11:11 on 11/11

So last year I remember I posted a blog about how my friend and I had a virtual dance party on 11/11 at 11:11.  It was wonderful.  This year, I thought I missed my chance to experience it.  BUT!  although I missed it this morning - after I realized it after noon time, I crawled into my bed after going to a concert, and opened up my laptop to check email and Google reader, and one of my subscriptions reminds me it's 11/11. "Oooooh shit," I think to myself, "I missed it!!!"  I look at the clock on the top right of my computer, and what time is it?  11:11 p.m.  I made no wish, instead I immediately text my dance partner that I was thinking about her.  Do I believe in wishes?  I don't think so, I think I believe in myself.

Today was a good day.  And I'm grateful for:

1. Finally getting some of the work I'm doing right by myself!
2. Friends stopping by work just to say hi and have a little chat
3. Office IM
4. My brown boots
5. Leggings
6. Small venue concerts (we saw Tyler Hilton tonight...although I didn't really know him, I enjoyed it)
7. Red wine
8. Google Reader
9. Cute Cajon drummers
10. The Veterans who have served our country.  We will only stay America the Free if we actually live in the Land of the Brave.  

Love!!  And sweet dreams.  It's up to us to make our wishes come true.

what a wonderful world...

My oh my!  It's amazing how time can be so relative.  Since I started back up writing on this blog (aka my own personal internet gratitude journal), I'd been writing every day.  I realize that was only for, like, four days, but that's pretty good after a five month sabbatical.  The point that I'm trying to make is that it feels like I haven't written for a while, when I really just missed the weekend.  I was soooo busy living.  So I consider it a great thing.

But please don't think I wasn't thinking about/noticing what I'm grateful to have in my life.  A few that pop up to mind immediately:

1. Sweet ass dolphin cruises - these creatures are so amazingly beautiful!
2. Friends who let me borrow their hoodie, even when I forget it in my car and am really cold on said dolphin cruise
3. Being able to participate in tailgating activities with my boss and her friends before the USC game
4. Being a spectator at said USC game!  
5. Waking up not hungover
6. Planet Earth's vanilla chai latte with almond milk
7. Driving up the coast with someone who's never done it before
8. Stopping on PCH just passed Malibu for some breathtaking views
9. Discovering new music to like through live shows - especially when they're so close to home!
10. Having the means to take a shopping trip to the outlet mall
11. Fresh guacamole
12. Random snipets of conversation with friends I haven't talked to in too long (I'll also be so grateful when our schedules work out so that we can have a longer conversation as well)
13. Work meetings that I really get something out of
14. Productivity in the workplace
15. The spinning class that kicked my ass and will make me sooo sore tomorrow

And there's plenty more where that came from...

Until tomorrow.  Besos!!

Chasing what matters

Oh my gosh - I have such exciting news!!!  Did you know that with Chase bank and an iPhone, you can take a picture of the front and back of a check in order to deposit it into your account?!  This is amaaazing!  Going to the bank is just one of those things that I put off all the time.  Checks go uncashed for months.  I drive by two Chase banks to and from work almost daily, but usually just can't force my hands to turn the wheel into the parking lot.  Anyway, maybe I'm just lazy.  But even so, technology is amazing.

Today, I'm grateful for:

1. Chase banking
2. My new bookshelves!
3. My friends who help me put together the new bookshelves
4. Half days from work (it was just TOO nice out not to take the afternoon off and go lie on the beach for a while)
5. Hipstamatic app on the iPhone - even before I have it fully figured out it takes totally awesome pics!

So you can get an idea of 4 and 5...

Also, this evening, while we were in Dhanurasana (or bow pose), my yoga instructor said the pose was her survival kit to dating in L.A.  - she said it allowed you to keep your physical heart open, while keeping your emotional heart hidden.  I smiled.

90 degree November

Seriously, look at this!

I'm grateful for lots today - what else is new?  I love this!

1. The awesome new cafeteria in our building
2. The feeling I have after a morning run - workout completed before the sun comes up!
3. Working from home in the afternoon
4. Yogurtland trips
5. My new REVERSIBLE yoga pants!
6. Giving myself permission to put down the book I was forcing myself through because I thought I should read it, and pick up the one I actually wanted to read
7. Pandora - have I said that before?  The people who made this are pure geniuses.  Today I listened to the Radiohead station.  LOVE.
8. Friends who let me use their washer and dryer to do free laundry

I'm not going to limit myself to five anymore.  I don't know why I made up that I should in the first place... I'm just going to keep going until something doesn't pop up immediately.

Woop woop!  I should take tomorrow afternoon off and go lie on the beach...stay tuned, I just might.

Two-sday

It is November 2, after all...

So many things to be grateful for today, that I'm making it a TWO for Tuesday!

1. The ability to rock MY vote on election day
2. Desktop support at work
3. Words with Friends game on the iPhone
4. GREAT Song of the Day emails - two days in a row! (Check out Crystal Castles - Not in Love, and Billy Bragg feat. Wilco - California Stars)
5. Sushi
6. Afternoon tea breaks
7. Huffingtonpost.com
8. Seeing friends in unexpected places
9. My favorite work heels
10. Strawberry Chapstick ("I Kissed a Girl" just popped into my head after I wrote that)

And speaking of Huffington Post...You Voted, Now What?!

it's Monday...what's NOT wrong?

I read an article on the Ode magazine website entitled, "It's Monday: what's NOT wrong?" - ask yourself that, rather than focusing on what IS wrong. Sooo many things are right right now.

Today, I'm grateful for:

1. Free hemming at Lululemon
2. Whole Foods lunches
3. Inexpensive gym memberships
4. The recipients' understanding of the spam that someone sent from my email account
5. sun-shiny weather to start off November

"Happy people continuously change; and because they change they become more and more happy; and then more and more change is possible." - Osho