Field and fountain, moor and mountain…

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Today is the Epiphany. The day the Magi reach the Baby Jesus. (It was a long way away, so give them a break!)

Today is ALSO my BFF’s birthday.

This is her and me on our last adventure (Lauren and Jennie do Cali’s Coastline 2010.) We’ve also adventured to Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York City, Michigan, California, and Italia. I’m sure I am leaving some places, and states, out, but we adventure a lot.

We’ve been friends since we were nine, and I moved to Clinton, CT, and was placed in Lauren’s 4th grade class. She was shy. I was loud. We were on the same bus route. It worked out.

When Lauren turned 10, we had to sit in the third row at the movie theater because I forgot my glasses and couldn’t see the screen. We were seeing 101 Dalmatians. We had met only four months earlier. That, my friends, is true friendship.

15 years later, Lauren turns 25 today. We are still best friends. We still go on adventures. (We should, in fact, plan one soon, don’t you think?)

So Happy Birthday, Bestie. Hope you play Scrabble for both of us today!

Home again, home again.

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Jeff and I arrived home on Saturday. We had In-n-Out for dinner with M, and hung out with her for a few hours, laughing and chatting. Best part? Seeing my finished OWL SWEATER (pictures to come once the owls have eyes) and an equally as awesome OWL HAT because M is the BEST EVER.

Yesterday was a relaxing day in LA. We woke up late, headed to the farmer’s market, which was rainy, cold, and lacking serious vegetables. I blame it on our 12 pm arrival and the fact that LA can’t handle the rain, but I managed to snag some celery and carrots from the mix. We had lunch, then headed home, where I snuggled up with The Birth of Venus (our book club book this month) and read for hours. After that, we both showered to get warm (LA needs to learn about insulation) and had Mac and Cheese for dinner, while watching “The Hangover.” It was a much needed “chill” day filled with peace and quiet. Jeff and I are still (STILL) coming off our colds, so I think it was good to recoop.

On the agenda this week is: getting better, going back to yoga, and to the gym, getting back into the swing of work, eating healthy and eating home, finding buttons online for my owl sweater, scheduling some dinners to see friends I’ve been missing, and gearing up for a busy month.

How is your daily grind settling back in?

we’ll take a cup of kindness yet…

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Happy New Year’s Eve, folks! 2010 has ended with a bang, no doubt. Here in Chicago we’ve been checking things off Nikki’s wedding list quite quickly. Photographer, check. Location, check. Caterer, check.

Dress. Check. (And that’s all I can say about that, because I happen to know that her fiancé reads my blog.)

Anyways, as we ring in the New Year tonight with, among other things, chocolate cookies and crabbies, we will be thinking about our new year’s resolutions.

*Try to get to many new restaurants, as LA has a lot to offer.
* Simultaneously be less stressed and have a year of high adventure, including a trip to Big Bear to ski.
* Go to the gym. For real. This includes many yoga trips, s t r e t c h i n g, and getting in shape for Nikki’s wedding.
* Throw away less food. Make more home cooked meals. Eat more veggies. Eat more fruit.
* Read. Read. Read.

What are your resolutions? What does your NYE look like?

For those of you who read my sister’s blog…

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…I haven’t really had need to post. She’s documenting well (minus the fact that I did not see Canada at all this trip, because that was a JW-fam adventure.) I have also been eating like there’s no tomorrow, will probably not fit in my bridesmaid dress, and am heading to Chicago today for more eating.

But first, I am picking up my laundry from all about the house and trying to pack up my stuff. And I am ill, so apparently my lack of sickness on the west coast has more to do with climate than I thought…

At least I am not the only sick one. I am sitting at the kitchen table with my parents, both sick, both on computers, both taking turns with me coughing.

It’s good to be home.

Jeff comes tomorrow, but not until after a full day of wedding dress shopping and I am sure eating. Then comes more wedding dress shopping, a break for a Groupon use at Nordstrom Rack, and maybe some more food.

Here goes nothing, folks.