Sunny Saturday

     The sun is shining here today, a little chilly, but seeing the sun again is so nice! The pretty day put me in a pretty good mood as soon as I woke up this morning. My trip to the gym added to my good mood because  I finished a five mile run today to make my weekly total this week 27 miles! I am so excited! I finally feel like my ol' running self, but much healthier!!
    Well, after my run, and because of the running euphoria I was in, I decided to post my first Operation Beautiful note. I went into the locker room at the gym, after running to change and wrote a little operation beautiful note and stuck it in an empty locker, here is what it said:

     I have to admit I felt a little silly doing it at first, but I knew that if I saw a random note like this it would make me smile. And I thought that putting it in the empty locker at the gym could perk up a random stranger's mood if she's feeling down on herself or her body. I hoped to inspire this  woman and hopefully let her see she is beautiful the way she is, just like the note says. I have to say after posting it I did feel a little giddy, wondering who would find it and hoping the message was received like I intended! My Operation Beautiful Mission added to my good mood!
     We had fun last night at dinner and ice skating. Dinner was delicious, I tried gazpacho for the first time and found it to be well, amazeballs. Jeremy finally got a GOOD meatball sandwich like he wanted and Ben and Jess enjoyed pasta. After the yummy dinner we went ice skating in Forest Park. It was discovered during this point in the evening that the Hawkins children, me and Ben, just aren't meant for winter sports. Ice skating is not something that comes easy or natural to either of us! But hey we tried! And Jess and Jeremy got to go off and skate for awhile, so it wasn't a total loss. We had some cocktails after skating and it was a very nice evening!
     Today the husband and I are going to toodle about and do some home improvement shopping. Then tonight we are heading to a delicious dinner at the Oyster Bar in St. Louis, one of our favorite spots, followed by a night out with friends. Looks like my good spirits won't be going away anytime soon.