Photo-an-Hour

This is a post I've wanted to do for the longest time. 

So long, it even became the name for one of my eight daily wake-me-up alarms that continues to get snoozed and forgotten. In the graveyard with all of my "Wake up!", "Work out", "Today you need to wash your hair", "Okay now you need to blame traffic for your lateness" alarms. 

That got old, so one morning I got the I-Will Power to take the photo an hour. 

The day I chose was Wednesday, March 4th - it's now March 17th - since it was one of my very important work meeting days at the start of the month. 

5:30 - My view when I wake up, the Christmas lights that have been up for two years.

6:30 - Dress for success and #selfieoritneverhappened

7:30 - My weekday savior during Lent. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Mr. Coffee. 

8:30 - Yes, my new she-crush Alyssa announced that she joined Snapchat.

Derp, I missed a few hours in the midst of my super-busy important work day. Thank goodness I was doing photo-an-hour because that's where the terrifying or amazing bird photo came from. You can thank me for cutting photos out such as the office printer and a close-up of the Red Vines tub in my office.

11:30 - A gorgeous day and a terrifying symbol that Spring has sprung.
12:30 - Drink. Drink. Drink. My 64oz work water growler.
2:30 - These weren't consumed on this day, but they were consumed once and now they're office art.

My work presentation and craziness went well, so the rest of the afternoon was spent wrapping things up, answering any follow-up questions and of course scheduling a fun yoga class to celebrate.

3:30 - "Yes We Can" with the Road Runner is my desktop background. It's supposed to be funny.
4:30 - In the car selfie! Off work, kicked butt on my hard day and my hair is still doing it!
5:30 - "Get excited!" says ClassPass. Yoga class with scary-advanced handstand practice!

Disclaimer: Two of these photos were not taken March 4th, I just failed at this prompt and had to show something. Didn't I?

7:30pm - Trader Joe's Crunchy Salted PB with Flax & Chia Seeds. Yes.

Not actually 3/4 #1 - Thanks, mailman. Nothing to see here. Just my year's supply of contact lenses.

Not actually 3/4 #2 - Brand new lovely mural outside of my adorable coffee shop. 

Come on ladies, I know you can do better than me at this prompt. Show us what you've got. Yes I know your lives are more exciting than mine!

Some Happy, Some Thanks

Good vibes over here heading into the weekend and a brand spankin' new blog design from Kailyn to drop on your faces.

I was literally surprised with the design last night when Kailyn got off of her turn for a skype date with Melissa and said "I'm giving JumpingJE a makeover whether you like it or not!". Yep. Mama likes.

Thank you Friday and thank you inspirational sloth gifs. 

What to say, what to say?

Boy arrives here tomorrow for the weekend, Target dresses arrive tomorrow, leaves are falling onto the ground, it still hasn't rained, I get to see my brother next weekend (and then he moves back to the USA in 2 weeks!) and my dad gets to retire at the end of September... on his birthday!

Happy Happy vibes.

Other good things:

My friend Brooke is finally showing her human side and getting mushy over her engagement (or marriage like she mentioned/edited yesterday),  I had a lovely skype date with Melissa on Wednesday - she has some silly news for you next week, I hope in podcast form. Kailyn is the champion and gave me a makeover JUST because she loves me (or because she hated my picmonkey design a 5th grader could have done?) AND she's blogged every day in September.

You guys are amazing and I too am happy to be "back" to blogging. I've missed this little home.

The theme today is "thanks" for such a sunny happy Friday.

Thank you Robin Thicke for always keeping your invisible basketball safe.

:: Thank you this article for reminding me how special I am - and thank you Brian for agreeing that I have these 12 Qualities. 

:: Thank you to Mark Manson who wrote this. I think more people shouldn't say "yes" unless it's a "Fk yes!"

:: Thank you Apple for making my "new" iPhone 5s feel old already. I'll skip the iPhone 6 Plus and wait for the iPhone 8 Magnum. #AmIRight?

:: Thank you mom for really not giving Brian your worst this weekend, I was just joking. 

:: Thank you boss man for giving me Monday off from work (which likely means a Monday off from blogging too) 

Heyo!

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