Saturday, September 26, 2009

Things I'm loving lately... (copying Hannah)

1. Riding my bike! I have had a blast on this thing over the past few months! I just love the aggressiveness and risk involved in the sport!


2. Losing weight but being healthy! Over the past two months, I have lost about 13 lbs. due to moving out (not having all the junk food around) and bike riding. I have dropped two jeans sizes and am having to buy some new clothes to fit! I have received a lot of comments from people noticing the weight loss, especially in my face. The other day I looked at my Driver's License picture, and, um yeah...I have totally lost weight in the face! I love it!


3. Fall weather leaves changing! This week we got out first snow as it dropped below freezing! I loved pulling out my sweaters and down jackets. Fall is by far my favorite season of the year...so pretty!
4. Starbucks Verona Coffee! One of my friends just happens to be the store manager at a Starbucks here in town and she gives me FREE coffee. I also managed to find a coffee maker at my parent's house that they do not use. Nothing like waking up to the smell of good coffee!

5. Community/meaningful friendships
The girls below are all in my amazing Bible study. We went downtown for a "girls night" and had a blast! Funny story...This night I ran into a girl who I have ridden with a few times. She works for SRM (http://www.srm.de/), which is HUGE is the world of biking. They make training systems that cost thousands of dollars for pro cyclists. Well, this girl that I ran into...her boss happened to be with her. His name is Uli and he is the founder and designer of SRM. Basically, he is loaded! I sat and chatted with them for a little while and headed back to my table. In the meantime, the girl that I knew and her boss left. We then asked our server for our bill...thinking it would be around $90 and he told us that it had been taken care of! Uli had paid for our whole bill! It was crazy!




Can't forget my community at REI! This is a pic from sushi night!
6. Brandy! She is a great apartment dog...I couldn't have asked for a better dog!




And, look, she is even making friends!



7. My apartment! Gosh, why didn't I move out earlier? I just love, love, love my living situation and I love even more having friends over and serving them dinner! Yes, I am a terrible cook, but I try really hard and they always tell me that it is amazing just to make me feel better!

8. BEING SINGLE!!! There, I said it!
P.S. I have a date with a friend on Friday so stay posted for details!

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