26: clearly it's a character building year

“Character, like film, develops in darkness.” -Yousuf Karsh

Beautiful curves

Two night ago I had a realisation in the shower. 

It's pretty obvious, and people have told me it many times before, but suddenly I'm starting to believe it all on my own.

Since I can remember I've always wanted a body like this:

But twice now in the last week I've been surprised by the responses of guys to bodies that are almost exact replicas of the above (and these girls had attractive faces). 

On both occasions the guys said something along the lines of, 'honestly, that's not attractive, what you need is a woman with curves'. 

And so the other night as a stood in the shower attempting to contract my stomach muscles and shave at the same time, it suddenly hit me. 

All this time I've been wanting a girls body. 

I have a woman's body. 

My body has curves in all sorts of places that don't exist on the pic above. But my god, that body resembles a 16 year old girl, and my body resembles a woman's body. I'm seriously considering the fact that the curves I've always hated could be incredibly sexy to the opposite sex because they make me look like a woman. 

 All of these years I've been ashamed of my body, what a waste!

Now I feel sexy just thinking about my curves, especially when I think about a man being turned on them ;)

To my beautiful friend,

You are such a special person, you bring all of these things to the lives you touch every day. 

I love you so much, 

Happy Belated Birthday

xoxo

craving a bestie road trip...

yes please

In honour of your weekend...

Don't ask me why, but it's true! 

For some reason this hit a chord today :)

for being selfish tonight, especially after you have been so selfless over the last week/year/26 years. 

I love you buddy, I'm sorry :( 

You always make me smile and manage to put the sunshine back into my day. 

You don't just hold my hand, you swing it back and forth and remind me to skip...

Hey Sam...

This is clearly what we have been missing...

You hold the world in your hands

What's the first thing people notice about you??

Some study inspiration for you...

Be glad you aren't a goldfish...

or these guys:

Being trapped and not being able to escape would suck. So would being trodden on all day...

All up life just pretty much sucks if you are a fish... 

Even though they live in the sea 

hmm and do I love the sea! 

But fishes in bowls have to swallow their own pee, so all in all I'm just glad to be me :) 

- yes, that is a crappy rhyme inserted for your reading pleasure ;)

Hope you feel better, and that you are also glad that you aren't a fish :) 

xoxo

Spooky similarity

I think your post really put into words what my subconscious was thinking when I took these shots :)

Something wise that I read today:

if it happens, it would probably happen regardless of what you do
to screw it up - and if it doesn't happen despite all your attempts
to make it happen, it was probably never meant to be...

Yesterday on my walk I noticed that trees were starting to blossom.

It's spring time, it's time for fresh starts and new ideas.

It's time to grow in new ways.

Read this!

http://mightygirl.com/2010/06/16/20-things-i-wish-i%E2%80%99d-known-at-20/

My favourite bits?

1. Consider the source. If you’re worried about someone who dislikes you, first ask yourself whether they’re an asshole. If you don’t like them, and they don’t like you, that’s not a problem. That’s a mutual understanding. Hehe!

3. Don’t waste your time. If you have to play hard to get, move on. You’ll know when you’ve found a healthy relationship because it won’t confuse you. So True.

6. Don’t obsess. Worrying is complaint’s ugly cousin. Either use that energy to change your situation, or relax.

19. Choose good company. Ask yourself if a person makes you better or drains your life force. If the answer is B, you’re busy next time they call. And the time after that.

Wish we were here

In our cosy little seaside house, with a cup of tea, some magazines, and not a worry in the world :)

                         me one minute ago----> me right now

I'm so proud of what you did over the weekend :) 

Focus on looking forward... 

Just some more food for thought

Another little reminder not to live our lives too safely :)

I hope you have a day that is full of happiness and colour xo

Welcome to Holland

I read this months ago, but thought it was well worth posting here. It's a little story about when life takes a different turn to what you had planned and expected. Very applicable to relationships, among other things. I think it's really lovely.

Imagine that you're planning a fabulous trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.

After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go.

Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, "Welcome to Holland." "Holland?!?" you say. "What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy."

But there's been a change in the flight plan. They've landed in Holland and there you must stay.

The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It's just a different place.

So you must go out and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.

It's just a different place. It's slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around.... and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills....and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts.

Meanwhile everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy... and they're all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say "Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned."

But... if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things about Holland

Sitting on a bench with my best buddy... 

Talking about nothing...

Thank you for an awesome brunch and an awesome chat xox

Rain, the perfect end to a really great day - lise I hope your day was also awesome :) 

Because it's cute :)

 BIG

At this moment I'm dreaming of Zanzibar

What are you dreaming about lise?

Happy Birthday!!

Beautiful birthday girl, here are my birthday wishes for you!

Today I have to do something new and scary...I'm going to a party by myself (and that guy amy tried to set me up with will be there, and I'm scared it will be awkward) and I wish you were here to talk to...but then I read through the blog, and all the posts we have shared and it felt kinda like you were here after all :)

Although of course I still want you back in person!

I feel like we are heading in the right direction :)