Can't Stop The Music*

You can't stop the music, nobody can stop the music.
Take the heat from flame, try not feeling pain,
though you try in vain it's much easier.
No, you can't stop the music, nobody can stop the music.
Change the master plan, take the hope from man
'cause that's easier to do. 

*Can't stop the music - Village People

This is apparently the case in our street as well.

I found this sign on my walk yesterday.

I wonder what the symbolic meaning could be? 

I'll let you know when it becomes clear.

Our House*

Our house is a very, very fine house
With two cats in the yard
Life used to be so hard
Now everything is easy

'Cause of you

* Our House - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

At our house we have been hosting real estate agents and random strangers twice a week for over 4 months now. Yes our house is being sold by the owners. We have been umming and aahing about what is the best decision for us in terms of moving. Should we get out now, should we stay till it sells then find something during the 2 months notice we will be given, will we hold out and see if an investor buys it and wants to re-tenant it, etc, etc?

We have been going back and forth on these things for months now. Yesterday I read this post and the wisdom I gleaned from it was this ...

 When in doubt… choose forward motion. 

I immediately said to tinniegirl, I think it's time, what do you think? She agreed.

We had been keeping an eye on the rental market in the area just to get a feel for what we would have to pay and what was out there. One of our favourites was this one. 

Well yes it is a favourite, but it was for sale and a little out of our league at this stage. (We have determined that when it comes up for sale again we are going to buy it!)

We had however, seen a house a few streets away that was a little smaller than we ideally would like, but we decided to go and have a look as it was open for inspection. Then at about 10.30 last night, we decided that we couldn't really be bothered going and headed to bed. Well sleep was a little evasive in the 30 degree heat, and we continued to talk a little further about the house and decided that if we were going to start seriously looking for a house, we should at least go and have a look for comparison if nothing else.

So we happily trotted off this morning and promptly fell in love with this house.

It hit us between the eyes. It was unexpected and it was definitely love at first look.

Now we have completed and safely hand delivered the application forms etc, and have our fingers and toes firmly crossed.

What a blessing it would be to find and be offered the right house upon our first look. Thank you in advance Universe for making this process easy for us, and if we don't get it, I now know there is something much better out there waiting. Things are really looking up, I hold a sense of hope and a real sense of forward motion now.

How things can change in 24 hours!!!
Or is it because we are making it so?

 

Honestly (Write me a List)*

My list of intentions for 2011.

1. work towards acceptance of the limitations of my illness
2. organise my life so I can get the most out of it and have more fun
3. decide what to do about work
4. connect more with family and friends
5. get back to my study
6. move house to somewhere that has light and space and trees and birds
7. ACCEPT

It's a small list for now.  might add to it as I go along. If I call it a working document, then I am covered!! I'm joining in with tinniegirl even though my list is tiny compared to her big list, however...

My list for today is nearly complete

1. attend appt
2. drop off bike to be serviced
3. go to medicare to get money
4. buy vitamins
5. pick up bike and ride home
6. meet friends at Abbotsford convent supper market

NOW ... Time for some reading!!!

* Honestly (Write me a List) by Rodney Atkins

"Just think it over,and write me a list"
"So we can figure out what we both deserve"

Acquiesce*

Because we need each other

We believe in one another
And I know we're going to uncover
What's sleepin' in our soul

*Acquiesce - Oasis

This is not the word I wanted to use, but an alternative to the actual word. Why? Well I have set myself a challenge to use song lyrics for all my blog titles this year, and I couldn't find anything I liked with my actual word in it, so I turned to my trusty thesaurus and after a bit of searching I found this one.

My actual word for the year is ...

ACCEPTANCE

This year I will strive for acceptance

... of my health

... of myself

... of family

... of colleagues

... of limits

... of change
... of difference

This will lead me to 

... peace

... tolerance

... courage

... happiness

... fun

... authenticity in my everyday life

... clarity 

... trust

... patience

... LOVE

ACCEPTANCE ...bring it on!!!

Sing, Sing a song*

I want to try something a little fun this year to inspire me to really get going with this blog. I anticipate that as I return to study, that is what will make up the bulk of what I have to say, but just for the meantime...

 I am a musician and music therapist and I'm studying in the fields of music therapy and community cultural development so I wanted to give my blog more of a musical feel.

Sooo..... Starting today, I will be attempting to use song lyrics as the titles for all my posts. I do not necessarily have to know the songs either, they just have to exist. I may also include songs that I have written that you will not know. Maybe if I feel so inspired I will record them for you who knows.

Is it a little crazy? Yes I think it is, but I want to have fun, so here I go. I feel more creative already!

Feel free to make suggestions for blog titles and I will see what I can do.

I had a lot of trouble deciding on what the title for this post would be!!

*Sing - The Carpenters. (A old favourite of mine)

Happy New Year*

Happy New Year

Happy New Year

May we all have a vision now and then

Of a world where every neighbour is a friend

Happy New Year

Happy New Year

May we all have our hopes, our will to try

If we don't we might as well lie down and die

You and I

                         *(Lyrics from Happy new Year, Abba)

It has been a quiet year so far, so I have started work on my list for the year. I am starting the year in a new way this year. I have decided to throw aside my usual modus operandi for life, which is let's see what happens and deal with it then.

This year, I am planning. I'm going to make a list of things I would like to achieve this year and plan accordingly.  In order to get me started, my lovely partner has gifted me a very special experience to kick off my year.

I have never done an ecourse before and am very excited about it. I think it will set me up perfectly to get on with my new plan of making plans for the year!

Of course I have yet to make any concrete plans, but they will unfold over the next few weeks, I am sure. It's a new year with new plans, and an exciting new ecourse to kick it off. I'm looking forward to  a great 2011. Hope yours is also.

 

Sporadic

 Sourced at google images

spo-rad-ic
[spuh-rad-ik]

 - adjective

1. appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
2. appearing in scattered or isolated instances, as a disease.
3. isolated, as a single instance of something; being or occurring apart from others.
4. occurring singly or widely apart in locality: the sporadic growth of plants.        sourced from Dictionary.com

5. my blogging history.
6. how often I think about blogging.
7. how often I access the computer
8. something I hope to change next year.

I'm starting on my new years resolutions. I don't often make resolutions for the coming year, but this year I am strangely compelled to do some planning for the year ahead.

After an initial flurry of blogging, I then stopped for 4 months. I began again with renewed enthusiasm brought about by Blogtoberfest, then once again ceased for just over a month. One of the things I would like to accomplish next year is to blog more often. I hope that returning to becoming dr doc, and returning to my music ensemble - along with the promise of a new computer - will encourage me to share my stories more often.

It is my hope that next year is less of a struggle than the previous few have been and my plan is to plan more and make a better life for myself. I was only thinking the other day that in many ways I need to make my life more liveable. When you live with chronic illness, it is sometimes easy to get caught up in how difficult life is. This is not to downplay the difficult times, but things can be different.

I have a few things up my sleeve to ensure that I stick to my plan, beginning with a weekly plan that includes exercise, time for blogging, scheduled music practice time and study, as well as me time, time with my beautiful partner, and time for my friends and family.

 

Sourced at google images 

Keep an eye out for what lies ahead. The year is filled with promise!