With Love, July

June Somethings

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from this past month, here is something I...


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...loved:

There were so many things to love in June.  I saw my brother and Sandra and my dad down in Missouri for a really fun weekend (filled with movies, games, 3M tours and free stuff, caves and lots and lots of food).  I turned 29.  Malachi took me to see Blue Man Group.  We took the big leap of deciding to move to Lincoln in the fall.  And the weather has been simply amazing!  Yes, June was a good month.

...listened to:

Love it.  I wonder what LMFAO thinks?

...watched:

I'm not proud of this.  And I didn't really care for the movie.  However, before the movie started there was a trailer for another movie that was rated PG-13 and it was about this demon possessed child.  I had to close my eyes through pretty much the whole preview.  It was freaky-deaky.  After it was over, my dad leaned over and said "That should have been rated PG-89!"  I started laughing so hard.  Oh man, that was so funny.  And true.  Thankfully Prometheus was not nearly as creepy or scary or awful.

...read:

I think I finished this in June.  It might have been May, I can't remember.  It was a fun read.  I'm not a frequent reader of mysteries, so it was nice change from what I would typically read.  But since it was a book club book, I'm not really going to go into detail, because I already have in my book club, sorry!

...learned:

I am old.  No, not because I had a birthday and all that.  Just hear me out.  

So here I am, sitting in a group of  about 10 people at work.  We just finished one meeting, and we are waiting for our supervisor to arrive so we can start our next meeting.  The conversation went many directions, and one of those directions landed on sex change operations.  I will spare you the details, but at one point, a coworker stated that you can't just cut a certain something off (I changed a lot of words there for all of your sake).  And I replied that Lorena Bobbitt would disagree.  People laughed and chuckled and one of my co-workers who is about the same age as me stated that my reference was a blast from the past, and that there would be a time when people won't know what that is in reference to.  That's when I looked at our 3 interns.  They were quietly discussing something with each other.  I asked them if they knew what we were talking about and the spokesman of the group replied, 

"Like a Bop-It?".

So yes, I am old.  That is the first time I have made an out-of-date reference that the young-ins don't know about.  Pretty soon, no one will know what it means when you say, "Be Kind, Rewind."

May Somethings

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from this past month, here is something I...


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...loved:

My dad was able to come home twice this month. The picture above is actually from when he was in Oklahoma during May for my cousins college graduation.  I realize now that I didn't take any pictures of my dad while he was here other than the one up in the instagrams.  Next time dad comes home is in July, but I will get to go down to Missouri this month for Father's Day, so that will be fun!

...listened to:

This is depressing and funny at the same time.

...watched:

(And a whole lotta marvel movies in order to be prepared for The Avengers)

...read:

I've started this book.  And really, I've just barely started it.  But I like it a lot.  So many great tips.  I'm excited to continue working my way through it.  It has tips on budgeting, how to write a good cover letter and resume, how to have a decent blog (obviously I haven't read that part yet, haha) and so much more.  There are more Organize Now! books by this lady, and I might be purchasing more of them in the future.

...learned:

I've been thinking a lot lately about this quote.  I find it inspiring in a way.  Not in a way that I feel like I should go out and start doing crazy things.  But more-so in the way that when I am faced with some bigger decisions (which this month has been more than generous in providing me with), I can find a bit of peace.  Peace in knowing that risks taken, decisions made, life changes...they are healthy things to do every so often.  I need these tough and somewhat scary obstacles in order to become a better me and hopefully to get a little closer to where God is leading me.

April Somethings (new and improved with some instagram photos)

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from this past month, here is something I...

...loved: 

Our anniversary.  We stayed at The Foshay, and they upgraded us to an incredibly large room on the 26th floor, overlooking Minneapolis.  We walked around the city during the day, eating yummy food and people watching.  And we walked over to the Orpheum to watch Mamma Mia.  It was a great anniversary.  Even in spite of Malachi unfortunately was sick and I unfortunately could not get much time off of work for it.  We still had a wonderful time!

...listened to:

...watched:

Season 2!  I liked season 1 a little better, but only because season 2 had so many things going on that the show couldn't keep up with itself.  They should have tried to spread those stories out a little more.  However, I'm definitely excited for season 3!

...read: 

A little of Walking the Twin Cities.  While on our anniversary trip we did a couple of the walks in this book, it led me right into Cocoa & Fig for my first macaron!

...learned:

I've recently watched Forks over Knives, FoodMatters, and Food, Inc.  One of the things that stuck with me was that 51% of each meal should be uncooked to keep the body from having an immune response.  I don't know how true that is, but it seems like a good idea.  That would mean more salads, and that would definitely be a good thing.