Mommy, Inc.: * Tea Time With Shannon: Got milk?

Mommy, Inc.: * Tea Time With Shannon: Got milk?Here is a great post by Shannon. She is getting her milk delivered by a local farmer. It's a little more money, but in return, she supports her local economy.gets really fresh milk( she can get to know her cows personally), she saves the environment as her milk doesn't get trucked in from who knows where. All of this and it tastes better too!

Negative Programming

Have you ever noticed yourself getting stuck in a negative thinking loop,where you keeping going over some mistake that you made or some hurtful remark soneone has made to you or about you? You just keep thinking of what you should have done or said that was better than what you actually did or said. It's like a part of you thinks you can change the past if only you keep thinking about it. You even realise that trying to change something that has already happened is a really crazy idea, but you keep doing it.
I've spent the past 2 and 1/2 days doing just that, knowing the futility, knowing that the smart thing to do is take what you've learned from the experience, then let it go. I know that letting go can be a little hard sometimes, but you just need to be persistant.
I don't usually hold on to something quite that long and I was upset with myself for doing it this time. I really let an incident at work almost throw me into a major depression. I guess since my private life is so unstable right now, it really bothered me to have my work life upset too, especially since it had been going pretty well.
I'm pulling myself out of my funk by focusing on the fact that there's no one single event that defines me unless I allow it to. We are more than single events or criticisms. We are more than our looks and more than any single deed that we may do, and we are all loved by God,just for existing.

The Joys and Pain of Blogging

I have another blog on a paid host. I paid for 2 years of hosting as I was hoping to achieve some financial returns on that blog. Now, I'm unable to access it due to possible problems that my host server is having. This is very frustrating to me. I actually have some people who read that blog and I assume they're not able to access it either.
Still, I can always seem to access my Blogger blog, so I can exercise my need to write something even though there may be nobody reading it. Oh well, Life isn't usually perfect.
I have read theories that we create our own reality, and I believe that we do. No 2 persons experience reality the same, it's always filtered through our own viewpoints. Maybe if we envision a "perfect" reality, it will be perfect, though different from someone else's perfection. Maybe we all ought to compare notes and figure out what we're really doing with reality.

Acceptance

One of my favorite prayers goes some thing like --God give me the courage to change the things I can, the serenity to accept the things I can't and the wisdom to know the difference. I don't have it quite right, but it's known as the Serenity Prayer. It is really hard to know the difference, whether we should be butting our heads against a wall trying to change something we should be learning to accept, or if we're accepting something that could really be changed.

I think that if we're upset or irritated about some person's personality quirk or behavior, we might be better off accepting that person as he/she is or keeping away from them if possible. Sometimes a person that just drives you up a wall is a person that you work with or is otherwise pretty hard to keep away from. This person may be in your life for a purpose, to teach you something you need to learn and if you manage to keep away from them, someone else will show up that's even more irritating. Perhaps it's best to learn the lesson, then move on.

Winter Time

Here it is, just ending the first week of January and I'm ready for spring. I know, it's not gonna happen. I'm just so cold! I realise that I spent much of the summer bitching about the heat and now I'm bitching about the cold. I guess I don't do well in extremes. I'm actually okay when it's cold, even quite cold, as long as it isn't windy. The wind just cuts through any coat I've got. It blows around my neck and up from the bottom of the coat and makes me shiver. If there's snow blowing too, I really want to burrow at home under blankets with a hot cup of tea and a good book. Maybe if I practised some kind of winter sport it would help my attitude. I've thought of snowshoeing since I don't like heights and riding on a ski lift. I used to ice skate, but I'd probably wear out my butt. Oh well, spring's only a few months away right?

An Insirational Video

I get a newsletter from the owner on Images of One site. He has produced a feel good video that is free to view with no sales pitches. It has nice music, beautiful pictures, and inspirational quotes. The address http://www.imagesofone.com/fg/ Give it a look.

The Holidays are Over

The Holidays are over,at least that's what the calendar says. However, my decorations are still up. An extra job for the week, I guess.

It was a little different Christmas this year. It was quiet, not like last year when we were in mourning for Mom, but more because of reduced expectations. Several of the family members have experienced some financial problems and reversals, so we didn't do much in the way of gift giving. I did try to keep things more like normal for my handicapped daughter. I wasn't sure she'd understand no gifts. Still, she's not demanding; an umbrella, chocolate, bubblebath and a bag of coffee beans and she's pretty much happy.

I had my Aunts to a potluck dinner with my daughter and me. The day was pretty sunny and very enjoyable. We all missed my son, his wife and 3 children. We've not spent Christmas with them for awhile. Hopefully, next year we can see them.

Anyway, it's plain to me that a good Holiday doesn't require lots of gifts and fancy decorations, just being with the people you love.