One Day At A Time: 8/28/11

Saturday, September 3, 2011

My Butterflies~ Day 59

So, this is how the farmers do it in the early morning !!!

I hear the rooster crowing in the far distance before the morning light! Starbucks coffee brewing and we are looking forward to another beautiful, productive day today at the farm! :)

Much to look forward to...Beautiful butterflies have been hanging out with us as we work outside and in my gardens! I love it when I can capture the butterflies in my gardens with my camera when they flutter! Life is simply beautiful at home! :)

Another beautiful butterfly will be with us this weekend...my daughter, Lauren!

We have a teenager driver to practice driving this weekend with us too! :) Yikes!

We are off to a very busy day and ready to LABOR again today...

With Love & Pretty Butterflies,

Hai

Friday, September 2, 2011

Labor, labor, labor ~ Day 58

All I can say is... Labor, labor, and labor...

Our day started at 5:30 AM today and we will be going until dusk...

Good to have my handyman husband home!

We are taking this long weekend to do some projects around here! :)

Messy living room

Working breakfast/ kitchen

So, I got to keep busy with a short time for blogging today! :)

One room at a time...FUN!

I hope you get to relax abit this Labor Day weekend for us out there ! :)

With Love & Projects,

Hai

Thursday, September 1, 2011

My Last Harvest! ~ Day 57

It's ALWAYS soooo good to be home again and in my gardens, today! :)

I picked my last harvest for the summer and I am clearing out my kitchen gardens for the season!

Cleaning up and planting rose bushes there! :)

I think I will give up my summer gardens in the future and stay in the North during Georgia's worst 3 months of summer heat, in June, July & August. If you live in Georgia, I would recommend you go any where North for a nice long vacation! :)

However, come back in Georgia for its beautiful Spring, colorful Fall and mild Winter! :)
We love them the most! Three out of four seasons is not so bad!!! :) My husband and I want to retire here because of it's most ideal weather for 9 months out of the year!

Time to redo...

Anyway, we are so glad to be home for this long weekend but we will truly be doing "The Labor Day Weekend" with seer hard work & sweats to tidy up our little cottage again.

My welcome home gift...My climbing rose vine is starting to wrap itself around the porch! :)

We hope you enjoy your Labor Day Weekend with your family and friends,

With Love & Labor,

Hai

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Circle of Life ~ Day 56

It occurs to me today how busy we all are as we keep up with our own circle of life !

I find myself, looking for baby things to celebrate a new life one day, and ordering sympathy flowers to go to a funeral to say good bye to another life, another day.

All we know about Life is that it has a beginning & an end with no promises in between.

It reminds me just how important that "dash" is each day for each one of us.

Each day is a gift when we wake up!
And each day, we get to add the quality, the beauty, the joy, the sadness, the hopes, the dreams to "your life" so, please don't be so afraid to add your true colors to your dash, as each one calls it "my life""

It's truly your "dash", your "life" to create while you have it! Claim it! Live it! Love it!

May you cherish your life, one day at a time, as best as you can, and not take life for granted.

Please hold life between the palm of your hands, like a delicate flower and enjoy its essesnce fully today!

For Life is a gift and not promised to anyone!

With Love & Life,

Hai

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

No Drama Zone! ~ Day 55

Do you know of someone in your family or in your circle of friends, even in a situation, where you know there will be A LOT of DRAMA, if you go there?

Of course, we all do! There is ALWAYS one or two in your circle.

Do you have a sign like this on your forehead or not? :)

If you don't, dramas will come in your life and feed off of you and suck all the LIFE out of you! True? We all have been there!

Ever had a relationship, family, divorce, co workers etc...

I, personally have become good at staying away from dramas and will NOT allow it anymore to keep my life happy & healthy! Of course, you want to give support, love & prayers to your friends & family!

I've learned to have a sign on my forehead that reads, No Drama Zone, to keep all that daily dramas away from my peaceful world.

There is a balance of being compassionate for your family & friends with their life circumstances. But there is ALSO a MUST to have "self- peace preservation" boundaries to know when it is ENOUGH! and just say NO to getting involved!

I've learned to say NO many times or make clear to NOT get involved to keep my "No Drama Zone" manageable in my life while I can be compassionate for others. It's not that you are mean or selfish for doing that. You just have clear boundaries for yourself. If others don't understand that, they are too busy being IN IT~"the dramas" to see why. All you can do is make a choice for yourself.

Whatever you are dealing with currently or for a while now, I hope you will asset the situation today and see if you or the other person(s) is adding MORE drama into a situation that is not helping it or it doesn't give you peace of mind because of it.

Foremost, look in the mirror, real hard & brutally honest, to see if that's not YOU, who is adding the additional dramas, please! :) You know who you are!

If so, you have the right and the choice to ~ STOP! ~ The drama before it starts!

We all wished there is a clear sign warning like this one before we get there, or when it sucks you in! Yikes! :)

This is my thought to share with you, today ! :)

With Love & NO Drama!

Hai

Monday, August 29, 2011

Thank God It's Monday - Day 54

While I was walking this morning, I took in our amazing cool fresh air in the 70's here in Ohio. I walked the country roads as a great meditation time as well as my exercising routine. What a treat to take in all the charms of country life on curvy roads, filled with corn & soybean fields, even a vineyard loaded with grapes along my path. .... Ahhhhhh, I simple LOVE Mondays, I thought to myself.

I know that's totally CRAZY to say it but Monday helps you "get back" into your healthier routine again. Monday is our starting point, another beginning, and another starting over again or get back on the wagon again per say, especially when you over indulged over the weekend. True??

Thank God there is a Monday each week to start again!

My husband and I truly enjoy our adventures, big or small on weekends, like our mini vacations with no rules, no clocks, no schedules, and filled with many treats! !

BUT...when Monday comes around, I shift in my weekdays groove again and my life is normal and healthier again!

A walking dress for each day of the week! :)

I've never been a routine kind-a- girl but as I get older, I crave and enjoy having some sort of routines in my weekdays because I know what to expect! :)

We are creatures of habits and we do tend to enjoy some certainties in our lives with some balance. Am I right? Well, it is for us anyway.

Monday comes, my husband is at work and his week is already mapped out on his work calendar.

I exercise in the morning to plan out my day, week and even our weekends and there it is... I am happier, ready again and life goes on with some sense of "knowing" so I can take it one day at a time. :)

Sure, life surprises will occur along the way but I truly enjoy my outlook and a sense of peace in "knowing" what to expect. Don't you?

Anyway, I feel so ALIVE & HAPPY to be Monday again!:)

While I was walking my usual 6 miles, I do my sorting for the week. It also occurred to me how great it is that I discovered the pleasure of distance walking as a part of my daily routine on weekdays.

Just to add to this thought, it was actually chilly this morning when I got started so I just put on some sweat pants under my walking dress until I get warm up. I stopped and took off my sweat pants and kept on going in my cool walking dress as the sun heats up! I find this can be the best way to keep warm and keep this up during the Fall months in my walking dresses! :)

With Love & Mondays,

Hai