100 Things I Love

My sister blogged this same idea the other day [at A Blonde Thinks...] and I thought that it would be a great way to remind myself of how good my life is and how I'm surrounded by beautiful things. Below are my 100!

 

Sunshine
Swimming
Star Wars
Movies
Cuddling
Hot cocoa
Christmas lights
Playing in the snow
Pizza
Pine trees
Robert
My family
My friends
'Parks & Rec'
Chocolate
Thai food
Pineapple fried rice
Sweet texts
Old bookstores
Books
The coast
Hot sand
Massages
Witty banter
Harry Potter
Being tall
Kisses
Holding hands
Animals
Rucifee
Disney films
'Sex and the City'
Old maps
Scrabble
Board games
Sweet drinks
Dilbert
Psychology
Summer
Christmas
Christmas cards
Valentines
Birthdays
Traveling
Flying
Trying new foods
Journaling
Receiving a letter
Presents
Hugs
Coffee
Avas Rosteria
Powells Bookstore
Amazon
Weddings
Drives through pine forests
Clean air
City lights at night
Facebook
Internet
NPR
Precious (Robert's cat)
No-bake cookies
RISK board game
Mom's home-made pizza
Movie marathons
Salty food
Music
Gone With The Wind (novel)
Very Mary-Kate
Peanut butter
Burnt popcorn
Theaters
Fashion
Egyptology
Memoirs
Biographies
Dystopian literature
Curry
Home cooked food
Pumpkin bread
Halloween
Costumes
Dressing up
Photos 
Blonde hair

Learning something new

Scrapbooking

Sleeping in

A comfortable bed 

Starbucks

Birch trees

'Friends'

'Will & Grace' 

'Easy A' 

Ice cream

Pools

Portland

Chai Tea

 

...and for the final (but not necessarily the best) one:

 

Oregon

 

 

 

Halloween costume

I've found my Halloween costume! I'm excited because I think it's going to be perfect! I've decided to be Hermey from Rudolph. It's going to be cute because I have the blonde hair, plus it'll be funny since I'm 6'4'' and supposed to be an elf.

Now that my mom is down in Utah, she won't be able to make my costume this year. An awesome lady at work (Barb) and I are talking about her making me the costume, but I hate taking advantage of people and wouldn't want her to feel obligated/put out. If she does do it, I will treat her to dinner and bring her a snack at work. I don't know if it's tacky to offer money for doing that, so probably won't go that route.

Regardless of how it comes about, I think this is going to be the cutest thing ever. I am going to go to the dollar store and find toy pliers if I can (you know, because Hermey wants to be a dentist). I have real pliers, but that would just look creepy carrying those around.

Excited for this!

Weight + Veganism

I'm down 25.6 lbs so far! I'm way excited about that. My goal is to be down 30 by Halloween, which is completely doable.

I am trying a month of veganism, starting on the 17th. The 13th is actually going to be 4 months of being vegetarian so I would have started it then, but I am going camping with friends that weekend. And I don't want to inconvenience anyone since I think we will be doing some communal food stuffs. I'm interested in trying veganism because I think it's an interesting concept. I don't think that it's necessarily sustainable long term, but I want to try it so that I know that I am talking about in conversation when it comes up. I like being educated on an experience when I am talking about it. Plus I think that it will be good for my body to get a break from animal products for a little while. It will be like a cleanse. Also, it will help me to prepare more food at home and not eat out as much. I am not really doing that anyway, but it will really have me take a look at what I am eating and why I am putting it into my body. I think it will be fun to cook more and try to be creative with food. Plus I know that I am being good to my body, good to the environment and good to animals. This is just a short term experiment but I admire vegans for their belief system and think this will be an interesting experience.

Wish me luck! Oct. 17th --> Nov 18th = vegan.