Doing Not Thinking Challenge

So my goals for this Doing Not Thinking Challenge goals are:
1. Work on art once a month (great if more but I want to at least try for once a month)
2. Create Soul Collage cards (like at least 3 done by the end of challenge)
3. Organizing and decluttering - which I have been working on already but want to continue with these areas
* storage
* Michael’s office
* bedroom closet
* front closet
4. Sew one thing. I haven't sewn in years and picked up a basic sewing book at the library and want to make it a goal just to sew one thing so that I don't keep putting it off.

Progress: As I said before, I am really not doing well with this challenge. I just don't see it is going to change much before the end of the challenge either - unfortunately.

Goals Completed: bedroom closet, Michael's office and front closet

Rear Window

I am reading The Time Traveler's Wife again. And I so enjoy Henry and Clare. But really I love Henry. He just captures me. I enjoy his story and his personality that comes through that story. I have a hard time putting the story down. But when 3AM is rolling around - I do need to get some sleep.

Saturday night we were watching Rear Window on TV and after I picked up Time Traveler's Wife to read a bit before bed. The page I started talked about Rear Window. It gave me little goose bumps.

Gratitude Friday

I am thankful for...
1. phone conversation with a good friend.
2. purple sharpie
3. getting some things in the freezer for Michael when I go out of town for 2 weeks
4. the free music from Coldplay (one of my favorite groups)
5. getting away even over night - tomorrow
6. being alive....just the life that I have.

Chasing Cars

A couple of friends were discussing that it is hard for them to say "I love you" because the meaning of the words almost seem like nothing these days. I agree. We use love for things we simply enjoy. Like I love how blue the sky looks today. When really I am enjoying how blue the sky looks but I don't love it. Love has taken on a meaning that doesn't convey what we feel for another person....the depth and importance of those feelings. I am one that tends to say I love you easily. I say it when I mean it. When I have the feelings that match those words for me. But I do wish we had something that could convey the message of loving another person better.

In the book the Secret Life of Bees they talk about the same subject and I wrote about it here...just a little.


Lyrics for the above song from Snow Patrol...Chasing Cars

We'll do it all
Everything
On our own

We don't need
Anything
Or anyone

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel

Those three words
Are said too much
They're not enough

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads

I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see

I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Doing Not Thinking Challenge

So my goals for this Doing Not Thinking Challenge goals are:
1. Work on art once a month (great if more but I want to at least try for once a month)
2. Create Soul Collage cards (like at least 3 done by the end of challenge)
3. Organizing and decluttering - which I have been working on already but want to continue with these areas
* storage
* Michael’s office
* bedroom closet
* front closet
4. Sew one thing. I haven't sewn in years and picked up a basic sewing book at the library and want to make it a goal just to sew one thing so that I don't keep putting it off.

Progress: Front closet is done. So at least one more thing off the list. I can actually store the vacuum in it now - instead of it sitting in my studio where it had been.

Goals Completed: bedroom closet, Michael's office and front closet

Coldplay

I love Coldplay. I would say they are in my top 5 music picks. Anyway they are offering free music to their fans.

http://www.coldplay.com/

Gratitude Friday

I am thankful for...
1. biscuits and gravy we had on Sunday
2. baby pink roses from Michael just because
3. dates with Michael
4. new hair ties that are girly and sparkly so I can put my hair in pigtails
5. library....I can read so many different kinds of books for free - that give me enjoyment and entertainment
6. new skirt and top that I ordered that I hope get here before my vacation to see my family
7. booked plane ticket to see my family in July for 2 weeks
8. friends and family that love me and support me

I recognize that I have much more to be thankful for in my life.

It's Not Just about the Shoes....

Last week in some blog hopping I found a link to Unique Vintage. Just a few dresses I liked on the site...there were more then these but these 2 I really liked...

Shoes First

Note from the Universe that I got last week...
Happiness comes first, Darby. Partners, abundance, and cool shoes come later.
Or at least this is how I'd line up my duckies.

Ungawa -
The Universe


ps: No, Darby, cool shoes never came first.

I thought the shoes always came first....

Like these....
Sweet Life By Dolce Vita Lace Heel

You see I got side tracked looking for flat sandals that I can run through an airport in. I just don't think those are it but they are lovely!

Doing Not Thinking Challenge

So my goals for this Doing Not Thinking Challenge goals are:
1. Work on art once a month (great if more but I want to at least try for once a month)
2. Create Soul Collage cards (like at least 3 done by the end of challenge)
3. Organizing and decluttering - which I have been working on already but want to continue with these areas
* storage
* Michael’s office
* bedroom closet
* front closet
4. Sew one thing. I haven't sewn in years and picked up a basic sewing book at the library and want to make it a goal just to sew one thing so that I don't keep putting it off.

Progress: nothing to update. So far this challenge I haven't done as well as I did in the last. Maybe set too much for me to do with all the other things going on. Not sure anyway - no new progress.

Goals Completed: bedroom closet, Michael's office

Gratitude Friday

I am thankful for....

1. a nice quick trip to Denver
2. Michael finding a computer fast
3. getting Michael's office reorganized.
4. rain with big rain drops while the sun shining bright
5. my hair being just long enough for pigtails now
6. string of pretty lights

I recognize that I have much more to be thankful for in my life.

The Uniform Project

The Uniform Project. It is a girl who is wearing one dress (7 copies of it for each day of the week) and then dressing it up with other clothes and accessories. And she is doing it to raise money for Akanksha's School Project. It is an interesting concept....I like her creativity in her outfits.

Some of my favorites...


May 7th's uniform


May 12th's uniform


June 9th's uniform

Doing Not Thinking Challenge

So my goals for this Doing Not Thinking Challenge goals are:
1. Work on art once a month (great if more but I want to at least try for once a month)
2. Create Soul Collage cards (like at least 3 done by the end of challenge)
3. Organizing and decluttering - which I have been working on already but want to continue with these areas
* storage
* Michael’s office
* bedroom closet
* front closet
4. Sew one thing. I haven't sewn in years and picked up a basic sewing book at the library and want to make it a goal just to sew one thing so that I don't keep putting it off.

Progress: Michael's office is done. It was a BIG project and now the living room looks like donation centers drop off box. As we have several boxes to donate, some to sell and some is just storage items. But it looks great. Better organized for him. I still wish there was a way to get him a little bit bigger office.

Goals Completed: bedroom closet and Michael's office

New Moon

I think I have watched this trailer everday since it came out. Michel tends to think I have an obsession with all things Twilight. I am not sure I agree with that...I mean reading the Twilight saga 5 times and watching the Twilight movie about 20 times isn't an obsession is it? :)

Yes all that is said tongue in cheek. I know I have an obsession. I am addicted. A friend and I were discussing we don't even understand how it gets under our skin. Really when you analyze the books and the movie they aren't masterpieces. They just do something that makes you obsessed and addicted. And so I am counting the days down for New Moon!

Gratitude Friday

I am thankful for...
1. Michael leaving the hall light on for me when he went to bed. He knows I have trouble seeing in the dark and he went back and purposely turned it on for me. It is just a little thing that meant a lot to me.
2. the hard work Michael did on getting my computer set up. He traded some work for it. And it is much faster then my old one. And I have a feeling my old was just about to dye so it is good thing I am now set up and everything transferred to the new machine - Because of Michael!
3. delicious homemade pizza I made this week - new toppings that I had never done before and new dough recipe that turned out great.
4.lotion - my skin has been so dry this week
5. an email tonight that helped us out on our websites. Very thankful for the person writing me.
6. late night ice cream cone with Michael one night this week
7. time to play...to sit on the floor and play with dolls this past week - they are now sitting on a shelf dressed as a ballerina and princess
8. kisses and hugs from Michael