hello saturday

1/4/14

Hello Saturday with your cloudy skies and cooler temperatures.  We have had the nicest week of spring like temperatures here in Southern California.  While much of the nation is the midst of a definite cold snap and very wintery weather I have been walking the garden in my flip flops snipping Gerber daisies and roses and lamenting how fast the weeds are growing. 


I am finally feeling like myself and am having a surge of first of the year hope and commitment to change for the better.  Mostly a lot of little things that will hopefully add up to living every day with more intention, more purpose, more beauty and more "in real life" moments.


I made this little sign and attached it to the cover of my computer to remind myself that this grey box is not real life.  Those pretty pictures, dreams and relationships are fun and encouraging and important but life really happens when you close the box and live.


So from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. I am planning on focusing on the family and friends that are close enough for me to love on and visit with...taking those craft pinterest boards from inspiration to reality...finishing my home improvement projects that are halfway done...cooking delicious meals for my family...volunteering more at my church...cleaning and organizing my home...take more photos...writing letters...reading books and all the thousand other things that I want to do but keep putting off.


Oh, and I plan on enjoying a nap under a quilt every now and again, too. 

What would living life every day with intention look like for you?  What's keeping you from doing it?  Love to hear...

xo, Patty
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  1. Basil6January 4, 2014 at 9:44 AM

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  2. Basil6January 4, 2014 at 9:48 AM

    Love your resolve to not turn on the 'grey box' from 9 am to 7 pm. I fear that we are tuning in to a picture of what we thing life should be instead of using our time/energy to experience LIVING! Best to you in 2014.........

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  3. Terra January 4, 2014 at 9:49 AM

    I like your sign and your resolve to spend more time in the REAL world.

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  4. BeverlyJanuary 4, 2014 at 10:35 AM

    I think you are on the right track Patty. I too think the "gray box " does steal a lot of life's precious moments from us. I'm committing to more time with all the people and things I love too.

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  5. primrosesatticJanuary 4, 2014 at 12:13 PM

    Patty you are right. we all spend too much time on the gray box. This year I intend to sort out lots of things, the house the garden and do more craft things just for the hell of it, not because I have to for a present etc. I want to be more careful with money and enjoy cooking more instead of the dread of what shall we have for tea tonight. Be more organised and last but not least give some time to myself for a change ,just to read a book or take a long bath without someone wanting me. Am I dreaming or can I achieve some of these goals? I hope so.
    Rosezeeta.

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  6. JennifferJanuary 4, 2014 at 1:26 PM

    I love your sign- right on!

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  7. StaceyJanuary 4, 2014 at 1:49 PM

    You couldn't be more right! I need to make myself a sign like that.

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  8. My Little Home and GardenJanuary 4, 2014 at 3:33 PM

    Good Luck will all of your plans for the new year, Patty. I need to get better at planning my "creative" time so that I can improve my skills in that area.

    -Karen

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  9. Sunny Simple LifeJanuary 4, 2014 at 6:23 PM

    Naps are the best!!!

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  10. joanneJanuary 5, 2014 at 12:31 AM

    mine would look so much like yours, now I just need to get started right? I always endeavor to change for the better, take more time to stop and pick the daisies, but somehow I seem to stay in place. I guess it's just too comfortable in my cocoon. I will take your words as my inspiration to start moving forward. Love your pretty flower photos. be well...;j

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  11. corners of my lifeJanuary 5, 2014 at 4:09 PM

    "What's keeping me from doing it?" Not feeling so very healthy. Hopefully, this will begin to turn around Wednesday morning as a new journey begins.

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  12. Shannan MartinJanuary 8, 2014 at 4:59 PM

    Flip flops and daisies and HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?????

    But I do like your computer philosophy. I seem to have fallen into a similar one lately, and I"m loving it.

    xo

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