Self Portrait Tuesday #19

I was not what you would call excited about Easter this year...I actually forgot about bunny day until a couple days before and my mother-in-law reminded me I was responsible for the appetizers. We went to church, I contemplated my faith that a man of flesh and blood rose from the dead, took a little nap, ate (of course!)...then the real fun began. My in-laws had bought these pop darts for our friend's kids...little did I know I was a pop dart phenom. So silly and so much fun. This is what my in-law's garden window looked like,,,I won't go into too much detail, but keep in mind we had to lick each dart to get it to stick...yummy!

More SPT April foolishness here and here...

I Love this Thursday...

I think I might have said it before, but I am a huge fan of floaty pens...and alright, I'll admit this Thursday that I'm in love with floaty pens. If you don't know what a floaty pen is, it's a pen that the top half has a little sliding scene (mostly sold at tourist attractions, etc.).

I've been collecting them now for more than 15 years on trips I've been on, or if family members go on trips they're on the look out for me as well. My very first floaty pen was from Disneyland, and my most recent from Westminster Abbey in London. I'll keep collecting them as long as they're around but they're not as popular now as they were when I was a kid... so keep your eye out for me ya'll!

More Thursday love here.

Self Portrait Tuesday # 18

You know what I do when I feel completely unoriginal? I make a noise or I do something that no one has ever done before.
And then I can feel unique again even if it's only for like a second.
So, no one's ever done that?
No, not in this spot. No. You just witnessed a completely original moment in history.
It's refreshing. You should try it.

-Sam: Garden State

If you've seen the movie you know what I'm doing...If you haven't seen the movie, you should...I'm not lying! More April foolish SPT here and here

Beautiful Sunday

We truly had a Beautiful Sunday today... we walked around MonteLago Village at Lake Las Vegas and had lunch at Cafe Positano (a chicken brie sandwich w/carmelized apples...yummy!) It's a little shopping area/village that is supposed to look like Tuscany...if nothing else, it did a great job of making us feel like we were on vacation, at least for a couple hours.

Sweaty Thursday Love

I am loving this heart pumping, muscle burning, sweat dripping, endurance testing, can barely catch my breath type of exertion. I am loving this so exhausted I sleep like a log and wake up refreshed state of being...this muscle aching, but aches so good type of feeling. I'm loving the zipping up easier, fitting a bit looser, lingering in the mirror a little longer type of days.

I'm molding this skin & muscle into the vision of myself I see in my dreams, I'm 10.2 lbs lighter with a wagon load to go, but I'm in it for the long haul...I want to feel 25 while I'm still 25 (only 1 more month!) I want to run and leap and cartwheel if I feel the notion to do so. I want my body to do as I say, not dictate my limits. I'm mostly loving this determination...

side note: I used to love this yellow Lucky Brand hoddie w/ "karma" embroidered across the front until I was flipping through the pages of the highly stimulating rag (People) and spied Kirstie Alley wearing the same exact hoodie...I didn't like it so much after that...I can't really say why.

More Thursday Love HERE...just relish in it!

Beautiful Sunday

Today has been a gratifying, hard-working, sweat your you know what off type of Sunday. Even in this barren desert I am seeing new growth, planting new life, and hoping for a mild summer. We've potted Red Flax Grass at our driveway, Foxtail Fern in the entry, and this miraculous Australian Tree Fern in the shady sideyard. We shoveled rocks, moved rocks, dug holes, planted, watered, and stood back and enjoyed the fruit of our labor...the hammock is calling my name.

p.s. This is all after working out at the gym for an hour this morning...good thing I'm still young!

more beauty here...