Favourite Things: Drama Team rehearsing for Christmas
My sister Jen has a dance academy of roughly 120 students, who all came together in a finale to their school year last Thursday night. The theme was musicals, and the songs and the dances were by far my favourite since she started her school a few years ago.
I sat in the backstage prompt box, on com’s to the stage manager, Front of House sound mixer and lighting, and I was so distracted by the sheer beauty of the children as they danced accross the stage.
It was magical, breathtaking and inspiring. I was so proud of the children and their amazing teacher and how they danced with such skill and confidence.
Pulling together a performace, show, church service, whatever it is, with 120 different opinions and then some is no mean feat.
Favourite Things: my ipod with new podcasts on it!
One innocent Saturday, whilst waltzing through my favourite street in Perth: oxford street, I wandered unsuspectingly into one of my favourite clothing shops to discover that it had been transformed. Through the night, working at all hours uncommon the owners of Atlas Clothing in Leederville have uncovered one of my new, favourite places in Perth. It opened on Saturday morning and is sure to become a favourite to the design/ clothing /cafe set…
They have opened a small but vibing cafe at the back of the shop, to provide a woman with all her needs in one shop. Clothes, belts, handbags, tea, coffee, cupcakes and beautiful lounges all in one!
The design, the vibe, the coffee served in funky tea cups, the old fridge with water and glasses, the outside garden tea party setting complete with HUGE garden gnomes…
The tea spoons on the wall remind me of my nanna’s lounge room, the big grandfather chairs complete me with their pink velvet folds, the jeans hanging in the background, the fun staff, the vibe.
I realised this morning that it is now less than 4 weeks till Christmas, and even more exciting close to 4 weeks till New Years Eve.
I am a huge fan of the New Years Resolutions. For those who have read my book I talk about them a lot in there. Not the popular ones like; giving up smoking, excercising more, spending more time with my family etc etc (except I really should give up smoking!! not really!)
I take the last day of the year to reflect over the year that has passed and I ask myself the following questions…
What is the Character of my life?
What is the Contribution of my life to this world?
What is the Consuming passion of my life?
Then I look at my life statement, and see if the last year has reflected my statement.
I look at the list of things I want to do before I go to heaven and see what has been achieved from that list in the last year.
I write down the verse of scripture that has marked me in the previous year and pray for a new one for the coming year.
I write down a quote that has really summed up the year, and then have a little ritual.
Its a powerful time for me, a time of really assesing where my life is at, reading my journals and seeing what really has taken my thoughtlifes attention, what has taken up my time and what adjustments do I need to make. Yeah I do make New Years Resolutions but they are never really in point form.
This year on New Years I am hoping to start a new tradition and am holding a ‘Under the Tuscan Sun- type’ of dinner party. in my backyard at a long table with great food, great wine and great companions. The green tea cup club are well known for their dinner parties and I want to bring this tradition into New Years this year.
I was at home with the new Donna Hay magazine, thinking about the menu and I got inspired to take a photograph and make that photograph the invite to the party.
So its outside, with candles, a long table, great funky eclectic chairs, wine, cheese, probably a roast something or I might even try to make a huge outdoor Paella, friends, flowers, more candles, toasts, resolutions, reflections, chocolate, Bailey’s Irish cream and one slow, drawn out celebration to life and love!!
Can’t wait…
Here’s the photo for the invite. I am going to print them out as photo’s (which colour do you like the best?)
