February 27th, 2012 in books i'm not writing, confession of the day, hello universe? I love you, help, i complain because I care, i think this would make her proud, is it weird this makes me cry?, it happened this week, it makes sense to me, jumping off bridges, just do what i say, just say yes, life lesson, something I won't forget, the J.O.B., the title says it all, things I don't say outloud, top 10, when i ask you to do things for me, when i say it anyway I drove home today with fingers itching to type this post. Ahh, so this is what it’s like to be inspired!
On a recent road trip, I listened to The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die (STAY WITH ME, NOW) and it blew my mind in the way that only having someone articulate the things you already believe deep down inside but don’t know how to say does. The secrets are based on interviews with people who were nominated all across Canada and the United States due to the wisdom, happiness and contentment they displayed to those around …READ MORE
August 10th, 2011 in and now you might know everything, confession of the day, H.A.D gets his own tag- that's love, here is my heart, i like scotch & table dancing, is it weird this makes me cry?, it's always easier to say it than do it, let's not talk about how long this took, life lesson, mindful happiness, right on my sleeve, sometimes you just have to leap, things I don't say outloud, wedding season is kicking my ass Oh hi.
I have a blog?
What wonderful news!
Seriously though, the last month has been a whirlwind of pie baking and sleepovers and dress freakouts and pictures posed while modeling 1 am lush flush. There’s been swimming in clear water, fighting grasshoppers and napping under trees. There’s been last minute speech meltdowns and celebratory high fives. There’s been gasps over the dress, sighs over the kiss and a successful mission to recapture a flower girl gone rogue.
Originally, my plan was to try and keep life sane while preparing to watch my best friend get married- though eventually through …READ MORE
June 27th, 2011 in advice, charm, games we play, hello universe? I love you, is it weird this makes me cry?, it's a long one (twss), other people say it better, people i like, school, teaching, this one might be my favourite, youth One of the absolute best parts of teaching young kids is that you are there for all those quotes and stories that come out unfiltered. Young kids don’t always put the words in the right order, they don’t care what others think and they are never politically correct. Which makes conversations with them one of the highlights of my job. So whenever we had downtime, whether it was eating at lunchtime or riding on a fluorescent orange school bus coming back from a field trip, I always liked to ask my third grade class questions. About love and books and …READ MORE
To my grade 3 class,
I have exactly 31 teaching days with you left. You don’t realize this yet- you are eight years old and the concept of counting down to something other than Christmas is beyond your reality. You are living for soccer at recess and spelling games and Art class on Friday. You live for computer class free time and the moment you realize how to multiply 6 by 7. That’s one of my favourite things about you- you aren’t thinking about tomorrow because you are too busy filling up today.
And you’ve filled up my year beyond …READ MORE
January 24th, 2010 in H.A.D gets his own tag- that's love, hello universe? I love you, is it weird this makes me cry?, it makes sense to me, it's a good thing, lists, love harder, love or something like it, people i like, the title says it all, this one might be my favourite, when i ask you to do things for me That’s one of my favourite quotes. It’s one that’s been ringing in my head since last Wednesday when the internet ROCKED MY WORLD and showed me just how much people care. And how much people can do. Because internet? You are getting it done.
You really are on fire right now. Not “what’s that smell?” sort of fire, but “Whoooo! LOOK AT US GO!” sort of fire. As of today, YOU have raised over $3,000 for multiple myeloma research. THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Cue confetti!
Not only that, the loveharder shop is selling stuff at a rapid pace and the …READ MORE
June 28th, 2009 in and now you might know everything, here is my heart, i should be a P.S.A., I'm yoda. Everyone else is a grasshopper, is it weird this makes me cry?, it's okay- you can skim this one, italics make it appear more thoughtful/interesting, let's still be friends?, life lesson, love or something like it, man I'm such a girl, right on my sleeve, single girl stories, so sappy it hurts, something I won't forget, the world according to me, things I don't say outloud, this is what happens when you listen to a sad song, this one is about you, vague is vogue, when i say it anyway Maybe you meet in a coffee shop- no, of course you don’t, who ever meets in a coffee shop? Maybe you meet in a crowded pub when his beer splashes your arm and as you wipe it dry you rack your brain thinking of all the clever things you always wanted to say if you were ever to meet a boy like this. Or maybe you meet through friends or online or maybe you meet at work- and through a handful of casual conversations discussing weekend plans and the weather you decide you like this boy.
However it happens, you …READ MORE
June 10th, 2009 in confession of the day, friends, happiness, here is my heart, i went to vegas and drank a lot, i went to vegas and saw many tigers, i went to vegas and won some MONEY!, is it weird this makes me cry?, man I'm such a girl, right on my sleeve, so sappy it hurts, something I won't forget, this one might be my favourite, wedding season is kicking my ass, when i say it anyway I was told once that I’m not a personal blogger. I write about what’s going on at school, I wax on about my love for Josh Lyman and tequila but when it comes to sharing stories about my friends or family? I don’t find myself writing those stories easily. Perhaps because I feel guarded- those friends and family, well I adore them in the ways you adore the things you can’t imagine living without. I keep them, I keep their stories close to me the way you sometimes hold on to good news or happy memories, because you love them …READ MORE
April 14th, 2009 in AHHHHHHHHHHH!, competition makes me crazy, disappointment, i am slowly going crazy, is it weird this makes me cry?, it happened this week, it's all lies, stuff like this makes me want to quit, the last line is my favourite, the title says it all I thought I knew what it was to be a woman…
I thought that I understood passion and desire.
And then I met Peter
He changed me on a very basic, but profound, level.
He taught me to believe and to dream.
He’s ruined me for all other men. FOREVER.
For my part, I’ve memorized all 700ish of his blog posts. I sleep with his book under my pillow. And I’ve created a paper-mâché version of Peter that I occasionally dance with at night.
Peter is all that is good and wonderful in the world.
But of all the things …READ MORE
January 19th, 2009 in 1/2 funny 1/2 serious 100% important, AHHHHHHHHHHH!, Andrea should move back to Canada, Bill Schneider wears a lot of funny hats, blogs, cnn makes my heart beat fast, earning my dork badge, friends, here is my heart, i know- we all LOVE him, i'm the sum of my failures and my achivements, is it weird this makes me cry?, it happened this week, it's ironic because I'm Canadian, overwhelmed doesn't even begin..., politics, something I won't forget, your vote matters here There are moments when I know what I want to say but really struggle for the right words. You would laugh if you saw me- mumbling to myself as I drive to work, as I fold laundry, as I lay in bed. I envision it would be easier to rip out my heart and put it on my screen, but besides the fact that it would be insanely messy- I don’t think it would be enough. And so, in these moments I turn to the one device a blogger can use when she feels like she has a lot to …READ MORE
September 21st, 2008 in happiness, i love fragment sentences, is it weird this makes me cry?, it happened this week, it's okay- you can skim this one, people i like, relationships, so sappy it hurts, something I won't forget, the J.O.B., the one that nobody reads because of the title, the title says it all, when i ask you to do things for me, why I will never be the CEO of Apple, youth I was sorting through a bin of apple pears (if you have not had one, you have not lived) trying to find the best ones to put in my already bulging bag, when I heard…
” Just go over there, don’t be shy- she’ll know who you are”
I looked around and didn’t see anyone I knew so I continued choosing pears. I touched them all, running my eyes over their golden skin for bruises, running my fingers along their surface for soft spots. I put two more in my bag, stretching the plastic around their bulging bodies, when I …READ MORE
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quote of the moment "Once you start googling 'unlikely animal friendships', life gets better."
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