It's no secret I love on me some weekends off. Only because I do not have the luxury of one every week. So rude, right? Well, this weekend I had myself a nice 3 day weekend.


Friday had to offer up some of my skills, got all dressed looking professional. Got in a Burlington Coat Factory run after, complete with a Diet Coke. Somehow I made it out of there under $30.

Enjoying my Diet Coke

Friday Night I got to enjoy a rare night out with my best friend. We always do double dates, group events but never just us girls where we can gab and gossip. We indulged in some sangrias and appetizers.

Friday Night out with the best friend

Saturday we headed out to PA to celebrate a 50th birthday for a hilarious family friend. It was a nice little road trip with sister and husband. It was a shame we couldn't stay out longer. But a couch had to be purchased.

Saturday road trip selfie

Happy 50th!

Grass Sitting. A good pastime of mine.

Sunday we went couch shopping. Or couch sitting and convincing Brian we also need a bed to go along with the couch. It all makes sense to me though.

Our living room has limited space so finding one that wouldn't overwhelm our living room was definitely a challenge. The ones that did fit were not the comfiest of couches. And I am not one of those that want it to look pretty over comfort. We love our comfy couch feeling.

It's always a good time for Panera

 I am sad to see the weekend go. Hope you all enjoyed your weekend!

A Small Act of Kindness

Today, was one of those no good, bad days. Work has been stressing me out for months. And today it was proved just how I can't even do normal things right. But that's another topic for another day..

Back to today. The start of my day, at 8:06, turned into a very bad day. Not a horrible, worst kind of day but bad. I called my husband to discuss and grabbed myself a caramel latte. Because that's what makes me feel better. The more sugar the better.

On my lunch, I took a nice trip to Panera to grab a bite to eat and a smoothie. "Power" smoothie to get me through the rest of the day without walking out. The nice, older man who made my smoothie, really reminded me today about the good in bad days and the power of one small act of kindness.

 

 He chose to give me 1 1/2 smoothies because he didn't want to waste it. "One for now, one for later," he said.

That man had a huge smile on his face even though he was at work. A huge smile that made me want to smile that huge back. And he chose to give me a little extra that I didn't pay just to be kind and not waste it. Such a simple act of kindness to turn my day around.

But the great thing? This man didn't know me. He didn't know I was having such a bad day. He didn't know all I wanted to do was cry at that very moment. His act of kindness was genuine. 

It might have been just a little extra smoothie but it meant so much more. In one way or another, it was exactly what I needed. 

Tomorrow, I will return that act of kindness to someone else. I will continue to smile at strangers and be kind because you never know who might need it the most. 

When has an act of kindness turned your day around? 

Crickets, Be Gone.

Hear that?

That's the sound of crickets. And what you have all been hearing this past week. I hope you're still here and ready for me to be back. But I will give you a glimpse of what I have been up to this past week and a half. Then maybe you might just forgive me.

On the grind, selling my skills

My loves.

Helping with the mess of a bedroom

Our current state of a dining room

Thursday night date night in

America.

We spent a 4th of July together! Miracles.

Fireworks. Of, course

So does my crazy busy, hectic, unpacking week make up for the fact I have been MIA? I really, really hope so because I have some fun things coming up. And one might just benefit you in a BIG way.

America!