Glory Days

Hey there.

Just thought I'd share a few of the glorious moments I've enjoyed this week.

On my way home from driving Jered to work on Saturday, I put the windows down and heard the slosh of car tires splashing through puddles of melted snow.  However, that wasn't the best part.  The best part was the warmth of the sun I felt on my exposed collar bone.  That's right.  My collar bone was exposed outside for the first time in months.

As nerdy as this will sound, it felt wonderful to organize our spare room and make it look like an actual live-in room, and not just a catchall for storage.  I was thrilled to have it looking more like a bedroom by the time Kate came to visit.

I spent my Sunday afternoon watching movies and painting on our sun-streaked living room floor with a beautiful breeze billowing in through the curtains.

After church we spent a lovely couple of hours with family and friends at lunch, and we even splurged on some frozen yogurt afterwards.  (For the record, pistachio frozen yogurt is outstanding!)

On the most beautiful day we've had in a long time, Jered and I trotted outside for a nice, long walk.  He channeled his inner Rocky and took one of his most prized possessions- his racket ball- and bounced it the whole time.  Just being outside together, rather than inside was wonderful.  However, soaking up the beautiful weather and having good conversation at the same time was absolutely perfect.

Said husband has also been a God-send, helping me around the apartment this week.  I've come home a couple different times to find more and more things hung up on the walls for me.  He even spoiled me by allowing me to get a new T.V. stand.

This week was our chicken chili week.  (We've decided to have it every other week because we love it so much, but don't want to kill it by having it every week.  This way we still spend the whole off-week looking forward to it.  By far, our favorite meal.)  Click on Baked by Rachel, for the recipe.  (Seriously guys, I will be singing this soup's praises for all time.  Quick, easy, and delicious? Yes, please.)

The seester is here!  That means movies, walks, Goodwill hunts, bribing Jered into going to the mall with us, getting Kate to try sushi for the first time, and double hair appointments this weekend.  We rented Catching Fire the other night, and the tears I had been able to hold back in the theater flowed often and freely.  I think Katie and I could have watched it every night she spends here, but I don't think Jered would go for it.  I'm hoping that he will be up for Dunkin Donuts tomorrow morning.

The best sister in the world brought me lemon ice cream from Hannam's.  Enough said.

One of the attorneys brought in three boxes of enormous breakfast pastries.  It was a breakfast heaven for this blueberry muffin-loving girl on a day she didn't have time to make her usual oatmeal before work.

(I'm finding myself being extra excited about food-related occurrences in my life.  What does that say about me?)

I also received this wonderful little product I had ordered last week.  This lipstick- well, lip stain, is green, but according to the description, it reacts with the temperature and pH of your skin to create the perfect pink.  I don't know if that part is correct, but it does start out green, and I do like the pink it creates, although I'm still not used to wearing much color on my lips.  It also lasts all day, and the more you put on, the brighter it gets, so you have some control over how it turns out.

All in all, two migraines and thinking that Tuesday was actually Friday, aside, it has been a fantastic week, and I feel quite blessed.

Have a beautiful weekend.

Aim