christmas weekend... part 1 of.... TBD....

Happy December! I can't believe it's actually december... 6 days in even. and today, it was 60* out. that's bullshit. i'm sorry but it's bullshit. i'm not saying i mind it because i don't, but in 2 days when it snows or when we get some kind of precipitation that might include snow, people are going to flip a nut... but it's friggen december. it should be cold and semi snowy at this point. just saying...

this past weekend, my college friends and i (hoot hoot, state) ventured to York, Maine for our annual christmas weekend... we stayed at my friend Danielle's parents house and HOLY BEAUIFUL. seriously. words don't really express just how beautiful this house is... but the tree sure does... talk about christmas

spirit! and the view... holy shit. she's really lucky we all have actual jobs or i'm fairly certain we never would have left. i know i wouldn't have. (sorry boyfriend. you're on your own)...

let me give you a brief rundown of our weekend. (it probably won't really be that brief but i do want you to keep reading)... Friday night, most of us roll in mid-day to early evening. we sit around, catching up on the past few months, talking babies (congrats, mamma j) and weddings (you too, doc). and just enjoying each other's company while comfortably seated around the huge "island" in the kitchen. and then... the doctor introduced us to a little man named marcel. marcel is a shell. he is a conch shell and he wears shoes which are actually white plastic with pink on top (although i'm not sure why). and he only has one eye ball which i think makes the whole thing that much funnier. so the doctor introduces us to marcel... (i have since shared marcel with EVERYONE i know and believe me, if you've never seen him before, it's worth clicking this link to learn a little more about Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (part 2).) bahahahahahahahhahahahah. i love this little shell.... i have so many favorite parts... what are yours!? please share... and if you don't think marcel is the funniest little shell you have ever seen, f.you.... post marcel the shell, we cracked open some bottles of wine and such and built some awesome meatball GRINDERS (not subs) and mowed our faces off as per part of the requirements for the christmas weekend. we always have WAY more food than is necessary for us, but the best part is we can pick and choose every day what we want to eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and everything in between. no set dinner times. no set times to stop (or start) drinking... it's beautiful.

so after dinner, we retired to the living room to begin our wait for our favorite world traveler. while we were waiting, we were privy to a little yoga show... this conversation ensued...

"this one is called birds of paradise... first you grab here (arm under leg) then you hold on (to the arm that is under your leg) then you lift your leg up (whilst your arms are wrapped behind your body and under your leg) and then you straignten everything..." 

to which i replied... "which part of this is paradise?"  

..... to be continued....