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Emerald Bay and Eagle Falls Hike

Last week, Owen and I ventured down the lake to Emerald Bay, which owns up to its name as the water is, indeed, emerald colored. Beautiful!

A quarter of the way up you get this great view of the bay.

Then you find the waterfalls, where we found a cute little area that inspired me to do a very inspiring pose.

Then we kept climbing, and climbing. Yes, I am out of shape. There were people in their eighties going up this mountain like it was nothing. If that doesn't inspire you to get your butt into shape, I don't know what does.

We finally got to the forest, where I was happy with the trees for providing us with blessed shade.

And we finally made it all the way up to Eagle Lake! Totally worth the trip. Sparkly water and beautiful surroundings.

And then the hike got a little P.G. as I was forced to jump in due to the hotness and my inclination to wear hot hot jeans on the hot hike. I didn't bring my bathing suit so my undergarments had to do. Luckily there were no other hikers in the near vicinity. 

Owen was a wimp and didn't jump in.

And then we went back down and got happy hour at Hacienda, the great land of two dollars tacos and one dollar beers and margaritas. Gotta love it.

Fall

(excuse the giant mess in the background)

Getting in the fall spirit finally! Loving that I can wear my favorite boots I bought last fall again, so many more outfit options : )

Workspace

Started setting up a new workspace for my thrift-vintage collecting and picture-taking for my shop in the extra room. Lots of inspiration pictures was a must, and my major addiction to Pinterest helped me with that! I like having a space dedicated to working on things that isn't the middle of the living room where I have to pick up my mess every day and there are a million distractions. 

Fun

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I think everyone should make room for a little fun in their day!! Otherwise life can get a little boring, right? Yes, indeedy.

Some ways I like to incorporate fun are as follows:

1) Pretending to pinch the behind of the person in front of me in the grocery line (obviously only pinching the air near said person's backside) thus embarrassing Owen for all eternity

2) Doing the "Martha Washington" while swimming (you know, where you go underwater, pull your hair over your face, come back up, style it back from your face in an attractive roll at the front, smile at everyone swimming with you)

3) Dancing while I'm vacuuming

4) Blasting Rascal Flatts in my Oldsmobile on my way to work to get me pumped up for the day

5) Drawing/ coloring with markers while watching T.V. even though I'm 24

OK, I guess I am a little embarrassing.

What do YOU do for fun???

Aces Game

Last week we went to an Aces game in Reno with some friends. Good times were had by all.

Highlights included:

1) My delicious cheeseburger

2) Explaining baseball to my Bulgarian friend Galya

3) Whilst explaining, realizing I know very little about the game of baseball

4) Finally deciding who cares about the rules? We just got a screaming deal on a 24 oz. Corona

5) Watching a family of about 64 gather for a group photo in front of the game, thus blocking everyone's view on the lawn for fifteen minutes. This provided very good entertainment for those not as sports-watching-inclined as others.

All in all, a very good night.

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