365: Day 95

Tea, fresh air, a view, and The Beatles…what more could I ask for? Hey Jude, don’t make it bad…take a sad song, and make it better…

365: Day 83

I don’t care if Monday’s blue
Tuesday’s gray and Wednesday too
Thursday I don’t care about you
It’s Friday, I’m in love

Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart
Oh, Thursday doesn’t even start
It’s Friday I’m in love

Saturday, wait
And Sunday always comes too late
But Friday, never hesitate…

I don’t care if Mondays black
Tuesday, Wednesday – heart attack
Thursday, never looking back
It’s Friday, I’m in love

Monday, you can hold your head
Tuesday, Wednesday stay in bed
Or Thursday – watch the walls instead
It’s Friday, I’m in love

Saturday, wait
And Sunday always comes too late
But Friday, never hesitate…

Dressed up to the eyes
It’s a wonderful surprise
To see your shoes and your spirits rise
Throwing out your frown
And just smiling at the sound
And as sleek as a sheik
Spinning round and round
Always take a big bite
It’s such a gorgeous sight
To see you eat in the middle of the night
You can never get enough
Enough of this stuff
It’s Friday, I’m in love

I don’t care if Monday’s blue
Tuesday’s gray and Wednesday too
Thursday I don’t care about you
It’s Friday, I’m in love

Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart
Thursday doesn’t even start
It’s Friday I’m in love

Starlight

Far away
This ship is taking me far away
Far away from the memories
Of the people who care if I live or die

Starlight
I will be chasing the starlight
Until the end of my life
I don’t know if it’s worth it anymore

Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms

My life
You electrify my life
Let’s conspire to ignite
All the souls that would die just to feel alive

But I’ll never let you go
If you promised not to fade away
Never fade away

Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations
Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations

Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms

Far away
This ship is taking me far away
Far away from the memories
Of the people who care if I live or die

And I’ll never let you go
If you promise not to fade away
Never fade away

Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations
Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations

Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms
I just wanted to hold

~ Muse 

(Photo: East Sky by daita)

365: Day 49

Sunny days
Where have you gone?
I get the strangest feeling you’ll be long.
Why does it always rain on me?
Is it because I lied when I was seventeen?
Why does it always rain on me?
Even when the sun is shining
I can’t avoid the lightning
Oh, where did the blue skies go?
And why is it raining so?
It’s so cold
Why does it always rain on me?

Look up to the skies and see…

Today, I am in bed, again. It’s been a long, slow morning. I spent the last two days helping Mona move from one house to another, and it wore me out. Moving house is stressful, hard work and non-stop. I am glad I helped though; it was worth it to see the house begin to take shape, to see the tears of joy in Mona’s mum’s eyes, to unpack some boxes and help them settle in. Sure, I’m sad that she’s not only 10 minutes away any more, but, on a good day, it will only take me 20 minutes to get to the new house, longer on a bad day, as it involves driving along the M25, which, if you live anywhere near London, you’ll know that it is one hell of a temperamental motorway.

My window is wide open, and it doesn’t feel that cold. Maybe it’s because I’m ill, but I am genuinely enjoying the cool breeze in my room. However, the view of my room from my bed, well, it’s not much of a pretty view right now. My tactic has been to put everything from the floor onto my bed, hoover, clean, tidy up…and then when the time comes to go to bed, everything ends up on the floor again. If I had more energy, I would jump out of bed and get started on my room. Instead, I am staring at this mess, and wishing that Mary Poppins was my best friend. Things are shaping up though; my desk is almost how I want it now, my surfaces are looking clearer, and I can finally see the end of the tunnel with my room. It feels good.

The other day, my good friend Lizzie sent me a wonderful “catch-up email”. They are lovely emails to get. She sent it whilst she was tucked up in bed too, seems like January should be crowned “national ill month”. Lizzie knows that I like my snail-mail, and in this case, because she couldn’t jump up and post a letter, she decided that email would have to suffice. I loved it. My only regret is that I haven’t yet had the time to reply; Lizzie, I’m sorry! With all the moving, I barely stopped, apart from eating and sleeping. It feels good to be home. In my own bed. With my blue walls. Lots of cushions. Bright colours all around. Once my room is done, I will be taking pictures and blogging about my room.

Of course, I haven’t forgotten about my 365 photographs…and I will hopefully be blogging them later. And my 10 Things I Love post… Golly, I have some catching up to do! But worry not, my absence has been for a good cause. Later today, things will be back to normal. For now, I think I need another cup of tea, some afternoon crumpets with melted butter…and a little plan of how to tackle my room whilst my energy levels aren’t in tip-top condition. Wish me luck… A very happy Thursday to you all!

Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide,
No escape from reality
Open your eyes, 
Look up to the skies and see,
I’m just a poor boy, I need no sympathy,
Because I’m easy come, easy go, 
Little high, little low,
Any way the wind blows doesn’t really matter to 
me, to me

~ Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody

Sunday Night Inspiration

Oh, here we go again…

This is your space, to do what you want with, no limitations…

Dream of future trips…

Make a mini-story…

Try things from a different angle…

Wear what you want…

Find your own happiness inside…

Be a hero…

Create…

Take all these moments, and make them sparkle…

Drink lots of your favourite drink…

Be regal this week…

Play dressing-up…

Best day…

Drink tea…

You have…

Hold a butterfly in your soul…

Summer forever…

Change your space around…

Chin up, always…

Keep on…

Go back to your favourite places…

Have a marathon of your favourite T.V show…

Stand By Me – Ben E. King

When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we’ll see
No I won’t be afraid, no I won’t be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me

And darlin’, darlin’, stand by me, oh now now stand by me
Stand by me, stand by me

If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
And the mountains should crumble to the sea
I won’t cry, I won’t cry, no I won’t shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me

And darlin’, darlin’, stand by me, oh stand by me
Stand by me, stand by me, stand by me, yeah

Whenever you’re in trouble won’t you stand by me, oh now now stand by me
Oh stand by me, stand by me, stand by me

Darlin’, darlin’, stand by me, stand by me
Oh stand by me, stand by me, stand by me

Thank you to you all, for reading, and coming back; I value you all so much, and your comments bring little bursts of sunshine into my days. This is for you, for you inspire me, and the Sunday Night Inspiration posts are just that; inspiration. For you. For me. For everyone. Have a good week…

Bye, Bye, Baby.

So long, 2011. Well, we’ve certainly been on a journey this year, haven’t we?! Sometimes you have given me some great moments, sometimes you’ve given me sour moments. Quite frankly, I’m happy to be saying goodbye to you, 2011. I’ve got a feeling that 2012 is going to be a great friend. 2012 has already introduced herself to me, and she has promised me some fun things. You win some, you lose some; I’m sure you made some people amazingly happy, but we just didn’t quite click, did we? So…bye, bye, baby, bye, bye, I gotta be seeing you around…bye, bye 2011.

Bye, Bye Baby

Bye, bye-bye, baby, bye-bye.
I gotta be seeing you around
When I change my living standard and I move uptown,
Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye. 

So long, my honey, so long.
Too bad you had to drift away
‘Cause I could use some company
Right here on this road, on this road I’m on today. 

I get the feeling I could chase you clean on in the ball
And wind up staying pull off, put down strung out and stalled.
Honey, I ain’t got time to wait on you or to fetch your super ball,
I got lots of things I’ve got to do. 

I know that you got things to do and places to be.
I guess I’ll have to find the thing you placed on me.
I may wind up in the street or sleep beneath a tree,
Still I guess you know honey I’ve gotta go. 

Bye, bye-bye, baby, bye-bye.
I guess you know you’re on your own,
It seems you just got lost somewhere out in the world
And you left me here to face it all alone,
You left me here to face it all alone,
You left me here to face it all alone,
Bye, bye-bye baby, baby bye-bye!

in…

Let your hair down.

Summer came, like cinnamon, so sweet.

We were young.

So, this isn’t really the sort of music that I’ll listen to, but I do like this song. It’s gentle, and I like the lyrics.

She’s The One – Robbie Williams

I was her she was me 
We were one we were free 
And if there’s somebody calling me on 
She’s the one 
If there’s somebody calling me on 
She’s the one 

We were young we were wrong 
We were fine all along 
If there’s somebody calling me on 
She’s the one 

When you get to where you wanna go 
And you know the things you wanna know 
You’re smiling 
When you said what you wanna say 
And you know the way you wanna play, yeah 
You’ll be so high you’ll be flying 

Though the sea will be strong 
I know we’ll carry on 
‘Cos if there’s somebody calling me on 
She’s the one 
If there’s somebody calling me on 
She’s the one 

When you get to where you wanna go 
And you know the things you wanna know 
You’re smiling 
When you said what you wanna say 
And you know the way you wanna say it 
You’ll be so high you’ll be flying 

I was her she was me 
We were one we were free 
If there’s somebody calling me on 
She’s the one 
If there’s somebody calling me on 
She’s the one 

If there’s somebody calling me on 
She’s the one 
Yeah she’s the one 
If there’s somebody calling me on 
She’s the one 
She’s the one 
If there’s somebody calling me on 
She’s the one 
She’s the one 

If there’s somebody calling me on 
She’s the one 

She’s the one..

The stars, they shine for you.

Look at the stars, 
Look how they shine for you,
And everything that you do,
And they were all yellow.

- Coldplay