The holidays

I just got back yesterday morning from visiting Colorado for Christmas. Terry came with me for a few days, and then flew home just in time to be with his family on the Cape. It was nice to see everyone, and we made some significant progress on the wedding front. Above are two pics from the jaunt home: one of my parents' view of Pikes Peak, and another of my 3-year-old cousin Felix on Christmas. What a cool truck! 

Christmas spirit

Terry put up our Christmas "tree" this weekend as we're getting into the holiday spirit. I saw this idea in Domino magazine, and we were just trying to decide whether to go get a tree or not. We like to get potted trees and then plant them afterward, but they keep dying, so this tree was a perfect alternative. Very festive! 

This last week should be very busy, and then we're flying out to Colorado to see my family for a few days at Christmas. Hopefully there won't be any flying headaches, and it will be good to see everyone. If I don't post before then (and I haven't been so good at keeping up with the blog), happy holidays! 

It's a Cat Weekend

Cold weather has moved in to Boston, so this weekend was quite laid back and we spent some "quality time" with Pedro and Turbo. Pedro is conked out due to the heat from my laptop, and Turbo is licking her lips after being drugged up on some catnip. Quite the weekend for those two.

We also saw an excellent movie this weekend though, and we would definitely recommend you all see it. We hit up Kendall Square Cinemas to see "Slumdog Millionaire," directed by Danny Boyle, one of our fave directors. The movie is fantastic, and really sweet, though there are a few tough scenes. Anyway, go see it, and if you live in the Boston area, keep warm!! Brrrrr... 

Long relaxing weekend

After a long weekend in Colorado doing "wedding research" with my mom, and having my return flight cancelled, followed by a night meeting at work, I was completely exhausted. As a result, Terry and I spent the entire weekend lazing about, sleeping in and eating pizza. It was fantastic. But I don't have any pictures to share.

All that time in the airport and on the plane did give me the opportunity to read a lot though, and I recommend two books: The Myth of You and Me, by Leah Stewart, and Persuasian, by Jane Austen. One modern book and one old one, but both good reads. And The Myth of You and Me takes place partly in Boston, so that's always good! 

Halloween & George's wedding

Terry managed to come by tix to the Boston Celtics for Halloween night (thank you, Rich!), so we headed downtown Friday night for some fun holiday basketball. The Celts won, and though that was awesome, what was even more interesting was the "green man" sitting next to Terry. A not-so-svelte but very friendly man had dressed himself in a head-to-toe spandex green bodysuit for Halloween. What was even crazier was that there was another green man at the game as well, causing quite the rivalry between our sections. Fun times. Both seemed to have the goal of getting on the jumbotron, and after much work, both were successful. 

We also headed to Poughkeepsie, NY on Saturday for George and Kelly's wedding. It was a beautiful affair, but of course we left our camera in the hotel room, so no pictures. We had a blast, with lots of wine drinking and dancing, and the scenery was absolutely fantastic. I was happy to meet lots of new people. We wish them all the best!

Seinfeld

I can't believe the weekend is already over, but it's Sunday night and Terry and I are about to sit down to a delicious (and not good for you) meal of home-cooked chicken pot pie and mashed potatoes. We actually started the weekend off with a trip to Providence to see Seinfeld at the Providence Performing Arts Center. That's him on stage in the not-so-clear pic. He was awesome, and highly worth the drive. Also, the Providence theatre is one of those gorgeous gold-gilded ones, so that was a bonus. If you like Seinfeld, I highly recommend seeing him when he comes by on his tour. 

This weekend I also made a trip to a bridal outlet with half off designer wedding dresses, and was highly overwhelmed. The saleswomen were so pushy! Stephanie had my back, and continues to talk sense into me before I put my credit card down. It was my third attempt to find a wedding dress, and I will have to keep looking. If you have any suggestions for places, please send them along!

Finally, this weekend was nice and warm, and will likely be the last nice day of the year. I've been investing in warm (and water resistant) clothes to try to make it through. All of those people who live in warm places (I'm thinking of you, Sara and Robyn), I'm jealous. 

Race Day!

So, after going to several of Terry's road races and holding people's stuff, Terry convinced me to run a road race with him and his friends, Joe, Adam and Melissa. So today, when it was FREEZING out, we headed to West Newton to give it a try. I didn't collapse or sprain my ankle, nor was I the last one to finish the race, so I consider it a success! Plus, we got to drink lots of free beer afterwards. That's always nice. 

Anyway, I'm really impressed with Terry. He ran the race at my pace, which was obviously much slower than what he's used to, after he flew to Montreal and back on Friday and Saturday for his friend George's bachelor party, and then we went to Joe's Halloween party last night. He has had one marathon weekend. And he's still faster than me. He didn't give me any pics from the bachelor party to post though. Funny thing about that. 

Long Weekend

We both had Monday off this weekend, so we headed down to the cape and then capped it all off with apple picking. We were hoping to see a lost manatee that was in Dennis, but by the time we got there they had started transporting it back to Florida. We were very sad to hear the poor thing died on the way down. We can't imagine how it made it all the way up to Massachusetts in the first place!

The weather has been awesome, and I'm soaking up as much sun as possible since I know eventually we will be in a deep freeze! The apple picking was awesome, but of course now I have all sorts of apples I don't know what to do with. Terry is happy that our apple picking day likely capped off all of my required fall New England activities. Until next year of course! 

Lunch and the Fryeburg Fair

The past few weeks have been a bit crazy, but I was so happy Stephanie and her babe Lindsay came to see me in Brookline for lunch. She is soooo cute. In this pic, she's rubbing her eyes because she just woke up. 

On Saturday, Terry and I went to Fryeburg, Maine, for the Fryeburg Fair, and then stayed the night in Portland, Maine. Fryeburg has the oldest agricultural fair in Maine, and is about 3 1/2 hours from Boston. We weren't sure what to expect, but I did see things I had never seen before, like an Ox Pulling contest and harness racing. We definitely had a good time, and the leaves are starting to change up north, so it was pretty. I'm getting in as many "New England Fall" activities as possible while I can!

A Day at the Races

On Saturday a bunch of us headed to Suffolk Downs, the local horse track, for MassCap Day, the biggest race of the year for the slightly downtrodden place. Since we know absolutely nothing about horse racing, we had a mix of results, though Terry did very well, and you can see from the pics that I did win one race. I will try not to spend my $1.30 winnings all in one place. Terry did very well though. It was a fantastic sunny day, and in the end we were exhausted after all the sun and beer and gambling. Can't wait for next year!

Red Sox and then Gamblin'

This last week was nuts and full of night meetings at work, but we found time for a Red Sox game and then headed to the Cape this weekend to celebrate Marge's (Terry's grandma) birthday. The game was a bit of a bummer since it went into OT and the Sox lost, but the weekend was full of champagne and cards, so that made up for it. I love this last pic because you can see that the kids have been all cleared out! 

To top all things off, the Broncos won in a crazy exciting last minute game!! Go Broncos!

Are you ready for some football!

Not my most flattering pic, but this is my awesome quarterback pose to mark the beginning of football season 2008! Terry and I took to the park to show off our well honed football tosses and catches. We may need a little bit more practice. The Broncos play tomorrow night,  and hopefully they'll have a better season this year than last. Go Broncos!

Harvest time

I love these pics because they remind me of my favorite time of year -- fall in New England! It's when I get to drag Terry to harvest picking and silly town fairs, like this pic we took of a truck pulling contest at the Marshfield Fair in August. Absolutely awesome. I'm so sad that summer is coming to an end, but at least I get to pick apples, bake apple pie, and eat fair food. There's always a bright side.

NYC Human Race

We just got back from an exhausting but very fun weekend in NYC, where most went to run in Nike's poorly organized Human Race 10K, and myself and Annie just cheered them on and came along for the ride. The weekend was awesome, and we had some very good food, including Mario Batali pizza, fantastic pasta, papaya drinks and tasty turkey subs from the crazy deli guy on the corner. We hope Sarah lets us come back sooner rather than later! We thought our friend Joe, pictured in the bottom photo, far right, would appreciate this store we found on Eighth Ave. named after him. 

Before and After

See my before and after pictures of Stephanie! That first picture was taken the day before Stephanie went into labor. Little Lindsay Summer is here, and she's cute as ever. And she's already attended her first chick lit book club meeting. She's so social!

Here goes nothin'

So, this is my first attempt at starting a blog. We'll see if I can keep it up. Today I have time to start one because I'm wounded. See my hurt pinky finger? I have to keep it dry for the next few days, so that rules out several of my Sunday chores (i.e., cleaning). Which is the only upside to the pain. I managed to grate my pinky on my new microplane cheese grater. whoops. That's what the safety guard is for. Oh well. Time to start healing... and blogging!