Awkward and Awesome

Guys.... life has been so cool lately, that I feel like I only have AWESOME things to share with you...

Awesome
-- girls night out. or rather in, in my case. it involved fruit salad, grilled cheese, oreos, apples to apples, and some ridiculous discussions. and a new inside joke. and I love inside jokes, they make me feel cool.
- random lady who is doing food demos at Target asking me how I manage to wear a belt with a shirt and not look like a whale. I am pretty sure she was complimenting me, but who really knows?
- getting stuff done off the to do list. I feel like I say this a lot, but to me it truly is awesome.
- lunch date with some amazing Phoenix bloggers including Kayla, Camberly and Kayleigh, and Lydia along with Melissa all the way from Salt Lake City. It was so much fun to meet some new people and such creative ones to beat.
- my friend Emily is back from her class in Redding, California. I am sad that I don't get to see her until Saturday, but then we will be having an awesome reunion complete with ice cream and fun stories.
- guy who held the door open for me on the way into work... good to know there are still some good ones out there.
- the gigantic thing of Red Vines by dad got me from Costco. Awesome cause they are yummy, not so awesome cause my stomach hurts after I ate a lot of them.
- Clearance sales at Target. cheap stuff for my sister's shower? yes, please!
- crossing another thing off my 101 goals in 1001 days list... 30 pictures for 30 days with Rosemary Watson! I love her blog and she is a fellow Phoenix area dweller. See my pictures here.

my AWESOME best friend. I miss her!

C'mon people who I know read my blog (all 5 of you) what are some Awkward and Awesome things happening in your life???

Awkward and Awesome: Picture Time

Awesome: Yes, that is Doogie Howser. He apparently grew up and became Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother.

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Awkward: I don't think this really needs any explanation.

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Awkward and Awesome: Revisited

Do you guys remember this Awkward and Awesome where I mentioned the weird faces actor make when you pause. Well, at the time I did not have a good example but while watching Charmed on netflix my computer decided to stop streaming at a pretty awkward moment. I managed to get a quick screen shot of it.. enjoy and hopefully you laugh as hard as I did.

Awkward and Awesome

Awkward
- when you pause something on the tv leaving the actor on the screen with a super weird face. cracks me up every time.
- that moment when you don't realize that someone is in the elevator before you try and get on and you almost run into them. frantic apologies always ensue, followed by the voice in my head telling me how rude I am for not letting people off the elevator first. they must think I was raised by wolves.
- being so lazy, busy, or whatever to return my library books from like three months ago so I just keep renewing them. 


Awesome
- I get to go to this amazing conference in August, plus visit with my Madison people! Yeah!
- finally getting my hair cut so that I don't look like a poofball when I wear my hear down
- Actually getting stuff accomplished off of Operation Simplify! Update post with pictures coming soon.
- I know I talked about this last week, but I am still super excited that Jessica's book What I Wore is coming out next week. I am too cheap to actually by it, but I did place it on hold at the library. 

My friend Rachel and I college, trying on clothes at Macy's
Is this an Awkward or Awesome???

Awkward and Awesome

Awkward
- people who write IN ALL CAPS or iN tHiS FasHion. I do not understand you. Explain to me your weird typing ways.
- the door on my dad's car getting stuck and then literally breaking and not being able to close. Driving back to my friend's house in Gilbert holding the door closed with my left hand and driving with my right. This is not an easy thing people!
- putting gas in the car. I really hate it.. getting out, paying, touching dirty surfaces, inevitably getting gas on your feet. Nothing about it is really ok in my mind.

Awesome
- Leslea leaning over during church as asking me whether pot was marijuana or crack. I am glad that there are some people out there who don't know things like this. It really is not the kind of info one really needs, right?
- This video that was played at church for Father's Day. I have watched it at least 5 times since then.
- This amazing giveaway from Jessica at What I Wore. I am so excited about her new book (see the cover design below). We might have the same name but she is clearly the cooler Jessica.

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Awkward and Awesome

Awkward
- the amount of times I have eaten out in the last two weeks. I think I have reached my quota for the year to be honest.
- Phoenix. when it is this hot and will likely get 20 degrees warmer, it is just awkward.
- my life in general? sometimes it is just awkward.
- the guy who entered the Walgreens parking lots through the obvious exit lane. But well done in not hitting me. that might have ruined my day.
- the creepy old guy in the condo complex that has like 25 cats who run around. It is actually really sad... maybe this belongs in the sad category and not the Awkward one.
-looking around for a half hour for my jump drive and then remembering I stuck it in my bra. and this is not the first time this has happened either.

Awesome
- my amazing friends Emily and Brie are heading off into new adventures and I am so excited to see how God is going to use them to change others' lives.
- my pottery class the other day. Alas, no photos but it was so much fun.
- sleeping... I am just so glad that I get to do it cause it makes me happy. Wish I could spend more time doing it.
- starting the 30 for 30 challenge as explained here. I already feel much more creative with my wardrobe. One day I will actually post pictures.
- awesome meeting with seminary professor and renewed excitement about school and ministry.
- 19th century art. see some of my favorites below:

Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son by Monet

 La Classe de Danse by Degas

La Balancoire by Renoir

L'homme blessé by Courbet

     

Awkward and Awesome

It's Thursday peeps. So here is your Awkward and Awesome for the week...

Awkward
-wandering around Target in some type of fugue. Finally leaving with a cucumber and flavored water.
-not finding it at all odd that I watched the same disc of Gilmore Girls Season 2 over and over just for background noise
- my apartment being so messy that I can take 1 full back of garbage and random things (mostly Diet Pepsi bottles) out to the trash every night. I guess it's kinda AWESOME though that I no longer think that my furniture will attack me in the middle of the night.
- being kinda excited to take  BSA compliance class for work. Who have I become???
- That point where you ask yourself if your legs really need to be shaved that badly because you don't want to take a shower.

Awesome
- getting to talk to my long lost friend Brie via Skype on Monday. I hadn't talked to her in toooo long. I am so excited for her as she ventures off to Vienna for the summer! Follow her blog at http://brieinvienna.blogspot.com/.
- having a fun lunch date (while playing hooky from work) with my lovely friend Emily from Limitless Love. Pita Jungle and a cool drink in downtown Scottsdale.... pure bliss.
- tater tots for dinner two nights in a row. Yes, I am a classy girl.
- clean laundry... I love having a plethora of clothing options.
- good hair days. I think I might have had one today. it kinda rocked.

lemonade and ice coffee with Emily

Awkward and Awesome

One of my favorite blogs of all time is The Daybook which follows Sydney and her husband through school, marriage, and now parenthood. She is so darn funny and I feel like we are friends, even though we have never met. Anywho... she does this weekly segment called Awkward and Awesome and invites her readers to do the same... so here is the inaugural Awkward and Awesome post...

Awkward:
- how many times I had to let blogger auto correct that word because I have apparently lost my ability to spell without spell check
- wondering how I can start a twitter chat or similar type exchange with Syndey from the Daybook because I honestly want to be her new best friend in real life. I think facebook has groomed me from the tender age of 18 to become a stalker.
- the sheer embarrassment of being a Phoenix driver. I mean I am not the best driver in the world, but seriously??? do driving schools here actually teach you nothing?

Awesome
- how even though I work full time, that somehow that I still believe that summer is more fun and that I will magically have more time
- watching Tangled on tuesday night for the first time. Not sure how I missed that movie, but it is now my new favorite Disney movie. I might have even started it over and watched it a second time right after it was finished. That is what all the cool kids do obviously.
- Frozen Strawberry lemonades from McDonalds. Then discovering that the shirt I got from Old Navy for 2 bucks actually has some type of stain repellent on it so that when I dump said strawberry amazingness on my shirt on the way to work, I do not look like a 4 year old child.