3rd Annual Christmas card exchange

It's that time of year again!

If you'd like to exchange Christmas cards this year send me an email at kimbakimba@gmail.com, all information will of course stay private! If we exchanged cards the last two years you'll still need to send me your address as my address listed was lost in a hard drive crashing incident. Annoying, I know but much appreciated!

It's always fun to see how the kids have grown and the fun cards that are sent! So send me an email and let the exchange begin!

Cheers

Happy Sunday!

A view out the window from our little NY ski vaca!

I do love Sunday's, I mean, come 7pm and the tick tick tick of 60 Minutes makes me unlike Sunday's. Side note: the ticking reminds me of having to go to my room and finish my homework. But Sunday's mean football and football means being cozy in your house rooting on your favorite team and hopefully some good cooking in the oven. So that brings me to what to make? If I had leftover turkey I would make a big pot of soup!

We had a wonderful trip, Music Guy has family that have a house in Ellicottville so for those asking that is why we were there! What a fun ski town, I wish we lived closer as I could spend all winter there! A guy I work with said it is the "Cape Cod" for Buffalo residents.

So MG just said Ebay (paypal) is offering 10% off, damn! And Pottery Barn is offering 20% just for today, I really think with our gift cards and the discount today is the day we get our wine bar. Wish the other party in our house agreed! (no pun!)

As you can tell this post is a bunch of random thoughts, sometimes needed for a Sunday afternoon!

I do want to thank you all for making my trip to and from NY joyful as i read blogs on my phone a good part of the way. The drive there I drove most of the way and the way home I didn't drive at all. The last hour was bummer to bummer on the Mass Pike, and an accident didn't help matters when we got to the Weston Tolls.

Looking forward to a good Pats vs. Steelers game today! GO Pats!!!! And Green Bay, please don't lose!

Gobble Gobble

Down the Pike and over the border off to Ellicottville, NY we go! 

We're taking off now and are a little behind plan for our 8 hour plus drive! But The weather looks good and i don't think I forgot a thing! 

Wishing you all a happy and safe Thanksgiving weekend!

Cheers

White Coffee

They're many things about Spain and our Honeymoon that I miss but on a rainy Tuesday in Boston the one thing that sticks out is a hot cup of White Coffee! I have been searching online trying to find out the perfect way (hey doesn't have to even be perfect) to make myself a cup at home. Any suggestions from you coffee loving gals out would be much appreciated!

When we were having this cup of coffee at a Cafe we were the only ones not having a beer or glass of wine (10am), one thing I don't think I could get use to.

Bridesmaid Gifts

I gave my bridesmaids the Lands End tote pictured and the fabulous anchor koozie (also not pictured were the pearl necklaces and earrings they also received)! These two things have a special meaning to me...because... Lands End is from my home state of Wisconsin, I simply love the totes as they have pockets all the way around the bag. Secondly the koozie is made by our very own talented blogger Magster of Dellamea Designs, Mag was fast and so wonderful to work with! Head on over and pick up some of her monogramed goodies!

Three's a charm

Does anyone know if The Musings of a not so Desperate Housewife is blogging again?

Cheers

In the mail

Yesterday these three things came in the mail. The new Lilly & JCrew catalogs and my 401k statement. 

Oh the irony. All three are going into the trash unopened. Well I may have peeked at the Lilly catalog! 

Who knew?

So I was just reading people.com and I just read that Madonna and Sean Penn were married, yeah so i had no idea.

I was three when they got married, but still, I should have know this.

Fave A will be disappointed when she reads this!

Readers Opinion:

I want to first start out by giving a big Rah Rah to Kristy over at La Petile Blog for the start of her 31 day challenge for her 31st birthday! You have to exercise for 30 min everyday for 31 days! If you miss a day you add 30 min on the next day. I have also joined along side and so far the blog friends motivation has helped!

So while at the gym I was flipping through the newest Shape (with Faith Hill on the cover, we'll get back to how great she looks later) and the reads poll questions was.

"Should gym memberships be tax-deductible?"

Here are one yes and no they published:

YES;
"An ounce of prevention is with a pound of cure. An incentive like this would save health insurance companies and the government a lot of money in the long run"

NO;

"Giving a tax break to people who sign up at the gym-but not to those of us who exercise outdoors-is unfair."

The funny thing about the women who said no was she was from Michigan, I've lived in the mid-west, not a lot of runners out in January, but God Bless her!

So what's your take? In all honesty I could kind of go either way but lean heavily towards YES.
I like her wording of "an ounce of prevention" it's so very true. In some area's gyms are very expensive and unless you do just workout from home you have no choice but to pay a lot of money for a membership.

A few Boston/Suburb examples:

Boston Sports Club (unlimited membership meaning you can use any of their clubs) $120per/month
Fit Corp (same unlimited criteria) $89 single - $67 family (that is for one additional person added to the single membership)
Beacon Hill Athletic Club $75
Planet Fitness $10-15 (though they have more memebers then equipment/parking spots)

So there are a few gyms i've been a member of througout my moves around the city. I'm still a member at Planet Fitness but never use it as again you can't park anywhere (or even walk there) and you'll never get a good working treadmill. And also a member at Fit Corp which is right around the corner from my office and there is also one two blocks away from Chez Kimba.

That is a long winded way of saying...which way would you go YES or NO?

Do you Facebook?

I've seen a few of you blog in the last few weeks about Facebook. It's been a fun little connection with people I grew up with. And it's also been fun to find out more about my blog friends! If you'd like to "friend me" my email is kimbakimba @ gmail.com

Moving along, I read on US Weekly.com that Lipstick Jungle is NOT being cancelled per Brook Shields. Now It has be wondering is she just saying that and they're finishing up the season or did my prayers (along with others) get answered and it's still on!

I enjoyed the post by A Glimpse of the Girl Nest Door regarding finding new blogs. I too enjoy searching everyones blogrolls for new blogs. It's always nice to come across a fun new read, and I do tend to backtrack to be caught up! No one likes to be out of the inside joke loop!

I will make a point to start posting the new blogs I find. Some of them may only be new to me, but it's always nice to get a shout out!

Yeah for tomorrow being Tuesday!!!

Bloggin' Buddies

I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend!

Well as i mentioned in my last post CBM and I were meeting up for coffee! We had a wonderful time catching up AND...I got the go ahead from the lovely CBM to spill her great news with all of our Blog friends...

C & M are expecting their first baby in April!!! And it's a BOY!!!! She couldn't look better or be any happier! A big congrats to the lucky and blessed parents to be! Though she hasn't blogged in a while I know she faithful reads every ones blog daily!

Late to the party...

So i just found out Lipstick Jungle is being cancelled...

I swear to you every show I get into gets whacked (knock on wood for One Tree Hill)!

On a very very happier note, I'm meeting CBM for a coffee this afternoon! One of the many perks of working so close! I will make sure to have a patron at Starbucks snap a picture!

This blog is going to get shaken up a bit so hang on with me!

Cheers

Halloween!

We got some slack for branding our wedding with the coordinates of Hyannis Port so what better way to keep it going then as a Halloween costume?/!

The labels on our hats we put on the hotel welcome bags!

Hope everyone enjoyed!

We went to a wedding in Newport this weekend, it's was just wonderful, i'll get some pictures up soon!

A few details

I added some random pictures of the day, the first couple pictures were taken by our photographer Russ Price, he did a great job and was very fun to work with!

The veiw of the Hyannisport Club
The view from the deck overlooking the Nantucket Sound

Name cards, I cut each name card and attached the ribbon, lots of work!

I ran out of table names so I thought VV was a good choice and we also were using Cape themed table names

The Action Station on the deck during the Cocktail hour, they were making potstickers, the Action Station was a Music Guy must have, it trumped the raw bar

A & B

Mr. & Mrs. Music Guy (you'll notice i could not stop laughing 99% of the day)

Even during our first dance I had the same look

My dads toast

I had no idea how to even attempt to cut the cake, Russ stepped in and gave me a quick lesson

Same silly look, though this time I was laughing becuase i was close to getting cake down my dress

More to follow!!!

"DO"-it

Ok so no picture you take of yourself is that good, but I got my hair cut and I wanted to share!

I got a heck of a lot cut off, I am able to donate it for Locks of Love!!!

Happy Thursday!

What will they think of next?/!

I am more of an Equal gal myself but I saw an add for this last night and wondered if you Splenda users will switch? Claims to have the same taste, I think it's a great idea!

I am hoping to add more pictures very soon, I am trying to get them all on one site for easy upload!

It is suppose to be the last mild day here in Boston, I feel torn...should I be bummed that it will be getting colder and colder or am I looking to embrace the fall/winter? For now I think I'm going to embrace the fall and tackle winter when it gets here!

Just sayin'

I know many of you are amazing cooks and wouldn't even think about take out but this is too good not to blog about.

Foodler

What are your thoughts?

Hair on the dog?

The lovely view I had while on the bus heading to work this morning!

Now I see people drinking on the street all the time but doing on a packed city bus...Really? Normally they're sitting in the Commons on a park bench or on the sidewalk on Arch Street. For some reason this threw me for a loop this morning.

Red Sox Nation "Believes"

If you're a baseball fan you had to enjoy last nights Sox game (that is if you stayed up)!

WHAT A GAME, that is all I can say!!! We're headed back to Tampa and we're still playing deep into Soxtober!

Very excited for the Head of the Charles this weekend, always a good time and always a very long day! This is the weekend that really makes you feel like fall has it Boston, the Regatta, Sox in the playoffs and cool crisp days! LOVE IT!!! Oh and the C's have a preseason game at the Garden tonight!

Hope you all have a great weekend and don't forget to sport your Sox gear this weekend!!!

Quick HI

I hope to load more pictures very soon.

With Market conditions it's been tough to break away, but I will have some time this weekend!

Speaking of the Market I am currently very luckily to be working at one of the top firms in the industry on both Investment and Banking. But don't get me wrong it is still scary as hell no matter where you work or what you do.

Hang on out there!!!! As of now the Dow is up!

Be back soon!