mystery show t-shirt triggers awesomeness

i joined gimlet (hint: they make several of my favorite podcasts) a few months ago and i selected the mystery show t-shirt. it arrived the other day with this letter, which is a seriously awesome piece of content marketing. i wore the t-shirt for the first time when i was hosting a drink & draw and i knew that it was going to be an awesome day. i have yet to tweet it, but i'm saving the photo of me in for a day when i have made a really momentous decision. because some days are like that. and superstitions might be real.

and if you want to understand the logo on the t-shirt, listen to episode 3. and if you want to get the jake gyllenhaal reference, listen to episode 5. you won't regret it, i promise.

here's hoping your weekend is awesome.

the horse interlude is ending...for now

we've put the girls up for sale. it's sad that they just stand out in the pasture, swishing their tails at flies and aren't being used. we don't really have a place to properly ride and with the child away at efterskole, and the fact that she lost interest anyway, it just doesn't make sense to keep them. i made an ad with both of them in it, hoping to find someone who wants both of them, as they are good buddies and would miss one another. i'm hopeful that we found that today, but we'll see. if there's one thing i've learned, it's that danish horse people are much crazier than american ones. or maybe just crazy in a different way. i feel a little wistful about it, but there are other horses and someday, we'll have time and a proper arena to ride in and we'll get horses again.

too much and more and exactly enough

sometimes it seems like there's just too much:
~ fear.
~ wanting.
~ consumption.
~ anxiety.
~ wondering.
~ worry.
~ procrastination.
~ jumping to conclusions.
~ thinking the worst. 
~ wasted energy.
~ wasted food.
~ angst.
~ impatience. 
~ negativity.
~ envy.
~ wandering.
~ t.v.
~ baby bunnies (that would be too many).
~ madness

there needs to be more:

~ believing.

~ letting go.

~ beaches.

~ running.

~ music.

~ positivity.
~ acceptance.
~ expecting the best.

~ believing (did i mention that already?)

~ acting on ideas.

~ room.

 ~ travel.
~ energy.
~ daring.
~ kindness.
~ creativity.
~ thinking.
~ disipline.

~ mascara.

~ nail polish.

~ baby chickens.

~ beauty.

~ strawberries.

~ dreaming.

~ sleep.
~ evolving.
~ transformation. 

there's precisely enough:

love.

laughter.

space.

silence.

conversation.

dreams.

plans.

wonder.

luck.

choices.

time.

asking what if?

what if?

...we looked at the world from a different angle?

...things just fell into place as they should?

...people got to do that which they were meant to do?

...my neck didn't hurt?

...we knew exactly what direction to go?

...beautiful things appeared, fully formed, in our imaginations?

...the snow melted and snowdrops burst forth?

...the sun shined?

...there was time for all of the important things?

...someone brought me a steaming, fragrant cup of milky, sweet tea?

...the whole house smelled of cinnamon buns?

some of these are already true and i have faith that the rest of them will be...