How do you want your weekend? Scrambled or Fried?

So many of us look toward the weekend as an opportunity to "catch up".  Catch up to WHAT?  We fill both days with an incredulous amount of tasks, chores, and projects that when Monday rolls around, there comes a sort of "reverse" let-down...we are almost glad to get back to work and a routine we are used to.  What the heck is wrong with that picture, my friends?  
What happened to creating time for respite and rejuvenation?  I hear that even the Great Creator rested on the seventh day!  Americans, unlike many other foreign cultures have taken liberty with their schedules and maxed them out like a teenager with their first credit card.  We are not taking time to just "be" and all the while, our children, (our future) are watching and learning what they are living...a hectic lifestyle that lends itself to proliferating for generations to come.  Okay...'nough said....what are we going to do about it? 
The Italians have a wonderful saying (I love this!)..."Dolce far niente"...the sweetness of doing NOTHING!  Okay, okay, no need to get sassy...I know this is a far cry from what any of our lives look like, but wouldn't it be nice to aspire to such a leisure past-time?  
We chatted about "what we wear" in one of my last posts...Now, I'm going to ask you about the "food we prepare".  While we are busy whirling from activity to activity in our two precious days "off"(?), what kind of time are we dedicating to putting together family meals?  You know, those old-fashioned sit-down dinners where all members are present and accounted for? Yeah, those!  Easier said than done...OF COURSE!  But, how about picking one day...just ONE, to set aside and make a plan to cook and eat together every weekend?  
I'm sure most of you have heard about the "Slow Food Movement"...well...it began in Italy (of course!) and has spread to numerous other countries.  I wonder why it has picked up speed.  Well, it's because there is a whole lot of merit to the idea, that's why!  I grew up in the 1960's where NOTHING came between our families having dinner together on Sunday afternoons.  My dad really loved to cook and it was always a beautiful meal for us all (7) to share.  I would love to believe there are many families who still engage in this wonderful tradition and would ask you to think about adopting it for your own, too.

I will be putting some ideas together to make family time more "weekend-friendly"...so, stay tuned!  And, until then...Put some lipstick on, turn up the music and cook something wonderful for dinner...You won't be sorry!