10:34 PM
Aleesha Nash
Living alone comes with some great perks! You don't have to compromise on what to watch on TV and you don't have to wait around, doing a pee pee dance, while your housemate is in the shower. Though these aspects are great there is something about living and interacting with others that make you more aware of "who you are".
Tonight, taking my trash downstairs, like every Sunday evening, I ran into my neighbor. He helped me take the trash outside while I tended to my doggy, Brooklyn, and then as I walked back in the apartment building and started up the stairwell I said, "Goodnight, Jose!"
The words rolled out of my mouth naturally but yet sounded very unfamiliar. For over 6 months, I haven't told anyone goodnight, with the exception of a few text messages. I didn't realize how much of a personal and individualized experience, "wishing someone a good night" could be.
As I walked up to my third floor apartment I couldn't get over how this common phase, suddenly had new meaning.
As you go through your day...think about all the things you say just out of habit and rethink them. How can you make them special or more individualized? and how can you be more present when the person responds?Take all opportunities to show the people around you that you care about who they are!
Today I Am... saying "Thank YOU for reading this blogpost and I hope that YOU have a fabtabulous and restful night!"
Always!
Aleesha
The Nate Show
Another trick, which you see me demonstrating here to Nate, is to take lengths of a fun print fabric and create wall hangings that add color and drama to a room, without blasting a hole in your budget. Here we are at the sewing machine, just as our young lady was earlier, sewing easy-to-do borders along the selvages. Add a casement opening at the top an a hem and you are good to go. This can be hung on a dowl behind a bed (as we did in the bedroom) to dress up the headboard, behind a sofa as an affordable focal point, and of course the same technique can be used to make down-and-dirty curtains to jazz up a drab room.
But maybe best of all was the third time I saw tears. That was when I presented her with the handmade pillow I whipped up just for her. Knit on one side, and crocheted on the other ( yes, with Deborah Norville Yarn!), she was so touched by the gesture. I feel all of us need something to snuggle that's soft. As I said, the pillow was made with love and lots of positive energy that I knew she was going to take her successfully through her job search. I can't wait to hear how it ends for her!
