april showers

the rain. finally. and i have to say, just to say it, that just because it's finally actually looking like it rained an hour, and even a day after it does, does not mean we should go wasting our water at the car wash, on multiple loads of laundry and 20 minute showers...

i thought this morning as i stepped out into the warm, wet weather, "april showers..." shortly after that, i thought "could it possibly get any greener?" then i smiled, knowing that it could.

my love for fall never lessens this time of year, but it sure does get challenged. and no matter how annoying the birds are when they begin their day at a ridiculous hour in the AM, i can't help but forgive them immediately. their songs are a great reminder to enjoy the day ahead.

i drive the same route to work everyday. it doesn't get boring to me, because it's beautiful. my favorite part is noting the change of seasons on this route. i've watched the leaves change color, fall off, cast a grey shadow upon the road as they are bare through the winter, bud and now fully bloom. it seems like this happens overnight. but i have mental pictures of these stages throughout the year and i've taken in the beauty at each phase.

i encourage you to do the same. en route to work, in your back yard or at the park. enjoy every day.

one week until may 6.

after the break

i'm back to the grind and have done a terrible job keep this thing up. i was out of town last week for the furniture market in thomasville and now i'm spending most of the time catching up on some work.

i have some pictures from our charlotte outing a couple of weeks ago, but this is my fave. my two peoples. that's sarah on the left. she lived with me in wilmington for a few years and now, our bff-ness translates across counties. her birthday is in a couple of weeks. expect some more pictures after that.

more later.

it's the freakin' weekend

so, bogo was good.

it's friday and i am READY for the weekend. i'm always ready for the weekend.

i'm heading to charlotte tomorrow to see my bff's while eric goes to the Carolina game. Should be fun - maybe i'll even have some pictures to post when i return. other than that, not much to say except for that today is a phenomenally beautiful day. one of those days you want to be on the beach, with a cooler of miller lites with a few coronas mixed in - you know, for flavor.

thought for the day/weekend: fall seven times, stand up eight.

bogo

everyone loves one - don't lie.

for clarification: buy one, get one.

and tonight, we're talking pizzas. sister style.

no one's ever supposed to attened our bogo night. how much pizza is consumed should never be confirmed by outsiders. so imagine our suprise when eric showed up on our last bogo night. his eyes drifted to the box(es) and...allison's go-go gadget arm came around to slam the lids shut.

she still hasn't let me live that one down. BUT e's out of town tonight so...bogo here we come.