Mini-Cape-Vaca

Tuesday morning I packed up 4 tote bags drove to work and couldn't wait to be done for the week! That's right, we took off Wednesday-Friday and headed to the Cape! We drove separately so at about 4:45 my bossed kicked me out of the office to start my vaca and away I went!


I had tons of traffic and pour rain for the full two hour ride, but I didn't care and turned on the radio and my iPhone charging and was rocking my way down Rt. 3 Cape bound!!!
The continued into Wednesday morning so we headed into Hyannis for brunch at The Daily Paper and to walk around the downtown which is something we would never do unless well we never would. That tells you how much we wanted to feel on vaca and to take it all in! This is my egg beater cheese and broccoli goodness! And of course my standard "dry rye", it was so good! Thursday we had to take the Jeep in to get an oil change, we only take it to the Jeep dealer down there as we want to keep her in tip top shape and they will have records of any work we have done. While waiting we headed to Osterville Fish Too and got a little lunch. I was so excitied about the coleslaw, and it was as good as I remembered!

Finally it was nice enough to take the Jeep top off and it felt so good to cruse around and give the "Jeep wave" in style! RJ formally known as Music Guy is proudly wearing his 2009 FIGAWI Sailing Mount Gay hat! It is not an easy hat to get, and I've already been told the "what's mine is yours and yours is mine" does not apply to this hat!

We headed to the beach for cocktail hour and I had to snap a picture, and then was made fun of, but hey, my mom would be proud! If you spy my neacklas, that was our fab bridesmaid gift from Sara's wedding, a true KEP classic! Some of you have asked about my sunglasses, they're RayBans, and not the typical ones you find, I've been searching for the link, so please stay tuned!

A perfect cocktail for the beach Sam Summer and a super cute monogrammed koozie! Thanks Liane!

A ride on the boat, no better way to spend a summer day!

It was too windy on Saturday to take the boat out, so we hit the beach, it was a great great day, and I loaded up on the SPF, more then I needed to, but this Irish gal needs her SPF more then you know!

All in all we had a wonderful vacation, and I'm not 100% ready to go back to work, but it's does feel fabulous to be home!

Cape Bound

It was 63 on the Cape today, we took advantage and got out of the city and headed to the Cape.

I decided it was a perfect day to go for a run on the beach, so that is what I did! And it was just what I needed!


You can't see it too well but if you look closely the little white speck is the slow ferry heading over to Nantucket! How fun would it be to be on board! Though I'd prefer the fast ferry! Also the piece of land you see in the back is the Hyannisport Club where we had our wedding reception!


Though I might not be blogging daily, it's always on my mind! I thought what is preppier then my blog in sand!

Though I took a bunch of pictures I sure got a great workout in! If you saw a crazy lady doing pushups and crunches on the beach, you should have said hi, it was me! Dork! :)

Only if you're Kimba vol. II

We had a great weekend on the Cape, more on that later. 

We got back around 1pm this afternoon so I cleaned up a bit and headed out to get some things done. I felt pretty bad ass driving around in the Jeep with the top down, the wind blowing on this hot Sunday. I pulled into Stop n Shop and the sky looked like it could rain but it was still pretty sunny and I hadn't listened to any weather reports but what was happening on the Cape.

I head inside grab my cart, swear at myself that I forgot our 15 bags in car to be "green". So I head to get a lb of turkey when Music Guy calls me and says where are you, I say I'm at the store, do you think it's bad and i should leave...he says no, you have about a half hour so don't leave just grab some things as you're there and leave. Sounds perfect. So I get a few things and pretty much feel i'm on supermarket sweep! I quickly check out and as i'm getting my notsogreen bags together and walk outside. It is not raining but I know it is about to. The second i start running to the car it starts to downpour. I throw the bags in the back and try to put the top back on. Knowing there is no way I can do it myself. So i jump in and speed out of the parking lot. I of course run into traffic so picture this...pouring rain and no top on your car, can't do anything but make sure your cell phone and blackberry are covered. I finally pull onto our street Music Guy comes running out and we put the top on and I unload the Jeep and walk inside and the rain stops. Classic! 

I will say i went back out to the Jeep with a towel and cleaned everything up. It actually washed up the sand from the weekend nicely, though i was soaking wet. 

MG told me to go inside and he'd take care of it all, but i figured I was already very wet and that it was turning fun! 

Two months from today we'll be getting married! Looking forward to it!!!

We have a busy week ahead of us! MG's cousin is flying in on Tuesday and she's coming to stay with us on Thursday and Friday. My mom is flying in on Friday, we're going to my first dress fitting that evening, Saturday is my Boston shower and then we're going down to the Cape Saturday afternoon. Then come Sunday my mom and I are going to Yarmouth to meet with my flower lady! Fun stuff coming up!!!!!

I do promise I will be posting pictures of Liane's wedding this week!

Triple Brown

I sure hope Big Brown wins the Belmont today, I think it would be very good for the sport!

We're just about to head out on the boat and I'm very much looking forward to getting out on the water! We won't be down on the Cape for a few weeks so we have to soak it all up this weekend and what a great weather we're having!

Will Hillary take a freaking seat already, I am sick of seeing her bright pantsuits...she has no clue.

Off to the dock!

And we're home...

Traffic was a breeze coming back from the Cape this afternoon. A little under an hour and a half, I will take that any day!

Our "wedding planning" meeting went well this morning. Though I showed up 15 minutes late! Things are moving right along and I'm feeling good about our to-do list. It's long but everything we have to have done has been done months ago. 

I'm home and ready to relax it's too cold for me to head out this evening! It's going to be a long winter!!!

Jeep Jeep

Ladies I would like you to meet the soon to be additional to our family. 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited in Rescue Green Metallic. We test drove one on the Cape and that was all it took. In a few months we'll trade in our cars and get the Jeep. I know you are all about your BMW's and Volvo's but we've come to find out we're a Jeep family.

Can you imagine how sweet this is going to look in 20 years on the beach on Nantucket. We will be "those" people!
I think Kimba, Music Guy along with A & B of fave couple will enjoy having the top down and doors off!

We had a fab-o weekend on the Cape, weather was iffy but we ended up making the most of Saturday on the beach where my cell phone some how also took a dip, but it's still working! Sunday we went out on the boat and I actually went into the "real" ocean no beach no inlet. Open ocean. It's crazy how you can get thrown around and the waves really get you, it was only 8 feet but hey, when you're 5'8'' there is no touching the bottom. So then what do we watch before bed last night.... Discovery Channels Shark Week "Ocean of Fear - Worst Shark Attack Ever", USS Indianapolis. And we had a few cocktails with dinner so everything was a tab more dramatic!

Got up at 5am to head back to the city this morning, in the POURING rain, well worth it!

How goes it....

Howdy!

I've been having a fabulous relaxing time down the Cape the last few days! It was so smart to take the extra day on Tuesday, it feels like a real vacation! Of course we're eating and drinking like we're on vacation, but I've also gotten some good runs in so I can justify it! No?

What would be a vacation if Kimba didn't get burned. Tuesday I laid out on the deck and read while everyone went on the boat. They got up at 6am and headed out while I snuggled and slept in! Some times you just have to give some of your favorite actives to get a little beauty sleep. And I had some things I wanted to get done so it worked out well! I went to the Hyannis Mall and picked up a new book "In her Shoes", i know again a little behind the times. But I've never seen the movie so I wanted to read the book first. Then headed out on the deck and read and relaxed for a few hours. And then got my legs fried, I even had on sunscreen but the part that got burned hasn't seen much sun so it serves me right.

I'll give more of a Holiday Week update when I returned, but wanted to stop in. I've been keeping up on your post so I don't feel so "out of it"! :)

Hope you all had a wonderful safe 4th and rest of the week!

Plans changed........

I am going down Cape tonight! I will have my BlackBerry and Laptop so there is no reason to be here tomorrow!

Have a wonderful 4th and I'm sure I'll be checking in beach side!

Weekend update

What a wonderful weekend, the weather was perfect and my golf game sucks!

Friday I didn't do a darn thing, i was in bed by 10pm and loved it! I didn't end up fall asleep for a couple hours as I was reading and watching re-runs of Roseanne, yep you heard right Roseanne!

Saturday I got up and headed out right to play golf, I sucked it up pretty bad. But practice makes perfect. So I will be doing a lot of practicing this coming week/end. I am taking off to the Cape tomorrow after work and I took the rest of the week off. It really is a much needed vacation for me. I have been so stressed out the past few months that this is all I can do to slow down.

Sunday was pretty uneventful, I cleaned and waited for Music Guy to return from VT. Speaking of him, he left for the Cape this morning so it's another night alone. No big deal for me, I still have a few chapters of my book I would like to finish. And I'd like to get to bed early and get to work early so I can leave and beat the traffic.

Has anyone tried Coca-Cola cherry zero? It is super good!!!

Not much else going on, just trying to slow down and get ready for vaca!!!

Finally Friday!!!

My father and step mom made it into Boston just fine yesterday afternoon! I was in a meeting and got a voice mail from him saying "We've arrived and now I'm sitting on your deck with a drink, give me a call". I finished up a few things grabbed my BlackBerry and got the heck out of here!

We had a nice evening of relaxing! Music Guy made a fab goat cheese and mushroom pizza on the grill. We had pasta salad, steak tips and chicken, very yummy!

I'm in the office for a few hours and then it's off to pick up them up and we're high tailing it to the Cape! I am showing them our reception site, very excitied to see it again! And staying at Music Guy's parents for the weekend of course!

Have a super weekend, the weather is perfect here!

Debbie, enjoy my Sox!

Woohoo!!!

"Zoomongo"

Is what I think Libby should name her little buddy who sits outside her window!

I hope you guys have a wonderful weekend! I'm about to head to the gym finish up work and high tail it home to finish cleaning!!!!

Tomorrow Music Guy heads to the Cape, I go into work for a little while and then it's tour guide Kimba!

Hopefully i'll check in tomorrow with a fab recap of our evening!

Oh, and last night we ended up making Chicken Divan, it was YUM-O. Great dish for a chilly June night! Hehe!

Weeked Recap

We spent the weekend on the Cape (shocking) and it was lovely!

Music Guy went down in the morning so I had to drive myself which was fine expect it took me exactly one hour to get to the Braintree split. For those of you who are not familiarly with the Boston area that is 11.8 miles south of Boston/Charlestown. But I did not have a back up at the bridge!

Saturday we woke up at 6:30am for no reason other than the damn birds would not shut up! I went for an hour long run on the beach, my legs are killing me. I ran to where we got engaged and like a sap put our wedding song on my iPod and just walked along for a few minutes. Then it was back to Fall Out Boy and full speed.

We looked like it was going to rain all day so we did not end up going fishing or even to the beach. So what else do you do on the Cape when not on the water? Go the the Christmas Tree Shop of course! I bought way to much crap, it is still in my car, I am waiting to be home alone before I bring it in. ha!

Saturday night we thought it would be a great idea to do tapas. We all had to come up with a recipe and it was so much fun. We had this great appetizer grilled peppers and motz, you grill up the peppers and slices of french bead add a slice of pepper to the bread, motz and a basel leaf then drizzle it with evoo and capers. Yum-o!
We then made curried chicken skewers with this crazy peanut dipping sauce (sorry Suz). And my all time fave pizza on the grill with goat cheese and basel. I would like to take credit for that, i saw it on the Food Network and knew it would be super yummy! You roll it on and coat one side with Olive Oil grill that for about 10 minutes and then flip coat the other side and let it grill up for about the same amount of time. I am all of a sudden drawing a blank on what else we made. I know Music Guy's mom took pictures so I'll post those when we sends them out!

Sunday deserves it's own post, I'll run through some of the details and post pictures later. We got up and left right away because we wanted to beat the traffic, we did beat the traffic over the bridge but ended up in a 6 mile backup from a 4 car accident, not that sweet!

We got back into the city and found out every street leading to Charlestown was closed off. Yes people it was Bunker Hill Day and the Towines are f'in nuts! We knew our street was closed because the parade goes right down our street. We had to park in the 99 restaurant parking lot and haul all our shit down the street. Townies are not fans of preppies, I had 4 tote bags and a JCrew shopping bag (two of the totes were vineyard vines). I got the worse looks and I'm thinking F you people, get out of Charlestown for once!
We got back poured a beer into a solo and sat on the sidewalk watching the parade. You'll see what I mean when you see the pictures!

Finally it was time to get ready for dinner with their Priest, he is marrying Music Guy's sister and also us. We have dinner with him a few times a year, he is the best!
Music Guy had on a pink button up and blazer with jeans and I wore my blogging party outfit navy dress with an argyle sweater, I had my sweater around my shoulders. He walked to CVS to get cash and one of the townies said "Nice pink shirt you fag". Nothing beats drunk assholes!

I'm going to post the pictures from the parade, all i can saw is wow these people love their Bunker Hill!

You would know me if you saw me

For all my Sox fans out there you'll appreciate this.

As most of you know (or should know) Curt Shilling had a no hitter going into the 9th with two outs.

Here it goes.....

I spent a total of 4.6 seconds at my desk yesterday as i was holed up in a conference room with only a power bar and diet coke in me (read as yummy food all around but I didn't give in).


I went to the gym right after the meeting and spent a total of 53 minutes on the treadmill. Why you ask? Because the Sox were playing and Shilling had a no hitter going. I finally left and ran up to my desk grabbed my stuff and headed out. I called Music Guy to see how the game was going and he said Shill was still going! I decided it would be a fabulous idea to start running. Mind you I had my workout bag and had just ran for 53 minutes. I work in the Financial District and sprinted to Faneuil Hall dodging tourist, homeless, men dressed like Sam Adams you name it I passed them. I got down by the Purple Shamrock and saw that Oakland was pitching so I kept going. Finally I got to The Point and ran in to see where the game was at. It was the top of the 9th and I knew I wouldn't be able to make it home and this was the last bar I would hit. So I did what any Sox fan would do, ordered a Miller Lite. I stood there dripping in sweat enjoying an ice cold ML watching the first two batters hit a grounder to Lugo. Bottom of the 9th two outs all we needed was one more out and Shilling would have his first ever no hitter. Bamn... line drive into right. FUCK was the only thing you could here in the bar. I quickly finished my beer and headed home. Right when I walked outside I got the worst cramping in my poor tummy, I guess running and chugging a beer was not what it was up for. So then I got home and it seemed up for another!

Music Guy is on the Cape, went over the bride at 10 this morning, must be nice! :)

I am still up in the air about if i'm going, i have a feeling i'll end up heading down. I was thinking about going for a run from my office to Charlestown picking up my car and 15 totes and heading back to work. Good idea?

Have a super weekend!

The Starter Wife

Did any one see Debra Messing's new series on USA Network "The Starter Wife"?

I found it pretty funny, i also enjoy her as an actress so that helps. I am trying to catch up on my DVR's. Most of the things I DVR are not ones Music Guy would want to watch, Gilmore Girls, One Tree Hill and of course Wedding Shows. He's great about it but I don't tend to stick around while he's watching fishing shows. Actually I'll take that back, i do!

It ended up only taking 3 hours and 23 minutes to do my hair last night. Good thing my stylist and I enjoy talking! But last night was one of those nights I would have enjoyed just reading and not chit chatting. But I a good sport and played along.

I am not going to be able to met CBM tonight for a drink. Today/tonight is the only day I can work late to prepare for a meeting Thursday morning. It might actually work out better for her and I as the weather is suppose to turn crappy by 5pm.

Trying to figure out what I want to do this weekend. I need to spend a lot of time "picking up" I am in the middle of changing over my summer and winter clothes. Meaning there is stuff all over. It will depend when Music Guy goes down, if he leaves early on Friday I'll stay but then part of me thinks why waste a perfectly good weekend. There will be times we won't go down if we see the weekend will be a washout. Thoughts?

I need skittles, that's what I think.

4 hours

I will be sitting on Rt. 3 in Cape traffic!!! And yes I am very thankful for that! I have confirmed with one of the gals going that she has already put her rolling cooler suitcase in her car!

Have a wonderful long holiday weekend!

I am truly grateful for my fabulous blog friends and that you find me as amusing as I find myself! :)


Summer 2007 here we come you're going to be a great one !!!!!!!!

Why did she say no to Logan?

So I caught up on Gilmore Girls last night. And I am not happy to report Rory shot down my boy Logan. I haven't seen this weeks One Tree Hill so hopefully that will not also be a disappointment.

Heading to the Cape this weekend! We are also planning on staying over on Sunday night so that brings me to what to wear on Monday. My gal Suz and I have had endless conversations and laughs over Monday attire after a Hampton's or Cape weekend. On Friday it seems like a fab outfit, come Monday you look like a clown. You would think I could just pack a black suit and I'd be good to go. But no that is not the case.

I do about 99% of my packing on Thursday night as Friday I get picked up and we go. And when Thursday rolls around I feel a little more daring i.e. bright colors so I pack that way. There has been some bad combos, and shoes that's another issue. I can not tell you how many times I've left shoes either on the Cape or in the car. Yes I do have a box of shoes under my desk but that doesn't seem to help. I know I know, black shoes are black shoes.

Anywho, I am making myself only pack black suits for Mondays. Lets see how long that last!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all the wonderful mums. Reading your stories about motherhood is very inspirational! Enjoy it's your weekend!

My Morning Joe

I turned on the TV this morning to do an onDemand workout video and the TV was on MSNBC to my surprise Joe Scarborough was doing the morning show. If you remember I am pretty fond of the Ex-GOP Congressman! Scroll to the bottom to get to the good stuff.
Seeing Joe on is like seeing Anderson Cooper in the morning for all you AC fans!

Didn't end up making it out to the Sail Loft last night. Long story.

My mom is headed to Palm Beach for a long weekend, now that does not suck. Even though it's Mother's Day weekend isn't it necessary for her to bring me something back? She and my aunt love to go into all the fun PB and Boca stores and send me pictures of things they think I would like. Cruel...simply cruel.

I have a feeling we'll be headed to the Cape for Mother's Day weekend, our Cape weekends could not come soon enough.

Not much else to report, a lot going on in the Kimba household so I'm hoping to be checking in to your blogs more than blogging myself. Unless something truly blog worthy comes up!