This video has over 10 million plays on YouTube... and quite rightly. It's a video made by St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Oregon to promote breast cancer awareness. It's so amazing how these employees--doctors, cafeteria workers, business officers, janitors-- all came together for such an important cause... and they look so happy doing it!
I work at UNC-Chapel Hill at the Friday Center for Continuing Education (woot woot!), and we're about to celebrate the 90th birthday of our founder, William Friday. My department is responsible for making a massive card for it for all employees to sign; however, Ryan had a great idea to do something like this video instead. What a great way to genuinely get our message across to him of how much he's meant to the University and what an incredible milestone he's reached. Plus he gets to see the face of all the people that make up the heart of the Center. That's a bit more special than a plain old card with signatures!
So, enjoy the video. : ) Who doesn't love happy tears?
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Martha's Vineyard
So we leave for our family vacation this coming Sunday for Martha's Vineyard! My first vacation since the honeymoon... so it's very much needed. As you probably know, Martha's Vineyard is a quaint, beautiful island off the coast of Massachusetts. Ryan's family owns one of the little gingerbread houses in the Oak Bluffs area, right in the center of town. How lucky are we?
Ryan spent many of his childhood vacations here, and he's been wanting to take me up there ever since we started dating-- after all, it's the quintessential "New England." And I love anything New England. : ) So I'm banking on a full lovely week of the following: fishing, eating lobster, clamming, walking, kayaking, drinking wine, visiting little shops and bakeries, and most importantly, relaxing. Most vacations seem to be so jam packed with activities in order to take full advantage of your days off from work that it's hard to fully experience the place you visit; however, the environment of Martha's Vineyard caters to the old-fashioned summer vacation... enjoying the outdoors, spending time with your family, and appreciating the little things in life.
Here's just a few of the little stops I'd like to make on our trip (those within walking distance are my favorite!):
Mad Martha's Ice Cream
Vineyard Haven, MA
Flying Horses Carousel
Oak Bluffs, MA
The nation's oldest operating carousel. If you catch the brass ring, you get a free ride! (Know the Dispatch song "Flying Horses"? Yep, this is it!)
The Black Dog Tavern and Bakery
Vineyard Haven, MA
Opened in 1973. Self-explanatory!
Murdick's Fudge
Edgartown, MA
Murdick's Fudge has been making fudge and brittle with the same recipes since 1887.
Ryan spent many of his childhood vacations here, and he's been wanting to take me up there ever since we started dating-- after all, it's the quintessential "New England." And I love anything New England. : ) So I'm banking on a full lovely week of the following: fishing, eating lobster, clamming, walking, kayaking, drinking wine, visiting little shops and bakeries, and most importantly, relaxing. Most vacations seem to be so jam packed with activities in order to take full advantage of your days off from work that it's hard to fully experience the place you visit; however, the environment of Martha's Vineyard caters to the old-fashioned summer vacation... enjoying the outdoors, spending time with your family, and appreciating the little things in life.Here's just a few of the little stops I'd like to make on our trip (those within walking distance are my favorite!):
Mad Martha's Ice Cream Vineyard Haven, MA
Flying Horses CarouselOak Bluffs, MA
The nation's oldest operating carousel. If you catch the brass ring, you get a free ride! (Know the Dispatch song "Flying Horses"? Yep, this is it!)
The Black Dog Tavern and Bakery
Vineyard Haven, MA
Opened in 1973. Self-explanatory!
Murdick's Fudge
Edgartown, MA
Murdick's Fudge has been making fudge and brittle with the same recipes since 1887.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Laughing at My Desk Hilarious
I watched this movie "Run Fat Boy Run" when it came out on DVD, and for some reason (despite the less-than-phenomenal reviews), I loved it. I don't think I stopped laughing for 30 minutes after I watched this scene. Being a runner probably contributed to that fact, but I can't imagine that this wouldn't hit everyone's funny bone. Warning: I also have an unnerving love of physical comedy. Enjoy!
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
A huff and a puff...
Nope, I don't have one yet. But hear me, hear me! One day! Ryan and I are planning to call our future wrinkly friend, Theodore Roosevelt. Nickname: Teddy. : )
Friday, June 11, 2010
My Best Friend's Wedding
No, I'm not speaking of the 1997 Julia Roberts film. Wishin' and hopin' and thinkin' and prayin'. Tomorrow I experience my actual best friend's wedding! Except for a few small differences:
Anyways, point being, I'm extremely excited for one of my best gal's to become a "matron" with me. It really is just an amazing experience. Here's Katie and I dancing together at my wedding just 8 months ago. I hope to get a similar photo of us tomorrow night, attire switched. : )
- My best friend is a girl.
- I'm not in love with her. (I do love her though!)
- I'm not a crazy psycho.
Anyways, point being, I'm extremely excited for one of my best gal's to become a "matron" with me. It really is just an amazing experience. Here's Katie and I dancing together at my wedding just 8 months ago. I hope to get a similar photo of us tomorrow night, attire switched. : )
Monday, June 7, 2010
The "Good Ol' Days"
Good Ol' Days (n): past times remembered with nostalgia (a yearning for the past, often in idealized form).
Yes, we all have our own definition of what the "good ol' days" were, the prior years always seeming better than our reality today. Yet I guarantee that one day we'll look back at this time, this breathing second, as a time when things were "better." Why do we do this to ourselves? Why do we always long for how things once were and not how they could be? Nostalgia is a funny thing. I think we get so attached to it because it gives us a small glimpse into what having childhood innocence felt like... peeping into that small window of ourselves with a fresh start, a clean slate. And hey, I'm guilty as charged. I got to thinking of it so much one day that I sat there compiling images of what I remember most of childhood. This is what I found (enjoy you products of the 80s and 90s!):
Yes, we all have our own definition of what the "good ol' days" were, the prior years always seeming better than our reality today. Yet I guarantee that one day we'll look back at this time, this breathing second, as a time when things were "better." Why do we do this to ourselves? Why do we always long for how things once were and not how they could be? Nostalgia is a funny thing. I think we get so attached to it because it gives us a small glimpse into what having childhood innocence felt like... peeping into that small window of ourselves with a fresh start, a clean slate. And hey, I'm guilty as charged. I got to thinking of it so much one day that I sat there compiling images of what I remember most of childhood. This is what I found (enjoy you products of the 80s and 90s!):
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