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January 1, 2007
Umm... Hi!
SO... I've been MIA and I apologize. Since Thanksgiving, things got really out of control at work. Combine that with Eckmas madness? You get zero blog time.
Now, I have been on vacation since December 20th... but I abstained from computer use until today. I decided to take my vacation as an opportunity to reeeeeally relax. Not just pretend to relax like I normally do. :) Guess what? IT WAS AWESOME.
I spent a week in Florida with my family, slept in, ate well, made stuff (but held off on making stuff for Fiberfly - that's next weekend's project!), started a new knitting project (an Irish Hiking Scarf for the bartender at the pub where the Squad meets! He is awful nice to us after all.), and played with my Ecksmas prezzies.
I headed into the City this past Friday to meet up with the Spiders! I got there early so I could catch up with Kaitlyn and her little lady, Maia. (umm, I'm stating the obvious here, but that kid is C-U-T-E.)
I also got to see Sandra , about whom I'd like to make the following points:
1. Sandra always looks fabulous when I see her. I strongly suspect she has the most kickass wardrobe of anyone I know.
2. Sandra has knit more socks than anyone on this planet.
Steph was all aglow as one would expect of a soon to be mama! I also got to hang with Veronique, Virginia, Marie, and Carrie - what a fun gang to knit with! Thank Jeebus for the internets. Hee.
It was a great time and it was so easy getting in and out of NYC, that it made me realize that this was something I could and should do more often!
And NO I am not calling that a New Year's resolution nor will I subject you all to yet another Snippy list! Instead, I'm trying to juggle my little budget to afford myself a few new luxuries that will allow me to relax and feel good on a more regular basis. I'd like to be able to go shopping every now and then... I'd like to get a pedicure more than once a year. And my Mom introduced me to something called a MASSAGE (ok, by far one of the best Ecksmas gifts ever) and it turns out that it agreed with me. I just made my last car payment (yeeeeee haw!) so I am thinking that it might be nice to use a little of that money on some me-centric things. Like a Nintendo Wii for starters. Haha.
I have a ton of gifts I made that I need to share with my readership, but it will take me a little time to pull them all together. In the meantime, continue reading for some photographic highlights of my blog-less month... I'll be back soon.
Pinky swear.
Firstly, I had a biz-ness trip down in Orlando and stayed in a ritzy pad! (Yes, I am so new to this that I would take pictures of my room. Hee.)
I swung down to Melbourne Beach to see the fam for a few days since I was in the area... I even took the littlest McNally to DISNEY WORLD! Just her and me. It was super sweet, fer sure.
I even convinced her to go on her first pseudo-roller coaster! She rode Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and we rocked that shit. Woo! Now, let's see if we can go on something a little bigger next time. We both need to work up to that...
We rode the teacups...
wOOoooWooOOOOwoooooOooO!
We went to the beach and it was OK!
On to the latest trip to Florida... All the girls were together! Here you see us in the bathroom for beauty night. Mary made up an exfoliating fruit scrub and we used some yummy hair and face masks from Lush. Soooo nice.
Mary and me being lazy on the couch.
Heather showing me her moves.
Mary got confused while wrapping presents...
Caitlin and Mary went swimming.... Well, they went swimming and then Caitlin kicked Mary's ass.
Heather is a very special girl. Very special.
Mary dressed up for Heather's birthday festivities.
Me and Caitlin!
Scott. HAHAHA.
Our last day in FL, we headed to the beach...
Pretty. :)
Umm. Don't drive and drive a boat.
Mary decided to go to sea. Luckily for all of us, the worst that came of this was a very wet dress.
Posted by Sarah at January 1, 2007 5:27 PM
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Comments
hey, you! it was sooooooo nice to see you after so long. you looked great!!
and ohmygosh, your pictures are hysterical! love them. :D
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Posted by: Sandra at January 1, 2007 10:40 PM
looks like you had a great time on your trip! it was sooooo great to see you on friday. i hope that you make it down to the city more often :) hint hint!
happy new year!
Posted by: gleek at January 1, 2007 11:18 PM
You were in the city and I missed it?!? Sigh.
Happy New Year!
Posted by: karen at January 4, 2007 7:59 PM