Living on Cloud Nine: making everything from scratch

We all have things we worry about. Trust me, with kids getting ready to go to college and their numerous activity and homework pressures, not to mention, my own, worrying is a BIG part of my life! However, I know that I need to let go and let GOD!! Why worry, when he has a plan for me, right? Well, that is easier said than done and there will be days where I will be a worry wart! However, I have decided to let a lot of things go and to simply be Sooo over some of them.
Try it, because let me tell ya, whether the issue or dislike is serious or trivial, letting it go is so very FREEING!!!

Here are 9 Things I'M SO OVER:

1. Mom Guilt (over Kids and Fur Babies)

I could do a whole post on this.In theory we all know there is no perfect mother.
And this applies to Fur Baby Moms too.

In reality, however, we seem to hold ourselves to a standard of motherhood that's insane. I mean flat-out, crazy-making, cuckoo-land kind of nuts. And if that weren't bad enough, we trick ourselves into believing we're the only ones who fail at everything. Then we beat ourselves up. And tell ourselves mean things at the end of long days. Why didn't I feed them a veggie at dinner? I didn't buy the right shampoo? Did I say the right things when they were upset? For animals, what if that's too many treats? When we've cooked and cleaned and commuted and brought home the bacon and washed and cleaned some more and checked the homework and sung the songs and read the books, we sit down on the sofa and shake our heads and tell ourselves what bad, bad moms we are.

That's insane, that's exhausting. And I'm so over it!

I'm gonna let myself off the hook and dish up the ice cream at 10:00 p.m. and not the guilt.

2. Circumstances I Can’t Control
Crap, the power is out so I cannot curl my hair for work, or my cousin got a scary diagnosis and I want him to be ok or there is a train and I cannot get out the line of traffic to go another route. Yep, bad stuff happens that is not under our control. We must roll with the punches. We can pray and we can wish, but some things we simply cannot control. Let it go and hope for the best.

3. People Who Don't Get Blogging.
Do you ever get asked why you Blog? I know I do, and my answer is always, "For the fun of it, it's my hobby, my online diary of sorts." Most people think that is great! How much time does it take? To which I reply "Oh, about 30 hours a week." Then, I get the look as if some people think I'm nuts, especially since I work too and often they add "YOU mean you DON'T get paid for this?" No ma'am, just for fun right now!! End.Of.Story!!

4. Not Responding Immediately to a Text, Call, or Email

We can’t always get back to a friend, loved one, or colleague immediately. Unless there’s an
emergency (and usually you can tell), apologizing for taking more than a split second to reply can make an issue out of something that might not have been a big deal to begin with.

5. My Flowers
I love planting and caring for flowers so much that I even did a Post on it in May about our annual trip to choose flowers called Picking Posies. Well, with the way this Summer's weather has been , they stated going down hill fast and in the heat wave, I was so tired of watering 20 gazillion flowers every night that I'm about ready to replace them with mums and pumpkins.

Here is what one of my flowers looked like a few weeks ago.

Here is now.

Pi-ti-FUL...Letting it go

6. Losing 10 lbs
I am never going to be the weight I was in high school or a size 2 again. I work out 6 days a week, I try to eat well, but I do enjoy certain foods in moderation and I enjoy every bite! Of course I get frustrated if I've put on a couple pounds, so I cut back a little. In fact, I just had a Wellness Assessment and I am 5 pounds heavier than 6 months ago! What? I'll work on shedding a couple but, I am so over letting it consume me.

7. Low Carb
One word: COOKIE! I do eat a lot of protein and stay on the lower consumption of carbs, but I am sorry if a really really good homemade cookie is in front of me, or piping hot fresh bread, I will indulge a little and right along with getting over losing weight, I will enjoy it like a Carb Boss!! I will refrain from eating 10 cookies but I will most certainly enjoy the two I did eat!!

8. Judgement

Judging.

Comparing.

Competing.

Whatever you want to call it, it runs rampant and I refuse to partake. I live in a community that is horrible at this and it makes me sad. I would love to see all of us practicing a little more grace. Stop comparing. Stop assuming. You make the choices that are best for YOU, I'll make the choices that are best for ME, and lets stop the critiquing. Everyone has battles, everyone has strengths and we can all learn from lifting each other up, not from tearing down.

9. Making everything from scratch
I used to make so many things from scratch but is there really any need to make EVERYTHING from scratch - there are some really decent convenience things that contain nothing but good wholesome ingredients and if I want to feed my family Velveeta Shells and Cheese, I will. If time is short and they need a frozen pizza, go ahead. I cook great meals as often as I can but my goodness,sometimes you just gotta allow the convenience of non-scratch into your life. If someone makes a point of making EVERYTHING from scratch, you gotta wonder, where in the world did they get a 36 hour day?

Also SO OVER: Whiners, Long Lines, "I'm Entitled" Attitude People, Road Construction, Celebrity Divorces, snacks that taste like cardboard, do-gooders who only do it for the attention, texting while in conversation and I was going to say Pineapples but how can I do that when look: