Mer Bleue Fall 2012 - Part 1

I know how much my friend Shos loves fall time and the colours at Mer Bleue were just out of this world. She indulged my request to do a random photoshoot but sadly when we got there one week later, the view had changed completely. Two days of mad rain and a cold front knocked the minestrone soup look outta there! Nevertheless I find the muted tones of wheat and burnt wood very beautiful.



If you don't know about my love of Mer Bleue, here are some reminders ;) Wow I had so much energy, I love visitors!

Don't Carpe Diem

This week my challenge has been the physical kind. After getting over my cold I feel much better and happy to be able to smother Edie with kisses, but she's also waking up 2-3 times a night, so keeping up with a mobile and somewhat cranky baby isn't the most fun.

New thing I've enjoyed this week: holding Edie a bit longer after she dozes off at nap time. I have to pop her in the crib or else the nap will only be 20min, but just staring at her for a bit longer makes me so happy (I'm tearing as I type this, hahaha).

I have a tendency to get sarcastic, ok border line bitter, when things get tough. Motherhood is definitely one of those things that get tough. Here's a perfectly good example of how a mother keeps it real without the unnecessary cynicism. Bravo for the author's honesty and apt analogies. Glennon Melton: Don't Carpe Diem

I am the Queen of Best Intentions

Friends, I ask once again for your advice. How do you stay focused and get to work when your ideas and intentions out number your time and energy? I have so many questions I want to explore, so many thoughts I want to share and discuss, and oh, the many creative projects I want to tackle, but instead of feeling fulfilled by the power of my imagination and skills, I feel a sense of burden and just constant "I wish I could..."

Perhaps it's my inability to make decisions or just my head-in-the-clouds tendencies, making lists have not helped me in the past. I could try that again, but maybe someone can help me with some new ideas on what to do with the list after all my items are listed. They just stare back at me and I still want to do every single thing!

My sister is much better at getting things done than me, and here's what she does:

The plan: One monthly goal and one weekly goal. One monthly goal that allows me to be creative. To complete one thing that will take me a full thirty days to complete or one thing that I know I'm just lazy with. One month gives me enough time to move my ass without feeling controlled and pushed around (I am a Chung afterall). And my weekly goal? It'll be a smaller, shorter, quicker but very important goal repeating every week, once a week, for four weeks.

At the end of the day, I want to live an intentional life accompanied with action. I have been trying but it feels like I'm not really moving forward. I feel like a mental/creative hoarder in need of an intervention.

Love Stories

I love stories. I love stories that are told with truth and thought. As a kid I'd beg my dad to tell me stories after stories, about his life, about his parents. To this day my love of "real" stories has only grown.

Today I want to share two very different but equally amazing love stories. I hope you'll be as moved as I was by the craft of the storytellers as much as the stories themselves.

Enjoy!

P.S. Cliff and I went to school together. CONGRATS, Cliff and Wai Jia!!!!
P.P.S. Jonas Peterson is my favourite photographer at the moment.

The Wonderful Story of Cliff and Wai Jia from Josiah Ng on Vimeo.

jacqui and jonas wedding day from WE ARE THE PARSONS on Vimeo.

Treats

8 Month Update

 Hey world, I'm 8 months old!

Better late than never (I actually never think that haha!), here's a recap of Edie at 8 months. I was 99% done w/ this entry but then when I went to look for photos from the month, I got overwhelmed with my backlog of images to upload/edit. Edie needs to learn about image processing, fast!