This has been a very unproductive week.  I had a book study start on Monday, we are studying Francis Schaeffer's How Should We Then Live .  This was a great time for me but we did not do much in the way of school work.  During the study, Eric called to invite us to dinner with his boss.  What a treat, so back to The Beach House we went.  No alligator this trip but still a good time was had by all.  I hope we didn't embarrass daddy too much, I know he will have a few things to live down.  I thought I might have slept wrong the night before b/c I was kind-of achy & stiff.  When I woke up on Tuesday I felt achy all over & bruised on my chest (I'm still nursing Katy).  By the afternoon I realized I had mastitis, ugh!  We made it throught the day just taking care of the minimum.  Wednesday & Thursday are a blur, lots of water, & sleep, lots of thanking the girls for all of their help, I read a little about eating a raw diet (a new obsession), but mostly slept and snuggled with whoever climbed up on the couch with me.  Today I feel sooooo much better, even though the infection is not completely healed, the fever, achiness, and chills are gone.  I started feeling better before I went to bed last night so I put together some cookie dough from one of the raw foods recipes, popped it in the dehydrator & for breakfast the kids had cookies (made with oat groats, dates, maple syrup, blueberries, & almonds) and a strawberry milkshake (almonds, water, dates, frozen strawberries -would have been better with frozen banana but I was out, it was still good though).  The cookies were the big hit!  It was nice to wake up to the smell of the cookies in the dehydrator.  I am going to be dabbling more and more into this raw foods thing.  I really believe our bodies were made to be efficient enough to handle all of our daily tasks.  Being constantly tired or sick is not how we were designed.  I would love to see my kids being as vibrant and healthy as God intended by eating food that is still alive with nutrients.  I don't know that I can be 100% raw, too many meals are so deeply ingrained (Thanksgiving Turkey for instance) and I don't want to be that person that makes everybody else miserable b/c of their food choices so I know that I will eat cooked food when the situation arises but I think we could be raw for most day to day meals.  I am really hoping to see improvements in the kids health and vitality that will hopefully carry over into their studies.

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Posted by Anonymous

I am so sorry about the mastitis. I have never had it but my sister has, a few times and I know it can be pretty nasty.

I am making changes, too, in what we are eating. I am not going as far as you, though, My husband would not eat raw food. But I am interested in hearing more about how you are doing with it and what you are eating.

Julia (Juliainsk)

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