Exhaustion

I really was hoping this week I would feel so much better...however I didnt think it was possible to feel this tired...LUckily I know the cause... the fever night on Sunday with little princess and then last night we developed an ear infection that left her crying for hours in the middle of the night so no sleep for the weary again for me lol. Our Wonderful Nurse Practitioner was able to see her first thing this morning and we now have antibiotics to take and hopefully we will have no sore throat by thursday so she can participate in soccer and swim lessons (with earplugs) she is not thrilled about that part but its either that or no swimming so she is begrudgingly submitting lol. Anyway I think a nap is in store for both of us this afternoon while my wonderful friend takes little prince to swim lessons and we stay home to heal and sleep. I am so blessed with such great friends! Well I am off all love and hugs,
Blessings,
Tiff

Had mostly a wonderful Weekend How bout you?

We had an absolutely wonderful weekend enjoying hubbys companionship and had a hike with some great friends! It was so nice...then we got home and little princess spiked a high fever yesterday and so here we are heading into another week with a sick someone in the house. My poor baby she has a very sore throat and has run over 102 for 24 hours this morning we have it down to 100.5 so thats a blessing.  Will be monitoring her today and see where this goes hopefully away! Little prince will be attending swim lessons with our dear friends thankfully she can give him a ride today.  I am blessed with really wonderful dear friends.  I cannot thank God enough for all of my friends. IRL or Webland :)    Anyway, Just wanted to post a little note to update you all on how things were going around here.  I have been a bit behind on my routines since, well, lets see....months lol...  It seems to go along with the Fibromyalgia I have developed Chronic Fatigue Syndrome officially. I told my doctor..."I refuse to have that!" she laughed at me she is a very wonderful faithful woman so she giggled at my comment.  I am very tired however most days to the point my body feels heavy and cant seem to function but I am working on a whole foods way of eating and supplementing with raw vitamins which seems to already be helping. I recently found a book at goodwill (love that place) that was written by Jordin Rubin called The Maker's Diet (see my side bar for a link if interested) and I am going to work on following it closely. He recovered from Chron's disease after nearly dying. It says diet in the title but I am calling it my new healthy eating instead of diet. My goal isnt to lose weight (although it will be a welcome addition to the plan LOL) but instead to get healthy, truly healthy and to feel better.  Thats all.  So I will keep you posted. So far I am feeling a bit better its only been a few days. I am not being as strict as I could be since I tend to not keep up with something if I start out full force all at once instead I am slowly making changes and shopping differently as I go and as we replace things in the house I am working towards chemical free, all organics.  People that struggle with health as I have can really benefit from the change to whole foods, and chemical reductions in their homes. I havent in all honesty ever paid that much attention to these things thinking it almost a bit on the crazy side for many years but now am realizing how much stuff has really be chemically or fake produced I used to think if we could buy it in the store it was real stuff...not so much anymore. Anyway we shall see how this works and how I feel I will blog updates from time to time. Well little princess is calling me so off I go hope and pray you all have a wonderful day and you are well...God Bless

Eternal Encouragement What exactly is it?

What exactly is Eternal Encouragement?  Well to me it is being inspired to be all God would want me to be. It is doing the things to honor and cherish my husband and to serve my family and the community to the best of my ability. It means doing everything I can to be the best God has for me each and every day.  Do you need this same kind of inspiration?  Where on earth can we find it?  Well one source aside from my bible is a little magazine by the name of, what else, Eternal Encouragement. I was blessed to review it this month as part of my membership with The Gabby Moms! You can check it out yourself at the link above or by typing www.EternalEncouragement.com into your web browser! You wont be disappointed!
It is a great little thing that has oodles and oodles of things like REAL Words!! Words we can actually use to become the hands and feet of Jesus each and every day! How cool is that!  One awesome thing is its size! It fits in my purse for those moments of time where you are sitting, waiting on soccer to finish or waiting for the doctor to actually enter the room, which we all know they make you wait sometimes for what seems like an eternity! Having something useful to read, that uplifts your spirits for the day, and encourages you to really make a difference is a great way to put that time to good use dontcha think?? It's motto line is "Inspiring Women to Become More Like Jesus Every Day". Now that is something I want and can read with integrity, not the junk you usually are left with to read in the doctors or random other offices you visit.  I hope you will all take a look at this wonderful magazine, check it out, subscribe if you want or need to be Inspired to be a Woman more like our Jesus!
God Bless all of My Sisters In Christ
Tiff

"I received this product for honest review from Eternal Encouragement Magazine as a part of The Gabby Moms blogging program. All opinions expressed are solely my own."

Bronchitis battle

Well everyone sorry I have been away, I am hoping very soon to implement my new schedule. I just finished reading Managers of their Homes by Teri Maxwell I love it and cant wait. Currently I am praying about how our schedule should go, chores that the kids need to handle and so on.  I have been battleing illness now for close to a month or more it seems. I had a routine checkin with my Doctor and she said my lungs were wheezing and I have Bronchitis..oh joy thats why I havent gotten well yet. So hopefully now I will get well and my kiddos too they have both had it Little princess is fighting an ear infection and Little Prince has the same crud I have only its not full blown Bronchitis his lungs are clear Praise God. Hubby was so sick he ended up home sleeping for 2 days which is so rare I can count the times it has happened on one hand!  Anyway thats a brief update on the happenings around here I am working on an If/Then Consequence chart for diligence with our chores and other character behaviours I am noticing popping up lately...  If you use one leave me a message and let me know if you purchased or made your own?  Where did you locate the scriptures you use to reinforce the behavior you prefer and so on.  Hubby and I discussed this and throught the weekend will be putting it together and take effect with it as soon as we lay it out and discuss the expectations with the kids.  Blessings to all of you Take care
Tiff

A wonderful Post from a fellow blogging Homemaker- Enjoy

Ladies I really enjoyed the following blog post at a sister in Christ's website. She has encouraged me many days and I really enjoy this post.
Are you losing your True Treasures? Please read the following blog post.
Your Sacred Calling

Check it out I pray it will bless you!