9 Things I am Thankful For:
1) Being American
2) Troops who protect us and our freedom
3) Sleeping in
4) Dreams
5) Criminal Minds marathons
6) Salsa
7) Family
8) Sunshine
9) Holidays
1 Cool Fact About Richmond: Kroger + Wal Mart + Whole Foods are all within walking distance to me.
1 Thing I Really Like About Richmond: My apartment and getting to live alone and not have to clean up after other people or after myself if I don't want to!
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Cupcakes Wars: Richmond Edition
9 Things I am Thankful For:
1) Sleeping in after a long day
2) Sunshine and natural light
3) New food creations
4) Receiving well wishes from the cute grocery guy
5) A step stool!!!! (some of us have a 5'2" wingspan)
6) Cupcakes.
7) New shoes
8) Spending the day with new people
9) The instant gratification of laundry
1 Cool Fact About Richmond: I live next to a baller cupcake store, please meet Frostings Cupcakes.
1 Thing I Really Like About Richmond: That I can walk to the cupcake store mentioned above. The other cupcake store was not as good, congrats, Frostings.
1) Sleeping in after a long day
2) Sunshine and natural light
3) New food creations
4) Receiving well wishes from the cute grocery guy
5) A step stool!!!! (some of us have a 5'2" wingspan)
6) Cupcakes.
7) New shoes
8) Spending the day with new people
9) The instant gratification of laundry
1 Cool Fact About Richmond: I live next to a baller cupcake store, please meet Frostings Cupcakes.
1 Thing I Really Like About Richmond: That I can walk to the cupcake store mentioned above. The other cupcake store was not as good, congrats, Frostings.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Book 'em, Dano...
9 Things I am Thankful For:
1) Coffee early in the morning
2) Hand sanitizer
3) Finding things that make me sick, but gets the bad guy put in jail
4) The opportunities that my job gives me
5) Showers
6) Getting to stay at a baller hotel in San Fran!
7) Chipotle BBQ sauce from McDonald's
8) Getting to leave work early
9) Putting bad people in jail and knowing that I helped!
1 Cool Fact About Richmond: I live in "Short Pump" and it drove my dad nuts, so he asked EVERYONE why it is called that. It turns out that before there was civilization out this way, there was a "Short Pump" that everyone turned at. Basically, it was a major landmark that they turned into an even bigger landmark by putting a mall here! Woo hoo!
1 Thing I Really Like About Richmond: My JOB.
1) Coffee early in the morning
2) Hand sanitizer
3) Finding things that make me sick, but gets the bad guy put in jail
4) The opportunities that my job gives me
5) Showers
6) Getting to stay at a baller hotel in San Fran!
7) Chipotle BBQ sauce from McDonald's
8) Getting to leave work early
9) Putting bad people in jail and knowing that I helped!
1 Cool Fact About Richmond: I live in "Short Pump" and it drove my dad nuts, so he asked EVERYONE why it is called that. It turns out that before there was civilization out this way, there was a "Short Pump" that everyone turned at. Basically, it was a major landmark that they turned into an even bigger landmark by putting a mall here! Woo hoo!
1 Thing I Really Like About Richmond: My JOB.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
A Dog Who Can Make It Rain Pee??
9 Things I am Thankful For:
1) Cool mornings in the summer
2) Songs on repeat
3) Garage door openers
4) Qualifying for the Luxe Card
5) Helping friends get deals
6) Texts with friends that literally make you laugh out loud
7) Finding out that I am going to San Francisco for FREE
8) Eating lunch outside!
9) Afternoon naps
1 Cool Fact About Richmond: 6th most dangerous city in America. Living here will give me street cred.
1 Thing I Really Like About Richmond: That I am no longer at the mercy of WMATA and their unruly schedules and unfair prices.
1) Cool mornings in the summer
2) Songs on repeat
3) Garage door openers
4) Qualifying for the Luxe Card
5) Helping friends get deals
6) Texts with friends that literally make you laugh out loud
7) Finding out that I am going to San Francisco for FREE
8) Eating lunch outside!
9) Afternoon naps
1 Cool Fact About Richmond: 6th most dangerous city in America. Living here will give me street cred.
1 Thing I Really Like About Richmond: That I am no longer at the mercy of WMATA and their unruly schedules and unfair prices.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
The Richmond Project.
As you may know, I moved. I moved to the Commonwealth's capital, Richmond. Well, Richmond will, by God, be the LAST place I live on my tour of Virginia, next stop, any other state. I have been living in Virginia for a healthy 5 years now and while I love that Virginia gave me an education and a career, I highly doubt that my husband is lurking (because of course, he is lurking) in this state, so how about you let me go, VA?
Richmond was not at all my number one choice, the only other 3 cities below Richmond: 1) Little Rock, AR (sweet Jesus, please let me never EVER get moved there) 2) Hell Paso, TX and 3) Norfuck, VA. Regardless, I ended up in Richmond and Richmond has reflected my bad attitude towards it, right back at me. I would be understating that I had a week from hell last week.
In an effort to make Richmond affectionate towards me and vice versa, I decided that my attitude needs to change for the better. Basically, I need to maintain an attitude of gratitude. This is a hard thing when someone doesn't necessarily want to be where they are or would prefer to go the easy route and hate everything having to do with this new place. So I am going to do a little "project" for 31 days. This is in hopes of staying positive in this move and finding reasons to love Richmond.
I base part of this project on an experiment my friend Jen did last December. Check out her experiment and the outcome. I base the other part on tone of my favorite blogs.
My project: For 31 days I will be positive about Richmond and find worthy and worthwhile things to do while I am here.
The Outline:
-9 positive things for the day
-1 reason why living in Richmond is awesome
-1 cool fact about the city or one neat place that I visited (restaurant, store, site)
The End Result: To find my place here in Richmond and to like living here because I chose this path.
and maybe i will throw a picture every once in a while.... (we'll see, but don't get your hopes up)
See you tomorrow!
Richmond was not at all my number one choice, the only other 3 cities below Richmond: 1) Little Rock, AR (sweet Jesus, please let me never EVER get moved there) 2) Hell Paso, TX and 3) Norfuck, VA. Regardless, I ended up in Richmond and Richmond has reflected my bad attitude towards it, right back at me. I would be understating that I had a week from hell last week.
In an effort to make Richmond affectionate towards me and vice versa, I decided that my attitude needs to change for the better. Basically, I need to maintain an attitude of gratitude. This is a hard thing when someone doesn't necessarily want to be where they are or would prefer to go the easy route and hate everything having to do with this new place. So I am going to do a little "project" for 31 days. This is in hopes of staying positive in this move and finding reasons to love Richmond.
I base part of this project on an experiment my friend Jen did last December. Check out her experiment and the outcome. I base the other part on tone of my favorite blogs.
My project: For 31 days I will be positive about Richmond and find worthy and worthwhile things to do while I am here.
The Outline:
-9 positive things for the day
-1 reason why living in Richmond is awesome
-1 cool fact about the city or one neat place that I visited (restaurant, store, site)
The End Result: To find my place here in Richmond and to like living here because I chose this path.
and maybe i will throw a picture every once in a while.... (we'll see, but don't get your hopes up)
See you tomorrow!
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