Friday's Happy Thought

(via Etsy)

I want to go to there.

An email from my sister: "You leave for the land of family, cheese, fancy tv, sleeping-in, cool nights, lazy days, tons of food, tons of drink, friends, boredom, cute children, arguments, contentment in one week."

Today's joie de vivre is that I'm one week away from Wisconsin.

Ukeleles and general sappiness.

(via loveyourchaos)

This song is sort of my favorite.

Cherries: not the pits.

I impulsively bought 10 dollars (also known as 2.5 lbs) worth of cherries today at the grocery store. Blame the store display near the exit - it was all red and shiny and it could not be helped. As I checked out, I couldn't figure out why my bill was so high until I went home and reviewed the receipt. Oh. Wait, that was 2.5 lbs worth? Yikes.

I love cherries. But can I take on a giant bowl full of 'em before they go bad? Jury's still out, but one thing's for sure: that's one joyful challenge if I ever heard one.

Proof I'm not following the World Cup.

Clearly, we all have varying levels of commitment to sports.
Mine is non-existent. Unless boys are involved.

Lovin' the lavender.

Stress management takes all forms. For me, it results in obsessively spraying this stuff all over my hands whenever I'm feeling frazzled (i.e. sortofallthetime). After fighting a losing battle with an excel sheet at work today, a quick spray on the hands and suddenly I'm teleported into a field of lavender... among hippies and butterflies and ice cream cones. Sure, when I look up the excel file is still staring back at me with its beady, judgmental cells... but at least now I'm less inclined to burst into tears, so I consider it a victory.

Sanity, 1. Microsoft, 0. Take that, Bill Gates.

Four happy thoughts.

Four things that didn't suck about today:
1. The work week is over which means I'm not writing website content for the next 72 hours.
2. So begins a weekend centered around sparkly explosives. Boom!
3. My official countdown to my trip to WI has begun (T-20 days!)
4. Oh, chocolate frosty. How I love you.