sincerely, l. cohen



going to see leonard cohen sunday night
was totally surreal....

when i was about nineteen,
i worked in a record store
and mentioned to a customer once that
i like leonard cohen and would be interested in reading
his poetry but couldn't find any of his books...
the next day,
the customer brought me 5 books
and said he'd come back for them sometime...
he never did.

when i was in university
i played leonard cohen on repeat on my cd player
for days at a time...
my roommates grew to hate him
but i never got tired of him.

my husband and i danced at our wedding
to dance me to the end of love...

{and this has to be said...the man is 74 and
did 3 encores...he is adorable...and that voice...sigh}

edited to add: there is a video here but i'm not sure if
anyone else can see it but me?

have & haven't


what i haven't been doing:

blogging
blog reading
knitting on the sweater {or the pink blanket}
sewing the baby quilt i bought material for
reading atonement {not much}
catching greys anatomy
baking the apple crisp i have promised the kids a week ago
getting my bangs trimmed
planting my garden
scraping the paint off my house
drinking anything with caffeine in it {cold turkey}

what i have been doing:

working, working and working...gah
ordering faucets and tub fillers for the new tub
looking for tile for the tub surround and step
removing everything from our bedroom to put in new bed
planning the new closet for our bedroom
teaching the kids the value of a day planner
drinking more water
walking at least 20 minutes each day {since tuesday}
taking heaps of clothing to salvation army
counting down the days to the leonard cohen concert {squeal!}

what have you been doing?

currently:

reading- atonement by ian mcewan
watching- playing catch up on greys anatomy and
watched dan in real life 3 times...love it
listening- still the juno soundtrack...and catching up on
leonard, since i see him this weekend!
tasting- salt and pepper chicken wings, lemon water

committing to- 20 minute walk every day

saturday nights all right....


everything is ok now.

i had been having a
funny heartbeat
for about the past month...
skipping and missing and jumping around.

went to the hospital
and after four hours on the monitor
and various blood tests
found out that apparently
there is nothing wrong...
it is innocent...
just an extra beat...
i am out of tune.

i was relieved to have them say
it was nothing...
i have been worrying about this
for the past month...
thinking i should get it checked/scared to get it checked

i would like to try to
make healthier living
a concrete goal...
to eat better, drink more water...
less pop...
walk more.

these are usual goals for me
but now i would like to add
meditation, yoga,
focusing on finding a sense of calm,
some peace....
a center.

this is foreign to me though,
other than the yoga
which i have done as an exercise class....
i have been using this site
and may look for some books,
may download some meditations onto my MP3...

i just need to learn to calm myself.