Mrs. Rogers Neighborhood

I wish that people could see the world through my eyes sometimes, because then they would understand my heart better.     I love traveling and seeing new places, but even just the idea of an adventure makes me happy.   I am thrilled to just sit around thinking of all the places I want to go and people I want to see.   Tea or curry or chocolate from a foreign land makes me feel like I am on a trip in my own home.   I love knowing these wonderful places exist, and I love planning on going to see them; but if I never make it and just live in a sweet house with Bill and have dinner with our family and friends, and work hard and live basked in simplicity, and invest whole heartedly in relationships, it will be over and abundantly enough. The world is big and often times overwhelming, and I want to explore it, but it is all nothing without those you love.   I am sure in my time, Thailand will not be the last place I visit apart from my hometown and Bill’s.   I know that I will proba

Alright people, I know you think I should be more stressed out and completely out of my mind.  My wedding is less than 3 months away, and while delegation has been my best friend for a cross country wedding, I think what is most important is the mindset I have adopted over the course of this journey.  Not just a journey to a wedding, but a journey to join my life with Bills. Our wedding will be wonderful.  Lights strung overhead, a dress I feel perfect in, an amazing man in a dapper suit, friends and family all around, wine, pizza, music, paper lanterns, and so much other wonderfulness.  However, what I am looking forward to is waking up and seeing Bill every morning.  I am looking forward to growing old with him and watching him succeed in every way.  I can't wait to cook him bacon and leave him little notes.  I get so excited knowing I can hug him everyday.  I am looking forward to that laugh and smile that only he has for the rest of my life. There is no stress when I p

I love good food.  Cooking it, eating it, serving it, talking about it... I enjoy all aspects.  However, lately I have realized that good food is even better with great company.  Sure you can eat the same meal with the same wine and enjoy it, but if you are with people you love, laughing and talking, doesn't that food taste slightly better?  That wine a bit smoother?  I have observed this in others and noticed that celebratory eating also fits this description.  If it is your birthday, you got a promotion at work, or you just accomplished a milestone in your life - food simply tastes better.     All this considered, my favorite is the regular day to day life that is often times taken for granted.  Spending this past Sunday with Bill was very simple, yet so wonderful because he is the best company.  We grilled a yummy pizza and had blueberry beer and lemonade (which really tasted like juice and was so refreshing).  It was so wonderful to share a meal and drink with him whil

There is nothing like a baseball game.     I know, I know - you have heard this from me before, but let me tell you, it never gets old to me.  I can't go to too many games.  I want to one day have season tickets with Bill and go all the time: Get to know the people around us, cheers victories with them, and like we are not surrounded bystrangers.  The ambiance, the food, the drinks, and just the attitude of baseball is so fun and carefree.  It is a sport where I feel like the entire time I am watching, I am a part of something so fun and worth my time - it brings so much joy to my heart.   This past Friday the Baltimore Orioles were in town, and I always attempt to make it out to support my home team and wear my Orioles t-shirt :)  It was a blast (and not just because the Orioles won), but mostly because it was the best of times with wonderful friends!  I went with a pretty big group (12 of us to be exact) and we laughed and danced and ate and just relaxed.  What a lov

I am sitting in my lawn chair surrounded by strangers, sipping wine and anxiously awaiting Billy Elliott to be projected on the wall about 100 yards away. It does not even matter what the movie is, all that matters is being outside, in the open fresh air, with people I love hanging out with.   This is the first of 5 weeks that free movies will be showing this way, and to explain the ambiance would be impossible. I'm going to go soak it up now and enjoy my friends and snacks. I hope you are having an equally lovely evening :)