Love Month

This being the month of love, I decided to jot down some of what I'm loving right now..

01. Feeling healthier, and losing a bit of weight.

02. That my husband let's me warm up my cold feet on him when we crawl into bed.

03. When our good friends find out they're pregnant after a long time of trying and painful procedures.

04. Catching up with old friends.

05. When my husband makes me tasty, yet healthy dinners.

06. Our parents endless kindness and thoughtfulness.

07. The sunshine out my window today.

08. My support system of family and friends.

09. My husband making me laugh every single day.

10. That January is O-V-E-R. We're just one step closer to warmer weather.

January 2010

My January consisted of blistery cold weather and a lot of exercising and eating better. I did manage to find beauty all around when I looked though. Mission accomplished. Goodbye January, see ya in 2011. (Isn't it weird when you think about it like that?) Bring on the month of love.

You say it's your birthday..

Over the weekend we celebrated Bonnie's Birthday. (Happy Birthday Bon!) We had a yummy lunch, and then just talked and laughed. It was such a fun day. For part of Bonnie's gift I gave her this picture of Ella, I had taken awhile ago.

I didn't get too many pictures of the adults, and Ella was sleeping most of the time, but I did manage to get a few of London..

Thanks to everyone for making it such a fun Saturday. We really do have great friends. (And thanks to Bob for smoking up some seriously yummy food.)

La de dah

Do you ever hear a song that makes you stop and it seems like the gate in your head comes down and the memories come pouring in? Like whenever I hear "I Only Have Eyes For You" I think of Bob. That's our song, it's the song we danced to at our wedding. Or when I hear "Hands Down" by Dashboard, I instantly think about how that was the first song Bob ever sang for me. Or with "Waiting on an Angel" by Ben Harper, I always think of my first boyfriend.

It's weird, I will be sitting in the car and a song will come on, and I will suddenly be thinking of an ex-boyfriend, and be totally confused as to why, until I realize what I am humming along to on the radio.

My friend Holli and I used to sing a song from Moulin Rouge whenever we would get in the car together. Or when I hear the sweater song, my mind jolts me into remembering when I was sixteen years old sitting in my cousin's room hearing it for the first time, and then after, being in love with Rivers Cuomo, and The Weeze.

Or when I would deliver batteries with my dad we would sing at the top of our lungs "Sixteen Tons". Or going camping with my brother and wearing out the Beastie Boys CD.

Songs are a powerful thing. I still can't listen to Sarah Mclachlan's song "Stupid". It brings back bad memories.

This got me thinking if I could have one song that when people heard it, they thought of me. What would it be? I decided my criteria would be that I would want it to be fun, a classic, and it would make people happy. So I decided on "My Girl" by The Temptations. It was the song my dad and I danced to at my wedding, and I cannot hear it without being filled with glee. It's also my go to song on the jukebox.

So what would your song be?

Random little list..

a few things that are on my mind..

01. i am getting mighty sick of this cold, dreary weather. though, i did appreciate the blue sky i saw from my window a couple days ago.

02. been working out about 4 times a week, i feel really good, but am tired all the time.

03. i have been contemplating cutting my hair short lately. but then i will hear someone say how much they miss having long hair, and i chicken out.

04. i can tell eating healthy makes my body feel better, but why does so much of the healthy food have to be so bland? kashi.. i'm talking to you.

05. the month of january is always busy, but it's the month that i feel most like staying at home and curling up lazily. (i am convinced if i hibernated, this would be the month i would do it.)

06. my birthday is less than a month away, meaning i am turning 27. twenty seven? when did that happen? and if i'm getting older, how come all i want to do lately is go to disneyland?

07. speaking of birthday's.. there are quite a few this month.. happy birthday to all of you january babies.

08. last night i grilled some garlic, and ooh ee, it still smells in my apartment. (am putting that on the list of things to avoid grilling in a small space.)

09. am getting excited for some awesome smoked steaks, and crab legs tomorrow with friends. dieting is a whole lot easier when my husband makes everything taste better by putting it in his smoker.

10. my life seems pretty boring right now, so you will have to excuse me if i don't blog every day.. it would just consist of me telling you about my work and exercising, and no one wants to hear about that.

Nature Walk

On Saturday after my workout, I decided I wanted to cool down by taking a walk around my neighborhood, and decided while I was out, I would take some pictures. There's something very calming about finding the beauty in things you pass daily. I was surprised to see that even in this drab January weather, there were spots of color that caught my eye.

Burgers and Art

Friday consisted of an awesome art show that included one of my awesome friends and some really tasty "Madden Burgers". After a week of diet and exercise I needed a little greasy food. I'm bad, I know. We ended the night with a movie. I love weekends like these. (thanks to eric for providing the pictures.)