How was your weekend?

Good, I finally went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. G and I decided to go spur of the moment on Saturday afternoon after enjoying a late lunch. It was amazing. Huge, no way you can see everything in one afternoon amazing. I loved it. So now I of course want to go again. I love going to museums with G. He really gets into it and I practically have to drag him out when it comes time to leave. We even sat for a while in the Great Hall at the bar having drinks, listening to music. Then yesterday we met up with some friends at this British tea place called Tea & Sympathy. Very quaint and very British, whatever that means. We also managed to figure out a little more about our trip to Spain. I'm SO looking forward to it. Now we just need to figure out our hotel for after Granada. Is it June yet? I'm leaving for LA on Thursday and looking forward to seeing friends and getting some much needed sun. I think I'm as pale as I have been in years. Pasty pale.

Celebrate, meditate!

I went with my friend N to my first meditation class last night. And I'm hooked! It was a Buddhist meditation class and we sat for the first 40 minutes meditating and then they gave a lesson on Buddhist teachings. I loved it. I thought I had been sitting for 5 minutes when the little bell rang and it had actually been 40 minutes! I feel so great today and slept really well last night. I'm definitely going back again next week. I never thought I could meditate. I guess I thought my brain was too full of worry and crap to focus long enough but I love knowing I was wrong about it. :) The funniest part about the whole experience was this place is called Dharma Punx and the guy who leads it is covered in tatoos with all these piercings. And there I am in my suit from work with him. The things I love about NY continue to grow.

Success again! We bought a new bookcase this weekend! Our apartment has furniture in it! I'm very excited and now it's on to looking for the coffee table. I'm attaching a photo of the bookcase so you can drool over it's beauty. har har. G and I also spent the better half of the weekend shopping and looking for tickets to our frient M's wedding in Spain. We managed to score some almost free tickets by using miles so we are going for a week in June. I cannot believe it. M is getting married in Granada where I studied in college so I can't wait to take G to my old stomping grounds. Other than that I made a very yummy "Wintry Stew" on Sunday night which we will be having again tonight. I forgot how much fun it was to make wintry type food. Ah, yet another good thing about cold weather!

Success - Entertainment Center purchased!!!

I know, I know, it's a small thing and yes we now have to wait about 2 months for them to make it but we bought our entertainment center this weekend! I know M will appreciate this. As we were walking in I turned to G and said, "we are going to find our entertainment center in here. It will be about $800 and with tax it will still be less than the amount of money we have saved so far. And I kid you not it was $749!!! This is about $600 cheaper than all the other ones we have seen all over NY. I was so excited I could barely contain myself. The law of attraction at work! I have included an image of the center. Keep in mind it's a much darker color but I'm so happy we got it!

Work work work. It's been a busy few days here but I'm kind of digging it after the past few months of boring. I have been spending my nights getting geared up for this weekend. J, H and L are all coming into town from DC and E is here from LA. I mean, talk about a nationwide gathering!

G hung up some of our photos the other night. I now feel like our apartment is coming together and is more homey. When you walk in, it's very inviting. I will have to post some photos up for you all. We are still anxiously awaiting when we can finish buying furniture but we put our feet down and refuse to put anything on a credit card (my willpower is not as strong as G's but one of us has to have a backbone!). Alas this means furniture buying is taking longer than anticipated. So I have decided to spend this time thinking about how amazing our apartment is going to look once we have the entertainment center and desk. We are on our way and being good savers so I'm very proud of us.

This weekend is going to be uber fun. I can't wait to have my peeps in town. We are having Italian, mexican, tongue, you name it!!

"I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure." - John D. Rockefeller

I think I need more pleasure in my life. I try to take pleasure in the little things but lately I have gotten a little off track. I am re-committing to pleasure from this moment on.

Just got a new photo of my parentals with SLY from Xmas. I mean, I know I'm biased but she really is darn cute!

My friend J had this awesome version of ColdPlay's Fix You on her blog. Had to share it here. Gives me an entirely different perspective of the song. I had thought of it more as a young couple figuring things out and realizing that no matter what they are there for each other but know ultimately they can't fix each other. This opened up a whole other door for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u6k-99qcCE&eurl=

I had an amazing weekend back in DC visiting friends and family. I got to see the new bebe TAD. She is beautiful. It's something so incredible to be in the room with a new child. A new family. It's like seeing life breathed into something that fragile reminds you of what hope is. I guess that's why we reproduce is for a chance to see that hope again. I know that is what SLY did for my family. I know C does that for my friend J and her family. Just reminded us all that there are so many doors you can go through. You just have to believe a little more in life and seeing it from a child's point of view makes us remember that we have endless possibilities.

Found it!

My old digital camera that is! Here is a picture of SLY looking rather spiffy. Not that I took this or anything but hey, a very cute photo of her nonetheless.

Things I'm thankful for.

Yeah, I know it's way past turkey day but I can be thankful more than once a year.

I'm thankful for my loving husband who I believe may be one of the finest people I know.
I'm thankful that my dear friend A gave birth to a beautiful little girl yesterday and all is well.
I'm thankful that my family is so wonderful and they taught me to believe in myself.
I'm thankful for my niece who made the past two years of insanity bearable.
I'm thankful for my mother-in-law who gave me almost an entire new wardrobe from ATL.
I'm thankful for birthdays since you get to be the center of attention and not feel bad about it.
I'm thankful for Weight Watchers since it really helps me to keep on track.
I'm thankful for hard boiled eggs because MAN are they good.
I'm thankful for the internet and blogs so I can keep in touch with friends and family.
I'm thankful for my job since I get paid and can use that money to do fun things.
I'm thankful that G and I are becoming more financially sound every day and I'm proud of us.
I'm thankful for the air I breathe and the shoes on my feet.
I'm thankful for one more minute on this planet so I can see one more person smile and remember just how great life is.