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lunch

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went out at lunch today and shot some photos, for fun. it was a beautiful day, if a little bitter, the sun was shining and it just felt really good to be outside.

What brings me simple joy?

A recent post by Dancing Mermaid http://dancingmermaid.com/blog/2010/01/12/what-brings-you-simple-joy/ begs me to post today. To answer her question, "What small things bring you so much joy?" I'll make a list :) 1. watching the sun rise during my morning commute 2. when my boys walk up to me out of nowhere, throw their arms around me and say "I Love You, Mommy!" 3. a warm bowl of Amy's Organic Chunky Tomato Bisque 4. having great friends at work to help me escape when it gets stressful 5. meeting with a potential wedding client who tells me that she really wanted to meet with me because she likes my style. 6. standing outside my house at night in the complete quiet looking up at the stars. 7. fresh flowers 8. an empty laundry basket (which doesn't happen often) 9. an empty sink (which happens even less often than the laundry) 10. the color blue 11. listening to Hank Williams Sr. and remembering my dad playing his guitar and how he used to sing along. 1

New Year

Clean slate, fresh start! A chance to make resolutions and feel good about moving forward. But also a chance to beat myself up about things that don't "stick". Setting unrealistic goals with strict guidelines is just setting myself up for failure. So, my word for the year being "acceptance", I'm going to go further than originally planned with this. Not only am I going to accept the things that have occurred in 2009 and find a way to move on from the grief and sadness in them, I'm going to also add "acceptance of myself" to this list. Sure there are things I want to change but rather than trying to ignore them & hope they go away I'm going to accept these things and look them in the eye and make friends with them. I'm going to say "oh, hello there procrastination, I see you're visiting again". Then I'm going to say "could you come back later? I really don't have time to indulge you right now".