Inspirations to Motivate

[Sandy Eggo]

That does sound really good. I like Flipz alot.

[Sunny]

I love chocolate covered strawberries! There's a shop near where I live that sells them close to certain holidays like Valentines day, Mother's day, etc.

Okay, now my mouth is absolutely DROOLING!!!! The nearest place that sells good dipped strawberries is about 35 miles away.

I worked at a card store in high school & the store owner had a large (fondue-type) machine & we'd make them for sidewalk sale days...

I think I ate more than I sold!

[Sandy Eggo]

Honestly, I can believe it. Maybe it's the chocolate, but the larger strawberries seem sweeter.

[FSU CLASS OF 1971]

O for a faith that will not shrink,
Though pressed by every foe,
That will not tremble on the brink
Of any earthly woe. —Bathurst

[Sunny]

Today's quote:

The table is a meeting place, a gathering around, the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction.

--Laurie Colwin

An excerpt:

We must turn off the television and the telephone, hunker down in front of our hearths, and leave our briefcases at the office...we must march into the kitchen and find easy, heartwarming tings to make from scratch...and we must gather at the table, alone or with friends or with lots of friends or with one friend, and eat a meal together....without food we would die...without fellowship life is not worth living.

source: breathnach, s.b. (1995). Simple abundance: A daybook of comfort & joy. Warner Books: NY.

How often do you partake in a homecooked meal? How often to you share a meal with a friend?

[tallulahdahling]

Meals--oh yes--but don't forget about sweeping the utensils and plates off of the table for that naughty no-calorie dessert--TABLE SCORCHING!-- when the kids are in bed, of course!   
I ain't no heathen! 

[Sunny]

  Tallulah!!! You spicey girl!!!

That may be very scary at our house...on the meek little farm table that graces our breakfast nook.

[Sunny]

Today's simple abundance is in line with a post I recently contributed to Tallulah's Tales...basically about using the "good stuff".

Continuing with the food & dining theme...today Breathnach reminds us that we should start using and enjoying the beautiful things that already surround us in our homes.

Prepare an attractive dining table -- dine rather than just eat -- a step towards SELF-NURTURANCE..."the simple, the doable, and the affordable". Create a scene of harmony.

Do you have a special set of dinnerware that you only use for "company"? Ever put flowers or a centerpiece created from fresh fruits in the center of the table?!? Dare yourself to eat dinner tonight by candlelight...you deserve the ambiance.

[tallulahdahling]

Well then I must quote our dear Kimmi:

"Get a Swing!"

Tallulah!!! You spicey girl!!!

That may be very scary at our house...on the meek little farm table that graces our breakfast nook.

[Sunny]

I gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience
in which I must stop and look fear in the face...
I say to myself, I've lived through this
and can take the next thing that comes along...
We must do the things that we think we cannot do.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

[Sunny]

I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
--- Frank Herbert

[tallulahdahling]

WOW!  I love that--I'm gonna print it out and put it on the bathroom mirror to inspire me to get in the damned car and go to work every day--LOL

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!   

[kimmi]

I tell my kids...

Shoot for the moon! 
If you miss, at least you'll be amongst the stars! 

I heard that somewhere and loved it!

[Sunny]

WOW!  I love that--I'm gonna print it out and put it on the bathroom mirror to inspire me to get in the damned car and go to work every day--LOL

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!   

I'm glad, Tallu...I actually thought of you when I found it. YVW.

[Sunny]

We either make ourselves happy or miserable. The amount of work is the same.

--Carlos Castaneda