Photos from DC and NYC

Cherry Blossoms

The beautiful Capital Building

The White House

 National Shrine in DC-Powerful Picture

My Favorite Chapel in the Shrine-Our Lady of Hope

Joe and me by the Wall Street Bull

View from the top or the Empire State Building

Statue of Liberty

At 30 Rock

Times Square

We Saw Catch Me If You Can

Coney Island Boardwalk

Our trip was so wonderful and the pictures are just a small taste of what we did. It was such a whirlwind but it was such a blast! Joe is such a great travel partner :) I think that is a good thing!

We were so lucky

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Hello Again!

WOW! It has been WAY too long since I have blogged..worst blogger ever..Probably!! Oh well..So anyway...what has been going on in my life..

For starters, I have recently been admitted to the MEd program in Educational Administration at UNL. I am quite excited. I was lucky enough to start taking courses as a non-degree student last spring so I have 12 hours under my belt..grad school is definitely an adjustment especially with online classes, working full time, and trying to maintain my ever so busy life! But, I think it is definitely all worth it!

About that life..Joseph and I are doing fabulously! We were lucky enough to take an amazing trip to Washington D.C and New York in April and I definitely enjoyed every second. I got to meet his grandparents and some uncles and aunts. We also got to spend time with friends and his brother and sister in law and their girls. It was so great to be away and have an adventure. I definitely am thankful for Joseph and all the joy that he brings to my life!

We have been able to stay very busy this summer with weddings, short weekend trips and just enjoying the summer sunshine! I always look forward to the time I get to spend with him. Even though we are doing the "long distance" thing, it really does make us stronger! I feel very blessed every day!

My family is doing well, and I have really enjoyed living at home with them. It is fun to hang out with siblings when we all can agree on things and get along! This time I have with them is definitely very cherished!

I have this aspiration to refinish a piece of furniture and now that my classes are done for the summer that is my goal. I want to paint a dresser and put new hardware on it and do something creative and crafty. We shall see how it goes! I just need to find the motivation to life in disarray for a little while!

Other than that I am trying to stay healthy and happy.

Hopefully I will have some pictures to post in a few days...I am SO bad at pictures but I really do aspire to get better with them!

Peace.

S

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Foodie Thoughts.

True North: Almond, Pecan, Cashew Clusters! This is my new favorite discovery for the week.

Seriously delicious stuff, and totally great snack. A serving is 5 clusters, has around 170 calories 5g of protein and all natural sweetners!

Perfect mixed with dried cherries, yogurt or even just alone! I found them at Sam's Club, but I am sure they have them all over.

 

Free Will Offering Soup..I think YES!

So the other week my boss took me to this little coffee shop/book store called Indigo Bridge Books here in Lincoln because they have this lunch "place" called The Table. She had explained it as a a free will offering soup cafe, and that was all I needed to hear!

I went and found that every day they offer two different vegetarian and usually vegan soups with your choice of whole wheat or white french bread. It is seriously phenomenal! You can get seconds if you wish, they people who serve the soup are SO nice and the no price is even better!

I took Joe the other day becasue he kept calling it the soup kitchen..I think he was in disbelief at how awesome the soup was. I have never seem him so exicited about something vegetarian in my life. We definitely found our favorite lunch place!

This delicious soup leads me to my next thought....(because the soup comes from The Cup-coffee shop where I found the tea.)

Loose Leaf Tea

I know that loose leaf tea is by no means a new discovery, but for me it is. I have always bought tea in bags at the grocery store and have been totally fine with the flavor and taste...until I had this delicious tea at The Cup..which is another "new" place for me to obsess about. The first tea I tried was Jasmine something or other and it was glorious! Seriously so good. It totally makes me want to go and find a great tea strainer and the PERFECT tea cup..I am thinking something blue and white and big enough to feel comforting! 

 

Other than my great discoveries, life is pretty amazing! School is going well, Joe is amazing as usual and Nebraska hasn't been TOO bad!

Peace Y'all

S

 

 

 

 

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Updates, Updates, Updates

SO many new things have happened in life these last few weeks...good and bad...but mostly good!

One of the biggest changes is my attempt at going back to school. I decided to pursue my Masters degree in Eductional Administration at UNL and started class this week. I am taking two online classes-Law of Higher Education and Finance of Higher Education! I am very excited to be furthering my education but still... I thought I was going to be done with school for a while and homework sounds a little daunting!

Another big change in life just happened yesterday... my great grandma passed away..she was an amazing 99 years old! She was such a marvelous woman with life's greatest stories. She was truly a treasure and I will miss her very much. Even though in her time of passing from this world, and the sadness that comes with death, I feel so lucky to have been able to get to know her and for her to know me. She was someone whom I loved to talk about..becasue she was 99 but also because of her attitude, outlook on life and sense of humor. She was the Best Grandma 'Ole ever!!

Change #3... ok well not really a chanage but update...Joe and I have been dating for 6 months..and all I can think..is holy cow time FLIES! I know that 6 months is not like 15 years but still.. that is a fair amount of time! I am so happy with him and still continue to feel so blessed! God sure does have a funny plan!

Another Christmas season has passed and once again I managed to find myself in the emergency room with crazy back pain. I dont know what it is about Christmas but the only times I have ever needed to go to the ER have been just days before Christmas. I am not sure if I am just really unlucky or if my body is telling me to slow down..but future Christmas's..beware!

Update 5...my mom has decided to actively work to sell our house.. my childhood, teenager, college years house. I cant say that I am super bumbed about this...I  mean I love the house, have great memories there but I know that this change will be so good for my mom and probably for my family too! I know that God will provide and that life will end up working itself out!  A new house just means new memories to make and honestly a chance to start over..more for my mom than me..but still a new beginning!

Update 6...The other day I was really tempted to eat meat...enough said!

Life is really good y'all and I hope through this new year to be able to blog more, worry less, make memories to share, and continue to head down that path called life!

 

Peace and Love!

 

~S

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