Mundane Monday 22

Between the HR induction meetings, piles of email and papers waiting for me to sort through the week and staring out the window onto this gloomy raining morning/afternoon, it is only normal that I took to the internet to find some quotes to help me think about anything other than work.

There are as you may have guessed (from my shameless bragging) two main things in my life right now. My marriage and my Work.

The work side, well, I think I’ve got it covered, I know who to ask when I don’t know something and I know what goals I have to achieve by the end of my training. I know how to push myself and I definitely know the gaps in my knowledge and how to fill them.

My marriage? Mergh not so much.. There are no goals, no plans, sometimes I’m not exactly sure whether to communicate thoughts and whether the Husband is the best person to direct them to. Isn’t that awful?

For the mean time I’ve taken to mind maps and reading up on articles because I need a sense of direction in every area of my life. Communication keeps coming up everywhere but I think it’s also equally important to choose someone that you are going to spend the rest of your life with you understands your communication.

And that’s where Rumi comes in:

“Be with those who support your being”
                                               Rumi, Persian Poet.

I think this quote should be plastered around a lot more next to marriage articles who all explain that “communication is the key” sure I can communicate myself to a goat, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to understand my being.

Surely one’s time is better spent communicating yourself to those who know you, who understand the way you think, the way you talk, who are less likely to mistake you sarcasm for fact.

And that’s when I start to feel a little better, that although I don’t have a marriage plan (yet) and no clear direction (yet) I am with someone who just gets me. Who understands what I mean when I’m quiet and who hears in between the words when I’m talking.

If you are smiling right know thinking of that person who knows your bring pretty well, consider yourself lucky. That right there is better than any life plan, well in my opinion.

Happy Monday!

Mundane Monday 21

Good morning all,

How are you? I am currently suffering from a really bad episode of “why is it Monday, omg I hate you why” syndrome.

The reason for it is my sleep. I confess, I am a light sleeper and it is ruining my life. Ever since I got married and moved into North London away from my slightly Herts. " LOTR shire-like" suburb I’ve been suffering real bad.

Whether it is the outside noises of people fighting or having a chat at 2am outside your window or the sounds of the house, people waking, cooking at 6am (why?) and all sorts. Either way it’s just impossible to sleep like a dead log and I really miss waking up in my comfortable snow white like trance to dancing cats and singing birds and my tropical ''sounds of the rainforest'' alarm.

I know. I can't believe a person like me exsists too. I am truly impossible.

Today’s quote is actually steeped in wisdom and deeper meaning however, I read it and laughed, feeling like I wanted to add “Leesh” to the list.

The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.

Chanakya

Hope you had a more restful sleep and are much better equipped to tackle this Monday morning than me.

The Good and the Bad

Hello my beautiful people!

Let's not beat around the bush.. The good news? I'm still alive and my passion for blogging, my blog, my readers and all your blogs hath not diminished. Not at all, I very much intend to pick myself up maybe redefine here and there and continue posting.

The bad news? The wedding is taking up too much time to continue blogging right now. Hence the silence that may continue until the end of Aug.

The wedding is only a month a way and things are picking up now. The best part however is we have just booked our honeymoon! *jumps up and down on the bed*

I am so so so excited! We're going to the Maldives and if you lend me your ear you'll soon realise it's all I can talk about. After a dreary start to June here I am looking forward to starting married life on a secluded island.

For now I leave you with all my love and well wishes. Psst.. do you want to see a peek of the venue?

Oh go on then!





Our love!

Photo Friday 15

Oh Poo! I'm in a rut.

I'm very disappointed in myself in that I haven't been consistent at all with this blog this year. So much so that I missed my 1 year blog anniversary!

WHAT?!

Poor Leesh Poor!

Anyway, I'm taking some time to help me better figure out what the theme of this blog is. It seems to have lost its way a little and I'm stuck in a creative rut.

So here's a little idea of the sort of inspiration around me today as I try hard to sketch out a blog plan and life plan, while continuing the wedding plan. And this little orange furball is happy to just roll around showing off how perfect his eat sleep poop regime is!

Very jealous!

Hope you all have a lovely and productive weekend.

Mundane Monday 20

Good Afternoon!

Is it already the second week of February 2014?

What the heck am I doing with my life! Evidently not a lot save for painting my nails and toesies this decadent red colour and googling late night images of those glamorous years past where a corset and girdle were donned just to pop down to the post office. *sigh*

But alas, I am too lazy. So much so that I write to you now here with my oversized tortoiseshell glasses, covered in leopard print from my pyjama’s to my slippers and even the leopard turban that is on my head currently trying to stop those pin curls from escaping. Not very glamorous at all. *slurps from her oversized coffee mug*

So unfortunately, I need some help from you all this Monday as I don’t even have the inspiration to inspire myself. No quotes from me today I’m afraid, just a little picture of what I hope to inspire my readers into thinking I look like when I laze in bed typing away.

But I know I’m not fooling anyone!

What's in my Filo Week 1

Buongiorno!

How are you all? My gosh its been ages since I've posted about my beloved filo. It was sad to hear that paperlovestory will no longer be doing those lovely week round ups where you can peep into everyone's creative organisers here, however I will try my best to keep up my lil weeks however boring and un-stickered they may be!

For the new year I've decided to rename this feature "What's in my filo." Below are the pages from last week and the weeks before from the beginning of the year.

I have been using those lovely sticky notes from the books I picked up from TK MAXX along with some sharpie highlighters to add colour. Looking back though, I think I need to get some more stickers and I really want to dabble in washi tape!


This week I am in full swing in my fitness lifestyle change playing squash twice a week and soon start on the pilates and toning.

Went for a taupe coloured theme

Its also Chinese New Year! I love Chinese new year the food is so yum yum! My beloved neighbour who is like a second grandma will be having her new year party this weekend which will be a lovely end of week treat.

Hope your week is going well and all your goals are on target for already the second month of the new year!

Feel free to leave me a comment with a link to your blog letting me know what's in your filo? ^_^

Mundane Monday 19

Hello my dearies, how are you coping this Monday? 

I must confess, Mondays are hard for me, I really get the blues but it helps on days like today when the sun is shining and you forget for a moment that its around 0 -1 degrees outside!

The Fiancé and I are finally starting our wedding fitness regimes today after eating as much junk as we could over the last week. He's very good with the whole gym junkie, running, cardio, HIT things, I on the other hand much rather prefer watching people exercise than joining in and don't want to go anywhere near a gym. (I had a little stint with my local in the run up to the engagement party but that was short lived.) 

Anyway, in preparation of our commitment to fitness we were discussing how we want to make a concious decision and incorporate this fitness into a sort of lifestyle change rather than crash dieting and weight loss for the wedding which will ensure we're fully bloated again by the honeymoon!

To help us we've decided to play squash together or tennis/badminton just once a week as a sort of fun activity and a twist on date night. I have found various youtube videos that incorporate a lot of dance moves and feel good music to convince myself I'm just having a good time and not exercising. The Fiancé is starting this thing called T25 a 60 day program similar to Insanity (a programme he completed for the engagement party). It simply translates to TORTURE for me. 

So he's doing a 60 day torture programme while I prance about in my living room for 30mins a day. ^_^

If any of you have successfully incorporated fitness in to your lifestyle please feel free to share your tips and motivation. For those starting out like myself let me know what sort of activities you do to help you look good and more importantly FEEL good. Its all about feeling good for me, the rest seems to fall into place after that. 

I know its an age old saying below, but really take a moment today and think about it. Learn to see your body as your kingdom, the best retreat for your soul and work with it, cause when you've spruced it up how you want, your soul will thank you millions!

I know, I know easier said than done right!

Mundane Monday 18 - Happy New Year!

Happy New Year lovelies! 

How are you settling in? Have you made any resolutions? Still sticking to them?

Know that you are not alone, I too am trying to straighten out my resolutions and find practical ways to actually see them through to the next year.

I have got off to a lazy start, one of those drift along for a few weeks and realise I'm already in into the third week of the year! WTF

But last night as I stared at my ceiling like I've done on every night before suddenly it hit me. Architecture. 

Yep, its about being an architect. I'm so caught up with who I want to be what I want to do that I never really get anywhere because its all too much and I get overwhelmed and give up before I've started. 

What I am good at is dreaming. I often have multiple dreams a night (so sexy I know ha!) I can dream in colour, see myself third person (sometimes lucid) and over the last six months even smell! See I deal with real life by how I've already dealt with it in dream life. 

And when my dreams lack my inspiration lack, my motivation disappears and I go two months without posting anything on my beloved blog. 

So today's new year quote is by me :)

"Be the Architect of your dreams."

~ Leesh Smalls

Go to sleep and dream your life. Create it like an architect from the foundations and beams that hold the structure through to the finishing touches of colour schemes and furniture. 

If your going to an interview tomorrow, dream about it go through it visualise it and let your subconscious help you achieve your dreams when your awake. 

I know this might sound a bit hippy but just give it ago, imagination is the best drug to be on and it is so good for you. 

Here's to making your dreams come true and making sure this year unlike the years before, we can begin to live in the castles we've always dreamt of!