My Must-Do List

It is official, I have been very very lazy...

Do you still have your christmas trees up and it is almost March...CHECK
Do you still have your brown dried up plants from last year hanging out in your front planter along with foot tall weeds...CHECK
Have you neglected to sweep for two, yes I said TWO weeks...CHECK
Do you have at least two loads of laundry on the couch and a sink full of dishes...CHECK

I am ashamed to admit all of this, but by putting it all out there then I have no choice but to attend to my neglected home this weekend. So I am sure you can tell what I am going to be doing on my days off this week. But I am most excited about starting all of this year's plants this weekend. I am a little late because I was waiting for some stupid supplies that are now no longer coming. I will post lots of pictures on my gardening adventures this weekend so check back in :).

And since I don't like to post without a picture, here are a few just for fun since I really love baby animals. Mom, the cows are for you.

My Grown Up Bed

Last night, for the first time in at least 5 years, I slept on a real bed. I have been sleeping with my mattress on the floor for seriously 5 or 6 years. I know it is sad, I am ashamed to admit it. It's just one of those things that I have never acquired. I felt like a little kid who had to climb into their big kid bed. It is amazing how much bouncier my bed is with a little space underneath too. So now with my new comforter and a new to me bed frame to go with it I officially have my first grown up bed. Sweet dreams to me...now I am going to go put some fresh clean sheets on the bed and go to sleep. Goodnight everyone.

I believe that everyone, even those that are not Catholic or even religious at all, can appreciate the absolute magnificence of one of my favorite places in New York: the Saint Patrick's Cathedral. I don't think that I could ever take a picture that would give you the same feeling you get the first time you walk into the cathedral. It will take your breath away. It even makes me speechless (which is unheard of). It will give you chills allover. You can't help being overwhelmed with a sense of awe and humbleness. I don't know exactly what it is that I love so much...it's just everything. I hope to one day go to New York for fun with my family and David, then I could share all of these wonderful experiences with the people I love. It is so strange when you walk into this cathedral and things are going on as if there aren't 50 tourists in the back taking pictures. I have gone in once during Sunday mass, and this last time when I went in there was actually a wedding ceremony in progress. It was a little strange being an uninvited guest to a stranger's wedding, but it is just another part of what makes this piece of New York history so interesting.

Other than amazing places, my favorite thing about New York is that everywhere you go there is history intertwined with modern society. The Saint Patrick's Cathedral is surrounded by modern skyscrapers, yet there it is just as it has been for over 100 years; still standing. It's like that all over the city. Dozens of buildings that have stories that I am sure we couldn't even imagine. It's like you can feel the age of the city and all of the people that have been there in decades past. It's just not the same on the west coast. Even our old buildings are young compared to what is still around in New York. I just can't find the words to describe what it feels like to be in a place of so much historical and even modern day importance.

Goodbye New York, I'll see you again soon I hope...................