Daily 5 - Year 3, Day 202 & 203

Yesterday's Daily 5:

1. sleeping in
2. a quiet, highly productive morning
3. laughing with my sister in law while beginning to assemble all of her kitchen cabinets
4. subway for supper
5. just a bit of chocolate

Today's Daily 5:

1. Sunday mornings - definitely my favorite feature of the week
2. episodes of The West Wing on DVD
3. another random encounter at the bus stop - this time an eastern european man named Victor started with asking me for the time, and about daylight savings, told me I was radiant, asked my name - all of this seemed innocuous enough.  BUT... he held my hand way too long, stroking it with both of his when we shook hands, asked my age, and even after I refused to tell him, invited me to come home with him sometime.  When I still politely refused, he reached over, stroked my hair, and went on his way - he wasn't even waiting for the bus!  Apparently I was so radiant that he felt compelled to stop!  Totally creepy, but still something that made me laugh today!
4. attending a semi-professional hockey game - I actually mostly despise hockey, but the chance to attend with a dear friend who doesn't care all that much more than I do provided loads of opportunities for laughter, mocking and people watching.  It was pretty much fabulous!
5. spending hours and hours with a dear friend, talking, eating, laughing, ranting, mocking, celebrating - a good way to spend a Sunday evening.

Blue Like Jazz

Blue Like Jazz, the movie, opens next week, and I wanted to share the official trailer with you all.  I think it looks fabulous, and I'm definitely hoping it will come to Canada.  If it doesn't, well, then, I'm jealous of those of you who get to see it in a theatre!  Go check it out, and then drop me a note to let me know how it was!  I loved the book, I supported the record-breaking Kickstarter project to fund the movie, and now I can't wait to actually get to see the movie.

Daily 5 - Year 3, Day 201

Today's Daily 5:

1. That some potential challenges ended up going smoothly
2. lunch hour, sitting on the couches with a friend, silently, watching TV on our laptops
3. an episode of New Girl that made me laugh when I really needed a laugh
4. the arrival of the weekend
5. candy after lunch
6. a couple hours of unwinding by tackling some cleaning and leftover tasks from the weekend
7. working on some knitting
8. a few creative endeavours
9. climbing into pajamas still warm from the dryer
10. the smell of nice fabric softener

Friday Reflections, March 9, 2012

This reminder from Henri Nouwen seemed like a good one to share in this space today:


Choosing Joy

Joy is what makes life worth living, but for many joy seems hard to find. They complain that their lives are sorrowful and depressing. What then brings the joy we so much desire? Are some people just lucky, while others have run out of luck? Strange as it may sound, we can choose joy. Two people can be part of the same event, but one may choose to live it quite differently than the other. One may choose to trust that what happened, painful as it may be, holds a promise. The other may choose despair and be destroyed by it.

What makes us human is precisely this freedom of choice.

Daily 5 - Year 3, Day 201

Today's Daily 5:

1. Immunizations!  So much fun baby!
2. watching little M (my favorite date) sit in awe when he tried my stethoscope and heard his heartbeat for the first time
3. "God wants to hit the whole congregation with a broom" - a lesson in the value of translation and having the Bible in your heart language
4. blueberry pie and ice cream
5. baby hugs and kisses goodnight