{instagram trumps blog} love

Remember that song by The Buggles?

"Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.
Pictures came and broke your heart.
Ooooh Aaaaaahhhhh....."

Now you remember it don't you?

I feel that if The {poorly named} Buggles were to write a modern day version it could basically stay the same with the substitution of "Instagram" for "video" and "blogging" for "radio".

Sing it with me!

"Instagram killed the blogging star.
Instagram killed the blogging star.
Pictures came and broke your heart.
Ooooh Aaaaaaahhhh....."

Non?

I don't know how many of you loves have a blog. Or how many of you are on Instagram. But I have both a blog {neglected} and an Instagram account {thriving} and can attest, without a shadow of doubt, that Instagram is killing my blog.

You see, with Instagram, it's like tiny little blog posts all. day. long.

Plus on Instagram I have become connected to a vast community of really lovely people. We all leave comments on, or at the very least "like" each other's photographic efforts. There is instant feedback; an instant sense of gratification at having done something that is seen, and often appreciated, by others. Also? These beautiful Instagrammers that I follow are so. damn. inspiring. With their words and the way they see their respective worlds. I've surrounded myself with a lot of beauty over there in Instagram world.

Last MAJOR point for Instagram, it is based in photography. Sure, iPhone photography, but photography none the less. You all know I love me some photography.

So here's this sweet little place where I can connect to others, I can share my pictures and it takes almost no time at all {I suspect if I actually kept track of how much time I spend on Instagram I'd be slightly taken aback}.

But.

But, I love this blog.

Sure, I have no idea if any one more than my mother reads it {sad fact? I know that even she isn't a regular reader}. And, yes, taking and editing photos with my big camera takes time {they are far superior in quality to my iPhone snaps though}. And then even more time is taken to string all these words together in a way that is both coherent and {hopefully} engaging.

And you know what's crazy? Each one of those points against my blog are also HUGE points for it. Seriously. Sitting here and slowly piecing together my words, editing {code: staring at} pictures of my little dudes, not knowing my readership? All very lovely and freeing. It's just that this leg of my life journey isn't exactly affording me the luxury of free time.

Still, I love this blog.

And so I get on here when I can. I don't beat myself up when I can't. And I presume that there will come a day when I will be wallowing in so much free time that my blog posts will become as prolific as my Instagram posts, my seated and physical practice of yoga will be a daily occurrence and I will be so well rested that I won't even know what to do with all of my energy!
{heads up: this could still be eighteen years away...thank you, motherhood, for both enriching my life beyond my wildest dreams and draining me of life force in a way I never could have fathomed!}

Until then, thanks for checking in when you do!

Oh, also? I am officially a soccer mom.

{a day late} love

This past weekend was my yoga course. Which left me with a very full heart, stiff hips and an exhausted self.

All that is to say, there was no way I had it in me to fire off a wee bucket list last night.

Welllll, I could have, but it would have consisted only of "sleep".

So here we are today!

Sweet little goals for the week:

1) I write two more posts on here by Sunday.

2) The wee men and I are going to the zoo to see the baby wizard pigs.

3) I may or may not have signed up for a retreat in August and have been meaning to look into that for the last few weeks...this week I will find out for sure.

4) Meet with two of my practicum clients to get them caught up to my third practicum client.

5) The boys are in their shared room, so this week I will finish cleaning out B's old room and move my desk and yoga paraphernalia into it.

6) I will try to jump up into handstand everyday.

How about you? What lovely goals do you have for the week?

And, of course, the last couple of weeks' happenings in pictures:

*all photos are taken on my iPhone and edited using Instagram (follow me @amillionlittleloves) then dumped into a collage template on iPiccy*

 I hope you didn't get monday-ed today and that the rest of the week surprises you with it's beauty.

{wee-est bucket list} love

Weeeelllllllll.

We are now on our thirtieth unnecessary comeback of Winter, with a fresh and beautiful six inches of snow accumulating over the last twenty-four hours.

And, trust me, it is beautiful.

BUT.

But it is the mother-effing fourteenth of April!

Enough.

I am craving, no, physically aching for green leaves and grass, blue skies, yellow sunshine and a rainbow of flowers in the garden. I need Spring to get her shit together and start happening. I need Spring to rescue me from this monochromatic hell we've been stuck in for the last five months.

So, there's that.

And, truly, it's really not all that bad. I've just hit the wall as far as my Winter coping skills go.

In order to cheer myself up, and distract from the white, grey and brown boring-ness of our environment, I was trying to come up with a wee bucket list to share. However, the only thing that kept popping into my head was "fly away to somewhere warm, tropical and vibrant". Which is great, but the wee men's passports need to be renewed, so it is not even possible. Unless I went without them...!

And then, after much thought, I realized that I do have one dreamy thing that I desperately want to accomplish this week; not get a nose bleed whilst hanging upside down at the aerial fusion class I am taking.

Not getting a nose bleed.

Dreaming big, y'all!

Also, here's a phone purge {first one in over a month!?!}:

*all photos are taken on my iPhone and edited using Instagram (follow me @amillionlittleloves) then dumped into a collage template on iPiccy*


Have a beautiful week m'dears!

{wednesday quickie} love

Ha!

I actually had to pull up my calendar after I wrote that title to check that today was indeed Wednesday!

Quick summary, life has been busy lively.

*I don't like the word "busy" as too often gets doled out as an excuse*

Correction, my life has been busy bustling. I mean, we've always been fairly on the go as a little family unit, but all of the sudden I am stepping up and stepping out into my own little torrent of happenings.

I am also beginning to suspect that this isn't a passing phase, that it is in fact just a new way of life. And I'm slowly wrapping my head around this new way of life and getting "ok" with it. Because, in all honesty, each and every one of these "things" that are pulling me out of my little, slow snail shell are awesome. Like life expanding, heart bursting, huge strokes of brilliant colours kind of awesome.

So, yeah, I'll adapt to being busier.

And, with the wee bit of free time I have, oh, right now, I wanted to share two amazing songs.

I haven't had a chance to get the full albums, but if each individual song is any indication of potential album greatness...well, it's only a matter of time.

First up!

Phosphorescent and "Song For Zula":



Please. It's amazing.

Try and tell me you aren't in love with it.

And next!

Radio Citizen, "The Hop":



Damn.

Makes me want to strut.

There you have it, two super different and super dope new songs for your playlists.

And now you'll have to excuse me as I literally have an entire kid's bedroom worth of Ikea furniture to put together.

Happy Hump day loves.

And if I don't make it back here before the weekend, Happy Easter!

{terrarium} love

Yesterday was the first day of Spring!

We wore rubber boots, jumped in puddles, went without the rigmarole of mittens/toques/jackets...it was a proper first day of spring.

Today is the second day of Spring! Or, as I like to think of it, the twenty-eighth unnecessary comeback of Winter.

Today we are bundled back up in winter boots, toques, mittens, jackets. The snow is dumping down and the wind is a blowin'.

To say that I find this bipolar climate of ours frustrating would be a spectacular understatement.

Ah well, at least we had yesterday!

Today, to brighten up our home and spirits {well, my spirits, the wee men love the snow}, we made a trip to the greenhouse to load up on the supplies needed to make terrariums.

{our local greenhouse also has a pet section, so we were able to get all of the supplies there...NO trip to Michaels!}

If you want to create your own, here's what you'll need:
-a glass container
-succulents {number and size will depend on the size of container you've chosen}
-charcoal
-large-ish rocks
-smaller pebbles
-a bag of cactus soil
-any little decoration type items you may want {figurines, crystal, decorative rocks, drift wood...the possibilities are endless}

The process:
-spread a thin layer of charcoal on the bottom of your container {this helps with drainage and keeping the smell down}
-next place your large-ish rocks around on top of the charcoal...try and place some strategically against the walls of your container so that they will still be visible as you add the next layers
-the next layer is the smaller pebbles {we used the kind you buy for an aquarium}...pour them over the large-ish rocks and then give the container a gentle shake or twist to settle the pebbles into all the spaces
-then add your soil, patting it down to get rid of any air pockets...oh, and be sure to make the soil layer deep enough that it will cover your plants roots entirely
-lastly dig little spaces for your plants, tuck them in and pat the dirt back in around them and then add any decorative items you've chosen

That. Is. It.

The wee men and I really enjoyed the process, digging in the dirt, planting the plants...a little faux gardening for our winter smothered souls!

And, pat on the back, I think they turned out beautifully.

I am pretty certain I will be making one more for the wee men's up and coming shared room but this time using layers of the brightly coloured aquarium pebbles. And maybe a little tractor and cowboy in place of the Buddha and amethyst crystal!