Foreshadowing.

Um, how do I password protect this thing?
Yikes.

dress your family in corduroy and denim

by david sedaris.
read. it.

blueberry almond pancakes

make them, try them, eat them, you will like them.

so, i have a SNOW DAY today!
do you know what this MEANS? (other than my 5:30 am reveille was in vain...or so it would seem)
i can create a budget (been putting this off for months now!), go to spin class, and get ahead on a bunch of homework. does this not sound like THE MOST FUN?

ah budgeting...something i've heard so much about but have never really tried for myself. this should be interesting...

Even though...

...it had no impact on the outcome, I still feel bad for Matt Stover and his failed field goal attempt. Bum-mer. Oldest guy to play in a Superbowl, and an ex-raven. So he's a winner in my book.



yay colts, win or lose.

February: Bring.It.On!

Historically my least favorite month, this February, I'm going to try something drastic. I am going to choose to make February 2010 the best 28 days of 2010. Sounds like fun, right? All you other February-dreaders out there, why don't you join me? If I've learned nothing else in the past year, it is that joy is a choice. Like a menu item. Like this:

"Ooooh, I'll have the joy please."...

"Would you like a drink with that?"


**(jeff, that was for you. ah, inside jokes from childhood)**


Now, lest you begin to wonder how in the world I'm going to pull this joyous February off, unaided, I remind you that I have fabulous friends, a wonderful family, and one great God. And, the Winter Olympics will begin in less than 2 weeks. (I ask you, How can you NOT be happy while watching figure skating and downhill skiing? impossible!) I also welcome you to make monetary contributions. jkjk

In other news, I took a quick trip home this weekend to surprise my parents and see little Mia. (Best baby ever. Most adorable too. Her future siblings don't know what kind of precedent has been set, poor things). A great weekend overall, and I even had all of Sunday in Indy to be at church, enjoy a brisk run outside, and do a roommate craft night. We made headbands, and I must tell you, they are very cute. Be jealous. Be very jealous.

I'm off to work in a coupla minutes. I see one of my clients who's making absolutely no progress, so I get to put my bring-it-on-february attitude and my joy-choosing demeanor to work right away. should be good.

arts and letters (aka crafts and books)

currently reading:
what's so great about christianity?
choosing gratitude
colossians
philippians
my addictions textbook


next up (before spring break?):
celebration of discipline
healthy at 100
search for significance
isaiah
the psalms

i need more suggestions! does anyone read any good fiction? i have yet to find a fiction author who is not a waste of time. i'm not trying to be dramatic...i enjoy a few authors (nicolas sparks, jodi picoult...laugh all you want), but i feel like it's a waste of time, especially when i prefer nonfiction, and learn something in the meantime. two birds...one stone, you know what i mean?

in other news, this blogspace needs a makeover.
so does my bedroom (paint on the walls? refinish my monstrous blue desk? (my favorite piece of furniture))
and the upsairs hallway (homemade artwork? send your ideas please! it's big white space with a pretty bad paint job.)
as does my hairstyle (or lack thereof...dare i dye it? or, even better question: dare i trust the fine employees of great clips to go at it once again, considering past results?)

i think i need to take a creativity sabbatical (i know, you wonder...a sabbatical from what? it's 9:02 am on a wednesday morning and libby's drinking coffee and blogging. valid point. trust me, i'm about to get up and get ready for work. 10.more.minutes)


a note about my 2010 resolutions...
some are going well! i'm particularly pleased with my increased cooking attempts. i see how people could really get into this. on my lunchbreak yesterday, i found myself on the better homes and gardens recipes website. i have arrived. hello, adulthood. i continue to find myself living wiht girls who are amazing cooks. but i must admit, my most recent inspiration came from julie & julia.

hey, if you think of it this week, i have some big decisions i need to make for my summer, and i need wisdom. big time. it's all about good stuff, but it's big nonetheless. and if you're praying for me anyway, would you also pray that i'd find a job in indianapolis, and not have to move. i have grown to love it here, and it's scary and sad to think about having to move away. i'm trying to walk the very fine line between worrying about the future and being proactive. easier said than done...

and right now TODAY is calling my name.
love to all!

sooo....what do you think?

it's all very yellow, i know.

your thoughts?