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Guys. It’s been a weird week. Partly because we went from 75° and sunny to the worst snowstorm I’ve seen since the epic Blizzard of 2003 (I was in high school and we got a whole extra week of Spring Break!) and partly because my eye has been twitching since November and I’ve reached a point where it’s so annoying and frustrating and distracting that it’s putting me in a weird funk. I’ve tried hot compresses, naps, tonic water. UGH.

But as I’m glancing through my phone at the pictures I’ve taken and the things that have happened this week, it doesn’t all seem so hopeless. In fact, it seems downright delightful. We had a Monday lunch picnic, Rockies season tickets came (in a old school lunchbox, I might add), I got new candles, started a new book, ate a really good burger, sipped a drink called FLOWER FUEL (!!), got half a snow day, watched Star Wars and made bánh mì sliders. Plus today is FRIYAY!

Tofu, carrot, radish, mung bean sprouts (!), Asian pear, kale and the most delicious peanut dressing.

Is it cool if I start packing my lunch in this?

Standard Wax does this thing where they offer “effed up” candles — i.e. chipped ceramic, cracked wax, etc. — at half price. I snagged these two scents and love them both.

This week I decided we need more mid-week meals out in Denver. Central Bistro & Bar has all night happy hour on Tuesdays and turns out they do a damn good burger. Literally couldn’t stop eating those fries!Read More »

Decided weekends are all about starting on the right foot. So breakfast burritos from our favorite little place it is!

Watched Steve Jobs, drank wine (from a can, but in a glass) and went to bed early.

Ate pancakes, walked to Huckleberry, drank an almond milk latte and read an entire book from start to finish. Okay, the book was only 60 pages long, but whatever.

Got my nephew an awesome birthday present!

Stood in line at Illegal Pete’s for half an hour. That burrito was worth it though. And so far, so good on my 2016 resolution to eat more burritos.

Went for a run around a windy lake and complained the whole way.

Edited my Kauai pictures. It’s an actual miracle. I might even get that post written up this week, hurrah!

Made tomato soup with socca croutons and watched The Aviator. In my opinion, it was a stronger performance for Leo than the one he gives in The Revenant. I’m just going to consider it a lifetime achievement award if when he gets the Oscar this year.

Celebrated my (now 7-year old) nephew’s birthday by riding down a giant ramp on a blanket.

Had lunch with my parents. Brider was closed (noooo!) so we headed to Mercantile and my confit chicken salad sandwich reaffirmed my opinion that that place is incredible.

Prepped this week’s salads-in-a-jar and went to Sunday afternoon yoga.

Watched Sunday night TV. Amazing Race, Shameless (liking this season so much more than last season), It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Felt utterly sad that another perfect weekend had to come to an end.