when you were older

When You Were Older was an interesting novel post September 11^th – about a young man who just misses being in the World Trade Center that morning due to other life circumstances. It was very interesting to see this man return to his hometown in the middle of America, and deal with becoming the caretaker to his slightly older brother, as well as the feelings of a town after the tragedy.  Definitely a book to make you think about what you would do in certain situations, and what it truly means to be a family and an American.

 

happiness list

•  Not picking up a hairdryer for over a week – I really forgot how much I love summer curls 
• Low humidity on vacation – it was comfortably warm and not sticky the whole trip
• Reading five books while away- my brain was hungry, and I kept feeding it
• Making the lottery for a road race in August- so excited
• Stumbling across this tumblr feed- the pictures make me happy (you’ll probably see more of me linking up)

(photo from imgfave)

ride the elevator

I hardly took any photos on my weekend getaway for Memorial Day - I think the photo above is the only one that isn't one I tried to take of fish at Atlantis. I just thought I might be fun to actually post a recent photo of myself on the blog- it's been a while, and that dress is one of my current favorites. The weekend away was fun, and one of the bars visited had an old fashioned lift, that had fancy doors- my friend and I took took rides as we didn't get the picture the first time quick enough.

happy little things

How pretty is this print? I love the city scape and the blue colors that are the main focus. I had to share because it just made my day...

(picture from cape cod collegiate)