October 29, 2007

• Hello, all!  I didn’t write because I didn’t have much to report these past few days.  Another uneventful weekend around here!

  The flu shot I got last week “activated” itself Friday evening and I was soooo sick all Friday night and felt lousy Saturday.  Now I remember why I don’t believe in taking flu shots!  I only took the shot this year for two reasons:  1) I made Rissy have one and I promised *I* would have one, too (if it’s good enough for her, it’s good enough for me), and 2) I figured the doctors might be right about me being a higher risk this ONE year for getting the flu.  Now mind you, I’ve only had the flu ONCE in my adult life (1988 or 1989).  I DO remember it being horrible and I felt really rotten for weeks.  But,  I also thought (after my Friday night episode) that I would probably never EVER have another flu shot  (nor allow my children to have one) for as long as I live!

  I felt better yesterday (except for the lingering runny nose and sore throat) and became more active, moving my den furniture around a bit.  We moved the bird cage and the big screen TV to better spots.  Now you can see our fireplace, which we will start using again, soon.  I continued to sift through junk piles here and there, not really making any particular progress.  Made some simple meals – my keyword these days: simple!

  I also went through the homeschool books but left them on the kitchen table in confusing piles, again – because *I’m* confused!  I can’t decide what to pack up in the homeschool storage cupboard and what we MIGHT need.  I’m thinking of packing everything but the current books and retrieving them from the cupboard, as needed.  Annamarie won’t be using the books I had previously bought.  I, since then, have found some great Pre-K-Kindergarten books that encourage thinking skills, or logic.  I have a large box of “Hooked on Phonics” that needs to be moved back to the guest room – the only room that has a VCR, which is what the HOP’s set is – VHS tapes.  AND, I need to USE the set instead of letting it collect dust.  That’s something Annamarie AND Rissy can both use.  I won’t drill or test Annamarie like I will Rissy, but you never know what she might pick up by just being exposed.

  I’m doing laundry this morning – the last of the winter stuff . . .  nightgowns, leggings, etc. – and then my regular laundry!  Today, it’s Luci’s and my laundry baskets.  I washed the girls’ bathroom carpets lastnight after a “flood” or “tidal wave”from the bathtub saturated them.  Rissy was a mermaid swimming away from sharks . . . 

  I talked to my mom yesterday and she (as well as several others) asked me about WHY I thought my cholesterol had been significantly lower on my recent lab results.  She wondered if we had changed to a low cholesterol diet.  We haven’t particularly done so.  The thought came to me, as I pondered exactly WHAT food changes I had made in the past few years, the only thing we did differently was to change to a “modified” Biblical diet.  We decided (almost 3 years ago) to cut out pork, shellfish, and any fish that didn’t have fins and scales.  I know shrimp & pork products are traditionally high in cholesterol and that’s the only thing we did differently in a BIG way.  I also started using (almost always) cold pressed, virgin olive oil and more local honey.  We didn’t do it because of feeling bound to Old Testament laws; but, because we thought, if God made our bodies and then laid out a plan for the human diet, maybe He knew what was best for us and we should try it.  We had decided to see if we felt better and were going to give it a test year, or so.  We don’t necessarily “feel” better; but, maybe my lab work is our proof!

  It’s taken me 3 hours to type this.  I keep getting interrupted and coming back to the computer.  I think I’ll quit now and get on with my chores.  If I get a brainstorm later, I’ll add an edited post!

  • 12:51 pm
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