Learn to like the everyday things

“If you want one thing too much it’s likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to like the everyday things, like soft beds and buttermilk—and feisty gentlemen.”
― Said by Augustus McCrae in Larry McMurtry's book Lonesome Dove (a book I enjoyed)

 

I feel like the first thing that comes to my mind when I daily reflect on my blessings is delicious food!  Today I made a salad with the remaining few items in our fridge.  The lettuce was a "spring mix" with feta cheese, bacon, green onions, and kalamata olives, sunflower seeds and almond slices with olive oil and red wine vinegar as a dressing.  I don't know why, but it tasted amazing.  (ok, maybe it tasted amazing because of the bacon) Side note: while we lived with my husband's family for a few months, I got to know my mother-in-law quite well because we made amazing salads together at lunchtime.  So now, I feel like I should call her whenever I put together an especially good one. :)  Oh and thanks to my husband, we have a huge costco size jar of kalamata olives that he wanted to get.  They have proven to be well worth the price and a great addition to several of our meals!  So shout out to him for the olives which made the salad, along with the feta and bacon.  YUM

Another thing I'm grateful for:  I got a haircut and decided I wanted bangs straight across.  When I returned from my haircut, I decided I wanted more bangs, and I impulsively cut more myself.  Immediately after I regretted it and wished I could find some potion or herb that would make my hair grow out again.  I had to go to work right after and was dreading it, because I couldn't find a hat to wear to cover the butch job.  But the guys at work (my "clients") reassured me that, though uneven, my bangs look "unique" and "nice".  One of them decided he would come with me to shop for a hat, but we decided I didn't need one after all, and chose instead to go to one of his favorite spots in town: the ford dealership with shiny new mustangs to look at.  He always has to check the price of his favorite mustang to see if it changed.  When these guys are in a good mood, they can be so fun to be around :) and it just made me smile the way they consoled me about my bad haircut and this story does not do it justice.