Satisfaction Sunday - The Journey Continues

Hello

I am just getting used to this "Publisher" thing. I really enjoy it, but as with anything else enjoyable, those of us with a busy schedule, whether it be a job, a family, a new boy or girlfriend or a combination of all the above, it is hard to include simple pleasures to our schedules. Why? I guess we just don't feel we deserve it or something. Oh well, today, I think I deserve it...so here I go.

I had a great day today. I will be posting a couple of stories that are close to my heart. Again, SatisfyYourMind is designed to be a place to relax and enjoy experiences. You can chime in or just listen to mine. But this is not a "Reality" show kind of thing. This is the real deal. I will never compromise myself to try to intrigue or dramatize things - life is dramatic enough isn't it? The reason why I had such a great day is because I began it by getting in touch with my reality - which is at this point working to change my family's horrible eating habits (from missing meals, to eating that wonderful junk food) and changing our eating habits to include "whole foods" I will write an article about that later as I get more into it. But again - it is hard to do something that is infinitely GOOD for us isn't it? But I made the plunge. I work for a great lady - I am her Personal Assistant and in a way = she has been mine. She has taught me that it is ok to focus on myself and my family; she has taught me taht it is ok to be happy and enjoy the simple pleasures. I feel ashamed that I needed a human being to teach me this - because God's Word has been in my heart, home and mind for years - I just didn't get it - I guess I needed a visual - but I get it now. I started my family on the whole foods thing just a few days ago. Now if you know my family - (4 great kids - but addicted to junk food) you would realize that I expected anything from a total revolt to them packing their bags and moving out (not really - they know how good they have it here). But to my surprise - they are just as excited about it as I am. Which makes the "whole foods" preparation journey so much easier. My employer not only talks the talk - she walks the walk and she helped me buy a VitaMix machine - what a wonder! I have made homemade soup to ice cream in the same 15 minute period - now don't get me wrong - this is NOT a plug for VitaMix - I am just sharing - don't get worried, yall!

So, I am really looking forward to this week. Usually Mondays for me are full of stress because I am anticipating the activities that 1) I missed from last week that I need to catch up on; 2) the activities that are part of the regular week and the dreaded 3) the activities that come unexpectedly, unwanted, but that I need to handle. But today - I feel hopeful - I feel like I can do anything - if I can get 4 kids and a husband to be excited about raw vegetables and ice cream made with no sugar - then I can conquer the world!

I will be posting two new stories. One will be about Barack Obama - not as a political machine - but as a man - and unfortunately a sound bite.

The second story will be about spas - I love spas - but I started to realize that with everything - balance is key - so I wrote a story about the good and the bad about spas.

But for now - I will go and watch Cartoon Network with my husband (yes husband) and kids - and eat some "whole food" ice cream - hmmm who would ever imagine - least of all me!

Peace :)