It's the New Year. This, for me, equals lists. I began making lists a few days before Christmas, and i assume i'll continue through at least February. I have lists for the goals of the new year, lists for groceries, lists for thank-you's i need to send, lists for pictures i need to print, lists for things i'd like to buy for the house, lists for things i need to do to the house, lists on how to save money, lists on how to spend time, lists that remind me to make lists...
tonight, though, i have compiled two lists. fun lists! one for the home store where i got a very nice gift card to, and one for the craft store where i got another nice gift card to! i am very excited to shop tomorrow without spending a dime! And i am excited to spice up my kitchen with a new menu board (menus- another list i need to make!) and hopefully some more great craft items to continue being able to make crafts on a whim at home!
that's it for tonight. i am off to pin ideas on pinterest.com and catch up on my tivo while my husband puts to kids to bed, and i sip on a glass of wine! (and that may just be the topper of my "HOPES" for the new year list- horray!)
Monday, January 9, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Into the Great Wide Open...
As many of you who know me know, i have always been a bit obsessed with the more macabre side of life. I think about death, after-death, life after death, life in the midst of death, dead people... well, you get the point. This morning, as i was washing the dishes and soaking up the fresh air flowing through the windows of the nearly sixty degree day outside, i started thinking about what people would say about me after i die. hopefully it will be happy things...
i began thinking about the people that i have known who have died, and what everyone's reactions were like. one of my first real experiences with death was at 15. a girl i was friends with died of a ruptured brain aneurism. I will never, for as long as i live, forget the phone call that came in from my also 15-year-old friend. I still shudder to think about those days- wandering the halls of high school as if we were the corpses, and not the living left behind. Next was a boy i had grown up with. He took his own life when we were in our early twenties. I wasn't close to him then, and had probably not seen him since before we all went away to college, but i had known him and his family my whole life. that was another rough couple of days, another round of phone calls that i will never forget. There were other more intense visits from the reaper, but i'm not going to get into all of those today (i am in a good mood, after-all!)
fast forward ten years and here i am, sitting around thinking of LC again. Another life taken, another world rocked. another collection of e-mails, texts, and phone calls i will never forget. and i think about her funeral- how wonderful it was (if one can dare call a funeral wonderful?) how uplifting and positive the messages were. how loved she was by the world. i hope that the thoughts people have about me after my time has come can be even half as loving as they were about her.
that's where this whole thought process actually began- that i hope i am living a life that will be worthy of praise once i'm gone. i try to be a good and moral person. i try to be helpful and kind to others. i care about my family and friends, and i hope that always shows. i want people to talk about me with high regards when i'm gone.
what will people say about you when you're gone? are you living a life worthy of praise? i wonder if we all lived our life thinking about that, the world may just turn a bit smoother sometimes!
i began thinking about the people that i have known who have died, and what everyone's reactions were like. one of my first real experiences with death was at 15. a girl i was friends with died of a ruptured brain aneurism. I will never, for as long as i live, forget the phone call that came in from my also 15-year-old friend. I still shudder to think about those days- wandering the halls of high school as if we were the corpses, and not the living left behind. Next was a boy i had grown up with. He took his own life when we were in our early twenties. I wasn't close to him then, and had probably not seen him since before we all went away to college, but i had known him and his family my whole life. that was another rough couple of days, another round of phone calls that i will never forget. There were other more intense visits from the reaper, but i'm not going to get into all of those today (i am in a good mood, after-all!)
fast forward ten years and here i am, sitting around thinking of LC again. Another life taken, another world rocked. another collection of e-mails, texts, and phone calls i will never forget. and i think about her funeral- how wonderful it was (if one can dare call a funeral wonderful?) how uplifting and positive the messages were. how loved she was by the world. i hope that the thoughts people have about me after my time has come can be even half as loving as they were about her.
that's where this whole thought process actually began- that i hope i am living a life that will be worthy of praise once i'm gone. i try to be a good and moral person. i try to be helpful and kind to others. i care about my family and friends, and i hope that always shows. i want people to talk about me with high regards when i'm gone.
what will people say about you when you're gone? are you living a life worthy of praise? i wonder if we all lived our life thinking about that, the world may just turn a bit smoother sometimes!
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Welcome, 2012!
It seems like months since i have written, but i found myself very reflective tonight, so i decided to give it another go. Today is the first day of the new year. As most of us do, i have been thinking about the last year and gearing up for the new one. 2011 was not the best year to date, in fact, a lot of crappy things happened. But, all in all, i can only be thankful that i have my family (less one- Kitty) and friends (less one- LC) and our health.
I am excited to start this new year with a heart full of positivity. I refuse to allow anything negative to enter these four walls (of my body, mind, house, and home.) We're done with that. The new rule in my house is happiness- through and through. Happiness and Hope. I have such high high hopes for this year, and i somehow just know that this will truly be a remarkable one.
I wish all of you out there the same Hopes and Happiness that is spreading rapidly through my life! Good luck making and keeping your goals and/or resolutions! Maybe i will even visit this blog more than once every so often again!
I am excited to start this new year with a heart full of positivity. I refuse to allow anything negative to enter these four walls (of my body, mind, house, and home.) We're done with that. The new rule in my house is happiness- through and through. Happiness and Hope. I have such high high hopes for this year, and i somehow just know that this will truly be a remarkable one.
I wish all of you out there the same Hopes and Happiness that is spreading rapidly through my life! Good luck making and keeping your goals and/or resolutions! Maybe i will even visit this blog more than once every so often again!
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