Hello Monday! Hello Coffee!

Good Morning!

I'm still in sleep mode, how about you?  It rained like crazy for most of the weekend and right now I hear angry thunder outside so the pattern will most likely continue into the week, joy!  This weather makes me feel like being home under the covers, grrrr!!  Since I'm feeling sleepy today so I've got caffeine on the brain, that's right - I'm on my second cup of coffee...  So here are a few caffeine inspired images and an inspirational quote by Thomas Edison to get your creative juices flowing.   I'm really loving the quote and the coffee bean/cup owl up above.  So, how was your weekend?

P.S. - Keep calm and make coffee - because that's what I'll be doing... ;)

(All images in this post were sourced via Pinterest)

Monday, Monday, wah wahhhhh wah wah wahhhhh

"Monday Monday, can't trust that day, Monday Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way Oh Monday morning, you gave me no warning of what was to be Oh Monday Monday, how could you leave and not take me.

Every other day, every other day, Every other day of the week is fine, yeah But whenever Monday comes, but whenever Monday comes You can find me cryin' all of the time"

- excerpt from the song "Monday, Monday" by The Mamas and the Papas (via ST Lyrics)

I was humming this song on my way in to work today, but you know what? My Monday has not been so bad....

I woke up slightly less sick than I've been in the past week and in a great mood, there was no traffic and I got to work on time, I had a yummy lunch with my aunt and my mom, my mom went to Ross and scored me a turquoise ceramic Chinese stool and turquoise garden planter, and most importantly: the hours HAVE NOT been dragging on forever! In fact, it's 5:00pm now, woot! Time to grab my purse and dash home to my honey!

Enjoy the rest of your day!

(image via Google image search)

Good Morning :)

image via Google image search

Good Morning!

Let's start this Monday off with a simple yet profound quote from the song "The End" from The Beatles album Abbey Road. Why? Because the world would be a better place if everyone kept this quote in mind. Call it fanciful, but at least I try, and if we all try to inspire others in some way shape or form the world can slowly become a better place. We need to stop letting things come between us, "us" as in humanity. We should love each other because we are here on earth and part of this mysterious existence together, we should not let culture, race, creed and greed divide us.

I hope you all are well and that your weekends were relaxing. Yesterday I put up my big dark chocolate Ikea floating shelves in my den (with some help from my man)! Woohoo, finally, after being in the apartment over six months, I have to get some pictures one day this week after I finish getting the rest of the den/office/workshop into shape!

We also took my sister to see Despicable Me, and my boyfriend laughed more than all the kids in the theater! The girl in front of us kept looking back like what the -? It was really cute. I love Steve Carell, especially in the TV show The Office, the only show I bother to follow, and which he has announced he will be leaving after the next upcoming season!! *tears* After the movie we went to our favorite Thai restaurant for some of that addictive coconut milk and lemongrass soup, Tom Kha Gai, as well as some spicy Garlic Beef and Chicken Pad Thai! Mmmm mm! Deliciousness! Can't wait to do it all over again soon. :D

Anyway, I am busting at the seams (literally, I've seen thinner days, and figuratively...) with ideas! I'm on my third cup of coffee and my mind is a bit frazzled, so as soon as I can calm my nerves and the incessant ramble of ideas in my brain, organize thoughts and do some research I'll start pumping out the blog posts I have planned for this week.

Now let's all have a great Monday.... I hope :)

Good Morning!

(image from Wet Behind the Ears and found on We Heart It)

Good morning! I like the picture above, it's a visual depiction of my mood at the moment... glamorously bored, yet unfazed and waiting for a challenge. Suffering from just a hint of the Monday blues... that's right, Monday, just when my creative juices were starting to flow normally again after the substantial R&R (rest and relaxation) it takes to bring me back to creative life after a week of mindless work, BAM - the weekend is over and it's BACK TO WORK! Is it only me who feels that the weekend is just not enough for relaxing AND accomplishing all of the items on your to-do list!? Surely not!

With that said, I hope you all enjoyed and made the most of your weekend!! I did a lot of relaxing and A LOT of cooking! I'm still having some Monday blues, but I'm fighting them with my creative brain waves, and hopefully I can ride those waves quickly to five o'clock!

Today is definitely one of those days that I wish I could be a free bird, you know... free to do what I please, lounge at home with a cup of coffee and bask in that early morning feeling while watching some news and plotting the next endeavor of the day! *Sigh* Like every day my thoughts and my creative urge are driving me nuts, I'm in overdrive with ideas and by the time I get home from work in the afternoon I'm usually too mentally exhausted to want to do them anymore. Darn.

Anyway, I'm trying hard to keep these juices raging until I make it home to my sunny abode in the sky! I wish you all the same! ;)

(I made this cute little digital signature at My Live Signature)