Insta-Friday #4

This week was gorgeous.  Monday night we went to dinner at the Raven Grill, one of our favorite restaurants with an awesome patio.  We had dinner out there with Augustine the chicken.

Augustine lives at the Raven and is very friendly.  They have a lovely patio with a kind of side yard.  There was a couple there that had never been to the Raven and the lady was very offended that there was a chicken on the patio.  I am thinking Augustine is probably cleaner than a pigeon on a patio, but that's just me.  It wasn't like she was inside the restaurant.

That night there was an awesome moon out.

I have decided I am kind of addicted to the ginger flavored cat cookies from Trader Joe's.  They are for people.  Says so on the package.

I found this cool air freshener in a friend's office this week.  Awesome.

Weird I would like a daisy, right?

I unloaded my Halloween decorations and I found this Halloween card from several years ago with my niece and nephew on it.  So cute.

I hope your week has been fantastic!!  Have a wonderful weekend!

Look on the Bright Side

That is my plan today.

My daisies looked beautiful this morning.  It makes me happy for all the rain we have been getting here in Houston.

The contractor was working in the kitchen yesterday.  We are at the point that they are doing little things while they wait for the counter tops to be ready for installation.  I know they are making progress, but it isn't very visible progress and I am trying not to let that bum me out...but it kind of is.

It is also bumming me out that I am still having to eat out all the time...or most of the time.  I cannot wait to be able to cook...or even just have a kitchen sink so I can make big old salads.  I would so take that right now!

So, I continue on my happy now list...

Over the weekend the husband rearranged all the boxes and got the ones for the kitchen into the dining room so they are at the ready for unpacking as soon as the kitchen is ready.  I went through a couple of those boxes and came up with a huge stack of donation items and a box full of canned goods to donate.  That made me happy.  Tonight my plan will be to get all the donation items packed up and loaded into my trunk so I can drop them off.

Earlier in the week I came across this on pinterest.

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I thought this was a really cute idea.  You can write on the glass of the picture frame with a dry erase marker to tell someone why you love them today.  I thought the husband and I needed one, so I made my version.

I found this frame at Pier 1 yesterday...perfect.

I think I might reprint the inside though...I think the I is a little too close to the frame on the left...but still super cute.  The husband liked it too.  :)

Have a wonderful Thursday!  We are almost to the weekend!  What is on your happy now list?

TGIF

Yes, that is my whole title today.  I am too lazy to think of anything more creative.  I am super happy it is Friday and I am looking forward to the evening already.  I am ready to relax.

This week has been weird...weather wise, allergy/headache wise and my energy level has been very low.  I know this will not be a week I have lost any weight.  I keep stressing a little about how slow this is going for me right now.  I know I need to keep on trucking, take a deep breath and just be happy that there is positive progress no matter how small.

Daisies make things better. (source)

So, I will concentrate on the positive today.  I ate a healthy breakfast, I packed a healthy lunch and I am as ready as I am am going to be to take on this day.

Next week my goal will be to move more.  Maybe my body needed the rest I have given it this week and that's why it was telling me to slow down on my activity and sleep more.  I hope I have created the balance it needed.  My mind is ready to go and get some awesome workouts in next week.

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I missed my yoga class this week.  I am already looking forward to yoga next week.  I wish my yoga classroom looked like this picture....that would be cool.  I am also planning on getting to the gym in the morning with my workout buddy and neighbor, Rebecca.  I have missed out this week.  Sorry Rebecca!

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My plans for the weekend are to relax, get some work done at the house we will be moving into at the end of April, take a few walks and plan some great healthy meals for next week.  I hope you have a wonderful relaxing weekend!  What are your plans?

Thankful It's Thursday

Good morning.  TGIT!  Is that a thing?  If it isn't it should be because that's how I feel this morning.  I'm having one of those weeks where you don't quite feel like yourself.  I didn't want to get up this morning, but I thought it through and here is what I came up with for reasons to get up and face the day.

This sign from my doctor's office reception window yesterday.  I like it.  I will be thinking of it a lot today.

It is Thankful Things Thursday over at Ali on the Run.  If you have not read her Thankful Things Thursday, I think you should...it always makes me smile.  And today...bonus...she is thankful for glitter.  She knows the way to my heart..."so much glitter".

The husband must know I have been having a weird week, look what he came home with last night...

I love daisies...I don't know if you knew that.  My secret is out.  Thank you sweet Daniel!

Tomorrow is my short Friday and I am looking forward to lunch with the husband and then a weekend of relaxing and gym visits.  I have done great this week with my food choices, I have done pretty well with the working out and I am excited to see my accomplishment on Monday morning when I get on the scale.  I have the menus planned out for the next week and we are getting the grocery store done tonight!  I am tired of feeling weird and I am ready to move on!  I plan on tackling that starting (hopefully) today.

So go forth, have a wonderful Thursday!  I am going to give it my best shot.  Enjoy the daisies.

What's your favorite flower?