April Showers

There is not much happening in my life this past week which is something I generally enjoy. No news is good news, my grandma always said. This week has been rather calm, I got 2 days to myself and did nothing but read one of those days because it was cold and dreary. That was the most perfect day off...We are about to embark on our first "vacation" to our lovely home city, Las vegas, for Danny and Tisheena's wedding on the 16th. I am really excited about having a week to just relax and enjoy the time we have there without any obligations other than the wedding. Its going to be a great trip and the weather is going to be lovely too. Yay for vacations! On to the things I'm happy for this week...

• Les Miserables - I LOVE musicals! I'm not picky, I just love singing about things. My favorite episode of Buffy is the musical episode (and that was before it was the cool thing), I love Grease, Glee, etc. You get the idea, I love musicals. My absolute favorite is Les Miserables. It is the most beautiful story of love and redemption that spans generations. I've been lucky enough to attend a performance of the Broadway cast a few years ago and I also was able to see it at the Queen's Theatre in London on our honeymoon. The movie with Liam Neeson, Geoffery Rush and Claire Danes is wonderful is well (especially if you don't like musicals). It has been 25 years since it premiered on the West End in London and PBS held a special concert celebrating this and that was what reignited the fire in my heart for this musicals. You must see it, you must.
• Little Bird Bakeshop - http://thelittlebirdbakeshop.com/ This is my new obsession. It is where I have my second breakfast after I run a bazillion miles on Saturdays. It is the adorable little bakery in Old Town and everything is fresh and made with local ingredients. The owner is an amazing younger woman who has been a pastry chef for some great restaurants and decided to open a bakery after her mom died. They have to most anal baristas and the make the most wonderful coffee. The caramel latte is my fav and its partially because of the house-made caramel sauce....amazing. Yummy cinnamon rolls, yummy biscuits, scones, everything is wonderful. My fav is her apple pie with crumb topping, its the only apple pie that tastes ALMOST as good as mine.
• Yoga - I was skeptical about yoga when Christina asked me to join her and I hated more than one of the classes, I won't lie. But when we found Allie, I was in love. Yoga is hard and it sucked if you don't have to right instructor but we found one at the Fort Collins Club. She is exactly what I need at the end of a work day. Yoga has been an amazing thing for me, it makes my head AND body feel great. Its so nice to be able to decompress from a day at work with yoga and spend 75 minutes in my own head. Plus, you get yoga butt, its awesome!

I was hoping to have 5 this week but I feel so strongly about the 3 I've listed that I think its good for this week.

Off to Vegas on Sunday!