from snow to snow

we are going to baltimore tomorrow.

you know, that place buried in snow.

and because i accidentally bought tickets to the wrong airport, we have to drive three hours to get where we're going... three hours in normal weather, who knows how long that takes in two feet of powder. (or if the roads will even be passable, because they weren't today.)

we have picked the worst weekends for travel this month!

but on the bright side... four-day weekend with husband, the opening ceremonies, and virginia!

resolutions

about this time of year, most people have failed their new year's resolutions. not us. today, we started our resolution, which is to work out at least once a week.

ambitious, i know.

one of my other goals was to send out our first family holiday card... which i halfway made, then forgot about, and decided to just post on our blog. maybe i'll be more prepared for next year's resolutions.

48 hours in ithaca

on our way to ithaca, we had a layover in newark, new jersey. we saw the statue of liberty from the air-- i've never been to new york city, so this view was awesome!

we flew to ithaca on this little bombardier. the flight was far more pleasant than i expected. please note the miniature control tower and lack of gate or terminal. it just sort of parked on the runway. the ithaca airport was about the size of a large post office.

we spent all the time we could playing with this adorable little guy, canon. we loved him. 

 

 kristen and nate showed us two of ithaca's many waterfalls. they weren't completely frozen, even though the highest temperature when we were there was 18 degrees!

 

the main reason for our visit was todd's interview at cornell's johnson school. 

the business building, sage hall, is beautiful!

and something i didn't take pictures of...

on the first leg of our flight home (on the bombardier)  todd had me sit by the window, which i never do. i got to watch the city lights go by for 40 minutes at only 12,000 feet. i loved it. and todd pointed out all sorts of things to keep me from noticing the bouncing and sway of the plane-- like watching the wheels (which were right outside my window underneath the wing) touch down on the runway. and he is always willing to let me talk at him incessantly (nervous habit) and tries to ask questions about my instyle magazine. whenever turbulence hit, even slightly, he would lift his arm to let me slide mine underneath and hold on tight.

when we got to philadelphia, the little bombardier was sent to a terminal in the far reaches of the airport... so close to the runways, it was incredible! we had checked a bag for plane-side pickup, and todd purposely took his sweet time getting our bag so i could sit outside and watch the planes land for as long as possible.

thanks to honey, flying isn't so bad these days. i love him.