Charlie shared this video with me today, and now I have to share it with you because it is too cute to keep to myself!
Look at those little fists!
green
Since I obviously have no idea what I'm doing in our living room, I've moved on to our bedroom which is a little less overwhelming since I don't have so many choices. Here is what our room looks like now:
You can't really tell with this picture, but our bedding is a very light blue.
I've had a hard time narrowing down what I wanted to do for curtains in our bedroom, and then I remembered how well light blue and green go together (they were my second choice for our wedding colors). The hunt for the perfect green curtains has begun...
Here's my little inspiration board for our bedroom. I'm hoping Santa will bring me the headboard for Christmas. The curtain fabric is much more chartreuse than green, but I think it works. And I guess I'll have settle for my beloved stripes in a throw. I have a tendency to want to make everything super girly, so I'm trying to keep a feminine/masculine balance going on here. I think the dark wood and stripes help a little.
These curtains are in the running, but I'm not sure if it's the right green. It sometimes looks a little old fashion to me.
All I really want are these freaking curtains. Seriously, I will pay someone if they can find me this fabric!
I also think this kelly green and gray combination looks pretty fab.
don't settle
I am so sad to learn that we have lost such an inspiring person today. While watching the news I saw a clip from a speech that he gave at the 2005 Stanford commencement ceremony that really struck me. For the past few months I've felt very unsure of what I want to do in the future, and I've been trying to get it all figured out. It's definitely what I needed to hear right now.
…You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only
connect them looking backwards, so you have to trust that the dots will somehow
connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life,
karma, whatever, because believing that the dots will connect down the road will
give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the
well worn path, and that will make all of the difference…
…Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm
convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.
You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is
for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the
only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the
only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet,
keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when
you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better
as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle…
…Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever
encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything
— all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure -
these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly
important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to
avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked.
There is no reason not to follow your heart…
…Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.
Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's
thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner
voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is
secondary…
If you're interested, here is the full speech. Very touching.