158/365: Margarita Sunday

Dave and I went to visit Chez Orbanus today for some BBQ ribs and margaritas! Mmmmm!! They were delicious! Just looking at this picture makes me want another drink...

157/365: Homecoming

Dave (and I) got a kitty today and she is so beautiful! She's 13 weeks old and I am in love! She is sweet and snuggly... and boy does she like to eat!

She didn't like her car carrier, so we let her out and I held her in the car. Here is a picture of Dave walking her to his place and to her new home!

156/365: Epic Fail Friday

Scrabble Board? Check!
Pictures? Check!
Xacto blade? Check!
Patience? Ummm...

I went over my girlfriend Eva's house tonight for "Craft Night". Yeahhhhh... After sawing at my Scrabble with an Xacto blade for 30 minutes I gave up and we deemed the night "Epic Fail Friday".

It wasn't a total failure though. We had wine, chocolate, Tastefully Simple goodies, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall. All-in-all, it was an excellent night!

155/365: TAB Party

My TAB (Teen Advisory Board) was meeting at the library today and instead of having a "real" meeting, we celebrated two of our members' birthdays! We had party hats, ice cream cake, Super Smash Brothers, party favors, and loot bags!


It was a great time!!

154/365: Glass Half Full

Dave and I went to Chickie and Pete's tonight to see his friend's band play an acoustic set! Nothing like a night out at the bar on a Wednesday! Here is a picture of my Summer Ale from an eagle eye perspective...

153/365: Vegan Cupcakes

Soooo... it was late and I had no pictures. Like, 11PM late. I looked around my house and found this "flyer" that I have been using for a bookmark. Midnight yoga?... Vegan cupcakes?... Oh heck yeah!!!

152/365: Hot!

I love this! Dave and I went to Einstein Bagels for a Memorial Day breakfast this morning! I thought this cup holder was the best thing ever! I love it! Wheee!

151/365: Tween Style

How great is this?! This is like my Teen Advisory Board... but a million times cooler!

Dave and I went to the mall today and I saw this sign while he was buying a pair of sunglasses. I can't begin to tell you how much I wish the mall had a program like this when I was a tween. I would have rocked the runway...

150/365: Puzzle

I love puzzles! My mom pulled out a 500 piece puzzle about a week ago for us to do, but no one had touched it, so I decided to work on it today. Four hours later and I finished the entire thing.

149/365: Sushi with Dave

Growing up, my parents always told me that if I didn't like what I was eating, it was okay to spit it out. They just wanted to make sure I always tried new things.


I love sushi. Dave does not. He always stares at it though when I order it, so I tell him to take a bite. "If you don't like it, Dave, you can always spit it out." Over our 7 months of dating, he has once tried a piece of a Philly Roll. Yesterday we went to lunch and he tried my Spicy Tuna Roll and he liked it... a lot. I told him we would go back out for sushi on Friday and he could try some more.


After going to the movies to see Terminator Salvation, we went to Yokohama, a sushi place 2 minutes from Dave's house. I ordered a Dragon Roll, a Spicy Tuna Roll, a Spicy Salmon Roll, a Philly Roll, and a Queen Roll... and Dave loved it!! Wheeeee! He ate just as much as me and left saying that he would definitely eat sushi again! YAY!

148/365: Exploding Nail Polish

That's not blood... I swear! That's my red nail polish that is now all over my bathroom and me.


I was reaching in the medicine cabinet for my face lotion and I accidentally knocked over my nail polish. It fell out of the cabinet, hit the side of my scale (on the floor) and shattered. There is now bright red nail polish everywhere! I scrubbed and cried and cursed... but I now have pink tiles. Oh, and the nail polish won't come off of my leg. Great. Just great.

147/365: Keane

I have a coworker who donates A LOT of money to WXPN, a listener supported radio station broadcasting out of the University of Pennsylvania. Because of her generosity, she gets to go to a lot of exclusive and intimate concerts. She stopped me at the library last week, asking me if I wanted to take her place at Live at the World Cafe to see Keane! Of course I said, "YES!"


Today Regina and I got to see Keane! They were wonderful! It was a very intimate show... maybe 30 people there tops... and we both had such a great time! Now only did we both love the music... but we also love their yummy accents and skinny jeans! Nom!

146/365: Exercising with Tina

Sometimes I just don't know what I'm thinking...


I'm on vacation this week and I got talked into driving up to Princeton University to visit my girlfriend Tina, who is a strength coach for a bunch of different sports up there. I met Tina in college because we both rowed together for Rutgers. Tina is the most hardcore person I know. She likes to make football players cry! And today... she kicked my ass!!!


We had a great (and ohmygod soooo hard) workout this morning and I know I'll be sore for days! Afterwards, we went out for sushi and then walked around Princeton. It was such a nice day and I'm glad I got to spend it with a friend that I never get to see enough!


Thanks for hanging out with me today, Tina!

145/365: Sonic!!

I love Sonic! It's my most favorite fast food place EVER! Just last week, a new Sonic opened in Lumberton... 10 minutes from Dave! Dave has never been to Sonic, so we remedied that lil problem today! And it was delicious!

144/365: Whoops!

Today was my girlfriend, Regina's baby shower! My girlfriend, MC, pulled into the restaurant's parking lot right before Reg and her husband, so I sent her a quick text telling her NOT to come in... and then I forgot to text her back to tell her when it was safe. Whoops! I think MC was waiting in her car for 15 minutes. That's what I get for drinking at a baby shower!

143/365: Pineapple Chicken

I had to work today. I had planned to go running after work, but I was so hungry I couldn't do it. I asked Dave if we could go to Applebees for dinner because I had a hardcore craving for a quesadilla burger, but there was a 30 minute wait when we go there. We decided to walk across the parking lot to Chez Elana Wu's instead.


Yum, yum, yum! This is a picture of my pineapple chicken and it was divine! (I'm actually getting hungry again just looking at the picture...)

142/365: Bah!

I just finished Dan Brown's Angels and Demons yesterday and I was so excited to see this movie... so of course I hated it. I actually left the theater angry!


I loved (loved, loved, loved) the book and I was so disappointed by all the changes in the movie. Names were changed. Relationships were changed. Important plot lines were changed. Oh, and my favorite part of the book... the part I was dying to see in the movie... didn't happen.


My boyfriend, who read the book 2 years ago, said it was good (for a movie)... but I still want my $10 back!

141/365: Stars!

I was bored at work tonight so I decided to take some pictures of things around me. This is a picture of my very cheap star bracelet. I bought it for $4 for Halloween, but I always get compliments on it so I continue to wear it. Well, that... and I love stars...

140/365: Fixed!

You know, I just got done making fun of Dave because he could never find the right light bulb for his fan... and lo and behold... he found it today!


After 7 months of searching, Dave now has a working light in his kitchen fan! YAY!

139/365: Laying Back

I had an idea... I'm just not sure how great it came out. But this picture is a start. I love the idea of it. I think I just need some more practice. But, here I am with Stitches, relaxing on a spring evening...

138/365: Resignation

I decided to resign from my part time job tonight. It's complicated and I'm a little sad... but I feel like I'm making the right choice.


Now, the question is... do I want to look for another part time job? Or do I want to enjoy my summer and focus on my running (because I plan to run a half marathon in September)?

137/365: Night Sky

I took a few different pictures today, but this one was my favorite. It's a shame I don't have a great camera. I bet this picture would have looked so much more amazing...

136/365: IBC

Today was one of those days where I did sooooo much... and didn't take a single picture til almost 11PM. Whoops. I went for a 3 mile run, took Dave, Tyler, and Stitches to the park, had a KFC dinner... Lucky for me I liked Dave's IBC bottle so I was able to snap a few quick pictures for today!

135/365: Lock-In

Tonight I locked myself, my boss, and our intern in the library with 15 teenagers from 9 PM til Midnight! What was I thinking?!? Haha! Actually, it was really awesome! This was my very first lock-in and I thought it was a great success! We had a gaming room with a Wii and a PS2, a movie room where we showed Twilight, and a craft room to make Memory Boxes. We served, pizza, snacks, cake, and soda. We also played games for gift cards and I gave out a door prize at the end of the night!


All-in-all, I would have to say, "Great Success"!!

134/365: Light Bulbs

I took off today because I knew I was going to be exhausted from the past few days. Somehow I managed to convince Dave to take off, too. We went out to lunch, hit up Target, made an antenna, saw the new Star Trek, stared at some light bulbs...


Dave has a light bulb that he needs to replace. The only problem is that he can never remember what kind of light bulb he needs. Every time (seriously!) we pass a display of light bulbs we have to stop and look to see if maybe this time we will finally find the The One.


Today was not our lucky day...

133/365: Celebration Drink!

Celebrate good times, come on! Let's celebrate!


Staff Day is done! Staff Day is done! It was craziness... but it was great and now it's DONE!

132/365: Staff Day Prep

Our library's Staff Day is tomorrow (finally!!) so I spent the day prepping the library. I moved chairs, tables, furniture, etc. I hung up signs, located surge protectors, and laptops. I ran around like a crazy person trying to get as much work done as possible before the big day tomorrow.


Part of our Staff Day will include a mini-tech fair. I get to show the library staff how to use the Wii and Wii Sports, as well as our PS2 and such games as Guitar Hero and Dance Dance Revolution. I'm actually considered a "vendor" for tomorrow, so here's a picture of my name next to my space! Wheee!

131/365: Babies

We've had a momma goose and her nest under one of the window's in our department of the library for a few weeks now. I got to work Monday morning to discover that the momma goose was gone... and her eggs have hatched! I got scared that I wouldn't get to see the babies... but they came back for a visit! What a lovely little family.

130/365: Steak!

Dave and I watched an episode of Torchwood yesterday called "Meat". Afterwards we decided that we were both craving steak. I had to work at Loft today, so Dave and I had a two part date. Part 1 consisted of driving to Wegman's and purchasing our steaks before work. Part 2 happened when I got home from work and we went about broiling our delicious meat!


Here's Dave making sure everything is cooking properly...

129/365: Fancy Furniture

I got home from work tonight to discover that our old loveseat was gone and replaced with these spiffy new chairs. Very classy, sweet roommates of mine. I likey a lot!

128/365: Rewards

I didn't feel so well today. I think I might have a stomach bug. I tried eating, but it's just not happening. I decided to make myself some tea to help settle my tummy and that's when I noticed the note on the tea bag!! I love it!