My sister came yesterday to cook an Italian dinner for us. She made gourmet meatballs and pasta with butterscotch sauce and ice cream. I made homemade jalepeno cheese bread to go with it and then we taste tested the Italian cream cheese cake that my son's fiance is having for her wedding cake. (She said it was good, even though she does not like cake, LOL) It was a good day. We had good food and good fellowship and that's what matter mosts. I am learning to slow down and enjoy the simple things in life and I must stay, life is good. I am not where I want to be yet, but I am getting there. I am tired of the consumerism and commericalism of our way of life and I am just beginning to understand that there is more to life than things.
I was in the store with my family yesterday, picking up a few necessities that I could not get at our local dollar store, and when we walked down the aisle with all of the storage conatiners, I told my husband that it's so funny that our society makes such a big deal out of "organizing" our clutter and junk. Why not just get rid of it? He looked at me and said, "Well, then, what are you waiting on?" That struck a note with me. Why am I waiting to get rid of my junk? I have started the process of letting go, but I know I could do better. I didn't accumulate it in a day, and I won't be able to get rid of it in a day, either. However, there is nothing better than a simple, uncluttered area that soothes the soul and calms the heart. That is what I want my home and my life to be. Right now a beautiful bouquet of wildflowers sits on my kitchen counter in a plain green vase. To me, it is the most beautiful thing I have in my kitchen and I have a lot of beautiful things in my kitchen. That bouquet is so much more to me than any artfully arranged vase of roses would ever be because my wonderful husband took time to go out in the field, pick them, and arrange them himself. (He does it every year when a particular wildflower starts blooming because I love them even though he hates the smell of them. :)
Enough of my rambles. Have a blessed week. Peace
Southern Ladye
