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Sweet summertime is just a skip away...

Summertime is here!!!!
It's almost to the point I can do the things I enjoy without the stress of work. Although I'm sure I will have lingering school things over my head, I'm going to try to keep my focus on doing the things I love... I look forward to scrapbooking, having more time to run/ jazzercise, reading, needlepointing and couponing (I secretly want to be an extreme couponer!).  Not to mention, I have tons of things that I neglect to do around the house during the school year... but back to the things I love.....

First, I've been really trying to challenge myself to be more active, I feel like I've made great strides with my health this year... I still have a ways to go (I like food way too much).  I've really been trying to run/ walk more...  Those of you that see my facebook posts about running, I'm sorry if you are over it, or sick of seeing it!  It helps keep me accountable, and it has been a good conversation piece as well.  My friend Dana challenged me to a Nike + Most Miles in 30 days challenge... I'm still trying to figure out when Dana became such an all-star (not that I didn't know that she had it in her), but we are a week in and I've been putting in what I think is awesome mileage (for me anyways) and she is still double what I am!  I'm so proud of her, and she's really encouraged me to pick it up even more!  Jenny has been saying for a year that she wanted to start running, and while she bought the App probably a year ago, she and I finally put it to the test this evening.  I'm normally used to running by myself... for many reasons: #1 I can never keep up with anyone #2 Michael and the dog can't keep up with me #3 I can never convince anyone to just stick with me (and I don't blame them.. I'm SLOW!!!).  Tonight was so great to just stay with Jenny, and walk/run together... I'm looking forward to many more summer nights like that!

Second, couponing...  I've always been a coupon user... collecting coupons for the things I use, and some that I don't... An old co-worker used to be (and I'm sure she still is!) amazing at it!  With the recent craze of the extreme couponing show (I will only admit, I've only watched one show) I've become interested... I've started following the blog, Passionate Penny Pinchers, and she has done the hard part for me... I'm still learning, and while I've gotten some good deals this week, I look forward to seeing what else I can get for cheap.  Stay tuned, you never know I might have some awesome deals to share with you all!  I know Michael is already over going grocery shopping with me... I always have to determine what is the best deal before I take it off the shelf... he already knows that at this point in our relationship its 'Take it or Leave it!"

Finally, onto the other simple things of summer: reading, scrapbooking, and needlepointing.  As the school year came to an end, I slowly stopped doing all three.  All three are things that I tend to do to 'fill' time... I'll do them with the TV playing in the background, it helps my mind focus when it needs to or wander as well...  I'm looking forward to having days in the house (although I know I'll be spending many outside by the pool), just alternating my three favorite hobbies. 

Well, like I said, summertime is a skip away... I'm putting in a half day on Friday, then I'm off to my first big adventure.... my 5 year college reunion.  We've been planning this get together for about a year now.  I'm so excited to stay in the dorms like we are freshman and sophomores in college again, I'm excited to eat dinner at Bdubs and Milanos, and have hungover breakfast/ lunches at Chipotle and Panera, I'm excited to see how the campus as changed, but at the same time I know it will still feel at home, I'm excited to experience Tim's and the glorious fist pumping and dancing that it will bring, I'm excited to celebrate friendships on the porch of 339 Kiefaber (as we did so many days/nights our junior/senior year of college), I'm simply excited to be together with so many of my friends and not only reminisce, but also make new memories.  To my fellow Flyers, I will be seeing you VERY soon!

While I do not know anyone in the following video, I couldn't help but smile as I watched this video:

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