May 31st, 2010

I went to Deb's Memorial Day BBQ... the first unofficial day of summer! It was a great day to spend out by the pool! I'm looking forward to many more of these days! :)

On a separate note, this blog has been up for about a year now! Can you believe it? It's been such a joy to share my photo(s)-a-day with you all, and it's also wonderful to know that I have my entire 24th year archived on here! It's really something! I've been debating whether or not I should continue posting a photo-a-day... Or I may even just take a break for awhile. We'll see... I guess I'll make the official decision on my birthday which is only a couple of days from now! Please feel free to give me some feedback! I love hearing from you all! I hope you all enjoyed this long weekend, and I hope that the sunny days continue!

PS. I miss my Snickers dearly! :( She left me today.... My sister took this while they were en route to Georgia! My house feels empty without her.

May 30th, 2010

Ashley and I decided to head out to the Strawberry Festival out in Pungo on Sunday. As you can see, there isn't anything strawberry-related about these photos, and because it was sooo hot.. we decided to skip the strawberry picking. We had a pleasant lunch there, though! :)

May 29th, 2010

[Party favors I put together]

[Some of the food]

[The beginning of Baby Joshua's College Fund]

[Birthday cupcakes for my Ariston who will soon be 2!]

[The CAKE!!! Best cake ever from Jaime's bakery... it's the almond and strawberry heaven cake I mentioned some photos-a-day back in March!]

[Homemade sangria!]

[The parents-to-be!]

[Baby shower games!]

[Here's the Mama-to-be opening gifts!]

[The family singing Happy Birthday to Aris!]

This past week has been a busy one because I've been planning a baby shower for my sister and her husband, Jose! It's been a lot of fun gathering all the decorations, planning games, and buying gifts! I can't wait to meet little Baby Joshua!

May 28th, 2010

I love my new Liberty bedding (from Target) and 300+ count organic cotton sheets! I didn't realize that the cotton count can make such a difference... I've been sleeping like a baby! Now I wonder what a 400+ count Egyptian cotton must feel like....

May 27th, 2010

I've been eyeballing these shoes since January or February, and I finally got them at a nice sale price! They were meant for me! :)

May 26th, 2010

I've been cherishing every single moment that I get to spend with Snickers... I'm gonna miss my baby!

May 25th, 2010

You can't get a good glimpse of the new flag that I put up, but it has an image of a pineapple and it says "Welcome" :) ...Probably the most important thing I did this day, though, was that I mowed my own lawn. Never EVER again!

May 24th, 2010

Because Tara isn't going to be around for my birthday this year, she decided to give me my birthday gift early! She made me this adorable birdhouse! I just loooove how she incorporates my love for coffee shops, and the fact that I would love to own one one day -- "Mel's honeybee cafe"; the meaning of my name "Melissa = honeybee"; and of course, my love for birds! I can't thank you enough, Tara! :)

May 23rd, 2010

Here are both Tara and me celebrating with Cherrie at her graduation party. Congrats to all W&M grads of 2010! I officially no longer know anyone at William and Mary... I feel old!

May 22nd, 2010

Saturday was a busy, yet fun-filled day! While running errands/shopping, I ran into April at the mall... we were both wearing nearly identical outfits that I just had to take a picture, haha! It was quite embarrassing! Great minds think alike ;)

Later that evening, we all headed out to celebrate the mixtape release of our friend Scott, or Scottie P (on the beat)! :) The night was a big success, and we're all so proud of him!!!

Check him out here!

By the way, I just looooooooooved my dress that night! :) Don't be surprised if you see it on another photo-a-day! Haha!

May 21st, 2010

Thanks to Deb, we got to see Jamie Kennedy at the Funny Bone for free!

It was a really funny show!

May 20th, 2010

Thursday night was taco night! And for dessert... fried ice cream! Natalie's recipe was simply A-MAZ-ING!!! I love getting together with these girls... we share stories and laugh like there's no tomorrow. :)

May 19th, 2010

So I was looking back at old photos I had on my computer, and I thought that I would use this as my photo of the day! This was taken about four years ago along the Colonial Parkway in Williamsburg. It has to be one of my favorite photos of me :)

May 18th, 2010

I've been organizing diabetes and nutrition education classes at the Beach Health Clinic as a part of my practicum project. It's been a lot of work, but it also has been very, very rewarding.

May 17th, 2010

I had a nice solo lunch at Tropical Smoothie. Because things have been quite busy lately, I have found having solo lunches while doing homework or reading have actually been quite soothing for me.

May 16th, 2010

I love bare Minerals make-up! I especially love my new hydrating Mineral Veil!

May 15th, 2010

We celebrated Jeremy's 24th birthday at Beerfest in Town Point Park in Norfolk. Best idea ever!!! It was such a gorgeous day to be outside! I had sooooo much fun! They should have beerfest every weekend of summer :)

Happy birthday, Jeremy! I know you had a blast! ;)

May 14th, 2010

This marked the beginning of a weekend of fun for Jeremy's birthday! ;)

[Pound cake I baked (from scratch!) in preparation for Beerfest!]

[Scottie P on the Beat!]

Celebrating at Kokoamos!

May 13th, 2010

On this afternoon, Tara, Bobby, and I had ice cream at Doumar's. I tried to capture a photo of Mr. Doumar himself who was showing how the original cone machine works (which is still in use!) in an interview. He is the cutest, littlest old man!

May 12th, 2010

I took this while on my run. My phone did a horrible job in capturing this field, but it's okay... I can try to describe it instead. This field had beautiful pink and red wild flowers scattered all over... it was quite a sight. I guess I should try to come back with a "real" camera... Hmm, next time hopefully.

May 11th, 2010

This was the second day of summer semester, and I know this may sound quite nerdy, but I'm so excited about my Policy and Politics class! Although I know this summer is going to be quite busy, I'm quite happy to know that I'll be learning lots!

May 10th, 2010

Back at home with my Snicker-babe! I've missed her dearly! Don't know what I'm gonna do when she leaves for Georgia :(

May 9th, 2010

I got a cupcake at Baked & Wired at Georgetown after brunch! [Georgetown Cupcake had the craziest line of life]. I got the Karen's birthday cupcake and it was absolutely delightful! You all must try it if you can! ;)

I hope all the moms out there had a great Mother's day! I thought it was lucky to find a Mama Duck and her ducklings on the Georgetown canal on Mother's Day! :)

Happy Mother's Day to my Mommy! And happy birthday to my Nanay! Love and miss you both! ♥