Icon: Eve Arden

Last night when I was making a late night run to the store for some Nyquil for Cory, I happened to have the local NPR station out of American University tuned on the radio. I noticed they were playing an old time radio program, and I really love those sort of things, so I decided to tune in a bit.

It didn't take long to figure out that the main character, Miss. Brooks is a lively, quick witted teacher who is bombarded by people trying to "help" and "fix" her, even though she is just fine the way she is. I was happy to hear the program still on when I returned from the store, so I drove a little slower than usual to listen to the final moments ;).

Not realizing at the time, but when I did a search on the internets, I realized it was the popular radio program Our Miss Brooks, which was very popular between 1948-1957. Miss Brooks, the character that I adored so much, was played by the stunning Eve Arden.

If you're thinking to yourself, that lady looks oh so familiar with me, but I'm not very familiar with that era, it might be because Ms. Arden played Principal McGee in Grease!

I just love it! Apparently the radio program is available on CD and you can bet that it's going on my list!

Happy Monday!

liz

Weekend Musings

Life is so funny. I'm the kind of person who can get really wound up in whatever I'm working on and need a friendly reminder that sometimes, life just isn't that serious.

(fyi: the photos used in this post were taken with my droid phone)

This past weekend my best friend, Lisa, came to visit from New York City. It's always a treat to have her here; she hasn't been since our wedding last July. She even treated us to a cupcake themed housewarming gift including yummy Magnolia Bakery cupcakes fresh from NYC! Yes! We had a lovely weekend together despite the humidity and insane heat. We visited the pool, went antiquing and thrifting, and had a few drinks at my favorite local bar.

And of course, we ended our night Saturday with a dinner at Nido's (my fav Italian joint in town) and hulu action back home with a few bottles of wine. Pretty perfect, if you ask me.

Today, we woke slowly and left for brunch before taking Lisa back to Baltimore to catch her bus. As we were heading toward brunch, Cory and I were reviewing the itinerary for his upcoming work conference in Rehoboth, Delaware. Something puzzled me... we weren't supposed to check in until Monday? Hm. Okay, we could just find a place to crash tonight, not a big deal. We have loads of friends and family in the area. Because something just didn't feel right, I looked up the conference on my phone and realized that the conference doesn't actually begin until... Tuesday! Which is why our county wasn't providing room and board this evening. Silly, silly. So we're all packed up and have the housesitter all set...

with no where to go! lol

Unfortunately, Cory is really suffering with a head cold, so we decided to take Lisa to Baltimore and head back home. Our compromise was that we would go see the new Harry Potter and take it easy at home tonight. I'm happy to say my husband is currently asleep at 9:30pm.. which is exactly where he needs to be in order to get better before this conference!

So, we'll head out early tomorrow, probably spend some time roaming the Delaware beaches and taking it easy. I'll be at the beach all week while he's at the conference... or going around the Ocean City boardwalk taking photos ;).

Have you had a moment when life just made you giggle a little?

xo, Liz

Plannin' a roadtrip...

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If you've been reading this blog for a while, you have probably realized that Cory and I have ants in our pants when it comes to traveling. We love little weekend trips or roadtrips in general. Fortunately, we have a bunch of incredibly talented and gifted friends whom live all around the country. We try to take them up on offers to visit as much as we possibly can! Traveling on a teacher's salary is tricky, but definitely not impossible. Usually once we know where we're headed, we look for hostels or affordable places to stay that are near where we want to explore.

With that being said, last fall we took a roadtrip to Auburn, Alabama with two of our closest friends, Rich and Beth. We had such a great time although I never posted the photos to prove it! Gah... I need to get better about that. Anyway.. it's that time for us to start planning our next trip to Auburn and I'm puting out an all call!

The map above shows our typical route to get to Auburn. Last year we stayed in Greenville, S.C. on a Thursday night, drove into Atlanta on Friday and explored the Little 5 Points neighborhood before heading into Auburn. It's nice being able to leave on Thursday and hitting up a few sights along the way. If you see a spot on the map that includes something we absolutely must stop and do, please tell!

I'm pretty open to any suggestions (shops, bars, restaurants, you know... fun stuff), but they must meet a few requirements:

-cannot be more than 20 miles off the beaten route

-Must not be too expensive

-can accommodate 4 people

I'm excited to see what ya'll come up with for us to do! :)

Liz

The Great Gatsby Book Club 3

Hi! I haven't forgotten about you book clubbers out there, I promise!

Essentially, I needed to wait to hear from John Green before we could go on. Fortunately, his review of The Great Gatsby appeared online today. I strongly encourage you to spend the next 5 minutes enjoying such a brilliant author discuss another brilliant author from the past.

What do you think?

Comments?

As you finish the book, pay close attention to how the men begin to view one another. How do the men see and treat one another? How does this differ from the way the women are viewed and treated? Any similarities?

Follow the link for more Gatsby Book Club posts!

<3

Granny Square... cookies!?

Okay, this is one of those things that as soon as I see it, I hop right over to the blog and post it!

I just saw this How To from Sugar & Meringue over at Craftzine and am a smitten kitten.

Maybe this year for Christmas, I'll be making crochet cookies instead of Christmas cookies! But really, why should I wait unitl December... looks like I'll have something to add to the To Do List for when I get back home!

So fun!

Liz

a little fyi..

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I just wanted to pop in and tell you that Cory surprised me by taking an extra day off work (he's teaching summer school) this week, so we're heading to the beach early!

That's right! Starting at 2pm today, I will be traveling around the east coast to three different beaches! We'll be in South Carolina tonight until Saturday, the Outer Banks in North Carolina with my parents until the following Friday, home for a quick weekend and visit from my gal pal, Lisa, until we head out to Rehoboth Beach on Sunday for Cory's AP training.

Don't you fret though, all of these places will have wifi (or I'll hurt someone), and I will try to post as often as the relaxation allows me :)

Take it easy,

Liz

I'm feeling Plummy

Confession:

I obsess over colors.

My favorite color of all time is definitely green, but lately I have really been feeling the plum & mustard combo. Good news, the new school I'm teaching at this fall happens to have purple & gold as their school colors. Meant to be? Maybe ;).

Here's a peak as to what I have my eye on in the plum world via Etsy.

1. Droplet earrings from Green Ribbon Gems.

2. These pretty poms from Pom Love

3. This pretty skirt from Zoe Chen.

4. Look at this gorgeous dress from River of Romansk!

5. One of these might just have to be my autumn bag, such an affordable price from Tippy Thai!

6. I am totally in love with this necklace from Brooklyn Thread!

Have you seen anything particularly pretty recently?