Catch my life on a screen near you!

 

I love the movie "A lot like love". And caught a few minutes earlier today. How is this for my life in the movies.. And I know how he feels. I also agree with the brother, so I do try to live like that. Some days are easy, some moments are hard. But I love every day.

 

I also had a "plan". Still do. At the moment my plan is just waiting for me to catch up again. I had to walk a bit.. but I plan to be (up and) running again within the next 2 months. 

 

Ok.. I am already 30 and not almost.. but still! Stupid year for my life to go all crazy. :)



Ah yes. Guess I can say it a million ways (between projects etc), but truth is..

This is something I want changed ASAP. I need my space again. We need our own routines. They (my 3) deserve our own life again.

My life is going on. And I was never knocked off my feet. But for a while there 2012 reminded me of hard knock life.

Soundtrack:
Ben Howard - Keep your head up. (plus the whole album).
The Lumineers - Ho Hey. (plus the whole album).
Blue October. Still on my most played list.

Older or wiser

I have noticed some new things about me.. but I can't decide if it is a age thing or just a me thing.

Great day, Moving on and Movies.

I think I am over discussing the same thing over and over and,well, over. My tale is not a sad one, just a life with a few turns and twists. So while I've been over my marriage for (at least) the last two to three years, the paper work is yet to be done. There is so many reasons for this, the biggest being that I wanted to be nice and first be employed again. And then the fact that he was out of the country for just short of 18 months.

My timeline in a nutshell - this won't ever be repeated again:

Tips,movies,leather jackets and long titles

Two discussions that always pop up around a dinner table, favourite movies and tips on motherhood. Both things I would consider myself able to hold a conversation over (especially the latter).

The best (and almost always the only) tips I tend to give people, is that whatever you feel is right tends to be. If you keep worrying about doing everything by the book, you start stressing about stuff that just is not important in the big picture. Read up, ask someone for help, but do what feels right for you in the end. What works for one child will most certainly not work for another by default.

Don't sweat the small stuff. I've seen parents start a small war before school about something as small as mismatched socks on a 4 year old. Now the kid who was happy with their colourful socks, is crying and unhappy, dropping him/her off at school takes 10 minutes instead of 5 and everyone starts their day stressed. Save the wars for the big stuff.

Patience and more patience and the extra 5 minutes. Works for everything. Instead of saying you are busy for 2 hours, get up and go look at the art work. Saves you hours of "come look", "can you come look now?", "how about now?".

I've been waiting for nearly 10 years to say this: I finally own a leather jacket. A pretty brown one. I've always loved leather jackets but haven't had one since I was about 19/20. And ever since then there was just never a great time. It was buying a house, buying some land, a car, marriage, kids and life. Sometimes I had the money and was actively looking for one only to find none I like, sometimes I would see one I love but have it cost a fortune and sometimes I had the money and found one I love only for it to be in all the wrong sizes. So last week I saw one. A reasonably priced one that I loved in the perfect colour at a store where I have some credit that I never use. Now I need a occasion. And some cold weather!

Last night at a braai with some friends, the always popular "what's your favourite movie of all time" question was asked. I've always wanted to one of those people who have a ready made answer. I love movies, but this question always ends in a half hour long explanation for me. Explaining choices, categories etc. I can't point out just one favourite. I have favourites that are classics (and that is one most peoples lists), comedies, feel good movies that you can watch over and over again and never get tired of it; and then the off the cuff movies that you love but know that if you mention it it will lead to a huge discussion. This will have to be a post on it's own as it deserves a proper list.

Funnily enough, I'm looking forward to tomorrow. Also known as Monday. Hope this feelings lasts.

Thursday

I know. I hate obvious people too. And my heading would be stating the obvious. But my feelings for Thursday have always been summed up perfectly by The Cure:

I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's gray and Wednesday too
Thursday I don't care about you
It's Friday, I'm in love.

My mind is already planning Friday, my body sadly stuck in Thursday.

I'm a planning type of person. So today, with the lack of anything like a day job to fill my day, I planned my Friday night. I'm planning to be unsocial. That's how I prefer my Fridays. Me & the three normally just forget routine. Watch a movie. Everything everyday and routine can wait until Saturday. I'll keep Saturday morning for a post all on its own as I can get quite lyrical about Saturday mornings when I'm allowed more than 140 characters.

So tomorrow night I'm planning to have a particularly girly Friday night. Movies booked: Barbie in the Mermaid Tail. One Day starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess (yum), and What's your number starring Anna Faris and Chris Evans (pretty boy). Some romance, some comedy, some sad and some fun. Sounds like all we need is rain and a duvet!

Last little story of this morning: As I dropped the twins off at school, we were designing our ideal cars. They are all saving up for respectively two Mini Coopers (one yellow, one red) and one VW Beetle (Varies between pink, purple and red). So this morning one starts designing a all out Barbie Beetle. So I start suggesting more Barbie clothes and other accessories, growing her blonde hair longer.. She quips with a laugh: "No! I don't want to LOOK like Barbie, she isn't real. I just want to look like me with Barbie stickers on my car!". I was cheering for that comment.

Is it Friday yet?