With the holiday Monday it just doesn't seem like it should be Friday. Any time Mark is off on the beginning of a work week aka Monday it always plays with my brain for the whole week!
I'd like to say that I worked more on those Kreitzers I wrote about yesterday but I can't. Remember when I posted I was slowing down & taking time to walk away from genealogy & do something else? Today was one of those days.
I've been doing a bit every day - weeding, planting, transplanting etc.. but today I spent with some of the living genealogy type - my daughter & youngest grandson.
We did some shopping of my favorite kind - garage sales and more! Found some nice little red bowls, match the big red ones on my kitchen counter already. The youngest grandson got a Lightening McQueen car that talks and moves on its own for a whopping $1. Wait on the link if you decide to follow it. Its there just slow to load. Needless to say he's a happy camper! Daughter got some small bowls still in the original packaging. Not a great day but a fun one non-the less! We had an awesome lunch at our favorite lunch place - Logan's Steakhouse!
Daughter went to work & youngest grandson & I hung out until the other grandma came on duty. So now I have the oldest two grandsons for the evening and I am about to start dinner before Mark gets here.
Productive day? Probably not what I would call productive. But in the realm of family - Its been an awesome day! That Lightening McQueen car scored some MAJOR brownie points for this grandma! And that's a VERY GOOD THING!
Happy Researching!
Karen
Showing posts with label Slowing down. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Slowing down. Show all posts
04 June 2010
20 May 2010
Taking Time To Slow Down
Don't know if you ever take the time to look at some of the other blogs I follow over on the sidebar or not? Some of them are not genealogy. In fact they have to do with just slowing down.
Slowing down is really hard for me. One of my new year's "want to do's" for this year was learn to slow down, learn to appreciate the small things - my flowers, my grandkids, my husband. More counting blessings & less time as part of the rat race. I've always had a hard time with wanting to make other people happy. Pleasing other people, wanting others to like me, to want me around was almost an obsession. BUT when it goes to the point where it drags you down and causes you to be down, stressed and leads to discord in your own home, its time to stop.
Luckily for me, I have a loving husband who said "do what makes YOU happy", and stands beside my decision regardless of what anyone else thinks. So I've decided to simplify, back off on some activities, spend less time sitting at a keyboard, spending more time in the flowers, visiting with my daughter (my son is working in Canada for a while) and my grandsons. More time reading in front of the picture window or sitting on the patio... Keeping life simple and enjoying the life I have with Mark.
Needless to say this isn't something everyone has an interest in doing. I mean some people are just born to be part of the rat race. And I think they actually enjoy the pressure and stress that comes with that. I don't want off the merry go round, I'd just like to slow it down and enjoy the ride more...
So today is part of that stepping off the rat race course - we're going to go out and just wander, just enjoy -- The flowers here are spectacular - especially the iris... I think I've seen more Iris blooms this week than in my whole life. So I'm off to shop, enjoy the tea shop again and who knows maybe I'll even bring back a surprise for you!
Happy Researching
Karen
Slowing down is really hard for me. One of my new year's "want to do's" for this year was learn to slow down, learn to appreciate the small things - my flowers, my grandkids, my husband. More counting blessings & less time as part of the rat race. I've always had a hard time with wanting to make other people happy. Pleasing other people, wanting others to like me, to want me around was almost an obsession. BUT when it goes to the point where it drags you down and causes you to be down, stressed and leads to discord in your own home, its time to stop.
Luckily for me, I have a loving husband who said "do what makes YOU happy", and stands beside my decision regardless of what anyone else thinks. So I've decided to simplify, back off on some activities, spend less time sitting at a keyboard, spending more time in the flowers, visiting with my daughter (my son is working in Canada for a while) and my grandsons. More time reading in front of the picture window or sitting on the patio... Keeping life simple and enjoying the life I have with Mark.
Needless to say this isn't something everyone has an interest in doing. I mean some people are just born to be part of the rat race. And I think they actually enjoy the pressure and stress that comes with that. I don't want off the merry go round, I'd just like to slow it down and enjoy the ride more...
So today is part of that stepping off the rat race course - we're going to go out and just wander, just enjoy -- The flowers here are spectacular - especially the iris... I think I've seen more Iris blooms this week than in my whole life. So I'm off to shop, enjoy the tea shop again and who knows maybe I'll even bring back a surprise for you!
Happy Researching
Karen
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