Your Song

Love this song from one of my most favorite movies Moulin Rouge--found this version and am really diggin' it!

Images from Turkey Day

Happy Thanksgiving

Last Thanksgiving I was here:

{Kauai}

It was so wonderful to wake up to the sound of waves crashing, an agenda of absolutely nothing other than making sure my tan was even, eating pineapple galore and reading a good book. It truly was a slice of heaven.

But I missed having the traditional family Thanksgiving we have every year where I pack up my overnight bag and head to my parents place. My brothers are up early for the turkey bowl, my mom, sister-in-law's and I are in the kitchen baking away and the aroma's of turkey, stuffing, pies, rolls, & potatoes fill the air. After enjoying a delicious meal, we all go put on our sweats & head to the family room to watch movies.

So I am eager as can be for tomorrow's traditions!

Thanksgiving always gets me thinking of how thankful I am for everything I have. The list truly is so long it could go on forever, which that in itself is something to be thankful for. Lately my thoughts of gratitude are for the same things they are every year, but with deeper appreciation for those things such as the gospel, family, friends, having a job, and having good health.

So here's to another year of gratitude--Happy Thanksgiving!

Weekend Recap

1. Fell asleep through quite a bit of Harry Potter--but don't worry, eyes were open during the controversial nudey scene.

2. Lunch & girl talk with girlfriends--always essential.

3. A wee bit of shopping.

4. Pedi's--another must, even though the toes aren't being shown off because of the winter, I like knowing they're buffed and polished.

5. Pizza party, smore's & movies on a cold, blustery night.

And now it's back to Monday--but I'm oh-so-grateful it's a short work week!

Manzanas

Thoughts tonight...

Have I ever mentioned that I am not a Harry Potter lover or fan?

Well year after year I claim I'm not. Yet year after year I get roped into going to these Harry Potter movies. You guessed it, I'm going on Friday. I must secretly like HP...but I am sticking to my story that I don't.

So while in D.C. we walked around one night for about 5 hours. I had on these cute purple suede flats. Cute, but not the best for walking for hours on end. My toes were killing. I took off my red nail polish the other night to find that I had 2 purple toenails. No wonder my toes were killing. I am hoping they don't fall off. The last time I got purple toenails was when I went hiking with Cathy in Canada and my toenails did fall off. TMI? Sorry.

I am beyond ecstatic for Thanksgiving! This holiday season is truly one of my favorites. The gathering of family around the table with the best comforts foods is reason enough to celebrate. My favorite is the stuffing, I think I'd be content just eating stuffing all night.

Well that's all I got for now, this chica is tired and ready to hit the sack.

NYC

What more can I say than I love NYC.

Every time I go, I get to see a bit more of the Big Apple that I didn't see before.

The Cloisters, enchanting Central Park in the autumn, Fred's for the most divine egg's benedict, and last but not least the best chocolate chip cookie I've ever eaten--no lie.

I'll have to ask my dear friend Malia what the name of the bakery was because my mouth is watering as I'm typing.

NYC you always treat me so right--thank you.

The District

Last week I was in D.C. for business, but of course I made sure to add some pleasure in there too.

I love going back east, it's so different from the west and what a wonderful time of year to be there when all the leaves are the most beautiful and vibrant colors.

I stayed with my dear friend Abbie and it reminded me how no matter how much time goes by if one is really great friends with someone it seems as though conversations pick up right where they left off. That was most definitely the case.

I also did some sightseeing in the evenings. I love walking around the monuments of our nation's capital. It gives me such pride to be from this wonderful & blessed country.

Funny story.

While walking around the Dupont area of D.C. Leyah and I noticed so many people everywhere. We weren't quite sure what was going on. We finally stopped and asked someone. We were informed that the 'Drag-queen high heel race' had just finished. Sure enough we turned the corner to see drag-queen's galore.

Yeowza what a sight!

It was good to do all the things I wanted to see and do{monuments, Georgetown, Eastern Market, etc.}, all while attending a course during the day.

I love mixing business with pleasure.