RHNJ

I kinda want to get to bed soon so I can read a little of my book but there is NO way I can't share a couple of my thoughts about the episode. Also let's all admit that until the last 20 min the ep was BORING and you could tell that they were just trying to build up to the last part. 

-WTF Danielle bringing the book to the family dinner party. That PISSED me off that she just plopped the book in the middle of the table and started staring at everyone. From the previews I was kinda under the impression that this fight happened naturally but the fact that she basically brought this on herself and to kinda stir the pot really annoyed me

-I don't know about anyone else but I'm still a little cynical over the fact if Caroline really was the one who "leaked" the book or if she was really just trying to cover for Dina or if she was just trying to smooth the situation over and take the bullet. It did seem a little too easy when she just was like ok I did it. I did like how in the beginning how she was trying to let Danielle speak and thought that was classy (well...relatively speaking haha) 

-Kudos to Jacqueline for actually growing a pair and standing up to Dina and the rest of her family. I totally understand being caught in the middle and not wanting to step on toes and hurt feelings ESPECIALLY when you have a natural obligation to your family but good for her on calling Dina out. I also LOVED Chris her hubby and his nice little speech to calm everyone down at the end as well as the expression on his face during the fight. HAHA my mom was watching it w me and we both agreed that my dad has that same look on his face when everyone gets into fights at our family gatherings

-Theresa?? Um absolutely no words except for the fact that for her sake I really hope she was drunk! What Danielle said (as well as her actions for the entire night and season basically) was completely uncalled for but the fact that Theresa was silent for the majority of the fight and then just flipped out...well that was just weird. But it totally made me laugh and provided for GREAT tv so thats something

-One last thing...it's one thing having the older kids there (and I forget who said it but I LOVED when someone's kid was like no Mom I want to stay to see this!) but to have the younger kids especially Danielle's kids and Dina's daughter there was (at least I think) really irresponsible. I don't know about anyone else but at family gatherings there was a reason that us kids sat in the other room!! 

So all in all I thought this was a great episode! Can't wait for the unedited footage on Thursday and reunion next week! Ok so what do you all think? Agree/Disagree....sound off below! Oh and I know I'm a dork for LOVING LOST so much but a Top Chef Masters LOST themed ep tomorrow night?? Cannot WAIT!! 

xoxo

KAC

Life Lesson #235

If you're planning on doing the shred after dinner it's probably not the best idea to have a mojito (or two) before ;) 

Whoops so I didn't have my date with Jillian as planned but I am planning on it tonight! Dinner (and the mojitos) at the Cottage was GREAT and if any of you Boston ladies make it out to the burbs you definitely have to try it out!! Nothing too exciting today so I'm probably going to leave it at that but SO excited for RHNJ finale tonight and expect another post after! 

xoxo

KAC

Great Read!

Forgot to mention this earlier but just finished a GREAT read that I ended up starting way back in April but got so busy that never got to finish it haha. It's called Thirty-Nine Years of Short Term Memory Loss and is a memoir of Tom Davis who was the comedy partner of Al Franken and both of them wrote on SNL back in the day. I LOVE memoirs and the seventies is my favorite decade so this was a great read!! I have to admit that Davis does ramble a little bit (I think thats what all the drugs will do to you haha) and his writing style does take a bit to get used to but it's a perfect beach book! Right now I'm on Book 6 (I forget the name since they all have some version of dead in the title) of the Sookie Stackhouse mysteries (aka the book series True Blood is based off of) and it is great as well! I absolutely LOVE reading and the summer is a perfect time to do it! 

xoxo

KAC

The Mondays

Ugh I have a total case of the Mondays and this weather (it's kinda cool and rainy and its been like this since last week) is not helping one bit! My weekend in Naples was FABULOUS!! I seriously feel like I need another weekend right now to recover! I have a ton of pictures I want to share with you all but I'm a little lazy right now so look for those later in the week! 

Um True Blood last night how good was it?! My flight that was supposed to get in at 1130pm didn't get in until 1am because we sat on the runway for 1.5 hours at JFK (grrr) but I was so excited to watch it I stayed up late when I got home. O man was it GOOD! I am more in love with Bill than ever and that scene at the end between him and Sookie was HOTT!! I was almost dying laughing when Bill was trying to teach Jessica about recycling haha. And is it just me or is anyone else excited about the possibility of Lafayette becoming a vamp? He's one of my fav characters and I'm so glad they didn't kill him off...I think him as a vamp would be pretty awesome! 

I think that'll be it for tonight. I didn't get alot of sleep last night and I got really sunburned yesterday (S and I thought it be a great idea to not use a lot of sunscreen bc it was our last day) so I'm sooo sleepy! Off to the Cottage for dinner (one of my FAV places yum!) and then I need to meet back up with Jillian after dinner and continue the Shred....I don't think she'd be too happy with all the beer and coconut cream pie I ate this weekend! 

xoxo

KAC

HOLY SH!T!!

That was my reaction yesterday (said in my head) when I googled my name and my twitter page was the first listing that came up. Which made me immediately want to twitter what I found. You see I probably am the dumbest/most naive person when it comes to all things related to technology. Yesterday when I was at work I had to "repurpose" (aka write the same article over again but in my own words) an interesting (and helpful) article about how people are turning to social networking sites to help them with their job searches. At the end of the article it said how (obvi) you had to be careful about revealing too much online so a good way to do this would be to google your name. 

A quick side note: when I registered for my twitter account I first used my real name however I then realized that I didn't want a lot of people finding me so that's when I changed it to my initials. When I checked my initials were saved in the profile section and they're what appeared on my page. 

Anyway I don't know why my name still appeared connected with my twitter account when I googled my name but it did. Now I only had twitter for like two weeks and I didn't really put alot about my internship on it but when my supervisor was out on Monday I did put that I was getting distracted and spending time on twitter and blogger.....OOPS! 

So I don't think anyone at work saw it but I FREAKED out anyway and immediately deleted my account. So I'm sure right now all of you are laughing your asses off that someone could possibly be that stupid but what can I say....I guess I AM that stupid! Anyhoo that is the reason I am no longer on Twitter. I might go back eventually but right now I don't think I can handle the power that comes with it hahaha

The other thing I wanted to mention is that this is my last post before Monday because I am off to Naples today...WOOOOHOOOO! I am SO excited and cannot wait! I am all pack and wanted to show pictures of what I'm taking but for some reason my cameras not uploading pictures right now...weird. I am taking wayyyy too much for the weekend but o well. I'm so happy because my supervisor said that I didn't have to go into work today so I have the morning off and am watching er reruns on TNT...my fav! I hope everyone has a great weekend and see you all on Monday! 

xoxo

KAC

The Luck O The Irish Pt 2

Ok I'll be posting another post after this but right now without further ado here is the second half of my pictures from Ireland!!

In Killkenny they used the most BEAUTIFUL colors for buildings and doors. Here are a couple of the prettiest ones!

This was one of my favorite colors. The green was AMAZING!!

This picture didn't come out as well as I wanted but the pink was so bright!! 

The trail we walked around Upper Lake in Glendalough

That little hole is where the hermit St. Kevin stayed when too many people started coming to Glendalough. 

Ruins of a miner's camp. I think this is a little "later" from the 1300 or 1400s

More pictures of the miner's camp

A picture of our hotel right outside Killkenny. This was the most AMAZING place ever! It used to be an old house and it was so beautiful!

We went horseback riding which was SO fun! Our guide Tara was super nice and she took me over some cross country jumps which great because I've always wanted to try them but it was def scary!! I wanted to get pictures of the jumps but didn't so here's a picture of myself that I took on the horse!

This isn't really of anything special but I thought it was "artsy" haha so I put this in.

Killkenny Castle

There are a TON of old Guinness signs around everywhere in Ireland but this one was my favorite.

A stone tower from the 1200s (I think) next to one of the major churches in Killkenny. You can climb to the top but I didn't want to because it looked a little intense haha.

My mom told me to suck it up so I climbed the tower with her (my dad has a huge fear of heights!) Here are the little ladders that you had to climb to the top

My mom climbing the ladder

View from the top. It was AMAZING!!

My mom and I once we were back on the ground

One of the old immigrant ships. This is similar to what my great grandparents came to NY on

Nothing particular but this was taken in Westwick (a town halfway between Killkenny and Dublin located on the coast) It was the most beautiful day and this was a really cute house haha

A palm tree in Westwick...who knew??

The coast in Westwick...so pretty! 

Our FAVORITE restaurant in Dublin Hugos. It was this teeny wine bar with the most delish food ever! Mmmmmm I wish I could eat there right now haha

My mom and I in the hotel bar on the last night. This was the first of MANY drinks before dinner and in addition to wine at dinner we were both kinda hurting on the plane the next day haha

xoxo

KAC

The Luck O The Irish Pt 1

Here's the moment I know you all have been desperately waiting for (haha) the post where I finally start sharing my Ireland pictures! Because I hate uploading pictures to Blogger with a passion (anyone else agree with me on this?) I decided to split up my pictures into two parts. Before I launch into those pics I just got my summer swap package for Bonnie (who has an adorable blog so if you haven't been to visit her make sure to do so!!) together so I thought I would give you all a little sneak peek of what I'm sending! 

Now without further ado.....here are my pictures from Ireland!

Trinity College Ireland's largest college. I don't know what building this was but the entire campus is BEAUTIFUL! They still had classes going on so it was cool to see everyone around campus.

One of the MANY cute pubs in the Temple Bar district. I don't know why this section of called Temple Bar but its full of really cute restaurants, bars, and pubs.

Another cute pub in the Temple Bar district.

Where we ate lunch the first day...my parents picked it because we weren't really in the mood for pub food (which is good but REALLY heavy) and my parents used to eat at an Elephant & Castle when they lived in NYC. Turned out this is the same place haha go figure.

The pond inside St. Stephan's Green (Dublin's main park) For all you Boston ladies this park totally reminded me of the Gardens and Dublin is really similar to Boston in the way its set up, the weather, etc. It was funny...we would tell people we were from Boston, and most people either had a cousin or other relative living in the city and would always ask us if we knew them!

The Guinness Factory one of the best parts of Dublin ;) Those are my parents who accidently got in the picture in case you were wondering.

Self Explanatory but one of the best parts of the tour! 

The Sky Bar at the very end of the tour...this was the BEST part and where they would give you a free pint of Guinness (or in my case two...I drank my moms too haha)

My Dad and I

Me and my Mom

This is outside of Dublin in Glendalough where we stopped on our way to Kilkenny. These were two Irish Setters that were next door to our restaurant where we had lunch and they were so cute I had to include it!

Where we had lunch....honestly some of the freshest and BEST food I've ever had! They were playing Bob Marley inside and any place that plays Bob Marley is a-ok with me!! 

Some of the ancient ruins inside Glendalough National Park. Glendalough used to be home to a hermit named St. Kevin but many others ended up joining him and these are some of the ancient ruins from the village. I don't exactly remember how old they are but I think they're from the 1100 or 1200s. 

My dad and I in front of the lower lake in Glendalough.

The upper lake of Glendalough....this picture does not do it justice. One of the prettiest places I have ever seen! 

And that's going to be it for tonight! Right now the Sox are playing the (evil....sorry personal bias coming through) Yankees and they're up 7-0....WOOOOO GO SOX!!!! 

xoxo

KAC

ETA: It seems like I'm always forgetting to put things in but thanks to all for the comments about getting carded at the movies...it made me feel better that I wasn't the only one haha