La Dolce Vita

I've noticed lately that there is a wonderful past time that Americans are missing out on. We do it so often that it's ceased to be something special and simply become a task. People in other nations have gotten it right so why are we missing out on it? I'm talking about the art of going out to eat. In my life we go to a restaurant, order, chat a bit, get our food, pay the bill, and leave with 45 minutes elapsed if there wasn't a wait. It's almost just something to check off the to-do list. It's not the most enjoyable experience. We have the dinner and a movie mindset, whatever happened to just dinner being the event of the evening? In some countries you'll be in a restaurant for up to 3 hours or more. You chat, you order an appetizer, you chat some more, you order your meal, you chat some more, you get your food and you continue chatting while you eat, and before long you realize you do have room for dessert while your chatting and you go ahead and order that too. What's the difference? You take your time and enjoy the company. Stress levels are a huge contribution to a plethora of medical issues ailing Americans. So why don't we set aside an evening once a week or more often, get together with friends, share a good meal, and RELAX? I've noticed when I spend more time talking I spend less time eating so that I eat less and feel more full when I'm done.

Within so many of us there's this little voice that just keeps saying "What're we doing next? What're we doing next?" How about for once we just tell the voice "Nothing, this is it, sit back and have a great time." We need to sit back and enjoy La Dolce Vita, otherwise we'll wake up and realize that we have very few friends and have wasted our entire lives rushing from Point A to Point B without stopping to enjoy the sweeter things in life.

Read more...

Nerds

I was never much of a jock growing up. I know, big shock. I played softball for several years, basketball for 2 years, and volleyball for 1 year. Though I really regret the truth in that last one, I love volleyball now. But I was a band nerd, my extent of physical activity in high school was marchin around a football feild with a trumpet. So it should come to no shock that I am a nerd. It should be no shock then how the hubs and I are spending our evening. G is playing a new video game on the Xbox 360 and I'm watching Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood on G's laptop. Ah the joys of married life not yet altered with children :P

Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.7

Read more...

Commercials shouldn't make you cry!!!

I am such a sucker for the Liberty Mutual commercials, the help people because it's the right thing to do commercials, or what can be cynically interpreted as do good things so that others see you doing good things so they'll think you're a good person commercials, but I'm not cynical so I tear up pretty much every time I see em. Regardless of motivations there are no where near enough people doing good things in this world. We pride ourselves as Americans as being friendly and being good people, but it doesn't happen often enough in my opinion. We have road rage, ignorance, intolerance, and people who think you're a moron because you have an opposing political viewpoint and want to make sure you know they think you're a moron. Having the prior sentence apply to you takes a lot of effort, it significantly increases your stress levels and not only makes you feel unpleasant but makes the people around you feel unpleasant. Now being nice to people, over looking differences in opinion, and understanding that you probably at some point in your life caused someone else to have road rage for the exact reason you're mad at another driver not only makes you feel better but it makes the people around you happier. Being nice and doing good to others is a win win situation, so we should all make more of an effort to do it :)

Read more...

Couponing

Alright TLC, challenge accepted. I've seen a few episodes of Extreme Couponing now and I'm gonna try it out, just on a much much smaller scale. I've got $40 worth of coupons so far, on Friday afternoon I'm planning on making my assault on HEB. There's no doubling or tripling of coupons there, so we'll see what happens, I've got two days to plan the trip, bring it on! :P

Read more...