I could honestly write everyday about all of the new things that I am learning about diet and nutrition right now, but instead of boring you and making this blog solely about those things I am going to try and write one larger blog each week about the things I have learned. Since I wrote up a big post about our new journey yesterday I will begin next week. There are some pretty neat things I will be writing about, so stay tuned.
On another note - Josh and I were talking two days ago about how nice it would be to switch dinner and lunch in our house so that we could eat our main meal together as a family. Since Bob works second shift we only have an opportunity to eat dinner together twice a week. Up until now, we haven't made a family lunch a priority and everyone eats his/her lunch when they see fit. We decided that it is important for us to eat as a family as many days a week as we can which for us would mean to eat our dinner meal for lunch and our lunch meal for dinner. I am excited about this for a few of reasons - 1.) we get to eat together almost everyday, 2.) I am not the only one who will be preparing meals, 3.) when sports begin again it will be so much easier to just plan on having soup and salads or sandwiches (if we are still eating those by that point) at the dinner hour than coming up with some big meal.
We implemented this plan today, and it worked out beautifully. All of the kids helped out preparing the meal - Andy and Sarah made the salad, Elizabeth and Josh set the table, Josh also helped with grilling the chicken and portobella mushrooms, and Bob made the best baked jo-jo's ever out of baked potatoes, olive oil, and some seasoning. It was some good eating, and it was nice we got to eat together as a family.
Sarah's birthday is coming up in less than 2 weeks. She is really excited about it. Given all that she has been through these past 6 months her birthday will be an extra special one this year. We are going to allow her to have a small friend birthday party. This will be her first one ever, and she is very excited. Bob and I are looking forward to taking her out on her special day and having a day all about her that does not involve hospital stays. A day of fun and carefree joy is what she needs. I know Bob and I need that too.
Schooling is going well. We have broken up our days into group work days and then individual work days. On group work days we double up the lessons on grammar (boys), writing (boys), logic (boys) and Latin. We also do science and history. On individual work days the kids double up on spelling, math, grammar (girls), writing (girls). This way the same amount of work is being completed each week we just get it done in blocks of time over the course of 4-5 days a week instead of doing each subject a little bit each day.
We haven't had a showing on our house in weeks. We are looking into what it would take to rent this house out, and then just buy a new one. It might make more sense for us to go this route than to sell this house, and then buy another one. We will still keep out house on the market until March, but I don't think that it is looking too hot on selling this baby. I feel strongly that whatever is meant to be will be. Neither Bob nor I are in a super rush to get out of this house - yes it would be nice to be able to move, but we both know that it will happen one way or another in time. Besides, we have bigger fish to fry right now.
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