on the last day of october...
a pocket library tote (part of a giveaway at the end of this post)
i must admit that the month of october blew by me. it just did. poof. suddenly gone.
i have been dipping into blog reading here and there and have really been inspired by all that you are saying. there is a "pulling it all up from the guts and looking at where i am in the world" going on out there. and i have read some words i really needed to read...and felt an invitation to stop keeping so much in and start sharing in this space in ways i used to, especially how i wrote when i first started blogging.
i have felt really overwhelmed about a few things lately and the lonelies have plopped down in the middle of the living room and won't leave me alone. but they are parked in the midst of so much clutter, literal and figurative clutter, and i have decided to finally tackle it. yep. i spent about five hours yesterday beginning to move the little room into the guest room (and from: the living room, the kitchen, the laundry room, and the family room). the little room will become the guest room. i can't wait. i want to just wrinkle my nose and have it done or at least just have the furniture swapped...or have one of you live near me and maybe you could just come over and help for a day. we could get so much done. i would take you out for dinner (sushi?) and you could even spend the night (the guest bed is really comfy) and then jon would make us breakfast. yes. that would be perfect. let's do that.
anyway, i have decided that i just might try to write in this space every single day in november. i'm not going to (at this point) sign up for anything as i don't think i can handle that guilt of not finishing (i am so very good at guilt)...but dar's posts have been pushing me lately...pushing me to let that writer back out of me. pushing me to realize that getting some of these stuck words and feelings out of me might just help me to get out of my head. and i so need to get out of my head.
i passed 700 posts a few posts back. and i really, really want to celebrate that. meant to do that at 600 posts and then at my three-year blog birthday last month. ahhh...this is the way it has been lately. anyway, i really want to celebrate with a thank you for all that you give me by stopping by and sharing yourself with me...and thank those of you with blogs who give pieces of yourself as you share your world...
the library pocket tote at the top of this post is a favorite of mine. i bought up all the yards i could find of that cursive writing blackboard fabric. it just makes me happy. and i use a bit of it every now and then. this giveaway will include that tote and then a few other of my favorite things like vintage buttons and other vintage bits.
so to enter this little giveaway that seems a bit hidden at the end of this post, please share something you are hoping for in this moment in your life.
i will start: i hope for change next tuesday.
take a breath
Reader Comments (34)
i hope to win that tote...i am an english teacher and that blackboard fabric is adorable :) besides that: i hope to be easy on myself and others as we enter a busy season. i hope that people don't feel lonely this holiday season and hope that i may have opportunities to help those that do. i hope to be the best teacher i can to my middle schoolers, even as things get crazy. and i hope for hope as i, too, vote for change on tuesday. many blessings to you! xoxo
I hope for more listening ...
Love that tote, it is so stylish and perfect for filling it up with goodies and going for a winter's walk to a cafe.
Your observations about the return to more heartfelt and gut spilling blogging are so spot on; I feel it myself and you describe it so perfectly.
You know, I have never counted my posts! Congrats on 700! And oh, moving rooms around is one of the best therapies I know :)
Hi, I just found your blog on Posey. I loved the name because I think I need to be more present in my life and the lives around me.
I also love your tote. I am making gifts this year instead of being the mad consumer. I have planned on making some totes, so your project has give me some more ideas.
Well, my thing is to be more present and aware in my life and the lives around me. I am also hoping for positive changes for our country com January 20th!
Thanks for blogging...glad I found you, even if it is 700 blogs later!
I hope for more courage. I need it!
And I love your tote :)
"found you on Posey" hee hee. Love that ;)
Have missed your writing and words lately my love.
I hope for change as well on tuesday, and that getting hypnostized this past Thur to quit smoking keeps working as well as it has so far....I quit cold turkey and feel great!
XO
I love that cursive fabric too!
At this moment, I hope to get all the crafting I want, in my heart, to accomplish done this holiday season and relish in the joy of sharing it with those I love as well as with some I don't even know. I'm always filled with that beautiful optimism this gorgeous time of year. xoxo my friend
I'd so love a chance to give your lovely tote a new home, Liz. I hope that we all come to embrace the fact that yes... we ARE good enough. xoxo, Shari
I am hoping that the rest of this year goes well. I have quite a few goals, and I want to give myself enough time to enjoy them.
Thanks for sharing! Moving back to this type of writing is one of my goals too!
I hope for time to read and write this weekend. I hope for time to recover from a long week at work!
I, too, hope for change- all I want for my birthday, January 20, is change!
what do i hope for?
i hope that
this crazy feeling of
brimming over with ideas
and excitement and wanting
to learn so many new things
never goes away for me...
i know there will be
ups and downs,
but i don't want to become
stagnent at any point.
i hope you get the change
you seek on tuesday
and that,
in domino effect,
it will help bring positive
change in other countries...
and of course,
i hope to win
but since i already have
a little tote of yours,
i will be a gracious loser
if i don't...
:0)
hugs
and wish that dinner with you
was an option...
heehee
{although..i've never had sushi}
i hope to express.
Your post hit a nerve with me. I've had little time writing or creating lately, and I've just got to find a way to change the way I'm spending my time. It seems to fly out the window the moment I sit down to be...
i hope to shift to that place that i want to be.
I am hoping for small miracles. I don't need big flashy ones, just small ones that would make a huge difference in my life.
ANd I also hope to be someone's small miracle as we enter the craziness that is the holiday season. I hope something I say or do makes a difference to someone's life-after all, isn't that what we're here for?
Sending you good vibes Liz. Thanks for blogging from the heart. xo
I am hoping for an awakening within me. I have felt it trying for the last little while. I want it to come out and play!
I'm not commenting to win the lovely prize...but to say this....
I am so happy that you are evaluating what is important to your existence, in both the literal and figurative and that you are taking action to that end. Your move into the larger room is much like when I moved out of the basement and into our guest room; it was needed and such a good good thing.
And writing more and getting it out...also such a good thing. I have been struggling with this lately myself, as my "other side" has been one of quiet and a total lack of introspection and self nurturing, almost like I am blocking a bit?
My hope(s)? Oh, they are many. I hope that the scary craziness that is going on with my job passes, I hope that the state of this country turns around for the better, I hope that the people in my life find peace...the list goes on and on.
Happy Saturday my friend...see you soon. xoxo
I hoping for time with my family. Lots of it. Moving to Portland has been amazing on all accounts, but being so far from family in the midwest and on the east coast kills me.
Don't include me in your fabulous giveaway. While I LOVE that bag, I just wanted to pop in and wish you well with your hoping.
i am hoping that our obama will win, that we can rightfully say "president obama" in a few days...and i am hoping that someone will fall truly, madly, deeply, unconditionally in love with me for the rest of my life. and i, with that person, too. xo
I am hoping to carve a little time for myself each day. I know that may sound a little selfish, but sometimes the busyness of life gets to me a little bit.
ps the tote is beautiful
At this moment in my life I am hoping for a renewed since of faith in our country. I am hoping that this delicious gray mountain day will last for many more hours then it has in its bank of time. I am hoping for my fluffy rice to hurry up and cook fully so I can have my left over Chana Dal for a late lunch. I am hoping for a delectable make out session after lunch and after my love and I finish our respective projects... :)
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I would love to win your lovely tote. All things bookish speak to me.
I hope for the energy to overcome inertia. I haven't blogged for a little over a year and my husband keeps asking me to return; he misses reading my thoughts. I have also been wanting to return to crafting (haven't done it in years and years); I have allowed all the inspiring work of people I see on the internet to make me feel inadequate and unable to take that first step because I know it won't be perfect--not even close. So I hope for energy to overcome inertia in these and other areas of my life.
Thank you for your words here.
P.S. I saw your work in "True Vision" at B&N yesterday. *sigh*
Isn't hope a wonderful thing? Just saying the word begins to lower blood pressure, makes you smile and let's you think of a different outcome than what you are experiencing. I love that Obama has made that such a big part of his campaign, it's what we all need now and next week? I am hoping we can all move beyond the last 2 years and hope for a better future for all Americans than the ugliness we've had to watch from those who don't have a hope!
I too am hoping for change on Tuesday and I am hoping that Prop 8 does not pass here in CA. Scary stuff...
I hope that we get to see each other before ArtFest but if not, then I hope we have some quality time then.
I hope to find time to make art this week because I am missing it!!
Congrats on your 3 year blog-o-versary and all those posts!!!
HUGS
I wish I lived closer and we could work on rooms together - tackle yours and then dig out mine! What do I hope for (besides winning that tote)? On Tuesday everyone votes, that everyday people find happiness, that my muse finds the road back to me, that you are joyful. Cheers and have a great weekend.
congratulations on 700 :)
its interesting that when i think about what i am hoping for in this moment of my life, i hope for more of what i have .. i am feeling so very content these days in the path i am on so i guess i hope that my life continues on with the energy that i am feeling these days :)
beautiful you, xo
I, as always, feel inspired by your words ~ your thoughts.
What do I hope for?
I hope that this journey unfolding before me, never ends.
I hope for gray days to fade to aqua blue peppered with bursts of sunshine orange.
I hope the world treats my daughter kindly, because she is a delicate little soul.
I hope that a powerful surge of voters come out to do their thing next Tuesday ~ because the man I believe in is a testament and a believer in hope.
I hope that I never lose the feeling and power of hope and wishing. xo
I'm hoping for a change in the world for the good. Peace, understanding, unity.