1) pink nails and scented lotion
2) morning routine went fairly smoothly...no fights.
3) got a workout in for the first time in two weeks.
Today is an ordinary day. It isn't anyone's birthday or a holiday. It isn't my anniversary. No one is getting married or graduating. We are not having a party. It is just a day. Not too different from the one we had yesterday or what I presume tomorrow will be like. But today is beautiful. The hint of Autumn is in the air...not too hot, and not too cold. The sun is shining. No one in our home is sick. Life overall is good.
On this rather ordinary morning as I opened up my bathroom drawer to pull out the toothpaste, a bottle of scented lotion caught my eye. It was way at the back of the drawer all but forgotten. Silky soft lotion laced with Ralph Lauren cologne. Heavenly. I cannot remember how long it has been there or where I got it. I think maybe as a gift one Christmas maybe? But in any case the bottle was still full. I pulled it out and decided to use it today. I admit it felt a little reckless. Didn't such a fabulous luxury item deserve a more special occasion really? Don't we all have some of those secret little pampering items that we are hoarding waiting for the allusive "right" time to use them? Or is it just me who thinks this way? I convince myself that ordinary lotion is fine for every day and the "special stuff" I need a good excuse to use. But today I decided to put it on. And wow what a difference it made. It has put me in a bit of a carefree "carpe diem" sort of mood. Feeling all scented and luxurious I even went a little crazy and painted my fingernails bright pink. I may still be an ordinary housewife today but I have really cute pink nails!!! And that makes me feel fun. It makes me want to play with the kids rather than clean the kitchen. So I will. I am thinking I may go totally for broke and put a tablecloth and good dishes on the table for dinner tonight...just because. The children will think we are having people over, but no. I will tell them that it is just for them. Because I love them. It is time to stop saving all of my best efforts for guests when the people I love most get the leftovers right? Tonight we feast!
My husband is working late tonight and I have no errands to run even. No one in the world will know I have on scented lotion today. But I do! And it makes me happy so I am going to put it on tomorrow too!!! And when it runs out I am buying some more. Because I have decided that today is a special day and I am grateful for it. Every day is worth celebrating because we never know what life will bring. If we knew that today was our last day on earth how would we live it? We would love, we would play, and we would dust off the good china and use it!!! So why not today?
Very well put!
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