words for ME & my SIS this Tues:

we're both having bad days. my *bitt* & me, that is.

Ralph stepped in to give some helping words, like a cup of hot cocoa in a blizzard.

pic found here.

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wish i had more time these days. wish i was done with my thesis. wish...wish...waste?

26 Things Before I'm 27 // inspired by *miss*elsiecake* herself

some blogs i visit are just oh, so good.

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they always give me something positive

and inspirational to walk away from my laptop with.

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well,

Elsie's blog: A Beautiful Mess

does that for me on a regular basis.

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like me, Elsie has a *November* birthday.

she posted on Monday

about her

*27 Things Before I'm 28*

above left is her list. above right is her #25: Pink Hair for a little while.

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i loved this idea to the MAX.

[the list, i mean. i could never pull off the pink hair]

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since I turned 26 only a

mere eight days ago,

I took time out yesterday

to make my own list:

26 Things Before I'm 27

[i'm not as highly ambitious as elsie.

notice my #13: Paint (at least) 10 pictures as opposed to her #27: 100 Paintings...haa haa!]

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thanks to *elsie*.

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#6: take a BLOGGiNG class, is actually happening today...in NYC...@ The Learning Annex. haa haa! we'll see how that goes.

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okay!

have a nice Wednes, pumpkin-breads!

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...and *elsie*, thank you again, for yet another simple, inspirational, totally do-able project that i will be referring to for the whole next year to come.

thank you thank you thank you.

i adore the blog-o-sphere.

*new*

one word post title. new.

i chose it

for a number of reasons,

most below.
some not below.

read on,

then i'd love love love -really & trules- to hear

what's been/what's going to be

new with you.

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first,

as said in my last post,

i got a new haircut.

it looks nothing like the hair above, as i was too chicken shit

to go for the bangs, but it is a trimmed version of the way-too-long long-ass layers i was shaggily rockin' for a minute and a half.

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Ryan, the h'cutter,

did give me some new face-framin' pieces.

[as i type now, the pieces are in my peripheral, and i kinda like it]

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i also am on the hunt for new knee socks.

the cute kind that i see peeking out from under a tall boot

like here and here and here.

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i've also been ready for a new cell, and i believe

the lucky winner of that honor is the iPhone 4.

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howevs,

i want it in white.

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the boyf & i

are about ready to cave, though.

fuck it. once we go black, we'll never go back

...to another phone???

iPhone4...R U the 1?

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after getting my hair cut on friday,

i discovered what i had suspected all last week:::

that

CRUMBS

Bake Shop

would be

my

new

favorite

place for
tasty treats of

love

and

joy

and

unfathomable deliciousness:

the most worth it half-hour drive anyone could make

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the selection was overwhelming:

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i ended up going with a *taste*pack*

and a *caramel*apple* cupcake:

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i wanted to wait 'til i got home to eat it with some

hot,

organic,

green,

blueberry tea,

but i

couldn't wait

& nibbled in the car::

[notice the new haircut?? no?? yeah, it's way subtle, i guess]

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i bought a notebook with my new favorite piece of advice,

and

looking at this photo makes me remember

that i need to get a new favorite tea mug.

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this guy,

blogged about here,

fell on the floor

& broke his handle.

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awww...adios, smiley-face tea mug!

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this weekend,

i saw a brand new view of the

New York City

skyline:

one from the top

of Bear Mountain.

autumn & us on top of bear mountain

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tip tippy top,

fall foliage freeze frame,

breathe in, breathe out
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oh goodness:

northface // ugg boots

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*fall uniform*

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[i miss my flip flops]

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the boyf

zoomed

himself & i

through the winding, twisting

roads of upstate new york

on Saturday afternoon:

we even caught my

nana's favorite animal:

...and what excited me was that none of these deer

had antlers, which means they were girls.

i kept saying to Tomas:

"they were having a girl party,

they were having a girl party."

i thought it

was cute, i guess,

because obviously

females of every species need

a break from the men.

;)
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speaking of that last thought,

my favorite new show has been

Boardwalk Empire

on HBO.

it grips me every Sunday night.

i think it's really a lot of fun,

and

refreshing,

and i would say "tune in"

but you've

had to have watched the previous weeks

to love it too.

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anyway,

on last night's episode,

Mrs. Schroeder said this to Van Alden:

"I've been lectured a great deal...by men who speak boldly, but do nothing."

my new favorite quote.

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also worth mentioning

[although you might think me monotonous

and lame, but i don't care]

is my love for

the ((relatively)) new babies::

they are getting so big,

and they're only 6 months old this week.

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they're also growing in snuggliness

and are incredibly hilarious.

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case in point,

this snapshot of them

holding each other

while taking their

afternoon nap:

how could i resist??

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this one's a little guilty.

hee hee.

i need to make a new deposit into my

bank account so i can use my

debit card to make an online purchase of these

Boutique 9 Boots and add a new pair

to my fall-shoes-repertoire:

i wanted them in black,

like i saw Maegan have 'em in,

but the place i found them in my size,

only's got grey.

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i'm pretty sure i HAFF to have 'em.

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new music.

two of my favorites have been:

Rhianna's Only Girl in the World

and

Drake's Oh You Fancy Huh

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yep. on loop.
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'nother "new"??

in my opinion,

the freshest new

color combo for *FaLL*2010*::

raspberry

& grey

[if you scroll back up to the Bear Mountain pics,

you'll see peeking out from under my Northface

is my raspberry/grey striped sweater

that i wear whenever i can]

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what else is "new"?

the

new bedroom

i've been conjuring up

with my

interior-decorating-expert

of a bitt, my sister.

we eyed this Vera Wang comforter from Kohls

[and when i have her to find the link for me, i'll link it]

gorgios.

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finally,

lastly,

in conclusion,

to end,

wrapping up...

my *2010* is ALMOST OVER,

and that means

I working on a new layout/blogging vehicle/title/avenue

for the new blog to be mine come the end of 2010.

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i can't believe it.

more on that to come.

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today's a new Monday of a new week.

what's been//will be new wit'chou??

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[i knew you'd read to the end]

a calm & cool *LAKE*House* fool

...was what i was.

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what the boys did

when

they first got there:

[from left: Tomas, Ken, Damian, Chris]

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what

my mom

did when she first got there:

mussels & paella

*love*

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bitt fishin'??!!??!!

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take me back...

100-degree day,

let me lay

on the aqua mattress,
with my face pointed up

toward the rays

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this is his idea

of the perfect afternoon:

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Ken:

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us, lakeside:

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LindaAnne:

diggin'

sand & lake,

never a mistake.

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this guy just had. the. life.

lakeside property,

telescope,

laptop,

patio.

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Samantha, Sabrina.

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boys fishin'.

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Jesse dog wanted to be a part of the action:

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far left:

my cousin, Anthony, leavin' for ALBANY

here with my cousin, Sammy, my mom, and his Uncle Nick

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everyone gave him a piece of advice about college.

mine was:

"College is bullshit."

the end.

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...aaannnddd we're back at Monday. shoot.

*Starbs* LoVE

remember a while back

when *Starbs*

did the whole

"The Way I See It"

on their cups??

[see below]

well,

"The Way I See It"

that I saw was

The Way I See It #76.

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it said this:

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"The irony of commitment is that it's deeply liberating -- in work, in play, in love. The act frees you from the tyranny of your internal critic, from the fear that likes to dress itself up and parade around as rational hesitation. To commit is to remove your head as the barrier to your life."
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-- Anne Morris

Starbucks customer from New York City. She describes herself as an "organization builder, restless American citizen, optimist."

i commented on the post

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i read a post and commented on it with this quote.

it was the first response i thought of.

i saved it to my Blackberry over a year ago, expecting to recall it/use it again one day.

maybe this day was that day.

hope it helped.

cool.

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off to watch

Project Runway & Jersey Shore

biaaaaatches!

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{{fist pumpin' my self-sewn, couture-glove-covered hand in the air}}

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toodles.

*weekend log*

[and i don't mean the kind you leave in the toilet on sunday morning]

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uh!

so...topic:

~what made up my weekend~

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Yes,

there was some

pool-swimming

involved,

as hoped for

in my last post.

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that was a major plus from my weekend.

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there was,

however,

a whole

lot of

lowlights from the weekend as well!

Ugh!

Were there ever!

a ton of chores,

my dad's pathetic & childish behavior,

my just-about-ready-to-break down car,

tears, tears, and more tears

after being berated by my

overworked-overstressed-overheated

mother,

and

some drama on our bike ride

involving a raving lunatic woman

blowing her coast guard whistle in

the boyf's ear

[won't go into it]

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FUCK ALL THOSE THINGS!

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here are

some pictures

of the highlights:

[tee hee hee!] a bunch of lovin' from *the babies*

[oh, & my make-up done by *bitt*]

above,

i'm smoochin' Alejandro on top of the box,

and

a little jealous Carmen Sandiego is lookin' at the smooch
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above,

Carmen & me

[try to notice the sweet honey,

and not the overtaking shnoz]

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below,

Ale-Ale-jandro & me

[look away from the sideburns!]
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the babies were taking

Saturday afternoon

naps:

above,

Carmen Sandiego,

sleeping like she tends to sleep,

in her brother's bed.

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below,

Alejandro

in his sister's bed.

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oh,

another

highlight from

my weekend:

*yay*

after two years of

being on WeightWatchers

for, like, the

gazillionth

time,

it's clicked.

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~i'm a Lifetime Member of WeightWatchers~

[no more paying to get weighed = more money for clothes]

[woo hoo!]

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got my

little

*golden key charm*

and all.

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in truth,

i only needed

to lose

between 12 & 15 pounds,

but it's taken me

two friggin' years to do it.

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i credit it to my adopted

hobbies of biking & running

[*magic formula*]

and

also

getting smarter everyday

about food & portions & why and when I eat.

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i recommend WW to anybody.

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another [kind of] highlight:

the new clothesline my mother installed

in the backyard

in her words:

"we need to start budgetin', gurls.

if we can save a few hundred dolluhs

two munths of thuh yea-uh,

we should dew it."

[my attempt at conveying her 'New Yawk' accent]
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i consider it a highlight because i love

the old-school, back in the day,

1960s Summer concrete

backyard feel to it,

even if it does take

3x longer than throwin' the cothes

in the dryer.

Whatev.

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another

total highlight

from the weekend:

the super Shish-Kebobs we grilled

oh, yeah.

chopped veggies...

...and fruit!

secret *added* ingredient?

puh

puh

puh

peaches!

kebabbed with beef

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oh, dear.

looked

so sexy

on the

grill!

they did, they did.

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finally,

the highlight that took place

sunday night

was

our bike ride

into Manhattan.

{{deep sigh; smile}}
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we pulled up to Astoria Park

and

parked right under the Triborough bridge:

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below,

Tomas & Damian

[you know them in more detail from this post]

unloadin' my bike from the

back o' Damian's truck:

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view from our potty stop:

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while on the bridge:

"Bronx, Keep Left.

Manhattan, Keep Right."

[we'll be keepin' RIGHT]
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the boyf.

breakin'.

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yes.

motto for biking.

motto for life.

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this shot, above, is pretty much us chillaxin' at the half way point, three hours in.

yeah. the ride took us about 5 hours.

started @ 4 pm; ended around 9-ish.

the pic above was taken @ 7:01pm.

;)

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*weekend log*

COMPLETE.

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over and out.