Crazy Days

Every day, I want to post.  Every day, I have a post running in my head.  But every day, I run out of time to get it written.  We all have busy days.  Good days, but busy days.  Now imagine taking 3 hours out of that day to rest.  And then imagine being in bed by 10:00 every night.  I am not complaining, just explaining.  I should only be concentrating on healing, so this is all good.

I took a picture of my kitchen only two hours after we had woken up.  I make the boys their breakfast.  Then I have to take my supplements.  Then make my breakfast.  Then a wheat grass shot.  Here is my kitchen after all of that:

Then, if the boys are occupying themselves, I have dishes to do.  And now my kitchen looks like this:

But most of the time, I don't do dishes until after lunch.  And my kitchen is ALWAYS a mess.  It used to really bother me.  Now I look at the mess and smile because it means my family is eating well and are healthy.

If I could redo my kitchen, I would not include a microwave, but have TWO dishwashers.  And my dream would be to have a chef who also does those dishes.  Wouldn't that be nice?

And now it is only 2 or 3 hours before rest time.  The boys come first.  More often than not, that means I am playing with them.  Don't get me wrong.  I LOVE it.  I now slow down and play with them more.  But that means nothing else gets done.  Once again, we are in the kitchen cooking for lunch and cleaning up after that.

Before I know it, it is rest time.  I get done with that at 5 and now it is time to start cooking again. I was someone who RARELY left dishes unclean at night.  I didn't sit down and relax until the kitchen was clean.  Most nights now, the counter is full of dirty dishes that sit there until the next day.  And yes, you guessed it, I only have about an hour of "no boy time" to look at email, pay bills, straighten up the house, etc, etc.

I will say that lately, it hasn't seemed as crazy.  Things are starting to get easier and my time is being used more productively.

I wanted to explain all of this because I have felt like I have been in a cave.  I would love to write thank you notes and respond to everyone's texts and messages, but it is just hard.  Please know that I love you all and will get back to functioning somewhat normally soon!

One thing I would like to get out is this great video that C sent me.  I feel like this video will get you really thinking about the food we are putting in our bodies and our family's bodies.  Her comment about "How many sippy cups did I fill?" really spoke to me.  That is how I think now.  It is less than 20 minutes.  I hope it gets you researching what you are eating.  I believe that prevention is the cure.  And this should, hopefully, get you thinking that way also.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rixyrCNVVGA