"Don't need no phone, just look real far!"

Today, I felt a little like I wished I could be doing this ^^
Grateful for a sunny day, and a fun rehearsal with my 'son', and finishing uni module 6 (only one behind now!) and a power nap and playing with fire.

So grateful for mathsB lesson today. The most fun, the most laughs that I've had for awhile. Ridiculous jokes, giggled asides, silly remarks and insults and such. AND we learned things, giant bonus. Great teacher, enjoyable people. It was a good class.

All in all, not a bad day.

Nice to see the professional photos from deb - they turned out nicely :)

And now, away! To the assignmenting! To avoid doom!
Hurrah.
Goodnight.
I love you.

Lise xx

Turn on the radio, what do you hear?

There were so many birds around today. Everywhere I looked, birds! I was grateful for their cooing and cawing and feathery company.
And not a single one did I capture on digital film.

Ah well, you can all enjoy this photo of my excited younger brother off to his primary school athletics carnival. He came home quite chuffed with his swag of ribbons from ball games and sprints and the like. Proud of him :)

Grateful for a bit of a calmer day, for chemical fun (titration competitions!) and getting some modulising done for my uni course and a QCS practice session which went smoothly and only required us to write a short story. Hurrah. Grateful to be able to smile.

So grateful to be back at dancing. Walking into the studio felt like coming home after a long trip. It seems like years since I've been there. It was just good to get back into it, the same people with the same idiosyncrasies. All that jazz.

Grateful for some lead parts in the dance concert this year. So very, very excited and keen!

Well darlings, I'm off to study like the nerdy cat I tend to be.
Dream harder, dream bigger, and make every thought count.
I love you, and you're prettier than sunsets.

Lise xx

Like Open Doors..

I'm grateful to be home.

As any one [if there is any one] who regularly reads my blog would have observed, I've been absent a lot. I'm sorry, really. It's been tricky and emotional and I haven't had Internet access, but now I'm back.

I'm grateful for all the verybeautifuls who have helped me, talked to me, hugged me, let me cry, everything throughout this whole...dilemma. You are appreciated and loved. So very much.

Grateful for [a lot of] help with my math assignment, long talks on the floor, good vibes. Grateful for kind people and warm hearts. Grateful for memories and love and happiness. Gooey marshmallow and warm biscuits, cafe chairs in a library, snug slippers, procrastination, occasionally understanding formulae, other people's blogs, smiles, singing. I'm grateful for a lot of things.

I'll leave you on that note. It's time to do this math assignment, almost against my will.
I love you all dearly. You're so beautiful. Don't forget.
Lise xx

PS. I adore this house. I want to take photos in it. It has an amazing, old-school vibe. And the sweetest kitchen window. And tattered curtains that the sun filters through. Oh, gosh, it's lovely.

Nom!

Grateful for tiny, om nom apple cakes, very thoughtfully made for us :) thank you Sigal!

Grateful for warm slipper-boots and understanding chemistry and kind friends and good hugs and the smell of baking and such. For being flour-covered and sleepy and procrastinating like a pro.

Grateful for a lesson of amusing tomfoolery and [generally] fun with my grade eight form class today. I'm not sure why, but we had to supervise their class and do self-esteem building activities with them. Grand stuff.

Grateful for good talks with people who get you.

Grateful to be breathing the beautiful air. Winter nears.

Grateful for you, lovelies. Every one of you.
Lise xx

I know. It's been a while.

I'm not sure how to start this blog. There's so much to be sad for, but so much within that which we can all be grateful for.

For those of you who don't know my grandfather, Col Courtney, passed away on Monday night. He was a beloved dad, step-dad, grandad and husband. You were so strong, such a fighter, all the way to the end. We'll miss you. We love you.

Grateful for a supportive and loving family in a very difficult time. It's a comfort to know that we are all surrounded by beautiful people who care and will listen. Friends, also, are the rocks we can lean on. I can't thank any of you enough.

Grateful that we were able to spend time with him before he left. He knew we were there, even though he could only respond by squeezing our hands and moving his feet. And that was only for the first few days. But to see him, and tell him we loved him, and know he was still hanging on, is something I think we were all grateful for. He saw his girls, the chihuahuas Muffy and Mia, on Monday afternoon, and that completed it, we think. He'd seen everyone that mattered and he slipped away peacefully that night. He was peaceful when we saw him last, and it means a lot to all of us that he didn't suffer. The ward he was in was lovely, beautiful staff and a gorgeous view even if he couldn't see it. We were glad that if he had to go, he did so in a nice place like that, and that he was comfortable.

Grateful for afternoons full of photo boxes and reminiscing and chats, and the cream buns and licorice all sorts he loved and remembering all the things that made him dear to us, all the things we will remember. His grumpy days and terrible jokes and cupcake-eating ways and stubbornness and general silliness. He was such a character. He will be missed so, so much.

Grateful that the world goes on, its still beautiful, and Grandad, we know you're still here.
I love you.
Lise xx

Another day, minus a photo that I, myself, took. So, there shall be no photo.

The things I'm grateful for today cannot really be captured in a digital image. So, as you see, today there is no photo.

I was grateful for more fun and tomfoolery at musical rehearsals. And singing :)

Grateful for a nice chat, which grew into a long chat.

Grateful for some positive words from an almost-stranger.

Grateful for a nap in the sun and a groovy talk with some interesting people. And a magazine with the Wombats on it :P

Grateful that Grandad is hanging in there. Love and light.

Love and light to you, too. And beautiful dreams all 'round.
Lise xx

No, it isn't me. But I love it.

Pretty picture courtesy of thea_speaks_her_mind on deviantart. Great vibe. I dig it :) 

Grateful for singing my heart out, and for general ridiculous goings on, as happens at musical rehearsals. Mythical dancing? A communal bottle of creaming soda? Oh, I think so!

Grateful for music that you feel, music that means something, music that gets you through the day or lifts you up on a cold, slow, dreary morning.

Grateful for sunshine on aforementioned chilly days!

Sleep sweetly, dream dearly.
Lise xx