While taking my little break from things here recently, I thought a lot about how the simplest things had become so overwhelming for me and how I didn’t like that I had let that happen. What was I doing wrong that was making everything in life feel so BIG?? That phrase…”Stop and smell the roses”, was floating around and around in my head, and I knew I wasn’t doing that, and I knew that I wanted to be. I knew that I needed to be.
Sometimes, I feel like I am hurrying to do everything, even it’s just unloading the dishwasher or letting the dogs out before I leave the house for the day. I hurry them out, then I hurry them back in! Rush, rush, rush. I hurry my shower, I drink my coffee too fast. I’m making a phone call as I’m walking out the door. I’m constantly making a “To Do List”. I feel like some nights I’m even hurrying just to get into bed! When did I stop breathing??
I made an extra effort to approach Friday with a “Stop and Smell the Roses” frame of mind. I didn’t hurry. I didn’t rush. I didn’t over think. I didn’t stress. I just let the day happen, and I enjoyed it. I got up early, without having a bad attitude about it. (I’m not a great early morning person.) I actually took the time to enjoy the taste of my coffee. I worked at The Food Truck and enjoyed chatting with all of the friendly people and I took notice of the gorgeous day outside. When I got home, I walked the dogs (well, it was actually more of a stroll, because I stopped to smell the roses). While on my walk, I introduced myself to some new neighbors up the street. I even took the time to remember their names, (Joe and Laura) which I can be really bad at….because I’m always in a hurry! I enjoyed some good girl time at Happy Hour. Mike and I sat on the deck when he got home from work and we sipped on our first bottle of wine from our trip. We went to dinner at Sunset Grill (our favorite little neighborhood place…and listened to a great band, Three Orange Whips), then we went to a neighbor’s and sat around the fire pit with several other neighbor’s and finished our bottle of wine, while enjoying our friends. It was just an awesome, relaxing, no stress, stop and smell the roses kind of day, and I loved it. I’m gonna do it again today.
If you haven’t stopped and smelled the roses recently, I HIGHLY recommend it!
Breakfast
1 Egg, 3 Egg Whites, Cheese
Grapefruit
Coffee with Frothy Skim Milk
5 PPV
Lunch
Food Truck
Chicken with Pickled Carrots & Cucumbers
3 PPV
Pork with Broccoli Slaw and Aioli
5 PPV
Happy Hour
I had a little Happy Hour at a friends house, then Mike and I shared our first bottle of wine that arrived from our Wine Trip! It was a Malbec that Mike picked out and we both decided it was even better than we remember, which is so much better than the alternative! If you ever been on a wine trip, you know that can go the other way too. 🙂
Un-Pictured Wine, Pretzels, Hummus, Carrots
20 PPV
Snack
The Smallest Honey Crisp known to mankind
0 PPV
Dinner
Chicken Skewers, a few bites of the potatoes
10 PPV
Weight Watcher’s Points Plus
I can eat 26 PPV a day.
I can earn Activity Points by doing exercise, and eat them if I choose.
I have an allowance of 49 extra points that I can dip into throughout the week if I choose.
I should drink a minimum of 6 (8 oz) glasses of water each day.
My Weight Watcher Week Begins on Friday’s
Breakfast = 1 Egg, 3 Egg Whites, Cheese, Grapefruit, Coffee with skim milk (5)
Lunch = Pork, Chicken, toppings (8)
Snack = Apple (0)
Happy Hour = Wine, Pretzels, Carrots, Hummus (20)
Dinner = Skewers (10)
Total = 43
Exercise = Doggie Stroll
How many glasses of water I drank = 10
Activity Points Earned for the Day = 2
Activity Points Earned This Week = 2
Remaining points from my 49 Points Allowance = 32
“love the life you live, live the life you love”
