Visit

**photo from a very cool house

did i tell you? we just got back from california. or as adam calls it- the people's republic of california. he swears he will never move there unless he can be a bona fide american citizen. translation= he gets all the liberties of the constitution.. namely the "most important of all the amendments, the 2nd amendment". you know he's a gun nut, right? i was only half listening when he was explaining, but it had something to do with limitations on the kinds of guns you can own... whatever.

** she is going to be mad that I posted this one and only photo taken during the weekend.

but.. before we went to california my bestest friend came for a visit. we met on the first day of 7th grade. been friends ever since. there is nothing like a visit from a friend that knows all your stories. even your embarrassing ones.. like the time we laughed so hard outside of the AP history class during lunch time that once the bell rang the door opened and everyone gawked at the "ridiculously loud girls outside the door" or ate the same lunch with you every single day.. turkey sandwich with a diet and cookie. (how did we stay thin?) it was so comfortable. we shopped, ate, watched movies, and took adam along for a valentine's day dinner (he was a trooper).

i realized three things on this trip. 1. i am a terrible tour guide. must make better plans next time. 2. i'm scheduling a visit with a nutritionist 3. man i miss this girl...even though she thinks her grandmother was alive during the civil war.

My Life in a Nutshell

Teddy has decided that if I'm not going to post on my blog, he will do it for me. Isn't his nose disgusting?

Although I've been completely neglecting my blog, I haven't been neglecting myself.

• I signed up for an online photography class w/ Candice Stringham through Jessica Sprague.com. I had no idea I could change my shutter speed. I'm seriously pathetic. It has only been a week, but I've enjoyed playing with my camera and learning about what it can really do. My pictures aren't great, but at least I got the shutter speed correct.

• I'm terribly embarrassed at the number of books I've read on the Big Read List. I mean REALLY embarrassed. I'm trying to correct the matter and read the bulk of the books recommended. I just finished Anne of Green Gables and A Town Like Alice. OHHH A Town Like Alice- I can't say enough about this book. I'm sure y'all have already read it, but if you haven't I would HIGHLY recommend picking up a copy. It reminded me of my other favorite book Mrs. Mike. I also finished Hunger Games (fantastic) and Girl with A Pearl Earring (for bookclub). I just picked up The Five People You Meet in Heaven and I need to finish Palace Walk. I'm really enjoying this little reading kick I'm on.
  

arboretum

We have had ridiculously nice weather for the last week or so, so we have been enjoying the outdoors.

Teddy ate his lunch in the go bug because he wouldn't stop running off.

A bike ride and lunch in the park

My mom and sister are coming for a visit tomorrow. We have several fun things planned around town (Fossil Rim, the Tut Exhibit at the DMA, the arboretum). Hopefully the weather will hold out.