Wow, what a long couple of weeks.  Isn't it funny how a period of time that goes by sooooo slow,  when you look back on it it all blends together into what seems to be one long day.    Nothing like being stuck to a bed for a week and a half to do that.  I can't remember the last time that I had done that.  Being a mom with three babies ( I guess not babies anymore I mean they are 6,5, and 3), schooling myself and the kids, I don't have the time to just lay around on my butt sick or not sick.  Luckily though I have a wonderful husband that no matter what steps up and he plays what ever role needs to be done.  What is really frustrating though is the fact that the house looks better when he is Mr. Mom than it does when the mom is around.  He will buzz around the house cooking and cleaning you name it.  All the while I am feeling pretty worthless.

   My kids are homeschooled and thank goodness they are way ahead of the game.  If they weren't then what would I do when life is just too busy to sit down with a few text and workbooks.  The schooling didn't get done though while I was sick.  If he was able to accomplish that too well I would make him do my schoolwork and  I would for sure throw in the towel and quit my mommy job.  Though I would have to get like 15 jobs to earn like he does it would be worth it.  To get up and get dressed before heading out the door to put in my 8-12 hours and come home and be off work, while somebody takes care of the house, kids, schooling, the dogs and puppies (a whole other frustrating post) is like a dream to me!

   I have every book, read the articles, and anything else on organizing everything from your money to the kids.  I did read this one book that was absolutely amazing and was a lifesaver until my kids started walking and talking.  There have been many times I have thought to re-read it just to remember all the great ideas that were in it and to get back into the 'organized lifestyle' but who am I kidding I have like 15 semi read books on my nook that I have started that I just don't have the time to read.  I would love to have the time and I suppose I could have the time to if I chose to not watch my 45 min. or so of brain cell damaging t.v. that I watch to put me to sleep every night. I am rethinking the t.v. at night.  I am an insomniac and 45 min is greatly understated and there is so much I could do in that time frame.  I used to just sit and read or get stuff done and I had thought over the last week or so about all the stuff I could get done then.  I like to find kinda short, sweet, to the point, no 'fluff' self-help type things.  Those are the things that seem to stick and I remember.  I am a nonfiction reader who's read a million books but do I remember them all?  Not a chance at all. 

    THe last thing I remember doing before I ended up bedridden was was I was asked to read and review an e-book Organizing Happiness by Mrs. Lorrie Flem, for the Gabby moms at the Eternal Encouragement site.  You can also get the book too at the Eternal Encouragement store.   I thought, ok God knows I need a refresher so I will read this book now while I am sick.  Unfortunately you can't read much while in like a constant seizure like state.  I did however just recently get to read it and it was just what I needed I think.  It was like I said above and what it wasn't was a 350 page how to book.  It had things like just what you think are no brainer no clutter tips like putting a tray or something on the coffee table so we can put things like misc. clutter  from livingroom in it and then you just empty it nightly.  That seems to easy and that instead of doing that you should just make everyone just throw or put their stuff away.  That seems simple enough but if you honestly think about it it would be a miracle from God if everyone in the house put things away or threw them away when they should.  What I really needed that I didn't know what the 'rely on routines' part and the spiritual weapons part.  The spiritual part is always the part that seems to be on the back burner and I needed a swift kick in the brain to tell me I need to remember what's important.  Now see if I told you exactly what they were that would be cheating and not fair. At first I was kinda disappointed that it wasn't longer because of the much needed content, because it is short and sweet (no, not just a couple of sentences) but I remember it and it just perfect for a person like me that can really use a pick me up or two in my life, mommy job, and most importantly spiritual life.  If you are a frazzled mom I really recommend the book.  If you are or know someone like that all you have to do go to the site and sign up for the newsletter and the best part is is that you get the e-book free.

    For the most part my health is better now and life is back to normal.  After my more than a week vacation I am forever in debt to my husband because no matter what he has been my better half the last 13 years.  I couldn't imagine what the house or anything would be like if I hadn't had him cover my butt the last 2 weeks.  Thanks to the Organizing Happiness E-book I now have quite a few things to implement in my life so things can get a little more organized and if I get sick again things should be easier for him at least.  The best part of the last 2 weeks though was the other day when my husband went back to work.  Not because he left (he works outta state and is gone alot) but because of what he said that actually made my job worthwhile.  He said, "I don't  know how you haven't burned down the house and/or killed the kids, your job sucks and I quit".  Ha ha so that makes me feel like I am not crazy all the time for no reason and that being a stay at home mom, student, and teacher is hard work.

I am going back to school... One of the assignments I got done today was to write a paper, well 2 of them... One should focus on our personal philosophy of the germ vs. terrain theory and #2 will focus on potential ways we have in the past hindered the terrains in our family, and how to boost them in the future.. Here is my paper, please comment....

   In the past I have hindered my families terrain in so many ways unknowingly.  I did what I was taught, what society views as healthy.  From birth I vaccinate the kids, followed the four food groups, made sure everything was spotless, disinfected from their faces to their toys, and made sure they had their chewables.  I made sure hubby had a lunch to bring to work so he wouldn't go hungry.  A lunch full of carcinogens, heart disease, and diabetes.  You know the norm, a bologna sandwich, chips, cookies and Mt. Dew

   When they got sick, mainly hubby since the kids didn't, I made sure to take the role of his immune system, why let it do anything?  I gave him tylenol for fevers and nyquil for the rest. I wanted to make sure that his liver got a workout. 

  Thankfully shortly after the birth of my son I ended up with a few medical problems that left me with some beautiful surgical scars and some serious doubts about allopaths.  One night my liver and gallbladder prayed, "  Lord help us to knock some sense into this woman!"  The next day I landed in the hospital, the same one that had already robbed me of one precious body part (they did leave me with a beautiful scar. ) Can you believe they wanted to take another!  I said thanks for the drugs, now the pain is gone and I think I will keep my gallbladder!  I went home that day and turned to the smartest person I know, Hewlett Packard.  He asked his friend W.W. Web a few questions for me and taught me about health, Real health.  Little did I know I was learning to boost my terrain.

   SInce then I birthed at home, stopped poisoning my children in the name of nutrition and diseases.  I learned that the four food groups are pointless if you don't know what real food is!!  I mean c'mon folks, let's give our kids milk, you know the stuff i the fat wide jug that comes from cows, the T.V. does say your kids need it to be healthy, 'it does a body good!'.  COMPLETELY IGNORE the fact that one single glass can contain a mix of around 20 pain killers, antibiotics, growth hormones, and other fun stuff!  It being hormone treated milk means it contains increased levels of the hormone IGF-1 which promotes cancer tumors, So yep make these kids strong so they can fight cancer!  Don't forget that the FDA ( you know the people that care so much about your kids) makes it a law that they have to pasteurize it, for OUR HEALTH of course, not to lengthen shelf life to make more money.  Pasteurization is so very beneficial that we ignore the fact it alters the physical structure of it, just minor details of course.  So minor that we need to forget that destroys the beneficial bacteria and drastically reduces the vitamin C content.  Pasteurization also promotes the growth of harmful bacteria and makes the calcium unsoluable.  Yet T.V. says we need the milk for the calcium.  Those are a few issues with the pasteurization, don't forget to homogenize it wher a substance known as xanthine oxidase is created.  This compound can play a role in oxidative stress by acting as a free radical in your body (google cancer).  A little girl stayed at my house and after a few days went home requesting almond milk like we drink.  Her adult is whining to everyone (except me)  that she can't afford it and  all these crazy health notions I create. Well lady would it be hard to skip a box of doughnuts and spend an extra dollar on healthy milk?   Wake up people you can't afford it if you are dead or too overweight to work either!

   So the most important things I do to promote my family's terrain? I turn off the T.V, I unlearn all the health info from school promoted by greed (oops I mean FDA), and eat real whole foods, and stay away from the drug dealing doctors.