Back to the Salt Mines

Ah. Another Monday... Had a pretty decent weekend. Decent in the fact that I did practically nothing, and I loved it! Well, I guess I shouldn't say nothing... We did a lot around the house, but we had no obligations for once, which was amazing.

Saturday morning, I took Zoe to volunteer at our Bountiful Baskets site and we picked up our basket. It was a fun experience. If anyone wants to know more about the program, let me know, because it is pretty damn awesome. You never know what you're going to get... and sometimes it's things you wouldn't have even considered. For instance, I got a couple of large beets with all of the leaves attached. So I looked up a recipe, and ended up sauteing them in garlic, lemon juice, and red peppers. Went awesome with the tri tip and baked potatoes! Pretty darn good. We also made fresh fruit smoothies with some of the fruit we got.

After that, we came home and did some rearranging in our house. It's hard because I have this idea of what I want our house to look like, but we don't really have the time or means to make it all happen right now (talking about adding/removing walls, completely repainting everything, stuff to the yard, etc). It will happen over time though. We have another 29 years of mortgage payments, so I think it'll get done a little at a time.

Sunday was full of stuff to do. laundry, cooking, more rearranging, and cleaning. Many things went into the trash. Our garbage man probably hates us. I absolutely loved our family time this weekend though. Board games, watching movies together, etc. These are the times I adore, and I'm so happy that we had time to just spend time together.

Hope everyone else had a great weekend!



Today's Awesome: Reconnecting with people you haven't talked to in almost 20 years. And realizing you're so much alike...

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Bookworm

So I read... a lot. Whether with a physical book where I have to dog ear the pages to save my place, my Kindle Fire, or through Audible, I'm always either reading or listening to a book. No offense to you out there who are fans, but Twilight and Hunger Games aren't really my cup of tea. I won't waste my time with 50 shades of porn. I like my emotions to be challenged. I like to think. I like to read books that are so descriptive that I feel like I'm there. I need new things to read, and hopefully someone will be able to give me some suggestions! My all time favorite author, is Charles Bukowski. He has written some amazing stuff, seriously. Women was my favorite, followed by Ham on Rye, followed by many of his poetry books. Next up, Frank McCourt.... He wrote an autobiography called "Angela's Ashes". It was a story about him and his family growing up during the famine in Ireland. His subsequent stories were about him coming to America and struggling to
Read more

What do you want to be when you grow up?

I'm sure that when I was young, I wanted to be a doctor, a lawyer, or something equally as glamorous. I never thought that well into my 30's, I would still be struggling with the decision of what career path I wanted to follow. While I am about 9 months away from my degree, I still have no idea what I want to do with it. I am close to earning my second psychology degree. With this, I have many doors that open for me and many opportunities to use it. Up until late last year, I was pretty clear cut on what I wanted to do with it. I wanted to do addiction counseling and help addicts overcome a terrible disease. However.... I believe it is when I became pregnant and my hormones had me crying over dropping a piece of paper and then in a complete rage because I couldn't get a lid off of a jar, that I had an epiphany. I actually had to take the news apps off of my phone. I steered clear of news telecasts and skimmed over postings people made on social media sites. Why was I so
Read more

Shame

Image
I’m sure many of you have seen this image online. Whether it be Pinterest, Facebook, or various other social media sites. What kind of feelings do you have when you look at this? My first reaction was….Yay curves! I’m a bigger girl, so everyone should accept me and find me attractive for who I am. I should be considered normal and that’s what every man should be attracted to. I’m not a small by any means, nor have I ever been. I have had my moments where I got down to an acceptable weight and my BMI was within “normal” range. Although, thin and Ellie have never been mentioned in the same sentence. I looked at the pic again and let the words sink in. “Real men”….. what is a REAL man? I thought all men were real. I didn’t realize that those who dated thin girls were androids or creepy Martians from outer space who tried so hard to blend in as humans while walking around Earth. Then I thought… this picture is trying to say that thin people are unattractive and can’t possible by w
Read more