a simple wish
it's party time.
shhhhhh.....it's a surprise.
we've been planning, and trying to keep it under wraps.
but the day has come.......
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTINA!!!!
it's going to be a crowded bash over at soul aperture; for the ledger of all who love the empress is long and grows by the hour.
our entry ticket must a list of simple things to "show what we appreciate, and what we are grateful for – no matter how big or small, these things may seem.”
i give you ten of mine:
sunday morning dates with my new york times and a pot of coffee. no cell phone or laptops making fourth wheel appearances.
a summer song for after dinner strolling; or for sipping wine in solitude on the sofa.
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trust.
an afternoon nap.
a bare beach.
ponytails.
handwritten letters
hearty, savoury meals.
a night at the movies.
manners.
there you have it. my simple things for the summer.
happy birthday miss christina.
one giant ladleful of love to you lovely lady.
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partly cloudy
talk to me sunshine, drop me a line.
let me know your gums are healthy and teeth are white.
it's been a shivery june, full of goosebumps and sweaters;
making foreheads furrow and yawns appear uninvited.
if you insist on continuing this cloudy coyness, at least stir me up a sticky, sultry storm.
i'm a sucker for warm, dark rain with an occasional beastly crack of thunder;
junkies on repeat and the windows open wide to the rowdy, wet ruckus= i'm a happy girl.
just pick a side. i want drama. give me tears or fits of giggles.
i'm bored with this weak tea in a styrofoam cup.
the ghost inside
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the lovely christina hendricks steams up space in broken bells' newest track "the ghost inside".
something about this siren which makes all those skinny {wannabe} starlets look so silly in comparison.
n'est ce pas?
i am not a robot
obsession is too fluffy of a word to describe my infatuation with marina and the diamonds.
i feel like it's 1995 again and i've just discovered tragic kingdom.
here's what's been on virtual repeat the last two weeks.
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{the beasts and i desperately want a wind machine}
wedding weekend
hh and i have a fancy schmancy wedding weekend.
i've never met these people. nonetheless, i will still bawl like a hungry baby once i hear that first note of pachelbel. it lumps me every. single. time.
funny though, i didn't have canon d at our nuptials.
ah! squeak! twirl! swoon!!! i walked to this.
what to wear ?
i'm on a spending freeze.
but hopefully closet has something which swishes and swirls and plays well with sparkly.
hope you have a shimmering, shining thursday loves!
image: can't remember where i found it, but would definitely get me out my spending freeze.....
april showers
spring's spritzing so-cal today.
groovy for me! i've got my boots on, edit piaf blaring in the prius, and puddles needing my splashing.
this frilly frock of an umbrella would be the perfect accoutrement to puddle jumping with the beasts.
oblige me as i descent into age 4 when this was my favorite song for 6 months. there were only snippets of bambi i could bare to watch (yes, back them i got IT). but this music would make me so happy. it still does.
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whilst in the spirit of "april showers" i made the mistake of actually googling the term. low and behold there is, of course a blog entitled: aprilshowersblog. one double click and i'm overdosing in 10th grade insecurity. does anyone have a nail file i can use to bring my breakfast back up? this girl is fresh off her mother's breast at 25, already happily married, works her cute little butt off at NBC all day long, then designs wedding invitations, business cards, and websites all through the night. she has lost 70 lbs, "loves to run", couldn't get just one degree in college, had to get another (i went on the 5 year, bachelor of arts program, but had to take all that time off for acting auditioning wink wink), has nursed her husband through 2 heart attacks, and now they are trying for a baby. oh, and for free, she'll tutor people on designing blogs.
i can make my bed and sometimes i don't fuck up toast.
morning meditation
save for sundays,
i wake when it’s pitch dark.
early morning and i have always fancied one another.
coffee, candle, clean crisp thinking.
i’m my most guttural come 4am.
i’ve ceased reading/watching morning news.
she’s been stirring our souls instead.
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no need for downward dog.
THAT voice centers, calms and soothes me into a perfect nook of space.
off i go.
peace.
morning meditation
save for sundays,
i wake when it's pitch dark.
early morning and i have always fancied one another.
coffee, candle, clean crisp thinking.
i'm my most guttural come 4am.
i've ceased reading/watching morning news.
she's been stirring our souls instead.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BXNRwxNeNM&feature=channel]
no need for a downward dog.
THAT voice centers, calms and soothes me into a perfect nook of space.
off i go.
peace.
happy weekend
this weekend i need a roomy shirt. a long, loose shirt with stretched sleeves.
a shirt i can leave untucked so i don't fret about a stomach not sucked in.
sleeves to hide freakish goosebumps. whom appear even when doppler reads 80 degrees. warm (to some).
this weekend i hope to wear a mint green scarf of low blood pressure.
i'm going for a bit of a drive. happily. a treasure chest awaits me. i will gladly stay to the right of everyone else. listening to her, breathing in......
breathing out.
favorite and i will read. feel like i'm missing pages or worse a soul. i need an emotional socket converter because i'm not feeling anything yet, and (oh my) the story is sad. i read. unmoved.
{yet, i saw a pigeon in a parking garage wednesday night, and i boo hooed for 30 minutes straight, imagining he was stuck there away from his family.}
we're waiting for the next available bed at the local sanitarium.
my mind lately is one loud pinball machine. bang bang. bounce bounce.
i want watercolor emotions just for a month.....
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Simple Things
christina is hosting the simple things today.
a call out to bloggers to "show what we appreciate, and what we are grateful for - no matter how big or small, these things may seem."
if christina asked me to dig ditches with her all day long in the hot sun, i'd be the first to sign up.
in an effort to help the haiti rescue and rebuilding, she is giving one dollar to doctors without borders for every participant.
thank you christina for inspiring me daily. here is my laddleful of love to you:
katie's simple things 1/27/2010
freshly scented, french milled soap
clean, empty notepads. ready for my days' plans, ideas, and aspirations.
homemade morning coffee. french pressed with ground cinnamon. a mug reminding me what matters most.
waking up in the middle of the night holding hands with hh.
fresh, inexpensive, trader joe's flowers on my desk
our sweet tree standing tall again. post storm destruction. so glad we were able to keep you in the family.
peanut m& m's, and don't you dare try to substitute plain!!!!!!
profanity. terrible, i know. i'm a good girl otherwise. i just like to swear.
perfume before bed, after my bath.
afternoon naps.
mornings. the promise. the second chance.
this song.......it renders me tear faced every time i hear it. but happy, oh my god, i'm so damn lucky kind of tears.
it's hard to have animosity in your heart with this music in your soul.
i'd love to twirl on fence posts with you, na-na-na'ing to this song.
happy wednesday. love, katie
knaughty knickers!!!!!
i am twirling over these ruffly panties!!! you can buy them AND the matching corset (if you dare, you saucy kitten). i want a DOZEN, all in lavender. and then i want to prance around (behind closed doors of course) in my frilly pantaloons, edith piaf blasting, hair piled up in ringlets, sashaying my hips a here and a there.
dance with me?
