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:

A Random Post

Lots has happened this week/end:

Dessert for three at Olive Garden...yum.

My new brightly colored kicks.

My Olive Garden lunch.

Loving my new curtains. They make it feel much more "homey" in here. Glad my mama & Granny came out to help me pick them out & hang them up!

My first birthday gift. Another reason why I love my ZaZa. Peacock feather fingernail stickers for our birthday celebration this weekend.

Breakfast for late lunch at Riley's is my favorite, favorite Sunday thing.

This is a great Sunday tradition, too: cookie dough & hot tea at Coffeesmith's.

If you've seen a cuter cat, you're blind.

Ignore my mess of a closet--I was in the progress of cleaning it when P climbed up there, using my shoulder, of course.

In honor of the 101st anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, I watched the movie. Pacino was fascinated, too. Another reason why him and I are perfect for each other.

Weekend/Monday

It has been a whirlwind of a weekend. Here's the journey through photos:

A group of us went geocaching on Saturday. If you don't know what that is, it is like a global scavenger hunt. All over the place are little hidden "caches" and you go on the website to get the coordinates to find them. Some of them you can take/leave a trinket. I found POGs in one of them. If you don't know what POGs are, you probably didn't grow up in the 90's. I was pretty pumped up about it. I didn't take them, because they were a little soggy, but it was exciting that someone else in the world still values POGs.

There was some tree climbing. Not by me, thankfully.

Some scenic nature that will look much prettier in a couple of months.

What goes up, must come down.

Group effort.

Oh, Orange Leaf. 

Went to Rileys for breakfast after church on Sunday. As you can imagine, this would have been about 4 meals worth of food, if the bike lady wouldn't have put my bike through my to-go box. (I bought a bike, PS. Pictures later this week.) I love Riley's.

Up, down or stuck?

Ok, I went to Orange Leaf two days in a row. It wasn't my idea.

This is the delicious lunch at the school librarian conference. 

I also bought new shoes. And a new summer wardrobe. I can't buy anything for a long time.

It's kind of hard to work when this guy is sitting on the computer!

Log-walking.

How handsome could one cat get?!

I got home from the school librarian conference Sunday night just in time to hear Reba announce Garth Brooks. I was squealing through his whole performance, which wasn't nearly long enough. I must, must, must see Garth in concert before one of us dies...must.