Focus on Me

Well, I just started a low carb diet again and I must say that the book I got from the library really rocks my world. Wonderful recipes, fast and easy execution and goooood food. Tonight we had shrimp scampi over greens and roasted asparagus. Boy, was that good.

So the book is Low Carb Meals in Minutes by Linda Gassenheimer and I highly recommend this for ease of use and deliciousness. I have a headache tonight thanks to not having sugar, but I am hoping the end results will be worth the brief headaches.

So, the new me will be a better me in a few weeks. Right now I'm still struggling along with weight and health, but I hope to feel a lot better soon!

Trying to find new focus

Hey there! It's been really hard lately to remember that I have a blog and that anyone might actually be watching for updates.

So, in the last two months many things have happened in our lives. Some of them are exciting, some are just ordinary. Mostly they are ordinary and we just go on day by day.

We began a local preschool coop group locally and Sophie and I have been busy with that once a week and enjoying learning new things and being with our friends. Some of our friends have left the group we belong to when some stuff happened I can't write about publicly and it's been a struggle to hold together the group as a whole. I find myself not wanting change and embracing it. I am always looking for friends and people to know.

I also just finished a series of knitting classes which I taught. It never goes how I expect. I had a ton of people interested in taking my class, and only 1 actually took it in the end. She is really doing well with her knitting and enjoys it, which in turn gives me joy. I'm about to try and start a new series of classes and see if I can get any more interest. Lots of people want to, but as moms it is often hard for us to find time.

Not much else to say. Sophie is getting big and beautiful and we think she is reading many words now. Tom and her work together to count to 100 nightly, too. Sophie loves to read and count and play pretend and just be herself. She is such a doll, but also 3.5 so she can also be very trying!! Here is a picture of her all dressed up.

Hopefully we'll be back soon!

Finding the Gratitude in Sick Days...

I have to say it was a very quiet week around here, except for the coughing. Sophie has a nasty cough and it's taking a while to clear up. Then today Eli woke up with a slight fever and coughing, so I guess it is his turn.

So here I am, just a little over 24 hours from leaving for the weekend, and confined indoors with a bellyache and sick kids.

What is there to be grateful for? Neither of them is sick enough to take to a doctor. I baked a pumpkin bread just to have something to do and it tastes heavenly. I did the dishes and cleaned up the house, despite the belly ache. I'm so excited about tomorrow I'm probably suffering a nervous belly to be honest, which I know I can recover from quickly.

I'm happy that I have relatively mellow kids who enjoy watching DVDs over and over so I don't have to put a lot of energy into their illnesses. They will just sit and rest and drink fluids. Good kids. It's not a gorgeous day so they are really being very good.

I'm happy that I know my husband can take great care of the kids so I can go away for 5 days and not be worried about them, just miss them all terribly.

When I get back, it'll be time to do a knitting project a week on my blog, I can't wait!