PLAYING PICTURE CATCH UP

 

WE'RE BACK

After a long hiatus, The Mess in Messenger has returned.  I have been missing this space dearly.  Blogging for me has been such a great place to meet friends, share my thoughts, get support, give people a little glimpse into our simple little lives.  As most of you know, we lost our computer to a good old cup of spilled milk last May.  If I did blog, it was all via my iPhone via a terrible app that shall remain nameless but had so many frustrations of its own.  It was last year that I saved some money to hire a professional website designer, Jenny Highsmith, to redesign my blog look.  I don't know about you, but it perfectly encapsulates our little mess.  I can really tell that I haven't blogged in such a time because Jenny went ahead and got pregnant and is about to have her little boy any day.

This blog started really simply but over the years it has evolved, as people and lives do.  So with that evolution I wanted also to capture our lives in a more beautiful way.  It wasn't until two months ago that we saved enough money to purchase another tool that I know would help the blog:  a Digital SLR!!  I am no photographer by any means (I leave that to my bro in law and friends Terri and Kerry) but having a good camera can enable me to take beautiful photos of my babes and share them with all of you.  I am pretty darned excited!

So my first post back isn't all too exciting.  I have no big announcements or accolades that I have acquired in the time gone.  But just to be on here writing is so good for my soul.  Trust me, when you type as fast as you think, it is a good thing to be on a keyboard.

I won't leave you hanging though.  I've been thinking about so things I want to do more of on the blog and maybe you can tell me if they interest you or if they should never come to being.

My Ideas thus Far:

A Return to that Which I Love:  The Babes

I want to focus my writing about and for the babes.  This is a blog which started because of them and I don't want to lose sight of that.  They are all that fuel my days' happiness and the Papa's obviously as well.  There will be more Letters to my Babes.

DIYs and Art

Only the funnest stuff in the world

Home Renos and Ideas for Home Improvement

We have a beautiful home, but it needs some work, love and an infusion of my style

Photos....Maybe a VLOG?!

Mama Self-Love

Honest, true confessions of a Mama raising these lovely babes who at times test my spirit.  I do love them but there is a constant balance in finding the time to be a healthy person (and sane person), a loving wife, whole being and role model.  I'm a work in progress

Veganocity, Recipes, Sustainability, Earth Love


Love you all and please feel free to comment below about anything you would like to see or get a glimpse into.

FEU. MY WORD FOR 2014.

I am participating in a link up on making 2014 count.  I visited my blogging friend, Kelli Murray's blog and linked up.  Once you link up on any of the hosting blogger sites you are connected to all.  Make this year count. #making2014count

2013,

You came and went it seems but you left me questioning so muh about myself and others.  Relationships were tested, my convictions and desires questioned.  My soul was left to muddle through the fragments of who I thought I was and wanted to be.  Could it be the year I arrived at 30 to be a year of monumental discovery?  Could it be the time constraints of being a mama to three that left me with little self reflection?  Could it be an illness that left me emotionally and physically weak?

This mama has found her way.  The word l'eau, water, helped me flow.  I took each challenge and question, and allowed my body to feel and react.  Tired of the pressure of society and personal and familial expectation, I lived in my most present state yet.

This year, after rolling with the waves of life, I am choosing to rise from Le Feu.  There exists a passion, a fire within.  I want to live more in the moments of this life with desire, spontaneity, full on love.  There are endless projects and ideas that my heart yearns to start and complete.  To love my children with a warmth an intensity.  

This year, I hope will be my greatest and I hope you all will help ignite that flame under me to rise to the challenge for this soul is ready.

 
Art by: http://chuckgroenink.tumblr.com/post/28544889460/favourite-bit-from-an-illustration-i-just-did
 

Quote found here.

DO SOMETHING 2: GOLD NAILS

When I was a young girl and teenager, I was truly obsessed with my nails.  I loved having them long...Rihanna long. There are vivid memories of going to my aunt's house and her giving me a mani.  The filing, the care, the attention to detail and a moment for yourself.  

Remember the late 90s French tips?  The fad most of us loved?  Then Hard Candy became popular and I became obsessed too.  Colour.  Flecks of gold.  Designs.  Today there are adornments, shape trends and instagram feeds.

Now nail art is a fun art form but obviously I have little time to sit or even book an appointment to have someone fuss over me.  But I can head to Target and pick up a polish that exudes glitter and gold and makes me feel like I'm a goddess for a few moments until it starts to peel and the reality of getting my hands dirty on the daily reminds me that these nails are happy grimy too.

Go out and get adorned!  Your fingers will thank you as they so daintily flip the pages of that 400 page novel you've settled into ("Uh Mama!  I need you?"....right, real life)

As a side note, I have yet to have a vegan polish that works well.  Do any of you have any suggestions or brands that you recommend?  Open to ideas.

 

FOR THE LOVE OF THREE: HARRY, HERMIONE, HEDWIG

Owl art doll

Emma is a complete stunner.  I love her eyes and pixie cut.

This Harry Potter print.