Sunday thought....

"You can't plough a field by turning it over in your mind"

Gordon B. Hinckley

thoughts....

my friend snapped this picture of my during a performance of the Nutcracker.

What's funny is when i saw it i knew exactly what is going through my mind at this point in the show as i pretty much have the same thoughts everytime.

On lying down i take a couple of seconds to get my breath and then i always think to myself,

"i hope i dont trip over my skirt when i try to stand up"

then on getting up (and never actually having tripped over my skirt) i always smile,
as i remember that this is my favourite part in the ballet.

Umbrellas in the snow.....

When i first moved here my Austrian flat mate and i used to find it hilarious that Slovenes whip out there umbrellas when its snowing.

And yet yesterday i found myself returning to my house to retrieve my umbrella to protect me from the heavy snowfall and stop me getting all snowy-wet.....its very practical dont-ya-know.

If only i could pick up their language quite so easily.....

A womans touch.....

so do you know that scene in Calamity Jane where Katy Brown turns up at Calamity's old shack in and within the time it takes to sing a tuneful song manages to transform it into a dainty little cavern -all through the magic, that of 'A Woman's touch'?

well i was thinking of this little scene a couple of times recently when i was despairing in not really possesing this so called gift of feminine creativity and craftsmanship.
For example.....

1.when i attempted to put up my Christmas decorations. When i bought them in the shop, in my head they were going to look so pretty and was rather disappointed after putting them up to see that they looked rather meagre and pathetic. Just to prove me pathetic, half of them fell down during the first night (and probably looked better down on the floor than where i'd hung them)

2. when i tried to bake some cookies for a Christmas Dinner i was having some friends around for. On looking at the recipe i decided that, seeing as sugar was my favourite ingredient in the recipe, i would triple the amount of sugar i put in my mixture in comparism to the other ingredients. Oh Dear.....Katy Brown would never have done such a thing. My cookies ended up as a tray of roasted sugar and little else.

I like to think its inherited as i'm sure my mother doesnt particularly hold this 'gene' (dont tell her i said that)

Besides my favourite part of that scene is when Calamity Jane turns up at the end of it all covered muddy. Which just goes to show that you can try to teach this old dog new tricks....but dont get angry if i'm the muddiest in the room!!!!

Hope You Partyied Your Way Into 2010 with lots of cake.....

Here's to 2010
I had lots of great experiences in 2009
and some that i regret but (hope) i have learned from

I hope that in 2010 i will continue to work on myself as a person
so that in 2011 i will have fewer regrets and more great times.

Simple Things...

Listening to my ipod this morning this song got me thinking of my family, and how i wish i could be at home during this holiday season, even if it is just to fight with one of my sisters!

Sometimes i just miss that we are all just a little bit the same kind of crazy
...

If you love the life you live
Then you'll get a lot more done
Be more inclined to take the reins
Than turn away and run
It's very rare it seems to get a lifetime guarantee,
So I suppose self satisfaction be the key

My father is a wealthy, self made man
But his wealth does not consist of riches or acres of land
Instead he has a family who are His biggest fans
That's something that I one day hope to have

So I'll cherish the simple things
The easy took for granted things
Like going round my Mum's house for my tea
And argue with my sister,
Only God knows how I missed her
It's the simple things that mean the most to me

paolo nutini listen here

Behind the scenes....

Shhhhh! if your very quiet i might just be able to take you on a backstage tour of our performance of The Nutcracker....