enJOY it by Elise Blaha Cripe

evidence of lovely.

I have been walking a big chunk of my commute this past week. Yesterday, my accidental mantra as I was walking was the word lovely. I could not get it out of my head. And then a lot of things came together last night around 11pm and I made a little book for keeping everything lovely that I collect. It is sort of like this but nine months later. I find that I end up with so much STUFF that I want to save. Until I get bored, this will be the place.

Tomorrow morning, Paul has a big test on everything he has learned since July in his surgery rotations. As soon as that finishes, we are headed to Virginia to do some wine tasting here and here. I may try to convince him to find some flea markets/antique fairs. I have this really good feeling that I am going to step out of the car, trip over a box of wood type and face plant into a letterpress that weighs less that 1000 pounds and costs $10.

Dream big, I say.

the newest one.

Oh man. This one is my favorite. Just perfect in its multi-colored, haiku glory.

By Green Chair Press.

ch-changes.

This morning I woke up, hopped in the shower and then did something that for the past three months I never thought I would do again - I put on a sweatshirt to eat my cereal. Gasp. NORMALLY, after my shower, I pour ice cold water over my head and then climb into the freezer. This is how hot it has been here.

But fall is coming. I am quite nervous for the return of the cold, but also quite ready for a bit of a change.

I have noticed recently that I am a bigger fan of change that I thought

embracing the middle name.

These new lovelies make up for the moment at my college graduation when the guy who was calling out the names as we accepted our diplomas refused to say my middle name because he thought I had made it up.

Vera Wang writing papers. Buy 50, get 25 free. (run-on sentence not included.)

an old photo but the point is the same.

Gameday.

Let's roll.