Here's to you, Alex. . .

In all my blog posts since April of this year, I have failed to make mention of my very best friend, Alexandra. My life would not be complete without her friendship. . .we have shared so many fun times over the past few years and she is the one friend who truely "gets me" and forgives me even when life gets busy and I haven't called in weeks :-) We first met in the fall of 2004 at Boston's Lesley University. We lived together in a beautiful red, Victorian - style house that had been turned into a dormitory. It was situated on a quiet street next to Harvard Law School( how lucky were we?? :-). We instantly clicked and were attached at the hip until I left Lesley in my Junior year to get married (!!) and transfer to a school closer to my home. She has since continued to finish her 4 years at Lesley - persuing a degree in Elementary Education, but moved back to her home in New Hampshire. So. . .we are now about 21/2 hours from each other which makes it much harder to get together. Though our lives are different now, we continue to be close and get togther whenever we can (not often enough!)Here are a few pictures of us over the past couple years. We are hopeing to meet at the Head of the Charles Regatta in October. Thanks for your continued support and friendship, Alex. . .love you!!

Applepicking in Granby, CT


Hiking up to the Heublin Tower with the pups

We got kicked out of the grocery store for having Baby Moose in Alex's purse! :-)

Row... Row... Row Your Boat

Well, I have decided to join a crew team again. For those of you who don't know, I rowed for a couple of years in Boston while at college. I loved my time on the Lesley University crew team and have always had a desire to row again when I had the time. Rowing crew is a love/hate relationship. . . it is crazy hard, but very very addictive! The Farmington Valley Rowing Association (FVRA) has a boathouse right down the road from me. They FVRA is a community rowing association. Rowers come from quite a few different towns in this area and form teams of all sizes and levels.

So. . .I recieved a call last week asking me if I would like to join a womens team. I will most likely be rowing a quad (4 people). As of right now, we are planning on rowing three days a week at 5:30 a.m. on the Farmington River. Should be fun!!! I am a morning person, so it shouldn't be too hard to get up! Hopefully, we are starting tomorrow morning, so will keep you posted as to how it goes! Here are a few pics from the rowing days in college. . . .

This quote inspired me to get back into the sport-

"Not everybody wins, and certainly not everybody wins all the time. But once you get into your boat and push off, tie into your shoes and bootstretchers, then lean on the oars, you have indeed won far more than those who have never tried."

One of the Lesley Boats at a race in CT

The launch point at a college regatta

Most of the Lesley Crew Team 2004- I wish I was in this pic, but I took it! :-)

Me in my rowing days (with roommate/teammate, Chrissy) 2004.