fishy friday fun

As I walk in the door I'm greeted by an out of town guest who eagerly proclaims, we've been drinking all day! uh oh! after being at work all day that's not the sort of greeting one usually anticipates. However, he quickly made up for it by sharing some of the delicious mead and wine that they had picked up. After my first sip I understood, it was simply too delicious to put down.
After annihilating some red pepper hummus... notice carrots, not pita chips! 1 point for me! We lit the grill for some steaks, tilapia and salmon. As the tilapia and salmon came in from the grill the four of us converged on the fish, devouring it before the plate could make it to the table. And how could you kick off a summer birthday weekend without some fireworks. I got to shoot my first bottle rocket :)
Let the birthday celebrating begin!

tuesdays thoughts

As it turns out, having three days off leaves time for a lot of thinking... here are a few ideas that I've been chewing on:

1. just do. sometimes all it takes is knowing your goals.
and maybe having a few strategies will help.

2. there is a constant in life.
that constant is change.
no two days are ever exactly the same.

3. my approach to food and eating has been a journey filled with lies.
it is time to break down those misconceptions.
eating is not just about flavor and feeling full.
and unfortunately, dessert is not mandatory to my well-being.

4. staying up until 4 in the morning reading, is glorious.




oh and mosquitoes suck.

dear summer

dear summer,
you are going by far too quickly. i can't believe i missed the equinox and already the days are getting shorter as we head back towards winter (albeit there are still plenty of humid days ahead). my life is on track and my plate is full. i am plenty busy getting my ideas together to begin blogging for goodnight, raleigh as well as revolver. and now i am volunteering for sparkcon bazaar spark. i couldn't be more excited to finally be getting involved with the people i have been silently envying for so long. i have no idea where this road will take me. but it feels good to be on it. i feel that i have also found bikram hot yoga to be the missing piece in this equation of self, the glue that reignites my passion and pushes away my anxiety and insecurity. there aren't enough hours in the day so i am going to do the best i can to use the ones i've got.

sincerely,
jenn