2 kids from jersey

Tonight the hubs is taking me on a real date!! SO excited!!

We have 7pm reservations at Bar Americain. It’s one of Bobby Flay’s restaurants in the city. Check out that menu. YUM! I’ve been staring at it all morning and still not sure what I’m going to order. There are at least 3 different things in each category (apps, dinner, dessert) that look amazing. Rob keeps telling me to ignore those pesky little numbers next to everything but boy is it expensive. I guess it balances out because our entertainment is free.

After dinner, we are going to see the LIVE taping of Saturday Night Live! WHEE!!! I’ve seen parts of rehearsals but never been to a live show. And – to make it even more awesome – Christopher Walken is hosting! How cool is that?! We love Walken. We might have floor seats and Walken might be doing audience questions for his monologue. If both of those things happen, you might be able to see us on live TV. That’d be cool. 11:30e/10:30c, NBC. Check it out.

Good night ahead!!

With the new year and new marriage, we have turned a new leaf. We are trying to eat better and cook more. We are also trying to each more whole foods; whole wheat, fresh veggies, no hydrogenated oils, trans fats, or high fructose corn syrup (which – by the way – is in EVERYTHING!). Look on the back of stuff in your fridge or pantry. High fructose corn syrup is literally in almost everything, some of which really shocked me. It’s in bagels (even the WeightWatcher ones), most breads, yogurt, even pasta sauce! No wonder we’re the fattest nation ever. Buy natural & organic and you’re usually safe.

We’re also working out more. Well, to be fair, Rob is working out more. I have been sleeping my lazy @ss in. But I’ll make up early one of these days. Promise!! Seriously though, Rob is really rocking it. He has been getting up at 5am and going to the gym 2-3 days per week. GO HUBS!!

Undergrad seems like it was just yesterday but when I stop to think about it, I guess it really wasn’t. We graduated in 2005. Three whole years ago!! WTF?! Not sure where those three years went but they sure flew by.

My senior year of college, my honors advisor kept bugging me and bugging me about grad school. My parents too – “if you don’t do it right away, it only gets harder to go back”. I figured, I’d take a year off, figure out what I wanted to do my masters in and then go back and do it. Well, a year turned into 2, which turned into three. I never did figure out the perfect program but I’ve finally committed to one.

I have been officially accepted into the Masters of Public Administration (MPA) program at the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University – Newark for the Fall 2008 semester. Wow that’s a mouthful. Basically, I’m doing my MPA. Oh – and I’m getting a certification in Nonprofit Management. So that’s cool.

I’ve still got to meet with my advisor to lay out the program. I’ve already taken the first 4 classes as a nondegree student (non officially in the program) but they should still count. Well, technically I took 2 courses last summer and am in 2 courses now. But I should pass this semesters classes alright (fingers crossed!). I’d love to be done by the end of next summer (summer ’09) but they may be wishful thinking. If I had started this 2 years ago like I said I was going to I’d be done by now but c’est la vie. Yup. Mom’s are usually right. There. I said it.

Our pro pics are up on Pictage (and have been for a little while now). There are SO many of them! The sad thing is we only get 600 of them. I know 600 is A LOT of pictures, right??! That’s what I thought when we signed the contract. Apparently not. Now that we have to select our favorite 600 out of 932, it’s so hard!!

You can see them all online at – http://www.pictage.com/350433. You’ll have to create an account but it’s TOTALLY worth it. Especially since there are 332 pictures you’ll only see there. Then they’ll be gone. Forever and ever.  tear

It has literally been forever since the wedding and SO much has happened. I don’t even know where to begin. But I am going to try. First things first – converting this from a wedding website to a blog about our life. You’ll notice that things are a little different over on that right hand side.

I’ve pulled all the wedding pages. Sad, I know. They’re not delete, just unpublished. It’s time for a new beginning! (Even though I’ve left some memories)