So as most people mourn the ending of summer as we move past this Labor Day Weekend, I do just the opposite. Believe it or not, summer is a time when I hibernate and hide away. I'm sure it has to do with the suffocating Texas heat, as well as my fair skin (which used to blister from sunburns when I was a kid --- ouch!!!) Regardless, this time of year is when my spirit and my soul awaken. I begin to feel a crispness in the air, and I become alive again.
I always start my new planners in the month of September... see here's a picture in the event you don't believe me... nothing but September there thus far...
I always start my new planners in the month of September... see here's a picture in the event you don't believe me... nothing but September there thus far...
I also love to redecorate to symbolically give myself a fresh, new start. This weekend, I started with my living room. If you've been following this blog, you may recall that I've had a Moulin Rouge/French-theme in my living room since I thought for the longest time that I would mark my 40th year on this planet by travelling to Paris. Of course, my plans changed, and I was ready for some new decor; so I now have what I refer to as my "den of zen"...
Here's a fun fact for you: I randomly picked out those 7 pillows, but they just so happen to be the colors of the 7 chakras... kind of cool!!!
The only thing left that I have to acquire is this really awesome floor/meditation pillow that I saw when I was out and about. Then I will spend the rest of this beautiful day relaxing and reflecting on my goals for the upcoming year of my life... so, ummmm, Happy New Year, I guess!!!
Hope you enjoy U2's "Beautiful Day" as a form of celebration!!!
Until next time...
XOXOXO
Anastasia
The heart is a bloom, shoots up through stony ground
But there's no room, no space to rent in this town
You're out of luck and the reason that you had to care,
The traffic is stuck and you're not moving anywhere.
You thought you'd found a friend to take you out of this place
Someone you could lend a hand in return for grace
It's a beautiful day, the sky falls
And you feel like it's a beautiful day
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
You're on the road but you've got no destination
You're in the mud, in the maze of her imagination
You love this town even if it doesn't ring true
You've been all over and it's been all over you
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
Touch me, take me to that other place
Teach me, I know I'm not a hopeless case
See the world in green and blue
See China right in front of you
See the canyons broken by cloud
See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
See the bedouin fires at night
See the oil fields at first light
See the bird with a leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colours came out
It was a beautiful day
A beautiful day
Don't let it get away
Touch me, take me to that other place
Reach me, I know I'm not a hopeless case
What you don't have you don't need it now
What you don't know you can feel it somehow
What you don't have you don't need it now
You don't need it now, you don't need it now
Beautiful day
