Double yolker

So that one egg that was bigger than all the rest, Alex picked it for this mornings breakfast and guess what! It had TWO yolks....lucky boy.

Eggs!

Just in time for the all across America recall for salmonella outbreak, we have filled our first eighteen pack of eggs as of a few minutes ago. Alex wouldn't let us eat any more until the pack was filled.

We have blue, green, brown, and red spotted eggs. They taste GREAT! The yolks are darker than the store bought eggs. That is because the longer they sit on the shelf the lighter the yolks get. They are a bit smaller than the store bought eggs but thats okay. There is only one egg the size of the regular eggs. I am conviced that our chickens are the happiest. Free ranging and playing with the dogs in the backyard. Yes, they free range WITH the dogs.

The Transition ~ a.k.a "Bailey's new room"

Well, it's done. With the next 5 days off I finally cleared out Bai's room and moved her crib from our room to hers. Ahhhhh!!! What a relief.


In addition, I picked up a few colors at the hardware store for $4 a quart (sample paint). It's perfect. We have a beautiful turqouise (The color that I want to paint the kitchen cupboards), yellow, red, brown, black, white and green. I drew a huge tree in the corner of the room. Shanon painted it brown and we will add details later. Shanon painted a funny looking bird on the door, and I painted a couple of crazy different birds, and three flowers one of which Shanon added a toothy smile too, I painted a couple of bubble bees, Shanon added the wings. It was so much fun working with Shan. It's really fun for me to be reminded of all the things I love to do, like paint, and watch how he goes with it. We really enjoyed it.

ME!!!

The Honey and his amazing critter - he is a fantastic artist

Bailey is such a helpful person.

Notice the sunflower smile - thank you honey for your help on that guy. He's wonderful.

Here are some close ups of the paintings.

My birdie

Shanons birdie

Our bee

The Bailey Cake with wild wet hair

It took her almost an hour yesterday to fall asleep in her crib. Tonight, less than three minutes.....if I only would have known it would be that simple I probably still would have waited until now to do it because this is the longest stretch of time off of work I've had in several months.

Colton comes home tomorrow, YAY! I'm excited to see my boy. It's been almost four weeks. I hope he is happy to see us. I'm going to pick him up in Wellington as usual.

Projects coming up;
A Closet for the Mamma (this week - double yay)
A Loft bed for the boys (before school starts.....must get organized! Small spaces = extra difficult to put two boys in one room)
Chainsaw for wood - priority prior to winter
School shopping
Travel down the West Coast, Ocean trip (this fall)
Write a novel in 30 days - this I am excited about. I can tell because my stomach jumps when I think about it.

Hmmmm. That seems like a lot of change still coming up - keep it coming, I am LOVING it.

Nighty Night

Weigh Down

So, my friend Jenny let me borrow this book called "The Weigh Down Diet" and I'm contemplating it. I have this goal to get to my ideal weight. I even bought a treadmill for $30 at the thrift store. I've run on it once. The kids have ran on it more than me.

This Weigh Down book talks about being your 'meant to be, ideal weight'. It talks about eating smaller portions. It talks about the size of the stomach (a closed fist), the "gift" of hunger (that can happen anywhere from 45 minutes to 36 hours after you eat), and eating what you really want - but only until your stomach is full. It also talks about how the stomach has to reach a acidic ph balance of 1.5 ( I think) which is pretty acidic, in order for the digested food to move out of the stomach and into the bloodstream. Interesting. Oh! And when your stomach is full, the taste of the food changes too. The tongues taste bugs (As Colton calls them) actually close down and the food doesn't taste as good. It also changed my perspective on the surplus of food and the idea that I am 'wasting' it. There is ALWAYS enough food. I only require a little bit. The size of my stomach organ, and then I can wait until later and eat whatever it is I want.

The book itself has a lot of God reference but I am reading between the lines. What I am getting out of it is how my body works. That's the goal. I really want to know what it is my body organs need and require to function at their optimal performance.

Now that I have these words in my head I can't eat like I use to. Bummer. Now that I'm aware of my stomach filling up I am noticing that I really like to eat food. More than I thought I did. I now notice that I eat for whatever reason - even when the "gift of hunger" hasn't presented it's lovely face.

I want to give my organs a break - not overwork them like I have been. It's almost like I've been cursed with this knowledge overnight. I was asleep before and now that I get how my body works, I can't do anything but obey it. I don't obey the food. I don't want to anyway. I need it to work for me, not me work for it. That's just stupid.

When I eat now, I am communicating with my stomach organ. I am noticing that it needs just a little more, and then stop. It's topped. But there is so much more food left!! It's been challenging stopping when I'm full. Similar to quitting smoking. Even harder. I've been eating like this for years. It's an authentic addiction. I wonder if it will truly change the way I live, and eat.