And I did it..

My 5-year-old boy insisted to come with me on the adventurous bridge. I was a little uncomfortable but he hold my hand saying: “Don’t worry mom, I’m holding you tight. You shouldn’t be afraid because, you know, we are brave”. So I could see a totally hidden place and look at a part of my town from another perspective. Not beautiful but the experience was certainly amazing. Especially because litte Ricky insisted that we walked back on the bridge without holding hands. “Come on mom you must go alone, you must learn!” (Aren’t they incredible?)

In the end it has come out that the bridge was not unsafe as I thought. Quite the opposite; and not suspended on vertigo highness, just on a wide field with a couple of vegetable gardens. And the river was more a narrow stream of water. There’s more than a lesson to be learnt from that.

Living this experience, and with my boy, while husband and little little girl were waiting on the other side was really really great. And yes, it was pretty much fun!

Now first hallo everyone, I’m a newcomer. Then, I’ve thinking about “what” all week because I’m superbusy (two little children ,work, life, you know) but also multi-passionate. Then I got it. One of my passion is travelling and especially exploring towns. Everywhere I go taking a couple of pictures to the most famous monuments is definitely not enough for me. There are postcards for that. I like walking through the town/city, visiting the hidden places, sometimes visiting supermarkets to try and taste how living there may be. It’s a sort of a mania. I literally finish my shoes for that! Now I won’t travel to any exotic place this week but I decided that for the very first time I will cros a hidden and super-high bridge in my hoemtown here in Italy. I’m planning to move abroad in a few months and I don’t want to leave my town unexplored. So today I’ll go to this bridge suspeded on a river and basically on the wild which I discovered not long ago and which make me curious while scaring me to death (doesn’t look like having the safest of all rails). Oh did I mention I suffer from dizziness? I’m thrilled…

I have the most spectacular update! The new necklace I’ve been picturing I planned to get at Whole Foods, which might sound like an unusual place to buy a necklace but I live in Austin, where Whole Foods started, and our stores are big and beautiful and full of goodness. I live near the downtown flagship store, but because my son’s bus stop is close to the north location I went there this morning after I dropped him off. No necklaces! I knew exactly what I wanted, a silver chain with some sort of crystal. I’ve bought this kind of necklace at Whole Foods in the past, and the designer I gravitate toward is Crystal Diane Studios. But this time, no necklaces! They were out of everything. So I was disappointed and thinking that maybe my necklace just wasn’t in the cards today. But then my friend, the one who sold my jewelry, texted to see if I could meet her at a local shop so she could give me my money, and I thought, well, look at that! I’ll be right down the street from the flagship Whole Foods! So I got my money, drove to Whole Foods, started looking at their jewelry… and they only had two necklaces. I couldn’t believe it, and I finally walked over to a woman who was adding earrings to one of the displays and asked if they had any more. She started showing me what they had and then she said, I can always make more… and I swear, my eyes widened. Are you Crystal Diane? I asked, and she said, YES. So I told her my whole story and she said she wants to DESIGN A NECKLACE FOR ME!!! How awesome is that???

Wow. So I did it. I went to Barneys AND as a bonus I also went to Bergdorf Goodman and Henri Bendel! It was amazing. Also – last night I stayed with one of my girlfriends who lives in Westchester. I had a great sleep and a really nice morning with an old friend. Then I got on the train and came back to the city. So, I started out the day feeling very abundant. Going to the stores was so much fun and I really imagined my work being shown there next to the other designers. I even had fun picturing my name on the metal plates in the display cases. I interacted with the people there with ease. They were all so kind and friendly and there was a lot of warmth. Loved this exercise, Jen! It was something I had thought I would do at some point, but doing it in this way with the intention I gave myself really made it special. xx

I’ve been thinking all week about what I want to do for this challenge! The idea came to me today. Yesterday a friend of mine took a necklace my ex-husband gave me to a jeweler friend to see what she might be able to get for it; I’m newly divorced and can’t really imagine wearing it moving forward, and I could use the cash. Turns out it’s not worth much, but what’s really interesting is that there’s a feather flaw in the sapphire, which according to Chinese lore signifies a bad relationship. At first I thought, well, it’s not worth much so I shouldn’t bother selling it. But then I decided it was time to say my energetic goodbye to this piece of jewelry. Tomorrow my friend’s going to drop by with the cash and I’m going to take the money and buy a NEW necklace, maybe with a crystal to ward off negative energy! It’s been a while since I’ve splurged on any kind of adornment for myself. 🙂

I got into NY last Friday. I was in Nepal for 4 months creating a jewelry line with craftsmen Tomorrow I’m going to go to Barney’s and imagine my work being sold there. I’ve never been to the Barney’s in NYC, but it’s one of the places I see my jewelry. So looking forward to walking in there tomorrow. Look forward to reporting back! xx

I kiteboard almost everyday and I often go out in a great mood. Sometimes when I am upset, I think about how I can resolve the situation, and come out of water feeling much more refreshed. I want to challenge myself try kiting with affirmations and positive vibration. That will be my new challenge for this week.

Hmm… I’ll have to choose an idea! Excited to check back in 🙂

Hi Jen

I love travelling and will be flying from Ireland to South Korea on Wednesday for the first time so I can be bridesmaid for one of my amazing Korean friends at her wedding on Saturday. I will sample traditional Korean food and try on a hanbok so something completely different. I cannot wait! I loved this video!

Thanks

Kerri xx