Painting My Life Away (for the beauty of the earth).

Lydia

This is probably going to be the cheesiest and most pointless blog post of all time. But oh well. I have to relate to someone today's moment of awesome.
So I run a lot. Like, it's my favorite thing to do. I'm on the track team but really that isn't so great because it makes me have to set goals and run shorter distances when my real desire is to run for as long as I want at the pace I want. Running and I are in love and track...track has been getting in the way of that love. So has life, but we won't go into that. Anyway, I was running a couple of miles today and I was about 60-70 meters away from this gate (that I have to punch a code into every time I pass through) when our neighbour drove up and through the gate. I saw the gate start to close, I realized that I would have to wait for a couple of seconds if it closed before I got there, I gritted my teeth (emphasis added), and started sprinting so that I could get through the gate before it closed. My music heightened along with my pulse and I kept pushing, faster and faster. I made it through the gate with seconds to spare and continued at my previous pace. I felt pretty epic, hardcore, and generally amazing. Really, I didn't accomplish anything at all. It wasn't even a long enough sprint to add anything to my work out, but it was my moment of awesome for the day. And it was grand.

Lydia

To all the mothers out there, thank you. Thank you for carrying your children for nine (long) monthes. Thank you for changing our dirty diapers. Thank you for all the sleepless nights you have had (and probably will have) while taking care of us. Thank you for cooking dinner, for keeping house, for loving us unconditionally, and for being there.

Sometimes we as children are driven nuts by (what we think to be) your insanity. We don't always listen to you. Generally, we hear what you have to say even when you think we don't hear it and could care less. We do care what you think. And we want you to be proud.

Behind each child is a loving, kind, wonderful mother. On this day we choose to honor you, even though you really deserve it every single day of the year. Thank you, mom.

"Life is too short to be wondering what if! Sometimes you just gotta live and see what happens, even if you get hurt. Sometimes you can only feel something if you take a risk."-Charlyne Yi.

Little things make the world go round. Little acts of kindness bring such joy to me. Little things make my day.

In my mind, the little things in life are the ones which should be most treasured. They are so easy to enjoy...it's impossible to not love them.

I love:
A good book
A good cup of coffee
A good glass of milk
Notes in the mail
Waffles
Bubbles
Voicemail on my cell phone
Cheez-Its
A good cheesy romantic story
Coloring
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
Babysitting O & P
Friends

These float my boat, if you will. They make me smile. They make me laugh. These little things...mean the world to me. The little things, they are important. What are yours?


Brianna

My Earth Day clothes-line!

Unfortunately my clothes smell a little bit funky after hanging out to dry....but oh well.

This little guy visited a couple days ago. I think he appreciates my attempts to conserve energy.

Lydia

Happy May!


Brianna: I'm going to learn all the music I have for the movie Pride and Prejudice. It may not be perfect or perfectly playable...but I want to at least know my way through each song.

For more exciting news, I'm going to finish school. BAM!

Lydia: I hope to finish two books before their library loan runs out. I'm really bad about checking to many books out during the school year without having the time to read them. I'm already mostly done with Past World by Ian Beck (it's pretty good), and the other is Vandal by Michael Simmons (one of my favorite authors). Here's to me finishing both before they have to be returned!

I too am going to finish school, not with quite the same flying colours as Brianna, but finishing Sophomore year is finishing Sophomore year.