I first tried Pho Soup at a Thai and Vietnamese restaurant and loved it, but haven’t had it since. Last weekend I found some instant Pho at an Asian market and have been hooked.
There’s something about the flavor of the broth. Its so good, and anything that cooks in less than 3 minutes makes me happy.
So much better than Raman. I could eat this every day.
Here’s list #2 in my 52 lists project
5 tabs I keep open in my browser – twitter, gmail, facebook, nicolecarina.com, wordpress.org, google reader
5 favorite Teas – Scarlet Cloud (strawberry white) , Monk’s Blend (vanilla and other spices black) , Kyoto Cherry Rose (cherry and rose organic green), Earl Grey, Blueberry and White Cranberry white tea
5 things I always have in my purse – wallet, blackberry, lip gloss, keys, hair brush
5 things I want to do in March – see butch Walker in concert, become more familiar with Raleigh, simplify my life and focus on what’s really important, start eating healthy again, get back to going to the gym regularly
5 random things that make me happy – hearing birds sing, seeing sun rays coming down out of the clouds, getting up early enough to pick up breakfast before work, the look of pure love in my puppy’s eyes as I rub his belly, having an Amelie moment and cracking the crust of my creme brule
Last night while I was at the grocery store I picked up an issue of O Magazine to read at work today. The issue is about organizing, de-cluttering, and removing bad thoughts and habits.
There’s an article about Oprah’s interview with Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist monk. I don’t follow Buddhism at all but found the interview to be very inspiring. It really makes you think about how better to appreciate every aspect of our lives and focus on peaceful living.
Be sure to check it out.
Today I didn’t get around to taking a self portrait so I decided to do a mini self portrait timeline, showing some of the ones I’ve taken over the last few years. The camera I’m holding in the older pictures was my first digital camera, a 3.0 megapixel canon.
It’s interesting to see how I’ve changed over the years, the first picture is probably from around 2002 and the last from about 2 weeks ago.
While I was in Raleigh this past weekend Tom took me to Edward McKay, a really great used bookstore. They’ve got tons of well organized books as well as CDs, records, movies and video games.
I picked up a couple books and The Phantom of the Opera on DVD. I got two of the books from the free shelf, a poetry book and a book of plays. (Free Books! The only thing better than free books is free chocolate, lol!)
This book has a print date of 1915, it’s got a little wear but I still think it’s beautiful.
What a gorgeous title page, you don’t see things like this in books anymore.
All in all, some great books. I can’t wait to have time to sit down and really enjoy them.
Tonight after work I went to Pomegranate Books for the February ILM TweetUp.
Sarah, Jeremy, Anne, and Hodie
Sarah put together another great tweetup tonight, I got there kind of late due to work but still had time to see everyone and mingle a little bit.
Dawn and a friend (I didn’t catch your name, sorry!)
*edit – I found out Dawn’s friend’s name, it’s Elizabeth, great to meet you!*
I caught a quick picture of Dawn before she had to leave, I wish I had a chance to spend more time with her before she left, we had fun talking at the last tweetup I attended.
Anne and Katherine, the hosts of the TweetUp at Pomegranate Books
I always enjoy catching up with people I’ve met before but tweetups are also about making new connections. Tonight I had the pleasure of meeting Anne and Katherine. Anne and I had a great conversation about counseling and social work, it’s inspiring to meet someone who’s passionate about making a difference in the lives of others.
I am also the proud owner of a Buy Local ILM sticker! Thanks Gayle and Jennifer, it was great to see you tonight!
So in keeping with the Things I Love Tuesday tradition:
Twitter – I love being able to connect with people I wouldn’t normally get to meet.
Buy Local ILM – supporting our local economy is and businesses is SO important!
Networking – even though I don’t do it for business I love making connections with interesting people.
Also: great conversations, meeting new people, the first days of warm weather at the end of winter, a glass of white wine at the end of a long day, books, cool dogs in bookstores, laughing,
… to be such a lazy puppy, getting chauffeured around all the time.
This was from a few days ago, Piddles loves to ride in the car. He’ll either stand on his hind legs and look out the window or lay back against me and beg for belly rubs like in this picture. I love my crazy, cute, little pup, lol.
Took a drive around Lake Wheeler today after lunch, I’ve been by Yate’s Mill before but today we went by the other side of the lake.
The sun was just starting to set, the afternoon light on the lake was really pretty.
Sometimes all you need is a fast car, and a setting sun
The other day I blogged about making lists and about other bloggers posting lists every week for a year. One of their posts let me to Listography. This is the a list maker’s dream. You can create a profile and make TONS of lists, I just started to make a few but I’m sure my list of lists will grow. They’ve also got a huge list of suggestions to make your own. Here’s one of my lists:
Things I’d like to do
Check out my profile at Listography to see more, there’s only a few so far but I’ll be adding many more.
Packed up and about to drive to Raleigh for the weekend, this is all the stuff I have to bring with me each time I go. Ugh. Too bad Pids can’t carry some.
