Life's Five: Entry 13

Live. Waking up before the sun. Listening to a morning rain that sounds like a Hawaiian waterfall. Feeling the rush of words race from my fingertips. Thinking how nice it would be to have a cup of hot tea in my hands...


Laugh. Still in bed, all warm and cozy with my little girl who sleepily shuffled into my room at 5AM, I hear the snap of a mousetrap downstairs in our old farmhouse kitchen. In the stillness after the snap, the mousetrap lurches across the hardwood floor...then pauses. Lurches...then pauses. Then it finally scrapes to a halt. And this is the explanation for why I have no hot tea in my hands.


Learn. I love photography, photoshop, photojojo, photo shoots, etc. Today I downloaded the ShakeItPhoto app, which adds a Polaroid look to your iPhone pics. I love the vintage feel and can almost smell that Polaroid smell. For only 99 cents, this app will add a nostalgic touch to your current library photos or new ones. The scoop on this app came from my friend Kristen, of Essential Imagery, (only the best child photographer on the planet!) 

Check out my first iPhone Polaroid:

I love driving in NYC where the official bumper sticker should read:

"No One Will Judge You For Honking Here."

Like. Last night I got "Boo'ed". I have never heard of being "Boo'ed" but some little friends brought a bag of goodies by my house that was filled with candies; cookies with orange, sprinkly icing; stickers; a blinking pumpkin necklace; and a can of silly string, which was tested by me for ummm...safety reasons. One can never be too safe, especially near Halloween. Also inside the bag was a little white ghost, which I am supposed to hang on my door to let my neighbors know I have been "boo'ed". My brief, according to a poem inside, is now to find three other houses that haven't been "boo'ed" and do the same to them. When husband came home and checked out our "Boo Bag" he said, "This is a pyramid scheme." Then he promptly reached for the cookies. 


I like the idea of reaching out to three people. It probably won't be a Halloween tradition for me, but the pyramid (multi-level marketing) concept of giving is a great way to build community. Connect with people and show them you care. And by asking them to do the same for someone else, they will have to find a little time in an otherwise busy schedule--or find a little courage inside their cowardly lion--and make a new friend. Pretty soon, it'll be friends all around. Who could BOO that?!


Love. The big news around the house this week was the release of my sweet little EP, "Bite Of The Sky" on iTunes! Seriously, folks, I'm just a girl. But now I'm a girl with a downloadable CD on iTunes. I'd LOVE it if you'd check it out, grab a copy and maybe...even tell three of your friends???


Be good. Be blessed. And please...write it down.