Tacos

I love going to Tacos with my family.  I love eating Tacos with my family.

Tacos defined as “a traditional Mexican dish consisting of a small hand-sized corn or wheat tortilla topped with a filling. The tortilla is then folded around the filling and eaten by hand. A taco can be made with a variety of fillings, including beef, pork, chicken, seafood, beans, vegetables, and cheese, allowing for great versatility and variety. They are often garnished with various condiments, such as salsa, guacamole, or sour cream, and vegetables, such as lettuce, onion, tomatoes, and chiles.”

I love when my husband makes Tacos for our children and with a bit of tofu it is the perfect meal for all of us. 

And we love going out for Tacos at Taco Tuesday.  Absolutely delicious!

Tonight is the last time for Taco Tuesday for a while.  Yet I’m glad we got to have Tacos as they definitely bring us Joy.

Sunrise

I love seeing a Sunrise.  I love the Sunrise and yet I struggle with the thought and sometimes the act of getting up early.

Sunrise defined as “the moment when the upper rim of the Sun appears on the horizon in the morning”.

My daughter loves the Sunrise. It seems to be one of my daughter’s favourite things to do with us.  And sometimes we put it off, a lot of times we put it off.

On my list of what I want to do before my surgeries was Sunrise with my daughter.  And so today we got up early and went to the Sunrise.  The colours, the sky, the sun was incredible.  I love time with my daughter.

The Sunrise brought us both Joy.  The Sunrise brings me Joy.

I have 8 more days of Sunrise.  I would love to see the Sunrise every morning until my surgeries.  Not sure why.  Yet I know the Sunrise brings me Joy.  Despite the early mornings I think I can do it.  Going to bed soon, alarm is set and going to get up and go and be in Joy.  

Chocolate

I love Chocolate.  I try to give it up.  And now I have decided to just accept that I do love Chocolate.  Chocolate brings Joy. 

Chocolate defined as “a food that is made from cacao beans and that is eaten as candy or used as a flavouring ingredient”.

I have always had a love / hate relationship with Chocolate.  I love Chocolate.  I have always had my favourite Chocolate.  As a child my Dad would buy a block of milk chocolate and on Friday nights we would get a row of Chocolate.  It is a precious memory.  And at school I loved strawberry Freddos, the best Chocolate that I would buy from the school canteen.  Now I love Cadbury small Easter Eggs and Top Deck Chocolate. 

I have often felt that Chocolate is bad – certainly bad for me.  I do love eating it yet often get headaches when I eat Chocolate at night.  Eating Chocolate like tonight is usually closely followed by taking panadol.  I have almost felt this part of me like a person sitting in the cupboard eating Chocolate, ashamed, hiding, secretive.  It’s strange. 

Now I have decided to embrace the part of me that enjoys Chocolate, to enjoy and be happy and Joyful.  I have decided to be like I was when I was a child, enjoy the Chocolate perhaps once a week, maybe twice, no rules, yet certainly limitations. 

Chocolate does bring me Joy and I have decided to just allow it to bring me Joy, allow myself to eat Chocolate and enjoy it. 

Bestie

I love having a Bestie.  It has been a while since I have had a Bestie, a Best Friend.

Bestie defined as “a best friend or close friend.  An example of a bestie is the person with whom you spend lots of time”.

I have many close friends who I love spending time with, who know me, with whom I am happy to share my stories.  And I want to listen to their stories.  They are important to me.

And then there is my Bestie, my friend who I talk to each day, who I know is on my team.

Of course my hubby is my Best Friend too, the one that is home to me. 

And my Bestie is a blessing too.  I love our chats.  I love hanging out with our children.  I love hanging out with our families.  I love hanging out just the two of us.  These chats, these times bring me Joy.  They make my day. 

Having a Bestie brings me Joy.  Knowing I have a Bestie brings me Joy. 

I also want my daughter to have a Bestie.  Lately, the last week or two she had been spending time with one of her friends becoming closer and it is special to her, it brings her Joy.  I want my daughter to have a Bestie that she can rely on, where they can rely on each other.  Now when my daughter comes home from school she is happy.  She is happy because she has found a Bestie.  Maybe just a Bestie for now, yet a Bestie for the day that brings her happiness and fills her with Joy. 

Bushwalking

I love Bushwalking.

Bushwalking defined as “the activity of walking through the bush”.

Bushwalking definitely makes me happy and brings me Joy.  I love Bushwalking in the Blue Mountains and my hubby has suggested we go on a weekend away to the Blue Mountains for my 50^th Birthday.

I used to love Bushwalking before I had my little ones.  I would rather have my little ones rather than go Bushwalking.  And I look forward to Bushwalking with them when they get bigger yet I do not wish my life away – I love this time while they are young.

On the weekend I went Bushwalking with my best friend and it was wonderful being out in nature, being active, the challenge of Bushwalking too.  It all brings Joy to me. 

I am definitely keen for more Bushwalking.

Roadtrips

I love Roadtrips. 

Roadtrips defined as “a journey made by car, bus; an extended trip in a motor vehicle”.

I have great memories of Roadtrips with old boyfriends. Travelling up the Coast. There is a certain freedom and feeling of excitement and Joy that comes with Roadtrips. I love the sense of Adventure.

Last weekend I went on the first of what will be more Roadtrips with my best friend. 

I like to drive too and yet it was a luxury just jumping in the car and my friend driving us to our destination.

I definitely want to enjoy more Roadtrips with my family and hubby and friends. 

Roadtrips definitely equal Joy Joy Joy for me.