Thankful for the Things I Love Thursday

Traditionally, here on the blog I wrote Thankful Things Thursday posts.  My friend April more often does Things I Love Thursday.  I've got a lot of lovin' and a lot of thankfulness going on lately, so is it too much to do a Thankful for the Things I Love Thursday post this week? Let's just try it and see what happens.

BFF Amie.

If you know Amie or you've read this blog for any amount of time, you know she's a pretty spectacular person.  At least you may think you know. But ya'll do not even know.  For my 34th birthday last weekend, she planned an all out 3-day extravaganza that involved multiple different groups of friends, many locations all over Charlotte and Rock Hill and all of my favorite things. It was even themed around the ABCs (we did/ate/drank/visited something for every letter of the alphabet).  For just a random ol' 34th birthday.  She did all of this after giving birth to her first child one month ago. It was unbelievable. It was incredibly generous. It was an amazing birthday. I am so thankful for her.

Also, this picture of us, above.  Seriously, I love it.

Ellie B.

Since we're on the subject of Amie, let's talk about her offspring.  Ellie is an adorable and chill baby with a perfectly round head.  And she was at trooper during my birthday extravaganza. She just zipped along with us on all of our adventures, whether in the car seat, stroller, cuddled by one of us or strapped to her mom's chest in one of those carrier things. Look how adorable. How could you not love that face?

My long hair.

I've been trying to grow my hair out for more than a year. Finally, this week, it feels like long hair.  This is definitely the longest it has ever been. Check out the bathroom selfie on the right to see it from the back.  I am looovving it! 

The Mindy Project

This is my show, ya'll.  I love Mindy, I love Danny, I love Mindy and Danny together. I feel like their "Will they or won't they?" routine rivals some of the best television romances out there. And with the sly jokes that are slipped in so quickly you have to watch an episode twice in order to catch them all? It's definitely earned its place as my replacement for the Office. 

Veep

While we're onto television, let me just put in a plug for Veep.  Hi-larious.  So many laughs it's impossible to catch them all. And then when you find someone else who has watched it, you can stand there forever recapping all of the best lines, and you laugh even harder the second time around.  Warning: it does have plenty of adult language.  The worst part is that it's on HBO, so the only way you can catch it is on DVD.  (Lucky for you, I bought the DVDs and am now slowly circulating them around to all of my friends)

Corey Nolen's New Album

I know Corey through work (he's an amazing photographer). He's releasing an album in two weeks. He just released a sampler on Noise Trade and now I listen to it constantly.  I can't wait for the full album to come out. I wish I was good at describing musical sounds in a way that makes you want to listen, but I'm not.  So just check it out on Noise Trade (I think for a limited time, so move quickly!).

Petunias and Puppies

Lastly, two of my birthday gifts, petunias and playing with a puppy (not my puppy, this adorable guy is the child of Jay and Jenny Fricke). Puppies and petunias make me happy.  I'm thankful for them both.

That was a whopper of a post for being completely blog-absent for 2.5 months.  Hope you stuck with it til the end.  Have a great day!