top of the morning to ya!

happy st. patrick's day to all-hope you are wearing your green! :) today is probably the holiday that i know the least about... i have no idea really why we celebrate it, nor do i know why we are supposed to wear green (other than simply for the reason that no one really wants to get pinched). of course, now that i'm in the "professional" world, it's not such a popular thing to go around pinching people left and right who aren't wearing green. it was funny as i checked everyone's clothing when they came in this morning...some people wore obvious green, very noticeably celebrating st. patty's day. i'm afraid i ended up fitting into that category, subconsciously, because i grabbed my northface fleece on my way to the car this morning, which is bright green! my outfit, however, has very subtle green-ness in it! anyway, others in the office don't appear to have any green on...which they, i think, fall into one of two categories-either they are secretly wearing green, hoping not to draw attention to themselves by obviously wearing it, all the while if anyone says anything about their lack of celebrating the holiday, they can quickly pull up their pant leg and show the clover socks they are sporting! OR they really and truly don't have any green on because they think it's silly to celebrate in such a way, or they simply forgot.

so, in four weeks, ryan and i get to go to the beach for a few days with some sweet friends who have invited us to come and make their place crowded for a few days.. :) i've been dropping the hint to ryan over the past week or so that i want to get a new swimsuit...and he's, for the most part, ignored my not-so-subtle hints. yesterday, i finally said straight up, "ryan, i really want to get a new swimsuit before we go to the beach...Plllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeasssseee?!?!" as most of you women know, but few of you men probably know, when you buy a two-piece swimsuit, you have to pay for each piece seperately. it's just another one of those crazy schemes by the people who make women's clothing...anyway, i was explaining to ryan that i'll need such-and-such amount of money because i, obviously, will have to purchase both a top and bottom. and he said, "well, how about you get a new top and just use one of your old bottoms. don't you have just a black one-you can get something to match that!" really funny, let me tell you! and so much like something my dad would say.... BOYS!

we got a "new" car yesterday! i was hoping to snap some pictures with my sweet blackberry this morning before getting to work, but i didn't get a chance to. it's a 1991 Isuzu Trooper that i have absolutely adored for months and months now. we bought it from some dear friends who gave us too good of a price on it. it is the perfect car for playing around in the mountains! we had a delightful ride to work this morning it in. ryan looks a lot more natural driving this car than he does his grandpa car... it just fits him. really rugged!! and it's tall, like ryan-i mean, there is like a foot between the top of his head and the ceiling. that doesn't happen much!! pictures to come soon.... :)