God's mercies are new every morning.

  The last two mornings have been a bit unusual.  The kids have been waking up early and both mornings our awakening was less than ideal.  Yesterday it was to Elyssia proclaiming loudly that the toilet was overflowing.  Great Day in The Morning!  I can totally hear my Dad saying that:)  Thankfully only came out a little bit past the bathroom door.  Like I said, It must be God's way of telling me that it's time to clean my bathroom floor.
  Well, this morning Garrison didn't seem to be feeling well.  Scott was trying to get him back to sleep when he made a loud vomiting sound.  So thankful he wasn't in our bed.  Seems like the kids favorite place to throw up is in our bed.  Scott rushed him to the bathroom and he spit up a bit.  When I checked his bed and blankets, there wasn't anything there.  That was a very loud noise for no mess.  Praise the Lord! Cleaning up that stuff is definitely not on my list of favorite things:)  So, God was merciful with both messes, eh?  The rest of the day was pretty productive.  Garrison wanted me to stay with him for most of it and was running a fever, but with him sleeping a lot I was able to get a lot done. Elyssia helped with laundry, which freed me up to bake pies.  During this time I was reading an article online and discovered an eating plan that I'm going to try to implement a little at a time.  Totally not going to be easy, but with so many around me being diagnosed with Celiac's and other food allergies, plus several extreme health focused people, I think God might be trying to tell me something.  Our lives these days revolve so much around food, but the results of all the processed foods are taking a toll on many of us.  I haven't had too many problems, other than a bit of fatigue, but I could probably attribute that to having four kids and all the activities associated with their care:).  Part of this eating change involves eliminating sugar and certain kinds of flours.  Foods with wheat preservatives, etc.... I'm really not looking forward to doing this, but will try it for at least a month to see if I can notice any changes. Now that I've posted about it I'll really have to do it too:).  I'm hoping that combining it with a bit of exercise I can lose the extra weight from the last pregnancy.  If I notice that I have more energy and less craving for sugar, it'll be worth it though. Although I try to limit the amount of bread I eat, it will be a challenge to eliminate it completely.  I'll try to find some of the recommended kind at the health food stores in town, but I'm not really expecting there to be much of a variety.  Maybe I'll try to find a meter to keep track of the benefits and loss.  The good thing is that I can still have meat, fruit, veggies, eggs and most other foods that I make from scratch, without sugar, wheat and enriched flour.  I won't discuss it a lot on here, since I really haven't liked being bombarded with all the negative effects of our foods by the other health nuts around me, but if anyone asks questions I'll try to answer them.  The hardest thing will be not eating the pies that I baked today.  I'll probably freeze a couple to take to potlucks this winter and let Scott take the others in his lunch.  Looking forward to seeing how God's mercies and help are new every morning.  Hoping to help the others in my family eat healthier too.  Will have to do it gradually and see if they notice a change in my cooking:))). I don't think the kids will, but I'm guessing that Scott will notice pretty quickly. So, I'm off to put the little ones to bed.  Til next time...