Reason #5,201 why my husband is awesome

So we had some friends over for dinner last night and we made a lot of food, then more was brought over.  A lot of food, plus extra people means a lot of dishes.  I had a huge headache last night so just I went to bed while I heard Andrew moving around in the kitchen.  When I woke up in the morning and went downstairs I saw…

not only did he unload and reload the dishwasher, do the remaining dishes and clean the counters…

 

 

 

 

he also swept the floor and rearranged the kitchen table just the way I like.

 

Yes, my husband does the dishes.  Eat your heart out, Ladies. 

 

Still Fighting

So the last post I wrote about our “trying to get prego” journey (I think I need a new name for it) was about me choosing to enjoy life now and what is rather than being disapointed in what is not.

And the last few months have been good emotionally.  I have taken our situation more in stride and have chosen to find joy in our current circumstances, relinquishing all control to God.

Then this diet idea came along.  Detox.  Get rid of toxins, hormones that could be built up in my system.  This is a great idea.  I love feeling healthy and I was proud of myself.  Well, I obviously broke it for Thanksgiving and now I am faced with the decision of whether or not I should continue the raw foods detox.

This afternoon I started feeling so anxious about this decision and I finally figured out why:  The diet gave me control.  If I can diet long enough, I can get pregnant.  But on the flipside, if I don’t go back on it, then I am not doing all that I can to get pregnant.  If I don’t keep doing this detox, it is my fault that I won’t see two lines instead of one.

Did you recognize the lies?  Cause it took me awhile. 

Andrew was amazing to help me recognize the lies I was believing and remind me of Truth:  Its not my fault.  I’m not too skinny, I don’t exercise too much, eat too much protein, not enough protein, too many preservatives (all things I have heard).  I don’t think I have that much control.  I don’t think I want it because that only brings me guilt. 

 And when we do get the joy of having kids, I don’t want to be able to say I had anything to do with it.  I want the joy of the miracle God did in our lives.

It is not in my control. 

Does that mean I might have to wait a while longer?  Maybe. 

Oh… waiting.

There has to be a balance.  Of course if there are things we can do, I want to make sure we are doing everything we can.  But I have to remember that it is God’s working, not my own. 

So, to diet or not to diet.  I think it will be moderation for me.

Thanks for letting me share.

Home Sweet Home

I have only one more day before going back to work.  Keep your head up teachers, only 3 weeks until Christmas break! 

We had a really great time in Fresno with our friends and family.

The week started off with our traditional “Friends Thanksgiving”

I love this night because it lets us see a lot of friends we don’t always get to see.

(By the way, this post is taking me a long time to write because I am crying through Extreme Makeover Home Edition).

Anyway…. Fresno trip…. focus…..

 

 

Then the traditional Thanksgiving day football game. 

This is Robin’s daughter Rhema Grace. 

 

“Watching” the boys play is really just an excuse for Robin and I to get coffee and get some extra hang out time.  Cause we really don’t watch.

Every year I get asked by Andrew:  “Babe, did you see my touchdown?” 

Um… no, sorry. 

After having delicious Thanksgiving lunch with my family and Andrew’s parents (yes, I broke my crazy diet for Thanksgiving) we loaded up the car and drove to Cayucus.  Its near Morro Bay on the central coast. 

 

Took a family bike riding trip along the beach (well, mostly along the beach)

 

 

 

 

Me and my Sissy

 

 

 

 

And I got some quality time with my two very energetic nephews. 

As exahusting as it seemed, I went to every “Becca, come ‘ere.  I wanna show you something” call of the 9 year old because I know that in a few years he will probably forget that it was once cool to hang out with his aunt.

 

Can you tell I love my family?

 

How was your Thanksgiving?

Going to the “No

Andrew and I are leaving to go to Fresno for Thanksgiving.

I am very excited to be spending time with friends and family.  We have a tradition every year that all of our friends get together and do our own thanksgiving (we call it “Friends Thanksgiving” – original, huh?) and then on Thursday my immediate fam is going to the coast where my parents rented a beach house.

Looking forward to it. 

Blog again when I get home.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Please Join Me in Celebrating

(well, first of all, I made my bed.  Thats how you know I’m on vacation)

But more importantly…

these are all our socks I folded from the laundry.

LOOK!  NO LEFT-OVERS!  All the socks matched!!!

This is starting out to be a very good day.

Just Curious

Apparently my leafy greens have a mild flavor.

 

 

What on earth does BOLD lettuce taste like?

 

How bold can lettuce be?

I’m Off!!!

Being a teacher definately has its perks.  Yesterday I got to go to my school and clean up, get some work done without any students (which, call me crazy, does not feel like work to me.  I enjoy it). 

And now I don’t have to go back for a whole week!! 

The best thing to me about not being a teacher for a week is that I get to rest my voice.  

Today is Saturday.  It is 11:30 and I am still in my PJ’s and I don’t care!  Had my bananas and organic peanut butter for breakfast. 

I am happy.

Need some encouragement today

Had a little bit of a rough day on the raw diet.  Today was our teacher work day (last day of the trimester with no students) and we always have a huge potluck breakfast. 

The food was amazing! But guess what I ate?

FRUIT SALAD

No delicious stuffing, egg-cheese-potatoe casarol (I don’t know how to spell that), no yummy pumpkin stuff.  Just fruit salad.

But I was fine at work until I came home.  Now I want to eat everything.  Andrew is cooking dinner in the crock pot and it smells delicious.

(Confession: I had a piece of his cooked broccoli)

Next I am going to a bunco party that will also serve dinner.  See those carrots and green beans in my hand?  Thats what I will be taking with me.

Tell me I am doing this because being healthy is important.  Remind me that I am getting all the junk/toxins out of my body.  Whisper sweet nothings to me that say I have done this for 5 days already and I wouldn’t want to start over.  I’ve gotten this far.

Thanks for the encouragement.  I really appreciate it.

The “Hate” Diet

Thats what Summer Christopher calls it.  I started this raw foods diet on Monday.  Never done anything like this before. 

I have had a few friends who got pregnant after they did various “detox” things.  I am not doing it to lose weight, just to try to get some junk out of my system that might be built up.  I never stop to think about how many hormones are in the meat and dairy we eat (which I eat a lot of.  I love me some meat). 

So I am on day 3.  For the last few days I have been eating bananas and organic peanut butter, avacados, LOTS of fruit, almonds, cashews, raw green beans, and salad with oil and lemon for dressing.

I am doing okay but I was already tired of my lunch today.  It made me think, though:  We are so blessed to have such variety of food.  There are people in hundreds of other countries who eat the same thing every day and don’t even understand the concept of variety.

So I’m trying this at least until Thanksgiving.  We shall see.

I wish I was better…

I wish I was better at writing songs.  I really want to be an artist who writes.  I have written countless “parts” of songs, only 3 completed works.

Usually stuff doesn’t get finished because its just not that good.  I am not trying to be modest so you give me complements.  Its really not that good. 

But I do have to say that I only try moderately hard to get better.  Its discouraging to have a drive to get better at something when the times that you do really try don’t produce any results worth mentioning.

Ho hum.  Nonetheless, I will keep working at it.

What do you wish you were better at?