TO YOU

dear you... you good friend of mine
thanks for the talk
thanks for being supportive of my honesty
thanks for your words of encouragement
we've been through a lot haven't we?
funny how long it's been.
funny how two people can go through the entire range of emotions with each other and still come out friends
it's all of our inside jokes isn't it? they've never gone away. we laugh a lot.
i love you- love you for where you've come from, love you for where you have made it to and love you for where you are trying to go. and you WILL get there.
if you ever feel alone- don't you dare forget that i am always here, with good thoughts of you.
i hope you find such happiness.
i pray for that every day
i pray that you truly connect in the way you want to
i pray that you find rest from your worries
i will be praying for you at 2 o'clock... with all of my heart... you will make it.
you are so amazing- now that the "blanket is gone" i know you are having a hard time seeing what's underneath-- but don't forget to look at all of the REALLY GOOD stuff too!

you are loved

FIE-AH!

the fire-dudes were called over to our street tonight.

and nothing happens on our little street-- ever!

so...


rach, colleenie and i couldn't help but be voyers and takes lots of pictures.

"oh my gosh guys, i hope everyone is okay"

"okay, let's be artsy and stare at the cute fire boys."

"hey guys, do you need any help???"

"okay, this is hot-- and i don't mean the fire"

shout out to the SOMERVILLE FIRE DEPT!

I KISSED THE LIPLESS

holy crapola THE SHINS concert knocked my socks off!!! i love them so much.

boy did they ever rock those skinny jeans (personal side note: i don't like men in skinny jeans- sorry aaron- too girly for my taste). which now that i'm talking about it, i was definitely not EMO enough for all of the cool kids that surrounded me. and now that i'm talking about it, we looked like grandmas at this concert with all of the brace-faces and can't-grow-a-beard-yet dudes. and now that i'm talking about it, i love that brooke can totally not be "done-up" and still get hit on. and now that i'm talking about it... i loved that they played some of my favorite hits:

they started off with sleeping lessons from their new album "wincing the night away." so good, so so good. then we all got to clap along to the opening bit from "kissing the lipless." some other favs included: st. simon, so says i, australia, phantom limb and pink bullets!

just some good stuff. one of the best concerts i've been to in a really long time.

lot's of good things to remember-
the he/she standing by themselves dancing to their own band
the fish-net crack
the boring opening band that wasn't feeling the boston love
the air-horn
that really cute guy that was like 10 years old
my baked potato with EX-tra sour cream
brooke's "bag search"
linda, morgan and 4 other people standing the ENTIRE time while everyone around them took a break

YAY FOR NEW THINGS!

i know it's kind of silly to get all jazzed up about getting a new phone. but i can't help myself. i've have the old one for a while now and it's getting all yucky and shmerrshy. and being a customer of verizon wireless, every two years i qualify to get a new and improved phone for less than half the cost. yes, yes, i know. it's a marketing scam to weasel me into signing with them for another two years... i'm not that blonde. but it's just nice to get something NEW for CHEAPY! and of the wireless companies i've been imprisoned to, verizon hasn't sucked that much. so it's a good deal.

so how freaky-deaky was i to receive this little notice in my inbox this morning:




Thank you for choosing Verizon Wireless. Your Internet Order has been processed & shipped. You should receive your equipment in 2-3 business days via FEDEX.




WOO-HOO... new phone, new phone, nanny nanny boo boo!




now i just need to work on getting that new car!

and i am so sorry-- but you bet your bottom dollar that i CAN get $1700 for my old one... just you wait and see!

BECAUSE...


because my abs hurt from laughing so hard last night (big gulps and pvc)-- THANKS!



because i love my friends-- YOU ARE THE PRIZE!



because i am so tired from staying up ridiculously late-- UGH!


because i am feeling so blessed-- YAY!


because that clam chowder was really good-- YUM!

because i can't think of good questions when playing the truth or truth game-- BLECK!



because i learned so much about myself this past week-- PEACE!



because flirting is fun-- YES!



because listening to really good music gets me jazzed-- WOO-HOO!


because riding in a really HOTT car going 110mph on rt 2 is the best-- SQUEAL!



because i got to sleep in this morning-- YAWN/STRETCH/SMILE!


because resolving disagreements is hard yet so important-- HIGH FIVE!



because i got into trouble for procrastinating-- HERE YOU GO:


ohio was the best trip and i fear that my lack of getting up and onto my blog has given the appearance that it wasn't as fun as it was- but really- it was so fun i can't stop talking about it!

do we have enough junk food? well at least for the first 300 miles!

hey ju- where are we?

umm- somewhere around syracuse.

oh, okay- dude i'm tired.

yeah dude- my diet coke is all gone and we've listened to mert's mees 3 times now.

yeah, let's stop.

yeah, okay.

dude- we're NOT paying $80 to sleep in a disgusting motel for 4 hours

hey look- this parking lot looks great

totally much better than the creepy KNIGHTS INN

all bundled up

all snuggly

all freaked out

night night!

shout out to my dad who grew up here in

DEPEW, NY

it's morning time and time to get back on the road

this was after we made the emergency stop on the side of the road

so that i could... ummm... see nature... no it couldn't wait!!!

wow- making bracelets and necklaces is so much fun

what time is it???

apparently it's time for bed... julie.. are you dead?
just from the look on my face-- we should have been in bed 5 hours ago!

nothing like a yummy trip to get ice cream

love me some hulet family! i will take 3 scoops of GEOFF!

don't you roll your eyes at your adorable mother!

look at how cute you are! i love you RENON!

my kind of dudes! handsome and goofy!

i miss you GEOFF- come play with me.

ME MAMMY n PAPPY!

i love my parents, they are some good people. they came from having next to nothing (being just kids when they got married), living in a trailer park... all the way to living in a really great home in a beautiful neighborhood by the time i graduated from high school. they are hard working, love to be with each other and have a strong testimony of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. in fact, they joined the church together, after being married for 10+ years... and they haven't looked back since. not even after all of the hard trials my family has faced. never once have the doubted, questioned or turned their backs on their faith. i wish i could say the same.

today, i was folding laundry, sitting on my knees and realized that i look just like my mom. gosh, all of the memories i have of being outside playing and running in to find my mom hard at work, folding socks, surrounded by piles and piles of jeans and t-shirts alike. it made me realize how, even though we never intend to, we turn into our parents. i've heard this said many a time, but only when it really hits you personally, does it really make you sit back and think... HOLY CRAP... I'M JUST LIKE MY DAD!! or GEEZ, I'M DOING THIS JUST LIKE MOM DID!!

and not that being my parents is a bad thing- per say. but remember all of those annoying things your parents did that you SWORE you would never do or say... guess what-- you'll do it too... just like they did.

but because i like my parents, i am proud to say that i am a perfect (eh?) amalgam of the two of them. i took the good and the bad from each to form SUPER PEGGY! such as:

i have my mom's smile
i have my dad's eyes
my mom's creative juices
my dad's flare for the dramatic
my mom's exuberance for life
my dad's verbose-tell-you-even-if-you-don't-ask-what-i-thinkness
my mom's scrunched nose-look
my dad's sweet-tooth
my mom's love for children
my dad's ability to connect to children
my mom's perfectionism
my dad's loud singing voice
my mom's chronic neck pain and headaches
my dad's story telling ability (although i could never duplicate those neechi stories)
my mom's love for holidays
my dad's throwing arm
my mom's cry-at-everythingness (that's a new one)
my dad's never give up attitude
my mom's idealism
my dad's people-person-ness

and on and on it goes...

is there a way to stop yourself from being an annoying parent? probably not. so i will just embrace it-- like i embrace them.

LOVE YOU MOMMY and DADDY!

WHAT A LITTLE SUNSHINE CAN DO!


i don't know about you, but this last weekend was AWESOME! i am all smiles and radiance and i blame it all on the sun! i can feel the vitamin d seeping into my blood stream and flushing out all of the bad-weather-bad-mood toxins that have been playing hide and go seek with my SOUL!

to step outside and not have to hunch over and bundle in 8 layers just to maintain normal body temperature is like a little present. to walk into church without a coat, sweet! to get home and put on flip-flops was the BEST! to get in my car, roll down the window and blast good music, didn't come a moment too soon.

i'm taking deep breaths of warm air and i am loving it!

today i have decided that russ and i are going to run away somewhere and find a cool place to adventure in. somewhere with a lot of trees and grass and rocks to throw. we are taking our bikes and a snack and we're not coming back!

okay, we'll be back, but only cause we have to!

gotta go!