Home Sweet Home

Hooray! I've moved into our new home and I absolutely love it. It was such a hot and muggy day here in Boston but with a little help from some good friends we were able to get everything moved in pretty easily.

This place is exactly what Matt and I hoped it would be. It's newer meaning no more uneven floors, stairs that go on forever, or teeny tiny closets. It's absolutely beautiful and even comes with a washer and dryer in the unit, and a dishwasher and disposal! That never happens out here.

While our place is extremely empty at the moment we've had a great time improvising until we get our real furniture in. Food storage and storage bins have made great tables and a laptop works great as a TV when you need it to.

My favorite thing by far though is having picnics in the front room. We've since rigged up that table top on a storage bin to make a little table to sit at. I LOVE IT! :)

WKWR Summer Outing 2010

I've been working at WKWR for about 2 1/2 years now and I have to admit, while the work truly is boring sometimes, they really do treat us well. Our firm Christmas parties are always these amazing dinners at places like Ruth's Chris and Morton's, we get awesome gifts for administrative professionals day, and the people who work here are so kind and fun to be around.

Ever since I started working here people in the office have talked about how they use to have summer outings but stopped doing them for some reason. They always talked about reinstating them but never did until this year.

So, we closed up the office at 11:00 and headed out to lunch and a Red Sox game. :)

(Steve, Dave, Eric, Ron, Mark, Staci)

We started this years summer outing off at Burton's where I had one of the best burgers ever. We then headed to the game where we sat directly behind home plate . . . and a bunch of A's fans (not cool but we made the best of it).

We had an extra ticket and I was so excited that Matt was able to go with us. I've been telling him stories about the people I work with for the past year so I was really excited for him to actually get to meet them.

(Ryan, Lillian, Elisabeth, Doris, Andy, Erin)

I think Ron was about the cutest thing ever. He's a pretty uptight guy who I couldn't even picture at a baseball game. He surprised us all when he came out in jeans and a jersey with his name on the back. He told us later that the number was his wife's birthday. Adorable!

Even though the Red Sox lost we really did have a good time. The weather held up really nicely and we didn't see the rain that was expected until we were home. It was a great day and a good time. Thank you WKWR!

Earth Fest 2010

What's better than getting out to enjoy some sun, 90's tunes and getting a whole ton of free stuff all while enjoying some seriously good people watching? Okay well a lot of things are probably better than that but last weekend this was our best option, so we slathered on some sunscreen and headed out to Earth Fest 2010.

Earth Fest is a yearly event in Boston put on by Whole Foods to promote greener living. Every year they bring in bands to entertain the adults (this year we saw the Gin Blossoms and Collective Soul) as well as bands to entertain the kids.

I was blown away by these little kids below. Although I don't think they would take kindly to me saying so, they were about the cutes kids ever. I felt like I was watching the live version of School of Rock. I attached a video at the bottom so you can see just how good they really were.

I think my favorite part of the whole event was all the FREE stuff they handed out. We weren't sure what we were standing in line for half the time but we walked away with all kinds of great organic food and about 5 grocery bags to put them in. I now have more than enough cereal, humus, and granola bars to last me a long while and believe it or not, it actually tastes pretty good too.

Earth Fest 2010 . . . success!

NOT AGAIN!

So here we are again, I'm pulling another "let me update you quick on what's been going on" kind of blog post. I know there's no excuse but if there ever was a good reason, I feel like I've got a pretty good one.

The wedding is about 6 weeks away and I couldn't be more excited/nervous/stressed/excited! I made a mad dash home to Boise last month and we got a lot of it planned and taken care of. With the help of my amazing Mother and Sister we've been able to get almost everything done . . . Almost. :)

That being said, let me just update you a little on all the non wedding things that have been going on here in Boston.




We celebrated Matt's birthday on April 27th. He turned 32 which still baffles me. I swear sometimes I feel like he looks younger than I do.





Matt wanted Sushi for his birthday dinner so we went to Yoki. He opened some really fun gifts, including this pen with a remote control car in it, ate some really good shrimp tempura and finished off the night with some home made peach cobbler.


Matt and I also recently made our first run to Kimball Farms for the year. It was packed as usual but oh so good. We tried sharing a kiddie size this time because so much ice cream is given and it proved to be a good choice. We both had more than enough. I didn't even finish my half!



While at Kimball Farms we wondered into their arcade and dominated at the Deal or No Deal game. We played it a few times and won enough tickets for these awesome shades and an old school pixie stick.



Matt and I also ventured out to Rockport Massachusetts recently which is now one of my favorite places. It's this tiny coastal town full of shops, good food and beautiful views.

On a recommendation from my coworker we went to a little strudel shop there and had the best Almond strudel ever. Really, I wanted to buy up a whole box to take home with me. If you ever come to visit me in Boston we'll for sure make a stop in Rockport because I can't imagine anyone not loving it.

While we had a great time wandering around Rockport, the real reason for going was to take some engagement pictures. We got a lot of good ones and a lot of . . . well, let's just say you won't be seeing them in your invitation.