Awesome Ending Fridays

Plenty of awesomeness to report this week… 1.  Coffee with friends 2.  Fancy Schmancy umbrellas – or as Dear Old Dad says, a “bumbershoot.” 3.  A flight of burgers – a “team” sampling of all 9 creations – oh boy, was I full! 4.  Theraflu – I hate traditional drugs, but when you’re sick, this…

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Awesome Ending Fridays

I am borrowing this week’s Awesome Ending Fridays post not because I didn’t have any items of awesomeness of my own to share this week, but because I found these 11 Little Victories to Celebrate so incredibly awesome that I couldn’t resist sharing.  Someone understands! Why? So whether it’s a free morning coffee from your…

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Awesome Ending Fridays

This month a friend convinced me to challenge myself to yoga.  Typically I’m not a fan of the practice, for a variety of very personal reasons.  However, I’m working very, very hard to try new things, participate in more “play dates,” and challenge myself in different ways. I enrolled in an unlimited 30 day program…

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Awesome Ending Fridays

A little change-up is in store this week from the traditional ten items on my Awesome Ending Fridays post. I discovered this amazingly lovely artist recently and so just wanted to share this song.  Awesome does not even begin to describe the feelings that the melodic and mesmerizing tune begins to stir for me. [youtube…

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Awesome Ending Fridays

This video is more than all the 10 awesome parts to my week combined.  A compilation – a manifesto. Watch.  Enjoy.  Let this be your Awesome Ending Friday. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDmt_t6umoY?feature=player_detailpage&w=640&h=360]

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Awesome Ending Fridays

The weather in Portland was truly awesome this week.  In celebration of this spring tease, I dusted off my sneakers (oh they have been so lonely and neglected since I hurt my foot in the middle of February – hmph) and took a stroll around the neighborhood.  I decided that with the lovely sunshine and…

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Awesome Ending Fridays

I had a super duper busy week this week!!  Things were crazy and awesome (in Austin)!  My list highlights some pretty awesome things from both this week and the end of last… 1.  Girls Night Out!  Dinner with girlfriends – and grass-fed burgers to boot! 2.  Home-made pastured half n’ half yogurt.  Doesn’t it sound…

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Awesome Ending Fridays

Pretty busy week…pretty awesome week.   1.  Coincidental commonalities with total strangers. 2.  Unexpected checks in the mail. (For the record, this did NOT happen to me this week.  But, I was thinking about how AWESOME it would be if it did happen!). 3.  Leftover soup.  It’s always so much better the next day. 4….

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Awesome Ending Fridays

10 AWESOME Things: 1.  Encouraging friends – it’s awesome knowing someone cares. 2.  Cult followings.  Strange – unrealistic – but still pretty awesome. 3.  Sara Bareilles – Breathe Again.  Gorgeous and inspiring, and, of course, awesome. 4.  Big men carrying tiny toy puppies. 5.  Laughing even though it feels like there is just no hope….

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Awesome Ending Fridays

This week, I’ve decided to dedicate my Awesome Ending Fridays post to some pretty awesome and inspiring photos-sayings-images that I have been collecting over the week.  I’m a bit of a FaceBook “lurker,” so I’m told.  This means that I simply use Facebook to look.  This is true – I look and view others’ photos,…

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