On the Eve before New Years Eve...

I'm gonna reflect on 2010 and regroup for 2011.

In 2010, I...

Lived. Laughed. Learned.

Navigated tumultuous career waters and emerged with an unquenchable desire to do great work and an unbridled passion for what I have chosen to do.

Re-learned how to do the splits.

Fell in love again and again with my family, my friends and myself.

Learned the difference between a best friend, a friend, an acquaintance and a stranger.

Graduated from OPI to Essie.

In 2011, if I don't have anything nice to say, I'm not gonna say anything at all!

Oh, and I'm going to conquer the dreaded handstand, fulfill mission roomie 2010, celebrate more champagne occasions and turn moments into memories, every single day of the year.

x's & o's,

Leslie

Feeling Feelings...

This time of year makes us feel feelings.

Some of them are real, some of them maybe not so real.

We feel strong feelings of Love towards the Canadian Tenors when we listen to this in the morning.

We feel strong feelings of Love for our family each time we see a twinkle of Christmas spirit (not to say we don't feel this year round...!).

We occasionally even feel inappropriate feelings that feel alot like Love for a lot of inappropriate people to Love throughout the holiday season.

Probably just because we have a lot of Love to give.

We're brimming with Love!

Exploding with Love!!

We love Love!!!

We hear so many people complaining about how Christmas makes them feel lonely.

Well we say, stop it.

Sure Christmas may make us feel feelings.

But maybe try to start embracing the Love and throw out the hate or the sadness or the loneliness or any sheep dressed in depressing clothing.

Open up to the Love and you can't go wrong!

So Cheers to family and friends and lots and lots of Love.

That's our Christmas gift to you.

x's & o's,

Leslie

I love Love.

"That's because May wanted the video to reach her organically—through tweets, links passed between friends, and blog posts. He wanted to show his girl that they "can feel close without having to be close every day," and that their relationship can remain strong even though they'll be thousands of miles apart over the next two years."

Full Story Here.

Stolen Words...

Cinnamon...

Fave!

And not just because it's a *super* food... It's also deeeeeelicious!

And it goes with so many different meals...

French toast, pancakes, fruits, coffee, tea, yogurt, muffins, ice cream, etc.

And cinnamon toast takes me back to both early childhood days and hot summer nights.

Bon appétite!

x's & o's,

Leslie

Thankful: Part II

While we love the thought of Movember and we're all for helping a good cause...

We're thankful that in T minus 6 days the creepy mo's in meetings, bars and on the streets will *be gone*.

(Also thankful that we may be able to stop putting our foot in our mouth... "dad, these moustaches everywhere are really creeping us out... Yes, I mean we know you have a moustache, but you've had yours forever, it's the new moustaches that are creepy!")

However, in the next 6 days... Please support our fave mo bros and mo sistas. All of them. Pretty please?

MojanOne

Integrated Duster Activations

Candy's Mo

x's & o's,

Leslie

ps. Daddy, we really do love your moustache. For reals.

Thankful..

Yesterday, HBD told us we should be writing a list of the things we are thankful for. Now, we know the inspiration for this is American Thanksgiving. And we know we're not American. But we think it's altogether a necessary exercise to sit back every once in a while and think about how lovely our life is becoming, so now is as good a time as any...

1. We're thankful that we have the best parents ever.
2. We're thankful that the rest of our family is pretty amazing as well.
3. We're thankful that we have wicked friends. Whether we see them every day or every once in a while, even if they have killed the fish named after us, or left us to live in new cities or travel to new lands, we have the best friends.
4. We're thankful for muffin tops. Actual muffins. Not what happens if we give up yoga.
5. We're thankful we renewed our motivation for yoga. We're especially thankful that 889 is so beautiful, inspiring and stocks up on great tea, which makes us wanna go every single day. See Self-Challenge here.
6. We're thankful for our apartment. It's so pretty, we hardly ever want to leave, ever. Especially in the cold cold winter days. Ever need a real estate agent, here's your guy.
7. We're thankful we have great hair.
8. We're thankful that we don't have a job. We have a career. Well to be literal, we do have a "job". Just not "just a job". We have a career where we learn every day, can trust the people we work with and an office full of toys doesn't hurt either! I guess being able to pay our bills helps as well.
9. We're thankful our parents spent a ton of money on our teeth when we were younger so that they could be pearly white and straight now!
10. We're thankful for our health. We remember the days of bronchitosaurus. And still, if that's the worst it gets, we can deal!
11. We're thankful, every single morning, for the Canadian Tenors.
12. We're thankful that our ex-boyfriend brought to life the "it's called a breakup because it's broken" concept. We won't make that mistake again. Though, if you're out there, we're ready for our own new cute boyfriend.
13. We're thankful that we learned proper spelling, grammar and formatting. We're thankful we're a perfectionist.
14. We're thankful for Diet Coke, Starbucks coffee and David's Tea.
15. We're thankful that you're still reading this.

x's & o's,

Leslie

R.I.P...

Leslie (the fish) has died.

Sad face.

(Well the real story is that, accidental or not, Mark Cheney killed her).

Moment of silence, s'il vous plait.

x's & o's,

Leslie

Canada...

Fave!

Even for years where we don't host the Olympics.

(Mittens. Also a fave!)

x's & o's,

Leslie

Only Boring People get Bored...

We like this.

We're trying to live this.

But it ain't easy. After 25+ years of "bored" being our go-to answer for "comment ça va?" (except of course, when superseded by "tired").

But if only boring people get bored, what type of people complain?

We've been a master complainer for years.

A professional whiner, some may say.

But the buck stops now.

We're tired of complaining. We're tired of hearing complaints.

If you don't like something, we say, fix it yourself.

We promise, it's possible. We've been there.

x's & o's,

Leslie