Random Saturday thoughts

So here I am on a Saturday night sitting at my lap top and feeling the urge to blog. I haven't blogged the last two days, mainly due to just being worn down and not full of thoughts, but today I'm feeling more inspired. Granted, it's a lot of random thoughts and inspiration, but sometimes those are the best kind.

It's funny how getting married and getting older will change your perspective. Earlier tonight Craig and I went out for dinner with our dear friends Erin and Aaron. As always, we had a wonderful time chatting and spending time together. They are the type of friends who you can easily have a meaningful conversation with one moment and then laugh about something silly the next. Anyway, after dinner we decided to go ahead and call it a night. As Craig and I were driving home he mentioned how we can't forget to turn our clocks back tonight. I looked at the clock on the car dashboard and it said 9:54. I thought to myself, if we turned back the clock now, it would be 8:54. And then I thought it wouldn't matter, as I'd still prefer to be home and in my pajamas. Then I remembered that years ago I would live for the fall back daylight savings night because it meant an extra hour to be out having fun. How times change. :)

I do look forward to the fall back daylights savings day. If I could make it a holiday I think I would. I know there are people who complain about it, but what could be bad about an extra hour? I know that scientifically it's really not an extra hour, but I like to imagine it is anyway. I'm always happy in the fall when I get an extra hour of sleeping, and I'm always annoyed in the spring when that hour is taken away from me.

Craig and I had a pretty good day today. We were lazy this morning and didn't put much effort towards getting around. We finally did though, and after running bank errands we went and had breakfast, and then went to the library. I think the library is a wonderful place and I enjoy visiting. I never leave empty handed either. Lately I've been rediscovering my love of the library through their music selection. After we returned from our honeymoon in Nashville, I wanted to re-connect with some country music that I used to listen to way back in the day. The library has been a great place to do that. Also, as we're now on a "let's buy a house" budget, my I-tunes budget has diminished to basically zero, so having an outlet to still get new music, even if it's only for a three week time period, is much appreciated. The library is definitely what I am thankful for today.

I also spent about an hour trying to find something interesting to read. Now, I don't know why I felt the need to do so, as I have a nook full of books that I want to read. I suppose it was just being in the environment with so many books readily available. It may also have been because the last few books I've read have ended up being duds, and I wanted to find something better.  When I was at the library a few weeks ago I picked up a book that I guess classifies as "Steampunk" science fiction. It started out interesting, but mid-way through the book last night the main character was drugged, had her arm and leg cut off, and was being turned into some kind of weapon/machine. I was just annoyed enough by that that I decided to give up on finishing it. It was difficult for me, as I don't like to give up on a book once I've started it, but I just decided my mind wasn't ready to follow that logic anymore. So if you have any good book suggestions feel free to pass them along. I'm always adding to my list. As for now I'm reading "Pawnee: The Greatest Town in America." I love me some Parks and Recreation.

And this, folks, is my first uploaded blog image! I'm growing up so fast. :)

Totally switching gears, I'm wondering how many of my friends/followers are Four Square users? I am not signed up for this, as I don't feel it's that necessary for me. Craig is registered with Four Square, and I think the proper title would probably be addict. It has become incredibly routine for him to check in to each and every place we go. It typically takes us an extra minute to get into any place we are going because he has to stop to check in. I've asked him what benefits he gets from this, and he says there are deals sometimes at certains shops or restaurants. I don't know that to this day he's actually earned any of these deals though. He seems to enjoy using it, but I guess I don't get the appeal.

I'm running out of things to randomly talk about tonight, so I'm probably going to end this and fall back into my book. I do have a goal for tomorrow though, and that is to figure out how to transfer our wedding photos from Craig's computer to mine. Right before the wedding I managed to drop my laptop, and in the process I either bumped or broke something in the CD drive. I can no longer get discs to register or read on my laptop, which is greatly frustrating. And as I've set all unnecessary spending funds aside to the future house fund, I can't pay to get it repaired. Our wedding photographer gave us two discs full of pictures yesterday, and I can't get them onto my laptop to share them with the world. I will figure it out though. The pictures are phenomenal and I can't wait to share them with everyone!