- Spring! Waking up to sunshine and birds chirping, is there anything so wonderful? This weather makes running and bike riding ideal. Mike has class most weeknights, but this Monday he had off, so we rode our bikes a few miles to Chipotle and the Apple store. It was all kinds of glorious.
Flowering trees are my favorite.
- The public library, where I can find an endless supply of of free issues of Vegetarian Times, sewing books, a ton of TV shows on DVD, Jodi Picoult novels, cookbooks, and a memoir to feed my obsession with Big Love. The best place ever.
- Starting to train for a 10K race. I'll be able to cross off yet another goal. Running is so empowering. (Plus! Steph just started a 30 Day challenge. Perfection.)
- In less than a month, I'll be at the BEACH after spending ten days in Texas. Heck yes, vacation!
- New, cute dresses for said beach trip. I'm so looking forward to a tan, freckled version of myself in a adorable, summery dress.
- A husband who still makes me giggle, sigh with happiness, and whistle (as in, "Haw-ttie!" after 20 months of marriage.
- Free Chipotle tomorrow at work (Chipotle twice in one week. Be jealous.). It's, like, Cinco de Mayo ALL WEEK here!
- Awesome sister is going to live at my parents' this summer instead of 2.5 hours away. Score! I love having my sisters close; the more often I see them, the better.
- Free Starbucks gift cards through my Discover Card bonus rewards. I get a free gift card every few months, which I use to feed my elitist coffee obsession. Hazelnut lattes, iced coffee, and caramel macchiatos are my elixirs of choice. Yum.
- This quote, which found in a bathroom stall in Ithaca, New York. It's sort of my new mantra:
I'm so jealous of your sunshine! It has been raining here for what feels like a month straight... I am so ready for sunshiney days!
ReplyDeleteI might have to sign up for that 30 day challenge myself... maybe that'll be what I need to get myself to the gym on those days the couch looks so inviting.
Apple store - I'm jealous. I've been longing for an iPhone now and I better stay away from the Apple store & AT&T store.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on your 10K race!
That is an amazing quote, I think I'm going to do just that.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on the training!
I'm also trying to run, hopefully. Nike plus has a good training program. That picture is beautiful btw.
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what's this sunshine you speak of? we've had rain for an entire week and i want to scream!
ReplyDeletei have been singing the "rain, rain go away" song numerous times to display my high level of maturity concerning the situation.
good luck on your training! that's so awesome.
Love the quote.
ReplyDeleteLove the flowers.
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Coffee Elitists unite!
ReplyDeleteI swear Starbucks has ruined me. I used to have a very SLIGHT addiction. Now? They've reeled me in and claimed my life! I can't ever NOT work there anymore or I'll never be able to afford my drug. LOL!!
i love the graphic you made out of the quote!!
I need to pay my library fines and get my butt back to the library, I haven't been in almost 4 months! Thats just too long.
(I'm with you, my rain-drained sisters!)
ReplyDeleteYour library sounds awesome. So does that coffee. I have to go check my Discover card for that Starbucks stuff. :)
I love a good trip to the Apple store! Plus, Chipotle twice in one week? Awesome!
ReplyDeleteI love that quote!
ReplyDeletei'm still really jealous of you for getting chipotle, and now twice! also sunshine! gahh! i am hating spring right now!
ReplyDeleteThis post just SCREAMS happy and I LOVE it.
ReplyDeleteYet another reason to love Ithaca--even the bathroom graffiti rocks.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on the 10k!
Wow, very powerful quote. Definitely something to remember. :]
ReplyDelete& good for you for doing a 10k! I loathe running (but I wish I didn't) so I'll just live vicariously through you. ;]
go ithaca! :)
ReplyDeleteLOVE the photo. SO perfectly spring. I am obsessed with taking photos of flowers. I love all of the tulips right now.
ReplyDeleteOooohhhh! Training for a 10k! Freaking awesome! I hope to do a 5k within the next few months, and for some reason it totally freaks me out, even though I know I can totally run that far now. I guess for some reason, I'm just intimidated by it. Bleh. Anyway, let us know how the training goes!
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1. I'm totally a fan of the library, too. I'm never buying another book, ever. (Maybe.) :) And I really want to read that memoir you linked to! Let us know how it is.
2. Hurrah for a happy marriage to a haw-ttie!
3. I love that a quote from a bathroom stall is your new mantra. Heehee. I only see seriously graphic or disturbing things carved in bathroom stalls. There will be no turning those into cute graphics. :)
4. Confession: you are definitely someone who I wish lived around the corner, so we could head over for some elitist coffee and talk of crafting and married life. Ah, well. Someday...
Yay for things going so well! I've been meaning to ask: when is your 10K race? That's great that you're training for one. I've been wanting to find a good 10K around here (but obviously not looking hard, it's the bay area, there are races like every weekend haha). But it's like the perfect length. More of a challenge than a 5K, and a good start for training for a half marathon.
ReplyDeletePlus any day with Chipotle is definitely a great day
I love, love, love that quote. So true and wonderful!
ReplyDeleteIsn't spring the best?
love that quote - thank you so much for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteand yay for the 30 day challenge and a 10k! :D Go you!
I love, love, love that quote. So true and wonderful!
ReplyDeleteIsn't spring the best?
LOVE the photo. SO perfectly spring. I am obsessed with taking photos of flowers. I love all of the tulips right now.
ReplyDeleteYet another reason to love Ithaca--even the bathroom graffiti rocks.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on the 10k!
i'm still really jealous of you for getting chipotle, and now twice! also sunshine! gahh! i am hating spring right now!
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