leap day!

it's leap day!

i can't remember if i even really payed attention to the last time we had a leap day.

but it seems like a day worth observing.

i mean who doesn't love a reason to celebrate!

in my mind i connect leap day with things like full moons and witching hours and "anything goes".
a crazy day of the unexpected.

i'm not sure why, or if that is at all accurate,

but it feels right to me.

upon further research,

women can propose to men on leap day!

what a novel idea that only comes every 4 years.

unfortunately, or fortunately, i have no one who i want to propose to.

so on to the the next one.

(on to the next one, on to the next one... thank you jay-z)

upon further research,

i see nothing else interesting about this day.

so i'll make my own traditions!

i'm still in the brainstorming phases but i'll let you know how it goes!

now get out there and celebrate!

happy leap day.

randoms of late.

ok so getting back on this blogging bandwagon is probably going to be a marathon not a sprint... that's okay. i'll get there!

here's a few photos from what i've been up to lately.

in the city with my best, caitlin.

with my sister-in-law and mom at her baby shower.

watching tangled with my nephew andersen.

results of a night at the shooting range. i'm pretty badass, i know. ;)

life is fun. :)

wanderlust.

i think i have a wanderlust gene.

i think about travel, a lot.

i research travel plans, a lot.

i dream and dream and dream about moving to europe.

sometimes i think paris.

sometimes spain.

sometimes austria or prague.

often italy.

because i am italian.

half.

no a quarter.

i don't know i get confused.

but i am. though i look about the opposite of it.

that's beside the point though.

i want to live in europe for a year so badly.

i will eventually. i know i will.

here's the problem:

my nephews.

they are 2 and 3.

and i have a niece on the way.

i love them more than i thought possible.

i LOVE being an important person in their lives.

so how do i up and leave for a year?!?

i just honestly don't know if i could.

what if they forgot about me? :(

so in the meantime...

i am planning a europe trip wth my friend.

hopefully in april.

and TODAY we find out if he got the time off work approved.

please please please let him get the time off approved.

superbowl food!

now anyone who knows me knows i'm not exactly a sports girl. i mean i can appreciate a big game as much as the next person. but knowing names and stats and who's good and all that, i just have no idea. and i'm okay with that. "athletic" and "sporty" are not titles i feel inclined to own.

but where i do get excited is the food! over the last couple years i have really started to enjoy cooking for people, so having an event to choose food for, that's something to get excited about.

this year i'm not having people over. but i am going to a party. so i've been scouring pinterest trying to decide what to bring.

i'm thinking white chocolate dipped pretzels. sweet and salty. yum.

and then also some pepperoni roll ups.

gosh i love food! :)

the looove month.

i love february!
there’s something so fun about a month focused on LOVE.
i am also single.
“what?” you say. a single person loving february. impossible.
but it’s true!
do i get sad on the big 14 when i’m not out on a perfectly planned, over hyped, sappy romantic date?
absolutely.

confession.
i have never had a great date on valentines day.
oh sure there’s been those “i guess we’ll go out because we don’t have anything better to do but nothing too romantic because ‘this’ is not a serious relationship” dates.
or there was “we’re in a long distance relationship and it’s not worth the ticket so please accept these flowers and a phone call.”
and there’s definitely been a lot of “i’ll just stay home and watch the notebook and eat half baked ice cream and take a bubble bath and pretend i’m better off.”
but a good old fashioned romantic valentines date?
never.

so why would i love february/valentines day?
because love is something to be celebrated!
and appreciated.
and hoped for.

and even without prince charming, i have a LOT of love in my life!

and i know that one day,
i’ll never have another lonely valentines day again.
and that’s worth waiting for.