You are my inspiration, my motivation

You guys truly are! Blogging is the only thing I look forward to these days! Ok, perhaps not the only thing but it’s one of the things that brighten my day. When I feel like saying “screw it” and giving up, one of you lovely people does something beautiful to put a smile on my face like Neela who facebooked me a “<3” which I read when I was feeling down (it’s like she can sense these things!) and things started looking better already (love you right back, doll!).

And sweet little Vanilla who gave me this award:

Merci, chèrie!

Rules:

1. List 10 things that make you happy
2. Try to do at least one of them today
3. Tag 10 bloggers that brighten your day.

Ten things that make me happy…:

1. Readers who mail me or leave a comment: It makes me feel wonderful to know that someone is reading my blog! I love answering all your questions, reading all your sweet remarks and cheering up after you leave me with comforting words.
2. Going to bed early: Need more of it! (I think this is one of the things I’ll try to do today).
3. Sending/receiving packages: I still remember my first international package. I went crazy when I got it and it made me so happy. I also have fond thoughts on seeing the package I sent Janetha on her blog; it was amazing to know that my gift was making someone happy on the other side of the world!
4. Learning: Being a nerd at heart, my favourite programs include the Discovery Channel and National Geographic (nothing like learning while your watching TV). Talk to me about quantum physics, the Ancient Egyptians, psychology and (of course) health and I’m all ears!
5. Travelling: It’s in my title and it’s there for a reason. I love to see new people, go to new places, experience new things! I don’t think anything else raises my heart rate quite like travelling.
6. Music: When I’m behind my piano, making music, I’m happy. Music is pure bliss. I’m going to be singing a lot more this year (the school’s stage won’t be safe while I’m still around!).
7. Playing with my food: Me is foodie – need I say more?
8. Helping people: Preferably by entertaining them I love being goofy and making people laugh, which is sometimes exactly what they need. But, when I can, I also like to teach people things. The feeling someone has when they FINALLY understand something is priceless. And if you ever need to talk to someone, I’m your woman, tell me your woes and I’ll do what I can to help out, that’s what I love to do.
9. Buying stuff: I’m not even going to specify any more than that. I love buying everything! Not just clothes or food, kitchen appliances, souvenirs, books – you name it, I want it!
10. Laughing: (Agreeing with Vanilla here) I love laughing. There’s nothing like rolling over from laughter after watching a comedy or doing something stupid with your friends. Laughter is magic, it can turn your frown upside down like no other thing!

And the 10 people getting the award from me are:

1. Maria from Going Down Swinging: An RSD Blog
2. Neela from Crazy Little Thing Called Life
3. Stef from More to Life than Lettuce
4. Sarah from Living the Fruity Life
5. Kelly from Byte Size
6. Karin from Give Me Bananas
7. Kathleen from Chez Pamplemousse
8. Jess from Have Faith
9. Shannonmarie from Rawdorable
10. Marjorie from Raw Green Mama
11. Janetha from Meals & Moves (I know it says 10, but it’s my party and I’ll make it 11 if I want too )

Onto other things…

I’m currently working on the low fat raw-explanation post, but it’s a pretty big one, so I’m posting it tomorrow. I’d love to be posting things one after the other, but I’ve been short on time lately, so I’m asking you to bear with me for a while. Exams are coming up, homework is accumulating and sleep is becoming a sporadic activity. So I’d like to apologize for not reading/commenting/posting as much as I should be, but I’m asking you to bear with me for a couple of weeks until it gets better. In the meantime, my excuse is going to be a self-diagnosed depression I’m going through due to the fact that my bike was stolen!

I miss you, baby! Come back! *cries*

Sometimes stuff starts piling up and you get really down. My biggest problem now is school. I get really stressed and sometimes I just want to quit everything all together. We all have days when it all seems like too much, but this girl definitely doesn’t have it easy and she knows like no other that you sometimes have to grin and bear it.

I really wanted to share this vlog with you. It really helped me out. I felt like I was never going to catch up with my homework and I was going to fail at school, but when I saw this video it motivated me to break it down into small bits and just keep going. So thank you, Maria!

Love,

Tina

P.S. You might have noticed that I’ve started with the blog reconstruction… So, what do you think?

P.P.S. This of course also means that I’ll be changing a lot of the pages in the near future, seeing as some things are outdated.