A day of recovery

Well, it's now way too late (early) on a Friday morn, and I am unable to sleep. Note: don't have coffee so late in the day. Thurs. (yesterday) was a day of relatively nothing, but I'm going to post anyway, so lucky you! Oldest was recovering from an all day fever he had on Wed. Our Krispy Kreme trip was a hit--especially with the youngest. With arrival time at 8am, we were lucky to only be a few min. late. I was not concerned about my oldest lack of energy as per the aforementioned evil early morning. So when we came home and he promptly went to sleep, I wasn't surprised, as we homeschoolers don't rise that early. Well, after several hours of sleep, he was still a bit frumpy and not hungry. Odd. It wasn't until early afternoon, when a friend and her kids were over (sorry, Dawn) that I realized he may have a fever. (Here is when I insert my apologies for possibly exposing the whole meetup group, as well). Oldest went on to sleep most of the evening, and awoke on Thurs. with only a tummy ache.

The story doesn't end there. Youngest had a touch of the frumps on Thurs. I never took his temp; he just wanted to lay around, but was still up for eating. All things said, we missed "park day" on Thurs. All is well now: boys to bed early, watched Survivor with hubby, and stayed up reading blogs. Oh, oh, I almost forgot! We ordered the gargantuan tent and camping stove on Thurs. We should at least get the tent on Monday. Then our tentative plan is to go see the Abe Lincoln museum, or something like that. It's still undecided.

On the nutrition front: I had my first green smoothie in a while. I need to have these, as they keep one regular, and cancer-free! On the menu for tomorrow (today): Kale chips. Woo-hoo!

Wii are doing fine

Sorry it's been so long, again. Did I ever tell you we got a Wii for Christmas? Oh, I didn't? It's because the fighting had not begun. The playing starts out all nice and friendly, but escalates into, "Stop killing me." Or, "I want to be the storm trooper." To add to the excitement, we also just purchased the wii fit. That one is exciting, because it's for hubby. He wants to work out and get fit without paying monthly for a membership somewhere. I laughed so hard I was crying when I watched him do the hula hoop exercise. Man that was funny.

School is going well. We're working on spelling, hardcore, with the oldest, and working on learning to read with the youngest. I have not had proud parenting moments the last few days. Could be pms, could be that son #1 test is coming up. He will be tested as a second grader. That means all we've done up until now have better been right! (According to the state of IA).

On another homeschooling note, we are touring Krispy Kreme tomorrow. That should be fun. I'll have to let go of my organic foodiness for at least an hour. We are also very much enjoying the Webkinz site. The boys are enjoying taking care of their virtual pets. You know the scary thing? We agreed with the boys that if they kept the toy room clean for one whole month, they could get a dog. Darn if they aren't on day 12. Crap--I didn't really think they'd do it. Looks like we will be checking into a dog soon.

Another dream of ours is soon to be fulfilled. We love to travel. Traveling is expensive--unless you stay in a tent! How are we to do this, you ask? We get a huge canvas one with no floor, and a wood burning stove. That's right folks, we are the new and improved camping family. I'm pretty excited, but I did have to work up to it. Wheelchair + camping = not always a good time. But I'm hopeful that with my hubby's camping skills, and my sons' enthusiasm, we'll make it through.

Thanks for listening, oh, and she's already on my blogroll, but I want you all to read this post:
http://lifebysugarcreek.blogspot.com/2009/02/more-thoughts-on-my-previous-post.html

I love being thrifty!

Who else loves going in to a musty, semi-dirty thrift store? Am I the only one? It's the thrill of the hunt. Before I went this time, I prayed for some snow boots for ds 1, as he has way outgrown his size 2's. Well, you can imagine what I got. No, they aren't exactly his size, but I didn't pray for that (note to self). They are brand new, red--his favorite color. Also got some future size boots, cool "skater" boy hats, a scarf to add to my fettish, and some vhs to add excitement to our life. When I actually find my camera, I will post the booty. Maybe I will have to settle for a cell phone pic...I'll try that soon.

Well, also on the blessings front, this is what's goin' down: Hubby's route was supersized. Not so fun on the back, but nice on the pocketbook. Other delivery companies have closed, so ours is picking up the business. Along with that, we had to invest in a bigger truck. It all works out--the pay increase will more than cover it. Thank you, Jesus. I'm not sure if I've ever talked about tithing on here. Let me give you a quick tithe 101: Always do it. The minute we don't give to God financially, we (personally) have bad (really bad) things happen. Now, God is a loving God, but there are spirtual laws of sowing and reaping that really do work.

Quick update--ds 1 is sniffly. And he hates it when I make him sit with his nose over a cup of steamy liquid. So please pray he heals quickly!

Why I can never eat "normal" again

I really tried to eat the pizza and cocktail wienies at the super bowl party tonight. Instead, I ate carrots, tortilla chips and my homemade salsa. I was very bummed to find out that my favorite ramen noodle oriental salad had msg in it. ugg. I know that already my body is less of a performance machine than a normal person. I know that my chance for the big C is not in my favor. I'm going to change that--with God's help. I feel that educating myself is the first step. Why would God give us our body, only to fill it with junk? I think that the majority of people underestimate what we put in our body, and how that effects our daily life--how we feel: headaches, regularity, periods for goodness sake. Everyone has to draw their line. Mine is with HFCS (hello mercury), MSG, hydrogenated anything, meat, and a lot less refined/sugar (that's a hard one for me).

Now, how do I translate that as a mom, who feeds 3 males, cannot meal plan worth a darn, and panics whenever I go to the store? It's like a life or death decision on what to buy. I feel so strongly, though, that it is a choose life decision. God had rules for His people in the OT, and there was a reason for that. He knows best. So as we sat and watched our team lose, I starved a little. Maybe fasting at times will be the right thing for me. After all, I don't burn many calories sitting on my bum :)

Now that my soapbox is over (for the moment), I'll go on with QSFTC, or affectionately known as Quirky Sayings from the Chillins'...

Me: "Yes, you can play the wii."

#2: (Running over and hugging my leg) "You are the best mom in the world." (Pause, then a pfttt) "I farted." (Then running off to play the wii).

These moments I will not soon forget. They bring a tear to my eye. Literally.