Spring into DC

Silly tourist are EVERYWHERE!!! LOL  I am so so excited about spending spring and summer in this city.  M & I can't wait to walk to our local restaurants, drink wine on our front porch, hiking, kayaking, checking out the quaint local towns and vineyards, camping (maybe for me), and riding the motorcycle.  My mom and dad are coming to visit us next week.  I cannot wait to show them around.  They will make it just in time for the end of the Cherry Blossom Festival.  Here are some of things going on in the city most of which I am going to be attending:

 

nationalcherryblossomfestival

Polo Cup                        

USA Vs India


Gold Cup


White House Easter Egg Roll
Don't you know as a kid this would be awesome!! I sort of want to attend!

Vintage Virginia Wine Festival
Yummy!


HAPPY SPRING EVERYONE!!! 

(Photos from the above websites)

CONGRATS MELANY!!! XOXO

She's going to the chapel and she's going to get MARRIED!!!  I am so excited for one of my best friends I met my freshman year in the dorms.  There are sooooo many great stories between the two of us these last 9 years.  She has had some crazy men in her life.  Throughout each of them I coached her along the way.  Sometimes she listened and some she learned the hard way.  This guy is so good to her and she deserves every inch of this happiness.  Things I love about Melany: Strong willed, speaks what's on her mind, confidence, brave, loyal, bold, and wild spirit.  Congrats Melany and Steve!! I love and miss you bunches!!

Salon Hunting

The time has come that I have been dreading since I moved.  Time to find a new hair stylist!!!! If you know me you know I am very picky about the care of my hair. To let you in on a personal secret I have had strands of grey since middle school and now there are lots of them. That being said I have to get my hair colored/highlighted about every 2-3 months. The negative is it gets expensive and the positive is I get to try lots of fun colors. About 6 months before I left Nashville I had finally found an amazing stylist Bill Vandiver at The Edge Salon. He is the only stylist who has ever taken the time to get to know me before doing his job. I can't say enough good things about him as a stylist and person. Be on the look out for his reality show coming soon!! If you are in Nashville you must give him a try. I began a couple of weeks ago reading reviews on several salons. I have decided to try Charmed Salon in DC. It had 11 great reviews, no negative reviews, and a 30% off coupon for first time clients, so I took that as my sign. I will keep you posted on how it goes.

Snow Video

Here is a video I forgot I took when we had our first snow storm. Enjoy mom and dad!! Love and miss you guys!

My first ski trip!

We went skiing at the end of February at Bear Creek  in Pennsylvania.  It was a family event that included M's sisters, brother, brother in law, and 4 of our nephews.  I was the only adult who had never skiied along with the 4 year old twins.  That was intimidating because I felt so bad having everyone wait on me to pick up the skills.  M and I bought a 4 hour pass and I would say for the first 3 I fell and fell and fell (you get the picture).  I was so frustrated because I know so many of my friends that ski, so I knew I had to figure it out. First mistake was having my husband teach me (picture heads banging and loss of patience).  He didn't know ski sizing had changed since he had last gone, so I started the day with the wrong size.  Once I had the right size skis his sister Sheri decided to help me.  She was so patient and a great teacher.  Well, I still wasn't getting it. I couldn't even get up when I fell.  At this point I was so exhausted I took a break and checked into lessons.  I was to late at this point for lessons.  Mentally I had decided to hang up learning this trip and try at a later time with LESSONS.  I went back outside and M's sisters and their families begged me to try a beginner slope.  I was thinking how can I do beginner when I can't even get the bunny. Long story short I did the beginner and I FINALLY figured it out.  The beginner was much better for the following reasons: less people and more room to get the feel of it. The first time down I fell maybe 8 times and then the second time down I believe I fell once. I was so proud and can't wait to go again.  I can say at this point I like it and hopefully after one more trip I will LOVE IT.  We were supposed to go to NY this weekend to see my brother's family, but traffic was awful.  We drove 5 miles in an hour and it showed no signs of getting better.  So no weekend plans for us! Happy Weekend Everyone!!

        Nice pizza wedge! lol

Sunshine + Shopping= Happy Weekend

M is going pheasant hunting with one of his best friends which leaves me the whole day to do some damage!  He!He!  I have been so good for the past several months with no shopping for me.  It's a beautiful weekend here and looks like the same for my TN family and friends.  I am so excited about seeing the sun for more than 2 consecutive days and shopping with my new girlfriends here.  One of my favorite stores ever is Anthropologie and they are coming out with a Bridal line in Spring 2011!!!!! How exciting for all my soon to be engaged friends.  Even though I have been married for almost two years (craziness) I still love to look at wedding stuff.  I will be making a stop at Anthro today BTW.  Post coming soon will be about my first skiing trip last weekend and I HAVE to post a picture of how shallow this house is.  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Love and miss all my family and friends! XOXO