Care Package Love

Is there any feeling in the world better than that of having someone love a gift you created solely for them?

Kim got my package in England and was ecstatic, thereby making me grin like a lunatic for hours.  I looked at all of the things that I had collected piled on her couch, and remembered that just a couple of weeks ago, they were at home in my craft room.  Now I feel as though there is a tiny part of me by her side.

(All spread out over her couch!)

Awesome.

Who else is a big fan of sending/receiving care packages?

xoxo,

Annie

Pop Culture Wednesday

Mildred Pierce:

I flipped to TCM the other night and this movie just popped on.  I had actually NEVER heard of it, which seems a shame.  I did a little research and found out that Kate Winslet and Evan Rachel Wood were doing an HBO version, so I had to stay on the channel.  This film enticed me, purely from the amazing acting of Joan Crawford.  The story is so deliciously twisted!

The In-Betweeners:

This was recommended to me by my sister and my British sister...and it's adorable.  It's so crude, and shows exactly the way teenage boys experience high school!  Too funny.

Rabbit Hole:

This is one depressing movie, but it is one of Nicole Kidman's most AMAZING performances.  I can't even imagine the hurt of losing a child, but this film captures all the feelings.  Entrancing is the only word for this film.

Wristcutters: A Love Story:

This is an adorable movie in the darkest way possible.  In this movie, the protagonists commit suicide, only to find themselves in a world just slightly worse than this one.  Throughout the movie, they realize the parts of life they were missing, teaching the audience alongside.  Really enjoyable :).

What have you liked recently?  I love to keep movies and TV around me so that I feel as though I'm not alone during the day!

xoxo,
Annie

The Best Weapons In The World

My biggest fear about this combination of illnesses?  The fact that the brain fog limits my reading/comprehension abilities.  Books on tape are excellent, but if you can't remember anything you've taken in...there is a problem.

Books have changed my life in a monumental way.  They open you up to new ideas, worlds, challenges, and possibilities.  They are a way to escape when your damaged body will take no more.  Books will inform you about your illness and ways of coping with it.  Actually, they will teach you about damn near everything.  They can be your friend when no one else is around.

I can still manage to read and write short portions, but in terms of longer accessibility...my mind just isn't there.  Currently, I'm slowly working my way through The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Rowblewski.

With all the craziness going on in the world right now...don't forget about the books :).

(Images from WeHeartIt)

What books are you lovely people enjoying these days?

xoxo,

Annie

Things That Bug Me Mondays

• That time of the month and how it amplifies pain
• Aching hands
• Bills
• The fact that the fridge does not stock itself haha
• My inability to keep my chocolate eating to a minimum!
• How simple it is to overdo it with this illness...
• That I can't magically make other people stop hurting
• Not having the drive to write much lately

(I'm trying to not do this so much anymore...)

(Images from WeHeartIt)

What are the little things picking away at you this week?  Share them here and we can all cleanse and let them go together :) *hugs*.

xoxo,

Annie

Links, Links, Links!

Some links that I've found on the Internet over the last week!

A story on living with Fibromyalgia.
http://www.nbc-2.com/Global/story.asp?S=14298169

If you are not visiting an online support group - you really should be!
http://www.bclocalnews.com/community/118535804.html

An odd little mash-up of music for you!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/5-seconds-of-every-1-song-from-1993-2011

Things that people at this website think you should know how to do:
http://www.amazingposts.com/2011/03/50-things-everyone-should-know.html?m=1

Ways to live below your full potential...A.K.A. don't!
http://www.marcandangel.com/2011/01/24/10-surefire-ways-to-live-below-your-full-potential/

The fur..not fur coat.  So strange, but amazing!
http://i.imgur.com/5dk61.gif

Find your voice :).
http://www.positivelypresent.com/2011/01/the-find-your-voice-process.html

Ways to cope when everything just sucks.
http://unicornsforsocialism.com/2011/03/19/how-to-survive-when-everything-sucks/

Hopefully some of these were helpful or entertaining!

xoxo,
Annie

Quote of the Day - Zooey Deschanel

My goal as an actor is always to be as truthful as possible, and to find the truth in the material I am representing. So I think that it’s the same with performing music. But in a way, performing your own music, it’s easier to find the truth in it, because it’s coming from yourself. There’s no translation needed.


~ Zooey Deschanel

(Image from WeHeartIt)

xoxo,

Annie

Love Me Fridays

• Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog
• Dark chocolate truffles
• Romance films
• Spring (and sunshine!)
• Dame Elizabeth Taylor, R.I.P.
• Toni Bernhard's reassuring words
• Heating pads
• Anytime Jonathan is home!
• My new body pillow
• Poetry

(Images from WeHeartIt)

What are the little things that are bringing you some happiness this week?  Even if it was a tough week, I'm sure you can dig hard enough to find a few :).

xoxo,

Annie