Friday Feast

Organic baby greens, Red Salmon,sweet red peppers and tomatoes
In a China bowl. My lunch today.
Christine over at "Are we there Yet" Is hosting today

Friday Feast

Appetizer

What is your favorite type of art?

Realism is preferred over most. I love textile works, Thrown pottery, ceramics, BEADED WORKS! Expressions of the heart that are full of true self representations of the artist (this of course is the joy and pure beauty of the art of children).

Soup

When was the last time you got a free lunch (or breakfast or dinner)? Who paid for it?

It is a long time ago, but a friend came for a visit mid day and brought a salad for me. We shared a lunch break. That was when I was still home schooling. She gifted me with a meal and thanked me for the gift of a peaceful table to enjoy it at (that comment was the dressing on the salad, so to speak:).

Salad

On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how emotional are you?

I emote what is true to me. To emote is perfectly whole and healthy. It is when the behavior gets waked out that it is witnessed as a negative. I tell my kids to trow balls at the back brick fence rather than to hold it in. I hope to show them how to emote appropriately and to never swallow it or hold it in. I use boundary techniques of "when you...I feel... and I would prefer if you ..."
We need to know how we effect each other. We have no control over how any one will react,so this is done without expectation. We can't change others but we can effectively learn to act rather than re-act. In doing so we can clear up misunderstanding of intent. Often amends and or clarifications can be offered.So I say a 10 and grateful for it. It took me almost 40 years to learn how to cry. I was never allowed to as a child. The punitive nature of my childhood taught repression. NOT GOOD causes heart attacks, high blood pressure and a slew of ailments we see around us.

Main Course

Approximately how long do you spend each day responding to emails?

Through out the day around 1 1/2 hours most early morning or very late evening. I also count comment responses to that total. I have almost stopped watching T.V. all together and am much better off for it.

Dessert

To what temperature do you usually set your home’s thermostat?

We have an automatic timer set up on it. During the off-peak hours when utilities are much cheaper we chill the house down to 78* at 1 P.M. it shuts off and increases to 82* It stays off most the early afternoon and it will come on again automatically for an hour or so in the late afternoon. At 8 P.M. It is begin to chill the house down again for sleeping. We keep the house from heating up during the mid day by scheduling chores during off peak hours. All that will change soon. On October 1st the winter schedule begins and will go through late May. It is hard to switch to the winter schedule. I save substantially on the costs of electricity using this life style. It works well for our family.