a glimpse

just a couple photos from our adventure. 

(still needing to sort through the 457 i took, but sorting emails for work and laundry at home come first)

i believe that get aways are a must for healthy living, at least for my personal sake. 

i come back energized yet exhausted. 

overwhelmed yet ready to take on the world. 

i love the energy of nyc, it always gives me the desire to do more.

as if i don't have enough on my plate. 

that's another post in itself. 

but i do have to say that seeing the mr.was a happy reunion. 

you may laugh, but it was the longest we've spent apart in over two years. 

since being married we've only spent one night at a time apart.

so i anxiously waited for him to return from his get.a.way. to LP

it was fireworks all over again, 

but i'll spare you the details. 

happy tuesday, short weeks are always a delight. 

"i'm the king of new york"

it doesn't matter how many times i've been to the big apple, i always come back amazed

i'll share more thoughts later with you, a time where i am not so completely exhausted.

i can't recall a time in my life where my feet hurt worse, i really can't.

funny stories to tell and memories to relive over and over again.

but for now we are at the jfk airport, waiting for our flight to board

while downloading newsies the movie on the computer.

because we were lucky duckies and won lottery tickets for newsies broadway and now we are obsessed to say the least.

i'm dreaming of it right now and can't stop singing the tunes out loud

(and we may or may have not been dancing on the streets of nyc ever since) 

which is a good thing considering i have a 5.5 hour flight ahead with the sissy club.

xo

missing this place

and "little ones"
lots. 

and my adventures around the world. 

i feel so fortunate to learn and grow from them.

they are one of the biggest reasons for who i am today. 

especially the people
i could tell you stories for days because of my love for them. 

to see some of my adventures go to my previous blog.

see this sweet lady? she has leprosy. and on this particular day, about two seconds before this picture was taken her finger got stuck in my mouth. her finger that was shaped like a hook. and because of her excitement she didn't even realize that her finger was stuck in my mouth, and my hands were full and there was nothing that i could do about it. so i just laughed and laughed and then took this picture so i would never forget. don't worry after i started getting sores in my mouth a few days later, i took some hefty antibiotics and i've been a.ok. ever since. thank heavens. 

luck

do you consider yourself a lucky one? 

some say i'm lucky 

like this friend of mine. 

(it's been a running joke for years)

perhaps it's the irish in me

that is what my mother would say.

my dad would say:

 it's being in the right place at the right time, 

others might just laugh. 

there have been times where i've felt a little lucky. 

like finding a .twenty.dollar bill on the sidewalk and marrying husband. 

and then there is husband, who is just down right lucky.

always

 it's kind of annoying really. 

he doesn't have to think too hard about things and then next thing you know it he's a pro

 one of his swooning traits. 

(i hope our babes get that from him)

but i'm feeling lucky lately. 

taking some chances and seeing where i end up.

 after all march is nearly over. 

p.s. can you tell i was in love with the sunsets this weekend. i don't even have pictures to justify. 

and i always die when i see husband in his "fancies" a.k.a. church clothes oh me oh my! 

wind storms and birthday boy

we've had an exciting past 36 hours around our home. 

to start off we woke up at 3:45 am because of the loud wind and took a look outside.

our convo went something like this: 

jake: is that bad?

me: i think so. what is that? 
(i was really tired and i think i mean where did that come from)

jake: its a tree 

so we woke up that morning to see this: 

lovely. 

and around the neighborhood this:

later that afternoon they clipped, yes clipped the power line...and walked away. 

apparently it can't be fixed until today. great. 

no power. 

when i started to complain, this was jake's response

"it will be fun, you can blog about it" haha 

so here i am making the most of our exciting night 

with no power.

but to the important news...

it's husbands birthday today!

23. 

this was really why i was frustrated with out power. 

i needed to wrap presents, i couldn't make any food (no breakfast in bed), and we were sleeping on the floor, and our house was cold, cold like 54 degrees cold. 

but it was a fun adventure. 

we lit all our candles, laughed as we stumbled to find things in the dark, and munched on anything that didn't need prep or came from a fridge. 

happy birthday jake! 

i love you so much. i'm so so lucky to have you as my husband. 

not much of a breakfast in bed...i did my best. 

opening presents by the fire, the only warmth we had.