while being bored at work one day (a rare occurrance, i know) i decided to see how many things i could come up with that i consider to be life's simple pleasures... ENJOY! :)
1. hot shower
2. ocean waves
3. homemade bread
4. ben & jerry's ice cream
5. massages
6. mountain-fresh air
7. lying on a cold bathroom floor
8. fresh-cut grass
9. reading a good book
10. catching up with an old friend
11. smell of coffee
12. surprise gifts
13. freshly washed sheets/towels
14. getting a hair cut (a good one)
15. reaching a goal weight
16. sleeping in
17. the smell of "home"
18. bare feet
19. sunshine
20. stretching after a good sleep
21. laughing
22. a sea breeze
23. the sound of thunder
24. getting braces removed
25. new underwear
26. campfire
27. sunrise
28. sunset
29. traveling
30. looking at old pictures
31. learning
32. breathing
33. graduating
34. cleaning house
35. finding money
36. trying something new
37. paying off a bill
38. first snowfall
39. standing in the rain
40. pajama days
41. holding hands
42. a kiss
43. sales
44. top of the mountain
45. hammocks
46. a good workout
47. people watching
48. achieving a goal
49. letting go
50. living
Off the Record
well - this is the time - i have FINALLY chosen five art pieces from my Off the Record portfolio to enter into the exhbition for APW Gallery. the following are the pieces i HAVE sent off to New York.
whew. i'd like to say that i'm glad THAT'S over. but it's really not. now i got the lovely job of updating all of my portfolios i'll be taking with me to New York. i've forgotten how much work it is to prepare for stuff like this - not that i've done it before... but the whole idea of preparing art for a deadline is something i have not done for years really. it's kind of all-consuming.
outside of all this art business work has been insanely busy. nothing new with that i spose. me and the other on-call supervisor have been working on keeping the group home running smoothly, to the point that it's hard to imagine a new program coordinator coming in to take over. well - as it is - i spose i don't have to have trouble imagining any longer as they (the lovely people from head office) have finally found someone. great. now i'm just crossing my fingers that it won't be a re-run from our last program coordinator extravaganza cuz that wasn't very fun...
whew. i'd like to say that i'm glad THAT'S over. but it's really not. now i got the lovely job of updating all of my portfolios i'll be taking with me to New York. i've forgotten how much work it is to prepare for stuff like this - not that i've done it before... but the whole idea of preparing art for a deadline is something i have not done for years really. it's kind of all-consuming.
outside of all this art business work has been insanely busy. nothing new with that i spose. me and the other on-call supervisor have been working on keeping the group home running smoothly, to the point that it's hard to imagine a new program coordinator coming in to take over. well - as it is - i spose i don't have to have trouble imagining any longer as they (the lovely people from head office) have finally found someone. great. now i'm just crossing my fingers that it won't be a re-run from our last program coordinator extravaganza cuz that wasn't very fun...
Moving On
i FINALLY have updated this blog page. i figured it was about time for a change... what with all the changes that have been happening in my life and all. i mean, really, it feels as though 2009 has been the year of which my life is finally starting to exhibit some signs of balance. it's taken me long enough - with the whirlwind of last year - the dreaded 2008.
so here i am. finishing up some paintings for the exhibition at APW Gallery for May 1, called Art on Record. im super excited to be able to be a part of this and it should be awesome. should you be interested in checking out my works of art - they can all be seen at: Art Undefined.
outside of that, i have been plugging away at a book im writing all about the ups and downs of my life experiences to date. its been a blast going over things in my life that ive forgotten about and being able to have the freedom to record them on paper as i have seen them. it has opened my mind to so many different thoughts, ideas and hopes for my future. i have been through so much already and i am only 22. it makes me think in wonder of what my life is going to look like for the next 22 years.... the next 5.... even just tomorrow. it is a beautiful thing.
above everything else, though, i am getting ready to leave. i feel as though my time here in calgary is coming to a close and i will soon be setting off to see what the world has to offer me. i am super excited and i completely wish that i could just set of on a jet plane tomorrow. but i spose patience is a virtue - or so they say. realistically, ill be sticking around until the end of 2009. i need the time to save the money and prepare. thats what a friend told me recently when i was complaining of how i just wanted to leave. she told me that i should be thinking of this time that i am still "stuck" here as time of which i am simply "preparing" to leave. she's 100% right. and when i start thinking about it - i got SOOOOO much to prepare. i best hop to it.
as such, i shall be off. i only hope that i will be writing here more regularly from now on. i mean, that IS what this blog is for. for me to share my life experiences, thoughts and opinions as they come up. ENJOY.
so here i am. finishing up some paintings for the exhibition at APW Gallery for May 1, called Art on Record. im super excited to be able to be a part of this and it should be awesome. should you be interested in checking out my works of art - they can all be seen at: Art Undefined.
outside of that, i have been plugging away at a book im writing all about the ups and downs of my life experiences to date. its been a blast going over things in my life that ive forgotten about and being able to have the freedom to record them on paper as i have seen them. it has opened my mind to so many different thoughts, ideas and hopes for my future. i have been through so much already and i am only 22. it makes me think in wonder of what my life is going to look like for the next 22 years.... the next 5.... even just tomorrow. it is a beautiful thing.
above everything else, though, i am getting ready to leave. i feel as though my time here in calgary is coming to a close and i will soon be setting off to see what the world has to offer me. i am super excited and i completely wish that i could just set of on a jet plane tomorrow. but i spose patience is a virtue - or so they say. realistically, ill be sticking around until the end of 2009. i need the time to save the money and prepare. thats what a friend told me recently when i was complaining of how i just wanted to leave. she told me that i should be thinking of this time that i am still "stuck" here as time of which i am simply "preparing" to leave. she's 100% right. and when i start thinking about it - i got SOOOOO much to prepare. i best hop to it.
as such, i shall be off. i only hope that i will be writing here more regularly from now on. i mean, that IS what this blog is for. for me to share my life experiences, thoughts and opinions as they come up. ENJOY.
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