Showing posts with label thankful. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thankful. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Lent: Day 1

I've been ignoring my blog. Oops. So in an effort to revive this beast, I'm trying something new!

This week I looked at my calendar and thought, "Crap. Lent starts this week."

Count down to lamb butter starts now. Did anyone have lamb butter at Easter? No? Just me?

Frankly, I think the deciding is way harder than the sacrificing. Then again, maybe I'm not sacrificing the right stuff...Where's Pope Francis when I need him?

Who wears it better? Pope Francis or Mini Pope?

Usually I give up coffee or beer, but I'm going on vacation at the end of the month, and I want both those things while I'm Hawaii (Awwwww yeahhhhh). I know, I know, that means I should definitely give up one of those. I'm not, sorry Jesus.

Instead I've decided to write about one thing I'm thankful for everyday. Because, it turns out, you can do something good instead of sacrificing something, and that counts. So here we go.

Day 1:

I'm thankful for Lent. Sure 40 days (actually more when you count the weekends.) of remembering if I can eat meat or going through caffeine withdraws sucks. But I do like the personal challenge of the whole thing. It's a time to better oneself and maybe even give up bad habits. (Like eating too many pizzadillas, *points to self*) It's somehow less pressure than a new year's resolution, I mean, it's only your eternal soul on the line, right? 

Regardless of religious affiliations (or lack thereof), I encourage everyone to do some soul searching and maybe even some sacrificing around this time of year. It's almost spring, (in theory,) a time for renewal. How about renewing yourself into a better person? Or at least a person who eats fewer pizzadillas.

You can turn yourself in a beautiful, glittery, butterfly.

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Thankful

I just got home from the grocery store, and let me tell you, I was prepared to think some seriously zen thoughts. 6:00 pm, the day before Thanksgiving? That place was bound to be a zoo. But I was pleasantly surprised to find it humming along smoothly. I didn't even half to wait at the check out. Long story short, I'm thankful for an easy trip to the grocery store.

Here are some other things I'm thankful for this year:

Unexpected days off - In the past couple weeks, I've had days off due to a power outage and ice.There's nothing quite like realizing you don't have to do anything all day.

Sunny summer - This summer was unusually sunny and it was especially welcome after a few summers of rain. I didn't even have to pack my rain jacket sometimes. Whaaaat??



Adventures - Like flight seeing! (Thanks Mom and Dad)



Ice skating - Early this year I went ice skating, and now I have a nice boy in my life who buys me coffee, puts up with my ghost obsession, AND shares my interest in fudge stripe cookies and word puzzles (except word searches.)

I think we also share a leg to jort ratio
Not Black Friday (or Thursday??) shopping

AMERICA. SERIOUSLY.
ITA matrix - The easiest way for me to play "How much does it cost to get to______" is with the ITA matrix. You are search a million airports at once! For example, all airports within 1000 miles of Caracas. Thanks, Google.

Going home for Christmas - Last year I was home the week before Christmas, so I'm super excited to  be home for actual Christmas this year. Bonus, all my immediate family is in the same state now!

Friends, family, etc - Obvi.


I'm thankful for the rest of the family too. He's just the cutest.

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Hey. GUESS WHAT.

Tomorrow is my birthday! I'm going to be 27.

Fact: I used to be 5.


On the eve of my 27th year, I'm thankful for the following things:

1) Birthday dinners

2) Swimming pools (specifically the pool at the Aleyska Resort where I will be on Saturday night)

3) Getting a day off work for my birthday

4) Sunshine
Late night sunsets