I wrote this blog post while participating in the SocialMoms and Farm Rich Peace, Love and Happiness blogging program, for a gift card worth $25.
Another thing about having a healthy lifestyle – is to have a happy lifestyle. Every day events play a HUGE part in your level of happiness…. And from experience, when I am not happy …. it shows… It shows not only in the facial expressions, but it also shows in my weight and my level of tiredness. So what do I do to keep my family and self happy? Well…..
First of all… I am the PRIMARY money maker in the household…So I am constantly working…. This does cause a lot of stress on the family since I am gone all the time…So much for Peace, Love and Happiness right? But when I get the time off to be with the family, I make sure to use it wisely… Spending time with my son… We play games…. Read.. Play playdough…. All the fun things a 4 year old can come up with.
This definitely keeps the lil guy happy… because I am there paying attention to him… I mean he always tells me that I am sooooo lucky when I can stay home with him… Just spending time with children puts a huge smile on my face… And even when we cant play, I ask him for his help… This keeps him Occupied – so he doesnt get into stuff…or causing trouble… making daddy upset… 😀 See, I learned…Kill two birds with one stone… Get a hand with the task and keepy daddy happy! And lil C LOVES to help…. Just the other day he was all excited because he got to help me match socks… I mean SOCKS of all things … just the littlest things make him happy!
Another thing we do that keeps Peace, Love and Happiness in the house… is Taking family trips. The past few years we have taken a family vacation to visit our friends that live 3 hours away. Thankfully we have always had great weather while driving. This past year Lil C and I went on a 3 day vacation with my Mom to visit one of her Friends from School… (which was a 3 hr drive) and then that same week… The hubbs and I took lil C to visit our friends…. It was so nice not having to work for that whole week.
The last thing that I do to keep Peace, Love and Happiness in my life…. Is to do random shopping! What girl doesnt like to shop? But I hate spending money… So I am a coupon clipper! 😀 There has been many times that I have been soooo Stressed from a week at work, that I just HAD to go shopping…So where did I Go? TARGET! and what did I get there? I got SOOO many thing for about Free… 😀 between coupons and gift cards… I got Body Wash and Deoderant… Probably about 80.00 worth of stuff for like 10.00! 😀 OH YEAH!!!! My hubbs probably thought I went crazy, but at least I know we will be clean and fresh smelling! LOL
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