... to you...

HIM'S IS THE BEST! Happy Birthday to the mountain taming, film making, life loving, adventure seeking, storm calming love of my life. Happy 28 RB.

regina spektor.

just found regina spektor... and LOVE her. Ryan and I have passes to go see the screening of 500 days of Summer tomorrow night, so I was watching the trailer and finally decided to do a little detective work to find out who the opening song was by. Lo and Behold... regina. So here's an awesome music video of her song "us" that is featured in the trailer. Enjoy.

P.S. I have this new growing love and facination with music videos lately... could this be a late response to growing up with no MTV?? Or maybe just the effect of living with a music recording, film making husband for almost five years... either way i'm intrigued.

happy birthday to me... from ryan

Anne from Ryan Booth on Vimeo.

Sooo... it just happens that my husband makes movies... and this year, in honor of my b-day, he made one for me. To read the incredibly sweet post he did for me, please read here... thanks for all the love today peeps. oh, and definitely watch this movie he made of us watching fireworks last weekend... incredible, and very beautiful, I couldn't tear my eyes away. He's pretty amazing...

Fireworks from Ryan Booth on Vimeo.

i went down to the burning ring of fire...

This is what our apartment feels like this morning... our A/C went out late last night so we awakened in a pool of sweat... the joys of a Texas summer...

skype = love

I heart skype right now... so much! having mom and dad leave for libya last week has been such a sad, stressful, overwhelming change. I haven't even really known what to think or feel about it. We have known for several months that it was a possibility that they would move and for several weeks that they were really going, but for some reason it just didn't sink in until they were on the plane and gone... I mean Africa??! Who's parents move to Africa? I'm finding out now, that more people than you would think have moved abroad especially recently when jobs in the U.S. have been few and far between. Anyways, skype has been giving me the precious and miraculous ability to "see" my mom and dad from so far away. Even though I can't pick up the phone to chat whenever I feel like , in some way, being able to see their faces and new guesthouse room while we're talking almost makes up for it. Whoever created this amazing program... THANK YOU! A million times! I want to give you a kiss on the face! Now if only I could figure out a way to find a job in Africa or Southern Italy so that the miles between would be a little less... love love, ab

Mom & Dad

Hey lovelies... for any of who are waiting on word about my Mom & Dad's arrival in Africa here's a little update...

They left on Monday afternoon and headed to London for a short layover before their flight to Tripoli Libya.
We have heard that they arrived safety, but their luggage has not appeared yet. It probably did not make it through customs in London fast enough to get aboard their next flight, so hopefully it will be arriving sometime today. My Dad now has a company computer that they will be able to use for checking and sending emails and hopefully talking via Skype for now. So go ahead and email them if you get a chance, I know they'd love to hear from you. You can email me too, if you need more info. Love to you all! AB

"away we go"

this movie is killing me... ryan sent me a text to the trailer last week and we've been dying to see it. It seems like a tribute to our lives right now in some way. Hopefully it will live up to my hopes. Ryan is away, backpacking in Colorado this week and low and behold, I got tickets to the free screening for last night... ah! I almost, almost went without him, but being the sweet wife that I am (wink) I'm waiting for him to get home... I'm not really the patient type, so i feel fairly sacrificial about it... hehehe... anyways, it looks lovely, I can't wait to see it. Enjoy... amb

p.s. don't you just LOVE jim from the office?? I heart him a lot...