I say, if only life would lean our way,
Well, you and me, we'd run away to be wherever our adventure awaits,
And time would be a distant memory,
nobody could tell us to stay,
Well, I've been dreaming ever since I've seen your heaven when you came my way.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Commentary on my hair... With a side of heart
Today I realised that I hadn't posted anything for over a week. Thats terrible Muriel!
My other realisation is that: I am over my hair. I am so tempted to cut it all off. For over a year I have been sporting a cropped do (not pixie short but pretty short) and I loved it. I loved having short hair it is so so so much fun. Especially after having quite long hair my entire adult life. It was made extra fun by the multitude of colours I have assaulted my hair follicles with over the past year. You name it my hair has been it.
But the tricky thing with short hair is it really likes the maintenance. It needs a cut regularly otherwise it becomes disobedient and it simply needs blowdrying, straightening (not so much in my poker straight hair) and will simply not survive without product. Which is all well and good but considering my intention for the next few months is to hack across a country and to be unemployed probably not the smartest idea. Which brings me to this period of my life called "Painful Growing Out."
The layers that I used to love have now taken on a teenage rebellion that I have to attempt to control with copious amounts of hair spray and bobby pins. Oh how I love thee bobby pins. I used to think that I had zero patience turns out I must have a little because my beautiful short hair is now long enough to tie into a (if not small) pony tail.
My next realisation for today is that I am scared. I am officially 22 days out of shipping out and setting sail to live in a whole other country/continent!! And I am scared. I don't know what will happen.
I try to calm my worries with logic. The knowledge that everything will be okay. The knowledge that I can always come home. The knowledge that my loved ones are always there for me even if they are further away and the knowledge that Joshua loves me and will look after me and would never let anything happen to me. I am trying not to be melodramatic. This is huge and exciting and an opportunity that not everyone gets. For so long all I had was excitement I was ready. I was willing. So it is a bit nerve wrecking to now be nervous.
So there you have it a commentary on my hair... with a side of my heart.
Love Karen and Josh xo
My other realisation is that: I am over my hair. I am so tempted to cut it all off. For over a year I have been sporting a cropped do (not pixie short but pretty short) and I loved it. I loved having short hair it is so so so much fun. Especially after having quite long hair my entire adult life. It was made extra fun by the multitude of colours I have assaulted my hair follicles with over the past year. You name it my hair has been it.
But the tricky thing with short hair is it really likes the maintenance. It needs a cut regularly otherwise it becomes disobedient and it simply needs blowdrying, straightening (not so much in my poker straight hair) and will simply not survive without product. Which is all well and good but considering my intention for the next few months is to hack across a country and to be unemployed probably not the smartest idea. Which brings me to this period of my life called "Painful Growing Out."
The layers that I used to love have now taken on a teenage rebellion that I have to attempt to control with copious amounts of hair spray and bobby pins. Oh how I love thee bobby pins. I used to think that I had zero patience turns out I must have a little because my beautiful short hair is now long enough to tie into a (if not small) pony tail.
My next realisation for today is that I am scared. I am officially 22 days out of shipping out and setting sail to live in a whole other country/continent!! And I am scared. I don't know what will happen.
I try to calm my worries with logic. The knowledge that everything will be okay. The knowledge that I can always come home. The knowledge that my loved ones are always there for me even if they are further away and the knowledge that Joshua loves me and will look after me and would never let anything happen to me. I am trying not to be melodramatic. This is huge and exciting and an opportunity that not everyone gets. For so long all I had was excitement I was ready. I was willing. So it is a bit nerve wrecking to now be nervous.
So there you have it a commentary on my hair... with a side of my heart.
Love Karen and Josh xo
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Sunday, July 24, 2011
... Only a Month to Go
As most of you are very well aware, Joshua and I are going on a huge adventure soon where we leave our small little beach town and adventure all the way over the United States and Canada at which time we will settle down and live for at least a year.
Needless to say we are ridiculously excited and have been counting down since... oh forever:) Well the finish line (or perhaps our starting line) is getting very close now. In only a months time we will hop on the plane (actually 3 different ones) and mission it over to Vegas where we are beginning our adventure.
I have pretty much be whinging (yes I am a whinger) about how sick of waiting and saving I am so to be within a month to go I can officially start to get excited.
Not long to go now:)
Love,
Karen and Josh xo
... Rest in Peace Amy
I am not normally one to weigh in on the death of someone I didn't know. I don't know the whole story and I don't like to jump to conclusions. Or to give my unwanted opinion about something that I honestly do not know the whole story about. But after I read this quote by Russell Brand I felt the need. He seems to say it all.
"Now Amy Winehouse is dead, like many others whose unnecessary deaths have been retrospectively romanticised, at 27 years old. Whether this tragedy was preventable or not is now irrelevant. It is not preventable today. We have lost a beautiful and talented woman to this disease. Not all addicts have Amy’s incredible talent. Or Kurt’s or Jimi’s or Janis’s, some people just get the affliction. All we can do is adapt the way we view this condition, not as a crime or a romantic affectation but as a disease that will kill.”
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Me Interviewing Me and Him Interviewing Him
A few of the blogs I follow religiously here and here posted blogs entitled Me Interviewing Me. Ever since then I have wanted to post a similar blog with my answers. I have been waiting for Joshua to answer the list also... naturally his took longer;) But after the delay here are our answers as we interview ourselves.
Karen:
My earliest memory is... Being on a blow up boat on holidays in Albany with my family. Suprise suprise in the ocean:) Oh and our Nanny Tara who had a weird accent.
My school report usually said... That Karen is "intelligent with a friendly demeanour but needs to apply herself more." Probably true but considering I graduated with good grades despite my need to socialise I figure I did alright. Imagine if I actually had "applied myself"
My first relationship... Turned out to be true love lucky me:)
I don't like talking about... Things with people that are closed minded. I am quite happy for you to disagree with me and to also not share/believe in my opinion what I can not stand is when people feel the need to slam you because a) you don't agree with them or b) they don't agree with you.
My most treasured possession is... My wakeboard. My big brother bought this for me and I am in love with it. If my house was on fire that is what I would choose to save.
My father always told me... "Go ask your mother?" but the good advice I remeber him telling my was "Don't count your chickens before they hatch" one day at a swimming carnival.
In a movie of my life, I would be played by... Katherine Heigl:) She looks nothing like me but is gorgeous and strong and passionate with an ability to laugh at herself. Qualities that I admire.
I wish I had... A more optimistic outlook. I don't necessarily believe that I am a pessimist but I do know that I can be quite synical and I often worry more that is necessary or helpful.
I wish I hadn't... been so judgemental and abrassive in the past. I was never a "bad person" but just because they weren't driven by cruel intentions doesn't mean my abruptness and opionated of the younger me wouldn't of been hurtful to others.
My most humiliating moment was... I don't embarrass very easily so nothing really sticks out in my mind truth be told. Last time I was embarassed wasn't after a drunken night out. Skirts and alcohol never mix or so I learnt the next day.
My guiltiest pleasure is... Those terrible trashy magazines that are filled with nothing but celebrity gossip and a side of fashion. Oh and pink iced donuts... oh oh so good:)
My last meal would be... Interesting. With cheese, crackers, olives, salamis and dips. Steak with mash potato, sweet potato, corn, peas and gravy. Pink iced donuts. Ice cream with peaches. A nice wine. Sounds so good:)
Joshua:
My earliest memory is... Looking out the window with an eye patch covering one eye
My school report usually said... Josh is a polite student that achieves well
My first relationship... Is Still ongoing
I don't like talking about... The future
My most treasured possession is... My Passport
My father always told me... Don't get married.... haha no seriously, If you really want something work hard towards it and don't compromise on it.... or something like that
In the movie of my life, I'd be played by... Adam Sandler.... just cos I love his movies
I wish I had... of gone to my spring dance
I wish I hadn't... Been so shy in younger years
My most humiliating moment was... Throwing up in class in primary school
My guiltiest pleasure is... Tomato Samboys chips when I can find them
My last meal would be... A feast of seafood
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