Showers of Blessings

The best thing that came out of law school was my roommate A. A threw me the most wonderful bridal shower on August 25th.

My fave sandwiches from Num Pang, caprese salad, and this wonderful salad everyone LOVED made by a dear friend

red velvet cake (my fave obvs) from Magnolia Bakery 

My husband, the doughnut connoisseur registered for these.

R and I having a moment

I love these little bird salt and pepper shakers from Jonathan Adler.

It's a good thing no one got cold feet.  C made fresh bread with this baby at least 5 times pre-wedding.

The most special thing she did was to video tape my then fiance answering questions about our relationship. Of course all his answers were so perfect. It was one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me.

Call me Reliable

From now on I want to surround myself by more reliable people. Reliable people . . .

• Show up to your bachelorette party even though they were battling a stomach virus all day. 
• Don't make excuses.
• Make your dinner date even though work was hard that day and they will have to go back to the office after. 
• Arrive on time or call if they are running late due to circumstances beyond their control.
• Come into work even though it feels as though someone is literally stabbing them.  
• Are conscientious because they know all of their actions have ripple effects for other people. 
• Do not rsvp yes or verbally agree to attend an event and then send regrets.
• Make life fun and easy

Unreliable people 

• Think their problems are more important than everyone else's.
• Dishonest by definition.
• Take others for granted.
• Make life much more difficult than it has to be.
• Are intrinsically selfish.

We all have problems.  We are all busy.  I've dealt with more than my fair share of unemployment, funerals, heartbreak and illness and through it all I have still managed to honor my commitments.  

Mmmm

Too bad I already picked out a wedding cake.  Maybe for my birthday . . .

An Affair To Remember

Over labor day weekend I had the great honor and privilege of attending one of the most incredible weddings I have ever experienced.  My dear friend S, married her college sweetheart K.  I made it through the ceremony without shedding a tear so I thought I was golden.  Nope.  For some reason I got choked up during their first dance.  Then the Maid of Honor gave the best toast in the history of wedding toasts, complete with singing, which seriously had me tearing up and laughing all at the same time.  And then I just totally lost it when they played their same day edit video.  I had never seen that done before, but it was the highlight of the whole night for me.  The most incredible feeling is watching two friends be so happy together, second only to holding babies. What most set this wedding apart from any other was that it was all about making the experience wonderful for the guests.        

And if S ever reads this post . . .

jmg311 

how do you like the way i did my hair for the wedding?

Jeanette G

i thought it was so pretty

i was showing it to HP

(HP = Heather)

i'm tired of writing it out

jmg311 

k

Jeanette G

also - she was exclaiming about how pretty Suz is

because she is

she's so pretty 

Celebrity Sighting

My prosopagnosia prevents me from having all the celeb sighting of the average New Yorker.  Tonight I really impressed myself.  While reading outside at a table in the flatiron district during my break I recognized Laverne Cox from Orange is the New Black.  She was enjoying some Starbucks with one friend at first and then another showed up and they were all very tall and striking.  She is prettier in person which makes totally makes sense given that her character is incarcerated.  I bet I'm sitting next to actresses and singers all the time and never notice.  Maybe I was just more alert because I recently started watching Orange is the New Black with C and we are really getting into it.  The background stories of the women are the most interesting part for me.  I could do without the crudeness, but hey, it does take place in a prison so I'm just being my sheltered puritanical self as usual.  Don't mind me.  

Recent Reads

I have finally started feeling the stress of wedding planning and feel like I don't have time or energy to write.  Somehow I still make time to read.

Workout Inspiration

I love this song.  It makes me wanna go home and do more Insanity.

You wanna hot body . . .
You better work b**ch . . .
Look hot in a bikini
You better work b**ch