Out With the Old

My personal Vera Bradley supplier, HistoryDiva, gave me an early birthday present yesterday!  She replaced my old tattered zip ID case with a bright new one--which I switched over to right away, of course!

I didn't realize how old and beat up my last one was until she informed me that the Cupcakes Green pattern was retired two years ago.  So now I'm debating whether or not to update my hand-me-down super-retired Emily zip-around wallet.  Wouldn't it be cute (and bright) in Lime's Up, my new pattern...

End of Season Obsession

Instead of obsessively knitting or reading lately, I've been obsessing over one of my current favorite TV shows through fan fiction and fan videos. If you don't watch Castle, you should start--I even have the first season on DVD I can lend to you!  If you do watch, you'll probably squeal over this YouTube video just like I did.  It makes me smile every time I watch :-)




Castle's fourth season ends on May 7th. The big question is whether or not Castle and Beckett will finally get together. One of my previous TV favorites, JAG, stretched out their main characters hooking up until the eleventh hour (literally the last five minutes of the series finale with an out-of-the-blue marriage proposal) after dragging the shipper fans along for nine years. Another, Lois and Clark, tried hooking them up too early (with another ill-timed proposal) and the show died a slow and bizarre-plot-twisting death over the next two seasons (clones, amnesia, and New Kryptonian civil war... ugh).  My advice to the writers of Castle--no proposal until they've been dating at least half a season, please!

Way Too Cute

Hello!  I'm here to make you *squee* and to wish you a happy Friday!

Addendum from Sarah to make your day even happier:

The 25 Happiest Animals In The World

Fun at Work

Here's a fun little something from work today since I've been lacking in inspiration for posts lately. Can you tell how happy we are about getting rid of the antiquated phone system in our office?

The IT guy appreciated the humor when he came to pick up our box of discarded phones.  I told him we stopped short of pasting eyes on a hammer and setting it next to the box...

Spring Sprung Early

The sun on the horizon at work yesterday morning

Flowering bushes at work (anyone know what they are?)

Happy pansies in the front yard--still waiting for my irises to bloom

Clouds behind the cherry blossom tree in the front yard

The neighbor's dog who has destroyed most of my daffodils in the backyard

Sick of March?

I'd say that just about sums it up... and it's only March 5th!

Reading Progress

My reading resolution for 2012 has made some progress in the first two months--basically, I flew through all of the fluff on my shelf and got them returned to their owners ;-)

And then Dave added one to my shelf that he borrowed from his mother...

• On the Street Where You Live by Mary Higgins Clark
• The Essential 55 by Ron Clark
• Rome Sweet Home by Scott Hahn
• Making Love Last a Lifetime by Adam Hamilton
• The Matchmakers by Debbie Macomber
• Almost Perfect by Julie Ortolon
• Just Perfect by Julie Ortolon
• Too Perfect by Julie Ortolon
• The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey
• Hester by Paula Reed
• The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
• Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver