5 Magic Coffee Beans

It is a gorgeous day here, my windows are open, the sun is shining, and there is not a cloud in the bright blue sky. I am eagerly awaiting the first day of spring and feeling a bit on the wild side, so I decided to eat 5 of Blue's Magic Chocolate Covered Espresso Coffee Beans...

Well that was 2 hours ago... I have since cleaned the whole house, put away all the laundry, packed up the St Patrick's Decorations, taken out the Easter ones, sorted through many of my stacks, hand copied a couple of recipes, and wrote my local congressman about all that I thought needed to be changed in this world. Well, I did everything on that list except for the part of writing the congressman. Chances are, if he knew, he would be glad that I hadn't.

But, here I am literally sitting on the edge on my seat, almost ready to jump out of my skin, and I am pondering Spring, thinking that taking a moment to write about it will help me slow down and take a deep breath before I attempt to solve World Peace. Yes, I really do feel like I have that much vim and vigor at the moment...

Slooooowing down now... and taking that deep breath before my thoughts begin to rush out of me like an April rain swollen river on a back country road, I am thinking about how beautiful the day is, how the sun feel as it shines through the window and onto my face, and how I just can not wait to get out in my garden and start removing some more of the organic mulch that has been blanketing my herbs all winter. Out side my front door are some daffodils and tulips, I did not know existed, slowly pushing their way through the freshly thawed black soil, their green so beautiful I am convinced that surely it must be "The New Black."

The air is charged, my step is lighter and my life is revealed to me in a prism of colors that I did not know existed at this time last year. Funny thing about that gloomy tunnel is that when you are finally out of it, you appreciate life so much more. Life practically jumps up right out from under your fingertips, and all that they touch blossoms right before your eyes. Spring is yet a day away, yet in my heart of hearts I have to admit that I feel like I have been existing in the start of it for some time now. Slowly I have been changing little things in my life, taking away those that make me sad or drag me down and I am blissfully replacing them with those that make me feel happy and fulfilled.

So, just a little while ago while staring into the abyss I call my closet, I looked at it with a fresh perspective and knew this was going to be the next major thing to change. I am ready for a new look, some new colors, fabrics, accessories, and shoes... brand new visual and textural reminders of all that that my life has become and will be. For the first time ever, I am considering buying a few things that I can grow into as I grab this new season and my new life by the horns and ride it for all it is worth. Yes, I might even splurge on a couple of things that will only be in style for 8 seconds... Hedonistic I know, but small sacrifice considering many of the other things I am doing to reduce my carbon footprints on this Earth. If it is any consultation I promise that maybe I will one day consider cutting them up for the rag bag, indulging in the memories they bring each time I clean up a spill on the kitchen counter. Because of course, I would never want to be too wasteful...

(Grinning decadently and listening to Moby's song "Lift Me Up" The Mylo Mix from his CD, "GO ~ The Very Best of Moby).

Moby Lyrics
Lift Me Up

Blind talking (blind talking)
Take us so far (take us so far)
Broken down cars (broken down cars)
Like stronger old stars (like stronger old stars)

Blind talking (blind talking)
Served us so well (served us so well)
Traveled through hell (traveled trough hell)
We know how it felt (we know how it felt)

Lift me up, lift me up
Aiah Nouwamba
Lift me up, lift me up
Aiah Nouwamba

Blind talking (blind talking)
Making us cold (making us cold)
So strung out and cold (so strung out and cold)
Feeling so old (feeling so old)

Blind talking (blind talking)
Has ruined us now (has ruined us now)
You never know how (you never know how)
Sweeter then tough (sweeter then tough)

Lift me up, lift me up
Aiah Nouwamba
Lift me up, lift me up
Aiah Nouwamba
[4x]

Lift me up, lift me up
Ohla la la la
Lift me up, lift me up
Ohla la la la
[4x]