Soul Smoothie

☆ smoothie (smo̵̅o̅′t̸hē)

noun

1.    a drink made from fruits, juices, vegetables, crushed ice, etc., usually with milk or yogurt, whipped in a blender until smooth

Also sp. smoothy smooth′y

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. 
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

In my mind a smoothie is a blended, chilled, sweetened ‘slush-like’ drink full of goodness and healthy stuff that soothes and makes you feel good - which makes it one of my favourite things...

I was thinking about the first week of this new year  which has flown by and realised that I have to make an effort to embrace the good things and the stuff that I love filling my days! Well, I do always embrace them - but I actually have to start writing them down before they get lost somewhere between cleaning the house, sorting out the cupboards, etc                                                                                        I want to share the things that made my heart smile while the voices in my head went:  “AAAAHHH”...  like smoothies for the soul!!

Like when Uzaan (my daughter) pulled her daddy up from the coach to dance with her while we were watching a dvd of Andre Rieu.

Ralden, my son, who convinced us to make a big bed in the family room with snack food and watching family movies till we all fell asleep.

Watching the two of them playing together at an uncle’s house at Bronkhosrtspruit dam with the river banks overflowing with water...

Spending a morning doing ‘girl-stuff’ with Uzaan ... So while daddy and Ralden had their “boy’s time” at the gym we did “make-ups”.  It was so much fun seeing her concentration and pure joy as she gave my eyes the pink treatment and painted my nails in the brightest, most sparkly pink nail varnish that she could find ... (have I mentioned before that I do not like pink very much??)  Well – I took the pink and embraced it ... and as I am writing this post I cannot help at smiling every time the light catches the pink glitter as I move my fingers ... What we would not do for moments like these...

I live for moments like these ... I soak in the ‘slush-like-soul-smoothie full of goodness and healthy stuff that soothes and makes me feel soooo good!  It’s the stuff I luv, baby!!!