Life is too short to ________.

At a work training a while ago, I received this fun little tag attached to a bag of assorted chocolates.

I've kept it on my fridge, and every day I see it I ponder upon what things life is to short for.

Here's a little list I've come up with thus far.

Life is too short to eat at McDonald's.
Life is too short to shop at Walmart.
Life is too short to work full-time.
Life is too short to wear boring shoes.
Life is too short to wear uncomfortable shoes.
Life is too short to diet (see this post for clarification).
Life is too short to always have white walls.
Life is too short to live without AC.
Life is too short to watch TV.
Life is too short to use cheap TP.
Life is too short to be a perfectionist.
Life is too short to waste vacation/annual leave days (I did that last year--never again!).
Life is too short to watch a boring movie.
Life is too short to finish a really boring book.
Life is too short to be part of a mosh pit.
Life is too short to sleep through the morning.
Life is too short to frown.
Life is too short to unpick an only-slightly crooked seam.
Life is too short to eat a bruised apple.

I could make this list much longer by adding "not" (as in: life is to short to not ___), but I wanted to keep it more positive and lighthearted.

We live in a world full of wonderful opportunities and much abundance. It's fun to think about things that are just simply NOT worth the time and effort, because there are really so many other things to brighten our world. (This kind of reminds me of the book The Happiness Project. Have you read it? It's a great one!)

What things would make your "Life is too short to _____" list?

Doughnut Falls Hike

Since Melanie is at Girls Camp all week, Winston and I went hiking by ourselves. We went to Doughnut Falls, located in Big Cottonwood Canyon. It's a well traveled trail and not too hard for little ones. Winston walked all the way up and most of the way down. Since Melanie wasn't around to tell me no, I took Winston all the way up to the base of the falls. This involved Winston piggy-backing me while I did some minor rock climbing. He held on tight and we didn't have any problems.

In the river

Climbing up to the falls

At the top. See the Doughnut?

A look at what we came up, and what we had to go back down.

Scurrying back down

5 Months Down

June 5th marked 5 months (about 22 1/2 weeks) of my pregnancy. I can't believe there are only 4 more months until due date. There's so much to do, and 4 months doesn't seem like a lot of time to complete it!

This pregnancy is much like my first with Winston. I thought I would be showing much sooner than I did last time, but that hasn't really been the case. I'm in this awkward stage where people I associate with have no idea I'm pregnant, unless I tell them. I find bringing it up to be awkward, also. It's weird to bring up suddenly. "Oh, so, I am pregnant, did you know?" I mean, how do you go about telling people? And all the attention and concern that is suddenly directed my way...that's why I prefer to wait to tell people until much later than most people, anyway. Thankfully just posting it on Facebook takes care of the awkwardness in many ways, but I still find myself skirting around the what-should-be-but-isn't-very obvious.

While I may not have a cute little volleyball or basketball tummy, I have gained plenty of weight (almost as much as I did at full term with Winston!), and it just seems to be evenly distributed throughout my body--particularly in my lower back, which adds some discomfort and aching every now and then. But, no complaints here--I feel great. We went camping last weekend, and that included a 4-mile hike. I'm still going to a Zumba class twice a week early in the morning, and I love it! Other days I do a prenatal yoga that has just the right poses to comfort and stretch out every discomfort. I'm so glad for that DVD--all pregnant women should have (and use) one!