Changes

MY life has changed drastically the last 5 months.  I went from being mostly healthy, but extremely overweight to being a recovering hernia patient who MUST lose weight in order to prevent a new hernia from occurring.
Mind you my operation and recovery were nothing short of miraculous!  The Dr even telling me "You just had major surgery.  You are making this look easy.  That makes me look good.  I like you!" Yes, he made me laugh but I recovered well, thank you, God!
I have begun walking 1 mile as many days as  can- then I got bronchitis- I get this often.  I then took a week to do nothing.  Yes, nothing.  I needed to prioritize my life and all of my activities were distracting me from the main focus of my life- even though many were God centered activities.  I had lots of time to pray and to listen and to slow down (I am still learning from that lesson).  Well, God, family, then me- that is my new order for my life.  And I discovered in the past week that when I put God first, family second, I have more time for me in the long run and I am less stressed!
So- Go ME!!!  I am reclaiming my house from 5 months of sickness and depression and inability to tackle things.  I AM a Competent Woman!
And, I have 2 great kids.  They deserve me to have my stuff together so I have time for them when they get home.  Same goes for my husband who is amazing!

been gone for a while

Ok, so I haven't been feeling like posting lately...it's because I have been feeling ill. I have asthma and this was the worst ever. I'm getting better every day, though...on a new med and a new Dr. So things are fine.
We went apple picking in my in-law's back yard! They have 3 acres of land and don't use pesticides and we make apple juice and apple sauce and she cans the sauce and apple pie filling and drys some. It is lots of fun! We made and canned16 quarts of apple sauce over Columbus Day weekend alone! That's a lot for basically 2 days.
It was fun and now we are back to everyday life.