It's the Simple things.....

     

Today was an awesome day.  What happened that was so amazing?  Nothing really out of the ordinary, day to day living to millions of people each day.  To me though, the little things that are everyday living make me feel ALIVE!

     I woke up this morning when my Prince Charming called me at 5:00am.  He's been my Prince Charming for over 25 years!  We will celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary on August 14 of this year.  I had asked Prince Charming to call me so I didn't turn off my alarm and oversleep.  I have been known to do that a couple of times....hahaha...ok, I'll be honest...I do it all the time!

     I needed to take our middle son, who is almost 16, to his football weights training at 6am, then we needed to work in the gardens.  YES, we have two gardens!  I married a farmer, who is retired from farming but graduated to aircraft for the last 20 years.  I've said it before and I'll say it again..."you can take the man off the farm, but you cannot take the farming out of the man!"

     I delivered my football boy to his weights workout and thought, "I'll just go clean out this pickup and vacuum it while he's there."  Get this....I DID!  I actually took out all the trash that 3 boys can accumulate in a vehicle in a few days time which is more than I would like to admit!  I vacuumed the floor mats, the carpet, etc.  JUST normal, everyday vehicle cleaning.  But, you see....in the past 5 to 10 years I would never have been able to do this simple thing.  I would have hired it done or my boys would have had to do it or my Prince Charming.

     I then went IN TO the gas station and got myself a coffee.  Oh? What's the big deal on that you ask?  It wasn't too long ago that I wouldn't have walked into the gas station unless it was absolutely necessary and no other option was available to pay for my gas and I was on empty.  Today, I just wanted a coffee...I JUST WANTED A COFFEE AND I WENT IN AND PURCHASED ONE.

     The day continued as I found myself doing every day, SIMPLE tasks, that most take for granted.  I went to Walmart... yep....by myself.  As I left Walmart, pushing my own cart, to my pickup that was NOT parked in the closest stall to the entrance.....I realized......"wow, I actually walked all over Walmart, to the customer service desk, checked out myself, put items up out of the cart on the check out belt....and even stood there and chatted with the cashier!"  I didn't sit down on the bench across from the checkout lanes.   I know where every single bench is in my hometown Walmart.  Sad, but so true.   I also realized I passed the electric scooters that I will never be tempted to use one of those again.   I had to use one of those once.  I was so mortified that I never did it again and I always stayed in my vehicle making my boys go in to Walmart for me after that.   BUT, not today.  TODAY, I did it.

     I picked beautiful produce in my gardens!  I even RAKED all around my house. With a rake. All around my house, I was sweating and breathing heavy and I LOVED IT.  Life is awesome when you can live it doing the simple things.

     I mopped my kitchen floor, I made lunch for my boys and STOOD up as I cooked.  The secret is out....I have an office chair in my kitchen and in the past several years I've had to sit while cooking and doing dishes.  Not today.  I was not using my rolling chair and then I realized...."I am STANDING and cooking!" I cried..right there in my kitchen.  Yes, that was a little simple thing, but HUGE accomplishment to me.

     Life is full of simple things. The simple things are slowing becoming my "big things".  I may not be the strongest, or the fastest, or the most beautiful 48 year old Mama out there, but I am making HUGE progress on making a better life for me and my family. No matter how slow I go, I am still doing better than I was just 8 months ago sitting on my couch.

   Tonight I will go to sleep, tired from living life and doing BIG THINGS, I'll wake up and go to my cross fit workout early.  I'm becoming crazy that way. :)  It may seem foolish to some.....BUT, life isn't cross fit. Life isn't KETO.  Life is using the strength I'm getting from cross fit and KETO to LIVE my life. Really LIVE it. I will never take the simple things for granted. I treasure them.