thank fsm it's friday

I haven't ever linked up with Amanda for Friday Favorites, but my Bloglovin feed was full of linked-up posts this morning so I'm jumping on the bandwagon. Here are the things that are making me happy this week:

independence day

Bonjour, mes amis! I've missed you! Back at work today after my week in NYC... womp womp. My baby sister officially lives in New York. It still blows my mind. It seemed only fitting that we moved her in the week of the 4th of July-- Independence Day for sure. Anyway, here's pretty much a photodump (#sorrynotsorry), and I'll have more to say a bit later. I'm currently trying to dig out from under my inbox!

#100happydays

I'm late to this party (it seems that I'm late to every party), but I'm going to attempt this 100 Happy Days challenge. I think it'll be good for me in a lot of ways:

1. It'll get me posting to Instagram more regularly
2. It will (hopefully) make me better about focusing on/remembering all the good things that happen in my day-to-day life. It's so easy to focus on the negatives.
3. As I transition into officially TTC, I'll probably have my share of "BFN" days (both literally and figuratively). This should help keep me from ruminating on small setbacks.

Also, apparently if you finish the entire challenge, they send you a little book with your pictures in it! How cute! So here I go... today's Day 1! :)

back in my day

Linking up with Steph for this fun trip back in time :)

one month

One month from today, my baby sister is graduating from college. This blows my mind, as she was just entering middle school when I moved out of my parents' house. She's got a fancy pants job in NYC, and I couldn't be prouder of the old lady she's turned into. (Even if she is moving far, far away from me.) She'll always be my baby sister though :)

Congrats soeur. You're my favorite person in all the land. <3

standing on the precipice

Well, folks, it's New Year's Eve. The day when Champagne is drunk, people are kissed, and resolutions are made. I've never really been a New Year's resolution sort of person. I figure, my goals are my goals, whether I make them on January 1st or September 20th. One thing that my wonderful husband has taught me, however, is that writing your goals down makes you more likely to achieve them. So I figured it would be a good idea to write down ALL of my current goals in one place, so I can refer back to them throughout my process of achieving them.

drumstick dash 2013

Today was the Drumstick Dash! It wasn't quite what I hoped it would be (speed/amount of running-wise), but it was still fun. Good to hang out with my sister, and good exercise for me. LORDY was it cold though!!! Yeesh! Here's my day in pictures:

interminable sweater-- FINISHED! **updated**

I finished my sister's sweater!!! I'm so excited I can barely contain myself. I've been assembling it since Sunday... here's some time-elapsed photos:

fangirl

Last night my sister and I went to the Michael Bublé concert, and IT. WAS. AWESOME. Needless to say, all of my squees firmly planted me in the fangirl camp. Man I love Michael Bublé. Enjoy :)