The Sewing Mom

Wouldn’t that be nice, to be “happy for no reason”? If you think about it, there are so many influences on our daily lives that can result in us not feeling happy including family, school, jobs and even our friends. Then there are the physical issues that can cause us to feel unhappy such as illnesses and even body aches and pains. I know that as I’ve gotten older I experience things from pretty much all of these areas that can cause me to not feel well, lose sleep, and thereby, not feel overly happy at all times.

I remember a number of years ago, my husband had been laid off and was working from home trying to get his own business up and running as well as looking for another job. The stress of our financial situation combined with way too much togetherness led me to start losing sleep. I seemed to always be crabby and extremely anxious. I had gone in to see my doctor for my annual physical and decided to talk to her about it. I explained all of my feelings, both physical and emotional and do you know what she said? She told me I needed to get out of the house, go for walks, get exercise. You see, she was also my husband’s doctor so she knew him and the stress that his situation was also causing for him. What she was telling me was that I needed to remove myself from the situation once in a while. I needed to allow myself some “me” time in order to relax. I was keeping everything bottled up inside and it was making me feel ill.

The Secret of what my doctor was telling me is similar to how [tag]The Sedona Method[/tag] can help you become totally happy now. This method believes that there is a connection between the mind and the body that can help you let go of all that stress and negative feelings that cause your body to feel pain.  It’s a [tag]self-help[/tag] tool that’s been around for 30 years.

If you’re interested in waking up on a daily basis feeling “happy for no reason”, you can check out The [tag]Sedona[/tag] Method with their offer for a free DVD and CD that you get when you sign up.

Our little [tag]puggle[/tag] puppy Plinko is doing so much better today. I was very worried about her when we brought her home last night, she was barely able to stand up. Even though I did manage to get her to go outside twice to use the bathroom before we went to bed and she did drink a little water, but it was her complete lack of energy that had me worried.

I took her to the vet at 8 a.m. yesterday to have her spayed and was told to pick her up after 4. Thankfully, I called before going because at 4:40 I was told she wasn’t ready and to wait at least 20 minutes. We waited until 5:30 to even leave the house and by the time we were handed Plinko, it was 6. She was so completely drugged out that she really was wobbly. We had to give her an additional pain pill at 8 (per instructions) which I’m sure didn’t help her drug induced state.

We had her sleep in her crate last night and it’s a good thing. I do think she slept pretty much through the night, but she did end up doing a little business in her crate that resulted in me washing the crate and bed this morning. When I opened her crate door this morning though, she had so much more energy than she did last night. She was wagging her tail and very happy to see us.

Plinko has spent a good part of today outside, it’s been a gorgeous day, and when she wasn’t cruising the backyard she was sleeping at my feet. I think if we can keep her from chewing on her stitches she’s going to be just fine.

Summer before last we took a family vacation to South Dakota. We drove our full size conversion van from Chicago to Rapid City, [tag]South Dakota[/tag], a beautiful drive. We toured the entire surrounding area including The Black Hills, Mt. Rushmore, Custer State Park and even on into Wyoming to see Devils Tower. It’s absolutely beautiful country and I would go back in a heart beat.

While we were there, my cousins, who live in Washington State, rode their Harley’s down and met us at Mt. Rushmore. I loved hearing about their ride and they really enjoyed all of the narrow winding roads around the Mt. Rushmore area. Besides my cousins, we saw many other bikers enjoying the scenery and their rides. We were there during July, a few weeks before the big annual bike rally in Sturgis, just outside of Rapid City.

My brother-in-law as been to that huge bike rally. He and a friend trailered their bikes from Eastern Kentucky a few years ago and went to the rally. We tried to get them to meet us up there again, but he couldn’t bring himself to travel so far again. I can’t say that I blame him, that’s a long haul from their house. I think he and my sister would be much more likely to do [tag]motorcycle touring[/tag] and vacations in Florida because it’s so much closer and now, they can visit our niece who just moved to Jacksonville. If they wanted to, they could go so far as to use a service to transport their bikes ahead of them so they’d be there, available for them to ride. Although, being a Harley owner, I’m not sure they’d entrust their bikes to just anyone!

Who knows, maybe we’ll just have to plan a big family vacation to [tag]Florida[/tag] this summer and we can all meet up there. I know my daughter would love going to the beaches and it would be fun to see everyone.