Food

What would happen if we ate only whole, living, natural things that God created? I'm not even talking about everyone eating all RAW food only, or becoming a vegan. Just good 'ol whole foods, unpasteurized, unprocessed, unspoiled, the way nature made it.

If food from the store has a shelf life of more then a month on it, then what nutrients are we really getting from it when we put it in our bodies?

What if we made a choice to eat only what was created by God, for us? There's actually a lotto choose from. But that means whole grains, not the processed pasta. Whole fruits and vegetables, nut, seeds, in their most basic forms. Pick and eat (for some things anyway).

How would that change our relationship with food, or with God? Cereal is not made by God, but fresh fruit is. There's always a better to food to upgrade to. Ex: Cheap wheat bread, to a whole grain wheat, higher quality bread. It may cost a bit more. But you can also eat a bit less every time. We don't want to put garbage into our body.

Some things I wouldn't let enter my mouth, I allow my kids to eat, why? It starts at the store when the purchase is made. And who does the shopping, me.

It's almost too simple. Sometimes I think we as humans makes things to complex.

My goal for this New Year is to slowly eliminate some of the junk we put into our bodies. Our family does better then the average American (we garden, can, etc), but more can be done. This is my goal, I hope others can think about what they can do also to change what goes into their bodies. Just ask the question, did God make it?

Investing in you food is better in the long run then investing in a health insurance plan.

Celebrate! Celebrate!!

Don't forget the reason we celebrate this wonderful time of year.......the birth of Jesus Christ!!

It's hard sometimes to get caught up in the rushing and spending of the season, but take a moment to thank God for the best present ever, His son.

Merry Christmas!!

Church play 2009

We had our annual church kids play this morning. Hailey was choosen to be Mary, and William was a shepard who had lines to read. And our little neighbor girl was one of the many angels. They all did wonderful and had a fun time. Hailey was excited to have a "real" baby Jesus to hold.

Fruit of the Spirit with kids

The kids are working on a Fruit of the Spirit lesson for their Bible study at home. We decided to make a large tree in their bedroom and make the branches and trunk using crumpled up paper bags. As we do the lessons on each of the fruit of the spirit (Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and self control) we add leaves for the corresponding branch. Then if I catch the kids doing a kind, loving, etc deed, I give them a "fruit" (a circle sticker, the kind used to make prices at a garage sale) to put on the tree. As you can see, we've only done three branches so far.

Oh, and here is Hailey's up-do hairstyle. I'm practicing for the wedding. I lack some of the "girly" skills ! I was pretty happy how it turned out for my first attempt. I did mine also, but since I did my own, it didn't turn out as well. Not to mention I used most of the bobby pins on Hailey's hair.

Stared working out again

So I started working out again.

I was worried that my body might not like the idea and protest against me.

So far, so good! No protesting!

It's been a year and a half since I actually worked out.

I like jogging on the treadmill and remembering the days when I couldn't make it up a flight of stairs without stopping in the middle and then after getting to the top I was so tired I just wanted to lay down and sleep. Darn that fibro!

Our weather has been below 10 degrees in the morning for the past week, and I'm usually up and out feeding the animals with the kids in that weather. It wouldn't have even been possible last winter with the fibromyalgia. My muscles used to tighten up and the hurt the entire day after something like that.

I'm so blessed!!

New glasses

Ok, here's the new glasses.
I'm still getting used to wearing them, at least I'm not so blind that I have to wear them all the time.
It sure was nice to be able to see signs clearer when I was driving home. Oh and much easier to read the computer screen. :)

I didn't know how well I couldn't see until I could see!

I keep sliding them down and seeing the fuzzy I used to see, and saying "wow".

Not too bad.

A Quote

If we continue to send our children to Caesar for their education, we need to stop being surprised when they come home as Romans. ~Dr. Voddie Baucham

minimizing and siplifying

Living simple should be simple right?

Then why is it so difficult? why do I always seem to have paper laying all over the place, toys all around, office stuff everywhere, homeschool supplies all over the place?
This really isn't how I want it to be!
Grrrrr!!!

More time to sit around together and work on projects, more time to sit and read together, more time to play games.
Less time cleaning, organizing, and putting things away.

Ok I'm going to spend a half an hour every morning de-cluttering, and getting organized.
I'm going to ask myself, do I need it? do I love it? Does it add value to my life?
If not, then it's gone!

What do I do with all the books?

By the way, I was up early this morning, I went and worked out, and I'm feeling good!!

I went in for a vision test today......

Uggg! I had to get glasses.

I've been putting off going to the eye doctor, as I don't have insurance.

And, well, things have been getting a little blurry.

sigh!

Discovery Bay and Thanksgiving

We're back from our vacation to Discovery Bay near Port Townsend, WA.

We had a wonderful time playing on the beach, relaxing, swimming in the pool, visiting the bunkers at Fort Warden and Fort Flagler, going to the Olympic game farm, finding good yarn in the Port Townsend yarn shop, thrift store shopping, and spending Thanksgiving with family.

It was wonderful to be out in the middle of nowhere, with the closest chain store being 30 minutes or more away. There wasn't the slightest temptation to go to any black Friday sales. The Friday after Thanksgiving I was sleeping in and relaxing, just the way it should be.

Stopping for a boot pose

In the bunkers

Hiding in a cubby hole

More bunkers

Elk at the game farm

Grizzly bear, again at the game farm

The kids' Thanksgiving play for the grandparents

On the beach, it was really windy

Yep, that's a huge flashlight in my hand. We just finished going through some bunker tunnels.