Sleep is the New Party

Well hello there, Monday! 

If you want another dose of me today (ugh, I know) I'm guest posting over at Katherine's blog to wish her and Thomas a happy Honeymoon!

I feel like I could do an entire post on things I learned from binge-watching Season 1 of Orange is the New Black on Saturday. Great suggestion from those of you who recommended it. But really, how come Alex's hair always looks perfect while Piper's goes from greasy-chic to just washed - when they haven't shown a single hair dryer yet. I feel like there's some magic dry shampoo trick they haven't shared yet. 

But, there's so much more I learned this weekend that I might have to save that for the Season 2 premiere in June. 

Thank you for all of the half birthday wishes, I partied pretty hard Friday night. 

And by "party hard" I mean that I took a nap at 6pm and woke at midnight - still in my maxi dress and contacts. I laugh to call it a nap because 6 hours is more sleep than I get most weeknights these days - wanna see what some lucky guy is going to wake up next to someday?

Onto the wonderful things I learned!

:: No plans weekends are my favorite weekends.
:: Paying attention at work will relieve you from doing extra work on the weekend.
:: You shouldn't obsess over Google Analytics - the truth isn't in the data.
:: It's important to take advantage of good Saturday weather because Sunday it will always rain.
:: My friends can run and finish half marathons while I'm still in bed (ha- suckers!)
:: Gross days outside mean perfect days for local coffee shops inside.
:: Quad 20oz Americano (USA!), please.

:: Locking yourself down in a coffee shop to write for your two blogs is always a great idea.
:: Only a great idea though if your playlist doesn't make you emotional in public.
:: I hold a drink the same way now as I did back when I was 10 (jury is still out who's cutest)
:: My pinky finger is weird/fancy(?)

Get your link on with Katie today if you know what's good for your health!

25 Miles Later

Good morning and happy Monday!

It was a less than eventful weekend as both Dan and I were putting in time at the office. He unfortunately had to physically be there at his desk, I was fortunate enough to be able to keep my glasses on, my coffee mug full and most importantly see what Tiger does all day long while we are normally away. He's pretty funny.

As the story was last weekend, I laced up and hit the road. Running was the easiest thing that I did all week and more than anything it was relaxing and an opportunity to hash some work dilemmas out in my mind and come up with an action plan. Friday I ran 10 after work in the beautiful weather we had, Saturday was a "short" five mile shake-out and Sunday was another long haul where I ran 100 blocks east of my house and 100 blocks back. If you're familiar, you know that 100 blocks in Southeast Portland can be a big change of scenery from neighborhood shopping, quaint homes, busy commercial areas, un-paved sidewalks and less than appealing apartment complexes. All the landscape differences always provide an entertaining run. Plus I don't mind that there's minimal elevation change - win/win!

Count it up and I've met one of my February Goals of four 10 miler's for the month. Now I just have to keep up the strength training!

When I wasn't out in the fresh air stomping the pavement, I was at Papaccino's Coffee House enjoying the sights and sounds of the neighborhood while switching back and forth with the book I'm reading and some work I volunteered to do. I might have been better off just going into the office as well to take advantage of a large monitor and a mouse. #firstworldproblems

The great news about working on the weekend though was that when my spreadsheets were too long and taking up to 20 minutes to calculate (ugh!) I was able to clean up the 100+ blogs in my reading list that I hadn't been able to get after yet. And found this adorably annoying kitty

Isn't this the friendliest Dragon you've ever seen?

Dan also made fun of the dragon photo as being a 'half-selfie'... I suppose!

This one is short and sweet today, come back tomorrow!

<3 JE

 

Not An Average Bear

This week I took on a fun DIY project I'd seen on Pinterest here and here where you write on a coffee mug with a sharpie and bake in the oven for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. I was having a hard time coming up with what to write, then realized that this is a very low budget project and that I should just have fun with it! I'll perfect the art of mug detailing when I pick a design I must have with my weekend sips of coffee or my winter night hot cocoa.

Rumor has it that when I was very young I would say things that were wise beyond my years. I would talk so much that I earned the nickname "Windjammer" - so something profound would come out eventually, right? The inspiration for my first mug came from my youthful insight that "I'm not an average bear. That's just a regular bear and they don't know too much." What would you write on your mug?

What I Used:

Metallic Sharpie

Black Latte Mug

Oven & iPhone timer

Thanks to my wonderful and inspiring parents I knew at a very young that there was something special about me.

This is the happiest Friday of all! Rain was falling this morning for my 6 mile run and I get to pull one of three of my Frye's out for the next 6-8 months!



<3 JE