Awesome Ending Fridays

One night last week I suffered from a terrible case of insomnia.  I couldn’t fall asleep for the life of me.  And then, we I finally did pass into a state of slumber, it seemed as though every hour or so I woke again in a wave of restlessness until finally I emerged from the…

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Awesome Ending Fridays

Now for an addition of all the awesome things I love about Colorado. 1.  Dry Air.  My moisturizing budget has dramatically increased since being home, and my cuticles are dry once again.  However, I like the dry air.  It feels comfortable.  And, my hair is behaving much better these days. 2.  Sunshine All the Time….

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Awesome Ending Fridays

I’ve already posted about many of the awesome things Portland has to offer.  But the town with a gazillion pseudonyms holds a true place of awesomeness in my heart for so many more personal reasons than I shared before. As I pulled away from PDX last Monday afternoon, headed towards the snowy caps of Mt….

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Awesome Ending Friday

To piggyback off of last Friday’s theme – awesome things about summer, I decided to share my top 10 favorite summer memories. I grew up very blessed, in that my family’s situation allowed for us to spend endless summers together – outside. I close my eyes and smile at all the fantastic adventures we created,…

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Awesome Ending Fridays

Summer is here!  Apparently July 5 marks the beginning of the endless blue sky and long days of SUNSHINE in the PNW.  Bring it on!!! 10 AWESOME Summer Things – **Thanks again, Pinterest…for making life so much easier~ 1.   2.   3.   4. 5. 6.   7.   8.   9.   10….

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Awesome Ending Fridays

10 Admirable, (and rather AWESOME) Personality Traits: 1.  Honesty.  No matter what, candid honesty is always the best policy.  No beating around the bush. 2.  Integrity.  Consistency in values, measures, and principles translates to a human being of the highest integrity. 3.  Humor.  There’s nothing better than a sense of humor and a way to…

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Awesome Ending Fridays

Ten AWESOME things about Portland~ Inspired by: Portland: 10 Things to Do — Introduction – TIME. Portlanders are perhaps the most self-satisfied city tribe in the whole United States. To pass for one of them (and who wouldn’t want to?), here’s a tip: do not carry an umbrella. Yeah, it tends to rain a bit here,…

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Awesome Ending Fridays

This week was certainly interesting for me, but awesome nonetheless. 1.  Incredibly macho men playing the cello.  Yes, Jason, that’s you.  You’re pretty darn awesome! 2.  Hump Day.  For those of you who don’t know about this term – Wednesday is “hump day,” as you overcome the mid-week “hump.”  Wednesday actually happened to be my…

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Oprah Says…

If Oprah says it, then it MUST be true!  The same holds true for Dr. Oz in our society, right? (Imagine me rolling my eyes here…).  Actually, did you see that Nell Stephenson of The Paleoista was featured on Dr. Oz last month?  Woohoo!  Way to go Nell! I recently read that Oprah keeps a…

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Awesome Ending Fridays

This week’s compilation of awesomeness is a matter of team work – two of us are reporting.  Rather, I’m using two bits of awesomeness from another’s life and adding it to my list, just because things are that awesome! 1.  Warm weather and sunshine.  Yes, we’ve been craving this for sometime and it arrived for…

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