Life is Good

I can tell this weekend was great because I have to divide up this post into sections---

First, some Pacino pictures:

I'm sure I'm going to turn into a hunchback in his lifetime. He is always jumping on my back!

I think this is why all my blinds are broken...

Next up, a few pictures from Lindsay's birthday:

The restaurant had grasshoppers--my favorite. They are hard to find! Tastes just like a creme de menthe square. Yum.

We ate at a place called Short's in Iowa City. Their food is all named after towns and counties in Iowa. There was a Colo burger, so naturally I had to have it. It was awesome! Grilled onions, American and Swiss on rye.

We went to a place called Bubbleology where you rent your own little karaoke room. We got the Mario room. Super fun time.

It's Mario!

Stopped for a drink of Absenthe. 

Perfect night to turn 22....er...31.

Next: Sunday adventures. Sunday is my favorite, favorite day. Woke up early (after about 4 hours of sleep), ate oatmeal & strawberries, went to church, out to late breakfast, did some reading, on to Chalk the Walk, long bike ride, and Cinco de Mayo food:

13.5 mile bike ride. Perfect, perfect night.

These pictures are all from Chalk the Walk in Mount Vernon. The artwork on the sidewalks is crazy! Pikachu, I choose you! 

I'm going to paint a tree with this quote on it for my living room. I love it.

I couldn't take a photograph this good, let alone draw it...

I bought this super cute necklace at a sweet little shop in Mount Vernon.

I had a slight twist of my ankle last night, and the only thing I had to ice with this morning was this frozen drink. I had to ice again tonight, so I thought I'd just go ahead and drink it :)

And to show how mature I am, a crazy straw.

Happy Cinco de Mayo. Hopefully my gallbladder doesn't rebel.

Life is good. Ready for another week!

Lengthy post...

Playing sand volleyball Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays has clearly cut down on my blogging time. Plus, life just hasn't been too exciting lately. Here are a few pictures to sum up the last few days:

Here is the Lego guitar I built. The programming was hard, so I used the one that someone online had made. It plays different pitches when you slide the "fret" bar and it has a whammy bar, and it only plays when you strum. Pretty cool. And nerdy.

Pacino has an odd obsession with dragging ALL of his toys to his food/water dish.

Still working on my Easter jelly beans. I might cry when they are gone. Only a few bags left. 

(I still can't believe the doctor says my blood sugar is low.)

I had one of each for my Friday treat. I actually got the Starbucks tea on Thursday night, and only because I was at Target. I'm such a Coffeesmith's girl.

I was taking a picture of my first cute toes of the summer. Apparently P thought his were looking good also.

It was so nice having the windows open and giving the cat a distraction earlier this week. He loves laying and looking out at the birds.

I'm pretty sure my cat can fetch better than your dog. I gave him the blue plastic thing off of my new gallon of milk. He promptly returned it to me. Right into my salsa. Seriously! 

Facebook is telling me to celebrate with Lindsay tonight. Check! We are headed to a restaurant in Iowa City that names all their burgers after Iowa towns and Colo is one of them! 

This was me, standing in Target last night, holding up 17,000 different necklaces to this dress and trying to figure out which one I liked better. Thankfully, I was texting them to a friend for help and I got it allllll figured out. 

This one was the winner. I liked the one with the gold chain better, but I didn't think I'd ever really wear it again...silver is more for me.

Green & white stripes

Along with that dress, I also bought these other two prints. It better get nice outside soon. And, I'd better not buy anything for a long, long time. My bank account isn't loving me.

Blue & yellow

Sunday = Funday

If Sunday isn't my favorite day, I'm just not quite sure what is.

I woke up early and got some work accomplished (it gets better, keep reading).

Then went to church.

I saw on Facebook that Riley's was closing on Sunday and that the building was going to be knocked down. That brought tears to my eyes. It is a place I go quite regularly for breakfast on Sundays, and in the summer we would wind up there for pizza night on Monday's sometimes. I love that place. (Don't worry, they are just moving a block up the road--and there is already a new building only a block from my house.)

The waitress knew our order before we gave it. Coffee is one of our favorite parts--they buy all their coffee mugs at Goodwill so you never know what kind of mug you'll get. Plus they have baskets of yummy creamers. The owner came over and chatted with us for about 20 minutes. We were two of the last people in there!

Then, let the biking adventures begin. I bought a bike a couple of weeks ago but haven't been able to use it yet. Here are some shots from our ride, courtesy of Katie Sellers.

We ended up going through 3 towns--Hiawatha being one of them. We got on the Cedar Valley trail and ended up here.

Our ride found us accidentally in Robins, so we stopped for a photo op at this little stream. It was so gorgeous outside.

When we tried to get on the trail, there was a slight problem. It was blocked off. Luckily, someone had made this little opening for us. Whew.

We went to Robins...even though we had only intended on staying in our neighborhood. We also wanted to make sure we didn't exceed the speed limit.

Once we got back into Hiawatha, we got lost in a little neighborhood that has sidewalks inbetween the houses. We also bumped into this little stream and cooled off our arms. 

Here's the crazy map of where we went. So much for a quick ride!

And this is the ride Miller & I did Monday evening. Rode downtown on the trail. A little sketchy during rush hour on 42nd street, but we survived. 

What I've decided is: spring is exhausting. I've been in bed by 9:30 the past two nights. Whew!

Tide you over...

Too tired to blog tonight, but I've got a fun post coming tomorrow.

For tonight, you get a cute picture of Pacino. He loves, loves my lint roller. He also likes to get lint rolled. Both of us have slight obsessions with the lint roller...

Spring Heaven

Pacino and I are in our own little personal heavens today. He is running from window to window (they're open!) watching the birds, and I'm drinking sweet tea from a mason jar, wearing a cut-off t-shirt and building robots.

Haitus

It seems I've been on hiatus, though not on purpose. I celebrated my birthday, had a busy weekend at home and have played 3 nights of sand volleyball in the very cold sand. This post might have a lot of pictures...

Also, if you don't read my school blog, you should. There are cool things there.

I got way more birthday presents than I deserve. My desk at school looked like this all week. And so did my kitchen table at home. It would've taken me 4 posts just to talk about all the cool stuff people got for me!

I had a slight issue with losing keys last week. I left these in my mailbox (for about 2 minutes, until I couldn't get into the house.)

I also left them in my door one night...

Went to the Nevada senior center brunch last weekend. Was a fun time and great food!

Thought these placemats were cool.

The asparagus strata was delicious. And I'm a pretty picky eater. 

Life can't get any better than a cup of Starbucks, lemon-blackberry twist.

Don't make fun of my socks, but...these are the sand socks I got to wear at Volley's until it gets a little warmer. That sand is COLD right now. So, its ok to look dorky in order to feel your toes after an hour in there.

At one of my doctor's appointments this week I found out that WebMD has a magazine. I love WebMD. Maybe a little too much.

I tried out a new water: apple, honey, cinnamon. Heavenly.

Pacino and I have been fighting.

Maxine's begging face. She would do anything for a treat. Or a wheat thin.

And, here are a few pictures from my birthday Lego party in Dubuque: