Friday!

Slow and steady wins the race. I can feel myself getting closer to the surface each week. It's still not easy. There are moments when the process feels indulgent and there are moments when it's really hard. And then, best of all, there are a-ha moments. When something I feel I've played in your head a million times and have every explanation for is cast in a new light. And I suddenly have new fuel for thought.

Last weekend, when I said I wasn't going to-do list myself, I slept all day Saturday. And I stopped myself from self-flagellating too much over it. I feel like everything is so heightened right now I just have to let my days unfurl as they will. And though I'm fantasizing (as always) about all kinds of external changes, really it's a more profound change I'm making without changing anything external. And it will be a better foundation for what comes next than I've ever had, I think.


Blog love for this week: A lovely wing chair round-up (but the one in this scheme is still on my mind). And there's so much loveliness from Maria's blog lately. Can you believe this is the first ever dress Celine made? And you won't be suprised that I loved all of this grey. Sometimes, I think Chelsea and Rita Konig were separated at birth (Exhibit A). While I mentally ordered a half dozen of these prints (but refrained because I have so many unframed prints right now).

I decided to take Monday off work, which makes this the longest stretch off work I've had since last October (!) What are you up to?

Image credits: 1. memories and dust, 2. :: anniversary bouquet ::, 3. update, 4. Untitled
Posted by Jane Flanagan
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13 comments:

  1. I'm headed outdoors with the puppies. Enjoy your much deserved long weekend.

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  2. Ha! That is really sweet, as you know she's my interior decorating hero!

    I am so happy you get an extra day off this weekend. Enjoy it!!

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  3. Have a wonderful weekend Jane! And definitely don't beat yourself up for catching up on rest - I tend to do the same thing, but my husband always reminds me that it was something my body (and my mind) needed. I'm so glad to hear that things are moving in the right direction for you!

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  4. I tend to give myself a bit of a free pass for at least one day each weekend. Sleep in, eat breakfast (or dessert), go back to bed and read and sleep. I figure if my body wants it, I must need it.

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  5. I will be doing some homework. I hope to make a savory chicken tart one day this weekend and catch a few rays of sunshine before the rain. Have fun with your long weekend. Doing nothing is underrated. I am a strong advocate of it...eat in bed, read a magazine, stare at the wall. Just being is awesome.

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  6. hi sweetie,
    sleep and then sleep some more if need be. i wish i lived next door, i would bring you a brownie.
    XOXO
    such beautiful photos you find. : )

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  7. I like those green stairs. Pretty!

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  8. Jane, I plan to be productive but also enjoy myself. We'll see. :)

    West Elm is in my near future, but so is the broom. And I think that your idea of a long weekend is the best I've heard in some time.

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  9. so nice things are feeling better for you jane! keep on keeping on, and enjoy the weekend. love the links here too, i never knew about maria's blog before. i love it!!

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  10. We just stumbled across your blog and we love, love, love it!!
    Great post too!!!

    http://brunchatbarneys.blogspot.com/

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  11. Great round-up - Chelsea & Rita are totally twins, you're right! Have a great (long) weekend.

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  12. Hello Jane

    Hope your weekend is going well so far. Mine has taken a minor turn for the worse since 1.50 am this morning. It is now 5.38 - but wait, dare I hope that I hear the sounds of the revellers in the flat upstairs (ones who arrived at 1.50) leaving? The guy upstairs is a DJ. I won't say more.

    Anyway that is beside the point, I just read your profile and I noticed that you were at Trinity College Dublin the same time I was going to be ( in the end plans changed at last minute, long story). I think it would have been the same time since I am 33 ( but I was 32 two weeks ago!!). Anyway, it just seemed odd (maybe because I'm sleep deprived, see above) - our paths didn't cross then after all but years later I have stumbled across you and blog online! Serendipitous (if that is spell wrong, or the wrong word, please see above under Neighbours, noisy).

    Have a lovely Sunday! Sorry to waffle, options at 5.46 am bit limited. I think it is great you got that sleep, totally agree your body won't take more than it needs. So now Monday can be your Saturday.

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  13. such a lovely photo round-up -- sounds like you had a good weekend -- don't you just adore jo malone's french lime blossom? such a fresh, springtime scent

    thanks so much for including me in your friday links and hope you're having a lovely day off,
    xo

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