Baseball Sunday!

(My pal Rollie always posts on "Football Sunday" so I thought I'd switch it up a bit!)

The Phils did it! #1. My bff Steph has a small crush on Chase Utley, and I'm here to admit I have a HUGE crush on Ryan Howard! I love that boy! He's always smiling and hiting homers. Gotta love him.

Can only hope that the Birds will pull off a win tonight.

I spent the day scrapping yesterday at MLPA. Had a lot of fun and got an album done of shots taken around Philly. It totally got me motivated to scrap the entire weekend away next weekend at a little hostel in town with some friends. Can't wait. Actually, instead of typing here I should be getting some projects together to work on!

Ciao.

PS - Rollie & Steph -- you know I went on eBay this morning and bought a typewriter, right?

Working out

I took the plunge and joined a gym. I'm back in the saddle again. Just started back this week and you know what, it's not so bad. It helps that I bring my video iPod and listen to Rocco during weights and watch Grey's Anatomy while doing cardo. Makes it much more bearable. It feels good to sweat and I have been sleeping through the night, which is delightful.

In other news, I'm totally addicted to eBay! I have been going through the house and making piles of things I want to sell. I've sold a couple of things already and it is addicting. And, as you would imagine I've been buying stuff too! And, since I haven't figured the whole thing out yet, I'm now the proud owner of TWO polaroid cameras. Yes, TWO! So, I will be selling one of those now.

Looking forward to Saturday...cropping the day away at MLPA.

Ciao.

This weekend

I felt like crap...literally. Got nothing done and am even further behind on everything. I do have this coming Saturday to look forward to though. I'll be scrappin with my friends at MLPA.

The progress on my room has come to a halt. I have one more bureau to put together, but I have to clean my closet out to make room for it.

At least the Birds came through for me yesterday! Go Eagles!!!

Meet Lady Lola

Named affectionately after a New Orleans Hooker.

Not that I know one personally, or anything, but my bed looks like it belongs in a New Orleans Boudoir and well, Lady Lola sounds like a pretty good hooker name to me.

6 years ago today

My heart broke in ways I didn't know was possible.

I hope I never experience that kind of fear again.

Remembering.

Peace and love.

One more for the road

Last night in Baltimore. Last night for their tour. Great venue and beautiful weather. RDB got one more performance thrown on their schedule and as luck would have it, it was in driving distance. So glad we made the trip. Seeing them live is an amazing experience. Last night was bitter sweet...one last time seeing them...last time seeing them for a while. Glad that they will be going home for some much needed rest.

I wish Philly had a venue like Baltimore. It was outside, close to the harbor. A few different restaurants and bars surrounding the stage. And, it was free to get in!

Today I'm heading to IKEA for bedding and some other fun stuff and then I'm locking myself in this house and cleaning it!

No more pull-ups for me...

I have a big girl bed!

And, I'm so excited!!! The walls are an apple green, but it's not translating well in this photo. Also, the duvet cover has the same color stripe in it. That's the only bedding I have right now. No duvet to put the duvet cover on or sheets to sleep on. So, even though I finally have a bed, I probably won't be sleeping on it tonight. But, I'm thinking about getting orange or pink sheets to pull out the stripes in the duvet cover. Sassy!

It has taken me a year to commit to a real bedroom set. I'm glad I finally did and I'm happy with my decision.

Alas, I have retired the manger bed. It has served me well, but all good things must come to an end. Arrivederci!

IKEA was out of the nightstands so I bought two bureaus instead. My neighbor Bart will help me put those together at some point. I have pictures to hang as well and I'm thinking about painting a couple of canvases.

I will be heading down to Baltimore tonight with my BFF Stephanie to catch Rocco and the boys for the last show of their tour. I can't wait!!!

My weekend

I started out my long weekend by knitting with Steph and having dinner with her and Andrew. My buddy showed my how to do the Purl stitch and I'm pretty sure I've mastered it. The remainder of my weekend consisted of painting my bedroom. Every single muscle in my body is aching and I've been living on Aleve. But, I LOVE the way it came out. I will take pictures to post. I also purchased a mattress on Monday and it will be delivered this Friday. I can't believe that I'm going to be sleeping on a real bed after spending this past year first on my couch then on the manger bed! Woohoo!!!

Wednesday I'm going to IKEA to buy the bed and nightstands. I also have to get bedding and I'm getting good Eqytian cotten sheets! Can't wait. I'll be sleeping like a baby by next weekend.

The rest of this week will be finishing up the bedroom.

Friday night is a scrap night unless I can convince Steph to drive to Maryland with me to see Rocco one last time before the tour ends.