Happy Friday:

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It's finally Friday! Come 5:00, it's time to kick off those work clothes and slip into some sandals and shorts! Have a drink; laze the afternoon away. It's officially the weekend! You can do whatever you like.

Got any exciting plans? We have been kicking the idea around to go camping this weekend. And A's birthday is Sunday so we will be celebrating with all his favorite things. This involves massive amounts of delicious food: Greek salad, quinoa tabbouleh, carrot cake, corn bread, and bloody Marys. Yum!

Have a great weekend, everybody!

St. Jude Memphis Marathon:

It's Marathon time! That's right. I signed up to run my first marathon. It's been a goal of mine for a while now (see here) and together with my lovely running pals, I've committed. We're in it now. 

We've chosen to do the St. Jude Marathon on December 7, 2013 in Memphis. And we've chosen to raise $500 each for the children of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. If you'd like to, you can support St. Jude (and me) here.

And in case you were wondering, here is how your donation helps:

• Thanks to donors like you, no family ever pays for anything, including lodging, food, and travel
• St. Jude's will continue to improve treatment of childhood cancer and other deadly diseases through its groundbreaking research
• For every child treated at St. Jude's, thousands more have been saved worldwide through St. Jude discoveries

Take a look at what your donation could provide to the kids and families of St. Judes:

• Infant care for 10 babies -- $50
• Parties to celebrate birthdays, holidays, and "coming off chemo" -- $75
• Toys for patients -- $100
• Meals in the hospital cafeteria -- $210
• One day of oxygen -- $447
• Child-sized wheelchair -- $700
• Airfare for a parent and child -- $1,000

Please consider joining me in support of the children of St. Jude's by making a donation. No amount is too small and every little bit helps!

Please visit my St. Jude's fundraising page to make a donation: www.heroes.stjude.org/meghansever.

Thanks for your support! And stay tuned for our training updates.

We love:

Okay, so this is more of an I love: Beyonce's new single, "Grown Woman". I may or may not have danced around to it in my living room all weekend.

Give it a listen. And happy first-day-back-from-work-after-a-long-weekend.

Happy Weekend:

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Happy Friday, everyone! Can you believe it's Memorial Day weekend already? And May is almost over? The year is really flying by!

What are you doing with your long weekend? Any fun plans for Memorial Day? We are going to bike around town with a picnic lunch. It's my favorite way to kill a few hours. And I want to spend an entire afternoon browsing for vinyl at the record store near our house. But mostly, I am excited about an extra day of sleeping in! That's how I will be celebrating Memorial Day. Hopefully, there will be watermelon at some point.

Happy Memorial Day! Hope yours is a blast!

May Finds:

one / two/ three / four / five / six / seven / eight

This is water:

THIS IS WATER - By David Foster Wallace from The Glossary on Vimeo.

Have you ever read this speech by David Foster Wallace? It's brilliant. This visual representation of his speech is pretty amazing too. It's a condensed version, but still, well done.

Watch it. Then read the entire thing here.

It will change the way you think and in turn, your entire life -- if you let it.

I love:

bowls / platter / carafe

How gorgeous are these housewares? The small bowls would be perfect for sauces and spices. I would love to have these out on my counter while we cook up delicious concotions. A lot of the time, our cooking is very utilitarian. Most of what we use, we have because it serves a specific function. But these are so pretty! They would look lovely sitting on our counter.

And that gold platter! I would love to have it sitting on my desk at work. It would definitely pretty things up. And it would be perfect to corral all the things that seem to float around on my desk: lotion, lip balm, paperclips, etc.

I think that carafe would be perfect for a guest bedroom or kids' room. Whenever I see a cup sitting on a nightstand, it definitely looks out of place. This doesn't scream "this is from the kitchen!" And the cup sits on top of the carafe when not in use, so it keeps the water from getting all gross and stale. When I was a kid, I used to make my mom put a book on top of my water glass when she tucked me in so dust wouldn't get in it. I was kind of weird (still am), but I would have loved having one of these in my room.