Happy Birthday, DAD!

I can't say enough about what a great dad we have...thanks for teaching me about football, for sending us to summer camp, for always having the boat ready and for your willingness to ski us, for coming to watch my soccer games, and for always taking care of us. Love you!

Saturday in Happy Valley

Last Saturday I was lucky enough to get two tix to the Penn State/Indiana game in Happy Valley. It was my first visit to State College and hopefully not my last! My friend Greg and I left VA at 6:30am and arrived just before game time. Our seats were in the middle section on the 20-yard line.
Family friends of ours, the Battiali's, both work at Penn St. and were able to get us the tix. They also hosted us for a lovely Italian meal after the game.
I was so excited to see Joe Pa coach a game live. Another W for the Nittany Lions.
PSU followed up this week with a nice win over Michigan State.

Everyday since 4/23/2009...

I have waited to see an updated post on my sister's blog. Blog, Sarah, Blog. You always write about such interesting things. I fully admit my own lackluster performance over the past few months but I intend to get back into it. Starting tonite!
At the moment I'm at a Starbucks listening to "O Holy Night" ... it's too early for this but as the Starbucks employee next to me pointed out to his friend "if the haters don't like it they can leave."

Perfect Fall Weekend

I'm back after a long hiatus from the blogging world!

This weekend started with a trip to Charlottesville. I stayed with my good friend Jordan (thanks Jordan!!!) who cooked a great pre-race dinner for me, and then met Susan and me Sat. am after the race for breakfast. The race was the Charlottesville 10k Fall Classic, a fun, hilly run that winds through downtown. After the race we went to the UVA/GA Tech game. Tech won big. The weather was really bizarre...pouring rain, moments of sunshine, more pouring rain. After the game we went to Littlejohn's, which is my friends Brooke and Jeff's favorite Charlottesville spot.
Apparently Nomar Garciaparra was at the game, and afterwards we saw Sylven Landesberg, the ACC basketball rookie of the year, wandering around town.
Today the weather was beautiful - 65 and sunny. I played soccer and then spent the afternoon at Susan's carving pumpkins.

weekend planz

new HP movie
dinner at Guapos
Crystal City 5k
Mass followed by pancakes
soccer
golf

Girlz Nite

My friend Brooke invited everyone over for dinner this past week. She had an awesome Mexican spread and used several of her new wedding gifts, including a quesadilla maker and margarita maker. Fun.

Summer Solstice Party Pics!

Susan, Katherine and I hosted a summer solstice party this past weekend. It poured all day Saturday but cleared up just in time. We served grilled kebobs, peach and basil salad, fattoush, which is a delicious salad made with fresh garden vegetables, an array of desserts, margaritas, etc.
I hope everyone had a great Father's Day Weekend. I had internet issues yesterday so I haven't posted for Father's Day yet but stay tuned!!