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August 25, 2006
Amanda- this one made me think of you!
I was telling my daughter this morning not to drop her cup on the floor. We started training her that it was a "no-no". She had this look in her eye like she was going to dump it over the side and I decided to give her another reminder that that wasn't a good idea. Point 2 seconds later- my arm hits my fork which upsets my plate and lands my scrambled eggs in my lamp. O man! I think it was God making sure that I wasn't getting all high and mighty with my child!
Posted by Leah at 08:34 AM | Comments (3)
August 16, 2006
And to think... I just used the last kleenex last week!
It is official. I am a mom. I wondered how I would handle the life of a mom existing as a germ freak. Well, I am living it. Belle and I went to Hobby Lobby today. I had pulled her out of the cart, but then decided to run back and check one more thing. It was only going to take a minute so I just carried her. We had stopped to ask a lady about something and continued on our way. We were about 50 paces from the door when I hear *cough, chug, gag, cough* and look down to see a whole lotta something coming out of her mouth. With nothing within reach to help me clean up or stop the mess, I catch in all in my hand. Gross. So, I decided, catching in your hand is one thing, but then to carry it with you all the way outside? Yuck. We pass the lady again on the way out and she tells us to have a good day. "I will... once my empty my hand of this mess!" Luckly it was no more than what whas in my hand. I just kept looking at Belle like "Dude, seriously... what was that?!?" She hasn't spit up in months and then WAMMO! She just looked at me and smiled!
We made it out to the car and found a piece of paper to wipe down my hand. And praise the Lord for anitbacterial soap! :)
Posted by Leah at 12:50 PM | Comments (2)
A journey I will not soon forget.
*This was what I wrote last night. Our last night on a normal diet. Today, we entered the world of organic food.*
I am skeptical and scared as I write this journal entry. Tomorrow we start a new chapter of life. But I realized something today- everything that is going to change in my life from now on is a new chapter, another child, a new house, moving on a church plant. I am pretty sure that most of the “scariness” is mostly mental. Once I am ok with things in my head, it seems like my circumstances will then not be so bad.
We are starting The Makers Diet tomorrow. It is a 40 day journey of allowing our bodies to detox from all the bad things in our diet. And then after that, we can only eat organic food. The first two weeks seem pretty intense. I look at the world around me, carmel lattes, Pepsi, McDonald’s drive through and I feel slightly sad. And yet, I am thankful for this opportunity to grab our health by the horns and make some drastic changes. I am so glad that our new years resolution this year was to eat healthier. We already had incorporated veggies and not so much sugar. But this is going to be intense. I packed Jason his lunch for tomorrow and it is a salad with a little olive oil for the salad dressing, carrot sticks, strawberries and two small slices of cheese. It doesn’t sound all that great to me. But I guess when you are hungry, you will be thankful. I emptied out our pantry and tomorrow I will go through the fridge- I think this is a grieving process for me.
Our theme verse for this time is Philippians 4:13. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” I know it is going to be hard and I am not looking forward to the symptoms of the sugar withdrawal. The guy who wrote this book, The Makers Diet, suggested reviewing a point of truth each morning and repeating it every hour and a half to keep yourself on track. This is such a huge sacrifice, but there are so many good things that I know will happen. Jason will be off the steroids and all his meds. He was up to 22 pills a day during the nasty part of his flare up. He will no longer be subject to the side effects of the pills. And no longer be at a higher risk for cancer. That in itself makes it all seem worth while. Also, our future children will not be at risk for birth defects and we can trust God with the timing of our future children, which was our goal from the beginning. I look forward to passing on a legacy of good health to our kids and enjoying this life that God gave us. I am confident God has led us this far and I have a peace about our decision. Only God knows what the next 40 days and beyond will hold for us. I know it will be hard, but I know it will be good.
Until September 24th,
~Leah
Posted by Leah at 08:11 AM | Comments (2)
August 13, 2006
Spring cleaning??? Who has time?!?
You will... if you get yourself locked in the bathroom. I was just reading a magazine today about how to clean out your drawers and the medicine cabinet in your bathroom. And I thought to myself, "Who has that kind of time?" 10 minutes later- I found I had the time.
We just recently replaced the door on our first floor bathroom. However, we couldn't get the handle on, so we have needed to buy a new one. The lock, mind you, has been on the door. Somehow, when I was trying to close the door (but not latch it) - it closed all the way and I found myself trapped in our little red bathroom. My husband had just left to go to Walmart and I was alone. I tried rigging up an escape with an old cell phone charger that I found in the drawer (I watched a lot of McGyver as a kid), but I could not get it open. Here is a list of the things that I accomplished in those 25 minutes.
-Cleaned the toilet (luckly I keep the cleaning supplies under the bathroom cabinet!)
-Washed the sink
-Cleaned the mirror
-Cleaned out and washed the inside of the cabinet drawers
-Dusted the outside of the cabinet
-Filled the soap dispensers with soap
-Prayed... and with nothing left to do, I took it as a sign from God that I needed to catch up on some prayers.
Anyway, God was so gracious to me in this situation. One, that my husband came home from Walmart right away and he wasn't at work. Two, that my daughter was taking a nap and that she is not mobile. Things could have been a lot wose. I have no idea if God really wanted me to clean out those cabinets or not. Or maybe to grow in patience & prayer. Either way, I trust that he had lessons for me and that his goodness prevailed.
Lesson learned: Don't have a door with a lock that doesn't have a way out. We are headed to Lowes in about 15 minutes for a new door knob! :)
Posted by Leah at 01:38 PM | Comments (4)
August 10, 2006
How many do you have in your fridge?
I realized today that I never pay attention to the expiration dates on salad dressings. We have about 8 of them in our fridge. I was making a chicken wrap today and reached for the ranch. Much to my chagrin, it went bad last month. I therefore had to use the fat free ranch... yuck. Anyway, I got curious and started looking through the other dressings and found one that expired last February! Whew... glad a I looked before feeding that one to my hubby!
Posted by Leah at 12:46 PM | Comments (5)
August 03, 2006
2007... the year of the baby.
No, we have no news.
But I wanted to post this so that when all of our friends have babies in the year 2007, we can say "We called that!" and we will have proof.
It has just come up in several of our conversations... I think my guess will be around 10-15in all- all of friends that Jason and/or I know. However, I am not going to guess boys vs. girls. I will leave that one to God.
Posted by Leah at 12:35 PM | Comments (5)
August 02, 2006
Is it possible to be old and chic?
One thing I am scared of: I don't want to fall into "looking like a mom" syndrome. What is it about women having a few kids and then losing what they had or just not caring? I am assuming it is loss of time and energy, so they just don't care. But seriously. I never want to own a pair of pleated, tapered, stonewashed jeans. AAAHH! Sometimes I find myself skipping out on a little make-up here and there or just throwing my hair up when I am in a hurry. What will that lead to? I still want to hang out and shop at Old Navy and JcPenny (the Junior's section!) to make sure that I am still in style. However, I find myself turning my nose up at some styles now a days. But, I think I might just keep trying things on and see if I could pull them off. Don't get me wrong, I don't really want to look 18 again, but I really really really don't want to get stuck in a rut that it seems like so many women (once they enter motherhood) fall into.
But then, this weekend, I saw a different bad example. This lady was over 40- maybe pushing 50 and she looked like she was dressing like a 16 year old. Short skirt, heals, tank top, bleach blond hair, ears pierced in all the weird places. I know she wanted to be "hip"- but this was overboard. There has got to be a balance. And if I have anything to say about it- I am going to try to find it over the next 20 years. We will see how this goes. :)
Posted by Leah at 03:29 PM | Comments (5)