31 Days of Progress Day 5 :: Just Get Up and Go

Category: Living & Learning
Goal: Have at least 100% more fun than the last year, meet more cool people
Baby Step: Checked out the Hesston Barn Sale! {And made a whole fun day of it}

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First of all…whoa, what?  5 days in a row! {Pats self on back, then realizes there are 26 more to go.}  Just kidding. I have always wanted to be a more consistent blogger and this 31 day challenge is really helping me get it in gear.

Probably many of you reading this will know just what I’m talking about, but when you have dealt with several chronic physical issues it can really take up a lot of your energy! Maybe for you it’s depression, or a stressful family or job situation…things that distract us, wear us out and just plain old try to defeat us.  It’s a part of life.  Sometimes it can get the best of us and we miss out on some of this abundant life that God has promised us.  Well, I have recently decided to try to overcome that energy drain by just getting up and out more, little by little, so that I can hopefully build back up to what I consider a “normal” energy & activity level.

Last weekend, hubby and I headed about an hour north of our home to check out the Hesston Barn Sale. It was a beautiful day, considering we’re still above normal temperatures, the morning was cool. They estimated 1200 people checked it out!  There were people parked in a little grass lot and about a quarter mile down the road in either direction.

We were greeted by blue skies and a field of wildflowers when we got there!

Here’s a look from the entrance.

Here are Beki and I in front of her barn. I found out about the sale because I follow her blog The Rusted Chain. It’s always exciting to meet people “with skin on”.

She makes awesome jewelry and is just as sweet as she looks!!

It wasn’t a big buying day for us {just one of Beki’s bracelets for my niece’s birthday} but we had fun getting out in the country and checking out the “goods”.  I’ve seen pictures of things that were there & sold before we arrived, pair that with what we saw when we were there and we definitely plan to go again…we’ll just make sure we get there first thing!

We finished up at the sale a little after noon, so we decided to stop in the next town as we headed back south and ate at the Huddle House.  It’s fairly new around here, in fact it’s the only one in the state.  We chose it because breakfast is one of the easier meals for me to eat out with my food allergy, and the name sounded cute.  They did have to remake my meal, but that’s okay…people just really don’t get that a “few pieces” of what I’m allergic to is not okay. Someone learned to put “Allergic to Onions” on the ticket instead of just “No Onions”.  My new garden omelet was very hot and fresh and came with raisin toast, yum!  Hubby’s breakfast-for-lunch was good, too.

We rounded out our day of fun with some shopping errands “in town” {that’s what I call it when we shop in the city, instead of the burbs} and a family birthday party for my nephew Jared, niece Adelynn, Brother-in-love Kyle and sister Lynnette.  Here they are joining us in singing to each other with the birthday pies {something we tend to do in the fall}. Jared’s really feeling the Happy Birthday song, as you can see 🙂

Okay, so this was maybe more than a baby step. And I did wear myself out a little, but it was worth it for a really fun day…with cool people.

What’s something you would choose to do to add more fun to your life?

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