Oh my goodness has it been awhile. I really should change the name of this blog, because I am clearly having a hard time updating it daily. With my new iPhone app obsession though, I recently downloaded Evernote, and I think I should begin creating daily to-dos on there, along with my weekly post-it note to-dos. When does one begin spending too much time creating to-dos rather than completing to-dos? I feel like it’s a fine line I am about to cross, but as usual I digress. Anyways, my absence from this “Daily Dose” does not mean that my life has been lacking any bliss.
Last weekend, I enjoyed one of the best weekends I’ve had in a while, at my cousin Jeremy’s wedding. There are 12 grandchildren on my mom’s side of the family ranging from 26 to 7 yrs. old, and Jeremy is the second oldest, but first to tie the knot. Growing up, it was always strange to me to hear friends talk about how they were dreading spending time with their “annoying cousins” during the holidays or at a family function. For me, I have always looked forward to, and usually counted down the days to when I get to see my cousins next. The group of us has always been close, so I loved spending a weekend with them all at Jeremy’s wedding. Not to mention the fact that weddings, in general, are always filled with contagious forms of bliss. Here’s a pic of my whole immediate fam, along with one of the siblings and I..
On Sunday, after partaking in a large family brunch, I said my goodbyes to my favorite people and to Pittsburgh. I flew to Philadelphia that afternoon for a work conference downtown. The conference was called the Youth Service Institute and was put on by Youth Serve America (YSA). This is my second work conference in Philadelphia within a few months, and I have to say, I am feeling the brotherly love. I’ve enjoyed my time in the city, and even enjoyed these conferences. It is nice to be in a room filled with like-minded individuals all working toward a similar goal, yet in different outlets and states. Humbling and inspiring all at the same time. An added bliss while in Philadelphia? My good friend Christina recently moved this summer to Princeton, NJ, conveniently located only about 45 minutes from the city. Therefore, she swooped me up from the hotel last Tuesday night and we enjoyed a delicious Italian dinner a few blocks away. As I paid the parking kiosk $6 for a 3 hour stay outside of the restaurant, we both said to each other, “Oh, that is plenty long enough.” We should have known, though, that we would be chatting long enough to flirt with that 3 hour ending time. Two and a half hours later, we returned to the car, and I returned to my hotel happy and refreshed. It is so comforting catching up and talking to someone who has known you for so many years, and completely understands you for who you are.
Other than that, this weekend I enjoyed a day off on Friday! Which, I used to do some work e-mailing and to scrub my entire apartment. I really don’t know who I have become as of late, but somehow, someway, I am slowly turning into a domestic goddess of some sort. It frightens me, yet pleases me all at the same time. To continue this domestic-ness, I also found bliss in cooking new recipes this weekend, including this delicious one featured below...Mini apple pies!
Take care.
xoxo-K
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