I am so excited about the season changing. I just got a shipment of PartyLite candles in. I have a new favorite fragrance. Actually a few of them! Leaves of Fun is absolutely delightful and it smells like everything wonderful in Autumn! Love it and I just got a big pumpkin candle in that scent today! :) Then there is the Cinnamon Eggnog fragrance that actually smells a little bit like cappuccino! Yummmm! I am ready to get this season rolling! LOL!
I am sticking with the HCG. I had a badddd week last week. I was away from home most every day and evening and you cannot eat food from a restaurant and eating at other people's homes, you do not want to say, "I'm sorry, but I cannot have that." So, I didn't do well, but I am on track now and rolling again. I decided to add at least an extra week, so instead of 23 days I will now be doing at least 30 days. I am down 13.6 lbs since August 16! Not bad for three weeks and I am learning so much about what we should and shouldn't be eating! For my family, this is more than just a rapid weight loss program, this is a lifestyle change. I am ashamed at how many prepackaged meals I have prepared for my family when we were in a hurry or I had a long day or simply forgot to that anything out. It is onto healthy eating and buying more natural foods and staying away from the junk. I forgot that I actually liked cooking. I am good at it. It just became so easy to fix the junk food! My kitchen is tiny and I do not have a dishwasher, so I wash dishes all day long. Why? because I cannot stand dirty dishes in my sink! I know, it is kind of stupid. I only have one usable side of the sink as my dish strainer is in the other side. I will not set it on the countertop because I think we only have about 7 foot of countertop as it is. I love my little house, but the kitchen needs to be a little bigger. Someday we plan to add on to it or build another, but someday doesn't always happen soon enough! :) I'm blessed to own it though and have a bit of land to build on. The payment is cheaper than my rent used to be and it is such a blessing to own a home! I'm thankful to God for the many blessings He gives us. We have had some pretty trying times but He always sees us through. I shouldn't complain about the miracles He has done! Shame on me!
Speaking of trying times, I am so thankful that my children were young while we struggled so bad, but yet old enough to remember. It amazes me how grateful they are. As far as kids go, I definitely have the best! IMO! I'm sure others would disagree, but I think they are just amazing. Of course there are days when I complain about those blessings also... Once again, for shame!
I am waiting on Josiah's Paces to come in so he can officially start school. I have papers he can do for now, but no actual Paces. Kaylee is doing her school work once again on the computer through Switched on Schoolhouse. She does well with it and it helps me for her to be as self sufficient as possible, especially this year since Josiah needs the extra help right now. He is amazing at Math! Kaylee was reading by age 4, but he was adding and subtracting at that age. He still doesn't read well, but he is getting the hang of it. It is like they are complete opposites with it, but both are very intelligent. Needless to say, we are ready for school! Kaylee isn't looking forward to it as much as Josiah is. I suspect that will be opposite next year, but I hope they both are interested in it.
I have way too much I need to be doing today. We are going to go out and grocery shop all together. Fun! It will be our first trip to Nature Girls in Rolla. Should be exciting. I am giving out some haircuts too. Ah! Life beckons me from blog world. :)
Ooh! One more thing, I almost forgot. I am taking Josiah to the doctor tomorrow for his nosebleeds. I will try to remember to update on Thursday. He loses large amounts of blood when he has them and though they are not frequent, they are severe! I will spare the gory details, but let's just say he sleeps on the top bunk and there was blood from there to the floor. He sleeps through the entire episode, so he could bleed to death in his sleep. Seriously alarming! Prayers are appreciated that the doctor can find the cause and help him or for God to heal him completely!
