Day 262

Today we celebrated Twin Day at our school. Teachers were invited to find a friend at school and dress as twins. Aside from wearing cool matching golf shirts, I had the privilege of joining a former homeroom partner in 3-legged race against other 6th grade teachers. You can see if my training has been of any use to me by checking out the 1-minute video below. Today's bow was handcrafted by Monica Maria bow ties.

Day 225

Nothing says summer like a bold picnic print. With just two more days to rock my shorts to work I had to make it count by throwing on a pair of my favorite dunks. 

Today's bow was acquired from Beau Ties Ltd. of Vermont many moons ago. I still love breaking necks with my footwear selection. 

Day 198

So today I chose to get up extra early (close to 4am) and go on what my trainer likes to call a "zombie run." It's a bit of an obstacle course (with a weighted vest) that he designs using a bit of improvisation and a local park. In less than 50 minutes of this run (I think it was a little over a mile) I felt more tired than I did running the Spartan Sprint in PA just a couple of days ago. Craziness. Get out of your comfort zone, test your grit and evolve. It's not easy, but I'm enjoying the results. Speaking of results, I can't wait for the results of the state exams. Stay tuned!

Today's bow tie was gifted by the cool cats over at OoOtie. Check out their awesome collection of bows here.

Day 165

Peanuts on a bow tie? Yup. Is that Sally reading a book? You bet. I think Charlie Brown once said "Happiness is a warm puppy." I could be off. More times than not, happiness isn't defined by a beagle. It's what you make of it. It doesn't have to be a feeling. Feelings are fickle and deceitful misfits that come and go as they please. I'd argue that happiness is a state of mind. If you choose to focus your energy on the negative then the logical response will be that a negative mindset will set in and once that cancerous ball of negativity gets rolling, a person's whole perspective of reality can be skewed rather quickly. I encourage you, friends, take the high road. Take the road less traveled. Take the road that will lead you to happy thoughts.

Today's bow comes by way of Monica Maria. If you haven't check out their ebay site, you're really missing out on a fantastic selection of bows.