Where to start....

Hello, kittens.... I don't know why I said that. Please don't judge me. Speaking of kittens, I have the best little treasures to share with you all. You'll die, but in a good way. However, I'm not going to share it yet. I want them to have their own special moment. They're just too good to get lost in a long post.

Sara Bareilles says hello. She's serenading me this evening. I cannot get enough of her music. The top 5 loves of my heart right now: Sara's music (specifically her new album Kaleidoscope Heart), root beer (Sesha gave me a root beer kit...as in, to make my own root beer!), Pequod (that's a clue to the treasure and not just the name of a whaleship in Moby Dick), life, and a new cookbook (Barefoot Contessa's How Easy Is That?). Okay, and the book Stalena is gifting me that is my blog as a book (!!!!!!). I'm also pretty pumped about the completion of the semester and being one step closer to my BSN (6 1/2 months!) and the fact that I pulverized my Research/Theory course (if time and sleep deprivation determined my grade then boy howdy did I earn that A). Tulips. I have roses and tulips in my living room courtesy of Whole Foods and that also makes my heart happy. I suppose there are way more than 5 loves crammed into my heart.

I should move on before I get carried away because up until now I've been the image of self-control...

Whatever.

Okay, let's have a little chat about last weekend. It was delightful. Actually, it was beyond delightful. It was fun, refreshing, delicious, exciting, and busy. I expect to be receiving a thank you card from Kansas City's economy any day now.

My little Saturn zipped all over the city and even over into Kansas. But of course, my camera stayed in the hotel pretty much the entire trip. I did snap a couple photos of the room and view. And I was mindful enough to take it to the Plaza. So, here's the rundown...

My hotel room at the Hyatt Regency at Crown Center. Repeat after me: priceline is my friend. For real. See the following photos as evidence.










I unplugged an ATM. You didn't realize I was such a troublemaker, did you?




Okay. So maybe the ATM locked up after entering my PIN and while I joked about unplugging it, I only did so after the tech guy told me to do it.

I now present to you the Plaza, including the ridiculously creative Anthropologie, the lights, and Fingerstaches at Paper Source.






Starbucks + Kansas City = Winner



LOOK OUT! THERE'S A T-REX ABOUT TO EAT YOU!!!!!



Oh, wait. He's wearing a Santa hat, so he must be friendly.

Merry Christmas from T-Rex and myself!