Don't judge a book by its cover...

The Mom sent me this link. Go there, be amazed and know that you will probably want to cry. I certainly needed a little inspiration! 

Oh stress

Just a fun picture I took this weekend. It's kind of quintessential New York City in the spring to me.

So I can't sleep at night presently. This seems to happen frequently when I become stressed. Why am I stressed you ask? Well let me tell you.

1. My boo is out of town which means I didn't get my weekend ego boost and he's not here for me to call and freak out about my upcoming assignments. I complain to him a lot, he's really sweet and tells me to buck up and get it done. 

2. Starting next Tuesday, I have at least one final due for the next three Tuesdays. Ugh.

3. My first final paper due next Tuesday, is the worst one, so at least I get it out of the way, but that means starting this last Sunday night I can't sleep for the whole week until my paper is turned in... but then I have a paper due the next week, so no sleeping that week... and then I have another final the next week, so no sleeping that week! Goodness!

So wish me luck. Some how I'll get it all done. Yuck!

Easter weekend+ Rachel

My old roomie Rachel came to visit me this weekend and assist with hosting a little hanky panky bridal shower for me. First item of business when she arrived was going to Alice's Teacup.
We had non-caffeinated tea and delish sandwiches and salads. I'd highly recommend it for anyone visiting the NYC.
You get to act all cute and dainty and the little girls get to wear fairy wings when they're there, so mama's bring your cute little girls!
We also celebrated Easter which was fun. As it's my favorite holiday, I like to spend it surrounded by people I love such as the sweet Julie Mack and my darling Rachel. We got to get dressed up in our Easter outfits and refused to wear nylons even though it was rather cold due to the ridiculous wind.

On another note, an amusing thing that happened. 

Let me first set the stage: our neighborhood is dominantly Dominican and Puerto Rican which means Julie and I with our fair hair and skin stand out quite a bit.

      Julie and I were walking up out of the subway coming home from church dressed in our finery. An old man literally stops in his tracks mutters something in spanish about how good looking we are and says "woooooooooooooow chulas (cuties)" We ignore it (which is proper procedure in NYC) and laugh a bit. A few steps down the street later, I realize I have a pebble in my red peep toes, so I stop and lean against a building to take off my shoe and get out the pebble. However, I did not walk far enough past the windows of the grocery store and ended up with my hand pressed to the window where the deli counter is located. I look up and a young man is oogling me, nodding and smiling broadly saying something that I can't hear. Julie doesn't notice at first but then realizes with a shock that he's completely up in my face! He's practically drooling on the window (okay maybe not, but he was very close to it : ) We walk away and have the biggest laugh that I've had in a while. 

There is nothing like walking around in Washington Heights with naturally blond hair to give you an ego boost! That's for dang sure!

My hombre and me

So our photographer is Dan's old young men's president (a church thing) and he was really nice and put all of our pictures up on a website so if you would like to see more go here (click on here). Let us know what you think! : ) 

Engagement Photos What?

yeah we like to pretend we're j.crew models... too bad j.crew models don't stick their necks out and do weird things with their mouths like I do! But dan's hot right? yeah that's why I'm marrying him. end of story : ) 

Oh the weekend...

Saturday morning Julie passed her test, so we celebrated by eating italian ices which made our tongues an interesting color...

Then Dan and I went to a random store in Rye where we got some fun things out of the little vending machines. I got this gorgeous ring, don't you think? ; ) 

We also got a little Disney tattoo for Nichalou. We decided they should have matching tat's. Good times!

Then Sunday came with General Conference which was vonderbar. And the weather was amazing! So we went for a walk through Central Park between sessions and it was soooo nice. 

and Julie and I took some beautiful pictures to add to our collection, someday we are going to take a photography class together. 

and the grass was sooo green and the sky was soo blue!! : ) and we were happy. 

Then it started pouring this morning. April showers bring May flowers, never understood that saying until I lived on the East Coast... 

1st Sign of Spring!

Once upon a time there was a boy and girl who fell in love. They lived in cold dreary New York City, but one day the girl tried on red lipstick and spring appeared!

They wandered around Union Square. It rained and everything was beginning to look fresh and clean (for New York anyway...)

The boy took a picture of the poor flowers trying to blossom behind cages...

Then they decided to go down to Battery Park and watch the sunset over Lady Liberty. On the way the train decided to stop ... so they took silly pictures.

Then they walked...

And gazed out at the cloudy sea

And it made the girl miss home and the smell of the fog...

and Miss Liberty made a wonderful photographic subject

and they were happy together : ) 

and the girl picked up her cap and gown for graduation! and realized there were only 5 more weeks of classes which was somewhat frightening... (and when she tried on her gown she noticed there were ridiculously long sleeves, perfect for hiding snacks during graduation : )