Happy February 1st!

• I don't get bored easily, and being snowed in the past 3 days has been quite fantastic....
• I cooked way more than normal, and baked a fudge marble cake (yellow chocolate swirl - possibly my new favorite thing!)  Yum!!
• Finally got around to painting the 4 canvases I bought months ago... my goal was to use a bit of everything - texture, irridescent medium, crackle, antique, gel medium, glitter, metallic leafing, etc. - it was a bizzare but fun layering experiment, and I'm happy w/the finished abstract look.

• Got my laundry and proofreading done, and got my tax stuff ready - yay.
• Had good phone conversations with a couple of my favorite people. =)
• Jogged, read, painted, facebooked, ate a bit too much, lazed around in my PJs and watched a lot of movies and TV! :)
• I could get on facebook, but couldn't get on gmail or this blog.  Annoy me.
• Random thoughts and quotes that make me smile:
• "Uhm, you're not welcome."
• "His a genus and we nud his maaahnd."
• "Pain heals.  Chicks dig scars.  Glory lasts forever."
• "Claaap for Alaska!!"
• "So many sweet-spirited girls to admire."
• "I can give you dating advice."
• "These pretzels are making me thirsty."
• "You are my ambassador of quan, man."
• Watched Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants last night... I'd forgotten how very sad it was.  Wow.  I really love it, though. 
• Also, it makes me want to visit Greece.  And do sketches.
• It's celeb week on facebook.  Though I don't really see it, I've been told I look like Kate Winslet back in the Titanic days... which I love, because she's definitely who I'd choose to play me in a movie. :)

• Not that I've done anything movie worthy, but it's fun to think about.
• Less than 3 months to the half-marathon!  I almost put a smiley-face, but no.
• Kimberly had her baby girl, Addyson Shea, this past week - so exciting!
• I really do love Taylor Swift!  She dominated at the Grammys and CMAs (I watched them both the past 3 days).  She thanked "every person in this audience for not coming up on this stage during my speech."  Cute!
• My calendar this weekend had the quote, "Before you were born, I knew you."  Then really tiny, it said, "Author Unknown."  What!?  I know Him well, thank you very much!
• Watched a Full House episode, and was a little depressed as the fam gathered to celebrate Uncle Jesse's 26th Birthday!  I've always identified with DJ, but guess I'm past that now. lol
• I'm still learning a lot on love.  True love is not easily angered or offended.  It always believes the best and sees the good in others, and strives for unity.
• No one is perfect, and I want to be merciful just as God is merciful to me.
• I'm realizing that my feeling purposeless is typically when I get too self-absorbed.  When I focus on putting God first and loving others, life is immediately more fulfilling, and even the smallest things can be exciting!
• So many things feel shaky and unstable lately, but I've been reminded that my foundation is firm.  "On Christ the solid rock I will stand."
• Sometimes I feel like a cheesy Sunday school teacher trying to describe the major life lessons God is teaching me on here... hopefully people know me well enough to know I'm not saying it halfheartedly.
• For the most part, January has kinda sucked and been a bit depressing for me.  But no more wallowing...
• February -- with it's short uniqueness and leap year and Valentine's Day and candy and flowers and hearts and mine and Rachael's Birthdays and ice skating and wintery cuteness and Olympic awesomeness and even the Super Bowl Party and fun commercials -- has always been my favorite month of the year, so I say bring it on!! =)
• Nothing on earth is more attractive to me than PASSION and AUTHENTICITY!  Everyone is drawn to these things.
• God epitomizes both.  And I want to do a better job representing His heart!