I just got back from a doctor's appointment. (I have today and tomorrow off work, just fyi, so you don't think I'm skipping out on work). It was my first visit to this doctor, so I had to fill out all sorts of paperwork. Three different pieces asked for my age. Each time I hesitated on what to write. I'm 24, but I so badly wanted to write 25. My birthday is close enough, so really I'm closer to 25 than 24. And then I thought to myself, why am I so eager to be 25?? mmm, I don't know. Anyways, this post is on 24 things that make me happy/excited/thrilled/joyous, etc. I picked 24 because that's my age that I had to write down 3 times this morning. And that's my logic on picking 24, in case you were wondering.
Here we go...24 things:
1. This weekend! I'm headed to the beach with good ole college friends. So excited to hang out with them and to relax on the beach and to soak up some sun.
2. Seeing my niece in about 4 hours. I get to go help out with her because my poor sister is having knee surgery today. According to my mom, Mia was told that I was going to pick her up from school, and she repeatedly said, "tia? tia? tia?". Gotta love it!
3. Getting my hair done in just one hour. Those new grays that keep sprouting up in my head will be covered up with highlights, and well what could be more exciting than that??
4. This season of Biggest Loser! Jake and I watched it on DVR last night. Umm, I cried. I love it already. And I was very happy to see Alexandra had lost weight after being voted off! Jillian needs to tone down just a tad though.
5. America's Got Talent. One of my new must watch shows. I'm a little disappointed Barbara didn't win, but glad that someone like Kevin gets a million bucks!
6. Next Tuesday. That's the first day of Fall (I think). And you know what that means??? I will place my cute light up pumpkin out by my front door because Fall is official :)
7. Oct 24-28. I will be in beautiful beaches in Playa del Carmen with my sweet hubby. All inclusive beautiful resort; now THAT'S exciting!
8. The weather in the mornings. Seriously, today I wished I had a light sweater. And I LOVE that. There's something about cool crisp days that make me very joyful.
9. Reading my Bible for a few minutes in the mornings before working out. It really does make my day that much brighter!
10. Horizon Vanilla Milk. If you haven't tried it, you must. It's happiness in your mouth. The only milk I can drink straight; ha, and yea I know it's because of all that sugary vanilla in there!
11. Texas Football. I'm so pumped for the game on Saturday against Tech; it'll be a good one! HOOK 'EM HORNS!!!
12. Coffee. I don't know what I would do without it.
13. New jeans. I just ordered some from Neiman's. If they don't fit, I won't be so happy, but I will hunt down a perfect pair. I will brag about my hubby just a little bit on this one. I've been wanting a new pair of jeans the past month or so, but because we're trying to save as much as possible right now, I didn't really think I would get one. Then on Tuesday, Jake sends me an e-mail from his iphone with a smiley face as the subject line and a picture of 7 jeans as the body of the e-mail. Yep, he bought me some jeans all by himself! Turns out they didn't fit perfectly, so I returned those and ordered others. But what matters here is the thoughtfulness of my hubby :)
14. Stella and Dot party at my mother in law's next week. Inching closer to getting our church some money for their building!
15. Candles. I can't not light a candle when guests are over now. Circle E candles specifically make me the most happy - they fill up the entire house with the yummy scent!
16. Espresso. Jake and I recently got an espresso machine. He had been dreaming of one for a LOOOONG time. And by long time, I mean since we were engaged. I think he wanted to register for one. HA. Anyways, it's an awesome addition to our home. Instant perk me ups right there whenever wanted!
17. Updating our expenses. Well, maybe seeing that we spend too much money at times doesn't make me too thrilled, but there's an inexplainable sense of accomplishment in updating it that I really enjoy. Yea, I know I'm such a finance nerd.
18. Jake's kiss and "I love you" before he leaves for work every morning. Sometimes it wakes me up enough that it's hard to fall back to sleep for an hour before my alarm goes off, but it's so worth it!
19. Nov 21st. Jake, my mom and dad, and I will be at the Texas/Kansas game. First game for me to go to since I graduated! Very very exciting.
20. Active Release Therapy. Jake knows one of these therapists and my low back had been hurting for a couple of weeks, and it is simply amazing. I had never had low back pain before, and if you have, you know it sucks a lot. Well, this therapist, Kyler, fixed my back in just three sessions with him. I told Jake the other day I wanted to give him a hug. When something makes me happy, I like to give hugs. But that would have been awkward. So no hug for him.
21. Pomegranate Soda. I'm having one right now, and it's delicious!
22. Anything sweet. Hey Cupcake and Yogurt Planet sound good right about now, but I'm trying to cut back on my sweets. And on my chips and salsa (I haven't had any in 2 weeks!).
23. Cheap dates with my hubby. We were introduced to restaurant.com so we have had a couple cheap (and very yummy) dates recently.
24. Slowly decorating the house. And by slowly, I mean VERY slowly. It's coming along though. Recently, we got all the black and white pictures hung upstairs in the gameroom!
Phew! I honestly didn't think I was going to make it to 24 right around 14. But we made it!
A cool looking light up pumpkin! It doesn't get better than that for our mini front porch! Cute huh? I wanted to place it outside already, but my mom had to remind me that it's not quite Fall yet. Darn. In about 2 weeks, it will be out there though!