Simply..a fresh start....

3/1/2020

I will of course start eating sensibly again, but first I have to finish off the leftover cake, biscuits, ice cream and chocolate covered raisins because I can't possibly eat well while they are in the cupboards and the sooner I scoff them all the sooner I will be eating healthy again. I know there is a flaw in this train of thought but I can't quite see a way out. I mean it would be wrong to bin all that nice food and I have given away as much as people are willing to take (they all have their own hoard).

However, after a day of indulgence, which I didn't really enjoy, I am ready for a fresh start.

I like new beginnings, a new notebook, a new resolution, a new page, a blank canvas...

So, open all the windows - even if its raining and blowing

Empty the rubbish bins, recycle the bottles.

Ear vegetables, drink water.

Clear off one surface - even if that means just piling it all up on another surface for now...

Light a fresh candle.

Get outside. I was only going to the bottle bank but bumped into a friend and went a much longer walk. You know you will feel better for it.

Then make a cup of coffee and sit down and write about it!

Even if you don't write a blog - a new diary? Your own Thought For The Day? A new list?

Blogging is an odd thing in many ways, but it certainly makes my life more fun!

I'm off to do Fly Lady's Home Blessing Hour - I listen to her as I do it - she's so wonderful and makes me laugh.

Laughing as I do the housework? Who'd have thought it!

Have a great day.

14 Comments

Mary

3/1/2020 05:08:54 am

Laughing about trying to get rid of all the holiday goodies. Viv has been saying the same thing in her posts and I have been commiserating with her--and trying desperately to get rid of all the food items that are not normally in the house.

I've still not written in my new journal--even though I wrote every day in December. That beautiful blank page/new book is intimidating me a bit, but exciting me, too. Have just listed that I must write today on my to-do list. I keep a separate journal for that purpose. I find that if I write a to-do item in the book, I am much more likely to follow through with it. As though it were a promise to keep. One way to keep on task -- probably one reason I try not to list too many housework items on it. :)

Freda

4/1/2020 12:43:22 pm

It's quite a big switch to get back to 'normal' isn't it. Good luck Mary!

Julia

3/1/2020 05:23:19 am

Nothing of significance has changed here for me in Wheeling, Freda, except that i have officially “put away Christmas”. And yet i, too, am feeling the freshness of a new year..and somehow, less sense of obligation. I have a feeling of liberation. Not sure where it came from, but it is a gift. And out of that fresh feeling, new art is flowing. It is delightful. And as i think of it, now that i have spent so many years simplifying, i don’t even keep a to-do list...the to-do’s are few enough to be instantly visible reminders...:-)

Freda

4/1/2020 12:45:01 pm

You sound as though you are in a very nice place at the beginning of this new year! Wonderful.

Linda

3/1/2020 06:41:27 am

I have no idea whether this is true or not, but I once read of a nutrition theory that went something like this: eating extra calories (lets say double) for two or three days over Christmas does less damage to the body than if you were to spread those calories out over several weeks.
And I've said this before, but I do envy you your views from your windows!

Freda

4/1/2020 12:46:34 pm

Whew! I will hope it is true. (I am so lucky to have that view.)

Gillie

3/1/2020 02:20:03 pm

I love a new year too Freda but mine id only starting in earnest on the 6th when I get back to England after 2 weeks in glorious Ireland late on the 5th

Freda

4/1/2020 12:48:25 pm

Happy New Year whenever it starts for you. It sounds like you had a wonderful trip Gillie.

Julia

3/1/2020 03:39:25 pm

I am belatedly noting, also, that your do not have screens on your windows...does scotland not have to deal with insects and mosquitos?
That would be heaven!

Freda

4/1/2020 12:50:20 pm

The odd wasp in summer. Midgies, but not in the house thankfully.

Swissrose

4/1/2020 02:20:52 am

LOL This is me all over!!!
Today: a last batch of mince pies, all other sweet treats finished, a new candle, clear table etc. ;) I opened all the windows yesterday and now clearing the laundry backlog...

Freda

4/1/2020 12:52:59 pm

I still have the guestroom bedlinen to do, One unopened packet of biscuits left to keep for any unexpected guests...

cath

4/1/2020 11:15:06 am

My 'new beginnings' include pacing myself so for a few days my angellic Christmas decorations are put away one at the time. When I come to those that need to be boxed up to be stored it will speed up.
While your words are full of action your photographs breathe stillness, what a lovely balance.

Freda

4/1/2020 12:55:18 pm

Decorations will be put away tomorrow. A sense of peace decends for a while...

Simply..a fresh start....

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