of sugary sweetness, rose petals, tulips a’bloom, chocolates galore and all such gooey romantic sweet nothings

The lights of Mary Maestri's glowed like soft lanterns through the glass windows of the McDonald's where I chewed some fries and sipped a dr.pepper. I thought of pasta, a lot actually. I asked Ben if we were some bad "you know you're a redneck when..." joke by eating here. He disagreed. The staff at McDonalds started singing "Single Ladies" when a friend of the manager came by to pick her up for … [Read more...]

watch out for camel x-ing (Pics!)

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throwing myself a pity party, come join!

OK, so I have been sick this whole week. The weekend youth retreat we went on kicked my butt! (and it also kicked butt, it was amazing!) I wasn't able to get out of bed Tuesday at all, even for the guilt that my mom was exhausted at 5:30 after watching him all day! I couldn't move, barely sleep, not eat. I had every symptom you could have other than sore throat. I like to go ALL OUT when I decide … [Read more...]

A Year Ago This Week! (Pics!)

Dedication Pics (Feb. 2008) … [Read more...]