Allow Me To Indulge Myself

Mountie Mania

I'll just preface this post with 'this is what happens when you don't get to see people very often'. It was SO good to be back at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, enjoying our beautiful campus on the Hudson, seeing former professors, catching up with each other and of course, dancing the night away. We may get older, but the 'crazy' doesn't seem to ever fade. This makes me very happy. 

Can anyone really have this much fun? Yes. The Mounties can.

It started with Mentalist Marc Salem, who was my broadcasting professor. He's been on Broadway, 60 minutes, and more. He's an expert on non-verbal communication and he proved it. Mind blowing and a lot of laughs.

Next up:champagne reception and followed by the dinner dance.

photo credits Pamela J. Bates & Margaret Yenches Brady

In case you were still wondering............we had a ton of fun. Maybe even more. A night we'll never forget.

Don't you just love that?

Here's to the Mounties, who I can always count on to bust a gut with laughter, and move and groove until they kick us off the dance floor. You're the best package of mixed nuts a girl could get.

Ciao for now and thanks for allowing me to indulge myself,

NYC & Italy for FREE!

An About Time Free Printable

Wow. It's been ages since I gave you guys a free printable. It is not only 'about time', it's past time.

So, here it is. In celebration of our impending departure to NYC for my 25th college reunion with the Mounties, gift tags of a couple of our favorite places.....Italy and NYC. These tags feature great vintage maps. 

They would be perfect to use for your Father's Day gifts, graduation gifts, or what have you.

We hope the next time we get to Italy (hey, a girl has to dream, right?), we'll get to visit this region- Apulia. My great grandparents set sail from here for the US and it gives us a good excuse to explore beyond Rome on our next trip (though we'd be quite happy to just enjoy the Eternal City). 

 

Before we get back to Italy though, as I said, it's off to NYC.

The two of us are so happy to get one of our home away from homes (the second being Dublin). 

We love downtown. We simply feel at home there.

If you'd like to download these gift tags to print off and use, you can right click the image below and save to file, or you can left click the picture and it will bring you to the link to download the pdf. Either way, you should be good to go.  Feel free to share this post on facebook or pinterest (at bottom of post) in case you know others who would enjoy them.

Click here to download pdf of free printable gift tags.

We are really looking foward to this trip for a variety of reasons.  #1 I will get some Mountie time when I visit the campus of my alma mater The College of Mount Saint Vincent on Saturday for the reunion dinner dance.

I can always count on my Mounties to do anything for a laugh. I never have to worry about having fun with them.

We don't care about being ridiculous or looking stupid. It's all in the name of love and laughter. We are sure to dance up a storm and wreak some havoc at the Mount. It's just a given.

Beyond that, this trip is kismet. We'll be arriving in NYC the same time as our niece Ali and her boyfriend are arriving from Dublin.

It's her birthday Friday so we get to celebrate with her. So cool. We skyped with them yesterday and we are all psyched. It will be the first time we meet Jay. I'm not worried, as I'm sure they've prepared him for us. I'm just happy because it's been two years since we've seen Ali in person.

Beyond all that, we'll get to other people we love who we don't get to see enough. All in all, it'll be grand.

Enjoy the gift tags and have a great Tuesday. My corner of the world is still gray and rainy. The sun was trying to make a break, but it didn't succeed yet.

Ciao for now,