I've been feeling so blue lately - everything in my life is fine and manageable, but for some reason, the blues are catching up with me! Nothing serious, but I decided that everyday either when I wake up or when I'm heading to bed, I am going to make at list of things that make me happy.
So here goes:
- the dogwood trees that are blooming now - one particular dogwood tree in bayfront park is stunning - I know it has weathered a lot of storms, and it's shape is still perfect and strong.
- my parents
- waking up early and greeting the day slowly, brewing coffee, shower, sipping coffee, and walking cash
- my walk with cash this morning: within the first 10 minutes he had eaten a flattened dried up frog (I had a cup of joe in my hand, so I couldn't get it out of his mouth quickly enough this time), we saw a varmot, which means that an alligator was not far behind, and we walked out onto the dock, where cash managed to roll in fish guts on the wood - gross! it still makes me laugh, though.
- listening to the live version of "fallen" my new favorite song
Monday, March 31, 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008
new favorite song - the live version that I have sounds like a prayer.
LOVE IT.
-jw
FALLEN
Heaven bent to take my hand
And lead me through the fire
Be the long awaited answer
To a long and painful fight
Truth be told I've tried my best
But somewhere along the way
I got caught up in all there was to offer
And the cost was so much more than I could bear
Though I've tried, I've fallen...
I have sunk so low
I have messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here
And tell me I told you so...
We all begin with good intent
Love was raw and young
We believed that we could change ourselves
The past could be undone
But we carry on our backs the burden
Time always reveals
The lonely light of morning
The wound that would not heal
It's the bitter taste of losing everything
That I have held so dear.
I've fallen...
I have sunk so low
I have messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here
And tell me I told you so...
Heaven bent to take my hand
Nowhere left to turn
I'm lost to those I thought were friends
To everyone I know
Oh they turned their heads embarassed
Pretend that they don't see
But it's one missed step
You'll slip before you know it
And there doesn't seem a way to be redeemed
Though I've tried, I've fallen...
I have sunk so low
I have messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here
And tell me I told you so...
- Sarah McLachlan
LOVE IT.
-jw
FALLEN
Heaven bent to take my hand
And lead me through the fire
Be the long awaited answer
To a long and painful fight
Truth be told I've tried my best
But somewhere along the way
I got caught up in all there was to offer
And the cost was so much more than I could bear
Though I've tried, I've fallen...
I have sunk so low
I have messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here
And tell me I told you so...
We all begin with good intent
Love was raw and young
We believed that we could change ourselves
The past could be undone
But we carry on our backs the burden
Time always reveals
The lonely light of morning
The wound that would not heal
It's the bitter taste of losing everything
That I have held so dear.
I've fallen...
I have sunk so low
I have messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here
And tell me I told you so...
Heaven bent to take my hand
Nowhere left to turn
I'm lost to those I thought were friends
To everyone I know
Oh they turned their heads embarassed
Pretend that they don't see
But it's one missed step
You'll slip before you know it
And there doesn't seem a way to be redeemed
Though I've tried, I've fallen...
I have sunk so low
I have messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here
And tell me I told you so...
- Sarah McLachlan
Sunday, March 23, 2008
happy easter!
this weekend was filled with simple, happy moments
- pizza and beer with the nursing class
- "dinner" at big daddy's on fish river with two new found friends, ordered only appetizers: fried pickles, fried okra, and crab claws - had a few brews and listened to local bluegrass by the river under a full moon
- lots of walks with the dog, flowers blooming everywhere on our path
- waking up early to go fishing on sat. morning - went out to the bay house before light and got the fishing rods, walked out on the pier looking at the full moon setting on the water, it was so gorgeous, quiet, and calming.
- pre-fishing breakfast with more new found friends: bacon, eggs, and hashbrowns
- fishing on pensacola bay - catching a catfish, some stingrays, lots of pinefish, and a sheepshead
- scary little crabs that we used for bait getting out of their bowl and crawling all over the boat, just like a scene from an alfred hitchcock movie
- lunch on the boat - food is so good when you've been fishing all day
- driving home through all the strawberry fields, finding out about the strawberry festival in april
- easter mass at st. john's on magnolia springs with the priest who does everything, sings and plays the piano and speaks several different languages
- walking into easter mass and listening to the rosary - i don't think i've sat and listened to and prayed the rosary since i was a small child at st. rose - may and october are the months dedicated to mother mary and so we'd sit outside every morning when we got to school and would say the rosary together - it was such a peaceful and innocent time - i went back there today.
- easter brunch with my nursing school friend: french toast with hawaiian bread, blackberry sauce, eggs, bacon, and fruit.
- walking around the fairhope pier with cash and watching the kids play around the family easter picnics
this weekend was filled with simple, happy moments
- pizza and beer with the nursing class
- "dinner" at big daddy's on fish river with two new found friends, ordered only appetizers: fried pickles, fried okra, and crab claws - had a few brews and listened to local bluegrass by the river under a full moon
- lots of walks with the dog, flowers blooming everywhere on our path
- waking up early to go fishing on sat. morning - went out to the bay house before light and got the fishing rods, walked out on the pier looking at the full moon setting on the water, it was so gorgeous, quiet, and calming.
- pre-fishing breakfast with more new found friends: bacon, eggs, and hashbrowns
- fishing on pensacola bay - catching a catfish, some stingrays, lots of pinefish, and a sheepshead
- scary little crabs that we used for bait getting out of their bowl and crawling all over the boat, just like a scene from an alfred hitchcock movie
- lunch on the boat - food is so good when you've been fishing all day
- driving home through all the strawberry fields, finding out about the strawberry festival in april
- easter mass at st. john's on magnolia springs with the priest who does everything, sings and plays the piano and speaks several different languages
- walking into easter mass and listening to the rosary - i don't think i've sat and listened to and prayed the rosary since i was a small child at st. rose - may and october are the months dedicated to mother mary and so we'd sit outside every morning when we got to school and would say the rosary together - it was such a peaceful and innocent time - i went back there today.
- easter brunch with my nursing school friend: french toast with hawaiian bread, blackberry sauce, eggs, bacon, and fruit.
- walking around the fairhope pier with cash and watching the kids play around the family easter picnics
Sunday, March 09, 2008
I made these cookies - they're awesome. I love the kashi dark chocolate and cherry bars, these cookies are a less-healthy alternative. hehe. enjoy!
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Monday, March 03, 2008
Well, I got really annoyed at myself (and my blog) because I could not post my flickr photos in a cute little sidebar like I've seen in other blogs. I tried, but I do not know enough about HTML scripty stuff to figure it out - but the other problem was that my pictures are very NOT up to date, I broke my camera (the second to "mysteriously break" in 3 months) and I had to do some adjustments in the banking department to round up money for a new camera. So... new camera... check... on to posting the flickr blogger thingy... soon... and new post... check. here I am.
I am sitting here with my dog, he's scared of the wind and looking at me as though I am a completely insensitive owner ignoring his whining and not petting him enough. Little does he remember, but I took him for a 6 mile walk, let him run on the beach, gave him a chicken treat (cage-free at that!) and shower him with more love than I shower my own siblings!!
I must blog every night! I need it!
Today I had nursing school, it was frustrating for unreasonable and totally preventable ways, but I got through it, went on my walk, bought a new camera, rented three movies, got home, fed the dog, finished the left-over annie's macaroni and cheese and a few glasses of wine and appropriately watched "A Good Year." It was wonderful. I forget how much I love movies - they freshen up my emotions, take me to a world beyond my own and remind me that the options in life are unlimited. The movies takes place in Provence France and it reminded me of all the places left to see in the rest of the world. I feel good... free and good.
More when I go to bed...
peace out,
jw
I am sitting here with my dog, he's scared of the wind and looking at me as though I am a completely insensitive owner ignoring his whining and not petting him enough. Little does he remember, but I took him for a 6 mile walk, let him run on the beach, gave him a chicken treat (cage-free at that!) and shower him with more love than I shower my own siblings!!
I must blog every night! I need it!
Today I had nursing school, it was frustrating for unreasonable and totally preventable ways, but I got through it, went on my walk, bought a new camera, rented three movies, got home, fed the dog, finished the left-over annie's macaroni and cheese and a few glasses of wine and appropriately watched "A Good Year." It was wonderful. I forget how much I love movies - they freshen up my emotions, take me to a world beyond my own and remind me that the options in life are unlimited. The movies takes place in Provence France and it reminded me of all the places left to see in the rest of the world. I feel good... free and good.
More when I go to bed...
peace out,
jw
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