Thursday, October 11, 2007
Look out SOY! Here we come!
So Miss Tater FINALLY outgrew an allergy!!! She passed her soy challenge today with flying colors. The doctor signed her off even after Tater Tot shushed her while she was talking so that her baby dolls could take their nap. So tomorrow will be a day of Soy Celebration! That almost sounds like an official holiday! Happy Soy Day to you! We will be have soy cereal, soy milk, soygurt (I have no idea if there is any such thing, but it sounds like a good name for a soy yogurt), soy ice cream, soy beans, soy cheese and anything else soy we can buy at Fred Meyer... We are going to be some wild and crazy girls!
A little free time on my hands...
So I have finally been forced to lighten up a bit. I have always been a 'doer', and it has finally caught up with me. I went off on a wonderful, relaxing vacation to a wonderful, relaxing resort in the Mexican Riviera, and I came back still tired. I feel a whole new level of affinity for the person who penned the phrase 'I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired'.
My vacation was even better than I could have hoped. The weather was hot and sunny and beautiful, and the water in both the pool and the ocean was warm, and the company was great. I even discovered that my shots don't give me injection site reactions in that climate, so I am now trying to talk The Doctor into letting us move down there... No luck so far. Anyway, my point is that I came away with a few conclusions.
First, I really do think that I need to take a vacation every six months or less. Less, actually. I think that I appreciate my life more, i.e. kids, responsibilities, bills, jobs, etc. when I am away from them for a bit. Unfortunately, I may have reached my vacation quota for the next few years. My family's generosity is, well, generous, but it does only go so far.
Secondly, I need to slow myself down so that I actually have time and energy for the things that I say are a priority for me. For example, my kiddos. If I am always wearing myself out doing all sorts of things I feel obligated to do, but that my heart just isn't in, then I have nothing left over for my little superheros. They need me, and if I am unable to be 100% at the moment, then whatever percentage I am needs to be invested in The Doctor and the gang.
Thirdly, (see how organized and thought-out all this is!) I have a real business opportunity in front of me. I have been granted a creative mind and have done very little with it in the last couple of years, and it is ready for something to do. I think God plants ideas in our minds and then encourages us to make something of them. I think this is one of those times, and now I need to figure out what I am going to do about it. Do I trust in God's word and take the leap to see this particular idea through, or am I going to hem and haw (like I usually do) and miss out on valuable learning and growth experiences? Oh yeah, and the potential blessings we get when we follow God's leading. It's funny how when I write it like that it seems like such an obvious choice, but when I am left alone to act on it... I also feel an affinity with whoever wrote, 'it's one thing to talk about it, and a whole 'nother hill o'beans to do it!' (Don't ask me where I heard that, it may have been one of the voices in my head.)
Lastly, and in conclusion, and to sum up and all that. I actually have nothing else to say at this point, but it just felt like I should wrap up somehow, seeing as I had all sorts of paragraphs that began with words ending in -ly. I guess I could make another plug for vacationing every six months, but that would probably just be overkill.
My vacation was even better than I could have hoped. The weather was hot and sunny and beautiful, and the water in both the pool and the ocean was warm, and the company was great. I even discovered that my shots don't give me injection site reactions in that climate, so I am now trying to talk The Doctor into letting us move down there... No luck so far. Anyway, my point is that I came away with a few conclusions.
First, I really do think that I need to take a vacation every six months or less. Less, actually. I think that I appreciate my life more, i.e. kids, responsibilities, bills, jobs, etc. when I am away from them for a bit. Unfortunately, I may have reached my vacation quota for the next few years. My family's generosity is, well, generous, but it does only go so far.
Secondly, I need to slow myself down so that I actually have time and energy for the things that I say are a priority for me. For example, my kiddos. If I am always wearing myself out doing all sorts of things I feel obligated to do, but that my heart just isn't in, then I have nothing left over for my little superheros. They need me, and if I am unable to be 100% at the moment, then whatever percentage I am needs to be invested in The Doctor and the gang.
Thirdly, (see how organized and thought-out all this is!) I have a real business opportunity in front of me. I have been granted a creative mind and have done very little with it in the last couple of years, and it is ready for something to do. I think God plants ideas in our minds and then encourages us to make something of them. I think this is one of those times, and now I need to figure out what I am going to do about it. Do I trust in God's word and take the leap to see this particular idea through, or am I going to hem and haw (like I usually do) and miss out on valuable learning and growth experiences? Oh yeah, and the potential blessings we get when we follow God's leading. It's funny how when I write it like that it seems like such an obvious choice, but when I am left alone to act on it... I also feel an affinity with whoever wrote, 'it's one thing to talk about it, and a whole 'nother hill o'beans to do it!' (Don't ask me where I heard that, it may have been one of the voices in my head.)
Lastly, and in conclusion, and to sum up and all that. I actually have nothing else to say at this point, but it just felt like I should wrap up somehow, seeing as I had all sorts of paragraphs that began with words ending in -ly. I guess I could make another plug for vacationing every six months, but that would probably just be overkill.
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