Virginia has its Moments

              I'm a D.C. snob.  I'll admit it.  The thought of venturing into Maryland or Virginia for much of anything tends to immediately send me running the other way but when I heard that there was a Monday night showing of You've Got Mail in Crystal City, well, I may have made an exception.  It was a perfect night to curl up on a blanket, drink a little too much wine, eat a little too much dessert, and watch Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks love to hate each other on the big screen.

Word on the street is that Love Actually is playing next Monday...see you there?!

Hello, from Rock Hall!

Disclaimer: I actually wrote this post yesterday afternoon (so I'm not drinking Blue Moon at 10:15am...though it doesn't sound all that bad right now) and am just now publishing it by way of stolen wifi at the Java Rock Cafe since Fox Point is internet free!

              I'm currently blogging poolside and listening to James Taylor while sipping a Blue Moon.  Must mean it's summer vacation week at the edge of heaven (a.k.a. Fox Point).  We've had the most perfect weather so far and I am soaking up every second of boat time I can get.  Here's to many more days of creek floating, hammock happy houring, and cheek freckling to come.  And for a little glimpse at what my weekend looked like...

Morning run with my bud

Early morning sunshine out on the point

Be back soon with more from FP and some D.C. bucket list adventures!

Rooting for the Home Team

            An athlete, I am not.  I wouldn't even be able to call myself a real sports fan while keeping a straight face.  But I do love me some summertime baseball.  Now I'd be lying if I said that part of the draw doesn't come in the form of an overpriced Coors Light and an extra salty jumbo pretzel but that's besides the point.  I've had the chance to make it to a few Nats games over the past few weeks and I have decided that they are the perfect kind of summer fun.

Even Cooper is a fan!  

Happy Wednesday :-).  Only two more work days until a week long vacation.  CAN. NOT. WAIT.

My Bad

            After making bold proclamations in my last post about not disappearing and leaving my few loyal followers hanging, I did just that and dropped off of the face of the earth for a month.  My bad.  I don't really have a good explanation for my absence except to say that I just wasn't in the blogging mood.  I once read another blogger's post about how to hold an audience and create a successful blog following and her number one tip was to write every day.  To be a reliable poster and to never just disappear from your readers.  And though I totally get where she is coming from (and find myself feeling bitter towards my own favorite blogosphere friends when they hold out on me for a few weeks) I never want to just post something for the sake of posting.  I want my blog to be authentic and I don't want it to feel forced.  And since I'm not getting any income from this little online world of mine, I don't feel the pressure to have something great to say each and every day.  But that doesn't mean that those who do read my ramblings deserve to be ignored!  So, to each one of you who has continued to stop by despite my radio silence over the past few weeks, I'm sending you a big fat virtual kiss.  Thanks for noticing me!
            Over that couple of weeks, I have been soaking up summer in the District and trying to resist the urge to hibernate in the air conditioning on these 100+ degree days.  Because I have basically been MIA since the epic Dewey Beach Memorial Day, I wanted to catch you up on where I have been!  To celebrate one of my most favorite holidays (okay, let's face it, every holiday is my favorite), I started off the weekend at my most favorite place.  Fox Point.

            Though it was a quick trip, I was able to squeeze in some waterskiing, sunbathing, and crab feasting.  And my little furry man was thrilled to get some outdoor stick-eating time too.  After my two days on the Eastern Shore, I took advantage of a brief hiatus from the fluorescent lights of the hospital and hopped up to the Mainline to spend some time with my parents, get spoiled by my mama, and catch up with two of my favorite sisterfriends (complete with a Bachelorette date and a birthday celebration for Ally!).

            And after all of that travel, I made my way back to the nation's capital to celebrate the actual 4th because what better place to toast to all that is American than Washington, D.C., right?  Since the holiday was one of those annoying mid-week ones we kept the festivities low-key with a backyard barbeque (with our new grill...I'll spare you the four letter words details of my adventure to purchase said grill at Home Depot) and fireworks on the Key Bridge.  I did my best Martha and tapped into my ever-expanding holiday Pinterest board for some BBQ inspiration and I think the party was a big hit.

            Though I would have preferred to indulge in a few more red, white, and blue, cocktails while dipping my toes into some salty water somewhere, a tamer 4th of July was pretty great too.

Hope you all are having the happiest of Summers!  

Be back tomorrow with more of my recent summer fun.

The Big Fat Happy Post

            So I guess some people really do read this blog.  How do I know?  Well, when I'm a bad blogger and fall off of the map for a few weeks I get concerned phone calls from Mama Ball and emails from my sweet grandparents asking if everything is okay and if my lack of blogging and recent resignation from my Words with Friends game with FancyGma indicate that I am depressed.  But it really means quite the opposite actually.
            The past month has been beyond busy and filled with more fun than I've known what to do with.  And the result?  Living all this happiness instead of writing about it.  But I guess that's not totally fair to those of you who drop by every now and then.  So to show you that I haven't forgotten about you, here it is.  A months worth of blogging jammed in one quick recap.
            After the family trip to Colorado for Andy's graduation, I came home only to leave town again for a long Memorial Day weekend at Dewey Beach.  It's kind of hard to explain this weekend in words but for the Deacs out there it was basically post exams all over again minus the Hot Diggity Dog and the excessively large pitchers of Long Island iced tea.  We had the best time in our little beachside shack bungalow and already can't wait to go back.

Beach naps = the best naps

Just lounging with the birthday girl

            The weekend in Dewey Beach has been a tough act to follow but a new work schedule, weeknight BBQs, afternoons at the pool, roommate dates, a Thursday night with Zac Brown, best friends' engagements (Marie and Staddy, I'm still smiling!), Friday night Nat's games, and the anticipation of weekend getaways and tons of other summertime fun make me one happy girl.

Wishing you a happy weekend and the happiest of days to my sweet friend Keeley tomorrow!  And don't worry, I'll try not to let the disappearing act happen again any time soon :-).