Photo a day challenge, "Buttons"

Confused about why I posted about buttons? Check out this post.

Lunch break at 11am

Yesterday I had a surprise lunch date. My sis and niece Chloe were in my area and decided to have coffee with me! Now, normally I take my lunch break around 1:00pm but yesterday I took it at 11am. My cube-mates all looked at me with surprise. I think they were staring at me that way because I had just finished my breakfast around 10:30am. Hungry again Laura? Is what those stares meant. What... a girl needs to work hard to keep this girlish figure!? And that means eating on the hour and and on the half. I didn't indulge the fact that I was having coffee with my sis and Chloe because I need to keep my co-workers on their toes, and always guessing. Why, you ask? Who knows, but I have to do something to make the day interesting. I sell toner for 8 hours a day people.... TONER!

Photo a day challenge, "Dinner"

Last night I was exhausted and really REALLY not in the mood to cook. Plus we need to go to the grocery store because we are out of the good food. Thankfully husband was in the same mood and decided to pick up dinner on the way home for us. Rubio's never tasted so good.

Confused about this "challenge", see the first Photo a day challenge here.

Road-trip

This weekend was absolutely wonderful. Phil and I drove 7 hours on Friday up to Nor Cal to visit my brother and sis-in-law. They recently (one week ago) moved up to Folsom, and Phil and I needed to see them already! The drive went by pretty fast since husband I and I listened to our favorite music, and chatted about our first year of marriage and what we are looking forward to in the future. We arrived around 10PM Friday night and chatted with Bobby and Becky until after midnight. It was such a good time. Then we spent all day Saturday being shuttled around, drinking coffee, enjoying their gorgeous new city, and even catching up with old friends that live up there. 

Sunday as we were getting ready for church I went to put on my boots and pulled a muscle in my back! Have you ever done this before? OUCH! The rest of the day (including the 7 hour drive home) I walked like the Hunchback of Norte Dame. Thankfully husband was incredibly sweet to me, showed me some back stretches and catered to my hunchback-ness. Overall I had such a wonderful time and Phil and I plan to take another trip up there very soon. Probably by train next time!

Photo a day Challenge, "A stranger" & "10 AM"

Photo a day challenge, "Hands"

Okay so technically I'm cheating on this one because my sister took the picture today, BUT my niece Chloe has the most adorable, perfectly chubby hands in the world. Of course today's theme would have to be her hands. :)

Totally lost about what I'm talking about. See the Photo a Day Challenge post here.

Strolling

Husband and I took a walk last night. I love night walks in Long Beach because there are always people out. Families, couples, groups of friends, and joggers are always running around. Last night we were strolling along and one jogger was doing his jog-in-place-until-the-light-turns, then he started to do his stretches…while leaning on the pole. Bending over, making stretching sounds (which made me throw-up a little in my mouth), twisting and turning, bobbing his head to the apparently epic song playing on his ipod, and bending over again. Apparently the first stretch didn’t get the job done, and sticking his bum in our faces one time in a night just wasn’t enough. Jog on jogger man.

Photo a day challenge, "Words"

Okay so I'm posting two pictures today since I didn't start this challenge until last night. Hope you don't mind, cause you know I won't be loosing any sleep over it. 

Day 2 picture theme is "Words." My sweet co-worker Carol recently bought me this mouse pad, because she’s incredibly thoughtful. Or maybe because my old one was beyond dirty so she was tired or walking past it every day. Either way, I love this new one and it adds a little color to my drab desk. Thanks Carol-ina!

Photo a day challenge

A friend of mine started doing this yesterday and it caught my eye. Take one photo a day for the month of February. There are different themes for each day but the possibilities are endless. I'm going to do this along with my regular posts! Do you want to join me? 

Yesterday was Day 1: Your View Today

Since I was at work yesterday I decided to take a picture of my lovely view. The warehouse. Even though this view is not great, I do witness some entertaining scenes. The other day I was staring out the window and I saw a pallet, filled with toner boxes, about  7 feet high topple over. The warehouse guy that was building the pallet is apparently not very observant and didn't notice it leaning like the Tower of Pisa. At the same moment I witnessed this, the CEO of my company did as well and kinda freaked out. Entertainment.

Cards

Husband and I have decided that this year we are only giving each other cards for Valentine’s day. I like this idea because 1) we are saving for our cruise this month and need to keep those few bucks, 2) I’m not an avid Valentine’s day fan because husband shows he loves me all year long, 3) I read somewhere that it’s a made up holiday from Hallmark. Not sure if that’s true though. Anyways, I’ve been looking for a good card to give Phil and sometimes I like the mushy ones, sometimes I like the funny ones, and often I like the awkward ones that I know Phil will get a kick out of.  What kind of card are you going to give to your significant other this year?

Here are a few ideas I pulled off of Pinterest and etsy…