He's got his Cornell collar...
and his graduation cap! Congratulations Mike, we are so proud of you!Have a great long weekend everyone!
Friday, May 28, 2010
Navy Friday
The husband graduates from business school this weekend so Navy's been getting prepped too.
He's got his Cornell collar...
and his graduation cap! Congratulations Mike, we are so proud of you!
Have a great long weekend everyone!
He's got his Cornell collar...and his graduation cap! Congratulations Mike, we are so proud of you!Have a great long weekend everyone!
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Flowers for the Moms-to-Be
This morning I made little flower bouquets for my expecting girlfriends, Erin and Stefanie. We celebrated with a lovely brunch at the Carriage House in Ithaca.
The best way to make a flower bouquet is by stripping off all the leaves on the stems and arrange the bouquet in your hands. Don't add the flowers to the vase one by one. Start with one stem and slowly add more flowers by rotating the arrangement in your hand. When you've finished adding flowers, it should have a domed look, like a wedding bouquet. Snip the stems to the length you want, then wrap florist tape around the base to hold it all together, then place the bouquet in the vase. This works especially well when you have a vase with a wide opening. If you didn't wrap with florist tape, the bouquet will spread out and leave lots of space in between the blooms. Tightly packed blooms, in my opinion, always look the best.
The bouquets were finished off with white ribbon, wrapped around the vase and held with double sided tape and a colorful tag to commemorate the day.
The best way to make a flower bouquet is by stripping off all the leaves on the stems and arrange the bouquet in your hands. Don't add the flowers to the vase one by one. Start with one stem and slowly add more flowers by rotating the arrangement in your hand. When you've finished adding flowers, it should have a domed look, like a wedding bouquet. Snip the stems to the length you want, then wrap florist tape around the base to hold it all together, then place the bouquet in the vase. This works especially well when you have a vase with a wide opening. If you didn't wrap with florist tape, the bouquet will spread out and leave lots of space in between the blooms. Tightly packed blooms, in my opinion, always look the best.
The bouquets were finished off with white ribbon, wrapped around the vase and held with double sided tape and a colorful tag to commemorate the day.
Congratulations girls! We can't wait to meet the little ones!
Monday, May 24, 2010
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
The Burren Finale
After weeks of suspense, Matt and Aideen made it to the Today Show to compete in DIY's Most Desperate Landscape contest. Luckily our NYC apartment search perfectly coincided with the contest so we were able to watch it in person.
The obstacle course took place outside, right in Rockefellar plaza. Too bad it was a rainy and dreary day.
We were lucky to get prime spots right in front of the finish line!
The wacky obstacle course started off with sod rolling, followed by tree planting, brick laying and window box planting.
A tractor race across the finish line completes the course.
The contestants take group photos before the race. Matt and Aideen are the gray team!
Cameras and crew gather around to film the race.
Kathy and Hoda give the play by play.
Matt and Aideen had a great start but the tree planting slowed them down. Matt is in second place!
Soo close! Unfortunately the red team won.
The anchors in referee garb, announce the winners.
And final group photos were taken.
It was such a great race Matt and Aideen! At least you won a Club Cadet rider mower. And you'll have such great memories to look back on!
The obstacle course took place outside, right in Rockefellar plaza. Too bad it was a rainy and dreary day.
We were lucky to get prime spots right in front of the finish line!
The wacky obstacle course started off with sod rolling, followed by tree planting, brick laying and window box planting.
A tractor race across the finish line completes the course.
The contestants take group photos before the race. Matt and Aideen are the gray team!
Cameras and crew gather around to film the race.
Kathy and Hoda give the play by play.
Matt and Aideen had a great start but the tree planting slowed them down. Matt is in second place!
Soo close! Unfortunately the red team won.
The anchors in referee garb, announce the winners.
And final group photos were taken.
It was such a great race Matt and Aideen! At least you won a Club Cadet rider mower. And you'll have such great memories to look back on!Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
