Mmm Mmm good

It's the Sunday after thanksgiving... let's be honest, what else am I going to write about?! So my question is.. why is eating so comforting?! We spend days and hours making a plethora of food that we sit down and eat in 10 minutes. Is it worth it? Of course it is! It really only takes 10 minutes to eat the feast because you are so dang hungry! But the fact is, we sit there as a family for hours just talking and waiting for our pants to fit again. So is it the talking that makes eating so comforting? Nah, after you eat you feel so much happier than before! I definetely think the talking adds to the comfort though. One night last week I had a rotten night, a friend called to see how my night was and when he heard how it went he said he was on his way with a tub of ben and jerry's. When we were eating that ice cream, I felt like I was eating my worries away. It took my mind off my problem and let me relax and enjoy the ice cream. This is when I decided... this is how eating should always feel. :) This is when I realized when we eat we aren't thinking about anything but the food in front of us, our minds can have a little break from everything! Now that's comforting.

talking!

SOO I like to talk. :) (I thought I would just get that out in the open!!) Today my sister and I went up to Salt Lake to see my aunt that is in town. On the way home we were talking about how much fun we had!! My sister then took a phone call, so I had some time to think. How is it that we had so much fun, but all we did was talk the whole time?! This aunt lives in Alabama so we don't get to see her often, and we ALL had stories to tell! Her son was in the ICU for a month because he passed out at a pool party, in the water. She told us ALL about that! Even though my sister and I weren't able to be there for her and her family at that time, we felt like we helped her by listening to her vent about it! Then I started to think... my sister and I were doing the same thing by talking about what we had talked about with our family! We were telling eachother how good we felt, and how easy talking to Aunt Penni is, because we love and trust her so much! We then started talking about other things that are going on in our lives right now. We both just vented about the things that were frusterating us, things that are going well for us! And then we were able to give eachother advice! After the talk, we both felt so close, and so good. The reason for that is because we were both able to let all of our feelings out, and we were able to trust eachother enough to share our thoughts! That's why talking is so stress relieving and brings you so close to others!!

sleeping in

This morning I woke up the very latest I could without being late for church. I started to think, why does sleeping in make me have such a wonderful day!? Is it because I'm more physically and mentally restored? Because instead of waking up early and thinking about all the stresses of the day, I was able to rest my mind for a while. I was also able to dream! I could dream about things that obviously wouldn't happen in real life.. and I love that! My mind could just be creative and think of whatever. When I can sleep in and my body doesn't wake up from an alarm clock, I feel so much more rested than when I use an alarm clock. When I get a few hours of extra relaxing time, my body and mind is so much more ready for a crazy day!