{ Two Great Quotes }

Two recent quotes from the Fancy Word for Simple Blog that ring true. The first one is this:

"The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late."
~Charles Caleb Colton

I can definitely relate to the part about going to bed with reluctance. Living by myself for the first time in my entire life the bedtime ritual seems to be the part that’s the most lonely. Brittany posted about this recently on her blog. For me, I put it off as long as possible. I usually fall asleep on the couch (sometimes in the middle of conversations – sorry Shari) but other times just watching one of my favorite tv shows to unwind. I’ve actually gotten a little better about putting the laptop away and enjoying a show without distractions. It sometimes seems like the hallway to the bedroom is about twice as long at the end of the day. It was much worse at first. The place is starting to feel a little more like home. Plus, as good as I’ve gotten at putting the laptop down at the end of the night on the couch, I’ve taken up a habit of taking it to bed with me. I’ve discovered the joys of watching full episodes of network tv shows online. Actually, I rarely make it through a ‘full episode’ but it does help me fall back asleep after the sortof nap that takes place on the couch. I don’t think it’s an ideal long-term night time routine but it does seem to work for me at the moment.

And the next quote is so true about weekends:

"Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them."
~John Shirley

I actually have a pretty great weekend to look forward to. We are having amazingly nice weather here. In fact it may even get a bit warmer than I would hope for this time of year. I’m afraid we may be skipping over my ideal temperature of upper 60′s – mid 70′s. It’s sunny and gorgeous though so I won’t complain.

Tonight I think I’ll be eating at either my favorite restaurant or wandering down to my favorite area in Grand Rapids to eat at Bob’s (another favorite). I’ll be sure to take the camera if we do the latter because every time we go I wish I’d had it along. Although I already got a great photo for today’s POTD of some horses up the street that happened to be basking in the sun this morning on my way to work (will post those later tonight along with the rest of this weeks’ photos). :) Then tomorrow morning is roller skating and out to lunch with my sister. Tomorrow evening is either Taco’s or Lasagna and I’m sure some type of outdoor activity. Maybe a walk around the neighborhood with the camera. :) Sunday is another outdoor day, hopefully even get a little sun. And maybe some sewing and scrapping in there somewhere? So yeah, this weekend will likely disappear quickly but hopefully I’ll get lots of photos to prove it actually happened. :)

Be back to post those photos on flickr and maybe even with another post here. I ran out of time to post about my signature scent. My sister Kimmy says I need to start advertising my bags as having an auntie pea scent so I figured I’d post the combination of things that apparently make for a perfectly scented handbag. :)

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Almost forgot, slacked off Sunday & Monday but I’ve done my pilates every day since. :)