"let your boat of life be light, packed with only
what you need - a homely home and simple pleasures, someone to love and someone to love you,
enough to eat and enough to wear
and a little more than enough to drink:
for thirst is a dangerous thing"

Monday 16 April 2012

things that made me smile today

Well Monday is done and dusted.  Let the week begin.   Before I head off to tidy up the destruction I have left in the kitchen this evening, I have a couple of things that made me smile today and thought them too good not to share.

Firstly some clever cups.  It would be fun to open your cupboard every morning and choose which one you wanted to drink your tea out of each morning.  Don't you agree?

The real meanings of a couple of words:-


A spelling lesson (love the grey melange):-

Then my new favourite song.  It makes me want to go on a long road trip and sing and stamp my feet and shout out the lyrics (forgetting that I am a 53 year old who should not be behaving like that anymore)



If you are like me and like to sing along (and stamp your feet) to the lyrics, here they are.  Off you go.....  It is very catchy (try it Mom):-

So this is what you meant when you said that you were spent?
And now it's time to build from the bottom of the pit 
right to the top,
Don't hold back
Packing my bags and giving the academy a rain check

I don't ever want to let you down
I don't ever want to leave this town
'Cause after all
This city never sleeps at night...

It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger, but then, 
I'll admit, I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am?

So this is where you fell, and I am left to sell
the path that heaven runs through miles of clouded hell, 
right to the top
Don't look back
Turning to rags and giving the commodities a rain check

I don't ever want to let you down
I don't ever want to leave this town
'Cause after all
This city never sleeps at night...

It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger, but then, 
I'll admit, I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am?

It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger, but then, 
I'll admit, I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am?

This road never looked so lonely,
This house doesn't burn down slowly,
to ashes, to ashes...

It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger, but then, 
I'll admit, I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am?

It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger, but then, 
I'll admit, I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am?

"I'm just the same as I was" (although I am 53).  I like it (a lot).

4 comments:

  1. Great song - thanks for introducing it to me!

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  2. Great blog post! I heard the lyrics but did not know the name of the song.

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  3. Where can I get some of those ups?

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    1. I did a bit of googling and found this link:-
      http://www.kaboodle.com/reviews/sereni-tea-mug
      but google "sereni-tea mug" and click on images - there are lots of pictures and you may find something

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