spring fever

It has been silent around the blog lately. Time has flown, don't know where. 

Since last time we have gotten a new family member, Waldo the Pug :) I have never been much of a dog lover, but I think I might have to change that statement soon, cause he has completely melted my heart. 

Other than that, I am eagerly waiting for spring. As I have told before, I love the 4 seasons we have here, and the change of seasons has an effect on me. I can't quite describe it, but I just love it. And spring gives me a ticklish feeling in the stomach. I can fall in love with the simplest little things, and be happy about them for ages. The feeling of the rays of sunlight in morning is about the best there is to wake up to :). 

I hope you all enjoy spring as much as me!

let it snow!

Since yesterday it has snowed, and this morning i woke up to a winter wonderland. I love it! I love this time of the year, with christmas around the corner and candlelight and snow. It's so pretty. And when you go out with tons of layers of clothes and you can feel the cold on your face, it really makes me feel alive. Have a good and snowy friday!

Pics: weheartit.com

music

I normally listen to music all the time. I have different playlists, depending on the season or mood i'm in and when I'm home I usually have music playing all the time. And then our surround system broke! NOT GOOD! Luckily I haven't thrown away my CD's, so I went back to listening to them for a while. But now that I figured out how to connect my computer to my CD player, I couldn't be happier! How didn't I think of this before?! Well, maybe it was good to bring back some old memories and to blow the dust off the CD's ;)

What are your favorite picks from your playlists? Here's one of the oldies I found while listening to my CD's :)

The Corrs - Radio

What are four walls, anyway? They are what they contain. The house protects the dreamer. Unthinkably good things can happen, even late in the game. It's such a surprise.

Under the Tuscan Sun

Never forget to dream. To fill life with the things that brings you happiness. Suddenly you might find yourself having all you ever dreamed of. Until then, a dreamer always has their dreams...

Goodnight!

Right now.

Sometimes I wonder how it is that everything always get pushed further and further ahead, until all of a sudden you sit there the last night with nothing done yet and the deadline knocking on the door.

Then I found the answer:

So my sunday will be getting my whole final project for school done in one day, basically.

Luckily there's coffee,  pretty pictures and good music involved :)

Cuteness to Die for

So, I should be doing school work. Instead I do anything but. I look at pictures of pug puppies, they are just too cute. 

And this morning me and my sis went selling at a flea market. We got up at the crack of dawn, packed a thermos with coffee, set up our table and sold clothes. Cheap. Some it was hard to sell, all the memories that goes with them... it's just to hope they'll get a good home and create more memories :) And we came home tired, but with a little nugget of money warming in the pocket and a lighter feeling, knowing that the bags in the storage weren't there anymore.

money

A friend of mine shared this video, so I want to share it with you. It's funny to think of what kind of life we would lead, if it wasn't for money.

Money is a complicated thing. Often it cloud our vision of where we want to go, what we want to do, because we think that a good salary is what's worth striving for. While in reality, I guess the salary doesn't matter that much, as long as we do something we like and get by with the money we get. 

I have one good friend of mine, who has followed her dreams. Chosen her studies and style of life according to what she WANTS to do, not because it would bring her money. I admire that. For her it all turned out very well, she gets to work with what she reallo loves. That's really all I would want to as well.

about being true to oneself

Autumn has an effect on me. It brings me to think about life. About who I am. As a person, what I want, where I'm going. About me in relation to others. Who I am in my relationships; to my boyfriend, family and friends. I always come to a similar conclusion. In order for my relationships to work, for me to be able to be the person I want to be, I need to be happy with myself. When I am happy and have found my balance, I can give so much more to others. I can be the person that I want others to see in me. And for this all to be possible I think we should never stop dreaming, and the ultimate thing never to forget is, to quote Janis Joplin:

Don't compromise yourself. You're all you've got. 

I watched Eat, Pray, Love a while back. One of my favorite movies. So worth watching. Life's all about living the moment, about dolce far niente. And about being true to yourself. 

Snapshots

It's been a busy couple of weeks. School started back up, I've been working a lot so that I could keep some time off in the upcoming weeks. Excitement has been all around; we're gonna have visitors from the other side of the atlantic. Therefore also a lot of planning and fixing has been taking up some time. But it's all fun projects, the kinds that brings a good energy. 

 Here's some snapshots from my oasis, things that has kept my mind occupied lately.

Colors. Candles. Pictures. Materials. Settings. Autumn. 

Make every moment count.

There's so much going on, but still so little. Same from day to day, but still an overwhelming amount of different things running through my head. Countless things to take care of before the to-do list will shorten. So every now and then I gotta stop for a while and just breathe. Everything else is optional after all. 

I try to remember what really is important. You know those things that count. The small things. And then those things that wake you up, make you rethink. The thoughts that keep your mind open and your dreams alive. We should never forget to strive for more, but at the same time be happy with what we have. 

CHERISH EVERY MEMORY

LOVE EVERY MOMENT

EMBRACE EVERY POSSIBILITY

But I think I really would need a vacation. Cut my mind off things. Just be, relax and spend quality time with my love. It's a while until that can happen though, so for now stopping to breathe is what's gonna have to do the trick ;)

(Even if I wish I would be enjoying this..)