TRAVEL BLOG

I wanted to take the time to wish all of YOU a very Merry Christmas and an upcoming safe and Happy New Year.  WOW…can you believe how the time has gone by in a blink?  Life truly is like that you know and it is so important to cherish every moment, and really take in the meaning of things.  We get so caught up in busy, busy, busy, that even relaxing has become a stressful event…WHAT??? Believe me, I used to be one of those busy people who felt that time was utilized for work and if I was not doing something productive every minute then I was wasting valuable time.  This can really create a self- inflicted guilt trip that dares a person to even place their backside on the sofa for a minute…back then, it caused too much anxiety.  So, I buzzed around like a bee all the time and I did not realize how much of life I was missing.  I was too busy trying to make a living and not make a life. I truly thank God for my older, wiser, better self who has slowed the pace...

Celebrating 49 and Feeling FABULOUS I believe in trial and error and especially when it comes to what works best for my body and my life.   I will be celebrating the last year of my forties this weekend and I am thinking a lot about my life, and reflecting on many things that have got me to this point, how I feel about myself, and realizing that trial and error has served me well personally, physically, and nutritionally.   In my journey of almost fifty years, I have experienced definite trial and error when it has come to relationships and defining what I do not want and what I do want, with healthy being at the forefront of all that.   It has been quite a process and as I look back, all the trudging through the unhealthy to open fabulous doors to healthy has been a blessed learning journey to create who I am right now, and whom I have chosen to share my life and I include my hubby, family, and friends through this healthy pondering.    Life is just too short ...

Balance of Life, part 3 When it comes to Simple is Healthy, I have come to appreciate a balance of work, rest, play and pray.   I used to be a “YES” person with A1 personality type that first, could not say “NO” and second, the “busier the better”.   Always seeming to not be good enough, never satisfied, and always striving for that something that often times I did not understand “WHY”.   Can you relate to that?   I think it stems from feeling unappreciated in my early years, or just not feeling accomplished...going “Darla Deep” here.   Fast forwarding to the Darla of today that has shed that ugly skin…YEAH!!!! Life’s journey has definitely taught me to love myself in every way and to accept that life is about enjoying it.   Think about that concept…I ENJOY MY LIFE.    I definitely do not want to breathe my last breathe with any regrets, and missing out on the important stuff in life, the real meaningful things that money just does not buy. ...

DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF Believe me this has been a lifetime learning journey and it feels really good to be in this place…peaceful existence, balance with life and self, and overall feeling of AWWW…Life is BETTER than Great! I can remember being caught up in the stuff that really does not matter in the BIG scheme of life…the house looking just right, what people thought, oh my…my body is not quite there…is that fat on my butt…really???   How many times am I going to give myself the outer thigh pinch test for crying out loud.   Oh…I burned this, and that food presentation does not look perfect, oh…am I saying that just right,   am I doing this right, and, oh no…my diet was not clean today and I have just ruined everything…REALLY?   Enough of that crap already…whew…like I shared earlier…I am so glad to NOT be there anymore.   We really can be our own worst enemy if we let ourselves.   Thoughts of “not good enough” swirling around in my head years ago are...