Your know how you sometimes think you know the lyrics to a song, and then they are something completely different....Especially when I was younger and didn't know much English, I had my own versions of the lyrics when I sang. I obviously still have that. The car I bought a year ago still had a cassette-deck, it stopped working so now I'm "upgraded" to a cd-player. I decided to listen to old cd:s - one of them was "Savage Garden" - do you remember, they were in maybe 10-20 years ago....or something like that. I like to sing to their tunes, but haven't really looked at the titles. Now I started wondering about myself when I sang "like cannonball": "running free through the jungle...like cannonballs", "cannonballs and children never lie" etc. I thought something must be wrong and tried to listen really carefully, thought it must be something alive that they are singing about. Thought it sounded like "cannibals", but that was rather weird as well, so I had to check the cover, finally. "Animal song" is the title :).
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Had a lovely day yesterday, didn't have to do anything, but instead I voluntarily cleared away bits and pieces that have been waiting for it - some for a long time. In our living room we have a part which is supposed to be D's play corner. His room, where he doesn't sleep yet, is upstairs, but he is never there, so most of his toys are downstairs and as you can guess, all over the living room. I've looked at the mess but haven't had the energy to deal with it, only on the surface. Now I rearranged the corner, brought in a table for him and cleared away some of the "artwork" he's brought home from daycare. He is into building all sorts of things from milk boxes (wonder if his dad's architect-genes are coming through...) and it's a bit hard to throw them away, but enough is enough. I don't think he'll notice, I kept the best ones :).
Finally the house is slowly being cleared of the extra-clutter that has been collected in corners and cupboards, when I haven't had the energy to take care of everything. At the same time it becomes easier to keep things in order, know where I have stuff and easier to breathe... While my mother still was alive I many time thought about people with new houses, young people who haven't collected too much stuff and longed for less stuff and more order, but had no chance to deal with it. Now a lot of my mother's things are gone - yesterday I took some again to the place here in Jeppo where they collect clothes etc and take to poorer neighboring countries. I still have many boxes of her clothes, which I simply couldn't part with immediately. I think with a bit more time I will give away at least half of those as well.
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The evening ended with the film "Eat, pray, love" (perfect, could do the clearing at the same time :). I actually enjoyed it more this time, maybe because my life situation is different now and I could relate to new things. Unfortunately the evening ended with a beginning headache and increasing anxiety about my new relationship...if I don't hear from him regularly my heads starts making up all kinds of scenarios. Due to his working hours etc (being away when I'm sleeping and the other way around) it's really hard to get hold of him, mostly he has to contact me - I can only send him a text message if I have something I want to talk about - and he doesn't send those :(. Right now I'm almost certain there won't be a continuation. Anyway, thought the headache was due to tight neck kmuscles that didn't like the carrying, the walk in the morning etc, until I realized "hat"-season has begun. During the walk in the morning I didn't wear one and did notice the wind was rather cold to my head. It's very sensitive and since this was the second time this week with headache, I'm sure it's the wind...I need to start protecting my head. Wish I could just pull a hat over my poor heart as well!
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Had a lovely day yesterday, didn't have to do anything, but instead I voluntarily cleared away bits and pieces that have been waiting for it - some for a long time. In our living room we have a part which is supposed to be D's play corner. His room, where he doesn't sleep yet, is upstairs, but he is never there, so most of his toys are downstairs and as you can guess, all over the living room. I've looked at the mess but haven't had the energy to deal with it, only on the surface. Now I rearranged the corner, brought in a table for him and cleared away some of the "artwork" he's brought home from daycare. He is into building all sorts of things from milk boxes (wonder if his dad's architect-genes are coming through...) and it's a bit hard to throw them away, but enough is enough. I don't think he'll notice, I kept the best ones :).
Finally the house is slowly being cleared of the extra-clutter that has been collected in corners and cupboards, when I haven't had the energy to take care of everything. At the same time it becomes easier to keep things in order, know where I have stuff and easier to breathe... While my mother still was alive I many time thought about people with new houses, young people who haven't collected too much stuff and longed for less stuff and more order, but had no chance to deal with it. Now a lot of my mother's things are gone - yesterday I took some again to the place here in Jeppo where they collect clothes etc and take to poorer neighboring countries. I still have many boxes of her clothes, which I simply couldn't part with immediately. I think with a bit more time I will give away at least half of those as well.
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The evening ended with the film "Eat, pray, love" (perfect, could do the clearing at the same time :). I actually enjoyed it more this time, maybe because my life situation is different now and I could relate to new things. Unfortunately the evening ended with a beginning headache and increasing anxiety about my new relationship...if I don't hear from him regularly my heads starts making up all kinds of scenarios. Due to his working hours etc (being away when I'm sleeping and the other way around) it's really hard to get hold of him, mostly he has to contact me - I can only send him a text message if I have something I want to talk about - and he doesn't send those :(. Right now I'm almost certain there won't be a continuation. Anyway, thought the headache was due to tight neck kmuscles that didn't like the carrying, the walk in the morning etc, until I realized "hat"-season has begun. During the walk in the morning I didn't wear one and did notice the wind was rather cold to my head. It's very sensitive and since this was the second time this week with headache, I'm sure it's the wind...I need to start protecting my head. Wish I could just pull a hat over my poor heart as well!
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i wish I could get the ambition to get rid of my cluttered corners. There a 6 people living in this house and it is amazing how quickly stuff gets piled up to be dealt with later. I have time right now, but I am also thinking about finding a good clearance sale to update my wardrobe with. Cleaning up would make me feel better in the longrun, but getting a great deal on Fall clothes would feel good right now!!jj
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