Lovely Boulder eatery finds.

Pizzeria Locale

We ordered a prosciutto corn 'white' pizza but everything else looked quite nice as well.

Rueben's Burger Bistro

It's taken me a while to find the 'best burger' in Boulder. But after visiting this joint I am not hesitant to say the loaded tap of local beers, sweet potato fries, and pretzel buns are great accents to one hell of a burger menu. The cyclist themed burger bistro had lots of options. I went with the Hampsten named after this fella.

Under the Sun

The creators of Mountain Sun and Southern Sun are at it again. And this time in better fashion than ever before! The new eatery and taphouse happens to be directly across the street and features a fresh updated menu that is sure to please everyone. The atmosphere and vibe are perfect and the pairings perfect. Who will walk across the street with me?

Those are the recent eateries for now! I am spoiled with all of these, and an endless list of more to try. Let me know what you think!

'You do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a while and then vanishes.'

James 4:14

And, (to me),this doesn't mean not to live, but to live fully. We do not know what will happen tomorrow. But we can do everything we can do today with hope and eagerness and passion and love. And the world does not revolve around us. (To me), I must have enough humility to forget about myself and forget about worry. To chase dreams to become the best version of ourself while knowing, trusting that there is already a beautiful plan in place to get us there.

The best type of day.

I'm on fire.

I hope your day is lovely!

French Tart

I made this:  Swiss and Mushroom Quiche

It is French; It is wonderful. You should make it.

I used 3/4 cup of ricotta for the mozzerella and used a store bought organic whole wheat crust (don't judge- homemade crusts take time!)

If you haven't already, you should also read MOOSEWOOD cookbook and glimpse the free recipes on their site. I hope you love them as much as I do!

C'est tres bon!

seek. believe. be.

JUST BREATHE- WILLIE NELSON

IF I HAD A BOAT- JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW

Happiness is not decadence or ignorance or numbness.

NPR's 'the pursuit of happiness'

I don't think I can' tell you what happiness is but I can tell you things I have learned about it. 

It is in the simple things. Like coffee and cream and sleep and old fashioned newspapers and mountains.

But that these simple things can not be fully enjoyed if you have them all the time. So it's also in the hard exciting things. Like embracing fear and feeling pain and being selfless and giving love that you don't have. In being uncertain and uncomfortable often.

The happiness can not be predicted or manipulated.

I never know when it is about to come; or leave.

I try to enjoy the simple things always and feel empty.

Then I try to do the hard things all the time and feel empty.

And feeling nothing at all is worse than feeling sad.

But when then happiness comes it is good and I am thankful.

Philippians 4:11-12

I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I havelearned the secret of being content in any and every situation,whether well fed or hungry,whether living in plenty or in want.

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Today I made a significant life decision that was this:

Today I decided I am going to be awesome. 

(Or my version of awesome, that is.)

And shouldn't we all be? Though we can't always choose everything that happens to us in life we can choose most things, and the things we can not choose we can choose how to respond to.

Being awesome does not equal being happy all the time.

How to Be Awesome:

To make up your mind about what you are passionate about and chase it fiercely.

To be patient and persist through hard times knowing they are part of any process.

To forget who you were five years ago or yesterday and keep your eyes on who you want to be.

To embrace cheesy quotes full on and not give a damn what anyone else tries to define you as.

To not care or waste energy on things that don't matter.

To live fully in the present moment as much as possible and know it will help you in the future.

To accept that the people around you have so much more to teach you than you have for them.

To invest in people.

To take opportunities.

To not complain about situations but instead see how much more positive you can make them.

To trust that there is a greater plan.

To love.

To never give up even if it means pushing restart every single F***ing day for a year.

To do the things YOU want to do because that is the best way you can help the world.

To share yourself and your time.

To be afraid of things and do them anyway. Twice.

To be able to say no to things you don't want to do.

To create.

To live in a way you will enjoy remembering.

To surround yourself with the best people, not ones you only feel obligated to.

To have pink hair and tattoos if you so desire.

My awesome looks incredibly different than your awesome which is what is so great about this whole new mindset! I can say for certain I know I will forget this at times or get caught up in being hungry or tired or irritable or upset. But I can also say today was life changing, and it happened while I was sitting on the couch. Say what?

And with these words I will conclude:

GET IT.