GROOVY! Indulging in a Super Slow Summer

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Slow down, you move too fast

You got to make the morning last

Just kicking down the cobblestones

Looking for fun and feelin’ groovy

Ba da da da da da da, feelin’ groovy 

– Simon & Garfunkel

Slow + Summer = UNHEARD OF… until now.

After surviving months of seemingly endless baseball games, our summer has come to a screeching halt. Guess what? There isn’t a single one of us complaining. Yes, we’re still “busy” with other activities, but not running nearly at the breakneck speed we’ve been maintaining over the past several months.

Now that the craziness of the early days of summer are over, we’re taking things slow around here. What does that look like? Well, let me explain.

When happening upon a few mulberry bushes on the outskirts of our subdivision, my youngest son asked to bake a mulberry pie. Normally, pie baking wouldn’t have even been an option. We’d become accustomed to slamming down dinner as we all scurried out the back door. Pies… ha! But because we’re now “looking for fun and feelin’ groovy,” pie baking made its way on to our itinerary.

GROOVY! Indulging in a Super Slow Summer

Other things in which we’ve been able to indulge include…

GROOVY! Indulging in a Super Slow Summer

GROOVY! Indulging in a Super Slow Summer

GROOVY! Indulging in a Super Slow Summer

GROOVY! Indulging in a Super Slow Summer

GROOVY! Indulging in a Super Slow Summer

All of these “activities” seem like we’re not un-busy, but in reality, all of these things kind of just happened. No schedule, no entry fee, no uniform, no practices, no kid schlepping, no fuss. As a matter of fact, the day my kids hosted the popcorn/lemonade stand, I watched cautiously out the window (a.k.a. read a book) for about four hours. For real.

When we slow down the pace, we get to enjoy the simple things of life. This mama has been yearning for some simple for quite some time.

How about you? What simple things keep you feelin’ groovy?

Life, I love you

All is groovy

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