5 posts tagged “50mm”
I love the feeling I get when under the branches of maple trees lately. It feels like a different world, casting a yellow hue on everything.
I am feeling really sleepy and nothing is coming to mind to say. I got a new pillow, a buckwheat pillow, so it will take a little time to get used to it. Have been having some sleeping problems for well over a week now. I go to sleep fine but wake up in the middle somewhere and can't get to sleep. Strange dreams are perplexing me. My head is all mixed up, can't really think straight, or crooked for that matter.
to do list for today
*upload photos from nieces birthday party
*buy a couple months unlimited classes for yoga studio and sign up for workshops
*dishes
*nap
*autumn walk in the rare sunshine, maybe the unreal colors of the leaves will wake me up a bit
1. The colors of Autumn, so rich and warm when the weather is a bit crisp
2. The yoga studio just sent a special offer to those in the beginning yoga class, two months unlimited for $99, that is cheaper than one month unlimited!
3. left over cheese tortellini with broccoli and garlic (not great actually, I will not make this for dinner again, but the fact I have left overs, I have nourishing food. I am grateful for that.
4. Sunshine
5. toasty fire in the wood stove
6. a home that is not in peril of being foreclosed on
7. a good nights sleep last night
8. taking walks with scissors in my pocket, cutting hearts in leaves
9. my husband and his twisted sense of humor
10. kitten alarm clocks, the alarm clock beeps and Luna starts dancing and purring on my chest, and occasionally drools on my, that I am not grateful for, that is kind of gross. Poor thing has a bit of an overbite which causes her to drool while purring, and eat really loud and smacky sounding which is really cute.
11. I have a kitchen filled with organic oils for making soap. They smell AH- MA-Zing!! I need to get started on that for christmas, make sure it is cured by the holiday
12. I am going to make some muffins or something today, I want something sweet.
13. I am grateful for the way my life has turned out so far. I hope it stays this way, I don't need anything more, I have a car that works, a husband that loves, a house that protects, a fridge of food that nourishes, a camera that lets me see beautiful things and a neighborhood on Vox that supports! What more could I ask for? (a macro lens?)
So Vox won't let me delete a couple of accidental downloads here. There are more photos here than I wanted, sorry.
daily compliment:
Lavender, you have a big heart
Thanks me.
Some more of the lovely couple, there was a false labor yesterday, we thought Lily was going to be here today. She still one more week and a day or two. So funny, I was looking through the photos and two shots of the same angle of the belly look very different, I think Lily was working her angles from the inside! Ha!
So I had lofty ideas about laundry day yesterday. I did no laundry. not one towel, not one load, not one hanged item. so maybe today will be different. I hope so, I need to find some motivation, like an actor "what is my motivation?" I look around for some director to say what needs to be done and only finds sleeping kittens and myself. I must find a way to motivate myself. When I was a kid, I remember my mom telling me to clean my room. I would go in and get on the floor to take all the stuff out from under my bed, lay my head on the pale pink carpet and go to sleep. I would be so overwhelmed I would just put myself to sleep. I do the same now. I create lists of step by step plans, set timers for 15 minutes, and nothing gets done. I don't know why I feel this brick wall between me and a clean house. A wall between me and an exercise routine.
sigh... I whine about this too much.
Here are 13 things that will stand between me and laundry:
1. nap
2. sudoku
3. watching re-runs on TV
4. vox
5. editing photos
6. getting dressed
7. writing a list of things I need to do
8. grocery list and menu created
9. making a cup of hot cocoa and sipping it slowly
10. flickr
11. making feathers on a stick move for Luna
12. kitchen cleaning
13. pay bills
daily compliment:
Lavender, you have a big heart
Thanks me.
Some more of the lovely couple, there was a false labor yesterday, we thought Lily was going to be here today. She still one more week and a day or two. So funny, I was looking through the photos and two shots of the same angle of the belly look very different, I think Lily was working her angles from the inside! Ha!
So I had lofty ideas about laundry day yesterday. I did no laundry. not one towel, not one load, not one hanged item. so maybe today will be different. I hope so, I need to find some motivation, like an actor "what is my motivation?" I look around for some director to say what needs to be done and only finds sleeping kittens and myself. I must find a way to motivate myself. When I was a kid, I remember my mom telling me to clean my room. I would go in and get on the floor to take all the stuff out from under my bed, lay my head on the pale pink carpet and go to sleep. I would be so overwhelmed I would just put myself to sleep. I do the same now. I create lists of step by step plans, set timers for 15 minutes, and nothing gets done. I don't know why I feel this brick wall between me and a clean house. A wall between me and an exercise routine.
sigh... I whine about this too much.
Here are 13 things that will stand between me and laundry:
6. getting dressed
8. grocery list and menu created
9. making a cup of hot cocoa and sipping it slowly
12. kitchen cleaning
Compliment of the day:
Lavender Dear, You have nice hair
Thanks Me, it took me a while to see that.
I have naturally curly hair, not really really curly, just soft curls, a bit more than waves. When I was a toddler, my hair was blond as any hollywood actress now and I had perfectly formed ringlets all around my head. I was a cute toddler. Now my hair is a shade of red, blond, brown, and now some silver. I have decided at this stage to not cover these silver strands up. I don't think they are offensive, I am 35 years old, not twenty and I am not trying to be either. I like my hair now, so easy to do. When I was younger I wanted straight, I would blow dry, and flat iron it. I do on occasion now, when I want to have a polished look. It is so easy now, get out of the shower, comb through a bit of mouse, and let dry. Soft curls and ringlets appear. I call my hair style, let dry on it's own and hope for the best. Sometimes those curls get a little crazy if no product gets put in.
Thirteen things I hope to accomplish today:
1. Photowalk
2. make lunch for Mr. L and I (he took the day off to weatherproof our home)
3. laundry put away (I am on track!)
4. go to the teacher store and get a large cardboard file box for artwork that Mr. L and I have created and have no storage for
5. make dinner
6. clean kitchen
7. watch oprah (spike lee is going to be on)
8. convince a neighbor to sell me their old window frames rotting in an alley
9. be joyful and breathe deeply
10. have some fun that is not cleaning related
11. clean up the bathroom, Luna has a new bad habit, throwing litter all over the floor, seriously like a 1/4 cup!
12. listen to some music and dance while pairing socks
13. hopefully catch up on vox a little bit! I have become a really bad neighbor!
Lavender Dear, You have nice hair
Thanks Me, it took me a while to see that.
I have naturally curly hair, not really really curly, just soft curls, a bit more than waves. When I was a toddler, my hair was blond as any hollywood actress now and I had perfectly formed ringlets all around my head. I was a cute toddler. Now my hair is a shade of red, blond, brown, and now some silver. I have decided at this stage to not cover these silver strands up. I don't think they are offensive, I am 35 years old, not twenty and I am not trying to be either. I like my hair now, so easy to do. When I was younger I wanted straight, I would blow dry, and flat iron it. I do on occasion now, when I want to have a polished look. It is so easy now, get out of the shower, comb through a bit of mouse, and let dry. Soft curls and ringlets appear. I call my hair style, let dry on it's own and hope for the best. Sometimes those curls get a little crazy if no product gets put in.
Thirteen things I hope to accomplish today:
1. Photowalk
2. make lunch for Mr. L and I (he took the day off to weatherproof our home)
3. laundry put away (I am on track!)
4. go to the teacher store and get a large cardboard file box for artwork that Mr. L and I have created and have no storage for
5. make dinner
6. clean kitchen
7. watch oprah (spike lee is going to be on)
8. convince a neighbor to sell me their old window frames rotting in an alley
9. be joyful and breathe deeply
10. have some fun that is not cleaning related
11. clean up the bathroom, Luna has a new bad habit, throwing litter all over the floor, seriously like a 1/4 cup!
12. listen to some music and dance while pairing socks
13. hopefully catch up on vox a little bit! I have become a really bad neighbor!
Lavender, you know how to open yourself up
Thanks Me!
I think of myself as open minded, I was not always like this and I am not like this when confronted with someone who is not open. I am working on that last part. I have learned that the more open I am to learn, to listen, to see, the more I understand about myself.
I am open minded when it comes to politics, I will hear what anyone has to say and if we disagree, it is okay, no big deal. I am open minded when it comes to love, I mean if people are loving, what does it matter if they are same sex or not, if they have open marriages or not, etc. It does not threaten what my marriage is, if you are putting love out into the world what does it matter?
I am open minded when it comes to religion, just because it was not a good fit for me does not make it a bad fit for all. If people find balance and love in church, temples, kingdom halls, etc, Balance is good! Hope is Good! Faith is Good! I am open to all religions because if you look at the base of all of them, it is a message of Love, and what is wrong with that?
I believe that if I am open and accepting to all, that I will be accepted by more. By loving more I can receive more love. By being kind to strangers, Strangers will be kind to me. By opening myself up and releasing the goodness in me, I will receive goodness in return.
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I have been doing very little house cleaning wise.
I have spent a lot of time this week with family
I have been waking up at 5:45 (by waking up I mean I hear the alarm go off and hear Mr. L slam the snooze and fall back asleep and repeat this pattern about 4-6 times) so we can try to get Mr. L out of the house earlier. This has been making my coffee addiction stronger, 1 1/2 cups no longer makes me want to keep my eyes open. I do best with three cups now.
Today I MUST!!!!
* put laundry away from the top of the wooden chest so I can get the extra blanket out because it is cold at night and we need another layer.
* put laundry away that is in the 3 baskets on the floor
* Put laundry away that is laying on the loveseat
* edit the pictures I took of my brother and sister with step mom on Monday
* shower and do yoga on my own because once a week is not going to help me make the progress I need.
ramble
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