happy friday!

dear-hearts! hello! and a happy friday to you!


does it seem like i'm gone from the internets lately? well, this is true. i've been a bit absent. what have i been doing, you might ask. i've been working on my resolutions!

this week, i...

went to the dentist! {yay! no cavities! great gum & bone health!}

learned more spanish. {hablo y entieno castellano un poco.}

drank tea. {there was one decaf latte, too, but it was decaf.}

read more poetry. {emily dickinson!}

researched and researched for our trip. {nicaragua, panama & honduras this week.}



now, it's the weekend! i'm off to teach some yoga.

all love, k.

happy friday.

dears, i hope you are warm and safe, wherever you are.
you know i love friday, teaching yoga to my elder students.
the friday afternoon buzz of excitement.
reflecting on the week:
i did acupuncture. i will be back for more.
we learned more spanish & did gobs of research for the trip.
it was a good week.
peace. & LOVE. to you.

mosey. posey.

dear-hearts, hello there.
i'm moseying right along with my resolutions. in addition to the items i shared with you the other day, one of my big-ticket items is to plan my south america trip, get a grip on spanish, learn bass guitar, and journal. every single day, i've been making progress on these goals. for example, i've begun more intensive research of individual countries. the internets have been so helpful in this respect, as there is not an abundance of specific information available in books at my library pertaining to Colombia or Venezuela, for example. bk & i are having our first Spanish session tonight with the pimsleur Spanish program i did find at our neighborhood library. bass guitar? i've always gravitated toward the bass line (i played tuba through college in concert and jazz bands...i know, major nerd alert, and one of the reasons i knew bk was the one for me was when he lent me a bag of bootleg tapes feature my favorite bassist of all time... john kahn) and have been warming this goal on the backburner of my life for years. it's time. i have begun researching the kind of instrument i will buy and the rudiments of playing. it's an exciting time at casa de loves whales. this is one of the reasons i love resolutions!
xo

it's a new year!

hi loves,
it seems the holidays have come and gone. i've scribbled down all of my resolutions, intentions and expectations for the year. have you? so far, i love 2009. it has been swell from the start. bk (that's my husband, for those of you not yet in-the-know) proclaimed it will be our best year yet, which i just loved hearing even though the last five have been pretty perfect. officially, i have forty-one resolutions. i thought it would be fun to share a few of them with you today. there are lots of marvelous projects in the works at my house, and i cannot wait to share more of what's in store for 2009 with you.

resolving to resolve.

Do any of you have resolutions for the new year? Generally, I like to set goals for myself and revisit them several times a year, but I think this year I will actually set some resolutions for myself. Because I would rather make myself happier through my resolutions than set resolutions that accentuate some negative quality and make me feel crappy by even working on the resolution (I'm not making this up, read this post about thin-ideal cultures and depression among women), I decided to do a bit of research on the topic.

The Openhand Foundation posted a piece on following through with resolutions from a spiritual and philosophical perspective. That resonated with me.

The Happiness Project give tips for following through on resolutions.

From the Blog "Loving Work & Leading," comes an approach that includes resolution, intention, expectation and envision components. A holistic approach to making resolutions a part of your life.

The federal government actually tracks New Year's resolutions. (I know there is a good reason for that. It just struck me as funny when I read it.) They list the most popular resolutions right here.

I think it is important to create and keep resolutions that mirror your core values. For example, if I resolve to swim more this year, it would be with the same intention as I live the rest of my life rather than at the expense of it. This realization has taken time to cultivate and is a practice in the truest sense of the word. If you've been reading this blog for awhile, you know that I like to stay in the moment, connected to what I am doing right now, and maintaining this presence takes discipline in the form of saying "no" to obligations and activities that are at odds with this intention. With that in mind, I'm off to brainstorm a few resolutions and goals for the new year.

peace. & LOVE.