A good day: laughs, flowers, running
This video on Youtube completely made my day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGeKSiCQkPw
I've watched it at least 20 times. (Thanks Soos!!!) That plus a nice run this morning... listened to Bobby McFerrin and then Eva Cassidy. Mmmmmmmm ahhhhhhhhh. I wish my knees could run for the whole day but it was great out there.
What else. Oh, I read an article in the WSJ last Saturday about arranging flowers that changed my life. Boom. Seriously. I've been doing things all wrong. Even supermarket bouquets can look great. It's a 1-2-3 thing. You have one type of flower for the basic body, then a wow element (like branches, or big focal flowers) and then a finishing smaller texture. You cut each stem to a different length, with the #3 the shortest of all, nestled in. So I did an arrangement for my house that is cream and pink alstromeria, copper beech branches that are just budding, and mauve small mums. It's amazing! Looks so professional. I took the big stargazer lilies that came in the bouquet and put them in a vase of their own... simple, airy... and put it in the bathroom. Beautiful! (I can get a link to the website later if anyone wants it.)
Time to myself. And then a little meeting with someone at church about a worship service we're creating for Sunday around the book group we led on The Sacred Art of Listening. One of the parts of the service is a Time for All Ages, and I am going to sit with the kids and talk about how so many good things in our lives are about ART and PRACTICE. We practice soccer, piano, even how to blow bubbles or tie our shoes. People practice yoga for their whole lives, and doctors and lawyers practice their professions. It means we're never perfect, but we keep trying. We know that we will be doing something good when we take on a practice. Listening to other people is an art, a practice. I think this is a good thing for kids to hear.
I resisted the urge to do any "work work" today. It was time for me. As I said to my beloved Number 9, I finally evolved above the reptilian resentment of anyone who has their act together, used my cerebellum, and took better care of myself! WOO HOOO!
(And that dog video... I'm NOT kidding...)
xoxoxo Sarah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGeKSiCQkPw
I've watched it at least 20 times. (Thanks Soos!!!) That plus a nice run this morning... listened to Bobby McFerrin and then Eva Cassidy. Mmmmmmmm ahhhhhhhhh. I wish my knees could run for the whole day but it was great out there.
What else. Oh, I read an article in the WSJ last Saturday about arranging flowers that changed my life. Boom. Seriously. I've been doing things all wrong. Even supermarket bouquets can look great. It's a 1-2-3 thing. You have one type of flower for the basic body, then a wow element (like branches, or big focal flowers) and then a finishing smaller texture. You cut each stem to a different length, with the #3 the shortest of all, nestled in. So I did an arrangement for my house that is cream and pink alstromeria, copper beech branches that are just budding, and mauve small mums. It's amazing! Looks so professional. I took the big stargazer lilies that came in the bouquet and put them in a vase of their own... simple, airy... and put it in the bathroom. Beautiful! (I can get a link to the website later if anyone wants it.)
Time to myself. And then a little meeting with someone at church about a worship service we're creating for Sunday around the book group we led on The Sacred Art of Listening. One of the parts of the service is a Time for All Ages, and I am going to sit with the kids and talk about how so many good things in our lives are about ART and PRACTICE. We practice soccer, piano, even how to blow bubbles or tie our shoes. People practice yoga for their whole lives, and doctors and lawyers practice their professions. It means we're never perfect, but we keep trying. We know that we will be doing something good when we take on a practice. Listening to other people is an art, a practice. I think this is a good thing for kids to hear.
I resisted the urge to do any "work work" today. It was time for me. As I said to my beloved Number 9, I finally evolved above the reptilian resentment of anyone who has their act together, used my cerebellum, and took better care of myself! WOO HOOO!
(And that dog video... I'm NOT kidding...)
xoxoxo Sarah
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