Sunday Social - March 17

Linking up with the Sunday Social again :)  Thanks so much to Ashley and Neely for hosting!

1. Favorite thing to do on a rainy day?

Curl up with a pile of blankets, a mug of tea, and a sappy chick flick/book somewhere that I can watch the rain.  I also love camping in the rain (as long as I don't need to put up/take down in it).  The sound of rain on a tent is one of the most relaxing things ever (imho)  :)

2. Favorite thing to do on a Summer weekend?
Find a spot on a sunny beach with a good book and some snacks :)  (Or  pretty much anything with friends/family :))

3. Favorite Spring accessory?

Well I love being able to wear flats and light jackets/blazers again... But I have a really great trench coat that I picked up a few years ago and I think that is probably my favourite.  I feel like Audrey Hepburn every time I wear it :)

4. Favorite way to spend a Winter day?

Skating/playing in the snow with friends, and the promise of hot chocolate at the end :)

5. What is your favorite season and why?

I actually don't have a favourite season...  I live in Northern Ontario and we have distinct season changes here (-35C in the winter and +35C in the summer) which I love :)  And while they all have things I don't like I just try to enjoy the season that I'm in when I'm in it :)

6. Best birthday you ever had?

Probably 16th.  My family made it really special :)  Then agin this past birthday (20th) was pretty good as well... It was great to be surrounded with people that love me again :)


Have a great Sunday everyone!  (And happy St. Patrick's Day!)

The Nail Files - March 15

I actually had time to do my nails!  They were black, sparkly, and awesome.

Sally Hansen - In a Flurry

(I may have time to do my nails but it took me about a week to get a picture... at least they held up not too badly :))  

Have a great weekend!  And don't forget to check out the link up :)

Sunday Social - March 10

Linking up with the Sunday Social!

1. What is one movie you are terrified to watch?

The Exorcist...  I am not a fan of horror movies and this one just seems to be the worst of them all.  (Or any movie that is based on a favourite book of mine because I know that chances are they will have butchered it :P )

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2. What is one TV show you have always wanted to get into but haven’t yet?
Lost. I know that it is over now and all, but I feel like it is one of those shows that if I got into I would really enjoy...  So far that hasn't happened.  I have tried a couple times but I can't get past season two :( Suggestions?

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3. What is one daring activity on your bucket list?

To do something completely spontaneous.  Maybe not the most daring but I already crossed off traveling by myself for a year (ish) so....

4. Would you ever travel alone?

For sure! Not a problem. Last year I traveled to Africa and Spain all by my lonesome for 8 months :)  Definitely different than traveling with other people but fun.

5. What activities do you like to do alone?

If I am just wiped and need to flake I prefer to be alone but otherwise I am mostly fine either way... I guess it really depends on my mood but usually I am pretty easy going either way.


Have a great Sunday everyone!

what I'm listening to right now...

Yep this is it.  And The City Harmonic?  My new favourite band.  Expect to hear a lot more of them from now on :)   Holy is probably my favourite here... Really love all of it though :)

love

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I found this picture the other day and it really made me think...  In the Bible it says to love your neighbor as yourself but so often that is not the case.  The atrocities that happen everyday, the things that humans do to other humans in the name of this cause or that or simply because they are different.  Where is the love there?  Where is the love when a husband beats his wife and children?  Where is it when kids at school are bullied and ostracized?   Where is it when one country declares war on another and the young people of both nations go out to kill each other?  Where is it when a child is sold into prostitution and slavery?  How can we be the people that do these things and at the same time people who will gently rock a child to sleep or tenderly hug a grandmother?   How can the same hand that is raised in anger one moment reach out in a caress the next?  How can any of this be?
I believe that I serve a God of love.  That He created us and that He loves each and every one of us so much more than we could ever imagine.  You might expect me to say now 'How can such  a loving God exist in a world with so much hate?'  Or,  'How can a God of love let the hate happen?' But that is not my question.  I want to know how such a God can keep loving us when every time we hurt another we are hurting Him.  How much must it hurt to know that your children are tearing each other apart?  That these people that you made and love hate each other that much?  That is my question.

I went to a retreat when I was about 13 and the speaker there said that love is not a feeling it is a choice.  You may have an initial attraction but the thing that we call love, that will get you through however many years by that persons side is a choice... A choice to say 'I love you even though you just crashed my car, I love you even though you have things about you that I don't like'.  The speaker was talking about romantic love, but I think that the idea encompasses every kind of love...  I think that it really is a choice that we have to make, to love the people around us, because it is easier to hate than to love, and it is easier by far to just be indifferent.

courage

I had a really hard physio today.  It is always hard, but today we pushed past the level of pain where I can (somewhat) control myself and moved into the level of pain where I just couldn't breathe.  The level of pain where I almost threw up.  I don't even think that I can put it into words... the ones I just wrote are far too small for what I went through today. Those words put that pain into some kind of a box that people can relate to and understand and I really, really hope that they can't because no one should ever have to go through that.

 I think that this part of things is harder than the actual getting hit by the car part because I had no control over that; with this it is a choice that I have to make everyday, that I am going to go in there and put myself through that pain. Over and over again.  Even when I can't I do it anyway because it is the only way I will ever get my knee back again.

Everyone keeps telling me how brave I am, and how tough I am, but I do not feel brave or tough. I feel like a small, frightened little girl and I just keep going because it is the only way.

So tomorrow morning I will get up and I will do it again.  Not because I am brave or tough or whatever, but because I have to.

what I'm listening to right now...

I am aware that this is an incredibly eclectic list of songs but I guess that is just me :)  

One Thing Remains by Jesus Culture, Skyscraper by Demi Lovato, and Breath of life by Florence and the Machine (one of my all time favourites :)).  Enjoy!

Sunday Social - Feb. 3

Linking up with Ashley and Neely for the Sunday Social!

1. If you were stuck on an island what are the two material items you would want to have?

A change of underwear and a shelf full of books (totally counts as one thing ;))

2. What are two TV shows you'd watch over and over?

Firefly and anything Star Trek

3. If your house was on fire what two things aside from family, pets, etc would you grab?
Laptop!  And journals/Bible.

4. What are your two most favorite articles of clothing?

I don't know that I really have two all time favourites...  But right now probably my brown boots and my black wool coat.

5. What two movies that you saw in the past year would you recommend to us?

V for Vendetta and The Avengers (so good!)

6. What are your two biggest guilty pleasures? 

Silly chick flicks and spa nights


Have a great Sunday everyone :)