a smashing holiday...

oh yes... i shall say it yet again, it's been too long my friends. it feels as if it was just christmas and yet here we are approaching valentine's day. woo wee! so a wee bit of an overview of what has been happening with miss emily. christmas was fantastic. it was so great to be home with friends and family and christmas morning was definitely the cream of the crop.

^ Cinderella and Auntie Em!


^ Ava and the new pooch, Boots.


^ With Kev kev at the mall...paying a visit to Mr. S. Clause.


^ Went with the Harry Potter theme this year, surprised?

christmas was a whirlwind and when it was done, oh boy i was ready for it.
last month, after returning to school i met up with shayne in malibu for a great night off campus. we had talapia at the gilberg's house...might i add here that the only fish i have ever eaten has been salmon and i absolutely HATED it. out of mere politeness i kept my mouth shut when i was told what would be on the menu. tried it...and i loved it! crazy? yes, indeed. it tasted nothing like fish, much to my surprise, and i am dying to try it again. after dinner we headed down to a shopping center and had cupcakes and coffee from crumbs bake shop. i can not begin to describe the amount of sugar that was in one of those things. let me just say i am very happy that i am not a diabetic...i most likely would have died. we went back to the gilberg's and had some more coffee and chatted then i headed home for the evening. it was really great to see shayne and i'm glad that we can still keep in touch even though he is now broken up with alicia.

^ A malibu sunset

Later on in the month a group us went to pasadena for some shopping and cheese cake factor-ing. delsih, might i add :)
A few days later we went to a free iron and wine concert in hollywood..which was pretty good for a free show... then that weekend we went to the huntington gardens and library and spent a lazy saturday strolling through the estate and taking pictures, which i unfortunately did not do, much to my chagrin!

So now in february and things are picking up very quickly. i've started my new job and i love it! did i just say that? why yes i did :) definitely puts me in a time crunch for all my school work but nonetheless i'm so lucky to have a job and one that i enjoy as well. i've read some really great books lately and i would love to share them with you. these include:
- the distant hours by kate morton
- alice i have been by melanie benjamin
- major pettigrew's last stand by helen simonson

all english, what else did you expect? :)

this upcoming week is going to be very very busy. three tests and a quiz :/ BUT on the bright-side next thursday night i will be home :) my flight is all booked and i am very very excited! and to top that off, we got the news last week that my sister amy is pregnant again! such good news and we are all looking forward to the due date, in the middle of september!

i have also been brainstorming ideas for a possible headband business this summer...i have some ideas i would love to try once time and money decide to no longer hang over my head!

now to the grindstone..homework or bust!

cheers and je t'aime