Still waiting for spring

Hey look, we found a warmer place to wait!

Is it spring yet?

It's March 1st. 

Our back deck

To take the dog for a walk, I wore the following: 

• light hiking socks
• heavy winter boots
• Under Armour compression long johns
• fleece pants
• insulated winter pants
• workout shirt with hood and wrist-warmer cuffs
• fleece jacket
• heavy winter coat
• liner gloves
• heavy winter gloves
• hood of my workout shirt
• fleece ball cap with ear flaps
• hood of my winter coat
• fleece scarf, wrapped around my neck twice and pulled up over my nose, secured by the coat

How did I feel?

• feet - a little cold, should have worn another pair of socks
• arms and legs - slightly chilly
• core, neck, back and top of head - fine
• fingers - ok as long as I flexed them regularly and put my hands in my pockets a fair amount
• face - from my ball cap to the top of my mouth, really cold. When the wind blew, I felt like I had an ice cream headache.

Am I ready for spring? Umm, yeah?

Front walk. There isn't usually a mountain in our front yard.

Book of Awesome

Today I'm excited about a new book I got with a Christmas Gift Card. It's the Book of Awesome.

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From the  Amazon description:

Sometimes it's easy to forget the things that make us smile. Sometimes it's tempting to feel the world is falling apart. But awesome things are all around us:

• Popping bubble wrap
• The smell of rain on a hot sidewalk
• The other side of the pillow
• Hitting a bunch of green lights in a row
• Waking up and realizing it's Saturday
• Fixing electronics by smacking them

I think this fits in well with what I guess you could call a New Year's Resolution - to enjoy "little indulgences". I've tended to reward myself with food. Since I'm working on a healthier relationship with food, I needed to come up with a list of other rewards. I decided to call them Little Indulgences. Just the other day, I started making a list in Evernote (another thing I love,  by the way, but that's a different topic). I figure maybe this book will help me add to the list. Or else revive my gratitude project...


My list so far:

1. quiet time to read
2. nature walk
3. photo walk
4. have tea at a tea room (avoid the pastries)
5. have a massage
6. have a pedicure
7. stretching routine
8. buy myself flowers
9. find a nice place to watch the sunset/sunrise
10. enjoy candlelight
11. a little quiet time to write
12. meditation
13. bubble bath

I'm not positive these will all work for me. For instance, I'm not sure I'll ever be good at meditation. But it's something to try.