Daily 5 - Day 261

Today's Daily 5:

1. Wearing my hair curly for the first time since I got it highlighted with a bunch of red again the other day.
2. A very much needed, long, lazy morning in bed
3. Spent about 8 hours with a friend from high school (saw a movie, did some shopping, went out for dinner, and walked for a while in my favorite park)
4. Having surprising conversations of a whole new level of depth with this long-time friend
5. Walking in my favorite park
6. bought a great new top, and a pair of black dress pants for work, both on sale
7. Really laughed at lot at the new J-Lo film "The Back-Up Plan"
8. Movie theatre popcorn.  With butter.
9. A hug from my friend
10. Setting up times to get together with some other friends and family over the next week or two, and knowing I'll get to collect hugs on most of those occasions as well.

What Color House?

I love green, and many of those things are true about me, or about the sort of place I dream of living in.

You Should Live in a Green House

You are a peaceful person who always seeks out quiet and solitude. You love nothing better than a long walk, and you probably prefer to live near nature. You are a good listener, but you always need down time to recharge after being around others. You usually fit in anywhere. You blend well, and you're happy to sit back and observe.

What Color House Should You Live In?

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Daily 5 - Day 260

Today's Daily 5:

1. Friday
2. long bus ride home to think and rest
3. cooked steak wraps with peppers and tzatziki for supper
4. The weekend is here
5. catching up on some new episodes of favorite tv shows online
6. playing a game on my iphone
7. 260 days of daily 5 lists

If the storms of life, they come...

Dana and I have been having a mutual love affair lately for Brian and Jenn Johnson's "Love Came Down".  I got to attend a worship evening with Brian and Jenn a couple months back, and it was fabulous.  I'm loving their most recent album, but this song, "Love Came Down" in particular has been speaking to my heart deeply and fully lately.  This week, especially that first verse or so are hitting deeply again.

Stuff to Check Out

I want to write a post.  I really do.  But my brain is just done at the moment.  I'm emotionally and physically and spiritually exhausted.  There is, for the first time this week, sunshine streaming through my office window, and, while that is definitely a hope-filled thing for me, quite honestly, the warmth of it is just making me want to curl up in a ball and sleep the rest of the day away.  I'm mentally running through my list of friends and trying to figure out who I can talk into making a somewhat impromptu day trip to the mountains next weekend - maybe lunch in Canmore and the hotsprings, but they'll have to drive... I could use an escape to some breathing space.  Or maybe someone's interested in just going for a walk in a park here in the city?  Next Saturday, May 8th.  Let me know.

In the meantime, until I can summon the mental capacity to write down the things I'm thinking about, here is some stuff that made me laugh, made me cry, or made me think this morning:

Dana posted the Veggie Tales Cheeseburger song today.  It was just the right amount of ridiculous to make me smile.

Kelle shared the most beautiful two part account of her daughter Nella's birth, written by Kelle's father.
You can find part 1 here. 
And part 2 here.
I think I would have cried at the beauty even if I wasn't already a puddle of tears today.

This revised list of the 10 highest and 10 lowest produce items for pesticides both surprised and alarmed me.  I'm thinking I need to re-work my grocery purchases to include a few more organic items.

I'll add the caveat that I haven't watched the video yet, but I loved Donald Miller's post today about writing a storyline for your life instead of a mission statement.  Good stuff there.  I might even give it a shot tonight.