in classic molly-fashion, i am always late for everything. i have been out of the country for a little bit, so since getting home this week and catching up on blog-reading, i noticed a year-recap feature that i really liked. and since i have fallen off the blogging wagon (my last post was in october!!!) i figured i'd play a little catch up.
so, here is a 2011 re-cap!
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january, jordan and i traveled west to california. we made stops along the way in san diego, santa barbara, big sur, and san francisco, making sure to eat as often and as much as we could along the way.
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| donuts on the pier |
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| the marina in san diego |
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| the mediterranean nut burger from sojourner, santa barbara |
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| jordan and me in big sur |
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feburary, the spring semester came way too quickly and i was busy with school all the time. for valentine's day, jordan and i went on our traditional "mystery date" to philadelphia. we spent the morning at the philadelphia museum and had a delicious dinner at branzino.
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| jordan and me outside the philly art museum |
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| back to school brown bag! |
in march, my mom was in the hospital so i was spending a lot of time in baltimore visiting her. i didn't blog at all that month, since life/school/family events were taking precedence over cooking!
luckily, april was a much kinder month. my mom got out of the hospital, i celebrated by 25th birthday, and jordan and i got engaged!
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| flowers at longwood gardens |
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| right before the proposal...someone looks nervous!! |
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| right after i said yes |
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| celebrating our engagement at pastabilities in wilmington |
in may, the semester finally ended and garden season officially began! we got our backyard prepped for the summer abundance of vegetables and herbs. we also kicked off wedding season, going to the first of many summer weddings over memorial day weekend.
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| being silly in a wedding photobooth |
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| detox smoothie (morning after aforementioned wedding...) |
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| getting the garden ready |
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| new basil plants...so much pesto on the horizon! |
in june, we celebrated another wedding, enjoyed some of the first summer harvest (lots of arugula and basil). we received a grill from jordan's parents as an engagement present, so we spent a lot of time outside grilling! wedding planning officially got underway...in the month of june, we found our venue, our band, and my dress! there was a little bit of sadness in june, though, as we lost my cat from childhood, lucy, to leukemia.
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| the rental house for jess and phil's wedding |
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| trying eggplant for the first time. i must have been crazy for never eating it before! |
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| hooping away |
in july, i threw a surprise birthday party for jordan, we had friends over a lot for backyard cookouts, and we traveled south to slower lower for the delaware state fair. there was an incredible heat wave in the last week of the month, so sadly some of our tomato crop did not survive.
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| grilled watermelon! |
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| backyard bounty party |
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| friends galore |
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| birthday jamming! |
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| on the ferris wheel at the state fair |
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| trying to cool off during the heatwave |
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august, we celebrated my godparents' 50th wedding anniversary in the shenandoah mountains in virginia, then jordan and i left for big meadows state park and camped out for a week. my mom had to go back to the hospital so our trip had to end early, but we had a great time hiking, cooking out, and taking in spectacular mountain views.
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| starting the hike to old rag |
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| grilled veggies and cous cous cooked over the fire |
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| whistlin and fishin |
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| hawksbill |
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| old rag |
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september, the semester started, albeit delayed because of anticlimactic hurricane irene! we didn't lost power, so we had a harry potter movie marathon. we used the last of our garden tomatoes as much as we could.
in october, i got a new iphone! and that was it. just kidding...i was really really stressed out from studying for my comprehensive exams, but i found glimmers of fun here and there. i took a trip to nyc to seal the deal with my wedding dress. we had friends over for a pasta making party, and we celebrated a very snowy halloween!
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| saying yes to the dress |
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| feast |
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| jordan and justin getting down the business |
november was insane. i took and passed my comprehensive exams (with high honors...holla!!), celebrated thanksgiving, and had an engagement party all within the same week.
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| what a fella i got myself! |
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| the myerbergs |
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| our bar at the engagement party |
in december, the semester finally ended (and this lady has a 4.0...no big deal). i got to spend a lot of time at home for christmas for the first time since my senior year of college (!!). i handmade all of my christmas presents, jordan and i got our engagement pictures taken, we visited family and friends, had dinner in little italy in new york, celebrated my cousin's wedding and my dad's birthday, and did a lot of cooking/baking in between!
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