Sharing captured moments.

I've decided to link up with Monday Listicles again today. This week's list covers your favorite pictures that you've taken, which, if you know me, I'm a picture-taking addict!



Some of my favorite shots taken over the past few months. You may have seen some them before, but bear with me. My kid is kinda' cute.

I'm going to give you seven. Because I'm lazy. And because I tend to share loads of the same kinds of pics and figure next week's theme is summer. And with summer comes loads of outside pictures. And so I'll probably want to save a few boating shots for then, and well, did I mention I'm a little lazy right now?

Anyway, here you have them!

See the arrow above? It's a squirrel! 

My sneakers. Obviously. Post Dirty Girl Mud Run. Less obvious. 

Also? One of my bucket list items! 

BOOM!

Pre-Color Mania run with the kiddo. Looking extra adorable with my bandana on her head. 

The beautiful lake. Sun captured off of the water. Love this shot. 

Queen of the world. 

Wind in her hair - focus - straight ahead!

                                          Me and my girl. Wind-blown. Sun-kissed. Happy. 

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Writer's block and hushpuppies

I keep starting a new post and leaving it blank.

I'm lacking things to say and I don't quite know why, exactly.

What's happening with you?

Quiet here, for the most part.

We had a beautiful weekend. Seriously.

Weird word to use? Maybe. Just how it was.

We took the boat out on Saturday and it was a pretty day. It stormed on us for a minute or two, which wasn't as awful as it sounds. It was actually kind of fun to get slightly soaked. Then we headed to the dock, it cleared up and we went back out for another spin.

On Mother's Day we left the house for a late-ish breakfast at Dunkin' Donuts - place of my choosing - and enjoyed a non-stressful meal. Took a ride after that to the mall, quick stop to pick up something the child dropped at Build-A-Bear after her girl scout outing there and I made a pit-stop at LUSH. Ah, have you ever been to LUSH? Pure heavenly products. Bought myself a small Mother's Day gift of a hair treatment and got some free samples. Went to Old Navy because I thought that they were starting to carry plus-sized clothing IN the store (how much would that ROCK!?!) but no dice. So I bought a new pair of sunglasses instead.

And a jump rope.

For the child.

Who is now completely and utterly addicted to jumping rope.

Which, I must add, she actually does quite well.

The things you learn in Kindergarten, I suppose!

After that we went to the Food Truck Rodeo - which is exactly what you think except nobody ropes up any food trucks or nothin'. It's just kind of like a NYC street fair but loads of trucks that sell pretty amazing foods. Yum.

I also ate the best hushpuppies I've ever tried in my life. Or my seven or so years down south. Come to think of it - about seven to be exact in that I moved down here in May of 2006. Wow.

Back to the hushpuppies. Take a look. You'll be drooling. I promise.

I just went to look for a "description of hushpuppies" and found this: hushpuppies are finger-shaped dumplings of cornmeal that are deep-fried - yum.

oh my YUM. I kind of would like some now. For my breakfast. It's a food truck delicacy, so I wonder if they deliver? Probably not.

You know what I can't stand? When people write prolly. Prolly. It grates at me. Horribly.

I took the dogs for a walk yesterday. Both of them. TOGETHER.

.8 miles. So not quite a mile, but yeah. It was good. And then I walked solo for over a mile with a little bit of jogging, as well. And this morning after I left the kiddo at the bus stop I almost started my work out but realized I had my non-athletic sneakers on. And my glasses. I just can't work out with my glasses on.

So instead I've been sitting here reading and trying to write and meh. I don't have anything exciting to talk about - everything is mostly status quo - which is good, right?

And now I'm catching up on General Hospital. Because I'm addicted. Like I have been my entire life kind of addicted. Also? The NCIS finale is this week and omg. I'm dying. It's so freakin' good. I don't know what I'm going to do without the show during the summer. That and New Girl. Have you watched New Girl? If you haven't - you should. Seriously. I wonder if they need a New Girl blogger? I could start a forum or something. New Girl fans non-anonymous. Not like Candy Crush. That's a whole other addiction.

So, fill me in on what's news with you. What are your latest addictions?

Also? I'm still trying to find the perfect orange bag. Any leads?

Talk later!

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Water ...

Agua. Vasser. Eau. Voda. Acqua. Vann. Aiga. Amanzi.

No matter how we say it, we all know it's one of the most important elements of our world today.
WATER.

It's everywhere. It's the backdrop to so many things.

It's our lakes and ponds ...

Our rivers ...

Our beaches ...

Did you know that roughly 70% of your body is made up of water?

And that between 70-75% of the Earth's surface is covered with it?

Your average bathtub holds about 151 L of water.
Many fruits and vegetables are made up of 90% of water (by weight).

Less than 1% of the world's fresh water is readily available for immediate use.

Approximately 1 in every 8 people lacks access to safe water supplies.

8 glasses a day = do you get yours? Should you? Maybe more if you work out. How many people in the world get their full 8 glasses? Not nearly enough. What can you do to help?

Children's Safe Drinking Water has joined forces with PUR to help children of the world have clean and safe water to drink every day. Click here to find out how (by watching this cool interactive video) just ONE DOLLAR can give a child clean water for 50 days. Yes, FIFTY DAYS. You can't even buy a small cup of coffee for $1 anymore. But you can skip one stop at Starbucks (believe me, I'm as addicted as you are) and donate your treat to these kids. Skip for under two weeks and you could give a family clean water for an entire year. A whole year!

World Vision is an organization where a simple donation can help children and their families have fresh water, giving them health benefits we take for granted every time we turn on the faucet.

How can we clean up our water? Some tips from the National Resource Defense Council: 12 Simple Steps!

This post has been written in honor of Blog Action Day 2010. The topic, in case you can't tell, is water. To find out more, or to register your own blog and get a post up to participate, head on over to BlogActionDay.Change.Org and join the rest of the world in celebrating WATER AWARENESS. Recognize how important water is in your world, and take a moment to bring that to someone in need.

** Facts found on Allaboutwater.org, Water.org and Everydayhealth.com**

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