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My heart’s a stereo – and I’m going to start sharing “deep stuff” ;)

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It is trite and dramatic to mention my entire world has changed over the past 8 months; of course it has!  Hasn’t everyone’s?  How can you LIVE and love and not change or grow? But yet I find myself wanting to say it!

I have changed.  I am changed.

I am also Queen of the Obvious!

But there!  I said it – I got it out of the way.  We can move forward.  :)  haha – ok I’m not like COMPLETELY changed.  My sense of humor is still about the same.  :)  which let’s be real – that is a HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF!!!!!

YAY!!!!!

You see, I LOVE to laugh and I think I’m funny.  So the fact that I STILL think I’m funny?!?!!  Wahoo!!   :)  :)

Anyway I’m only mentioning this because I’ve done moderately well at being “adjusted” despite my – umm – well – my life.  I’ve tried to maintain a happy perspective, I’ve worked at being optimistic and I’ve NEVER taken the “why me?” attitude; though I have most certainly wondered about the purpose of life.  But I’ve adjusted; I’ve adapted.   I’m still here and most days I’m still laughing.  :)

Up until recently I didn’t want to really admit… (continue reading on my new blog here.)

Or if you just want to stick with the light stuff …

Let me share with you my new favorite-est-est-est song!!!  I’ve mentioned that my BF and I have a soundtrack of US.  (you should read it the story – it’s cute) And this song makes it on the list.  The lyrics ring true in my heart.  I love J, and I WOULD carry him around even if he were an old school 50lb boombox, and I’d hold him on my shoulder wherever I walked, and turn his volume up  in front of the cops, and crank it higher every time they told me to stop. hee hee ;)  Yes – My heart’s a stereo.

I screw things and my mom giggles

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I went and did a little shopping with ma mère today. It was pretty sweet.

And so is the fact that I added the accent over that e.

Anyway – at Best Buy I was asking the super awkward sales guy in the camera section about their different tripods.  (Awkward as in he probably blushes when he walks past Victoria’s Secret so purposefully takes alternate routes to the video game store to buy his Wizard Dragon 4000 trading cards.)  He told me the perfect tripod for me depends on how many knobs I’m willing to hassle with; many of them are screws.

And then I, in perfect Daisy style, say – out loud, “I don’t mind screwing a lot of things.”

It got a little quiet and a few people looked at me.  My mom giggled.  Why? Maybe it was because I had JUST said in my 10 yard whisper voice for the entire camera section to hear:

“I don’t mind screwing a lot of things.”

Wow.

So I stuttered an awkward, “That sounded bad.” And the sales guy looked incredibly uncomfortable, refused to make eye contact with me OR my mom, picked up a different tripod and changed the subject.

A few of my favorite things in pictures, words and video… HAPPY Holidays!!!

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Here are a few of my favorite things:

The sun breaking through the clouds:

New Paths (perfect fuel for daydreaming):

Photography:

Candid Photography:

Him:

Beautiful weather and play dates:

Us:

The Bug:

My oldest Niece:

My Nephew:

The wireless remote for my camera:  ;) we’re our own photographers!!  :)

Dogs:

My dogs:

Playing with my dogs:

Holding his hand:

Hugs:

Thanksgiving, Almond Orchards, Sunsets and the way HE makes me smile:

My little family and taking Holiday pictures to send with my holiday cards:

Kissing him:

His smile, laying in the grass, daydreaming, being close to him:

This song that Brecky made up about us:

AAANNNDDD the song by KO feat Plain White Ts – Hey There (that reminds me of US especially since he’s leaving.) :(  **This is a MUST LISTEN!!** :)  seriously – it’s such a great song!!!

WHAT ARE A FEW OF YOUR FAVORITE THINGS??  :)

Throwing caution to the wind…

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“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”  - Bertrand Russell

Longtime blog followers may remember the cruise I went on 2 years ago.  Last minute, spontaneous – it felt right.  I didn’t even KNOW about the cruise until two days before it began.  And I had to postpone my departure to Sydney for an extra week to go. It is no stretch to say it was really, really, really, really a completely unexpected turn of my heart.

And THIS (on the cruise) is where I met him.

Fast forward to a few blog posts ago.  Turning my life upside down – or right side up.  Following my heart brought me back to my best friend, it gave me the balance I was seeking, the inner peace I had lost.  And it reminded me that I am surrounded by so much love!!!  Aaaannnd that same weekend – at the MMA fight – I met him again.  The boy in the picture above or below.  ;)

Or rather I should say, he made it a point to come over and ask me if I remembered him.  (:  Of COURSE I did.  This boy isn’t really the forgettable type. (plus he can dance!!)

But then October started and I had a lot of focusing-on-self to do (which I did btw!!  I successfully did all of that stuff for the whole month!!!  YAY!!!) and so I didn’t see him again.  Well not right off anyway.  He was patient.  And when we finally DID go on a date (which I didn’t actually realize was a date – HAHA!) we hit it off.

He makes me laugh.  And he makes the world seem brighter.  And so we saw each other again.  And again.  And again.  And it’s crazy and ridiculous and amazing and beautiful that I feel the way I do about him.

We spent Thanksgiving with his family.  We dropped the L word… and I know that’s insane!!  Like seriously – I know!!!  But I also know I’ve never said it more sincerely.  I both respected and admired him BEFORE we ever decided to “date”.  And I went into this seeing both the good and not-as-good parts.  But I love it all.  All of him.

And yeah… he loves all of me!  And accepts me, skeletons and scars included.  It’s crazy and ridiculous and amazing and unbelievable that he feels the same way about me.  HAHA!  Especially since he’s LEAVING in a couple of weeks to go live in another country.  (karma sucks eh?)

But we’ve decided to throw caution to the wind.  Love is love and it feels right.

Am I a little scared?  Sure … but not really.  The odds are a bit against us.  But ultimately we’d rather have a short-lived, amazing, life-changing love that has the potential to be more than short-lived than deal with an eternal “what if?”  And so we continue.

And…for as long as our hearts guide us, we’ll walk into the unknown together, hearts smiling and inexplicably tied to one another.

October is a gift – share it with me :)

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Have you ever thought about how October is a month of change?  Whether it’s spring in the Southern Hemisphere or Autumn up North – October signals transition.  Unstoppable transformation.  Vicissitude.

I love the fleeting gifts October gives us.  Rain, changing colors (either leaves or flowers), a bit of cold, a bit of warmth.  Cozy with the promise of something new to come.

(October in Utah – Pic by my brother)

This October I’m giving myself the gift of dedicated, diligent determination.  :) Yep – the big triple D threat.  Dedicated, diligent determination.  I have a few things to cross off my 101 list, many that require perseverance and 30 days worth of continuous goal keeping!!!  So I’m knocking them all off in one go.  And yeah – we ALL know my long-term attention span caps off at a few days so THIRTY DAYS IN ROW??  It’s going to be ASTOUNDING AWESOME AMAZING!  ;)

(October in Sydney – pic by me)

Is there anything you’ve been procrastinating?  Any goals that you’ve tried, tried, and tried again but haven’t finished?  Join me!  :)  Let’s make October a gift to ourselves.  Every day an opportunity to try again and succeed!

What have I been doing everyday for the past 7 days (and will be doing for the next 24)?

  • Practicing the piano
  • Exercising
  • Meditation/journaling
  • Mental Acuity
  • Stretching
  • Taking pictures
  • Reading

What gifts am I giving myself?  Physical fitness, emotional stability, creative opportunity and heightened intelligence.

I am the only person in the world who can give these things to myself.  Others can influence.  Others can encourage and inspire.  Others can even teach me, but it’s my choice to learn, my choice to take care of myself, my choice to progress.  :)

I choose which paths I walk down and which ones are worth hiking.

I hope you make the choice to join in :) and we can all make October one for the books!

xoxo~Daisy