Thursday Notes – July 16, 2009

"Where in the USA is Monica?"  Monica from Run, Eat, Repeat is taking a cross-country tour!  She is driving from California to Maryland from July 10 to July 17, and along the way, she will be spreading the Operation Beautiful love!  On Monday, she hinted that "this place represents the first 150 of American history, " and "Monica is definitely in a Rush to get to this next stop!"

If you guessed she was going to Mount Rushmore, you are corrected!

Monica said, "I made it to Mount Rushmore with notes in hand! Here is the post-it I stuck in the visitor’s center restroom. This ladies room was pretty crowded and one woman caught me sticking the note up. She didn’t say anything, but just watched me out of curiosity. I saw her walk over to read it and then smile. We didn’t exchange words, but I knew it was appreciated!   Along the way we made a few pit stops and I was sure to leave some positive thoughts behind too!

Here are the clues for the next destination of "Where in the USA is Monica?":

1.       Monica may need extra tape for the post-its so the wind doesn’t blow them away!
2.       The Obama girls are going to miss out on reading these Operation Beautiful notes since they’re not in town!

Patrica wrote, "I put this up in my offices’ bathroom and one of the ladies was walking around asking everyone who had put it up!! She pressed so hard, that I had to tell her.  I really tried to keep it anonymous, but I failed. Then I told several of the ladies about “Operation Beautiful” and suggested that they take a look.  I hope they do!"

Becci wrote, "I had a copy of "Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen" cookbook checked out from the library and decided to stick a note inside before returning it. It made me smile just thinking about who may eventually find it! It says "You are beautiful no matter what you eat" which I felt was fitting since the book is about living a raw and organic lifestyle!"

Benne wrote, "Here are two pictures I took for our Operation Beautiful ravelry group.  Belle is a shy rescue Red Heeler who doesn’t know she is beautiful and Faelan is a happy, confident German Shepherd who loves his red ball and giving kisses! The second is of me and my car!"

Donna wrote, " I was so inspired by your website that I knew I had to participate! Here is a photo I took early this morning at the gym, in the woman’s locker room. Hopefully some lady will be uplifted!"

Esther wrote, "The first picture I kinda found while I was going through a blog and I really liked it so I saved it. The second one I was tagged in on Facebook.  A church friend tagged me in the picture, and I came to the website!  I really love this idea… it goes to show that one person can change the world!"

Kiyanna put up these notes in bathrooms at Universal Studios:

Doodle posted these AMAZING and creative notes all over the bathroom!

If you want to participate, post a note, take a picture, and send it to Caitlin at seebriderun@gmail.com.  It takes a few days for the notes to show up on the site, so please be patient!  YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!