Sunday Fun~day!......A Peaceful Easy Feeling.....
(By now...I hope you know that if I give reference to a song, I am going to try and post the song! ~ Please Enjoy the below youtube link to The Eagles: Peaceful Easy Feeling. I woke this morning with this song in my head. Love the Eagles....Always have ...Always will!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44_rtJxPg0s&feature=player_embedded#
It was a busy Saturday of cleaning my house, a quick outing of visiting, then out to dinner with my family at "C.J.'s Cafe" in Arroyo Grande. Waking this morning with my house mostly clean, and my laundry done, I can honestly say that I have a bit of myself back.
Cleaning my house is something that happens on a regular basis. It may not be always perfect, but we do the best we can under the conditions we are given. The trick these days has been training my children to clean their own rooms. I am now working with the idea that if I keep doing it for them, they will NEVER do it on their own. The line in the carpet has been drawn and I am holding the line. My daughter seems to think that "looks clean" and "clean" are one and the same. A quick peek under her bed and you will find out why she is so quick at cleaning her room. Meanwhile, my son won't lift a finger to make his bed unless there is something in it for him. I have found however, that taking away his Nintendo ds is a good bargaining tool. He has also come to know the power that money holds. Last week he paid my daughter a dollar to make his bed. A job she has yet to be paid for and I have told her she needs to start charging him interest.
These days I find it better to eat at home rather than eat out because I am trying to eat healthier. We do go out now and then, but it is easier to eat whole fresh foods when you eat at home. I had never been to C.J.'s Cafe before, but in the past few years I have had several people tell me that they liked it. My husband wanted to take us out because he had done well in his fishing tournament. So off to C.J.'s we went last night where I enjoyed a fresh green salad and a tender tri-tip sandwich on a french roll with really yummy barbeque sauce. They make the sauce there and I think next time I will try a the barbeque beef sandwich with thinly sliced beef. My friends were right, the cafe was clean, the people there were pleasant, and the food was good.
Even though I enjoyed getting my house in order and going out to eat was a treat, the highlight to my day was not found in either one. The exception and excitement to my Saturday came serendipitously by my brother in law taking care of my kids for a couple of hours. This allowed me to steel away a bit of time for myself and go out and about visiting. Sometimes all we need to "feel good" is to break away, do something for ourselves. To do this is bliss. If you are able to do this in the company of people you care about it is even better. It is good to let go of the tension that has been getting the best of us and gain back a bit of who we are deep inside. It really isn't hard to relax and be ourselves when we are with friends who show genuine care and concern for how and who we are. We compromise our health and well being on daily basis by giving pieces of ourselves to people who don't really care and make us feel uncomfortable in our own skin. By taking time out to restore our balance and well being we can again feel whole.
So this morning I woke with a Peaceful Easy Feeling. I am lucky to have good friends who accept me for who I am without judgment and know that I do the same for them. They restore my hope and faith in this life and help me to keep it bubbly! It will be a busy week! Inventory, reworking my website & making summer soaps this week! I hope you have a great week xox~Jeri
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