Days 6 & 7 of A Week in the Life of Shelly

A Week in the Life of Shelly
Day 6 : Friday


Clockin in, and headin to the bank to make the deposit.


Grab a quick, cheap coffee, and it wasn't that good, while listening to I-Tunes in car... Today it was Sheryl Crow.

Hello ladies! My co-workers today. I warned Mel... "be careful or I will blog you." HA! Seriously though, have I mentioned that I work with awesome people? Totally the best ever!

I think this tree is my enemy... full of pollen. But I love him still.

Here's where I go often for lunch... they know what I want when I call, and sometimes, even give me a discount because I'm such a regular. Also, I have two favorite waiters who work here... Chris and Ty. I think they're roommates, too. Anyway, I like going to this place and the people who work there.

Today I had a side salad and some of a grilled cheese. It was pretty tasty.

On my lunch break I visited this awesome blog... http://thepioneerwoman.com/. It was here I discovered a recipe for Pasta Carbonera from Pastor Ryan. I think I might make it sometime this weekend, because it sounds and looks awesome!

Here's my lovely Kirsten. I sometimes like to call her my "slave" at work because she does everything I don't have time to do. I like her a great deal.

This lady has a heart of pure gold. Seriously. She's one of the original employees of our store, and the world is a better place because she's in it.

Mel trying to elude the blog... but look at this, I got her! And I am blogging her right now!

Here's another really nice lady! She's my regular mania hostess!

So, there are no more pictures from day 6 because I went home after this from work and when I walked in the door had the worst allergy attack I've ever had. I had to use Wesley's nebulizer and took two benedryl and immediately went to bed. Allergies suck. Have I mentioned that? They are really, really doing a number on me. I wasn't even able to blog last night! My world was coming to an end! Thus why these two days are combined...

Day 7

A week in the life of Shelly...

First things first... this one I like to call "my starbucks." It's on the corner of 75th and Lyndale... about 4 blocks from my house. They know me there, and know what I like to drink. Usually they have it ready for me before I even pay. LOVE IT!

Any guesses? First person to email me what I ordered today I will send a $5 Starbucks card. :)

At work I saw Maia, and she showed me her new I-Phone. I admit, I have I-phone envy... someday maybe my Sprint store will carry them and then I'll buy one. For now though, my little HTC Hero is working out quite nicely... and it's major "google-ific!" I love it!

And, Beck and I worked together today and got to have a little visit from Ang! That was sure nice!

I don't think I'm supposed to say this, but this is my favorite customer. Charlotte comes in at least once a week to scrap in the back workroom. I have learned a great deal from her, just by observing her life. She is the greatest example of faithfulness I have ever seen. It's people like her that make the world a better place for me every single day.

At this time, I left work because of another allergic reaction to air, I think. I immediately went to my favorite Urgent Care facility, because it was that bad, and I met a handsome, single, doctor. Ang, Beck, and Sondra, I asked if he'd be willing to be set up on a blind date with ya'll and he said he'd think about it. :) He prescribed what he called "magical" meds that he promised would immediately make me feel better. So, I immediately drove to Target pharmecy to pick up these magical meds. I'm crossing my fingers they work.

Here's what my eyeballs looked like when I got home... not so hot.

I did feel better when I got to the back yard and found these lovely people. OH how they make my heart sing!

At Target, they gave me these... I immediately took them and then went to my room like a good girl. OH, and I "borrowed" this add from the Urgent Care waiting room for my "inspirational wall." Someday I'll blog about the wall... later. But this is important to me b/c it's Annie Leibovitz-World famous, amazing photographer. Actually, there aren't words to describe her ability to capture people. I noticed in the pic that she's shooting with the same camera I do, and that makes me feel like anything's possible, folks. I've got the whole world at my fingertips. Expect great things. I feel like I've only used a small sliver of what I'm capable of! I'm really, really excited.

In my room, while waiting for the allergy meds to kick in, I decided to watch this movie.... I paused it about halfway to cook dinner, so I'll let you know what I think at the end. Here's the essential things I needed while watching the movie... kleenex, remotes, and of course, Samoas. Thanks Maddie and Tay, my favorite girl scouts! There goes my "no carb" diet.

Remember yesterday, me talking about Pastor Ryan's recipe? Well here it is on my plate. Brian said I could make this meal once a week and that would be fine with him. Also, note: it's NOT low carb. Tomorrow's going to be a purge the carb day I guess.

Here's the happy family, eating the carbs. I think this picture of Owen is amazing... don't know why, but I do.

Oh, and during dinner we had this creature visit our yard! Hello, we live on the corner of 494 and 35W! Does this bird not know this is NOT really an animal haven? I hope he's OK right now because he was headed right toward the exit ramp. Funny stuff.

And that, finally, is the end of a week in my life. I had a good time remembering each day... and I think I'm on an amazing journey towards... more of me. It's good. Real good.

I hope you are on an amazing journey, too. I really think, if we look hard enough, that each day is full of many, many treasures and moments that are very teachable and valuable. I love this about life, don't you?

Thanks for listening, friends.