5 really good things on a monday

happy mail...a new pair of boots...a self magazine... 


 16 didn't make it through to the next round 
but i was pretty damn proud of her...
and i think...
who is that brave pretty girl 
with the sass and the attitude...

 french vanilla cappucino
in a tall glass
bought a new smurf while we were away...
no pictures of him yet...
but they'll come soon

a poem by 16 that blew. my. mind.
i'll see if she'll let me share it.

2 hours on the boardwalk

thursday was unbeleivably warm
i went home after work at 3:30
threw on a t shirt and capris
and went for a walk on the boardwalk...

i didn't bring my camera
and once i started walking,
i regretted that decision...
and then i remembered there is a camera
on my phone
(not an i phone but still...a camera)
so i took it out and played with it...
and it was fun...
i ended up being there for over 2 hours
and it
was so incredibly awesomely
warm...

i sat here on one of these rocks
with bare feet 
and the sun on my face
and listened to the birds and the water rushing beneath the ice
and 
felt 
like i 
was
melting
into spring.

and i liked it.

joan jett attitude jean shorts fishnets and a pair of pink chucks

that's my girl...

she is heading off to quarter finals
this weekend
in another province
to play with a real band this time...

there is pre-voting on youtube
if you would like to help her out...
emma giddings...

we would appreciate it so much!

You can Pre-Vote Below for your favorite to advance to the Semi Finals !
Online voting counts for 25% of results, live voting at the competition counts for another 25% while judges count for 50%.

9 will advance to compete with other winners from NB, PEI and Nova Scotia !

what i know right now

at this very moment
at this spotlight second
of time and space
and silent coursing energy
pulsing in my veins
is that i am happy.

i am truly effing amazingly full-to-the-brim
happy.

there was an article about me
in a local paper yesterday
and the response was mindblowing...
i was happy because i was able to
talk about my mom and dad in the article,
i was able to tell the story about my dad's windmill
and about how it was because of my parents
that my brothers and i
are ok
with being different.
it's ok.
in fact,
it's awesome.

and the fact that my husband
texted me
first thing in the morning
and told me that he
had to bite back tears as he read it
because he was so
proud
of me...
that was the best part of the day.

it is scary
putting yourself out there.
{thoughts of who do you think you are
what is so special about what you do...
in fact, anyone can do what you do...run
rampant through your head}
but i am happy that i gave myself that push
and tried the paintings this time,
talked about the possibility {and the real fear}i have of
wanting to write someday...
i'm glad i pushed a little.

and i don't know if it's the warm weather or the fact that i'm feeling better
or the raging happiness
but something is driving me to get out there again
with the camera...it's been a long time since i have felt like this...
to get out and take pictures just-for-the-sake-of-taking-pictures again.

and i like it.

as the weekend ends...

sunday night
and i am sad to see
the weekend end
but so happy
that it was such a great one...

got to see this in the theatre
IN 3-D
my first real 3-d movie
and i was so excited...
and how perfect that it was the lorax
ON dr suess's birthday...
and S. came with me,
which made it even better....
:O)

cleaned the house Saturday
and got lost in the first game of thrones book,
3 quarters of the way through now...
shepherds pie for a late supper
followed by a blankets&pillows-on-the-couch movie...

today
i took my camera
and
just
drove.

it has been so long...
and it was so good.
i missed that feeling of getting lost in the moment,
kneeling in the snow on the side of the road
just trying to get the bokeh,
just trying to catch the sun...

an awesome weekend...