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A wintersport i can get into

January 28, 2013

Last week I was invited to go cross country skiing with my neighbor friend and a friend of hers. I have been itching to see some snow and cross country skiing is much for my speed. If you know me at all you know I’m not super adventurous especially when it comes to risking my life so downhill winter sports aren’t really my thang.

We got all of our equipment rented and headed about an hour outside the city. It’s so cool that you can drive a little ways away and bam it’s winter and you’re in the snow! It’s kind of awesome. The sun was shining and the snow was beautiful and I was with good company.

We skied a little ways down the trail chatting and looking around at all the snow and the beautiful lake we were skiing along side. After maybe an hour or so we stopped to have lunch and turned back around. Then we headed back home and said bye to the snow.

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A bakery treat

January 22, 2013

I had some business downtown the other day and on my way I noticed these delicious treats in the window. On my way home I decided to splurge. I chose a coconut cream pie bite and a peanut butter chocolate cupcake. I patiently waited until I was home to indulge. I was especially happy that one of my treats came in the super cute and tiny boxes. They were both equally delicious. I hope I have business downtown again soon!

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The salt lick-oh my

January 18, 2013

I didn’t have any particular place in mind but when I was in Austin I was going to eat barbeque-somewhere. The day before I left I called my friend Katie to remind her of my arrival and she said they already had a trip planned to the Salt Lick to say goodbye to one of the grad students in her department. Perfect! The Salt Lick isn’t the best barbeque in Austin but it’s got the best atmosphere by far and honestly most of the time the best bbq is the bbq I’m eating at the moment.

We were with a group of about 15 physics students and I invited a few friends of mine along also we were quite the crowd. My friend made me a birthday cake and I was super excited because I told him how Walker wouldn’t let me put 29 candles on my cupcake so he brought 29 and lit it up! It warms my heart when friends do such nice things for me. I’ll have to do something extra nice with he and his girlfriend come to visit us here. Hehe.

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-the cake maker

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-the cakemaker’s girlfriendDSC_1189

-my friend KatieDSC_1195

-my birthday sparkling juice! (I would drink this every year on New Year’s but I couldn’t get a bottle in Seattle but I happened to have an older one in Austin that I left when I moved-my mom had mailed me 3 bottles last year since you can only buy it in Michigan-hahaha-oy!)DSC_1206

-29 candles!DSC_1208

-can I blow them all out at once?  DSC_1212

-deep breath!

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-yes I can!!DSC_1213

I just love my birthday month and I was so blessed to get to continue the celebration with friends!