This pictures sums up the feelings of all the living creatures in this apartment tonight.  Yep, I’m alive.  I’m 29 years old.  We celebrated our birthdays with friends in the city and then headed back to Minnesota for our first real trip home since moving.  It’s been a little hectic, but we are back and I’m ready to get back into my normal routine.  Here are some of the things I’m up to right now.


Reading books for the Summer Reading Challenge.  I am almost finished with This is Where I Leave You by Jonathon Tropper.  The movie comes out this fall (trailer here) and so far, I’m loving it.

Eating apples and peanut butter.  It’s my new favorite combination.  Also, mini donuts have been a favorite of mine lately.  There is a place in Chelsea Market that makes mini donuts with crazy kinds of sprinkles – strawberry & thyme is my favorite.

Watching the final episodes of Breaking Bad.  We have only been able to watch a few episodes at a time recently because it’s so intense.  A few more evenings and we will have it all completed and my life will be back to normal.

Missing my normal routine.  The last few weeks have been so much fun, but it’s exhausting to run around all the time, so I’m excited for a few days at home to get caught up on sleep and responsible things.

Anticipating a lot of loud, intense hockey games during these Stanley Cup Finals.  GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!

Wishing for beach weekends at least once or twice this summer.  We’ve had a few day trips to the ocean lately and it’s been amazing but I want longer.

Drinking smoothies, white wine, iced coffee and all kinds of fruity beers.  Also, family breakfast this week involved mimosas and they just delivered us a bottle or three because they know us so well.

Laughing at some of the best birthday cards ever.  I love getting mail – I think we’ve established that.  So birthdays are especially fun and my friends come up with the best cards.  This year was no different.

Loving the amount of things we’ve crossed off our NYC Bucket List lately.  This summer is going to be a freaking blast trying to get even more checked off the list.

Listening to the next song that everyone is going to be sick of any day if they aren’t already.  You’re welcome for getting this in your head.

I’m happy to be back on the blog again.  I haven’t taken a long break like that in a long time.  I had a few posts ready to go and then I just didn’t schedule them because I needed a little break from all things computer.  I’ll share more of our Minnesota adventures tomorrow.