Life Now

This is the hallway in our new house.

This is one of the hall closets that we are converting into a computer/office cubby. I will post a picture of our finished project, we are still figuring out some details.
At this moment the computer is next to our bed (on my side). This may be the reason I have made so many posts. I came in to straighten my room, and now I am typing a blog. My son is a little ill; he is lying on my bed next to me and I am holding Noelle who said she is cold and wants me to warm her up, but claims she is not tired.

This was the end of our walk on Sun. Our dog , Roxy did start the walk...walking. Noelle was in the wagon at first. Our dog will be 11 this year. She is pretty old. Well a ways from our house she just stopped. She would not go! Noelle was happy to trade places and we pulled her home.

I think this was so funny.

Regressing

I started a topic prematurely. I did not blog for a long time, and there is certain people that want kid pictures. My apologies.

Adjusting to cold weather

Christmas

Christmas at Grandma and GrandPa's

At Grandma and Grandpa's house, Noelle had her own bed, but didn't want to sleep alone. So cute!

Our first meal in our new house.

Who am I

I am a little nervous making posts about health, but it is my blog so you have entered the world of Amy's opinion. It is not a salvation issue and I may be the last person that should be saying anything about it.

This is who I am in a Health view:
I am 33 years old. My father died at 50 of cancer. My mother is always ill. My older brother is an insulin dependent diabetic with many difficult health issues (love my family's guts). I am a registered nurse and have a bachelors in nursing. I worked at a local hospital UMC for 3 years in the emergency room, children's home, contracted with an insurance company, little time (best time) at a nurse practitioners office. I have 3 children that are 37 months from the birth of my first to the birth of the last one. (My husbands favorite joke is, We got cable so she will be our last). After the birth of my first daughter I was severely anemic and was sent to a hematologist. I also developed high thyroid and later low thyroid problems. During my third pregnancy I was tired of feeling bad. I wasn't sick but I felt so unwell. We began drastic health changes. After some time we were on a diet of mostly raw fruits and vegetables and whole grains. Our families thought we had lost it. I felt so well, it went undetected that I was severely anemic in the last weeks of my pregnancy. (H and H of 8 and 29) My midwife refused to deliver me if I wasn't eating meat. We had a healthy baby girl. I recovered and eating habits changed, we eat meat but we still have lots of fruits and vegetables. We moved to Mexico, and I had a string of illnesses. One was typhoid (which I did have a vaccine for before we left the states) . I was not really hospital sick. Just overwhelming waves of not feeling well. I was having struggles with anemia again. I couldn't seem to balance out. It seemed to take a year to kind of recover, and then I was alright but never feeling great. I want to feel great. I think I eat pretty well, but maybe I am still deceiving myself. After years of wise people telling me to try taking some good quality vitamins I have started to do that...this week (It took me a while to find one I thought was good, but that is a whole other blog).

I revealed all of that to say.... I am finding things about health that I think applies to everyone. I find these things because I am struggling to be healthier..to feel healthier. I have read things Angie and Kristi have said about being Godly stewards and issues about environment. I believe we have a responsibility to make conscious effort to take care of the Earth. I also believe God is love and has deep love for us, and if our body is 'a holy temple', then we have a responsibility to ourselves. I don't want to make anyone feel guilty ( I don't want to feel guilty). I just thought I would make a couple of posts about food....type things.
Questions - Comments - Or Testimonies

Big Changes

We are back in Lubbock. That is a big change. God has been kind to us and we are grateful to be allowed the privilege of being in his family. One of our priorities is health at this point. In our daily bible reading we have come across some jewels.

Proverbs 1:24-28
I (wisdom) called you so often, but you wouldn't come. I reached out to you, but you paid no attention. You ignored my advice and rejected correction I offered. So I will laugh when you are in trouble! I will mock you when disaster overtakes you - when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster engulfs you like a cyclone, and anguish and distress overwhelm you. "when they cry for help, I will not answer. Though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me."

I think you might ought to read it again and let that settle in...... Fortunately this is the voice of wisdom and not God. I know God loves even us stupid people. However, I want to be a Saved child that is continually seeking wisdom. The following chapters in proverbs have lots to say about what wisdom is, and is not.

Now here is my question. What would wisdom advise us about our health?

Know those of you that know me know that in the last couple of years I have been seeking healthier eating habits. And those that have known me for a long time know that in my college years I lived on cereal, often iced coffees for lunch (fun times with Jenni) and nachos.