Good Things: November

November 1 Landed in Vegas! "I can't go that way, I'm not made for the police bus" "Was that Superman? No it was The Flash" and other shenanigans with Nicole and Keris

November 2 Le Reve like WHOA

November 3 Late night texts that people couldn't understand and flirty Irish bartenders (good things started today at 1201am!

November 4 Home sweet home and owning emotions

November 5 Training class for work means interesting people and social dynamic watching

November 6 Pete: I'm only good at Mario like once a month Me: It must be your time of the month

November 7 Small group conversations that were mostly about farting and pooping

November 8 Early to bed to prep for Stacey moving doesn't mean there wasn't some Mario time

November 9 Moving Stacey in the most efficient way possible and conversations with Amber

November 10 Making fun of Bengals fans at Quaker Steak and a lazy day at home

November 11 I...don't recall. It was probably Mario Kart though

November 12 Successfully did not punch a trainer in the face in light of misogynistic idiocy

November 13 "Me: It's shipping back from Canada Chris: Ok, so returned from overseas? Me: I don't think there's an ocean between Canada & the US" Also, adventures in only so-so food with Pete

November 14 Hilarity at Small Group

November 15 A very sleep Geek Games

November 16 Happy Birthday Nicole! (Also, daybed day!)

November 17 Those clouds sure are hanging low

November 18 Only day straight home after work this week; made it count with all the Marios

November 19 Girlfriends Night Out; now with more off color comments by Mary Jo (which I LOVE)

November 20 Dinner and wonderful conversation with Sharon.

November 21 Lovely night at small group

November 22 Catching Fire day Catching Fire day!

November 23 Bake all the things

November 24 Church in what feels like forever 

November 25 Kitties sleeping so close together without fighting 

November 26 Gorging on cable and toasty warm socks

November 27 Lots of blessings during an accident that could have been way way worse 

November 28 Yummy food and Black Friday fun. FUZZY BLANKET

November 29 Frozen with Matthew. The princess saved herself 

November 30 Fun with the family

Good Things: October

October 1 Government shut down jokes and remarkably accurate economics conversation successfully participated in

October 2 Dinner and Orange Leaf with Stacey. Also, Pete's home from vacation!

October 3 1st night of small group with some of my favorite ladies

October 4 Zach having no idea about the movie "Pretty Woman"

October 5 Make all the signs!

October 6 Little Miami was wet and muddy but it was fun cheering Amber on!

October 7 Straight home from work and Mario Karting

October 8 Therapy, oh blessed therapy

October 9 Pete trying to figure out how to train cats

October 10 Nice conversations with friends encouraging them to be brave

October 11 I went to bed early and slept 10 hours

October 12 Laying like broccoli

October 13 Dinner and games with Alexis, Ryan and Jacob

October 14 Car professionally detailed. So clean and shiny!

October 15 Long drive with Sharen and Matthew includes weather report videos and secret roadtrips to surprise family

October 16 Nice time visiting with Aunt Cathy and Casey and doing a paying party switcheroo at the hotel without Mom and Dad knowing

October 17 Small group and comfy pants

October 18 Packing up Stacey

October 19 Matthew's Special Day!

October 20 Movie Double Feature and Dewey's Pizza (and some freaking out about pirates)

October 21 Realizing I get to move home sooner than I thought from dog sitting this coming weekend.

October 22 Dinner and hangout time with Claire!

October 23 Flashback to YSU days thanks to some Janet Jackson albums on shuffle all day long

October 24 Small group with some lovely people

October 25 Gorging on Season 2 of Newsroom at the dog sitting house

October 26 Clean all the things! Dinner and hanging out with Stacey and Matthew

October 27 Decided on a day bed to buy and finally finish up the 3rd bedroom!

October 28 "Of course you don't care for living with roommates. You haven't found the right one yet"

October 29 Packing round 1, way too many things!

October 30 Packing final round, success! Also, a wonderful run of victory in Mario

October 31 We successfully held off eating ALL THE CANDY until the kids arrived to demand it from us for free. Las Vegas Eve!

Good Things: September

September 1 Shananigans with Jake, Cody, Pete and Stacey and Deweys Pizza. Mmmmmm Deweys Pizza

September 2 CLEAN ALL THE THINGS! But the house sure is nice when it's clean

September 3 Coming home to a clean house is the best

September 4 Bonus at work and weird dreams

September 5 Lunch with Stacey!

September 6 Worship Concert at church

September 7 Buy ALL THE THINGS! Shopping with Sharen, Brenna and eventually Stacey

September 8 Jen singing Roar at church and hang out time with Claire. Getting to say good bye to Shadow

September 9 Fun pool games with Matthew and a good day at work

September 10 Therapy and dinner with Claire talking about how Shadow was such a good dog

September 11 No idea....I think I blacked today out

September 12 Dinner with Sharen and Matthew and leaving work mainly on time

September 13 No work and cleaning all the things 

September 14 Nice day with the whole fam damily

September 15 Happy Birthday, Matthew!

September 16 Made some nice progress on some work projects 

September 17 Girls Night Out now with more cats

September 18 New phone to play with and visiting friends

September 19 Well, the one thing I can say about the hours I've been working is that the overtime is nice

September 20 Silly night with Sharen and Matthew

September 21 Matthew as goalie and shenanigans with Stacey and Pete

September 22 Organized dresser drawers and live tweeting award shows

September 23 Mario Karting

September 24 Leaving work relatively on time

September 25 Stuffed Peppers for dinner; yum!

September 26 When the Bob Evans waitress asked Matthew if he was reading Odyssey

September 27 Ice packs & Gilmore Girls

September 28 Applefest! It's the most wonderful time of the year!

September 29 Watch ALL the Gilmore Girls

September 30 Moved back to my own desk at work!!

Good Things: August

August 1 Amber came and walked Jack with me. She's the nicest!
August 2 Today was musically awesome at work
August 3 Dog park with Stacey
August 4 Lazy Sunday with Jack
August 5 "Bad people aren't allowed to have oil paintings of themselves in their waiting rooms"
August 6 Pete fixed it so I could get "I Was Wrong, I'm Sorry & I Love You" on my phone! This is my happy face!
August 7 It's a shipping miracle! Also, my boss bought us alcohol at 11am the day was otherwise so terrible
August 8 I found Life Advice Cat on twitter and my life is better. Which may be sad, but I don't care
August 9 Multiple friends sending me Cheetos coupons is awesome
August 10 Nicole came to visit!
August 11 Visiting Norman and shopping with Nicole
August 12 Breakfast with Nicole, Sharen and Matthew
August 13 Work adventures driving a rented van and delivering furniture to Covington
August 14 EAT ALL THE CHEETOS
August 15 It's nice sitting for a calm and sweet dog when work is sucking the life out of me
August 16 Beer Fairy at work and Music Twin Roomies
August 17 NORMAN! It's bring Norman home day!
August 18 Thank you JESUS I get to move back home for more than 3 consecutive nights
August 19 Meetings with friends about Jesusy things that make my face hurt from smiling
August 20 GNO - Nice to have people to laugh with after a terrible day
August 21 Sweet blessed good night of sleep
August 22 Family night with Sharen and Matthew for the first time in weeks
August 23 Cocooning in my room and finally finishing a book that I read 2/3 of in 1 day then couldn't get back to
August 24 Friend Date Day! Now with more Norman, Sharen and Josh!
August 25 Awesome morning at church; then work. But at least no one was there to inturrupt me
August 26 Hey, apparently you CAN be productive at my job on a work day in August and not just run from fire to fire
August 27 Mario Karting with Pete and Stacey
August 28 Accidental 12 hour day means early bedtime
August 29 Leaving work as close on time as possible
August 30 Jake and Cody are here!!!
August 31 Shenanigans with Jake and Cody

Good Things: July

July 1 Let the busy season at work begin. But first a short work week!

July 2 Last night at home; I miss my bed so much when it's gone

July 3 Hellllooooo cable at the dogsitting house!

July 4 4 day weekend!

July 5 Oh how I loved having today off work. Even if it was rainy all day

July 6 Lazy day with Jack

July 7 Like whoa

July 8 Home. For almost a week! How novel!

July 9 Therapy is always my good thing

July 10 Getting ready for mom and dad to visit is easier when the house isn't a hot mess all the time

July 11 Doctor visit for the 1st time in 5 years. Apparently when they're trying to examine you you shouldn't try to hop off the table. I bought myself ice cream as a reward.

July 12 Mom and Dad are here!

July 13 Nice day with Mom and Dad and a yummy cookout for the family bday celebration

July 14 Early EARLY morning breakfast with mom and dad then 6 hours at the vets. Thankful for my vet and their pricing.

July 15 I like when Stacey lives with us

July 16 GNO - Good friends that are so supportive I feel surprised but I shouldn't. They're lovely people

July 17 Lovely friends who love Agnes as much as I do (despite someones protests coughPetecough)

July 18 Ugly crying at the vet and then being exhausted. I'm sure there was a good thing but I can't find it.

July 19 Birthday Pool day. The ability to bring Agnes home for a night and good friends that go places with you and do the hard things

July 20 I put Agnes to sleep today. But hey....Amber spent all day with me and cheered me up in exactly the way I needed. She's lovely.

July 21 Home from the dogsitting house for awhile. Sad being home without Agnes though :(

July 22 I helped make dinner! Pete is sooooo lucky

July 23 I like when Stacey stays with us

July 24 Last night at home for awhile. Oh how I'll miss my bed

July 25 "You know what the weird thing is? His girlfriend left him and he still went on the trip!!" No. No Brian that was not the weird thing

July 26 Dinner with Alexis!

July 27 Fun birthday with family (blood and non)

July 28 Homearama and happy 3rd roommateaversary

July 29 NORMAN

July 30 It's not necessarily a good thing but I had to have a conversation I would never have imagined I'd have to have with someone at work. There was much awkward laughter composing that email. Oh my goodness

July 31 Monica looking for the ok button (that's in her computer) all over her desk top before realizing what she was doing. I laughed until I cried and so did she. We both needed that.

Good Things: June

June 1 Nice nap at the dogsitting house, like woke up feeling drugged I slept so hard

June 2 Good morning at church, lunch with friends, another nap and dinner with Pete

June 3 OMG, Revolution! Even though I hate him sometimes JJ Abrams is my good thing for today

June 4 Pete is a terrible helper of irrational anger. Amber is the best helper. Also, 11 hour days

June 5 Lunch with Stacey! It makes all the things better!

June 6 I didn't die of frustration at work. This is my only good thing today

June 7 Relatively drama free event and sleeping in my own bed for the 1st time this month

June 8 Amber, Stacey, Pete, Sharen and Matthew time!

June 9 New dogsitting gig, complete with setting off the alarm accidentally.

June 10 Playing in the yard with dogsitting dog. My cats don't fetch nearly enough.

June 11 I say it every month, but I love therapy

June 12 Dogsitting is a nice gig, the money is awesome. But I miss my house. Last night away from home for a bit!

June 13 Home! For at least a week!

June 14 Dinner and games with Amber, Darren, Stacey, Dorothy & Larry. Dainty lady hands

June 15 Swimming! Man of Steel! Porn Wong! Awkwardly Straight!

June 16 Root Beer Stand with Pete, Sharen and Matthew

June 17 Straight home from work for the first time in too long

June 18 Graeters after GNO

June 19 Being brave at small group

June 20 Giggly family night with Sharen and Pete

June 21 NEW FRONT DOOR DAY! FINALLY!

June 22 Pool time with Matthew

June 23 Even though it doesn't feel like a good thing the sermon today was everything I needed

June 24 Some quiet pool time after a long hard day

June 25 Pool time when it was still HOT and homemade dinner delivered to the pool area by the best roommate in the history of roommates. My love language is quality time and acts of service and friend is loving me well. No way to say it without it being awkward and making him have to move out because we can't look each other in the eyes anymore.

June 26 Lovely time with lovely ladies at small group tonight

June 27 Applebee's, nice conversation and family

June 28 Night in with Mario, Pete and wine

June 29 Dinner for Darren's birthday and Avenue Q with favorites

June 30 Good friends caring for each other in the morning and trying to convince Stacy to move in

Good Things: May

May 1 Secret crazy pants conversations with friends that I love

May 2 Come with me to the bathroom I have to take a picture

May 3 Adventures in alcohol shopping

May 4 Cocktail swap party. Where do I live,  TO FRUIT!

May 5 Lazy movie day on a sofa

May 6 I'd rather be twirling my hair than any of the things from today

May 7 So many new hires to train, at least the 10 hour days fly by?

May 8 Drinks with Amy and snuggles with Matthew

May 9 Hitting 40 hours by Thursday is no good thing. But OT is

May 10 Sad Cat Diary

May 11 Iron Man 3 and cake

May 12 Happy Birthday Sharen!

May 13 Misty's Wal-Mart Story

May 14 Breakfast for dinner

May 15 Therapy is HARD but I love my therapist

May 16 The day after a topless painting of Bea Arthur sold is always a good day

May 17 Whoops! Drinks with Stacey turns into accident drunk and some fun shenanigans.

May 18 Trim is hung in my house! Shenangans with Amber after leaving the MOST DEPRESING MUSICAL at intermission. "I know you're fine, but do you want more water?"

May 19 Pool's Up!

May 20 Mario Karting is still the best thing ever

May 21 Should have been new front door day, but the door was defective. Whomp Whomp. But I got to take a nap in the pool, so that's awesome!

May 22 Dinner with Alexis. Love that we will both stop mid sentence and stare open mouthed at people talking around us at the same time.

May 23 Looooong Day at work, with some Mario after

May 24 Meetings so short your computer doesn't even fall asleep!

May 25 Lazy day with Pete and Stacey

May 26 Double Feature Day! Star Trek was SO good with Sharen, Pete, Stacey, Amber and Darren

May 27 Swimming!

May 28 Swimming some more! Dinner on the patio!

May 29 Swimming AGAIN after a long day at work

May 30 Watermelon Sangria and fresh baked chocolate chip cookies at Max & Erma's family night

May 31 I was on the radio!

Good Things: April

April 1 No one pranked me today

April 2 Mario Kart

April 3 Today was a terrible day. Bourbon made it better

April 4 Family night, this time at my house

April 5 Jurassic Park 3D

April 6 Amber, Pete and Stacey time

April 7 Shoulden and his shoulder reducing surgery

April 8 "Well we know it won't be in the share drive"

April 9 Therapy. GOD BLESS THERAPY

April 10 Picked up my new TV

April 11 I know she hates it, but the things I feel compelled to tell her are all of the things I wish someone would have told me when I was 15 and thinking/feeling similar things to her.

April 12 Final Small Group at Claires

April 13 So many good things with Stacey and Amber

April 14 Lazy morning and lunch with Pete and his family

April 15 Cable gorging at the dogsitting house

April 16 JOSH GARRELS IN CONCERT! 2nd row!

April 17 Belly pets with Jack

April 18 I yelled at a kid in Chick Fil A, this means I'm going to hell right?

April 19 Pete time at the dog sitting house

April 20 Bought a GIANT dog for Matthew

April 21 HOME, sleeping in my own bed!

April 22 Encouraging words and secret things

April 23 Breaking up cat fights, like a BOSS (literally cats)

April 24 Didn't think about it too much, except in the time between laying down and sleep

April 25 Cough syrup is my new best friend, especially when Pete goes to get it so I don't have to put a bra back on (you're welcome)

April 26 Happy Birthday, Pete and heading north to see my boys! Now with 100% more Laine and reversible ceiling fans!

April 27 The Melt, inappropriate hand sanitizers & more quality time with my boys

April 28 Oh look, God chases me all the way to Cleveland just to remind me that He does in fact make ALL things new.

April 29 No work! Road trip and shopping with Pete! New red shoes which I LOVE

April 30 I would settle for a spoon & a nice evening with Sharen & Matthew at my house

Good Things: March

March 1 Straight home and into bed after work. So lovely

March 2 Pinterest party!

March 3 Smelling neighbors elbows at church and laughter with Stacey. Growth Tracks and laughter with Kate

March 4 Stopped some self shaming just as it was starting. Therapy for the win!

March 5 BIG SCARY THOUGHTS said to a therapist means I'll have an emotional few weeks (months?) But I'm clinging to the hope that someday this will be made right.

March 6 Snowy long day at work, happy to have people I really love to work with.

March 7 Downloading old school Mario 1 & 2 to the Wii = AWESOME

March 8 "If I put my mind to it I could totally be circus fat" and other 'it's been a long hard week' conversations at work.

March 9 Nice Saturday overall. Clean house, clean sheets and BOURBON

March 10 The band at church was AMAZING today. More so than usual. Oz with Pete and Stacey and so warm out the doors and windows got to be opened. Gifts from Stacey. It was a banner day folks.

March 11 Seeing fruit of the therapy conversations and working through forgiveness.

March 12 AS: "She said, I like you like you. I find you attractive." Me: OH MY GOSH! That is 8 pounds of crazy in a 5 pound bag. Thankful for craziness that is outside my department at work for once.

March 13 Lovely thoughtful gift from the nicest of the favorites.

March 14 Family night means telling stories on each other

March 15 AWESOME worship concert at church

March 16 I love my friends. I love caring for my friends because they have so often cared for me without even realizing it.

March 17 Gorging on HGTV at the dog sitting house

March 18 Unexpected free time means more time for Mario Kart and Dr Mario!

March 19 GNO, my face hurt from laughing. Two words - Retractable Awning

March 20 Wine after work

March 21 Wadded up sheep with natures dye

March 22 Mental Health Day! No work, lots of hair twirling

March 23 Kristen's Special Day!

March 24 Lunch with Michelle

March 25 Cookies for dinner, because sometimes you just have to

March 26 "Karma, it's like the rhythm. It's gonna get ya" I really like living with Pete

March 27 Last day of training and a good cry watching Beaches

March 28 Gas for $3.29!

March 29 Another day off work! Heading up north to see Mom and Dad

March 30 Silver Linings Playbook and nice talks with Nicole

March 31 Happy Birthday, Mom!

Good Things: February

February 1 Sitting in the silence at the dog sitting house after a long hard week

February 2 Shelby's birthday party

February 3 Super Bowling with Pete, Stacey and Amber (snickers internet peanut butter shoes)

February 4 They found King Richard the III!

February 5 Snuggling w/ kitties after a dog sitting gig
 
February 6 Unlocking mirror courses in Mario Kart stole any productivity to come in 2013

February 7Sometimes a girl just needs to stay home in pajama pants after a long long LONG 10 hour day (which will also help her avoid catching the flu)

February 8 1st night of this small group session at Fred and Claire's

February 9 Inappropriate card playing with some of my favorite women!

February 10 Lazy Sunday afternoon traditions with Stacey

February 11 Mirror Course Mario Karting and crazy dreams about stopping weddings
 
February 12 Telling people about my dream today was the best thing

February 13 Free lunch at work!

February  14 Funny pictures of Matthew in pajamas of his own choosing

February 15 Friday nights as they should be

February 16 Shelby's Special Day!

February 17 That time Ben quoted Boy George from stage at church and laughing until crying with Pete

February 18 I referenced burner cells 3 times today. I fear the feds are on to me

February 19 Pictures of Lord Voldermorts junk being sent to Amber and Pete

February 20 Imaging a t-rex making a bed

February 21 Helping Matthew with a summary of a book

February 22 Small group with awesome people!

February 23 Waking up early but not getting out of bed right away and a WHOLE DAY OF AMBER!

February 24 I love that Pete loves watching the Oscars snarkily with me

February 25 Let the interviewing begin!

February 26 Accidentally got transferred to a phone sex line by a freight company. Whoops!

February 27 Pete told me his friend (a woman) had a partial vasectomy. Sometimes the tweets, they write themselves.

February 28 100,000 miles on my car and it's still thriving!

Good Things: November

November1 Cable at the dogsitting house!

November2 Hijinks in Walmart with Stacy and Pete

November3 Reckner Halloween Party

November4 Sleeping in my own bed again

November5 Sleeping in my own bed is the best good thing

November6 Telling the story of how I thought I was deaf but was just turning the radio down

November7 New music is my favorite

November8 Family Night

November9 Happy Birthday, Katy!

November10 Small Group at the Robertsons

November11 Say Yes to the Dress with Stacy is awesome fun

November12 Fuzzy day, sick

November13 Fuzzy fuzzy sick brain

November14 Sick, giving myself permission to bail on plans and go home to do nothing

November15 Went to bed at 8pm and loved every minute of it

November16 Happy Birthday, Nicole!

November17 Amber and I in public are awesome

November18 Relaxing at home, hoping to kick this cold

November19 I love the movie Stranger than Fiction

November20 Had to skip GNO, but grateful for Mylina stepping in and leading so I could rest

November21 Game planning with Mom for Black Friday shopping

November22 Thanksgiving! Good food and good times with family

November23 Fun shopping with Mom, Sharen and Nicole on Black Friday

November24 Fun shopping with Dad and Sharen

November25 Shopping and a movie with Pete. We're ridiculous when we're together

November26 Bonus Day off! 2nd Thanksgiving!

November27 Free lunch at work I forgot about

November28 Leftover 2nd Thanksgiving

November29 Making up songs and teasing Kirsten at family night

November30 Simpkins Going Away Party, I'm going to miss that lady

Good Things: October

October 1 My promotion was announced at work

October 2 It's Customer Service Week!

October 3 PJ's all day at work

October 4 Free food and more PJ's at work

October 5 More free food and awesome Customer Service t-shirts

October 6 Matthew's Special Day!

October 7 Recovering from Matthew's special day, cleaning the house

October 8 Started the transition off the phone to my new position

October 9  Fun fact learned today: The German word kummerspeck means excess weight gained from emotional overeating. Literally, grief bacon.

October 10 Shopping for liquor and getting paid for it during work

October 11 Early bedtime

October 12 Hanging out with Amber, Darren and Pete is my favorite

October 13 New hair! Lunch with Claire! Unexpected small group that was awesomely hilarious!

October 14 Great message at church on the Sabbath, dinner with Alexis. Reminders that generational sin while not out fault is pervasive. Old friends that have traveled through a lot of life with you are the best.

October 15 Productive night at home

October 16 Pete's home early!

October 17 Kate Morton's new book is out!

October 18 Good conversation with Shelby

October 19 Happy Birthday, Amber!

October 20 Thankful for friends who outright tell me I'm valuable and consistently redeem friendship as worth it

October 21 Cable at the dog sitting house!

October 22 Productive day at work today

October 23 Thankful for therapy today

October 24 Sleeping in my own bed

October 25 Last visit to The Dip of the season

October 26 Geek Games

October 27 Drinking and Mario Kart

October 28 Naps are the best

October 29 Watching ER before bed

October 30 Mario Kart is still such a good good thing

October 31 Kids in cute Halloween costumes

Good Things: September

September 1 A pitcher of Sangria & tipsy bookstore roaming with Angie

September 2 Dog-sitting with cable

September 3 Clearing out the camo room in preparation for the conversion to grown up guest room

September 4 My new awesome water bottle came! It says, "There's a chance this is vodka"

September 5 I love that Pete is letting me read my hilarious book out loud to him. Even when I laugh to hard to actually read.

September 6 Accusing Angie of being drunk all day and wiping the floor with George the Glow-worm in Mario Kart

September 7 Peeling 4 layers of high gloss paint off the walls with Amber, Darren & Pete. They're my favorite people

September 8 Lazy Saturday interrupted by bursts of productivity

September 9 Reds Game with Pete, Sharen & Matthew

September 10 Yummy stuffed pepper casserole

September 11 The Voice is back on TV, it touches me in my spirit

September 12 Early morning encouragement and care over "coffee" (because I drink water not coffee) with Ben

September 13 Watching Newsroom at the dog sitting house

September 14 Rosh Hashanah, wait are you Russian and talking about my Kris Kross birthday party while at work

September 15 Happy Birthday, Matthew! You're my favorite nephew!

September 16 ColdStone Ice Cream

September 17 Chugged through a lot of work today

September 18 Girlfriends Night Out!

September 19 Sleeping in my own bed with clean sheets for the first time in a week

September 20 I know what we can reward them with, parrots and fire breathing Weight Watchers!

September 21 Dinner, drinks and on the patio with a fire

September 22 Fun at Costco and out with Pete & Angie

September 23 Slept a lot today and loved every minute of it

September 24 Got the date for when some work news will be announced

September 25 3 Months until Australia!

September 26 Reading out loud to Pete from a hilarious book. I love that he lets me read out loud to him

September 27 Chiropractic care, finally!

September 28 Geek Games is back!

September 29 Apple Fest

September 30 4 Corners Church is always my good thing on Sundays. I really love my church

Good Things: July

Hey! I'm going to start doing good things again!

July1 Dinner with Alexis and afternoons in the pool

July2 Josh Garrells!

July3 Sleeping in after a late night

July4 Middle of the week day off!

July5 Fun Growth Tracks meeting for church despite massive earache

July6 Awesome supervisor who felt pity for me and sent me home at 1030 where I promptly slept all afternoon. Also, Amber vacuuming my whole house wins the friend award

July7 Jake & Cody are here! Somali Pirate attacks in the pool and Melmac is just past Uranus

July8 Heard the where we've come from where we're going from Ben & Greg about 4 Corners and was so moved at how God has changed so many lives through our church

July9 Drink your juice, Shelby

July10 Mario Kart with Pete before a long weekend away from home

July11 Cable at the dog-sitting house!

July12 Finally finished a book I've been hacking away at. It was worth it.

July13 Dog park & ice cream with Sharen

July14 Saw old friends at the funeral of the father of a near & dear childhood friend. Also, wondering if Amish road side stands take credit cards

July15 Sleeping in my own bed! At least for a few nights.

July16 Mario Kart & getting caught up at work

July17 Girlfriends Night Out & wandering down memory lane without cracks widening in my heart

July18 Don't make me I6 you! Fun night with some of the admin team for Growth Tracks

July19 Dog sitting house with cable! Gorging on HGTV

July20 Last Friday working for a couple of weeks!

July21 Working on Saturday stinks, but I got more work done in 3 hours than 8 on Friday

July22 Sunday afternoon nap and time in the pool

July23 Silly laughing with Pete at overly dramatic video clips during a seminar thing

July24 Sleeping in is my favorite

July25 Stayed up into the early houra in bed with my legs propped up on the wall finishing a book. Haven't done that in awhile

July26 Birthday Eve!

July27 Relaxing day in the pool drinking & napping

July28 Mom & Dad are in town

July29 Good church & some honesty about something I'd never let myself see before

July30 Cleaned out the contacts in my phone. Deleting some people was really cathartic

July31 Straight home from work!

Good Things: November

I started late this month, and now I can't remember a good thing for the first 3 days. Whoops!


November 4 Breakfast at work, yum!

November 5 Puss and Boots with Matthew. It was super funny

November 6 Extra hour of sleep!

November 7 Small group time is awesome time. This one time at Meijer...

November 8 Election Day, the day I celebrate the end of hearing about all those electiony things

November 9 Happy Birthday, Katy! I love you!

November 10 Family Night

November 11 Mom and Dad came into town and saw the new kitchen!

November 12 WICKED! LOVE!

November 13 Unexpected Sunday afternoon to myself. I was deliciously unproductive. Extra time with my church peeps too, love them.

November 14 Amber came over to play! Snarky HP watching!

November 15 Therapy is hard, but it's nice being able to share and be validated without emotional blackmail ensuing

November 16 I may never tire of playing Dr. Mario

November 17 Dr. Mario is a game you can play which allows you to not think about anything else

November 18 Friday! It's FRIDAY! I'm so over work right now

November 19 Hair appointment, lunch with a friend and J Edgar movie

November 20 Helping Sharen decorate for Christmas and dinner with friends

November 21 Love my small group. TWINKIES!

November 22 5pm eventually showed up at work, which made me very happy

November 23 Peaceful drive up to my parents house with Sharen, Shelby and Matthew

November 24 Yummy Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping started at 930 and there were some ridiculous laughs in the Elder-Beerman parking lot

November 25 Continued Black Friday shopping until past 4am. A lot of fun!

November 26 Saw the Muppets and laughed a lot

November 27  Sleeping in my own bed!

November 28 Signed up for Pinterest, this may be the beginning of the end

November 29 Entertaining, if useless 4 hour meeting at work where an 80ish year old man talked about his blog more times than required.

November 30 Straight home from work!

Good Things: October

October 1- Fun morning hanging with Laine before heading home. Sleeping in my own bed!

October 2- Kirsten was baptized!

October 3- Dr. Mario after work

October 4- Came home sick from work, slept on the sofa and watched tv all day

October  5- Stayed home sick from work, slept and had fever dreams all day. It was....interesting

October 6- Still sick, this cold just won't quit.

October 7- Worked all day on about 3 hours of sleep, I was highly entertaining

October 8- Beauty and the Beast at the Aranoff

October 9- Lots more time on the sofa today, Dr. Mario and Netflix for the win!

October 10- Columbus Day means slow day at work, after almost 2 weeks off and non-functional this girl really needed that

October 11- Good therapy

October 12- Dr. Mario and one of the last meals in my counterless kitchen

October 13- Family Night for the first time in a long time

October 14- Started dogsitting, picked all the movies to watch this weekend on their movie channels

October 15- Movies all day long!

October 16- Beautiful day, lovely lunch with Claire and hanging at the dog park watching cute pups

October 17- Boss' Day at work was a lot of fun

October 18- Girlfriends Night Out!

October 19- The counters were installed!

October 20- Last night of dogsitting

October 21- Lovely night spent organizing the kitchen

October 22- Matthew's special day! He said as he was falling asleep he wished the day was just starting instead of ending. So adorable

October 23- Pete's home! Burgers at Amber's with much giggling!

October 24- Meal planning to cook in the new kitchen

October 25- Grocery shopping and running water/working dishwasher in the kitchen

October 26- Loooong day at work, but wine and still warm dinner when I got home thanks to my fifties housewife Pete

October 27- Family night telling remember when stories with the kids and playing dueling fart noises

October 28 - Clean sheet night!

October 29- Amber's Halloween Party! I was the bearded lady

October 30- Meatloaf balls!

October 31- Trick or Treating with Sharen, Matthew, Pete nd Doug

Good Things: September

September 1 Nice meeting dreaming about outreach with leaders at my church

September 2 12 hour day at work, looooooong day but getting a little caught up

September 3 Lazy day swimming and watching Netflix

September 4 Great conversation with Claire at lunch and Friday Night Lights

September 5 Day on the sofa with brief breaks to switch laundry

September 6 Day 1 of 2 that I'm working this week

September 7 Road Trip to South Carolina with some church peeps. I love my church, I really really do

September 8 Man oh man, today. The whole conference and everything the speakers spoke about, the road trip back plumbing the depths of my ipod and listening to kingdom dreams being chatted about while watching scenery slip past. Today was my favorite in a long time, awake for 23 hours and loved every second.

September 9 Day 2 of 2 that I'm working this week. I'm not even tired, LOVE that.

September 10 Building bookcases and the Washington Project cookout

September 11 Afternoon on the sofa watching Netflix

September 12 Watched an SUV stuck on a boulder (yep, a boulder) get unstuck by a deaf former UFC guy yanking on it with a tow strap (the truck was jacked up so it wouldn't fall on dude). His fist pump after was the best part

September 13 Texts with Laine planning our friend-cation!

September 14 The kitchen table went up! It's starting to feel like a real house!

September 15 Happy Birthday, Matthew!

September 16 First night dog sitting in a long time, almost made me miss cable (almost)

September 17 Matthew's birthday part, lots of loud kids and some yummy cake

September 18 Downloaded Dr. Mario on the Wii...productivity has ground to a halt in the house again

September 19 Bought my counter tops today. My bank account doesn't think it's a good thing but my kitchen does

September 20 Girlfriends Night Out! There was an odd amount of talk on the topic of booger eating...

September 21 Dr. Mario and hanging out on the sofa all night

September 22 Dinner out celebrating a friends birthday. Lots of laughing and hilarity ensued.

September 23 Last day of work until October!

September 24 Game night with Amber and got my hair did.

September 25 Good conversation about churchy volunteer stuff. It was nice to be care for in such a way.

September 26 Driving to Pennsylvania and seeing Laine!

September 27 Lots and lots of vagina jokes today, none of which I was comfortable putting on the interwebs

September 28 Had a cider slush....oh my goodness, SO AMAZING

September 29 I may have been drunk twice today, I can't confirm or deny this

September 30 Benefit show with Laine, he did a great job at his show. Chacha McDouchenstein

Good Things: August

August 1 How I Met Your Mother on dvd before bed

August 2 Nice plumber came out, Pete said I gushed about him, I probably did

August 3 Nice therapy appointment and early bedtime

August 4 I waited to long to start this list, and can't remember today...

August 5 I like free dentist appointments when I can mock the Jersey Shore with my dentist

August 6 Costco! Swimming! Harry Potter Scene It! (Duck A Heart G Hood)

August 7 Awesome message at church today, got me thinking. A lot.

August 8 Home and just about straight into bed after a loooooong day at work

August 9 Snuggling on the couch with Matthew while he told me his ideas on how to remodel my kitchen

August 10 11 hour day at work, but lots of giggles and tension jokes all along

August 11 Fun time dreaming about outreach with church

August 12 Global Leadership Summit

August 13 Nicole's here! Swimming and general merriment

August 14 A funny thing happened in the parking lot of church with Nicole. But I've been sworn to silence so I can't tell you. It makes me feel bad for you.

August 15 Dry wall guys came and an exciting vision meeting for church

August 16 Girlfriends Night Out! We had Mexican, mmmmmm....mexican

August 17 Hey, today I found out I still had a roommate after not seeing him for almost 3 days straight!

August 18 Vision meeting at our church's new building. LOVE my church LOVE

August 19 Bought a bunch of tile for the kitchen, is this renovation over yet?

August 20 Super productive morning at work, pool time and The Dip!

August 21 Judy and Dean went to 3 very very different open houses

August 22 More awkward, more oh so awkward awkwardness at work today

August 23 Snuggling with a 2nd grader before bedtime

August 24 Josh Garrels album all day long

August 25 The Dip to celebrate the first week of school

August 26 Bought 11 gallons of paint at Home Depot, the painting weekend is upon us!

August 27 So thankful for my parents and new friends that came and helped paint. It made me feel very cared for that they came.

August 28 Amazing sermon at church today followed by buying 3 cute stools for the new breakfast bar that will be installed soonish.
 
August 29 Good talk with a good friend
August 30 Coming home to a painted and getting put back together living room makes me happy.

August 31 Cabinets are going in!

Good Things: July

July 1 Cleveland! Road Trip Dance Party complete with air xylephones!

July 2 Most relaxing day I've had in a long time, and pool time!

July 3 Nice time meeting friends of friends and lots of laughter at lunch...then....POOL TIME

July 4 It's nice to stay out of town, but it's lovely to come back. Sleeping in my own bed was my favorite

July 5 I bought a pool, ok...technically I bought 2, but one is being returned because of missing parts

July 6 First swim in the pool!

July 7 2nd swim in the pool!

July 8 Met with the next leaders of WP and kept hearing the phrase "for such a time as this" echoing in my heart. Love when God does that.

July 9 4 hours in the pool! Most of it with Sharen and the kids. The sunburn was totally worth it.

July 10 Pool time and chatting with Amber. I really like her a lot. Also, finished my bedroom and put it all back together!

July 11 Woke up after sleeping for almost 10 hours and I was still exhausted. I blame the sunburn

July 12 Started watching Friday Night Lights, already cried 3 times.

July 13 Speaking of crying, today was cry number 1 of the kitchen remodel (and it hasn't even started yet)

July 14 Harry Potter premier!

July 15 Harry Potter premier started at 12:01, so it counts for today too

July 16 Harry Potter a 2nd time and lounging at the dogsitting house

July 17 I actually got to sit in church today! Also, lunch with Sharen and Matthew

July 18 Washington Project meetings are my favorite. I wonder if they'll let me crash after I'm done...

July 19 Girlfriends Night Out!

July 20 I yelled at my therapist today, and she said she understood

July 21 I felt really lucky to be in an air conditioned house today

July 22 I came home and did nothing today, nothing but read and go to bed early

July 23 3 movies and a book were devoured today, it was lovely

July 24 Had a great Sunday nap

July 25 People asking about birthday plans reassures me they won't forget (because honestly I'm scared people will forget)

July 26 Birthday Eve!

July 27 Happy Birthday to me! 32, yeesh

July 28 Birthday hangover, LOTS to do at home and work. No rest for the weary

July 29 The calm before the remodel storm

July 30 Let the kitchen remodel begin!

July 31 $75 worth of stuff for $20 out of pocket at Charming Charlies!

Good Things: June

June 1 The contractor wasn't done with the bathroom yet so I got an unexpected night of doing nothing at home

June 2 C to the razy customer at work that I got to tell him to move on with his life, that was fun

June 3 Beer and ice cream at family night

June 4 Fun day spent mostly outside in the sun at the zoo and the pool

June 5 Power washing the back fence, pretended it was a machine gun and I was mowing down the enemy (whoever that is)

June 6 Had a blast at a friends daughters graduation party. Yummy food and my face hurt from laughing so much.

June 7 Hair appointment cancelled, but the sarcastically good news means I got to power wash for longer tonight!

June 8 Good therapy session tonight, apparently I'm making big strides!

June 9 Left work early but the reason I was leaving was cancelled so I took a nap instead

June 10 Rolo Mc Flurry!
June 11 Bright red hair!

June 12 Took an unplanned nap sprawled out on the patio (until Pete scared the crap out of me at least)

June 13 Told the leadership team that I'm stepping down from Washington Project. It felt good to get it out in the open, I suck at keeping things under wraps

June 14 Painted the bathroom bright (no really BRIGHT) yellow

June 15 Had a revelation today that made me smile like a chump for about an hour. The repercussions are....interesting to think about.

June 16 Dog sitting means never having to say you're sorry for not doing anything productive in the evenings

June 17 Leisurely morning at the dog sitting house since I didn't work until 10

June 18 Sleeping in!

June 19 Finished Alice, I Have Been and took a nice nap on the sofa

June 20 Alias with the roomie (for the first time in 3 months!) We're almost done with season 4!

June 21 Girlfriends Night Out at Uno's!

June 22 Nice respite therapy session

June 23 I came home from work and SCREAMED and SCREAMED at Pete about work stuff. Then he made me dinner and let me stew on the sofa while we watched Alias

June 24  Alias with Pete

June 25 Happy Birthday, Laine! I love you! (also, Homearama, and picking out kitchen cabinets)

June 26 Dinner at PF Changs for Alexis' birthday Love talking to her about life and how God is moving

June 27 The word flawless was used in the same sentence as my name. So naturally I giggled and blushed. Hearing nice things said about me is really hard, especially since I'm trying to not convince people they're untrue anymore.

June 28 First official Girlfriends Night Out Small Group, yummy food and THIRTEEN ladies connecting and building relationships

June 29 Dreaming and praying about outreach at Four Corners with some ladies that are leading the next iteration of Washington Project.

June 30 Going to Cleveland to see Jake and Cody Eve!