Temperature in the mid twenties, sunshine after several days of rain has me yearning for the summer season. Bring on the mosquitos and the pina coladas. And while we're at it bring on the vacation. I need to be oceanside stat. Sigh.
The summer brings the promise of longer days and sun drenched stones warm into the evening on my barefeet. Ciccadas chirping and murmured conversations drifting over fences and into the soft air.
Crisp wine in my glass, demure stars blinking and whispering into the night sky. Come hither long weekend, come to me and be my long lost friend. Give me the sanctuary of your extra day and the hope of things yet to be accomplished, the bold promise of productivity and the reassurance of your un-hurried leisure. Give me strength, that I might purge our house of toys and un-neccesary clutter. Give me vision and feng-shui to make our small space liveable. Give me speed that I might still shop, finish a school project and start a good book. Grant me the wisdom to know when to cease and desist, delegate tasks and put my feet up and have a glass of wine (or several). Fairest Victoria, dearest May two-four tarry not for you are sorely needed.
Thursday, 19 May 2011
Thursday, 12 May 2011
Brain candy
I have spent a good portion of the week reading what I would call "brain candy"in between the already insurmountable tasks I am supposed to be accomplishing throughout the day.
( As a side note, though I have managed to cross several key items off my to do list this week as well so I haven't been a complete sloth. I've cleaned the bathrooms, made 2 loaves of banana bread, cleaned the garbage, recycling bins and area under the sink, cleaned, swept and mopped the front foyer, mopped the kitchen floor and I'm in the process of mending the toy bins Emma ripped even though I can't sew, and have to stitch them all by hand, and I can now say I have taken care of twin girls as well as 5 other children in one day and survived. I changed 23 diapers yesterday!!!!)
Though it almost hurts me to admit this the latest selection or literature has been borderline corny, Christian romance books about cowboy ranchers, trail drivers, etc etc.. Brain candy because they are easy reads, no challenge what so ever. The feed a ridiculously unrealistic fantasy world. But it's reading for pleasure and escape so... I'm allowing myself this guilty pleasure. I'll go back to Jane Austen when I want to give my brain a bit more of a workout.
This latest one though.... a game hunter making a living in Rockies with a rough exterior and slightly tortured by something in his past with a southern drawl and gentlemanly manner courtesy of his upbringing in Tennessee meets with beautiful, outspoken and headstrong photo-journalist from the North struggling with a potentially terminal illness. Come on! Are you kidding me? How is my inner sap supposed to resist that??????
It will take a large degree of willpower to get anything accomplished today.
( As a side note, though I have managed to cross several key items off my to do list this week as well so I haven't been a complete sloth. I've cleaned the bathrooms, made 2 loaves of banana bread, cleaned the garbage, recycling bins and area under the sink, cleaned, swept and mopped the front foyer, mopped the kitchen floor and I'm in the process of mending the toy bins Emma ripped even though I can't sew, and have to stitch them all by hand, and I can now say I have taken care of twin girls as well as 5 other children in one day and survived. I changed 23 diapers yesterday!!!!)
Though it almost hurts me to admit this the latest selection or literature has been borderline corny, Christian romance books about cowboy ranchers, trail drivers, etc etc.. Brain candy because they are easy reads, no challenge what so ever. The feed a ridiculously unrealistic fantasy world. But it's reading for pleasure and escape so... I'm allowing myself this guilty pleasure. I'll go back to Jane Austen when I want to give my brain a bit more of a workout.
This latest one though.... a game hunter making a living in Rockies with a rough exterior and slightly tortured by something in his past with a southern drawl and gentlemanly manner courtesy of his upbringing in Tennessee meets with beautiful, outspoken and headstrong photo-journalist from the North struggling with a potentially terminal illness. Come on! Are you kidding me? How is my inner sap supposed to resist that??????
It will take a large degree of willpower to get anything accomplished today.
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