited to these by a friend and went alon more for the company than the show). But I’ve never been to [...]
Tonight, I will see the boy I first made out with. His name is Joey McIntyre and he is the youngest member of New Kids on the Block. And when I was 12, his poster and I were tight. He got a good night kiss and we looked into each other’s eyes and he even [...]
A memory
It is 2004, September 04. The day of my wedding. Any stress that goes along with planning one’s wedding had escaped me the day before, as I sat at Aunt Josies’ at my bridesmaids’ luncheon surrounded by Mom, Mia (my grandmother), my sister Jenny, my aunt and cousins and bridesmaids - basically, all the women [...]
The first time I ever met Jeff’s grandmother was in April of 2000. Jeff’s sister, Colleen, his stepdad, Gray, and I drove from N.C. to Florida for his brother, young Gray’s, high school graduation. We arrived at Grandma Kochel’s house late - probably 9 or 10 p.m.
I walked into Grandma’s house for the first time [...]
A little background first: I have fainted two times before.
1) 2003, at the doctor’s office, getting blood drawn for a physical. I felt the expected “I’m gonna faint” feeling … but this time, I actually did it. Actually fainted twice in a row, but I’ll count it as once for purposes of this post.
2) In [...]