Gravelly Point Park

On Sunday, May 21, I finally did something I had wanted to do in DC for a long time but never got around to. I went to Gravelly Point Park in Arlington, Virginia to watch the planes land at Reagan. This may not sound exciting to some, but it was to me. It is pretty amazing to be under these planes just moments before they land. When I move back to Virginia next year I think I'll be hanging out at Gravelly Point Park. However, for now I am glad that I was able to do this, even if I did go by myself - this is going to be my new world in 7 months when I am in DC alone. It will be okay, because I will be closer to the city (my goal is to live in Crystal City, Pentagon City or Potomac Yard sections of Arlington (though I think Potomac Yard is Alexandria - whatever, I am moving back to Virginia - Maryland may be a little cheaper, but I want the convenience of being closer to things and I want more money back in my paycheck (Virginia has lower income taxes)) and closer to friends and then hopefully in 2 years I will also be able to head back west, or wherever God wants me to be. But for the next 2.5 - 3 years, I know this is where I am suppose to be.

 On my way home, I took the beautiful George Washington Parkway and pulled off at one of the stops. It is amazing how green it gets here so quickly!. So beautiful. I took these photos in Arlington Virginia and across the Potomac River is Potomac, Maryland.

Starbucks

For about the last 2 years I have randomly been taking photos of my name as it appears on Starbucks cups. This spring as been a little slow, so I thought now would be a good time to post this hilarious spellings of "Meredith", which is a pretty common name, though I do admit how you say it is not how you spell it.

 

 

 

Spelled correctly a few times!

 ...and no the moral of this story is that I go to Starbucks to much...

First 5 months of Hay & Eli

I have been busy catching up on what has been going on the first part of 2017 that I can't believe this is my first post of Hailey and Eli randomness (granted I spent most of March with Hailey). Below are photos I have snagged from different social media sites. They are all so adorable!

 

Look at this face! 

April Random

After an extremely busy March, April was very chill with a lot of relaxing and a lot of blogging to catch up on life. 

There was some really cool sayings that popped up on Facebook.

 Have I mentioned how much I love this kitty?!?!

 Well we may not have had beautiful cherry blossoms this year, we still had some beautiful flowers. These were taken outside of my office building. 

I can't wait for summer, when I can hang out by the pool every single day! I love our courtyards and all the comfy seating they have. I enjoyed an empty courtyard to myself for about an hour on a beautiful Easter Sunday.

 April 12 - 24 years since my dad died...

 I tried something new! Yay for Mere! These vegetable grilled dumplings that I can get for $3.00 at the National Geographic cafeteria are amazing! So good!!!

 Give a girl a nice kitchen and counter space, and she will bake! The famous lemon cookies are so easy to do and everyone loves them. I tried a new Nutella recipe. It was a tad disappointing, considering how much Nutella and I had to use in the cookies. Don't get me wrong, I ate them - I was just hoping for more of a Nutella flavor. 

It's super dangerous that Lisa owns an awesome jewelry business! I got my newly created Idaho necklace in the mall a couple weeks ago and I absolutely love it! I also can't wait to give some special people a necklace just like this! But the below one is for me, that I will wear a lot!