‘today I am fortunate to have woken up, I am alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others, to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings, I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others, I am going to benefit others as much as I can.’

http://zenhabits.net/20-things-i-wish-i-had-known-when-starting-out-in-life/

so today it was 35 degrees in the shade, and beautiful. this evening was more beautiful, i went up onto the terrace to make a start on finishing my second masterpiece. i scared some birds, bumped into a hornet, and then stood on some dead crispy wasps barefoot to get there, but when i got there, it was well worth it. so my cellist has now had about 25 face lifts and 12 goes at botox, but shes getting there. im hoping, perhaps too enthusiastically, that i will finish her tomorrow. and then i went for a ride on my bike, because im practicing riding without hands, because i think it would be a cool skill to have.

my post count does not seem to increasing, its a little bit sad really...

so...today germany beat england 4:1 in the world cup, which was quite exciting. i am not feeling totally myself as of late, i am not settled, and im not content like i normally i am. im not happy with....i dont know. me i suppose. but that can be changed, i am confused about the future, and about what im doing here, and not being at uni, but not properly learning german and finding something to do and etc etc etc. i dont know im a little bit of a fluffy mess. on the upside the weather has improved so maybe we will finally get a summer!!!

guess what? i am not a robot.

i have spent the evening googling arty sites and hanging out in the garden. i have finished one of my pieces for the music festival, and am going to to a little bit of doodling before i go to bed.

beautiful words.

i'm sat making a list of words that i consider to be "beautiful" for a piece of work i'm trying to finish, so far i have:

eloquence

beauty/beautiful

divine

soliloquy

chaos

passion

grace

radiant

poetic

serendipity

hopefully tomorrow i will be able to finish canvas #1 and no longer have to worry about it, and sadly i'm beginning to feel that canvas #2 is a little bit of a lost cause. but it's ok, i'm going to get famous and then loads of people will want my paintings, after all the Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival is actually a big deal. Not that I'm name dropping.

this morning we went swimming, then shopping then home, ate lunch, unpacked the shopping, hung out the laundry and chased children. and then this afternoon i went to my first dragon boat training session, which was very cool, and ....then went with Laura for a swim in the Wakenitz, which was also very, very nice.

life is brighter when you are around.

so i have been keeping an on the move diary, but the notebook that it is is on the stairs and quite frankly i cannot be bothered to go and get it.

the weather has been so on and off today, we went swimming this morning and all of the little ones were happy in the water, which made a big difference. its brilliant sunshine one minute and pouring it down the next. we all sat under the umbrella and watched it tumble, which was quite fun.

new concept...

this is my new on the move diary.

"so i'm going to start an on the move diary, becuase at the moment the little ones tend to fall asleep when we're driving en-route to somewhere and then someone has to stay in the car with them. i have a book, that i mean to carry around but every morning i take it out of my handbag becuase i decide that theres no point in carrying around extra weight when im not going to be able to use it. but on several occasions i would have had the opportunity to read, and have not had my book. and i always have a notebook, so if i blog into my notebook and then type it up when i get home, then thats ok as well. as i write this julie is buying fruit trees in jawoll. now normally when i plan to do stuff like this it doesn't work, so we will see, maybe the idea will take off, and maybe it will not, becuase im too lazy...i've parked the bus along several spaces, which was a little bit naughty, especially as its not a very big carpark. but in the event that the carpark fills, i can move the bus i guess.

people use "i love you" not too much, but too....carefree. if you say it, it should mean something, i wouldn't say it unless i was 200% sure i meant it. but at the same time i don't know what it means. does it imply you would take a bullet for the person???? or just love them for who they are. and there is a huge difference between loving someone and being in love with someone. and you can be both at once...but...

a collection of amazingly cool things. courtesy of the rethink scholarship

http://www.neatorama.com/2010/03/27/hummer-stagecoach/

http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/03/30/google-envelopes-beta-of-course/

http://www.likecool.com/Shoes_That_Make_Everyone_The_Same_Height--News--Gear.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Likecool+%28Likecool-gadget+and+design+magazine%29

http://www.logosdesigners.com/#saul-bass

http://www.davidairey.com/astronomy-poster-design/

http://thefutureperfect.com/detail.php?id=210

mess up my bed with me?

i just watched dear john, it was ok. great soundtrack, nondescript movie, but i like amanda seyfried. and he was nice to look at.

my ear has settled down, and my room is much tidier than it was, but my hoover is not hoovering properly so i need to sort that out.

i have cold feet. =)

now you're gorgeous, now you're gone.

oh golly golly gosh. i have not updated in such a long time.
so working backwards...i got my ear pierced today :D and fi got hers done too, and freyja wanted to have hers done but needs to have an mri, so couldn't beacuse they do nasty things like rip metal out of you.
yesterday....was...sunday -> i watched christopher play american football and did a little bit of shopping, i found a bright pink laptop cover with owls on it, very, very cute!
saturday -> went to sonia and toms in the evening, for an end of uni BBQ, got marvellously drunk, played on the trampoline and brandished power tools.
friday -> journey back from turkey, long and boring. did alot of reading though, which was nice becuase normally i don't have time to read.
thursday - previous friday -> turkey - AMAZING, it was really beautiful, the people were lovely, the sea was bluer than blue.

ho hum, what else..?...i am developing a dislike of air travel, its becoming tedious, just boring. i can't be bothered with packing and unpacking my suitcase every 20 seconds, maybe i should just leave one under my bed thats ready to go. i think that would be a good idea.

now i think it is bedtime, i will try and update a little more frequently when im back.