The good times...

I have a little bad habit of focusing on the rough things in life. I started this blog as a focus on the positives in my life, and lately every time I get the urge to blog, I just want to vent about junk. Hence the reason there hasn't been a lot of blogging going on around here. 

There has been a decent amount of junk lately, but I won't give in. Instead, I'm going to share some of my favorite things from the past few weeks.

Jamie at our campsite

Orangeleaf!!!

Valentine's Day Dinner at the Melting Pot.

Jamie stuffing his face with Orangeleaf. =)

My Dress for my sister's wedding!!!! So excited!

Qdoba with my love.

My beautiful flowering bush in front of my house. =)

Bazbeaux pizza!!!

Best camping dinner EVER.

(P.S. I originally posted this from my iPhone app, so I had to go add the captions later.  And that's why they are strangely out of order.)

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If you're wondering if I want you to...I want you to!

Can't help but love this Weezer song.

Been listening to it all day.

This is the first time since FRIDAY morning that i haven't been working, at school, doing homework, or sleeping.

My life is crazy!

Jamie and I spent this past weekend in Rockville with his brother's youth group at a youth retreat.

It was a lot of fun, the only lame thing was that i took the wrong day off of work, and I had to leave at midnight, and drive an hour and a half. I got there at 1:40 AM. It sucked.

But, other than that it was a blast, and on a gorgeous property! The kids were really great,  I am so bummed that i didn't think to take pictures.

Monday was my first official day of Assistant Manager training!

It went well, but it was a lot. 

I did my first interview, and I think I did a pretty good job!

I was really nervous, though.

Friday my wonderful husband took me to Teavana after his class!

I got a new black tea, and it is amazing.

Peach-Cran Tango!

It's delicious, and I love it.

I also got a new Yoga video!

I am really excited about it, and so far the routines have been really great!

It has routines for morning to energize, and evening to relax.

Minnie has been quite a character this week. 

Jamie accidentally left the linen closet open overnight, and when I got up the next morning, this is where I found her!

Such a silly girl I love her!

I have a busy weekend ahead of me!

Tonight:

Howl at the Moon with Emily (and maybe Amanda!)

This is my favorite bar in the world, if you have never been to one, go!

Tomorrow:

Work all morning, and then

Trampled by Turtles in concert at Birdy's!!

Going with Amanda (and maybe Emily!)

So excited that they are in Indy!

And Saturday:

Family Reunion and then

Andy McKee and Eric Johnson in concert!

My husband is super excited about this one!

And, dinner with my parents on Sunday after work!

It's going to be crazy, but at least it will be crazy and something that I enjoy!

Well, hopefully I will be able to post again sometime before next year.

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Camping

Just got off of work.

Super, super tired.

But..

I wanted to talk about our camping trip!

Jamie and I went on an impromptu camping trip last night to Turkey Run.

It was a really fun experience, just to drop everything and go hang out for a night around the campfire.

We stopped at Dairy Bar on the way, and Jamie decided to get a small cone.

While driving a stick shift.

In 100 degree heat.

The result was a hilarious attempt by him to keep the ice cream from melting all over him, while I laughed.

And of course I had to take "Road trip" pictures.

When we got there, it was still a little wet and soggy.

Here is a before...

And an after...

of our campsite.

Jamie was of course not without his girlfriend, Ashley.

We went and got firewood down the road from our favorite place.

The guy who sells it is Romanian, and has an awesome accent, and always has sweet stories and things to say.

On of the first things we realized after we got there, is that Minnie is NOT cut out for camping.

For dinner, we had grilled corn on the cob, baked potatoes (wrapped in foil in and the embers,) and brats. Yum!

Minnie was worn out, and was super ready for bed.

This morning when we got up, we had our coffee and tea, as usual.

And eggs and brats for breakfast,

Cooked by our wonderful chef!

Jamie and Minnie read their magazine... =)

But when we packed up, Minnie was ready to go, and was the first in the car!

It was a wonderful break from reality.

We had a great time.

Okay, so going to bed now.

Big changes in our house, hopefully pictures tomorrow.

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