Weekly Wishes #5

This Weekly Wishes post will be a place for me to share my goals for the week. Hopefully blogging about them will help them to actually happen!

Last week, I wanted to: Call a friend. Okay, this is the one I failed at. But I'm going to leave it on my list! 

Get my cards together. This one I did! I got all my September birthday cards written. I still have two to mail, because I didn't want end-of-September birthdays to get theirs so early. I bought a variety pack of cards to use (embarrassing, as I work at a card store).. I know I should have chosen a card for each person but I figure if I personalized the inside, it would be almost as good! It's really the thought that counts.
Walk Lilo! I did take Lilo on a walk (right after doing the cards, actually!) and I plan to take her on another today. She loved it, of course!

This week I want to: Call a friend. I even know who I want to call. I just haven't gotten around to it. So lame. 
Update my calendar. A few years ago, I made this perpetual calendar out of index cards and pretty paper. Every day, I write something notable that happened or one thing I did that day. For instance, I can tell you that last year on September 17, I skipped much of my printmaking class to go to Dairy Queen with my best friend. I'm behind on it, though, and have not written anything since August 16! So I really need to work on that.
Go 5 miles. I really like the MapMyRun/Ride apps, because it makes me feel like I've accomplished something. My goal for this week is to run/ride a total of 5 miles. This is something I think I can easily do if I actually get out of the house. Lilo can help!

Wish me luck on my goals this week, and I hope you accomplish yours too! Don't forget to link up to Melyssa at The Nectar Collective to share with everyone else!

Weekly Wishes #4

This Weekly Wishes post will be a place for me to share my goals for the week. Hopefully blogging about them will help them to actually happen!

Godiva; jewelry shopping; Galaxy sundae; Carytown Cupcakes; Science Museum; Moon at Science Museum; Mexican!; new tattoo (technically after my birthday.. Whatever!)

Last week, my only goal was to have a fun 23rd birthday! I did this! It was the first birthday I hadn't been 300 miles away from my mother for in 5 years, so we went up to Richmond for gallivanting. We did some shopping (mostly window, but we also found some cute jewelry and trinkets! Actually most of the real shopping we did involved treats: Godiva and cupcakes, to be exact). We had lunch at this cute place called Galaxy Diner. She asked our waiter if they did anything there for birthdays, and he said, "No, but I'm kinda bored, so I'll make you a sundae if you want." Of course I wanted. It was awesome. Then we went to the IMAX at the Science Museum and saw a movie about the Grand Canyon and Colorado River. For dinner my mom and dad and I went out for Mexican (aka we went out for margaritas and also some food). They brought me a sombrero and sang "Feliz Cumpleaños" a mi! There was also fried ice cream.. WHICH WAS AWESOME. 
My subgoal was  to schedule my tattoo appointment. Not only did I schedule it, but I got it! The appointment was only 2 days after my birthday and I was really nervous. I had to go by myself so I texted my friends from afar and read people's blogs to try to not focus on the pain.. Didn't work so well, as it still hurt SO MUCH for SO LONG.. But the result is pretty great, I think. 

It's Tuesday. So clearly I did not get to this yesterday. It's not that I was really busy, but it sort of felt like I was. I don't know what happened really. I thought about it during the day and couldn't really come up with what I wanted my goals to be. But I've thought some more and here they are:

Call a friend. I don't have anyone here to hang out with; that's just a fact. But that doesn't mean I don't miss people. So I want to call someone, not text. To say hi and catch up and whatnot. 
Get my cards together. I made a list in August of people I wanted to send birthday cards to. I haven't bought or sent any. I work in a card shop, how embarrassing! My favorite college roommate's birthday is this month, and so is one of my favorite cousins' (should you not have favorite cousins? Oops) so I should really send them a birthday card! 
Walk Lilo! I snuggle her all the freakin' time, but walking the dog is another thing. Today I did take her to the park for a little bit and she got to splash around in the river, but I think she would probably enjoy a walk or two.

Wish me luck on my goals this week, and I hope you accomplish yours too! Don't forget to link up to Melyssa at The Nectar Collective to share with everyone else!

Everyday Happy

I'm so excited about Melyssa and Erika's e-course, Everyday Happy. I can't wait until October! Want to sign up? Here are 10 reasons why you should. 

Birthweek Continues!

Yay, presents! Can't wait 'til the big present gets here. I know what it is already and I'm pretty excited. Woo hoo, 23!

Weekly Wishes #3

This Weekly Wishes post will be a place for me to share my goals for the week. Hopefully blogging about them will help them to actually happen!

Work on my Spanish. I actually did more of this than I thought I would! The app really helps.

Finish a book. I finished the first book in A Series of Unfortunate Events, which I decided I want to reread for some reason. 

Unpack. Yeah, this one didn't happen. In my defense, I had some stuff come up this week that I'm really excited about (it has to do with the reason I'm working on Spanish). I had to take some time to work on some important documents for that. So I'm not too upset about not having unpacked! 

This week, pretty much my only goal is to have a fun 23rd birthday! It's on Wednesday and my mother and I both have the day off so we are going to Richmond to do fun things! Although, we haven't exactly decided what those things are yet, so if anyone has any advice, feel free to share. A subgoal for that is to schedule my tattoo appointment. I found a place in Richmond where I think I want to get it, so hopefully when we're up there I don't chicken out!

Wish me luck on my goals this week, and I hope you accomplish yours too! Don't forget to link up to Melyssa at The Nectar Collective to share with everyone else!

My Birthday Week!

I haven't been home for my birthday in four years, because it's right after Labor Day so I was always at school. So my younger sister likes to do this thing she calls my Birthweek, where she sends me a present for the whole week of my birthday! This year my birthday is on Wednesday (September 4!) so she decided, somehow, that the week would begin on Saturday.

(I like to celebrate it for as long as I possibly can. For example, I've been drinking out of this glass since Wednesday. Usually water, but last night I discovered that it's also fantastic for wine, being that it's a wine glass and all.)

So I got her packages yesterday and have been instructed to open 2 of them so far - here they are!

 So far, so cute! More to come - when I'm allowed to open them, that is.

Snail Mail Under the Sea!

The main motivator for me to start actually writing my blog was hearing about this Snail Mail Collective with Melyssa. I wanted to write, but the question on the form to sign up that said, do you have a blog? made me think, oh no, what if my partner has this great blog and I've got nothing?! So I started writing.

And then I met Stephanie from Meet With A Smile! Well, okay. Met is a strong word, since really we just emailed and commented. But we were a perfect pair! We aren't in the same stage of life at all, but we ended up having a lot in common and I looked forward to getting emails from her. I'm currently in constant wait for an important email from a job, and I don't know when it will come. So I obsess over my inbox, and whenever my phone makes the email noise, I jump at it, hoping for some news. But during August, I found myself waiting to hear from Stephanie instead!

We are both blogging beginners and I think we've been learning from each other! Visit her at her blog! She sent me the cutest package and I was so excited to get it! It was like my first birthday present (more on that later)! And everything was even more perfect than I thought it would be.

She somehow managed to have verses from my favorite chapter without even knowing what it was.

She sent some candy, a mud mask that I can't wait to use, a beach ball, a picture her baby colored on her phone (so cute!), a sweet letter, cards with scripture for encouragement (which would have been great anyway, but then she put pictures of manatees on them and they became amazing!), and the cutest stationery I've probably ever seen - and I work in a card store!

It has gold shiny seahorses and the cards are my favorite color - SO PERFECT. 

I can't wait to sign up for September's Snail Mail Collective. In fact, I think I'll go do that right now!