New York Bound

My daughter and I are New York City bound tomorrow. We are going to the Nokia Theatre for the Stephenie Meyer book signing. Then when we come home on Saturday I am picking up my copy of her new book Breaking Down and I am going to be oblivious to the world until I finish it!!!!

Wedding Day

No, not my wedding day. A good friend of mine Amy got married today. The man she married is a wonderful guy. They actually knew each other in High School and reconnected about two years ago. They were married in the Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown at 10am today. It was the same church her mother and grandmother got married in. The ceremony was wonderful and my friend and her husband looked very happy. I am so happy for my friend and wish her a wonderful happy long marriage.

S.B.

So my title does not stand for Susan Barbini it now officially stands for "Slacker Blogger" I have had different things going on that have taken my time and attention away from blogging. One of those things has been school. I have one more class to test out of, which I will be taking the test before the end of August, and then I will be done with my Bachelors Degree! YIPEE!! I am excited to be done and excited to finally have some more time to do the things I have been neglecting.

Just to catch up on some things. Summer started with Girls Camp! I love girls camp now. I did not when I was a Young Women but now I think it is awesome. I am glad that I have been able to go as an adult leader and watch these wonderful girls form friendships, become leaders and grow closer to their Heavenly Father. My daughter really loves camp and I am just so glad I have been able to share this experience with her the last two years. As you can see from the below picture, after having shaved ice with blue flavoring, camp brings out the best in us :)


After coming home from girls camp it was time to celebrate my wonderful 36th birthday. That is all I will say about that : )


Then came the 4th of July. Family was in town and it was fun. Three of my cousins were visiting and two of them had their significant others, one is a girlfriend and the other a Fiance, and they are tons of fun to have around. My Daughter loves her cousins dearly and always loves when they come to visit. My other two cousins and their spouses were not able to make it and as always I missed them dearly.


While the family was here we celebrated my one nephew's 4th birthday. The theme was "Transformers" and the cake from dairy queen was decorated with the transformer Bumble Bee on it. My Nephew was super excited when he saw the cake and even more excited for the presents. I will include some pictures of the cake and my nephew with his transformer mask :)

That is about all for now. I hope in the future I will not be such an S.B. I do have one more picture to include and that is of some flowers my Daughter picked the other day. She picked some roses from our rose garden and mixed in some rosemary from our herb garden. It turned out really pretty and it smells really good. The combination of the rose and the rosemary smell is quite fragrant. My daughter is so awesome !!!!!!

No Luck!!!

So you might wonder what does this picture have to do with luck? Well there is no fortune in my fortune cookie!!! So I am thinking this means I have no good luck. This is actually funny because this certain Chinese restaurant that I go to with my co-workers does not seem to like me. I will not mention the name of the place but let me say it is a good thing I have a sense of humor. Usually when we go there they either ignore me and take everyone else's Order and walk away and then come back to take my Order. Or my food always comes out last or they even forgot to bring me food once. So when I opened my fortune cookie last week and saw there was no fortune not only did I bust out laughing but all the ladies I go to lunch with could not stop laughing. This has become a long-standing joke with all of us now. I luckily had my camera with me that day and decided that this would be something funny for my blog. So for anyone who readys this blog I hope you enjoy this story because it is actually funny!!!

WE DID IT!!!

The Boob Crew did it!!! I want to put together a more descriptive blog when I get more pictures and get my thoughts organized. It was an incredible experience with amazing memories. I am so thankful for the girls in our "Boob Crew" They are all amazing women and it was so great to walk with them. Linnea was beyond incredible!! She walked a marathon over the 2 days! Her spirit and will to keep going was inspirational. Audrey, Sam and Ellen were the best. More details to come in the next week!

Just Because!

Linnea sent an email out the other day and this is one of the pictures she included. I just had to post it on my blog. Not only because of all those cute kiddos, but to show how well Linnea is doing! She looks seriously great and have you ever seen a more beautiful bald women!!

Our walk is in 11 days and the "Boob Crew" is super excited. We have one more training walk this Saturday and then next Saturday we will begin our two day 39 mile walk. I am so grateful to all of those who have donated to the Cause.

New York will never be the same!!!!

I got back from my weekend trip in NYC with 10 other friends. The group was me, Linnae, Becky, Jennifer, Ellen, Wendy (Linnae's cousin), Kristen, Tianna, Marissa, Wendy and Lisa. I had a blast and we are already planning for this to be a yearly thing. This was a special trip for all. My friend Linnae had always wanted to do a NYC trip and so it was planned. It was so great to be with friends and just pretty much laugh the whole weekend. Here are some highlights. Pictures will follow!!!

Going the wrong way on the Subway with Kristen, Marissa, Wendy and Tianna. We meant to go Uptown and ended up at the Brooklyn Bridge!!! Whoops. But that lead us to see the man in a karate uniform, a big old fro wig, and barefoot, dancing in the subway terminal with his girlfriend looking on and staring at him like he was Brad Pitt!!!!

Shopping on Canal Street. After some coaching on how to handle the street vendors from Wendy, Ellen became a force to be reckoned with and I will just leave it at that :) I found out that Lisa is the master at wheeling and dealing. She was able to negotiate a great deal for Tianna on some great purses. Tianna getting locked in one of those "back rooms" where all the good stuff is at!

Dinner in Little Italy. The food was divine and the restaurant was great.

Stardust Diner!!!!! One of the best things we did. Anyone who goes to NYC I highly recommend eating there. The wait staff sings and dances and the food was awesome. They will sing dedications to people and Kristen asked them to dedicate a song to Linnae! Words cannot describe the emotions. The waiter sang "Faithfully" by Journey and he totally rocked it out.

Shopping on fifth avenue was so fun. H&M stores in NYC have so much more than ours here.

Cab Rides!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Riding on the Subway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cafe Lola!!!! Some incredible Belgium Waffles and desserts!!!!!

Times square at 1 in the morning with Linnae, Wendy, Ellen and I!!!!! We were pretty punchy by that point and that made it all so much more interesting.

The M&M store in times square. A store with M&M's available in all kinds of colors. Who would want anything more. Ellen, Wendy and I posing with the huge statue of the blue M&M as John Travolta in Staying Alive pose.

Wendy, Linnae's cousin, caressing the half naked man manikin in window of Planet Hollywood!!!!! Ellen has the proof :)

Visiting the WTC site and going over to St. James church across the street. I love old churches and this church has an amazing history. The church has an exhibition in it with many things pertaining to the 9/11. St. James is an amazing place to visit. It was a heaven for the volunteers, firefighters and policemen, right in the middle of hell during 9/11. The exhibition was moving and is something everyone should experience. You feel the peace in the church and feel the strong spirit of love that was there. When you are walking through and see the pictures, letters, and mementos it is incredibly humbling and reminds you that at the end of the day we are all humans and because our time here is so precious and short we should spend it loving each other instead of finding ways to dislike each other.

Lastly, on Sunday we had our own little spiritual thought and many of the ladies shared some wonderful thoughts. It was really moving and a wonderful way to express our love for Linnae. Linnae's energy, and enthusiasm all weekend was so great. It was such a special experience to be able to share this with all these amazing women. To see Linnae so happy and laughing after all she has gone through was the best medicine for all.