perfect summer Sunday

Maplewoodstock 2011
The Smithereens

Today was an awesome summer day.  We had friends over for backyard fun and lunch in the late morning/early afternoon.  We took naps.  All of us!  Then Lilly and I hit up Maplewoodstock for the first time.  Each year we have had something else going on so I was super excited to go this year.  We joined my good friend and her two kids and then some more of her friends.  We ate good food (Crane's deli and The Cupcake Corral), checked out cool artist's booths, and listened to great music.  sigh...I have a big smile on my face right now!

Lilly laughing :)

The day is drawing to a close.

Isn't it ironic?

I can't help myself...I love Alanis Morrisette.  She was my ultimate go-to music after very-bad-dates and experiences with boys-who-suck.  I would blast her loud and long while driving my tiny Hyundai Excel.

But seriously, can you get any more ironic than discovering your first white hair while you are investigating a zit in your hairline?

And by the way, I am considering this Saturday's post because dammit, I am still wide awake!

Summer vacation

Summer vacation always inspires in me a long list of "things I must accomplish" that inevitably include deep cleaning the entire house, organizing the basement, completing a craft or learning a new one.  Why oh why do I place such big expectations on myself?

This week I started on Tuesday with playing outside with Lilly all morning, making a yummy lunch and then taking her nap time as me time.  I started to realize that maybe that is all I need to accomplish this summer: spending quality time with Lilly.  I am a working mom 10 months of the year.  I get to be a SAHM for 2 months and I want to cherish that and use it smartly.  Before Lilly that may have meant cleaning and organizing my basement or learning a new craft.  Lilly is 3 years old and I will never get to have moments like these again.  

So my basement may or may not get organized this year.  But I will organize playdates for Lilly and I.  And I may or may not learn a new craft this summer.  But I will fingerpaint and bake and make playdough with Lilly.  I may not re-read all those wonderful classics (another yearly summer promise) but Lilly and I will participate in our library's summer reading program.  And I'll read some great chick lit and beachy reads!  

So 6 months have gone by....

....without even a peep out of me on here.  Truth be told, I was super busy and life was a little (or a lot) hectic.  More on that later.  For now, I am making 2 announcements.
#1. My goal is to blog every day (unless I am traveling without access) even if it is just one small thing.  I get caught up in thinking it has to be a well-thought out and meaningful post.  But maybe a little something every day will be more meaningful and useful than one long one once every 6 months.  I say this tongue in cheek and blushing ever so slightly.
#2.  I started a new blog, too!  This new one is about how I am learning to grill and most likely some other foodie stuff thrown in.  Check it out here!

I hope everyone had a great winter and quasi-spring.  Seriously, what happened to spring in NJ?  I am on my summer hiatus from work and both hand surgeries are done so I should have plenty of blogging time.  i hope I have some followers after all this time!  Let me know if I do...comments are LOVED!!!!

Wordless Wednesday

I just love this picture of Lilly. She is so happy and wearing her princess gear from a party she had attended.

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