Month-In-Review: July 2022

♥ Doing nothing on the Fourth of July with Justin.
♥ Going wedding dress shopping with Day and the girls.
♥ Spending a day out east with Justin, Gino and Christina to celebrate Gino's birthday.
♥ Attending my parents' block party with my sister, Erik and Mimi.
♥ Finally being able to eat vegetables from my garden.
♥ Seeing Incubus at Jone's Beach with my sister, Eileen, Natasha and Keri.
♥ My team winning our second Beer Olympics.
♥ Visiting the Old Field Point Lighthouse (1868) with Justin.
♥ Lazy charcuterie lunch with Justin, Gino, Christina and Little Christina.
♥ Planning last minute fuckery with Eileen and Quinn.

♥ Movie Trailer | The Bob's Burger Movie
♥ Forgotten Photos From My iPhone
♥ Forgotten Photos From My iPhone: Meant To Instagram Edition

Tom Segura: Completely Normal (2014)
Tom Segura: Mostly Stories (2016)

Tom Segura: Disgraceful (2018)
Whitney Cummings: Jokes (2022)

Light & Magic (2022)
The Garden Chronicles (2022 - Present)

Month In Review: August 2020

♥ Talking Justin into renting an Airbnb in upstate New York for a couple of day in September.

♥ Spending the day with my parents and Mimi out in eastern Long Island.

♥ Playing video games with Phil and Rob after months of not seeing them.

♥ Helping my sister and Erik in their new home.

♥ Plotting with Day to have a friends weekend in October.

♥ Justin and I taking Mimi to White Post Farm to see the animals.

♥ Celebrating my father's 70th birthday.

♥ Helping Christina arrange her bookshelf by color.

♥ Justin and I going to the Storm King Art Center for the day.

♥ Meeting my sister's coworker's dog Ginger.

High Score (2020)

Hoops (2020 - Present)

Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado (2020)

Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll (2014) *

A Bear Names Winnie (2004) *

The Speed Cubers (2020)

"Girls Like Us" by Cristina Alger

"A Wrinkle In Time" by Madeleine L'Engle

"New Kid" by Jerry Craft

* = Movies I've watched for the library's movie discussion group that I host with two of my coworkers

Squad Fishing Trip

Last weekend a bunch of us went fishing on one of the boats from the Laura Lee Fleet out of Captree State Park here on Long Island. Here are some of the photos I took in Huji Cam...

I was planning on taking way more photos (Especially of the squad) than I did but the trip was kind of a cluster fuck. Toni and Jamie both got sick while on the boat (We might have gone out drinking the night before, which in hindsight was a horrible idea). Chris, who is the reason we threw this shindig together, got scare of being on the boat and spent almost the entire trip in the cabin with Toni. So because of those reasons and actually fishing while on the boat, taking photos fell by the wayside.

But yeah, it was an interesting trip. I don't know if we'll ever go on another squad fishing trip but I think I'm okay with that.

Would you attempt to orchestrate a trip like this with your friend? Lemme know!

Behind The Scenes of Mimi's First Birthday Photo Shoot

Over the weekend my sister and brother-in-law had Danielle of DeeVee Photography take Mimi's first birthday photos. And as you can guess, I tagged along and took some behind the scenes photos (With Danielle permission).

If you're on Long Island and need a portrait or lifestyle photographer here's Danielle contact information:

Website: DeeVee Photography
Instagram: @DeeVeePhotography 
Facebook: DeeVee Photography

For anyone interested, Mimi's outfit for the shoot was from SweetPeaCharlies on Etsy. It is the Heart One Glitter Birthday Outfit and was $44.99 for the bodysuit, bloomers, headband and bracelet. And as always the cake was made by our friend Eileen from Sweet Soirees NY.

Returning The Chicks To The Farm

As you may or may not know, we hatched chick for a second year at my library and yesterday was the day that I had to bring the chicks back to the farm.

And since every patron that comes into my department that knows about the chickens asks me what the farm looks like, etc. I took a handful of pictures while I was there with Toni and the kids to share with them and all of you. So, here are some of the pictures I took during our brief visit to the farm...

It wasn't as nice as it was last year when we returned the chicks, but we all still had a nice little visit and I can't wait to do it again next year.

Family Fishing Trip

Yesterday myself, Justin, my sister and Erik went on a little family fishing excursion. Justin had gotten a Groupon for a fishing trip with the Northstar Fishing Fleet out of Captree State Park here on Long Island for four people about a month ago, so we decided to use it this weekend because the weather was supposed to be nice.

We wanted to go on the night fishing trip but it was completely booked, so we settled on the afternoon trip. Which ended up being perfect because it was such a beautiful day to be out on the water.

So we boarded the boat a little before the sailing time of 2:00pm and posted up in the front of the boat because that's where the guys wanted to be. Justin had brought two of his own fishing rods for us to use but decided on using the ones on board like Kristina and Erik (I believe it was a $5.00 per rod fee when you purchase the Groupon but Erik had worked on the fleet many many moons ago, so they gave them a discount).

We set out on time and hit up a handful of spots throughout the course of our time on the boat. Unfortunately despite catching five fish collectively (Kristina caught three, Erik and Justin both caught one and I of course caught nothing), none of them were keepers and we left the boat empty handed.

Even though we didn't catch anything, we had a great time. The crew was super friendly and helpful.

If you're on Long Island and you enjoy being out on the water, I'd highly recommend snatching up this Groupon while it's still around because was totally worth the $75.00 for the four of us to hang out on a boat for the afternoon.