for a friend

hey all you fabulous people out there!!

one of my dear friends turned 39 last month and made a "39 things to do before turning 40" list. one of the things on her list is to receive 40 post cards by the time she turns 40.


well.... we can help her with that now can't we?!?!

please send a post card to:

"Carrie McCarthy"
1425 Cedar Lane
Green Lane, PA 18054

and hey, while you are at it, tell your friends. i'm sure we can surpass 40 before she turns 40!! :)

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pittsburgh bound

by the time you are reading this ryan and i are probably already headed to this lovely old late 1800s house in the west end of pittsburgh for the night to celebrate our 5th year anniversary.

we had planned on going to frank lloyd wright's fallingwater home on saturday (technically our anniversary) since neither one of us has been there. but that will have to wait for another time.

we are cutting our trip short because ryan's dad is coming down to motown on saturday to help us get into the closed up fireplace in the house we are going to move into. why anyone would close a fireplace is beyond my imagination - they are so beautiful and add such an ambiance to the house!

i hope you all have a lovely weekend! hugs!!

july is a month of independence

in my last post i was going to talk about july being a month of celebration (aka me passing the gmat). i was going to write about the 4th of july - independence day. it was then that i realized just how many independence days all over the world are celebrated in july:

july 1st: - burundi - independence from belgium in 1962

- canada - independence from united kingdom in 1867

- rwanda - independence from belgium in 1962

july 3rd: - belarus - liberation from minsk from german occupation by soviet troops in 1944

july 4th: - united states of america - independence from kingdom of great britain in 1776

july 5th: - venezuela - independence from spain in 1811

- algeria - independence from france in 1962

- cape verde islands - independence from portugal in 1975

july 6th: - malawi - independence from united kingdom in 1964

july 7th: - solomon islands - independence from united kingdom in 1978

july 9th: - argentina - independence from spain in 1816

july 10th: - bahamas - independence from united kingdom in 1973

july 12th: - sao tome and principe - independence from portugal in 1975

july 20th: - columbia - independence from spain in 1810 (and also august 7th as well)

july 21st: - belgium - belgian revolution- leopold of saxe-coburg-saalfeld takes the oath as
first king of the belgians in 1831

july 26th: - liberia -independence from united states in 1847

- maldives - independence from united kingdom in 1965

- peru - independence from spain in 1821

july 30th: - vanuatu - indpendence from united kingdom and france in 1980

all of these dates (and many, many more independence dates) can be found here.

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!

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au revoir april

i can't believe this is the last day of april. where has the time gone?!

here is a brief rundown of my month:

april 4 & 5th - was spent in dc for the cherry blossom festival

april 9th - got laid off from job (more later as i have been trying to wrap my head around posting about this one)

april 16th - been at this blogging business for a month now (and loving it!! thank you to all of my readers, your sweet comments keep me going!!)

april 18th - i completed my first ever 5k (go me!)

april 21st - received complimentary annual press pass to rouxbe

april 22nd - celebrated earth day

april 25th - met dear friend rebecca in pittsburgh, pa for her birthday celebration

april 29th - celebrated obama's 100th day in office

yes, it was a busy month, with many ups and some downs. but i am ready to put a close on this month and get a fresh start with may.