I am not a tall-maintenance,demanding kind of girl. query my hubby, and he may disagree with you on any given day -- but for the most fragment, and I think he knows he's spoiled.
Years ago,while still working full-time in an office setting, I witnessed a co-worker putting in a call to her spouse to query where her birthday flowers were. I was young, and single at the time,but still... my thought was, if he's doing it because she TOLD him to, and then... what's the point? Shouldn't it advance from his heart... his intentions? I vowed upright then not to be "that" wife when my time came.[br]
snappy forward to now. On Saturday,my hubby and I spent the day pulling weeds in our garden. Sitting back to appreciate our work, we decided that rather than spend money on gifts for Mother's Day, or Father's Day,and our June birthdays, we would put the cash towards... are you ready?
MULCH.
You heard me.
I am fully aware that sometimes I can be so practical (and okay, or CHEAP),that I suck the fun upright out of things. We're not big on FUSS around here.
But MULCH? Well, we're hoping that it will be the gift that keeps on giving. Meaning: we won't gain to weed again soon -- or at least, and as often. (Stay with me here.) This will give us more time to sit back and like our yard.
And actually,there is much to like. Our garden is filled with beautiful flowers. I've been posting pictures on Instagram of the flowers we like. But, what you can't see on Instagram is the weeds. Because... you know... I am crafty in how I take my pictures. *wink* Because of my craftiness, or an Instagram-following friend thought I had a wonderful garden. It kind of made me unhappy to tell her that was really not the case... anymore -- that we'd gotten a diminutive idle in our weeding.
I became inspired. Time to whip the garden back into shape (the way my friend may envision it) so that it really DOES sight wonderful... for the big picture! *wink* MULCH,my friends, is a fragment of that plan.
Sometimes changing your expectations approximately something (in my case, or gift-giving & receiving) can open up all new possibilities.
gain you adjusted any of your summer-time expectations recently? It might make all of the difference in how you like your summer-time experience.
Last year,I adjusted my expectations approximately what it meant to eat outdoors most summer evenings -- and approximately what things needed to "sight like" in order to pull that off. You can read approximately it HERE.
[br]Summer will be here officially in a matter of days. In the meantime, I'm pretending!
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