I can't believe Christmas is over. It seems like everything went by so fast. Next year I plan on doing a bundle of Christmas activities during the season to make Christmas last as long as possible! Hope you all are enjoying your last couple of days with all the lights and decorations up :) Our tree will remain up for months :) 
Hey Y'all! I hope that everyone has been having afantastic weekend getting all ready for the holidays! We had our first snow of the year yesterday!! I'll be sure to post some pictures later :) Friday night I went oust with some girlfriends to a sushi bar for dinner and then we were off to sing with our choir at the State House in Annapolis. It was really pretty and just the thing that I needed to get me in the mood for christmas! 
The past couple Friday nights my girlfriends and I have been going to the Metro Diner in Annapolis for dinner. 
I hope everyone has a great weekend! If you haven't seen "New Moon" go!! It's really great! 
Hope everyone is having a great weekend!! 
Monday some girlfriends and I went to see my favorite band in the whole wide world...HANSON!! It was my third time seeing the brothers and it was probably the best show ever!! It was at Ram's Head live in Baltimore which is an ultra cool venue!! Hellogoodbye opened for them and they were great! They sang a song called "Oh, It Is Love" and I haven't stopped listening to it all week! Of course Hanson was amazing! Taylor has amazing hair, Zac an amazing smile, and Ike has the skills on the guitar. They have always been my biggest inspiration and it always makes me sad when one of their shows ends because I know it will probably be another 2 years until I see them again :( Anyway, the set list was great! They did stuff from "A minute without you" to "I'll Carry you there." And of course they did Mmmbop! This weekend I will be working on papers for school but hopefully I will have some time to do something Fall-like! Have a great weekend! And remember to use your sole!! Here's how I started off my Friday night:
Peace and Love, 
I spent my Friday night with three of my best friends (one being my sister!) We went to see our girls soccer team play and then had dinner at "Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger." It was such a fun night. Glad I can finally sleep in tomorrow! 
Been listening to Jay-z's new song "Empire State Of Mind." It's a perfect New York song. I'm wishing I was having dinner in central park and then later walking the city with friends. Just random thoughts. Happy Tuesday Night everybody! 
Hey guys! I've been pretty out of it lately. I've been sick since Tuesday with a fever, sore throat, and eyes that are burning like fire! It has been awful :( I've been so stressed with all the work I have to make up. My best friend has been great by leaving me videos everyday of her singing some of my favorite songs from my favorite musical, Hairspray!! Weekends really suck when you have to stay at home. We did take a trip to Ikea yesterday where I got some darling little lamps for my bedroom and a table for next to my bed that I can keep my books on:) Anyway, just wanted to check in and hope that everyone has a great Sunday and a great start to their week! I'm really sad today because it is the last day of Orioles baseball for the season :( Let's hope they win today and the same for the Ravens! 
On Friday some friends came over and we had our very first Efron-athon! We all are pretty big fans of Zac Efron and so we decided to do something about it!! We started off by making t-shirts:
This was so much fun! We put song lyrics from High School Musical and Hairspray and then I had everyone sign mine along with writing their favorite Zac quote from a movie! We did all this while belting out to the Hairspray and High School Musical 1, 2, and 3 soundtracks. 
Yay! Fall is finally here. I used to not be a very big fan of it but I think it has grown on me :) School Has been So crazy these past few weeks that I have barely had time for anything. There is so much music that I have been wanting to listen to and books that I have been dying to read but there are just not enough hours in the day. I hope that everyone has been having a good week. I'm so thankful that tomorrow is Thursday because that means there is only one more day until Friday! Whoo Hoo!!! 
Over the summer I have fallen in love with some new stuff. I decided to list it all so that I can remember all the wonderful things that I have been introduced to or reaquainted with this summer... 
Oh and then I found some puppets :) 
And my sister and I tried on some pretty sweet glasses. 
After that we went to lunch at another favorite of ours! The "Brass Balls Bar and Grill." 
Following lunch we walked the board walk and did some shopping and then headed to the carnival on the beach!! It was my first time on a ferris wheel and I loved it (once I opened my eyes!) Haha dad and I had so much fun on all the rides!! It was a blast!! On our way out we walked down the dock and had an impromptu photo shoot!!
We ended the day with a delicious lemonade and some fried oreos!! The best things in the world!! I have a new favorite guilty pleasure :) So yummy!!
Anyway I am going to make the most of my last day of summer tomorrow! I will be back soon with a lit of my favorite things of the summer!!
Peace and Love,
Em
Wednesday was a work party to say goodbye to my good friend Christa. She is basically the only person who I have been able to share my Hanson obsession with. Her and her hubbie are getting ready to move to NYC so she can finish up college at Columbia :) It was a really fun party at which we played games that had to do with guessing some of our grossest patients at the office and testing the boys on their knowledge of our crazy work place. It was also my mom's first try at sushi which she is now addicted to!! 
(This pic of Christa and I is from a Hanson concert in DC in 2007) Thursday I went to go and see good friend and amazing musician Todd Wright do his first solo show in a long time at Jammin Java in Vienna, VA. It was fantastic and Todd did a great job as usual :) It was really nice to hear some of his unreleased material again.
Finally today we went down to the Eastern Market in DC! It was great! I have been hunting for the best used bookstore for a while and right now Capital Hill Books is at the top of the list. It's wall to wall books and although the appearance looks cluttered it's organized and there is something beautiful in all the chaos. I picked up a book that I have been wanting for a long time in hardback and pretty good condition :) Overall it was a great day!
Here's me with my lemonade from Port City Java and my newly purchased book!! I want to thank everyone who has been keeping us in their prayers. All the comments and thoughts I have received have really been helpful! Hope everyone has had a great weekend. And is energized to go into a new week of exploring God's beautiful creation! 
My dog Meg hasn't been feeling very well lately. We have tried all that we could to take care of her at home. Yesterday she was horrible. She couldn't walk, wouldn't eat, and even didn't mind me kissing her all over her face (something she normally can't stand.) We knew that we would have to take her to the vet. Later on last night she seemed to be back to her old self and even this morning she seemed pretty fine. We took her to the vet just to she if there was anything we could do to make her get all the way back to normal. 
Peace and Love,
Em
