What I'm Loving Wednesday #4

"Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music." ~Angela Monet

Well I am magically out of the funk that was last week, and to celebrate that, I'm linking up to What I'm Loving Wednesday!

1. "There Is A Peace" by Sojourn. I can't find a video for it, but you can listen to it here. The worship team played this at church on Sunday and I was hooked immediately. It gives me goose bumps. Favorite verse: "You've been tempted and shaken, tested and failed. You've been so far from Jesus and too close to Hell, your vision's been clouded by this world's delight, but I tell you you're not of this world so stand up and fight. There's a peace to settle your soul, there is a peace that is calling you home." And, obviously, I'm loving that there is that peace! God is good!

2. That ND Friend TOTALLY rocked the Boston Marathon. Her time....3:31. That's an 8:03 pace. FOR 26 stinkin' miles. She's a rockstar. (And, by the way, that means that she beat my hero Kristin Armstrong...who I still love of course.....but it just seems to me like ND Friend should now have her own blog on Runner's World. Just saying.)

3. That Friday Night Lights has FINALLY started up again. I'm just going to put it out there....I know he was in a prison jump suit. And I know he's a screw up and an alcoholic, and probably not super smart, but I am here to tell you if Tim Riggins showed up on my doorstep, I would marry him tomorrow. (In a brick farmhouse, my mother shudders and prays this never happens).

4. That I've been a winner in two, count them TWO, blog giveaways! My iPod nano from Living Aloha was mailed today....I've named her Aloha and I'm hoping she gives me the motivation I'm lacking on my runs here lately! And my awesome checkbook cover and mini-wallet from Story of My Life should be here this week. I think this calls for a new Easter purse. And potentially a dress......

5. My "new" camera. So while in Europe, I stole Cousin Swiss Mister's camera and fell in love. A year or so later, I learn that he broke the LCD screen and was going to throw it out. I convinced him to mail it to his favorite cousin instead and let me see if I could get it repaired. Well, low and behold, I repaired it for a fraction of the cost and I am SO loving the pictures that I've taken so far! You saw some last week, and you will see more this upcoming weekend!

6. The feeling after a really good run. I'd been struggling lately on my runs. I would stop in the middle, for no real reason...I wasn't overly tired, my legs did not hurt that bad, I was still breathing pretty normally...but I'd just stop. Well, last night I got mean with myself, yelled a few motivational things like "you suck it up!" and "you're not a quitter!" at myself and finished that baby strong! San Francisco, here I come! :)