The journey of a lifetime

Did that title get your attention????

I was sitting here, drinking my coffee, and dd spent the night last night with the grandbaby.  She will stay here with us for a few nights then she will go to her house for a few nights.  SO  I have baby here with me from Sunday evening/night until Thursday late evening.  I have dd dwith me from Sunday eve./night to Tues Morning.  I am so fortunate to have child in the house 3/4ths of the time and my dd I have about 1/2 of the time.

But back to drinking my coffee,  I had a book here at one time about compulsive eating and I have misplaced it.  I am a clutter bug and I have no problem with being a clutter bug except when I want to find something, then I know I have it but just can't seem to put my hands on it. 

But in reading Debs latest blog post, or was it reading somewhere else? (do I have a clutter bug mind too?) anyway something about sitting at the table to eat, having set times to eat, controlling what you can controll and changing what you can change now.  So I remember reading something similar to this a while back about eating from a smaller bowl, plate, allowing yourself to get 2nds if you feel you need it .  I think it said most of the time you will be satisfied with what is on a smaller plate, but if you get a larger plate and fill it up you will eat as much as you can off of the larger plate.  It did not say control yourself as for eating is concerned.  Just control where you eat and how the food is presented to you.

I am so very lackadaisical and laid back about so many things.  If it is not important in the long run I refuse to stress about it.  My kitchen and den is togeather.  and my table is a catch all for everything,  toys and baby's snacks, and mail and well you get the picture.  Dh and I seldom use the table to actually sit down and eat.  lol We eat whereever we want to.  Most of the time I am in fromt of the computer and he is in front of the tv.

The table will be cleaned off and my pretty place mats will be put down and we will use the table for what it was intended for-(and no my sweet husband it was not intended to hold your tools when you come in with the hammer in your hand it may be convenient to put it on the table but I'm just saying time for a change.o_o).  The book or whatever I was reading said part of eating is the aesthetics part of it.  Not only do we need to satisy our oral sensations we also need to please ourselves visually. So I will try this-I have tried so many other things that this does not seem like a stretch at all.

Anybody try the cabbage diet? grapefruit diet? etc. 

This is something that actually makes some sense. 

Any comments or thoughts ?????

The following from a book called "MY PERSONAL DAILY PRAYER BOOK" and todays prayer just seems appropriate

LORD, I MISTAKENLY THINK THAT MY DAY-TO-DAY ACTIONS-GOOD OR BAD-ARE NOT SIGNIFICANT, BUT THEY ARE.  I KNOW THAT THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF MY SMALL DEEDS OVER A LIFE-TIME WILL CERTAINLY INFULIENCE THE PEOPLE I'M CLOSEST TO, AS WELL AS THOSE WITH WHOM I WORK.  I ALSO KNOW THAT A NOT-EXACTLY-ETHICAL CHOICE MAKES A LASTING IMPRESSION ON SPOUSES, CHILDREN, AND COWORKERS.  YET, A WISE CHOICE CAN SET SOMEONE ELSE ON THE PATH OF GOOD DECISION MAKING.  ONE CAN NEVER KNOW WHO IS WATCHING.  THEREFORE, HELP ME DO WHAT'S RIGHT, LORD.  AMEN.

and then at the bottom of the page

EVERY HAIR MAKES ITS SHADOW ON THE GROUND
"spanish proverb"

I vow to try to make wise choises, help me Lord to do the best thing in all circumstances.

stay safe everyone
God bless