Being Trixie

Ready for December

Thanksgiving came and left so fast. I didn't have time to enjoy it!

I had such a busy weekend, I don't know how to recap it all.

There was Turkey Day of course... Joe had to work (at home luckily), and my sister came along with my niece. We had fun prepping dinner and playing with the dogs.

Thursday night we had our yearly friends & dessert party. Sadly there are no pictures of my cheesecake.. I even made my own caramel sauce...

Friday morning it was up early to head down to cape may. My aunts and family rent a house out for thanksgiving weekend, and i get really excited to go. Thanksgiving and Christmas were always so family oriented when I was a kid. Being a in big house with a bunch of happy eating people brings me back to that, and it makes me so happy.

It was home, and then BACK up early Saturday to head to work at the bakery. I had Eggnog lattes and yummy lunch. (that job is the best ever!) After work, it was home to rest and back out to hang out with my bakery friends again.

Sunday was finall rest day. But I did get to head into the attic and break out my Christmas stuff.

It's so exciting!! I looooove getting ready for christmas. I can't wait to share it all with you!

 

Mid-Centruy Must Have

During our wonderful trip to Los Angeles we made a point to geek out as often as possible. Over celebs? (maybe a little) But Our true love.. Is Mid Century Modern Design.

The furniture, The houses, The restaurants.... They all had this flair of vintage style that I admire so much. I could go on forever about this. But I am going to keep this as short and sweet as possible.

The highlight of the trip was our tour of the Case Study - Stahl House. Visits are made by appointment. And the rules are moderately strict. No photos of family...No walking in the bedrooms... No sharing photos on site such as flickr, or photobucket, although you could use them on your blog,(lucky you!) as long as you gave proper credit.

I am excited to share with you all the photos Joe & I took during our hour on the property. I hope you enjoy! And I hope you get a chance to go yourself one day..

 

Chunkin' Pumpkins.

We spent last Sunday hours away from home on Wheatley Farms in Bridgeville, DE watching pumpking get hurled through the sky.

Why?

To experience Punkin' Chunkin'.

I have only ever seen the chunkin' festivities on TV.. and always thought it looked like fun. We had the time to go this year. AND the mythbusters (Kari, Tory and Grant) were hosting. My inner nerdyness kicked in, and I had to be there.

The weather was nice. And even though We missed a bunch of the chunkin' due to an accident one of the 4-wheelers had, It was really fun. The only "chunking we saw wasn't really even chunking, It was the cannon instead. They were pretty impressive though If I may say.



To my happiness, in addition to the cannons.. I got to see Tory from Mythbusers! See my creepin skillz? Impressive. If you get a chance to go, you should go. It was a fun time. I'm sure if you could stick around for the whole day it would be worth it. Sadly we couldnt stay. Had to get hone to the puppies. But what we did get to see was a pretty good time.

 

Loving Los Angeles

Oh how I love California. And more than that. How I Love LA. I don't know what it is about that town. But it just gets me all giddy. We found some cheap airfare and used Airbnb for our sleeping accommodations, and it was settled. LA for the 2nd anniversary trip.

First things first. We found Intellegencia in Silverlake, the best coffee bar, with the best coffee I have ever, EVER had. At this very same establishment we were lucky enough to see Adam Scott (Parks & Rec, Party Down) and (ohmygosh) Ryan Gosling. They're Silverlakers, and I must say it was rather interesting to see celebs mingling with everyday peeps without causing a ruckus. (Especially Ryan Gosling. Yum.)

 

Delicious Coffee...and yummy treats.

We traveled along Mullholland Drive.. Got to see some baller houses. And the LA skyline.

look at me getting touristy and sized my hands up to Judy Garland..



Griffith Observatory right in our town. It was nice.

*Side note about Los Angeles AWESOMENESS. Dogs are EVERYWHERE. I have a new dream of going back out to make a book about the dogs of Los Angeles. Too Cute.



Hello Hollywood sign.

 

I think one of the BEST parts of the trip was out trip to see the Stahl House. Being the Mid century nerds we are, getting to take a tour of this classic house was amazing.

 

Having fun at the art museum


Hello? You can hear me?


Yay Art!

After that the trip sped up. We Stopped at this cute Japanese restaurant called Royal-T for lunch on our way to Venice. Joe actually let me get a picture of him..




The store there is so fun. It's like they made it for me.

 

Oddly enough, even though we were shacked up in Venice for the last few days. We ended up doing more trips back to hollywood/silverlake area. It was just so much more like-able. I wasn't such a fan of Venice. it was pretty creepy actually.

As for our anniversary night. It was pretty fun.

we saw DJ Shadow at Amoeba music in Hollywood.

My inner Liz Lemmon then came out and decided instead of one lavish dinner, we should have a dinner AND a dessert...from separate places.




 I told you I had an inner Liz Lemmon.


It's as good as it looks.

LA food trucks. You are a wonderful thing. I need you in Philly.


Our last night. Sunset on the Santa Monica Pier..

 

I thoroughly enjoy this city. And I hope we get to go back again...and again.
Check out the entire set of photos (I REALLY cut them down for the blog) on my Flickr Site.

 

 

 

 

 

Fall festivities of fun!

Lucky for us it was so ridiculously hot outside we decided it was PERFECT weather for a trip to the pumpkin patch to pick pumpkins.

 

I'm used to taking this trip with jeans... Boots....Sweaters...Scarves...

Not this time. It was a serious 80 degrees.. with sun beating down. It was rough.

 

 

 

 

Look at those Kids.. I'm a mini pumpkin lover.
Yeah there were huge pumpkins just about the size of my torso... But these 'lil ones were too perfect to pass up.

 

Even though it was a ZILLION degrees, and in that picture I was practically dying.

 

But it was a good day.

 

Sailing ... Well crusing on the atlantic ocean.

I was extremely not looking foward to cruise day. The thought of nothing being around for miles.. Creeeppy.

Helloooooooo?

 

It was nothing like that at all. Despite the fact there was nothing to do for the middle aged kids like me. It was an okay time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was a pretty good time for being a family trip. I did enjoy myself. :)

 

Extreme Weather!!

What a week.

Relaxing in my office this afternoon, enjoying the day. Not too many peeps in the office, and that usually means I get lots of work done. But not today. Not after..

 

That's right!!! I was hanging out, and the next thing I knew the whole office was shaking. The metal walls that enclose us were shaking like leaves in a tornado. It sounded like the roof was getting ripped off. I asked the guy next to me if we should get under the desks.. (apparently I'm the only person on the east coast who knows about that rule) But before we could react, it was over....

My shaking stopped about 10 minutes later. The rest of the day. Ruined. How can you go back to concentrating when the world could violently shake again any second?!

 

Aside from the terror that was Earthquake day 2011.. I also had another surprise waiting for me. My coworker enlightened me to...

 

 

Seriously weather?

Can you just leave this week alone? I have to board a boat in merely 5 days, and you're taunting me with extreme waves, rain and windy situations. I don't have the heart for this.

Hopefully my captain (who I may have to have a talk with before we take off) is a good driver, sailor, whatever... And my trip won't look like a bad episode of Deadliest Catch.

Farm Fun

Instead of heading south with the rest of NJ and part of the "Philly" drivers who all attack my Friday drive home, I opted to head out to my sisters house to see what we could get into with a 3 year old...

Apparently not too much.

There is a cutesy little place in the area I used to visit when I was a child called Johnson farm. I figured going there would be fun for me to see, and for the niece to have something to see.

  
I was pleased to see how it had grown from a dinky little farm stand, to a baking space, local grown food stop.



Feeding goats with this turn of the century feeding tube. (I think its way more fun when they eat outta your hand, but that's just me.)


 
Slumbering piggies in the summer heat.



Taylor playing gymnastics

 

It was hot.. But it was fun getting out in the fresh air. And of course I got a couple treats. :)

 

Something else I learned..



Apparently Unicorns eat candy cane sticks and rainbows.. Keep that in mind next time your on a hunt.

 

And when you get some time get out and visit your local farmers markets. It's more fun than you think.

 

Been Busy...

Sorry for my lack of posts latley.

Working 2 jobs, and constantly being a yoga genie, and trying to better my fitness.. I've been kinda sparse in the blogging universe. I though about getting rid of my blog. I don't feel as if I have the pizzaz some people posess. But I do love to look back on my little site here and think about all those fun times. It kinda keeps me in good spirits about it.

I've been trying to ready myself my our big trip to

 

Joe's grandmom got the WHOLE family a Christmas gift. A cruise to the Bahamas.

This is a problem for me.

  Thank you Carnival for this picture...

I have a SLIGHT fear with the thought of being on the open ocean. With nothing around. For a matter of days. (a week if you think about it)

I'll be spending 7 days and 6 nights floating about the atlantic from one Bahama Island to the next. I am trying to think of things I can bring with me to keep my mind of the fact that I'm hundreds of miles from the land, where safety and roads exist.

I'm trying to keep happy, and not freak myself out. So we're making sure to pack rediculous fun clothes for the duration of our trip. I think it'll be the best part of the trip. :)

 

Anywhoodle. Sorry for the lack of posting. I'll try to keep up, and not let my other life get in the way.

Baltimore Fun

 

It's Todd's (see above) birthday this Wednesday. We celebrated early by heading into the Charm City. A 2 hour drive after work on Saturday, and we were there. The boys enjoyed how they could reminisce about their bachelor parties. Myself and Ang, Not feeling too hot and not remembering our last nights out.

Meeting guys from the 80's? Well yeah we did that too..

That was really the extent of the first night. We hit up a couple bars. And suffered in the muggy heat. Managing to make our way back to the hotel.

 

Sunday was a little better. We were all feeling better. And the sun was giving us a break.

We headed downtown to wander, get food, and do some shopping.

 

Wandering?

Check.

 

Eating?


Check.

Shopping?


Check.

It was a pretty fun weekend.

A couple more pics.

  
My arms look crazy!!! It's Joe's wonky lens. Extra wide angle. Not good for folks like me with X-tra long arms.


I was in love with the breakfast sign. That shark was to cute. He made me giggle every time I saw him.

 
Joe really takes his time when choosing coffee..

Yum. :)

 

Red sunflowers in in the middle of town.

 

:) Go see Baltimore.