NYC 2011

Well, I did it again.  Made an escape to my favorite city.  This time, it was a little different.  It was a "business trip".  I try to say that without giggling because it WAS for business, and I still have to pinch myself sometimes that I'm in this "party world".  I love it each and every day.

The trip started out with a little bit of adventure!  And I'm not talking about the 5:30 am arrival to the airport.  No, I'm talking about the FULL BODY PAT DOWN that I received at the airport!  Yep, that's right folks.  Our lovely TSA workers singled me out to go through the full body scanner.  And then after determining that I had to many "anomalies", they requested a female to give me a full body pat down.  Let me tell you, I have not been touched like that by anyone other than my hubby in 18 years!  LOL  It was quite an experience....

Our flight was quick, and before we knew it we were landing in NYC!  A quick and crazy taxi ride later, and we arrived at the Doubletree Chelsea hotel.  We headed out to Time Square, to see the lights, and got a quick bite of NYC pizza - nothing better.  We stayed up a little too late that night as some of the other "party girls" arrived, and were staying on our floor.  We stayed up chatting like school girls.  One of the girls dubbed us the 7th Floor Cheer Camp. 

Kim & I in Time Square

We ended up sleeping in a little later than we should have Monday morning, but eventually Andrea & I headed out to see some of the city.  (Kim stayed back to do some work and had an impromptu photo shoot of our swag bags in the hotel room!)  Andrea and I walked around Rockefeller Center & then up to Central Park.  I took some pictures of areas of the park that I had just visited in April with Wendy, except this time it was covered in snow!  Cold, but stunning.

Skating at Rockefeller Center

Bridge in January

Same bridge in April

The Mall in Central Park in January

Same spot in April

And again, my favorite fountain.....OFF!  I've been to this fountain 4 times and have never seen water flowing from it.  Maybe my next trip.....in October! 

That's all for now.....more to come later in the week!

Year in Review

So, I had these grand ideas to do a Year in Review post, but yea, it's already the 4th, and I haven't had the time. So, to make it simple, I'm using this.

This is from Facebook and it's a collection of my statuses from 2010.  I thought it was pretty hilarious.

But a quick recap of my 2010.............

My New Job (which has caused my lack of blog posting, but I'm really going to try to change that!!), my 40th birthday and awesome party to celebrate it, my trip to NYC, our family vacation to San Diego, Girls' Camp, watching my kids become young adults, Hugh's remodel of the girls' room (need to post pictures soon!), birth of my newest niece, Claire, having Emmi say my name clear as a bell "TONI!!" (love it!), lots of love and fun times with family and friends.  Ok!  I guess that's it!!! 

Love you all, and I hope to make a weekly appearance here.  I promise.