A Summer in Summery

We are now back home in North Carolina, and back online (it took a few days).  This is the first time I have really been home in the last 15 months (it was a crazy last year) and I am very happy for it.  It was a great summer though, Daniel and I got to go a lot of places and see a lot of things and I thought I would use this chance to just look back at the summer.

Trips:
Boston                                2 visits -      3 days -               3 college friends
West Virginia/ Kentucky    1 visit -        9 days -              3 family, 1 - high school friend,
                                                                                                  10 ish friends
New Jersey                         1 visit -        3 days -              Loads of family, (like loads)
New York                             3 visits -       7 day  -              3 theatre friends -  1 high school friend
Pennselyavina -
    Engagement Party          1 visit -        2 days -              5 college friends

Totals                             8 trips -      22 days traveling     23 friends seen as well as lots of family

If you are wondering when we spent anytime in Norwalk, we are wondering the same thing

Guest we hosted 2 visits to our apartment in Norwalk 2 family - 1 college friend

Excursions:
New York Day Trips - 6 times
Beach - 4 times (only once in a bathing suit)
Westport - 4 times (sadly no b&b there, ran out of time)
Downtown coffee shop- daily where I wrote my posts
Drive In - 3 1/2 times

•  Super 8, 
•  Bad Teacher
• Green Lantern, 
• first half of Hanger Over 2, 
• Captain America one and half times) 
• Transformers 3 (it was so bad I had erased from my memory and Daniel had to tell me we saw it)

Museums - 4

• The Museum of Modern Art
• The Met
• The Museum of Natural History
• The Museum of Fine Art (Boston) 

Plays Seen: 

• Memphis
• Mother F*cker with the Hat
• Catch Me if You Can
• Alls Well That Ends Well (Shakespeare in the Park)
• Olive and the Bitter Herbs
• Jerusalem

(Random Celebrity Sightings at plays - 2)

Sewing Projects:
Messenger Bag
Baby and Mustache Ornaments
Recycled Polo Dress
Recipe Bags

Other Projects:
Earring Organizer
Herb Garden (failed miserably, but at least the Basil was well enough for me give it someone when we left)
Learned some Origami
Immense about of Cooking

Employment Letters:
10 ish - two possibilities
4 days of work

Money spent on entertainment:
Ha, Like I am going to do that to myself.  We spent too much but we packed a whole lot of summer into it.

Goodbye to Norwalk.

As this was my summer project the frequency oh these postings will be going way down, but I hope to keep posting as Daniel and I's year continues.  Luckily I will be working!!! so there will certainly be less of a demand for cheap entertainment,  not like there is any more money just less hours to fill.  I hope everyone has an much fun in their summer as I did and here is to the start of a great fall.