#it's the simple things in life

[crossfitandcarbs]

Okay but how absolutely STUNNING are these roses at my parents house?

I had a mostly great weekend. I feel like I really filled my cup.

🌺 On Friday afternoon I asked in a group chat a friend's recommendation for the best hot pot places. Which snowballed into 8 of us having dinner in the city, wandering the central markets and having frozen yoghurt for dessert.

🌺 Saturday morning gym session felt great.

🌺 The bf and I took the dogs out Saturday morning for a long, leisurely walk about a big lake. The weather was stunning- warm but with a breeze so walking in the shade was beautiful.

🌺 Saturday night I continued my quest to make my bf watch Buffy. He thinks Drusilla will be the big bad of season 2. My sweet summer child...

🌺 Sunday was pretty average because I woke up too early and felt sleep deprived all day, so I mostly lounged around and started re-watching Good Omens.

🌺 I also read Britney's book. Her dad is obviously the biggest villain but also, fuck Justin Timberlake.

🌺 Sunday night I had dinner at my parents place.

🌺 And now I've started Monday morning with a good workout and again, the weather is sunny without it being too warm.

[martitheevans]

Keep forgetting I literally have tickets to see Liam Gallagher then I remember and get really happy

[shychick-52]

Nothing like a long hot shower in the evening, followed by curling up with a cup of tea and a book before bed. ☺

[samtheviking]

For those of you with good hearing, who take it for granted, here's a reminder not to, and to really listen to the world again. It's amazing

my hearing has been aided and holy shit is this how you guys hear all the time

[hooraygay]

just completed an online medium level sudoku. 1st new year resolution done ✅

[astearisms]

fionna and cake drawings before and after watching the episodes so far. it’s nostalgic and somehow cathartic and poignant and relatable and—it just started

[fairydrowning]

"I want to live simply. I want to sit by the window when it rains and read books I'll never be tested on. I want to paint because I want to, not because I've got something to prove. I want to listen to my body, fall asleep when the moon is high and wake up slowly, with no place to rush off to. I want not to be governed by money or clocks or any of the artificial restraints that humanity imposes on itself. I just want to be, boundless and infinite."

– Via "svnflower-blog" on Tumblr

[mizgnomer]

Lying Down on the Job - Part Two

I've been meaning to do a second part to this set for ages - the time has finally come.

[luxlightly]

I don't know how to break it to you all but a bad parent will parent badly with books and a good parent will parent well with an iPad.

Ipads don't make the "ipad kid". What upsets you is a child who is being given something distracting and potentially obnoxious to those around them so that the parent doesn't have to deal with engaging with their child. And it's not new.

I grew up before the invention of the ipad and the complaints were the same. It was "tv kids" and "Gameboy kids". And it was book kids too, though people rarely complained about those kids because it didn't make noise and bother them personally so they no longer cared. Because the "it's for the good of the child!" argument dried up real fast as soon as it was something that didn't affect them.

A good parent who is engaging with their child's interests can do so with an iPad or television. A bad parent can say "take this and leave me alone" with a book or a toy. The problem is that some kids were raised by objects. By whatever kept them busy and entertained and away from their parents. Sure, there are parents who need to realize that's what they're doing and would benefit from changing their parenting style by limiting electronics use, but "if you give your kid an electronic toy, it means you're a bad parent" is not the same thing and largely misses the actual source of the problem.

Your arbitrary standards of what "good children" doing "good child activities" is as restricting.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I want it back / I drag its dead weight forward.

[miiilowo]

mom said it's my turn on the ponynatural (+rambling about their cutiemarks in the tags)

[m0neycanfixme]

[tiaresky]

[numenrecords]

[randomalistic]

Cool awesome reminder that you don’t need amazing technical skill to be a good artist/storyteller

[rainyyy-dayysss]

I like canceled plans. And empty book stores. I like rainy days and thunderstorms. And quite coffee shops. I like messy beds and overworn pajamas. Most of all, I like small joys that a simple life brings.