A friendly cop who made a crappy experience a little more bearable

A lovely dinner cooked by a lovely boy

Finding out that someone actually remembered me

Painting pottery with awesome girls

A short run on the treadmill that didn't make me feel like crap

Pilates making me feel awesome

Packing for Utah!

Yummy stir fry

Central Market goodness

Fantastic clothes swap with the girls!

Fantastic Galleria shopping with Michele!

Shoes for the reunion dress

Seeing the awesome play "Rock N Roll" at the Alley

Finally getting to work at the garden

Hot Bagel!

Star Trek! I need to see it again!

Swirll and then drinks with cool people

Working out with Kelley again

Finally getting my new jeans in to get hemmed

A great evening hanging out with Kevin

Wheat crust, spinach, artichoke, goat cheese, and sun-dried tomato pizza. Yum!

Good news at work

One of the best compliments I've gotten all year

A new CEO

Drinks with work people

Mountain climbing plans

My first day back to the upper body class

A lovely dinner with a lovely gentleman

My herbs beginning to sprout

Wearing purple heels to work

Getting the awesome dress I ordered and having it fit!!!!

Wine and hours of good conversation with a friend I haven't seen in way too long

A good Pilates workout

A long phone conversation with my little sister

A productive trip to Home Depot for container gardening supplies

Planting my herbs, repotting the lime tree, and planting my new aloe vera plant and citronella plant

A great, if way too hard, workout

Sewing a bag as a gift

Groceries at the farmers market (yay peaches!)

Lazy "me" time

Finishing a good book

My first massage with Hugo since before the surgery

Yummy hamburger and spinach/artichoke dip from Barnaby's

New backpacking gear arriving

Lots of cooking

Buying goodies for the puppy after a trip to the vet

A clean car

Box of shoes in the mail! And they fit!

Movie and pizza night with lovely friends

"Thursday Therapy" with the work peoples

Good girlfriends

Making pasta and gossiping with the girls

Homemade spinach and goat cheese ravioli

New backpacking gear

Ordering an amazing dress for my high school reunion

Being done with today's workout

Pilates kicking my ass

Whole smoked chicken

Clean apartment

Catching up on good TV

Day of rest

Going to Shiner with good people to meet the guys finishing the Austin to Shiner bike ride.

Sitting around all afternoon in Shiner talking and drinking beer.

Talking to the Hanszen coordinator about being an associate

Buying a case of good wine really cheap

Ordering six pairs of adorable shoes for under $95

Shopping and amazing gelato with fantastic women

Finding out that my group has already been reduced as far as need be and there will be no layoffs

Celebrating the above with my coworkers

Sleeping in my own bed

Showers

TONS of books in the mail

Thursday, April 23 - Tuesday, April 28

Big Bend trip!

Being in the woods, in the dessert, in the mountains

Swimming across the Rio Grande to Mexico

A fantastic time backpacking with friends

Sitting around the picnic table drinking beer and laughing

Steve's bubbles

Just, seriously, Big Bend

Finishing packing for Big Bend

My packages getting here on time

Apartment complex pizza party

Lunch with a coworker who is going through the same stuff I am

Packing for Big Bend!

Getting a book off my wish list

Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson

BookPeople!

Yummy breakfast from the awesome Austin Whole Foods

The Food and Wine Festival – 5 hours of food, wine, cooking demos, and beautiful weather

A lovely drive back through Hill Country

An over-all fantastic weekend

Really yummy noodles at Jenni’s

Noodles sticker and temporary tattoo (which James proudly wore all weekend)

New hiking socks and pre-cut moleskin

A fun drive to Austin(!)

Bluebonnets

The Texas History Museum

Torchy’s Tacos. And deep fried chocolate chip cookies

The awesome and weird toy store

Seeing the Congress Bridge bat colony

The cool (and totally random) pub and brewery that my iPhone found for us

Box from Amazon!

Yummy leftover dip that Autumn made.

A lazy evening with a short visit from a friend.

An enjoyable and productive day at work.

Running into an old friend.

Getting to spend half the day at work alone in the lab reading a book.

Having my butt kicked by Jillian.

Finally getting to hear Erin and James play! Awesome!

A good talk with a recruiter.

Sore abs.

A long afternoon walk with the dog.

Finally getting back to my Pilates class.

Talking to my sister.

Easter leftovers!

A couple of nice visits when people came by to pick up things left at the Easter party.

A lovely Easter party complete with lovely people, fantastic food, an Easter egg hunt, Easter baskets, and painting of Easter eggs. And pomegranate champagne punch.

Watching a bunch of TiVo'd shows.

A fridge full of hard-boiled eggs, mushroom/artichoke/spinach lasagna, orange/pineapple/carrot cake, and lemon bars.

Hiding Easter eggs.

Friday off.

A long morning walk in the park with my guy.

Mailing books for www.paperbackswap.com

Mailing fun stuff to a friend.

Shopping at Central Market.

Free panties!

Homemade carrot cake.

Spending an evening with my best friend.

Daddy's homemade Rice Krispie Treats for breakfast.

Cheap champagne for Easter punch.

Erin's mix CD on the way home from work.

Sewing at Personal Leisure Learning with the girls.

Leftover pasta with shrimp, olive oil, fresh tomatoes, and basil.

"Dessert burgers" made by the wonderful Mei.