Memories of Her... singing...


First of all, my heart aches for everyone in Japan right now.  So very devastating and sad.  I cannot even begin to imagine what it is like to go through something like that.

It's been kind of an odd day after hearing news like that.  Trying to just keep on truckin' with normal life.  Took the kiddos to the vet today for baths, and now they are home so fluffy and clean.  Ive been packing boxes for moving, taking care of loan details, shipping packages & photographing new stuff...

Last night I had a cool dream that reminded me of my mother, so I thought it would be perfect to share another 'Memories of Her' post.  My mom used to sing all of the time.  She has such a beautiful voice.  Not on key, and not a classic what you would call singing voice, but soulful.  You could tell she felt everything she sang, and she had this certain twang to it.  I just adored it.  When I worked with her, we would sing together alot.  And there are certain songs that she sang throughout my entire life that Ill always remember.  John Sebastian's "Rainbows Over Your Blues" was one of them.

I dreamt I was walking along the street in public singing it to James and telling him that my mom used to sing it to me.  The dream had alot more to it, but that was the jist of the memory of the song.  I woke up with it in my head, and sang it all day long yesterday.  I remember her teaching me the words to it one day when I was a young teenager.  She loved it so much, and I think she sang it way better than he did :)  One day, Ill teach it to my kids.


Time to paint rainbows over our blues during this time, and love our families.  When you cant reach out to help across the world, put that love into your own family, dont take this life for granted day after day.  Once you are gone, the rest of us only have our memories of when you were here, so make them good ones.  Ones that we can all look back and smile upon.
 
And Happy 1 YEAR anniversary to my Nanna and her man!!!!  I cant believe its already been a year!  And they are still acting like teenagers :)  love you!

PEACE,
Laura

New Jewelry

Here is a collection of new goodies that went into the shop this week.  Some of the earrings are versions of older ones, maybe with a different bead or earwire.


Ive started packing some boxes last night and today.  I have a feeling this house is not going to be clean and cute again before we leave.  It will just start to look more and more empty and full of boxes.  But that is okay b/c I get to constantly daydream about where Im going to put things in the new house.  James is desperately trying to figure out the internet connection at the new place.  DSL is not available and we are trying to figure out how and what we can use that doesnt take us back to the dark ages of internet connection for our business.  Its been quite an ordeal so far and I hope it all gets worked out soon b/c it sure is becoming stressful.  

Soooo many little details.

Here's to a peaceful evening!

PEACE,
Laura

Pretty Hair & House Update

The other day I came across this fun hair tutorial... so when I was getting ready for our meeting with the loan officer on monday I remembered it and was able to quickly do it up like this in time to dash out the door.  It really took about two minutes to do, but looks so sweet like I spent forever on it.  Since its been hard for me all of my life to grow my hair out (i used to always chop it off short and messy) I am learning to have fun with it long.  And Im loving it.


Our meeting went very well.  We signed about 50 papers.  Each step of the process makes us feel a bit closer to the reality of our dream.  Its hard to comprehend on some days, hard to believe it is really happening.  I wont believe it until Im handed the keys and Im standing in the house, hand in hand with my boy.  Then I will breathe a huge sigh of relief and most likely starting dancing or screaming or something wild and crazy.  I cant wait!

Now the time comes in between our work hours, to start packing up boxes of things we dont need on a daily basis.  Im going to try to be super organized about it and label everything and make detailed lists of what each box contains.  Crazy sounding I know, but I have ALOT of stuff, and it will take forever for us to get out of the boxes, so I will need to know where certain stuff is at.  Im glad we will have the next two  months to pack and organize.  I think it will make our transition much smoother.

I cannot wait to do laundry in my own house!!!!!!!!!!!

I made this treasury of things I would love to buy for our new place.  Although I most likely wont be able to get many of them, I will still dream...

PEACE,
Laura