31 Days To Be Thankful - Day 21

Oct 21st: Happy Hour

Happy hour is a great way to kickoff the weekend - unwind from the week with a cold beverage, while being surrounded by friends. Friday KC and I met up after work for a drink, had some good laughs, and walked around the mall for a bit.

Bonus - I've been on the hunt for some new hoodies and found one at Scheels for a very decent price!

31 Days To Be Thankful - Day 20

Oct 20th: Music

Music can be such a powerful thing. It can inspire and evoke emotion. It can enhance your feelings and completely change your mood.

I thought about this on Thursday evening while at the Mews to see some local bands, including Cashes Rivers. I've been to a handful of Cashes Rivers shows, but no matter how often I see them play, their music never fails to spark some emotions out of me.

31 Days To Be Thankful - Day 19

Oct 19th: A Reason to Celebrate

I'll make up any reason to go out for an evening with friends. It just so happens tonight, we had a special reason - to celebrate the engagement of Les and Greg! It's hard to beat being surrounded by some of my favorite people with a plateful of Mexican food in front of me, and a good margarita in my hand.

31 Days To Be Thankful - Day 18

Oct 18th: Heat

Monday Les and I finally broke down and turned the heat on and set the temp at a blistering 68 degrees...afterall, it isn't cheap to heat a home. But, I am lucky to have the option of turning the heat on, and up the temp when I see fit, for that matter. As the temps outside continue to fall and we slowly ease our way into the winter months, I know I should count my blessings that I not only have a home, but a warm home to come home to.

Debbie Downer

In the elevator this morning:

Guy: Man, it didn't take long for it to get cold

Me: Yeah, it's only going to get worse

As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I immediately regretted it. "Yeah, it's only going to get worse?? Easy Negative Nancy" I think was my exact thought. As he got off on floor 3 and I continued my ride up to 5, I was thinking about what the better response would've been. If I could go back and redo that conversation it would go something like this:

Guy: Man, it didn't take long for it to get cold

Me: I know, but it is going to get back up into the 60's this weekend!

31 Days To Be Thankful - Day 17

Oct 17th: Volleyball

The Horrific Killer Pandas are back in action and I'm happy to report we started off our fall indoor season with a win! I'll admit, this morning when I remembered we had a game, I wasn't super excited about playing, but it felt great to get back out on the court. I really enjoy playing and thankful to have a fun team to play with.

Everyday I'm Shuffling

I saw this video a couple weeks ago and have been meaning to post it - Ohio University's marching band doing LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem"