worn to death.

sad. my favorite right hand ring just broke and fell off. i've worn it pretty much every day since i bought it at the young designers market in nyc. it was a memento from one of the most awesome girls trips. for labor day 2006, seven of us flew to nyc to visit jenny. the eight of us stayed in her tiny nyc apartment - literally on top of each other with all our luggage and shared a single bathroom & shower. it was one of those weekends where everything just worked out. the weather was gorgeous, we'd walk into a crowded trendy restaurant and a table of eight would just happen to be getting up, the dj at the bar would just happen to be playing all of our favorite sing-a-long tunes... stuff like that. we were city girls together for three days and loved every minute of it.

looks like it's time for a new right hand ring... hint hint, ting. hello?

places we've been in 2010.

Happy New Year's Eve! One of our annual holiday traditions is to sit back and reflect on everything we did and accomplished throughout the year. It's often easy to focus on what you didn't get done, didn't do or achieve, so we find this little ritual really rewarding. 

We have a notebook and write everything down... vacations, promotions, personal wins - paying off credit cards, learning new skills, cooking more, etc. Nothing is too big or small. I encourage you to try it this year. I guarantee you did and accomplished more than you think. Talking about it and seeing it all in writing helps end the year on a high note and leaves us inspired to do even more next year. 

Because the blog is our family's little online diary, I decided to visually recap the places we've been in 2010. 

 

 

 

 

...and we're currently in southern california for the last couple weeks of december...

the tings in two cities.

...We're off to NYC and Washington DC!

Both D and I love NYC. Its undeniably one of the best cities in the world and we can't wait. It's a short trip but we've both been a few times (well actually Danny lived and worked in NYC the summer of 2002) so some of the pressure is off to be uber tourists (although we're still hoping to cram as much in as possible). Ahhh... we're both so excited for this trip.

On Saturday, we're taking the train from NYC to DC to visit some of our fave people, Jenny & Matt who recently moved from NYC (sadly, Wilbur's delivery was pushed back so we're not getting to meet him). It's Danny's first time to DC so Jenny's booked us a segway tour to see all the sights and Matt (who's quite the chef) is grilling for us on Sunday. It's all going to be hot and fantastic.

And, I'm very proud that I've packed a carry on! Gold star for me.