champagne supernova in the sky

have you ever seen fireworks on new year's eve?!

i haven't since i was in disney world in florida for the new millennium. my dad's co-workers at the hospital are big fireworks lovers, apparently, and they had a whole pallet truck of the things delivered just for the occasion. they took six hours this past weekend to wire them all up in coordination, and the show lasted for well over half an hour. we were waay out in the country, and people were parked up and down the roads all over.

what a unique experience. i'm so glad that i can share it with all of you!
party safe, and have a healthy, happy new year!
see you on the other side...

waiting for tonight

i don't know why i feel/look so tired today. kind of an odd hairday, too. my family has exciting plans in store for this evening. i'll report back later with more interesting events and photos.

happy last day of 2008!

60 degrees and sunny

new year's for my family is all about a smorgasbord of appetizers and hors d'oeuvres until the ball drops. i can't wait! we've been having good food all of break. today, we went out to boss hog's and got some north carolina bbq. it has a lot of vinegar in it, and it's not as saucy as traditional bbq. yum.

i went for a run today! i'm pretty impressed with myself. i didn't run the whole time, but i ran as much as i could, walked, and then ran more, etc. so i'm really tired now, but it's a good, healthy tired. : )

how was your day?

case of the mondays

eyeliner usually scares me, and i only wear it when i get dressed up and go out in the evening. but i finally found a good kohl pencil, instead of whatever twist-up kind i've had for a while. what a huge difference! next, i'm going to try liquid liner, because it's extra scary.

tonight, i'm sitting on the couch watching season 4 of project runway. i wish i could sew clothes for myself. camille of childhood flames continually amazes me with all of the things she sews herself. the closest i get to making my own clothes is knitting accessories and cutting up teeshirts. oh, if i only had a sewing machine...

queen of hearts

nails: that's one "el" of a color by opi

i had a little inspiration of alice in wonderland while playing rummy with my family tonight. we've been playing cards just about every night since i've been on break. we play some poker every once in a while, but mostly we play lots of rummy, thirty-one, and of course, euchre. (don't worry if you've never heard of euchre, it's mostly popular in michigan, minnesota, etc.)

in other news, it was absolutely gorgeous here today! sunny and warm and 65 degrees; my mom and i actually laid out in the backyard and got a teeny bit of tan! gotta love that.

what have you been up to on your break?