We have made it to the weekend! I've had quite the busy week (what's new?!) and wasn't able to post most but I made a decision to at least make it in here for my Fortunate Friday series. How was your week?
Here are some of the things that happened to me this week which I feel fortunate for:
1. Awesome book finds. So, I listen to a few really good podcasts (i'm writing a post on that very soon) and I've been getting some pretty cool book recommendations. Needless to say, I have been spending some time ordering and picking up books from my local library (one of my favorite places in the world). Here is my "books in queue" stack:
The One Thing (reading now)
The Four Pillars of Investing (pending)
21 Success Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires (read)
The Women's Guide to Successful Investing (pending)
The Confidence Code (pending)
The Best Investment Advice I Ever Received (read)
And here is what I am currently reading (I am hooked on this book):
2. Jillian Michael's DVD 6-Week 6-Pack: I started the week with a made-up mind to incorporate this DVD in to my life for the next 6 weeks. Monday was day one. I almost felt like throwing up during the first workout but is getting easier. Has anyone used this one?
3. Work I am passionate about and the ability to make it work: I say this a lot but I am thankful that things are falling in to place slowly but surely. Things had been scary at first but lately I have been feeling so full of life an excited to get to work as I wake up every morning. I feel like I am dreaming sometimes. For anyone out there hesitant to follow their passion, please reach out to me and I can share my personal perspective on this topic.
4. Spending time with my dad on his birthday: It was my dad's birthday yesterday so we went out for a birthday dinner. He is a fan of seafood so he choose the infamous Red Lobster. As usual, he had his seafood platter and I opted for some chicken tacos as I was not really in the mood for seafood. The tacos were pretty good. Spending time with family, and my dad whom I love so much, was truly priceless.
Don't these look good:
We HAD to embarrass him as the staff sang him happy birthday.
...that chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream was pretty delicious (whats a bday without cake?!)
5. Last but not least -- An amazing fourth of July weekend with amazing friends: I have to admit that towards the end of last week I was feeling a little down on myself as I had no set plans for the "big and exciting" 4th of July weekend. Thankfully, some 'serendipitous' and 'spontaneous' plans appeared in my life and I had one of the best weekends I've had in a very long time. I kept telling myself "live a little" and it just made me realize that I work so much that sometimes I forget to live and have fun with people I care about and that care about me. I am now working on "living a little" more often.
...It all started with a trip to PinkBerry with one of my best friends (Hi! Yosi!)
What she had:
What I had:
...we then wondered the streets of NYC, people watching and such. We ended up at 42nd street which is the capital of CRAZY (so many people around. I had forgotten how insane busy that area is).
Decided to play along and become a tourist during my time downtown. Lets not even go in to the fact that I've lived about a 40 minute train ride away from the city for 20 years and counting. I should really take advantage of the City Life more often:
We got hungry so we arrived at one of my favorite restaurants -- Havana Central:
..We weren't very hungry so opted for some appetizers (shrimp, feta & spinach, and cheese empanadas- highly recommend) PLUS some delicious sangria made to order right at our table (also highly recommended):
...amazed at the waiter's skills as he made our drink (he was also handsome, friendly, and hitting on my friend):
[that was my Friday-going into-Saturday last week]
On Saturday during the day I met up with another good friend of mine. We went for a walk, talked a whole lot catching up on life and then ended up at a pretty delicious restaurant in Harlem (full review coming soon):
Hi Jess!
On Sunday I kept it low key. Went to the gym with my bestie:
...and then spent some quality time with my niece whom I love so much:
And that's all folks. That was my week in a nutshell. What are your plans for the weekend? what are YOU feeling particularly thankful for lately?
Love,
Mabelle
Times Square is crazy amazing. I love the diversity of people there. And your bowl of fro-yo? It looks like mine usually do. The color of mine is often a lot of brown = chocolate.
ReplyDeleteTime square is amazing but pretty insane at times. i can only take the heat 1-2 times a year lol.
DeleteGlad we have similar taste on fro-yo toppings. Definitely a HUGE fan of chocolate over here!
Thanks for passing by!