tuesday truths...

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after using the same format
in my bullet journal for about the
past two years,
i have decided to make a change.
i need it to be
less formal
and more spur-of-the-moment.
it's a work in progress.
i'm still not really sure what i want to do with it
but the photo above is my
May cover page...
which i was pretty happy with....
because...

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i love lilac season!
and it's almost here!!
the little lilac bush i planted
in the backyard last summer
has some bright green little buds on it
so yay!
i didn't kill it!
(yet)

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i love the little signs of spring...
lighter jackets,
open windows (even if only for a short period of time),
sunshine waking me up
in the morning
and the day staying brighter
for so much longer...
i feel like i can breathe again.

whatcha readin'? {2018::book 11 - goal 24)

I pretty much started and finished this book
in a 24 hour time period.
It was one of those fast paced gotta-know-what-happens books.

I especially enjoyed the fairy tale aspects
and the way it felt like she captured the way a child
might think.

It was both dark and haunting...and, yet unexpectedly hopeful.

4 out of 5 ♥♥♥♥'s

NEXT UP:  THE RULES DO NOT APPLY - ARIEL LEVY

getting into the spring of things...

and suddenly,
it's spring.

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the sun is shining,
the ice is melting
and my boots squish ankle deep
in mud
and i couldn't be happier.

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spring is a game changer.

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it's a whole new mindset.

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it's a release
a reprieve
a cure for the winter blues
that you sometimes had
panic attacks
thinking would never come...
and then
one day you woke up
and it was here.

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friday i'm in love....

I know I haven't been here a lot
lately but with the sudden and sweet onset of spring
I am feeling like my batteries have been recharged
and I am ready to get back to the things that I love...

Speaking of things that I love
here is a bit of a list of what I am currently crushing on:

♥  It was Administrative Professional Day on Wednesday...
I know I don't talk about my "real" job a lot here (or any
social media...I like a firm line between home and work),
but I have to say that the people that I work with
were incredibly sweet this whole week...and the
countless cans of diet coke and enormous supply of jujubes
made me smile.  I love my job.

♥  I love that a real life ongoing game of tag was the inspiration
for this movie which looks like it is going to be hilarious!

♥  sunshine

♥  an evening ritual of taking the dog for a walk through the park

♥  an evening of Caesars and salty french fries, old friends and new ones,
loud jazz and lots of giggling...

♥  i still love this show. 

13 years...

happy birthday little blog.
today you turn 13.
(and i'm not going to lie...
that blows my mind a little bit...
i don't stick with a lot of my projects,
but...this one has stuck pretty damn good.)