Post #450

"I want a life that sizzles and pops and makes me laugh out loud. And I don't want to get to the end, or to tomorrow, even, and realize that my life is a collection of meetings and pop cans and errands and receipts and dirty dishes. I want to eat cold tangerines and sing out loud in the car with the windows open and wear pink shoes and stay up all night laughing and paint my walls the exact color of the sky right now. I want to sleep hard on clean white sheets and throw parties and eat ripe tomatoes and read books so good they make me jump up and down, and I want everyday to make God belly laugh, glad that he gave life to someone who loves the gift."    

-Shauna Niequist

What about you?

oh saturday...

Less of this:

And unfortunately more of this:

Looks like I have my work cut out for me.

Better put my headphones on....

start over

I felt a little weary today. Sore muscles, sore throat, blustery winds, whiny boys, dirty dishes, mountains of school work... I really needed to find some beauty. I set everything aside and just started looking for:

clean spaces (sometimes they are hard to find),

pretty words (I still have to hang it, it's just leaning against the wall),

squishy spots (pillows on my bed),

comfort food, (chicken pot pie- I did some freezer cooking this weekend and it was so lovely to just pull this out and pop it in the oven! I didn't have any, but I'm told it was yummy.)

streaming light (towels hanging on my bathroom door),

and silk flowers (my dad makes fun of this sweater. once he mistook the flowers for a napkin? put on your glasses dad! *giggle*)

By the end of the day I just wanted to wear this, eat this, drink this, curl up here...

and start over again tomorrow.

Sheets and twinkle lights are now on my to do list.