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My friend Todd sent me this and I thought it was silly and cute. My name is Pretty Gumbo Hopkins. 
What’s yours??
xoxo
I Got the Blues
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And then Monday comes
The weekend was great, Friday night cavs game with some of my faves, a new sparkling fridge on Saturday and a super fun wedding. Where I had too much to drink and then ruined my Sunday but who’s judging. 
Sunday was spent at a home remodeling show which was ehhhh boring and then homemade pasta sauce and couch lounging. I was up late finishing up freelance work and then couldn’t sleep even though I was exhausted. I need a night to decompress and I plan on that being tonight. I’m currently in the middle of two books and need to finish them both to move on to another I’m looking forward to reading. I’m enjoying not being in class, but I’m going to have to start my thesis and independent study before this month is over. Need a research day. And even thinking about research excites me. Nerd alert! Hope everyone has a great week xo
Thoughts on a Thursday
It is Thursday yes?? What the hell is with this week. I have been non-stop, even considering I was without car most of the week. I am bursting with motivation, get home and BLAH. Want to do NOTHING. Tonight I changed the towels in the bathroom. HOW’S THAT FOR SUCCESS. Anyways, I am thankful that tomorrow is Friday. This weekend stands to be packed with plots, plans, art, outings and some of my very favorites. A few things on my mind today and this week are listed below. xoxo
**When you are just about to pay off your car, it will break. I have one payment left, this month actually, and I had to replace my brakes. Typical.
**Somehow, you end up with people in your life that make you go WTF.
**Planning travel can be almost as fun as actually doing it.
**I gotta get out of this city. I’m long overdue for a getaway.
**November and December really threw a wrench into budgeting and saving. It’s LOCKDOWN time in this house.
**I cannot stop reading. Awesome.
**I enjoy that I set 2012 goals instead of resolutions and I’m glad none are non-realistic. I also like that I seem, for whatever reason, to be actively thinking of and working on them daily.
**Made a personal list of “things I need to do” and put it in my notebook. Nice crossing that stuff off.
**When there are packages, creativity, work, events and travel to look forward too, everything seems a bit brighter.
Full Moon
This full moon week is already strange. Nothing bad, thank goodness, but it just feels a bit off. I’m fantastic myself, feeling good and well rested, something I think only happens this time of year when the time changes. I know a LOT of people that suffer from the winter blahs, seasonal affective disorder and hate cold weather. I am not one of those people. For some reason, this weather pulls me out, revives me and I feel I do more, see more and feel more when fall arrives. And no, I am not saying all of this because it’s been absolutely beautiful the past few weeks here in Cleveland, I’m saying it because I know what’s right around the corner. So maybe I’ll just have to help my friends suffering the blues and make sure we have a good time when the weather shifts, and the earth takes a restorative nap. But thanks to the moon this week, watch out for the weirdos and the crazies. xoxo
Thoughts on a Thursday
**I’m in a funk. I’m not in a bad mood or anything, just in a funk, yet I’m oddly super inspired and enjoying my hectic pace of life. So I’m not exactly sure what the funk is, I think I may just need to shake up my routine a bit.
**Short weeks, are often very long.
**I don’t really like my class at school. He rambles and I was told by another student to just read and I don’t need to focus in class. Well, ok fine, but I’m not exactly stimulated. And sitting for two hours for no reason isn’t exactly amazing. Especially when I sit all day.
**The game Scoops on my phone is awesome.
**We are buying an iPad. Mike buys himself nothing and I know he really wants one, so I caved. Now hopefully he lets me use it.
**FOOTBALL.
**I’m feeling good about a lot of stuff in my life and I like that feeling. Let’s keep it going now shall we?
**I wish I could take away the pain and fear from a friend who has a family member having serious surgery.
**I’m ready for fall. I’ve been buying bits and pieces of fall clothing items here and there so I don’t have a massive shopping spree. So far, I’m finding I am enjoying this style of shopping much more.
**I keep hearing Christmas mentioned. How bout we allow Halloween to happen first?
**I’m finding the joys of working with multiple editors. It can be really frustrating to have multiple opinions thrown around and throw you for a loop, JUST when you think that you have it all figured out.
**I already feel like September is flying. The month is full of super fun things and I’m excited, but I just feel like it’s speeding along at the same pace the rest of the year did.
**Mike and I have six weddings on the horizon. Two have dates. Three may be destination. Soooo maybe we aren’t going on a vacation next summer?
**If you are going to be a bitch to me, be a bitch. Do not stomp your foot, screw up your face like I stole your doll and then snap. Then follow this behavior with an apology and an ass kissing. Not gonna work.
**I’m in a book rut. I’m currently reading one for review and don’t really like it and nothing else is really captivating my interest. Suggestions welcome.
Hope everyone has a great end of the week!
Treat the small as great and the few as many
The quote above is by Lao-tzu. I got into Taoism briefly there for a while, then lost interest. I just found a book of Taoist poetry a bit ago and firmly plan to reread it. It’s the second week of school and I already don’t want to go. Thesis proposal has been submitted, let’s see what comes back, and this class is the last official class that I need. So let’s see how much I actually get into Middle Eastern Epic this semester, cuz I don’t think it’s going to be a lot. At all. There is a new series in the Cleveland Plain Dealer titled “Is College Worth It?” and honestly, I don’t think I can bring myself to read it. Labor Day weekend flew, it was fun and busy, but felt like any old weekend. I’m ready for fall and I’m ready for football. And although I may be a bit cranktastic today, I feel that gloomy days always put me in a better mood. How emo is THAT?
Thoughts on a Thursday
Where did this week GO? While catching myself up on a few things, housework, laundry, book reviews, blog stuff, etc., I feel like I pushed myself back further in other areas. I leave on Saturday for a trade show in Dallas and I have yet to pack one item or even look at what I am taking. I’m excited to go to Dallas, I have never been, and I am travelling with two coworkers whose company I actually enjoy. Should be a good time, and the fact that the hotel has a lazy river doesn’t exactly hurt either.
This summer flew. And while I enjoyed it, did everything I wanted to do and more, I don’t feel that I really got into summer at all this year. I don’t think I had time and I guess maybe I just wasn’t interested in it? While I know that sounds crazy, I almost feel like it was marked by holidays and travel, and then life just gets sucked back into your flow even though it is blistering hot and steamy, you kinda just continue along. I like fall, I always have and I’m honestly ready to welcome it back. Also fall means means FOOTBALL.
Last night Mike and I went to Home Depot after going out to dinner and picked up a few things. As we were standing there, I asked Mike if he ever thought that someday we would be standing and looking at light fixtures together. He laughed and gave me a hug, fully knowing that I am deathy afraid of becoming lame. Again, balance, balance, balance. Well functioning adult, homeowner etc, does not in fact make you lame. I think it just makes you a grown up. And maybe I have trouble with that and I probably always will.
xx
What I’m Feeling this Week
READING. Watching documentaries and nothing but documentaries(pretentious I know). Planning holiday weekends. Busy days at work. Getting tickets to events for just Mike and myself. Walks. Wii boxing. Blue skies. Finding random pictures on my phone. Emails. New opportunities. Helping out friends. Sleeping. Waking up early. gchat(duh). Ignoring facebook. Seeing how much I can NOT spend in a week and being surprised at myself in a good way. Carpools! Wedding plans that ARE NOT MY OWN!!! New homes for friends. Brown eyeshadow. Passing on blogs to people and getting new ones to read in return. Ice cream. Restocked candy drawers.
Check the pictures, see if you were there
This summer is quickly passing. And as they typically do, the weekends are more and more of a blur. Questions of “what did you do this weekend?” are usually followed by a brief pause on my end to try and recollect exactly what did transpire over those two and a half days that I try to cram so much into. The weekend was awesome. I just wish there was more of it. Lately I have been feeling like I spend all of my time in my car or at my desk. I don’t like feeling like that and I feel as if I am more and more aware of that fact. I am not sure if it is just because it is summer time and it’s the frantic scramble to cram as MUCH FUN AS POSSIBLE into every waking moment so you can look back in December and say MAN THAT WAS A GREAT SUMMER. But was it? Does anyone even remember it? If someone stayed in every night and read or gardened or cooked couldn’t that be considered to be a great summer too? Balance. Balance. Balance. We all try to find it in SO many ways and places. GO GO GO vs. just hanging out alone. Which is better? As usual I am rambling. I dunno, I give parents so much credit. I don’t know how they manage to find the time for all that they do. It’s funny too, when you are a kid, you don’t even THINK about it. Yet now, as I am NOT a parent, and folding clothes at 11:30 at night, I wonder how parents manage to get it all done. I’m essentially useless today, and I’m glad it’s a bit gloomy out as it perfectly matches my reflective mood. Looking forward to going home tonight and tackling my to do list. As usual a busy week and all I can do is manage to get through it.
*view from the top of the hill at my cottage yesterday. Love when the lake and sky blend together.
xx
What I’m Feeling this Week
Sunshine. Friday half days. (GET HERE NOW). Planning quick roadtrip to Pittsburgh this weekend. Memorial Day party planning. Our finished patio. Planting my herbs and vegetables. Fighting for what I deserve and getting results. Rediscovering motivation. Using a problem as a way to jump start my passion. Research. Magical stories. Being consistent in recyling. Being consistent in cutting down waste in our house. Our new gazebo. Following my gut and having success at the thriftstore. Mid week dinners with pals. Thunderstorms. Getting text messages from the EXACT person you were just thinking about contacting. Finding fun recipes. Sunflower seeds in the shell. All natural fruit rollups. Finishing books. Alice Hoffman. Reading magazines. Checking out new restaurants. Being snarky.
xoxo
