Ahhh.

Yeah- my Friday night sure doesn’t suck. And it’s just the beginning of the weekend…

Yippee! 

I practically jump out of my pants when spring and summer arrive; Tis the season of getting in my car with paper maps and trekking about every second I possibly can and to every place I possibly can- often with no specific plan. Now that’s the way I like it. Spring and summers fly by with long weekends and week-long peace-outs. I’m hittin the road. No GPS needed or wanted.

My “season” starts today and I am adventuring to a weekend event in the mountains in another state. I don’t even know where I am staying yet and I don’t care, all I need to know is that I’ll figure it out when I need to, I get to see friends, celebrate and have a blast. 

It’s on! From here there are regular summer spots, graduations, weddings, someone who knows someone who rented a beach house that we can crash, parents who live on lakes to visit, cities to roam, rivers to boat in, friends who have free hotel rooms through work that invite you, ahhhhh….who needs anything else but a car, some $ for gas, a bottle of water, some snacks a camera, and a paper map.

Stay tuned; Fun photos and stories from this weekend are coming and all the good times after this one too.

I’m not on vacation. I live here.

Totally.

Someone recently gifted me a signed copy of this book of his. (Perfect that the caption inside reads: “To Diane, Let love RULE!”)

I gobbled these pages up. I’m one of those people who underlines and marks up books making so many notes the book end up looking like a 4 yr. old grabbed it and went nuts with moms pen. Yep- I pretty much underlined this entire book. I was thrilled to see he has a new book out and a great blog I can follow too. Based on my first experience reading his work, plus the title of the new book- I’ve already gathered my box of pens and highlighters and can’t wait to hit up Amazon.com when I have a few extra bucks to buy this next one.

Dear Tim~

Thanks for signing my gifted copy. I’m so happy to know you are an ali in preaching the likeability factor and how being nice, helpful and wide open with your knowledge can make you friends and money. Who says nice guys finish last? Pshaw!

I love I spy random photos and the invention of cell phone cameras so I can document the funny stuff.