Colin and I decided to try something different this past weekend – we left really early Saturday morning to head to NY instead of going Friday evening after work. We figured if we got a good night’s sleep Friday night (we didn’t – we went to bed late) that we’d wake up at the ass crack of dawn to get to NY bright-eyed and bushy-tailed on Saturday morning. I don’t know if we were bright-eyed or bushy-tailed, but we got there early and were happy to be with my family. 
We had a great time celebrating Kelly’s birthday together!
"It's what I wanted!"... Guess that quote...
Lookin' good in your new scarf!
Mmmm pumpkin beer
Grrrrrr
Kell's fab new watch from Brian!
The lovebirds
Colin and Uncle Danny
Lola Girl
Action shot of Par
New Lauren Conrad book
My delicious Chicagoan hotdog from 'Super Duper Weenie' on our stop in CT on our way back to MA... delicious!
Super Duper Weenie!
100 Days of Kindness, Day 2:
I definitely had nice things on my mind today. I was trying to think of new, creative things I could do for people. Even throughout some of the frustrations and overall busyness of the day I was trying to stay positive and think of all the nice things flooding my mind. I decided I need to start jotting my ‘nice ideas’ down in a notebook when I think of them, so I have some in store for these 100 days…
Today, I did two nice things. First, I promoted my friend Greg’s new song on Twitter and I decided I’m going to try to continue to promote his song moving forward. I went to middle school with Greg a long time ago and haven’t seen him in years. However, thanks to the wonders of social media (Facebook) I can still see what he (along with all the other people I haven’t seen/talked to in years) are up to. You know that’s what you use Facebook for! Big time creepin’!
Anyway, back to the point… I recently saw that Greg is pursuing a career in music. I listened to his first single on iTunes, and I have to say – it is amazing! Such a great voice and he is reeally good on guitar. He’s a nice guy who is very talented. I would love to see him succeed, so I’m going to help promote him – I’ll tweet, I’ll Facebook, you know the drill. Now, not that I have a large influence on millions of people or anything, but I just figured, any little bit can help right?
With that being said – check out Greg’s song, ‘New York City Girl’. If you love it, buy it here. I’d say he’s a mix between Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Jason Mraz with a little bit of old school classic rock thrown in. Let me know (or let Greg know on his Facebook page) what you think!
Second nice thing: After our hip hop class tonight, Meg had to pick up Lady in NH. She also had to vote, but hadn’t eaten dinner. I told her I’d make her some dinner while she went to vote so that she could be a good citizen. Then, even though I really didn’t want to (I can say this because she’s my sister) I took a ride with her to NH to keep her company.
I’m happy to report that I think she appreciated it!
Today I also did two good deeds. 1.) I took Pa to vote. He can’t drive or fill out the ballot properly so I did both for him! He was so excited it made me laugh. 2.) I sat down with mom and designed & ordered the Christmas cards for her. At one point she said “I would never know how to do this on my own” and as much as I wish I had the patience to teach her how, I don’t so instead I did it with her and she was just as happy and grateful! Two simple things that I don’t have to think twice about but made their day easier/better because I took some time out for them.
I’m already starting to feel better about myself…let’s keep it going