before + after

Let me preface these images by stating this - please be kind as the past week or so have not been so kind to me. My being busy + tired = embarrassing mess. 

Also, embarrassing mess + days off + no car + torrential rain = cleaning like mad.

Those factors, and the fact that I am moving soon sent me into a flurry of scrubbing walls, dusting, and donating half of my wardrobe to charity.

Before

Eep! Told you it was bad! Absolute chaos! Ugh, when my home is this way so is my head.

today...

...is the second day in a row stuck at home due to a dead car and rainy weather

...is also the second day of my crazy 'nesting' phase

...I've dusted, re-arranged, dusted again, spent an hour on the kitchen floor scrubbing at 'missed-bits'

...I remembered to take my vitamins for the first time in a month

pause.breathe.repeat

{this moment} 27.5.2011

{this moment} - A friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember

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Happy Friday to all!

This week I have...

started 7 blog posts

been overwhelmed halfway to three quarters of the way though 6 of them

heard (from myeslf) at least 10 gazillion times that I'm not good enough/a crap writter/a crap person/that I will never amount to anything and last of all that people hate me

listened at least 7 gazillion times to those yucky "voices"

went to work 3 times and truly loved it

learnt alot of stuff about life/me/everything

had one whole day of not-get out-of-bed-the-world-is-mean-PMSing

taken not one photo

discovered a new musical obsession

♥

finished one post (this is it btw)

{this moment} 20.5.2011

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Happy Weekend!

{this moment} 19.5.11

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today...

...we had all the intentions in the world of going to the gym.

...I hit snooze too many times and we didn't get up until ten.

...we never did make it to the gym. Oops!

...was tights and knitted dress weather.

...we went thrifting and found very little that was exciting.

...I "needed" to visit Kmart as today I decreed was a red-shoe-kinda-day (the location of my fave ballet flats continue to elude me. Sad face )

...this lady was dressed up in a glittery jacket and a loud floral frock for her trip to Kmart. The photo does not do it justice, that jacket was disco-ball reflective! Awesome.


...myself and himself stood and read our fave mags as we're totally cheap.

...there were no fun shoes but we picked up boring items that were actually needed aka underwear, new wife beaters for himself and Junior Mints for all.

today...

I slept in until 10.20am and woke up feeling the best I have in months.

We went to 'his' mum's place for mother's day lunch.

I found myself wondering what my future mother's days might look like (when I am one!) and got all excited thinking about burnt, cold toast in bed and misspelt cards that I'm sure were the most beautiful creations in the world to my mum (except for me and my siblings of course haha)

We went for a look at our favourite second hand bookshop for treasure.

None today, but that is half the fun of really - the thrill of the chase.

{this moment}

{this moment} - A friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember

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Dearest *,

It has been at least a year, maybe two. I have stopped counting because it does more harm than good to my head space. I do know however that the thought of reaching out and writing this has been with me for too long. You would hate the idea of your business being anyone else's, but this is the only way that makes sense (to me) for me to write this. If I write a letter I fear you would simply tear it up without reading it, if I was to contact you via facebook/text messaging/email I also fear your response would break me. I have decided to hide behind this blog, use it as a shield to allow me to say all I have wanted to for so long. Thoughts that I think every single day of my life.

So here I am, writing, reaching out to let you know that I love you. That I may not fully understand all that has happened (how can I? I'm not a mum, nor have I had to deal with any of the shit that you have), but I respect your choices. Letting you know that I am devastated that I am missing out on so many special moments, missing whole lives. Missing you.

finds

Some preloved items that I am now loving. Because I'm super cheap they all cost very little. Or nothing at all.

{this moment}

{this moment} - A weekly ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember

inspired by soulemama

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