|a pretty a day is here and away|

Documenting life's beauty, as seen through the eyes of a lady blessed with everything a girl could dream of, and more: five gorgeous kids, patient and providing husband, an adorable dog, a very cheeky frog, and still time enough to get crafty and creative in the kitchen or with my trusty needles, thread and yarn!
The joys of being Queen of the household! Rejoice, and the world joins in!

Friday, July 30, 2010

Thoughts and a Pretty Lil Thing



These are trying times, my friends, but I know that when I look back on these days someday in the future, we'll just laugh this off as just another one of those silly things that life throws at us every now and then.

The atmosphere at O.A.R. isn't as it used to be. The staircase where once the pitter-patter of little feet could be heard has been reduced to emptiness. People and friends have moved out, or moved away, or moved on.

Still, I will always remember the good old days with the games, fun, and lighthearted afternoon jokes.

Then again, when one door closes, another opens, and I've found such joy and fun in my own little corner of the world here at Westwood. Where once I had my little-girl friends and fancies, now I have my kiddos!

As always, Kipling puts it best. (The wise man, not the bag brand ;) although BOTH have their ways of keeping me sane!)

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise...

Then you'll have lived the best way you can.

Keeping my head,
Yol

Here's another version of Secret Garden (a whole different one from the one above!)






Be merry, my friends! FOR IN GREATER AND HAPPIER NEWS (now that the pensive mood is over), MY LIL'EST DAUGHTER KIMMY DARLING IS IN THE NEWSPAPERS!!!

Flip on over to Page C8 my friends! C8! GET YOUR COPIES TODAY!

If you ain't in the country, here ya go! Lookie here!

PRETTY OF THE DAY: KIMMY!



Things are what you make of them!



I was spending my days with my demons, yeah
They had taken up inside of my heart
They were trying to keep me entertained
They were tearing me apart

Well my memory, she was packing, yeah
And I knew that she would never come back
She handed me a letter and
Then she vanished in the black
And the letter said:

Things are what you make of them
Things are what you make of them, baby
And you know what I mean
Yeah, you know what I mean

Well I met up with my common sense
And I knew her by the rose in her hair
She said: Son, if you don't make a noise
God will never know you're there

So I purchased me a ticket, yeah
For a meeting with Jesus Christ
He shook my hand and offered me
Just this thimble of advice
He was telling me:

Things are what you make of them . . .

Saturday, July 24, 2010

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOLLY ANNA!



"MELLY MELLY MELLY, QUICK! GET THE INTERNET WORKING!" I shouted at my snoozing daughter this morning.

"C'MON MOM" came the reply.

"IT'S MY BIRTHDAY, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE... WON'T ANYONE GIVE ME CREDIT FOR THAT?!"

"ONE YEAR OLDER... YOU'RE INDEPENDENT! CONGRATULATIONS!"

So began my birthday... marking X decades of living ;) age is but a number, guys!

Will you guys still love me when I'm sixty-four? (A long way away, but hey, while there's a song about it!)





With the way today seems to be progressing, I DOUBT I'LL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WHETHER OR NOT I'LL STILL BE LOVED ;)

FEELIN' LOVED ALL DAY LONG! <3
Yol

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT ELSE IS PLANNED!!!

Friday, July 16, 2010

Ship, take us away from here!

Carriage, take me with you! Ship, steal me away from here!

Mel's been sharing some reading and we've both particularly taken to those lines! Don't they just encapsulate the very spirit of freedom and travel!

... and those lines proved powerful enough to get even the laziest of kids up and moving on one of the laziest of days. THEY BOTH WENT SAILING!

Well... not exactly, not before a lil hairstylin'!

COS BEING BEAUTIFUL IS ALWAYS TOP ON THIS LIL MAN'S LIST!

Day concluded with dinner on Milly at the mega-mall!

Had a great day! Not every day you get a whollleee afternoon off to do whatever you fancy!

Whee!
Yol

P.S. In other news, my Mom's back home and well! Does that call for another song dedication?



That one's always a classic!

Now for something new! There's always space for New!



Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Wavin' flag!

Frog and I just hangin' out with the crew on one of our lunch dates on a recent Flaunt it Friday! In the mood for Flauntin', I bought the lil guy some new clothes! "OOOH EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES NO LONGER!" he shrieked in glee. Love making the little ones happy!

He looks totally cool in his rompers, for the record!

And to prove his newly-acquired macho style (everyone thinks his new look sorta channels Simon Cowell, the alpha-male), he stayed up to catch the World Cup Finals. He held those green eyes wiiide open, that's for sure!

The World Cup just drew to a close yesterday morn', and I was immediately updated by a very excited Nick and Frog.

So in celebration of this once-in-4-years event, here's the original K'naan song, Waving Flag, which was adapted for the World Cup anthem this year!



Aaaand, speaking of flags...

JOY IS THE FLAG, FOLKS!


Couldn't find a clip with singing and lyrics and all!

Wavin' flag!
Yol

Thursday, July 8, 2010

He is rich, who owns the day, and noone owns the day

A dedication to my mom, whom i spent the WHOLE DAY with today!

Finish every day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities
no doubt have crept in;
forget them as soon as you can.
Tomorrow is a new day;
begin it well and serenely
and with too high a spirit
to be cumbered with
your old nonsense
.

This day is all that is
good and fair.
It is too dear,
with its hopes and invitations,
to waste a moment on yesterdays.
- Emerson

GET WELL SOON, MOM!

Love,
Yol

P.S. GRANDKIDS VISITING SOON! (WATCH OUT!)

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

BACK TO SCHOOL TREATS!

WHAT CAUSED THIS STRANGE, STRANGE EXPRESSION ON MY LIL GLEEFUL MAN'S FACE?... OH IT CAN ONLY BE JOY JOY JOY!

After all, it is not every day that one's littlest kiddo gives the whole family a treat out at an amazing theme park!

Our trip was a treat from my favourite little big man NICKY! He won tickets for us to be teleported into a world of monsters, and dancing animals and ogres and talking donkeys and mummies (of the wrapped-up sort) and rides galore!

Who said 'back to school' meant the end of the fun!

Next stop: DISNEYLAND??


;)

Keep ya fingers crossed, kids! (and frog!)

Away crafting,
Yol

(You may have noticed that my posts have taken a liiiiiitle bit of a break recently, and they aren't coming fast and furious that much anymore. Well it's all for good reason, actually... with all the yarn that Mil's treated me to, it'll be awhile before I can properly leave the craft room for more than a few hours at a stretch! IT'S A'CALLIN' OUT TO ME NOW!

Well, will post picture pretties for the feasting of the eyes soon!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE PRETTIEST PRETTY TODAY!

TODAY'S PRETTY: BIRTHDAY GIRLI KIMBI-BIMBI!

AIN'T SHE JUST A DOLL!



HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO KIMBO!
She treated us to a tune or two (and an encore... and an encore-encore... we can't get enough of her!) before her bedtime (yes, the lil gal still religiously gets her 10pm beauty sleep... BEAUTY SECRET!)
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