What dreams may come

We finally made it to Fort Bragg to see sweet Meg & her Michael in the wee hours of Thursday morning. After about two hours just catching up on what our lives have been like over the past three (even though it seems like forever since the wedding) weeks, we decided we needed to nap. We saw Mike off to work and then quickly conked out for a few hours.

With sleep, come dreams, and with all the worrying I've been doing lately, it seems only fair that those worries would soon wind up in my dreams. And so, after two hours of sleep, I was startled awake. Not by anything in the room, just a sudden realization in whilst dreaming. And just so you know, I'm not a crazy that takes her dreams seriously and literally each and every time. But it's different with certain people that I'm close with. It happens sometimes where I'll dream about them and then they call or show up the next day. It kinda freaks me out sometimes.

So, this realization... Mike was being to deployed to Haiti for relief efforts. Let me explain... I'm often so wrapped up in my 'bubble' {as it's often called} that I don't connect things right away, and more likely, hear about things way after the fact. I'm sure that if Mike wasn't deployed, I would have been unaware of the disaster for a few more days if not weeks.

So with that being said, I have a dear friend, C., that is currently in Tortola working on a boat. Probably not a 'boat' so much as yacht, or mini cruiseliner, but again, to me, just a vessel on the water, alas, boat. Sorry if I've offended any boatlovers.

Anyhow, so this dawns on me, and I immediately wish that I had some semblance of a geography knowledge of some sort. Of course, I don't because we moved around so much with the Army, there are lessons that I missed out on as each school, town, state curriculumn is different. That's my excuse for any type of general knowledge that I don't know, by the way.

Can I tell you that I love the iPhone? I google-earthed {yes, I just made it a verb} Haiti. Then Tortola. Then I wished I had some sense of distance. Yeah, don't ask me to estimate how far anything is, either. So according to googleEarth, it's close, but then again, what do I know?

So I called to check in with him. No response. I'm sure he's fine. He always is. I just worry. It's not even me. It's just those dreams again.

new beginnings

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My dear readers, 

This is a personal note to my dear Meg & Mike.  I'm happy to share the joy & love of their special day with all of you.  I've included some of my favorite photos from the day.  Photos were taken by a friend & colleague of Jackie's, John Ciombor.

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My dear sweet cousin, Meg, married her best friend, Mike, on Friday December 18th, 2009.  I can tell you with my whole heart that these two souls were meant for one another.  Looking at them and being able to share in the excitement and joy of their day was amazing.  The ceremony was beautiful, just as we all knew that it would be.  The reception was divine, just as any event involving family is bound to be. 

For Meg & Mike, one of my best friends, and one of my newest friends... 

I wish you a lifetime of happiness and love.  For now, forever, and for always.

with love,

Carrie xx

Reminiscing.....

"Where there is love, there is life."

~Gandhi


Just to finish out the last day of my dear Meg being single.


A few photos of Meg, Jac & I...



Surrounded my family....



Just the three of us girls...



And at Brigantine one summer..



At a cousins birthday partyyyy..



Christmas Day...



Seafood Fest.

More to come tomorrow after the wedding!

last night in town {again?}

I've been running around like mad all day trying to finalize some things before going away this week.

Had the second fitting for my bridesmaid dress (eee!); recycled (because I'm doing my part); shopped for stuffs to make chili (a la Michelle - saweeeettt recipe, PS); bought enough stamps for christmas cards (in case I ever get around to sending them out); bought a couple of cards to send out (because mail always brings a smile to their faces); made chili; paid my bills & did laundry.

Yes, I am amazing.

I've been on google reader to catch up on all my blog-lovin and I've been inspired to make some more lists... actually - Kaileen Elise is a blogger that I stumbled across this morning while catching up and I am completely inspired by her "intentions" lists.  Much nicer way of saying 'honey-do' or 'to-do.'  I hope she doesn't mind that I'll be using that word for my upcoming list of intentions for December and then 2010.

Tomorrow, JacPfef & I are going to visit the fam in South Jersey then to Philly.

Meggamack is getting married in eleven days!

It's going to be fab and I'm super-sonic excited.

So in honor of Meg's pending nuptuals, the younger version of our family (read: 21-26 year olds) are heading to Philly for a Tuesday night on the town.  It will be interesting... to say the least.  The group is made up of the following, in age order: Dave, Meg, Joe, Jac, Kyle, myself & Chad... wow.  Meg is the first of us to get married and I'll be sure to post about the festivities, but for now... you'll just be getting the leadings up to the big big day...

enjoy!

PS - Also, JacPfef has tagged me with the Kreativ Blogger Award.  Thanks so much for the honor... I'll post on this soon.

#1 - visit family

Ok - so let's recap...
List of things to do this week:

1 - visit family
2 - visit the Tanzanian embassy for my visa's
3 - photo shoot with Jac
4 - spend time with good friends
5 - pack for cali
6 - figure out how to take a train to JFK

1 - I've spent tons of quality (and quantity) family time this week. Spent the weekend in New Jersey celebrating Meg's 21st birthday & bachelorette party and then headed out to Philadelphia where I took these awesome photos of my fabulous family, super sights, and crazy croc shoes.



























































More to come as I finish up my list....

A list of places

My birthday was Friday. This is what my cousin Meg brought me. The biggest coffee table book I've ever seen. Ever.

Looking through the book, there are so many places for me to go. The sites are listed by continent and what happens to be first?? Africa. And Kilimanjaro is on the list!!

There are plenty of places for me to start right here in North America. Especially the ones right in NYC. Although I have been to two of three in the city, I'm going to start there and go back and see them again. Since Meg has never been to these places (and because she's so thoughtful...) Guess who's going with me?

It won't be this weekend, with Halloween coming up, but definately before she goes off and becomes a married woman in December. I'm hoping for early November... We'll see how that turns out.


NYC places to see:
The Empire State Building
The Statue of Liberty
The Guggenheim Museum