something wicked this way comes

ahhhh! excitement abounds.

tonight, along with my momma, mother-in-law, and bestest friend, i will be witnessing - for the second time - WICKED!



we're seeing it at the academy of music, after we partake in some of restaurant week's finest at the palm.

my obsession with the show started in college after my brother's (then girlfriend) sang 'for good' at their spring high school choir concert. i was so impressed, i immediately ran home and began downloading the rest of the wonderful score. i was further enthralled after a friend of mine saw it and explained the plot to me - genius! i love that this is a side to the story that no one has ever considered.

so, when i got married in 2007, my wonderful new hubby presented me with tickets around Christmastime. so spectacular! i started tearing just walking into the gershwin. the show-stopper 'defying gravity' had me breaking into a full-out-tears-streaming-down-your-face kind of cry.

needless to say, i cannot wait. i read the book soon after seeing it on bway, and wasn't quite as impressed. it's much more complicated and political than the stage story. but it did get me into gregory maguire's other books.

so i will leave you with the lyrics that captured me on that day in june:

It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a hand print on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend

it's tuesday nite

and this is what's for dinner ...

{realsimple}

and i am out-of-my-mind excited. i like pretending it's summer in the middle of winter :)

the mane problem

so i frequently struggle with my hair. i'm never quite happy with it and after about 5 months of the same style (or an attempt at growing it out) i get antsy. does anyone else have this issue? i'm currently thinking about bangs. big, chunky, ones like this -




not sure how this would look. especially since my hair is shorter at the moment. ugh. decisions decisions. the perils of being a girl.

resolutions coming soon

so i'm going to have my wonderfully tech savvy hubby give me some pointers on running this thing - so it can look nicer and do more. i'm very excited.

hopefully my next post will include all of my resolutions. so they're almost a month late ... it's ok :)

hoooray!

one of my dearest and oldest friends got engaged last night!

congrats matt and lara :)

please let me help plan your wedding. k, thanks, bye.

next Christmas

too bad i didn't find this site 3 weeks ago. i would have asked for a thru q for Christmas.

especially this one -

dear Santa, please take note.

hearts and hugs, elle

6.2

i find that snow regresses my age quite significantly. i couldn't sleep past 6 am on the morning of the impending nor'easter. thank the Lord for snow ... in all of it's glittery, powdery, magical goodness.

it's perfect white blanket made me contemplate all the wonderful metaphors for the season, God's love, and His plans for us. it makes the world seem new again. it unifies us. makes everything beautiful in an otherwise dreary and gray world. reminds us of what a great God we serve - one that can show Himself in wondrous ways.

saturday night p.j. and i contemplated what christmas movie to watch (it only seemed right, with snow on the ground and all). we 'discussed' this decision for quite some time, finally ending on 'holiday inn' - a classic. i fell asleep halfway though.

on sunday we went caroling to the elderly from our church that don't normally get to sunday services. they were so thankful and their faces said it all. when we got to a nursing home, my spirit was crushed - so many left behind. just sitting. who's loving them? caring for them? showing them that they are special? it was in those moments that God really smacked me in the face with how blessed i am. how wonderful it is to have someone walk beside you in life. someone to take your hand and help you through it all. and someone to decide what christmas movie to watch on a snowy saturday night.

to quote one of p.j.'s favorite christmas movies (shhh ... don't tell)

'love actually is all around'