Tachatna's Journal, 24 February 2018

When is the last time you did something different to make yourself feel pampered (that doesn't have to do with food or diet)?

Three years ago, I flew back to Oregon to visit my daughter, granddaughter and hubby. While I was there I visited every Dollar Store and Thrift Shop I could find as we don't have any in Alaska!!! It sucks. Also, while I was there, I got together with 4 ladies I went to school with (2 from gradeschool on!). It was fun to reconnect with them and hear where their lives had taken them in the nearly 50 years since we graduated from high school! Yes! It will be fifty years this June. I'm old! :P

Since we got together in Oregon, we have kept an on-going daily conversation going. We check in every day and talk about our lives and the things we are facing. It has been a wonderful addition to my life to have those ladies to talk to, to get advice from, to joke around with and to share their lives with me.

One of the ladies I reconnected with was born with only one kidney. She is prone to kidney stones that require surgery (dangerous for her). She has had to make drastic dietary changes to avoid oxylates in food and drinks (like tea).

She is diabetic. She has had to make serious dietary changes to control her blood sugar even on meds.

She has difficulty walking as her knees are bone to bone and very painful. She now uses two canes and utilizes a wheelchair when she is out and about.

You would think that someone with all of those challenges would go through periods of being down or periods of not being positive. She is TOTALLY not that way! There is not a day that passes where she doesn't have a positive outlook on life. She posts the most uplifting things on Facebook from lovely photos of flowers and landscapes, the ocean. She posts ideas for the home, wardrobe, cooking. She posts wise sayings or witty cartoons. She just brightens a day seeing what catches her eye!

Through our talks over the last couple of years, she has called herself "high maintenance". She and her hubby always have fresh flowers in their home. She makes a trip to every week to either the nail salon for a mani/pedi or the hair salon for a bangs trim. Once a month she goes out to lunch with former friends from work. She has friends over every now and then for tea. Every spring she plants many, many flower pots, hanging pots, flower beds.

I've come to admire the things she takes time to do for herself to make her life brighter!

It doesn't take much to pamper yourself, you know.

When is the last time you took a long bubble bath rather than a rushed shower?

When is the last time you pampered your feet with a good soak? or painted toes? or massaged lotion or cream on them?

When is the last time you treated yourself to a day with a good book? or a movie? or had a friend over to just chat...maybe over tea?

You see, sometimes we are so wrapped up in the things we HAVE to do...whether work/home responsibilities, appointments, errands that we don't take time for the little things that make us feel special and relaxed.

Jan went shopping today. I took the time to take a long leisurely bath with all the trimmings. It felt great!

We are all multi-layered people and need to nuture all of those layers. Is that high maintenance? Nope...I think it is simply taking care of ALL the parts of us that we are comprised of.

I hope you are having a great weekend! Pamper yourself somewhere along the line.

Diet Calendar Entry for 24 February 2018:
154 kcal Fat: 10.56g | Prot: 12.52g | Carb: 1.12g.   Breakfast: Boiled Egg, Boiled Egg. more...

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I pamper myself quite a lot but I'm not what you would call high maintenance. I cut my own hair, I leave my nails natural, I don't spend a lot on clothes, but hubby and I go out for a meal once a week, I buy pampering products and use them - body lotion, moisturiser, eye cream, etc, and I buy myself flowers sometimes. As you say, these things are good for you. Good for your soul 🙂 
25 Feb 18 by member: Doobrie

     
 

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