Moving Forward

Spring and events are truly making an appearance this month and it's been so therapeutic. 

In-person Chamber events are back!! I love our new Bank of NH Stage and that networking event brought me so much joy. 

$5 tulips at the grocery store are where it's at. 

And we brought the masquerade back!! It was SO much fun - I can't properly describe it and even our professional photographer couldn't fully do the scene justice. But it was absolutely worth it and we got so many compliments and there was so much joy and gratitude in the room that night. 

I have the best people. 

To celebrate the masquerade being done, Matt and I braved mud season to drive to pickity place and treat ourselves! 

This is their insanely intricate free little library that they're building out of the tree stump of the giant oak that fell during a winter storm last year. 

The food was incredible, per usual. 

We stopped at this incredible greenhouse on the drive home; I swear there were miles of plants.

And turtles! and koi fish! 

To properly use up my vacation time before our year end, I've been taking Fridays off and one week it lined up perfectly with a 60+ degree day so naturally I went to the seacoast. I stopped for breakfast at the Sassy Biscuit and I was impressed. The cafe was gorgeous and full of character, and their biscuit sandwiches and iced coffee were beyond good. 

Is there anything better than a brunch picnic at the beach? 

I parked at the beach and then walked the neighborhoods up to the Nubble lighthouse. I felt a little like a local and I didn't hate it.

Took a friend out to a cider place for maple weekend! 

Grateful for warmer weather and lots of changes of scenery. 

Valentine's Day!

Long time, no blog! Sorry for the radio silence but I've been having some technical difficulties with you know, technology. Not enough storage and a computer running on outdated systems. I think I've figured out how to sync photos though so hopefully this works! Let's go back in time to February...

I spent the Saturday before Valentine's day visiting a friend in Goffstown at one of our favorite coffee shops, Apotheca. They do such a stunning job decorating for holidays and we had to stop by. It was a beautiful sunny day so we stopped in for coffees and to check out their amazing floral creations, and then spent the afternoon walking outside with her cute dog, Copper. 

I loved their little individual igloos! You could enjoy your coffee inside while still feeling like you were outside. They even had individual electric stoves for colder days. 

It took a lot of self restraint to avoid buying every single heart planter...

For Valentine's Day/Super Bowl Sunday we had a chili takeout day at church. Have to protect the valuable cargo! 

Even though Matt had a meeting on Valentine's Day he still got me pretty flowers! 

And we celebrated with a belated sunny day trip (on Presidents' Day) to the ocean.

Later that week we enjoyed a fun night out in Portsmouth! Charlie Berens (of Manitowoc Minute fame) was somehow in NH?! So I convinced Matt to come with me. He was absolutely brilliant in person, even Matt loved him! 

And of course, the month ended with another snowstorm. Love this town and all its little quirks!