Monday Reminder: A Brand-New Path

"Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman."  - Maya Angelou

Monday Reminder: Surrender to the Dance

"The art of living is based on rhythm — on give and take, ebb and flow, light and dark, life and death. By acceptance of all aspects of life, good and bad, right and wrong, yours and mine, the static, defensive life, which is what most people are cursed with, is converted into a dance... The acceptance of the situation, any situation, brings about a flow, a rhythmic impulse towards self-expression. To relax is, of course, the first thing a dancer has to learn... It is extremely difficult, because it means surrender, full surrender."  -Adapted from Henry Miller

Caturday

With all of the moving and packing going on in my house again, the cats are driving me crazy!  Lady Bug is smart enough to know that something big is going on and is constantly trying to figure out what that might be.  Charlie is just anxious and confused, which makes for a lot of whining at 4:30 every morning.

While trying to get some things organized a few nights ago, Lady Bug made camp on the bed like a normal cat.  Charlie decided she was done with the whole thing and packed herself away, ready to get moved.  She refused to leave the box, no matter how much I coaxed.

At least in the box, she wasn't under foot.  Once she decided that she'd rather travel in the suitcase, she was just making a mess.

I think we'll all be happy to get this move over and get settled in our new place.  The big drive takes place on Tuesday!

Throwback Thursday

My best friend and I at my going away party four years ago when I moved to the dirty South.  Hard to believe I'm moving back north in less than a week...

What I'm Reading Wednesday

As I mentioned yesterday, I just haven't been feeling inspired to do this whole blogging thing with everything else that's going on.  Just because I'm not writing as much doesn't mean that I'm not reading though!  I keep finding these amazing blog posts that say exactly what I want to say so I figured instead of writing today, I'd share some of my favorite bloggers and their posts from this week that have inspired me.  Maybe you'll learn something or find someone new to read.  You never know...

I have no idea how I found Kati, but she's one of my favorite bloggers.  Kati, if you're reading this, did you know that?  I think we'd be friends in real life.  Anyway.  Swing over there and show her some blog love is you feel so inclined.
Kati wrote this post this week about why she moved to Nebraska.  I kind of feel the same way about why I'm moving to Marshfield.  I mean, yes it's in my home state but it isn't exactly where I thought I'd end up.  Thanks for putting my thoughts into words, Kati!

Nicholl is one of the few fashion bloggers I follow religiously.  I wish I were half that cute.  She's also hysterically funny.  I've been thinking about doing one of the "Fact Is..." linkups and always forget about them until I read hers and than I realize I'm not all that funny.  Her perspective on life is fabulous and she'll make you giggle.  Good enough for me!

 

I started reading Alycia's blog a while back and kept reading because she is one of the most honest and adorable people I have stumbled upon on the internet.  This post from Monday is especially amazing.  We all need a reminder to judging one another sometimes.  I know I do!

If I could sew - which someday I'm determined to learn for real - I would totally make myself this jacket.  Amazing.


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