Day 16, Places To See In Springfield:

Most people seem to forget that Springfield is actually the capital of Illinois, not Chicago.

Personally I find this place to be quite boring, but if you were a visitor-here is what I would show you:

-The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum

-The Dana-Thomas House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1902

-The Lincoln Home National Historic Site

-Oak Ridge Cemetery

-Old State Capitol State Historic Site

-Lincoln Memorial Garden & Nature Center

-Washington Park (I used to live a hop skip and a jump away from this park and now I live near it again. Very excited to start feeding the ducks again!)

-There are also some really cool old bookstores downtown, amazing places to eat, and nice places to sit and people watch.

-I don't think I've ever let a friend visit Springfield without trying a horseshoe at Dublin Pub or swinging by Krekels for a delicious cheeseburger & milk shake.

So I guess that's about it, unless you enjoy consuming copious amount of alchol...in which case you can pretty much walk in any direction downtown and find a bar.

Wolverine

via: The Mary Sue

Sorry for the lack of updates round these parts. I've been trying to spend some quality time with myself. So I thought it would be fun to tell you about some of the stuff I'm in to lately.

Books I've read recently:

-Spinning in Circles by Pamela Ribon (loved it)

-Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott (do not read this unless you want to be severely disturbed/horrified)

-The Heather Wells series by Meg Cabot (cute, though the third book was probably my least favorite of all of them)

-Rollergirl: Totally True Tales From The Track by Melissa Joulwan (I just started this last night and love it so far)

Movies I've watched lately:

-Never Let Me Go (made me cry...a lot)

-Nowhere Boy (made me cry even more, but I would recommend that movie over the one above)

TV I've enjoyed this week:

Chuck (ok, honestly I was not a huge fan of this weeks episode, but it's still one of my favorite shows on television right now)

Things I am looking forward to reading/watching:

-Like Mandarin by Kirsten Hubbard

-Morning Glories Volume 1 by Nick Spencer & Joe Eisma

-iZombie Volume 1: Dead to the World by Chris Roberson & Michael Allred

-Down & Derby: The Insider's Guide to Roller Derby by Alex Cohen & Jennifer Barbee

-The Liar Society by Lisa & Laura Roecker

-The Locket by Stacey Jay

-Boy Proof by Cecil Castellucci

-Bossypants by Tina Fey

-Exit Through The Gift Shop

-Tangled

-The Exploding Girl

-Black Swan (I should have seen it by now, I know...but every time I made plans to go, something else came up)

-Blue Valentine (been waiting to see this forever!)

-The Baader Meinhof Complex

-Hesher

-The Future

-Bridesmaids

-The Fighter

-The Parking Lot Movie

-Sucker Punch

Day 15, On My Shopping List:

Forgive me, but I am skipping a day. I can't decide what I want to "fill in the blank" for the 14th day.

So, instead you get what's on my shopping list.

-Hex nuts (smaller than the ones I bought this weekend)

-Welcome mat

-Coat rack

-Scrapbookin' supplies

-Clasps

-Frames for all the new art work we have sitting around

-Mountain Dew

-Blueberries

-Garlic/Garlic Bread

-Cajun seasoning

-Morning Star Buffalo Wings

-Next issue of Bust (I really just need to subscribe to this as it's my all time favorite magazine)

-Thank you cards

-Sewing machine

-Deli Flats

-Baby carrots

-More juice!

-Milk

-New headphones
-Black lace up boots

Day 13, DIY's I Want To Try

DIY's I want to try:

-T-shirt scarves (like this)

-The braided hex nut bracelet

-Coat rack

-Super duper cute Toadstools

-Sweater clips

-Fabric wreathes

I am always looking for new things to try, so if you have any suggestions, feel free to drop them in the comments.

Also, I realize I am once again a day behind, but I had some best friend catch up yesterday, which is far more important. I will be back sometime later for Day 14.

xx

Day 11, Date Night Ideas & Day 12, Weekly Rituals

So, Day 11's prompt didn't do a whole lot for me, which is why this post is a few days behind.

As for date night ideas the only things I can honestly think of that we enjoy is spending time with our friends, cooking together, watching movies, playing board games (which we haven't done in ages), and taking little road trips (which we also haven't done in ages).

As for Day 12, well I have a lot of weekly rituals:

Saturday & Sunday:

-Catch up with TV shows I've missed

-Do all the house work (laundry, clean the bathrooms, carpet, kitchen, bedroom, etc.)

-Lately we've used Sunday's to unpack stray boxes & what not

Monday-Friday:

-Every morning before work I get a 32 oz Mountain Dew to start my morning out right

-Pack lunch (I love packing lunches, saves so much money!)

-Monday night we watch How I Met Your Mother, Chuck, & Castle

-Spend a significant amount of time reading 

-Pay bills

-Write out to-do list's for the week

-Spend time with Bun every morning while I get ready for work

-Best Friend Wednesdays (which have been on hold for two weeks & I am ready to get back to it!)

-Thursday we like to watch The Big Bang Theory, The Office, Parks & Rec, Community & 30 Rock

Ok, there are like a billion more things that I do on a weekly basis, but I feel as if I bored you to death, so off I go to take a shower, fold some laundry and make some breakfast/lunch.

Enjoy the last bit of your weekends!

xx

I Killed My Dinner With Karate

I am so ready for this weekend. It's been a blah sort of week filled with cold, windy, dreary days. I am so excited to see some friends, maybe catch a movie, & finish setting up the studio.

Today I paid off my Amazon card and then proceeded to buy five more books. What's wrong with me? We have already filled several bookshelves and I still have a couple of boxes of books to unpack. Oh well!

Anywho, this post was to let ya'll know I'm going to be a bit behind on today's 30 Days of Lists prompt: Date Night Ideas. I'll throw that one together tomorrow since AT&T is finally coming out to set up our cable & internet. Just in time for some SNL!

Hope everyone has an amazing weekend!

xx