Whispered comfort

Monday, May 9, 2011

You can choose again

Sometimes we are paralysed by choices, by having to make a decision about what to do. Life is never about being 100% sure about anything, but a comfort is knowing that in most cases, we can choose again. If we make the wrong decision about something...buying property, getting in or out of a relationship, choosing a holiday destination, a hairstyle, selecting a field of study or making a career choice to take the new job or not, we have the right to change our minds and choose again. There may be a cost to changing our mind and making a different choice, but you can weigh up the cost against choosing again.

Let the fear melt away about making the decision, and know that in most cases, if you make the wrong decison, YOU CAN CHOOSE AGAIN

**Taken from my (unpublished) book "Whispered Comfort**

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Bits 'n pieces

It was a wonderfully lazy weekend; it rained most of Saturday so I spent time in my scrap room and scrapped 4 pages. I have bought an external hard drive to back up my photo's - busy with that now. It's hard to decide which are 'must keep' photo's and which can be deleted, so I'm probably going to keep most of my photo's.

"To have a satisfying life,
you need good friends,
plenty to do, and a
job that means something to you"
**Anon**

It's Mothers Day, and I'm celebrating good friends and plenty to do. Lynn, Richard and I walked at the Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens at 08h00 this morning; we hike together about every 6 weeks. The ground was soggy after all the rain; it was beautiful being outdoors. A gentle stroll turned into some serious walking up and down hills, and we climbed to the top of the waterfall - phew! We saw the Black Eagles on their nest below. Our reward was the satisfaction of choosing to be active (as part of my MOVE MORE, EAT LESS goal), and a hot breakfast in the Eagles Fayre restaurant.

Yep, we climbed all the way up here from way down there

me with Lynn and Richard at the top of murder hill

Now... about that job that means something...

Have a great week!

Friday, May 6, 2011

I'm working on

I'm working on...

moving more and eating less - less carbs, more walking and kickboxing
uncluttering, bit by little bit
finishing craft and e-course projects
reading the pile of magazines next to my bed
planting winter bulbs
reading "straight talk" by Steve Harvey
more self-care - spending a day at Soulstice Day Spa
resting
reorganising and decluttering my craft room
scrapbooking for the sheer joy of it
reaching out to friends
supporting my sister who is very ill
living in a constant state of gratitude

What are YOU working on?

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Layouts to share

With the easter weekend just gone by, here are some travel layouts to share. Both layouts are from a trip to Richmond in the Northern Cape; this little town is roughly halfway between Johannesburg and Cape Town, so a good place to spend the night on a long journey. My brother Michael, lives in Richmond, a really small but historic town. The air is wonderfully clear in the town, so the photographic opportunities are awesome - especially fabulous sunsets.

Keeping the attention on the photo's,

not too much embellishing or fiddly bits.

I used a brochure about the town as part of the story on my layout

I hand cut the shapes for the title,

simple letter stickers on a double mat, raised with thick foam tape

You may have noticed - I love to use a LOT of photo's on my layouts!

I also always do some journalling on my layouts

3 'must do' things in Richmond:

Enjoy a meal at Vetmuis Kombuis
visit the horse museum
walk around the town and take gorgeous photo's

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

A new morning

Each morning, God gives us a basket of new gifts - the gifts of hope, grace and new beginnings. Choose to unwrap and use these gifts joyously, looking forward in anticipation to what could be. A fresh start each day. Just for you. Just for me.

**Taken from my (unpublished) book "Whispered Comfort"**

Winter pansies make me happy. I planted some in my garden.

Little smiling faces that greet me every morning

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Layout to share

Good morning world. William and Kate are now married and Osama is dead. This moment in our history feels huge and significant and maybe just a bit scary.

Some comforting Oprah wisdom at this time... "no matter what is happening in my life, your life, our world, that sun is going to keep rising, and I trust in the power that allows that to occur. I call it sunrise faith. Sunrise faith is knowing that you will make it through. It's believing in abundance and your own worthiness"

Easter has come and gone. I really enjoyed the public holidays and time off, the opportunity to go slowly and pause, often. I scrapped a delicious pile of pages - a total of 28 pages during April! This page was inpired by Margie Romney-Aslett, who was in South Africa recently with Tim Holtz.

My scrapping style is usually quite classical and orderly, so I really enjoyed doing this less orderly, somewhat crazy page. Feel free to scraplift and copy this page.