Happy New Year!

New Year's is a fun holiday. It's all about celebrating with great friends, remember the past year and making plans for the next. The end of the year can always be bittersweet. For some, it might have been the best year yet, graduating, starting a new job, getting engaged, or just having a lot of fun; for others, it can be a relief to start over. While nothing ever really changes, it feels good to have a refresh button on life. For I'm very excited for 2014! This is going to be a great year.

Home.

A few weeks ago, I got the chance to spend a relaxing weekend at home. I went home to spend time with my mom for her birthday, but mostly I spent the chance to rewind and relax. Home is where you can bake all the food you desire, watch a Harry Potter movie marathon, go out for breakfast everyday, tell your friends your busy and spend all Saturday night curled up on the couch reading a good book. It always feels delightful to escape my regular life and go home.

For me, home is away. Just a short few hour drive, but still a ways away. While I'd love to be closer at times, it makes it all the more special when I get the chance to be home.

Al's Breakfast

The end of daylight savings time was this weekend and I hope you celebrated your extra hour as we all 'fall back!'

I sure did! My good friend Claire was in town visiting and we had ourselves a good ol' fashioned sleepover. By this I mean, we got all dolled up then lost all our energy to actually go anywhere. So, we tucked in for a movie and both fell asleep... Classic. 

U of M Homecoming 2012

Rah Rah Rah for Ski-U-Mah! 

Gosh, I love the University of Minnesota and Homecoming is one of my favorite times of year! The Parade and Game are so much fun and it's a great time to celebrate!

The Aster Cafe

Monday is a difficult day, right? The weather was just so beautiful yesterday that Megan and I had to get out to enjoy it. So we skipped down the road to our favorite outdoor patio at The Aster Cafe on Main Street.

A Place for Reflection

I really want to get back into the swing of blogging again. I really like the chance to share a piece of my world and I absolutely enjoy looking back at the more charming parts of my life. I won't start out with too grand of expectations, but I'll just share a bit of discovery I made recently.

Time to Enjoy Summer

Yesterday marked the first day of summer! I finished my group project and was off to work. Well, I got done really early and had the whole afternoon to myself. Instead of heading home and inevitably just hanging out in my room, I decided to head to the park. While I wasn't really prepared for all of the walking, I had the most wonderful day at the Como Zoo and Park. This is probably my favorite place in all of the Twin Cities. 

Here are a few photos of my day: