princess time

my friends c and d wanted adventure

romance

and knights

so where did we go over the weekend?

that's right

we got dressed up and dragged ourselves down to orange county to go to

medieval times

it was awesome

we had fun fruity drinks

food you have to eat with your fingers

and real knights!

yellow! yellow! yellow!

serious fun! i know i know, seems... silly

but we had great fun!

below is a movie of our knight!

another month on her way

the beginning of july is upon us with june almost gone

it's summer time 

a time of hope and sunshine

small steps will be great leaps later 

this month, the challenges are

saving money on yarn (i have plenty of yarn. really. i do.)

saving money on books (exception is the house of mystery and buffy monthly comics, they don't count. so there.)

do not rent movies - only netflix

be positive, mindful and healthy

challenge myself at the gym three times a week

these aren't big changes. just little ones. one at a time. 

gardening

i do not pretend to know how to garden

i usually kill my plants, even cactus and bamboo

but so far...

hoorah! still going strong!

in fact, i took a handful, or two, of greens and fed them to mr. edgar, who enjoyed them.

so i was pretty confident when i wanted to do another two flower beds.

the lonely, empty flower beds...

and now...

and happily, i finally got my fruit tree...

blood orange tree.

hopefully it thrives

also, baked some chocolate chip cookies today.

they're good... not as good as my mom's (even though we use the same recipe) but isn't that always the way?

sigh

hubby is making our second meal in the slow cooker! and i am off to read for a while and get ready for work tomorrow

small pleasures

there are some small things that, when they happen, make me smile

a soft, light satisfaction

a quick thought "that was nice" or a secret "hoorah!"

some of those things happened this week:

they are:

being in back of an elevator full of men,  they part to let me exit first

"that was nice"

a forgotten coupon for a free iced coffee

"hoorah!"

public bathrooms make me feel dirty, even when they are very clean

but sometimes at work in the morning, you can tell that it has just been clean and the toliet seat is up and you know that all the germs are gone

"hoorah!"

i come home and a bunny greets me

it's probably because he is hungry, but it's still nice

"that was nice"

after fighting traffic to get somehwere, i pull into a kick ass parking space

"hoorah!"

an unexpected invitation out

"hoorah!"

after a long day, a friend being really happy to see you so all your stress melts away

"that was nice"

what about you?