miscellaneous doings of a 33-year old American woman
MA State 33
So, tomorrow I will turn 34 and I will say goodbye to another year. This blog has served as a record of what happened this year.
To sum up: I went to Thailand, my dog died, I got into UMass, I dated a lot, I went to Ireland and became completely obsessed with traveling.
I will still be posting things here, but it will never be the same!
- Sarah B.
Newgrange, County Meath, Ireland
I’m back. I wanted to stay in Ireland forever – it’s magic. Check out all my photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahb75/sets/72157612936964609/show/
In four short days I will be in Dublin. I have wanted to go to Ireland all my life. I have overdosed on Irish movies, watched The Committments and My Left Foot way too many times, I am expecting to know just what Ireland is like before I even set foot on the ground. I might be in for a surprize, but I dont think so. I think we’ll be like old friends after just a few days.
So the next vacation to plan for is next Fall 2009, I am headed to Cozumel. I have never been on this type of vacation before, very tropical, resort-style stuff. I think I can handle it though, especially after Ireland in January.
Hello everyone, I have noticed that many people have been reading one of my old posts about my mission to find vintage eyeframes. It was really much harder than I thought if should be! Doesn’t everyone want cool-looking nerdy glasses to wear to work everyday? Sometimes this world boogles me. Anywho – I thought I should write a little about what I have found…Esty.com is the place to look! Try these, pink cat-eye frames, so cute. Or these sleek cat-eyes. Fabulous all of them! (Just dont buy the ones I have my eye on.)
So the second of my big trips this year is 2 weeks in the U.K. this coming June. I am flying in and out of London, but I will plan to spend most of my time in Scotland – 4 nights in Inverness, 4 nights in Edinburgh, and a few nights in Glasgow and London with some wandering in between. The real magic will happen at the standing stones up north on the morning of the Summer Solstice. I just know the energy will be powerful and help me through another good year.
I have 4 rather big vacations coming up in the next 1-2 years and I am really enjoying figuring out what to do when I am away. The first trip is coming up soon – Ireland. I am leaving 1/14/2008 and can’t wait to see Dublin, newgrange, Kilkenny and the castles!
This is Egypt, the Remix -
It took me months to be able to post this. My family’s dog, Mardigan, died very suddenly April 5, 2008.
We picked him out of a litter of puppies when he was 8 weeks old. He was the chubbiest one and seemed to have the sweetest disposition. I loved him immediately. We had to wait 4 weeks to pick him up from his home and during that time people would ask me about the new puppy, to which I would always respond “Don’t even talk to me about it – I can’t wait a minute more to go get him.”
When we brought him home, we had a puppy party – friends and family came from all around. He was a hit! He was kind and wild and very unpredictable. My brother and I chose his name from the movie character “Mad Mardigan” who was also good-hearted, wild and a little unpredictable.
Mardi grew up to be a BIG dog. (We should have know from the size of his paws.) He was very fond of jumping up to greet people – no matter how much we scolded him for it, I could always tell when he was about to jump – he just couldn’t resist.
Among his nick names: Mardi, Mart, Mad Malichki, Mardi Gras (when he got chubby from time to time), Mortikah, Sweet Belly Boy and Senor Pantalones.
I miss him everyday. If you know a good dog like Mardi – please give them some extra time, and some love from me.
As a part of our Survivah Weekend, my family always has a costume party – the theme this year was “Scandals and Legends” but everyone came as a scandal, that’s just the kind of family we are.
Later that night we went to the local bar in our costumes, a move that would have made our ancestors quite proud, indeed.
