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| 1983 - fresh faced and nearly married |
WHO AM I GRATEFUL FOR?
I thought I'd focus on just one person I'm grateful for, (and today especially), and that is my lovely husband, who 33 years ago today married me 'for better and for worse'.
WHO ARE YOU GRATEFUL FOR IN YOUR LIFE?
Friday, 26 February 2016
WHAT WOULD I CHANGE IF I COULD?
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
WHAT REALLY MATTERS RIGHT NOW?
I think we all expect to live to a ripe old age - the older we get, the older that "ripe old age" seems to be! But I was thinking the other day about what regrets or wishes I'd have if life was to end much sooner than than I expected.
FROM GRANDKITTENS TO GRANDBABIES
Friday, 19 February 2016
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| the grandkittens Willow and Shadow |
DOES GRANDPARENTING CHANGE YOUR VIEW OF BEING A PARENT?
Up until recently I'd have had to answer this question based on the extensive experience I have as Nana to my two grandkittens, Willow and Shadow. From them I've learned that I'm just the patter and a lap to snuggle up on. I'm not responsible for the feeding, or the poop scooping, or the water spray squirting when they're naughty. It's nice not being the disciplinarian or the worrier (like I am with my own fur children) and I think grandchildren will be pretty much the same.THE HEART VALUES RESONANCE
Wednesday, 17 February 2016
HOW DO YOU MEASURE LOVE?
With all the hoopla of Valentines Day behind us I think it's time to consider that it's not only romantic love, but all kinds of love that we find a place in our heart for. I read this beautiful Jeff Brown quote the other day:
You don’t measure love in time. You measure love in transformation. Sometimes the longest connections yield very little growth, while the briefest of encounters change everything. The heart doesn’t wear a watch - it’s timeless. It doesn’t care how long you know someone. It doesn’t care if you had a 40 year anniversary if there is no juice in the connection. What the heart cares about is resonance. Resonance that opens it, resonance that enlivens it, resonance that calls it home. And when it finds it, the transformation begins…
It just spoke to something within me. There are so many dimensions to the people, places and things that we love and I think this quote goes a little way to explaining why they are special to us.
CREATING A STAINED GLASS PROJECT - PHASE 1
Tuesday, 16 February 2016
LEARNING THE ART OF LEADLIGHTING
A few months ago I ticked a project off my bucket list and went to a leadlight/stained glass workshop for a couple of days. Several people commented that they'd love to see what my next attempt would look like now that I had the hang of the basics. Well, the next project is somewhat bigger and is being done in three stages - starting smaller and getting bigger and being inserted into our staircase. This is phase 1.ENJOYING A TASTE OF SINGAPORE FOR MY 50TH BIRTHDAY
Friday, 12 February 2016
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| The famous Merlion that holds pride of place in Singapore |
SINGAPORE TRAVEL PICS
I thought I'd share some pictures from my trip to Singapore with my mum - it was her birthday present to me for my 50th birthday a few years ago. We had a great time seeing the sights and being tourists for a few days in the tropical heat.KICKING THE "WORST CASE SCENARIO" HABIT
Tuesday, 9 February 2016
A FUNNY VIDEO AND A LIFE LESSON
A week or two ago I watched a short video clip of a family eating dinner and what was said and what was thought - and how a simple comment sets our brain off on the worse case scenario journey. I related to it so strongly that I couldn't help but laugh and think that I could probably apply for the position of 'Queen of Worse Case Scenarios'!HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT LIFE ISN'T ALWAYS PRETTY?
Friday, 5 February 2016
LIFE ISN'T ALWAYS PRETTY
I read this Anthony Bourdain quote that was referring to travel:
Travel (Life) isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.
and what hit me fair and square between my midlife eyeballs is that it also describes life in all it's messy glory (so I made a "small" change to the first word). We all want life to be perfect and shiny and we get upset or disappointed when it doesn't go our way, but life has so many other aspects to it that are enriching and grow us as people (even if we aren't too thrilled about it at the time!)
JUST CURIOUS..... WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY?
Wednesday, 3 February 2016
WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY?
Have you ever stopped to wonder "what makes me happy?" I came across this question the other day and it made me stop and ask myself the question and interestingly enough, the answer wasn't anything big or powerful or exciting. It was the small quiet things in life that sprang to mind.
HAVE YOU EVER WALLPAPERED?
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
WANTING TO TRY WALLPAPERING A WALL
For years I have been trying to convince my husband that we should wallpaper one of our walls. We have a wall right in the middle of our living room that would be just perfect. I had visions of chinoiserie patterns dancing like sugar plums inside my head, but I'm about to embark on a stained glass project for my stairs (you can just see them off to the side in some of the pictures) and I thought it might be a bit much.
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