Corrective Muscle Therapy

Today I went to see a doctor that does "Corrective Muscle Therapy." I have carpal tunnel and suppose to have surgery next month. I have friends who told me about this doctor that could possibly help me avoid surgery.   So he said I had muscles/tendons/ligaments that were twisted and turned the wrong way and that he could correct it.  He poked, prodded, twisted, turned, and squeezed (very tightly) my hands, arms, and shoulders. I felt relief but pain at the same time. He said it would feel weird for a few days, since they've been in the wrong position for some time, however, my arm looks swollen and really hurts.  I just hope this works. 

Lost Sleep Over Chickens

Last night I was awaken at 3:30am, DJ had yet another nightmare and woke up Ari with his crying, so they both ended up in our bed.  I could not fall back asleep.  Before I went to bed I was researching homesteads and vegetable gardens and CHICKENS.  (I'm always full of projects, unfortunately, not always dedicated.)  So all I could think about was creating/building a 'mini' homestead ~ if there's such a thing.  I've been thinking about this for some time.  So I asked hubby what he thought about it and of course, he looked at me as if I had two heads.

As I balanced myself on the edge of our bed,  I began to pray, as all I could think about was sending my kids out to get 'fresh' eggs from the chicken coop that I think I'd like to have. I asked God to help me fall asleep, a while later I began praying asking God to give Carlos the same vision of having a homestead, if that was His will...that he would loose sleep (I really didn't pray that he would loose sleep).  I prayed for almost every aspect of my thoughts and most importantly that this would not be 'just another project' that I would lack consistency in and become lazy with.

Before I knew it, the sun was coming up, Ari was awake and my chances of any more sleep quickly slipped away. 

Our Summer!

Church Camping Trip ~ Our oldest was with the youth when this pic was taken. We went to a beautiful overlook.

Our summer has been so full, hence the reason for my poor blogging, or at least my 'excuse.' I don't remember when the summer started and feel like it's coming to an end. As we drove home from church, there was a breeze blowing and it was cloudy and there were fallen leaves on the ground~ I realized Fall was around the corner. Which by the way is my favorite season along with Spring.

Our summer has been a mix of swim days at the lake, my nieces coming to visit for the summer (which we hadn't seen in 3yrs), birthday parties (Jaz (my niece), Kayla (our now 7 yr old), DJ (our now 6 yr old), my mom (I won't tell her age but she's the same age as my dad), my dad (now 58...lol...he won't mind), my brother (older than me), and many friends, church camping trip, youth camping trip, our 11 yr old doggie, Bear being euthanized after learning he had cancer for quite some time, the older girls are now visiting their father in Bermuda for 2 wks (Boy do I miss them terribly), appointments, being told I need surgery for carpal tunnel, and sooooo much more. All in all...God has been so awesome to us.

So this week I begin preparing for another Homeschool yr, our 3rd yr to be exact. I'm looking forward to this yr, I feel so much more organized and prepared, thanks to great homeschool friends and great blogs which I will post on this blog. I look forward to writing about all our homeschooling experience for this new yr.

Bad Blogger gone Good ;o)

Ok...now I've been really bad at this...so I'm going to start working on getting better @ blogging. Only because there's a lot I have to write about, many memories I won't remember if I don't, so much information I'd love to pass on to bless others, however, never want to be consumed by it. So will post much sooner than a few months from now ;o)