Swept Away

is one of my favorite songs. It's on the Mignonette cd by the Avett Brothers and you should check it out if you haven't heard it before.
I never realized how close everything is up in New England. I'm live in Vermont and within 5 minutes I can be in New Hampshire, within 2 and 1/2 hours I can be in Boston, within 4 hours I can be in Maine and within 4 and 1/2 hours I can be in New York City. I can drive for 8 hours in NC and not leave the state. Having small states makes you feel like you have traveled so far!
It's been about 3 weeks since I've found the bike in the garage here and I still haven't gone to get a helmet for it. Maybe that is a sign that I'm not really going to like biking and I shouldn't even bother to get the helmet. It's going to be cold in a few weeks anyways, I think.
I saw the Bourne Ultimatum yesterday with Andrew and some of his co-workers. It was pretty good. We tried to go the night before but it was sold out so we went and played putt putt instead. For the most part I don't like putt putt. I went anyways because I flat out rejected their offer to go see Transformers and to go bowling and I still wanted to hang out with them. I lost the putt putt game so needless to say, I've found that I still don't like putt putt. We did go get some ice cream afterwards that made the whole putt putt experience a little better. The course was a lot different than the courses at home. I was expecting huge plaster animals or buildings (like lighthouses) and lots of water with more animals and I was very surprised to find that there were no animals and no funky buildings. There was some water, but it wasn't the focal point of the course. It was a lot like a regular golf course with fake sand traps and roughs and then a random rock thrown in there. Pretty boring course if you ask me. I did manage to hit my ball straight into the water on one of the holes though so that was exciting.
I think this week I am going to go blueberry picking. There is a place up the road that has a sign out and I think it might be fun. Maybe I can do it with Manda and Joey when they come up on Sunday! Yay! I can't wait!

Vermont

I've fiddled with the colors and settings on this thing enough so here's a real post.

Vermont is quickly becoming one of my favorite places. Today after work I stopped at a farmer's market between KAF and my house. The market had fresh produce, meat, dairy products and arts and crafts. There was a yarn booth set up and looking at the yarn there made me want to start knitting an afghan. There is a yarn store in Norwich so I think I will go and see what they have tomorrow and ask about going in for help if I need it. I bought some fresh garlicky pasta and some peach jam at the market and they are both delicious!

a blog at last

After months of putting it off, I've been inspired to create my own blog. Now all I have to do is remember to write on it:)