Whale Watch

Next Up - the beginning of June brought another task from my bucket list - a whale watch!! sa-weet!! Thanks to my brother and his girlfriend I spent the weekend at the Cape. :) One of the highlights below would be the barbie dolls and company kicking it at the local hotel. hahahaha!! Oh and we saw one fin whale. I would not have cared if we didn't see any it was that much fun being on the water (and freezing!!) but I said before we left that if I saw any whale, I wanted it to be a fin whale...and that's what I got. Happy bday to me! :) One other call out - right before you get on the dock ...across the street....there is an ice cream place and they have adult shakes!! mmmm Mudslide...

We also took the dune tour - VERY interesting driver with drawn on eyebrows and lots of silver jewelry...and apparently he and his wife live in separate states...

This is the oldest gravesite....A female from the Mayflower.... I may not have selected the right photo though so please forgive me if I'm wrong. hahaha! this was THE most bizarre cemetary! totally overgrown with graves mixed in left right and sideways, up and down the hills...and there was some person who set up cam under the trees at the top...whatevs...

Art....

Carla & Jay

The beach!

look closely...

ahhhh. I want a boat!

Aplogies and the Start of the Summer

Once again I have finally caught up on Cody's and everyone's blogs and I feel full of shame! lol I have an hour to kill before the Making Strides Breast Cancer walk so I'm gonna start getting this blog caught up on Summer '11! Thinking back I honestly can't think of one weekend that wasn't booked...

Anyway..it all started with the Netherlands. My first voyage overseas. soooo many pictures from a great time. If and when I find the Picasa link I'll post it. lol.

https://picasaweb.google.com/Kairgo/NetherlandsVacation2011?authuser=0&feat=directlink

I flew home right before Memorial Day Weekend. And what better way to celebrate the holiday weekend then going horseback riding for the first time?! haha! Thanks Rene!! I'm very glad to get this one checked off the bucket list because I do not see myself doing that again. LEt me introduce you to Dude... lol Apparently AFTER we started on the trail the people who owned the stables were all "yeah Dude doesn't like horses behind him...especially the one we put DIRECTLY behind you..." THANK YU SO MUCH witches!! At one point Dude stopped, turned sideways, and then stood up on his hind legs. I stayed on but it was not really enjoyable. :( oh and there will be NO pics of me on the horse. bump that! hahahaha.

Pizzarelli

So I was down to 3 restaurants left to eat at in Concord (a new pizza place opened up next to the gym though grrrr). Last night I decided to go for it and brave Pizzarelli and just get it over with. Ummm yeah. Let me stress that they were VERY nice but a also...I walk in and some drunk guy is watching the Red Sox (go team!) game with the owner. complete with loud yelling. I order my pizza and they tell me I cant use my credit card. So I was like ok and I start t say I'll go to the atm and the lady was like "are you local? you can just come back and pay tomorrow!" uhh and the guy was like "yeah we dont care just come back tomorrow". I was like its no problem. I'll go to the atm on main street while its cooking... I come back and I'm waiting for it be done when the lady comes out and is like "you know who she reminds me of? My niece Kelly" And then the guy is like yeah "John's daughter" which is creepy since my dad is John but I can promise you my family is not related t theirs. Anyway it was an interesting experience and the pizza was just ok.

Old Europe Mediterranean Restaurant

Amy and Gary treated me to dinner at Old Europe for my birthday. (this means I only have 3 restaurants left to eat at in Concord!!) This place was awesome! :) Great food, service and atmosphere. Our server brought us a round of mini cocktails!! :)

How cute are these glasses???

Did I mention the portions were huge? Judy got the trout and it was a WHOLE trout...

Amy got a platter for her dinner :)

mmm meat bolgnese. yummy!

Random 2011 (First Quarter)

Walking arund Boston I looked up and about 4 stories up is this life-sized statue of a guy just hanging out on someone's deck. lol

My niece Meghin made me a root beer float and my sister told us to take a picture. So I did. lol

I forget the name of the restaurant (Vapianos??) in Boston but the lighting fixture was made up from drinking glasses!! wicked cool!!!

LOL!! Sean, Angie and Amelia got me one f the light up paper stars for my birthday. I love how the picture came out!

awww. I was so cute. turns out my brother found my missing baby pictures inwith his photo albums! They have only been missing for about TEN years. sigh.

lol My niece and I went and saw Paul (the alien n the left). wicked funny!

yay! Fried Pickles have made thier way to Concord, NH!! These were at Cheers. Not as good as the ones at Tap in Atlanta but still good.

I wish I could have peeled this off and given it to all my beer loving friends lol

"Liquid Goodness" Enough Said!

Jamantics at the Old Stone Church! AWESOME band and definitely a cool little venue!

Sean and Angie went to Jamaica and sent me a postcard. I got it in March and it a perfect additin to my collectin...funny thing is it was mailed in JULY. ha! They really DO take things slower down there...

If you look to the left of the 00.0 in the green - the person standing is my brother!! hahaha. I'm there too but its to much to type out to describe where I am. Fun game although my Suns lost but I will never get standng room only tix again. ...And if I do, I will never wear heels to that game. sigh.

ha! My brother told me to take a picture of the butterfly cracker. So I did.

Oscar Night at the Red River Theater was catered by the new Steakhouse in town called O. Forget the food check out the wall at the bar!!!! My jack is up top. lol

I took my friend Jenn out for her birthday to see some comedians playing at Foxwoods...those are them behind me!!! the guy in the blue was HYSTERICAL. "F*ck you Tony!"

I know this is fuzzy - hahaha. I was on the eliptical at the gym- this guy was pressing 900 pounds with his legs! holy sh!t!!!

My lovely purple pot that I had only used once before (see below). sigh. It was SOOOO cold in my cupboards that when I put it on the stove to start a new recipe it burst into 3 pieces ON the stove.

And of course the stuff that was in it fell onto the stove. SIGH.

LOL! My sister and I designed this character on my PS3 karaoke game!

Um yeah. FAIL. I went into the basement to see how full my heating oil tank was and I discovered MUSHROOMS growing. grrrrr.

haha! I thought the picture at the top (for hail) was hysterical.

LOVE watching the Food Network Challenges - this is a pagoda made from LOBSTER

Paul Pierce....yeah.... lol what a slacker lol

If you EVER see this tea PLEASE buy it and send it to me. I will pay you back! :) I dont think they are making it any more though :(

Ice Javelins!

Awww yeah!! I Was kickin @$$ on the Hanging Tough!!! Love the PS3!!!!

A new recipe - very tasty!! This was in my new dutch oven thing...you know. before it broke. sigh.

AHAHAHA. I wuld LOVE to get this piece of furniture but I cant afford to fly half way around the world just to put it together. lol

OMG!! Best kitchen utensil EVER!!! I can cut up a fresh pineapple all sliced and nice in under 2 minutes flat. cha-ching!!!

Hudson NH at Christmas - absolutely gorgeous lights! PLUS they always put out I think 6 soldiers that are....wait for it...like 8 feet tall!