Fifty people one question.

Sorry for the absence. I've been busy.

But mostly I've been totally blown away watching these. It's better than TV any day.
I don't know why I find it so amazing or emotional for that reason. Maybe its the answers it evokes insides me. Whatever it is i find it fascinating. Absolutely blindingly riveting. The way we all have different priorites and thoughts.

The question they asked 'what would you like to happen by the end of today' in New Orleans was the one that got to me the most. Go take a look.

What's your answer?

Unravelling

Tell me, what is it you plan to do

with your one wild and precious life?

~ Mary Oliver

I'm very excited to say that in the spirit of self discovery and a love of photography I have been prompted by sfgirlbybay and Bliss to sign up for an online course. I'm slightly scared about the possibilities of what I have let myself in for but mostly excited. It feels good to commit to doing something positive in your life to move you on out of your comfort zone. For me it will also focus my mind on sorting out my old photos before I start taking too many new ones and that's got to be a good thing. More focus, less procrastinating!

;)

Happy Easter

Although i am not too fond of clucking hens (irrational fear of having my face pecked or feet or well anything pecked off really!) I do love eggs.

Easter Sunday we had a delicious brekkie of scrambled eggs and bacon on toast. I have then continued in my love of eggs ever since, chocolate eggs. Cadbury's have a lot to answer for!
It's not wrong to eat your childrens AND your friends children's eggs is it? Oops!

I'm going to miss those hats!

Hello warmer weather. We welcome you here in England. We crave you, your gorgeous light through our windows and sun warming our face. I want to bathe in your beauty. Do me a favour and stick around for a while. Please.


But boy am i going to miss those hats. It's one of her favourite things to wear. She loves to wear wellies and she loves a cosy hat. I only wished I looked as cute as her in mine.

All the best nights out are those unplanned

Hope you had a great weekend. Mine was totally unplanned and fabulous and ended up in a totally random crazy night out with an old friend whilst the boys stayed in to look after the babes. Not sure quite how we ended up going out but it was FUN! (dodgy phone pics always show a good night!)

I now feel youthful and teenlike and in love. My hubby let me lie in and sorted out the kids in the night. And let me say I am definitely thankful for small pleasures such as this. Life is great.

One of those days.

Today I have been mainly dealing with the above. I seem to have lost my sense of humour in the process, which is unlike me. One of my friends calls this a code red day. Thankfully it is nearly over. One madam and her testing two year old antics and one little boy who at 7 weeks old nearly has his first two teeth seemed also to have their code red days today, together.

What to do when you want to scream? Well scream, silently if you are in an inappropriate public place like the library of course! Then breathe and smile. It also helps if you get to see understanding friends or family to take your mind off it and remind yourself that tomorrow is another day and no one gets two code red days together.

(unless you are really unlucky.) Fingers crossed for me tomorrow.

Dummy Art

On a recent trip to Stockholm we visited Skansen Zoo and found these. An amazing array of dummies, thousands of them created into a mass work of art. Some of them were left around the zoo, fallen under bushes and spat out mid tantrum no doubt. Most of them however were donated by children giving up their habit once and for all. Someone's trash into modern art. Recycling at its finest. Long live uber cool Scandinavia. Oh and our son was conceived on this trip. Must have been something in the trees ;)

So this is it.

I have finally managed not to procrastinate long enough to fumble my way through a dream i have had for a while now to start my own blog.

Why? I was inspired. I felt a calling like this could be my purpose in life to document. What , i'm not sure? I have become a daily reader of some of my dear favourites like some secret obsession! I have to pretend I'm doing something useful and worthwhile like online banking or food shopping for home delivery just so as not to have to explain why the hell i have spent the last four hours reading about someone else's life, thoughts, creations etc... But why my own blog? Not quite sure i can explain that eloquently enough not to sound up my own jacksy! I'm not even sure if i want anyone to read this just yet! Basically let's just say i want to end my struggle with procrastinating and actually do some of those things i've always talked about, thought about, before its too darn late. The worst thing right now is getting to that point in life where instead of being 'one day when i ...' it becomes crystal clear that actually the opportunity has passed me by and now maybe i'll never actually see that particular day again. In fact, maybe i'll just go ahead and make one of these...

Making my first post is hopefully a start to a beautiful friendship with me and who knows...maybe just my mac!

Here's to some fun times together...cheers!