music to my ears

This year (er, so far) I seem to be feeling music more than ever and I love the CBC for introducing me to new songs every now and again. My latest three on repeat:

Weighty Ghost, by Wintersleep…

Best part (though the whole song and all the lyrics are magic):
I don’t need no surgery
Take those knives away from me
Just wanna die in my own body
A ghost just needs a home

Drive By, by Train…

Best part of this amazing, make me wanna run + dance like crazy, song:
On the other side of a downward spiral
My love for you went viral
And I loved you every mile you drove away

Can’t Stop Falling, by Laurell

There’s no best part here, except for her voice of perfection – oh those first few lines. So very good loud.

Where do you go to discover great new music?

some things do change

Several years ago, before I had the titles of wife and mother added to my list, I very rarely touched uncooked meat (I ate a lot of pasta and eggs and ordered chicken when dining out, which actually seemed to work well) and hadn’t given a thought to crafting (unless you count making collages, which I still love to do really).

Some things do change.

Today when I finally got fed up with the too-tight straps and ugliness of my eye mask (now necessary for night, when before I could sleep standing up, anywhere, anytime), I simply made one. It’s not perfect, not even close, but it’s way cuter than the cheap one I bought at a terrible lingerie store, makes any room dark (thanks to layers of linen hidden inside), and the straps fit me perfectly (no more “gah, this thing is too tight!”).

It’s great to surprise yourself sometimes isn’t it? Even if the result is a home-ec class (these are extinct by now?) project lookalike.

the miracle of make up

I witness this miracle each morning, but it’s nothing like this.

WOW.

mama miracles

Any parent knows that some days don’t pass without small miracles happening again and again.

Today I somehow woke a very grumpy three year old up at 8:05 and was back in my car, him at school, by 8:40. This is obviously near impossible on the parent scale. To go from tears + kicking to drop-off without tantrum is spectacular. I went for a run to celebrate.

Being a parent is funny. You don’t simply tell a child to hurry up (gah, no, never). You say, “Let’s race to the door!” or “Run and jump over all the cracks!” or “Run! The bad guys are gonna catch us!”

It’s ridiculous really.

But then it’s worth it. Like when that same three year old is laying in bed, ready to sleep and I’m curled up beside him and he says “I love you mama.” And I glow. And then he follows his expression up with a clarification: “I don’t always love you, but I love you right now mama.”

I do recall telling him being truthful was important.

a rose by any other name…

loving this

I could have used this on my ipod this morning for a rainy run that should have been dreadful really but was mostly delicious.

Gah I love that song. “I want to rock you like the eighties.” Ha, yes.

more art for walls

Is it art week here?

Creature Comforts had some amazing pics today of creative ways to hang pictures and I’m going to actually do some of them. Because our walls are sad and need some happiness.

This is one of my faves. It’s such a clever way to display the million etsy prints I want (but are kind of too small to stand alone):

(from Old Brand New)

Also I love this one. I have a thing for a cluttery, lived-in space and this has a clutter feel to it, which I like, but it’s contained, which is necessary.

(from Annie McElwain’s site originally, found here)

Goal this weekend: print pictures!

cheap wall art

Oh I am always looking for cheap ways to dress up the walls… The Pretty Life Anonymous had such a great idea today… you can read all about it here, but here’s the result:

I’m going to give a think to which words I’ll try out but try I will. Love it.

my walls need new life

I absolutely adore all the prints in [i] Love Life‘s new shop, but these two are for sure my favourites…

I want the first one for our new house (haha, whenever we find it) – maybe at the front door, or in a small space reserved for yoga? And the second one would be so good anywhere. But I’m leaning towards our walk-in closet.

Oh yes.

They’re all so very perfect.

You can scoop ‘em up here while they last.

a fall hike in sandals and shorts (what??)

I could feel the leaves on my feet, which were bare in my sandals. So strange and so good.

Hope you had a weekend filled with fabulous family + friends + food as well.