fourth, etc.

i do love the fourth of july.  last year at this time, i had just taken on the challenge that is beulah hogan.  i remember standing barefoot in front of our yellow house, after returning from the mariner's game, deafened by the fireworks all around our house, the way the sky lit up reminded me of d-day.  you know, minus the troops invading, etc.  

this year, i'm finding myself researching recipes from cuisinenie, just like always.  can you have a fourth of july without peach cobbler?  i think it's unavoidable.  looking for a new and better recipe for that.

also, doesn't it feel like you have to make homemade ice cream?  what do you usually have on the fourth of july?

i have some nap-refusing babies today.  and just now i was listening to music, and felt on-edge.  i think when they're "napping", i just need absolute silence.  no music, no tv, or it's just too much.  quiet.  that's what i need.

alright, leigh just tagged me for a little meme thing.  so here goes:

8 things to look forward to:

• fall
• growing my group of friends to include non-roommates and non-family members (not that i don't love ya, cause i do).
• getting settled in a new rental in a few months.
• taking a weekend trip somewhere very soon.
• oh, seeing the wedding pictures.
• weekends!!!
• nieces and nephews (yep, i said it)
• finding a man.

8 things i did yesterday:

• church
• made a roast beef/muenster cheese sandwich with my new favorite thing, wasabi mayo. really tasty.
• went shopping with ri
• chipotle for dinner.
• wii with our little sitcom fam (i do think that me, ally, emily, jared, maria and beulah would make for a terrific sitcom..)
• listened to 'turn my swag on' more times than i'd like to admit
• ohh, took a sweet nap.
• annnd?  started sweating trying to get my enormous power steering fluid lacking suv out of the target parking garage.  

8 things i wish i could do:

• travel easier (no financial/work/pet complications..just go)
• buy a new car
• dance really well.  like dancing with the stars, make people cry dance.
• meet benjamin.
• find a new roommate.
• spin class.
• grow my hair out extremely fast.
• have some land.

8 shows that i enjoy:

[we don't have tv in our house right now, like no channels, but i do have netflix/ally's wii, so we're not deprived.  but i'll list the last 8 movies from my netflix que.]

• revolutionary road
• twilight
• the wrestler
• spellbound
• grace is gone
• frost/nixon
• borat
• rachel getting married

and there you go, way more than you were interested in knowing.  

goodbye.

Travel update

Okay right now, I am not in the best emotional state as I am going on night two of snorathon 2009. This snoring defies any description. ironically, i never got ear plugs today so I wouldn't embarass my Pop, and now i am ridiculing him all over the internet. How big of a douche am i? It is just that he is trying so hard. He even got some crazy anti-snore mouth spray before he came out here. Bless his heart, I hope he didn't pay much for it.

Anyway, our trip is going great so far. Probably won't update this much the rest of the week, but I am tweeting quite often.

Until next time, your bleary-eyed friend in Montana,

Lauren

just a taste of vacation

i. love. christmas.

just a little something to get you in the spirit.

rosie thomas--

christmas time is here

regina spektor--

my dear acquaintance

otis redding--

merry christmas baby

number one thing i'm looking forward to for christmas this year:

making coffee for josh and myself, and sitting in comfy sweaters all day staring at my fam.  and doing lots of cooking and baking.  lots.

iced over

i woke up this morning to frost.  a nice surprise.  so after a quick walk, and a trip down to the neighbors to feed their dog (while they're out of town), i am back, making coffee and my face is flushed and stinging a little.  it's cold, and i love it.

around this time last year i decided what my christmas gift would be to my family.  during my many hours of web surfing at work, i found a cabin in the north carolina mountains, in a place i'd never heard of called andrews.  so, my plan was to wait until thanksgiving and tell them my surprise.  i did not last that long.  

long story short, we had the best time.  josh couldn't make it back east last year, and that sucked.  but this year, i think he is going to be able to make the trip!  so, we're headed back to the same cabin, loading up jake, and some christmas decorations and going to our awesome little secluded home.  

here's a side view of the house.  the bottom left window is my room:)  

this is the loft where the boys will sleep.

this is the view from our front porch.