Showing posts with label quote. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quote. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

The Trouble Is, You Think You Have Time





How many days have gone by where you planned to get certain chores or tasks
done but then at the end of the day you realized that in actuality you accomplished
absolutely nothing that you set out to do that day? It happens to me once in a while. 
create my daily list of things to do - all with good intentions, of course - and I refer 
to my list on and off throughout my day, but sometimes, other things just get in the 
way. Sometimes when I am working, a new idea will come into my mind and sidetrack
 my focus, or other things will come up and before I know it, the day is over and my
to-do list remains undone. Worst of all, I felt like I had wasted time! 

 This reminded me of something my vocal coach taught me years ago when I was taking 
singing lessons. She used to tell me to "Use the air, don't push the air" when singing. 
This piece of advice was a true method to making someone a better vocalist. Now,
years later, I think of her words again, but this time they have a new meaning to me. 

Will I use my day, or will I push through my day?

Even more importantly, and on a much bigger scale, will I take the time that I should 
to do the things that I've always dreamed of doing, or will those things somehow get
pushed away too? I'm choosing to pursue all of those dreams, and to use every second
 of my time on this earth thoroughly and completely.

How about you?    


Sunday, January 13, 2013

Week-end Beauty....


Just sharing some of my favourite images from this week.

Last January I took place in the World's Biggest Juice Detox & this week I've been doing it again....
it's not always easy, I miss my morning coffee & tea but I feel great.

I've also been doing a little blog makeover....it's not quite finished yet, almost there.

I'm going to spend the remainder of my Saturday afternoon cooking....
I'm going to try the rosemary chicken lasagne featured below & am making a couple of other dishes, including Rachel Allen's fantastic lemon rosemary polenta cake.

I went to see "Quartet" this week....
it's a wonderful film, brilliant acting & set in the most beautiful house.

I'm looking forward to the Golden Globes tomorrow night & will be featuring some of my favourites gowns on Monday.

The Oscar nominations made interesting reading this week....
like many others, I though that Ben Affleck was absolutely robbed when he missed out on Best Actor & Best Director for "Argo", one of my favourite movies of 2012 by far.
  
Snow is forecast in London for Monday and most of next week, it's certainly cold enough for it!

Happy Week-end!!



Positano, Italy

Manhattan townhouse


....rosemary chicken lasagne 
via Feasting at Home, a fabulous new food blog that I discovered this week

inspiring spaces....still trying to finish off my home office corner, almost there


....one of my favourite photos taken by me last summer in Cap Ferrat, the south of France has the most wonderful light 

photo by Jen Huang

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Sunday bliss.....




Brooklyn Heights house love....


just look at that face....



Cooking and the completion of my "30 dishes in 30 days" project seems to be top of my agenda this week-end....
lemon & rosemary polenta cake yesterday, cinnamon buns for breakfast this morning and I'm just about to make bread (for the first time I might add - wish me luck!) and soup....yum!

My thoughts are turning to Christmas which is suddenly less than 5 weeks away....
lots of great sales on already in the shops, my children have prepared their lists, 
I have mine....
and my son is asking once more how exactly Father Christmas gets in since we do have a chimney but it is not open :)

Happy Week-end!

The "Friends With Kids"/"Magic Mike" DVD giveaway ends tomorrow, to enter, click here....


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