THANKFUL THE WEEK WENT VERY WELL AS MUCH AS WERE OUT AND ABOUT, but I am so ready to rest at HOME. Tis Saturday.
I have continued to sort through my piles of papers and other stuff deciding what to do with this junk. Refreshed my mind about Marie Kondo's decluttering style and the how to fold this and that. I like the orderly look she is well known for. I just don't believe I can maintain the look in my real world. The videos have been helpful and hopeful giving me ideas on what to do to have a different LOOK that's potentially possible.
SPARK JOY will help me to turn loose of much that is adding to the clutter...so I will evaluate what stays and what goes. I have already thinned out my closet and each article is sweetly hanging in an orderly fashion. When we relocate to the COTTAGE, I will have to thin it out some more as the closet space is completely different than what I have here.
Does this item spark JOY? Sometimes the spark isn't there, but the item is very necessary so the show must go on. I will have to keep much that doesn't spark joy. As I cleaned the POWDER ROOM toilet yesterday, the toilet didn't spark joy, but I must keep it mustn't I? Thankful to have a porcelain princess available to use whenever.
Does it spark joy or provide relief for my weary body? I am thankful to have a porcelain fixture like the ones we have here. I'm presently on the look out for a taller than usual toilet for our tall frames. When I come across a taller toilet, purchase it and have it installed at the COTTAGE, it certainly will add some joy.
I know years ago, I would dread cleaning the Bathrooms. Dreaded it. I had better things to do. It wasn't until I told myself, you don't have to get emotionally involved with the toilet...just clean it! This did wonders. I don't have to be emotionally attached or involved with the cleaning...just do it and be done with it until next time.
My poor toilet has a ring in that will take more than BON AMI to scrub away. I'll have to make an appointment with my hubby to have him use special cleaner on it to make the ring go away. For now, I will keep cleaning it with BON AMI.
Bon Ami (French for 'Good Friend') is a brand of scouring powder sold by the Bon Ami Company of Kansas City, Missouri. Since its inception in the late 19th century, the brand's advertising campaigns have gained particular notice.
Work in a well ventilated room.
Might want to wear a mask.
Perhaps switch to BAKING SODA altogether.
Now that's a thought.
https://healthfully.com/side-effects-inhaling-bleach-5376626.html
https://biggreenpurse.com/bon-ami-cleanser/
I successfully finished my week of the Jackie Kennedy Diet. Here it has been almost a week since I did this.
That I could do it for a very short period of time. I took away from it to drink HOT TEA in the morning with my Breakfast. This I like. Having some right now. Also liked having eggs for breakfast, but need more than hard boiled eggs. Scrambled eggs, poached or omelets is a nice switch from the hard boiled eggs. Occasionally having a piece of toast was a treat.
I don't mind the cottage cheese with fruit for LUNCH...in fact I enjoyed this a great deal and I believe I will keep doing this.
Veggies with a small amount of meat
is a winning combination
for supper.
Now I must watch the starches but sneak in healthy fats such nuts, and seeds for an afternoon SNACK. Tis healthy and full of flavor.
A HUNGER SAVER.
I know that when I am on a strict diet, I don't do very well as everything I shouldn't eat comes to mind and that tormenting desire to eat it all is like I have to become a LION TAMER cracking a whip at angry lions in the three ring circus. Snarl.
The awful creature were awakened.
I fell off the wagon...I craved CHOCOLATE. So I ate Russell Stover's chocolates like there was NO tomorrow. They weren't the sugar-free kind either. A small dinner mint after eating is acceptable, but I almost ate the box the chocolates came in. I devoured the chocolates.
THE FINE ART OF DIETING!
TAKING TIME TO EAT.
With this behind me, I can forge ahead continuing to watch the calories and write down what I ate for the day paying attention to the amount of food taken in.
Portion control and a prayer.
More organic veggies and fruits.
Eat smaller portions of starchy vegetables and sweets.
Eat s l o w l y moving the food about inside my mouth making sure other teeth than the molars chew the small morsels.
Chew, chew, chew until pulverized then swallow.
Take time to eat.
It's alright to slow down and not think about how quick can I shovel this food into my mouth so I can do something else that needs done elsewhere.
Put the eating utensil down between bites and wait before taking the next bite.
Eat when not emotionally upset.
Use smaller plates.
Make the meal a pleasant slow paced event verses crossing the finish line first leaving the others in the dust.
Plans today: Tidy up messes about my chair.
Quick trip to Post Office to get a few more boxes
for care packages to mail.
Laundry...jeans and underwear.
Vac the Living room rug.
Shampoo hair and curl it.
Go to Dollar Gen for more Valentine Cards.
Review month and plan for February expenses.
Read about health issues.
Thin out old magazines.
PRAISING the Lord for HIS goodness.
"Enjoy today,
it won't come back."
~d
