coffee shops & sunsets

Life is just moving right along...it's the final week of January. Seriously? Hello 2011...can you slow down just a bit? plz....

I am still job hunting (no one hires in January apparently) however, I am still getting hours at the Christmas store...yay! So I'm not completely broke...yet.

Last week some of us went to muggswigz, a coffee shop about 30 min away, for their open mic night. We loved it! The atmosphere was awesome and everyone there was so unique...we sat on the floor around a small table while we drank fabulous coffee and heard some local talent from the stage.

Thanks to my boyfriend, adam, I have some decent pics from muggswigz...

(I am seriously embarrassed by how little I know about how to use my camera correctly)

My beautiful sis, Sarah.

See...they even make pretty swirls in the drinks....it's the little things that bring joy :)

Sunday was freezing, like single digits freezing...brrr. My mom, three of my sisters, Adam & I went to see Tangled at Quaker Cinema...where movies are only $2.75. I really think it might be my new fav kidish movie, Emperors New Groove used to be top...but this one was sooo good. Adam and I have never seen a movie together in the theater in the 3 1/2 months we've been dating...so I loved that he was there and that we shared a very large bag of buttery popcorn. :)

Another thing I loved about Sunday was the sun actually showed itself...which is almost unheard of in Ohio in the winter months. So I drug Adam out the door to my cold car and we drove to a little church down the road and watched the sunset from the warmth of my civic.

It was a well needed reminder that spring is hopefully right around the corner...

The love of my life and I.

Yesterday I finally got my Colorado license changed to Ohio, I was reluctant...I just didn't want to let go yet. Maybe one day I will again reside near the Rockies, but until then:

Hope you are having a great week!

2010

I was recently looking through my iphoto and reminiscing about the past year...there are so many memories that were made in 2010. Here are just a few:

In February, hours after landing in Denver....Kristen, Colleen and I went sled riding...and put an ad on Craigs List to see if anyone wanted to come with us...lol.

Walked Pearl Street in Boulder, CO with my Denver family...one of my most favorite things to do.

Did life with these fabulous folks in New Haven, CT for four months....

Got to see NYC!!

Will got married in Orange City, Iowa. :) Welcome Erika...the first addition to our family!

I found out that my fake tan skills suck. oopsie.

My sister Amanda got hitched! :)

I tried Anchovies...and got to go back to China for a month...that's my friend..

Attended my third Sunshine International Camp as a coach near Kunming, China.

Hung out tons with these lovely ladies at the end of summer.

Tapped into my creative side and started making journals...

Got to spend a weekend in the South for my friend Colleen's birthday celebration. We also added one more to our family...welcome Kurt!

Met the man of my dreams...He told me he loved me here for the first time.

Learned how to shoot a gun and actually hit the target.

Went on a four day road trip with my honey to Georgia. It ended up being nine days because of some car trouble...

2011

It's the fourth day of the new year.

I have been wanting to write this post for all four days of it.

I feel I cannot gather my thoughts in a manner that would be interesting for others to read. But I'm going to give it a shot anyways.

I decided that last year I was a disappointment to the world of blogging...I didn't blog much.

Sad.

I wanted to, because there are so many people that live far away that want to be in on the happenings of my life. A lot happened in 2010.

I erased all my old posts and am starting fresh. I do not promise magic and I do not promise crap (can I say that?). I do promise to be real, whether that consists of telling you about my new favorite song or some deep revelation about God.

So here's to a new year and a new blog....