No Excuses

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Honey

An Update On My Week

This has been a rough week for our house, BUT I still managed to walk four times (four miles). The flu hit our house really hard this week. 3 out of 5 children have spent most of the week with vomiting and diarrhea.

Our diet this week has consisted of crackers, toast, rice, applesauce, bananas, etc. Mostly things on the BRAT (bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast) diet to help combat the diarrhea. It is hard to be creative in the kitchen when the smell or thought of food is making the littles sick.

Part of me feels like a failure for not pushing through the fatigue and even the waves of nausea to do more walking, BUT I need to give myself grace.

I also need to NOT let this week be a set back, but a spring board. In the past things have gotten off track and I quit.

I AM NOT QUITTING! Yes, I am yelling, but NOT at you.

Little people are starting to feel better and I need to resume my walking and kick up the pace.

No Excuses

I was determined that before this post went up today, I would walk.

I did walk ONE MILE.

It was a hard mile to walk because I had to work through some excuses to get it done.

Excuse #1 - My joints have really been hurting.
Excuse #2 - I am really tired from severe lack of sleep with everyone being sick.
Excuse #3 - The babes were sleeping in my bed, so I couldn't exercise in the bedroom.
Excuse #4 - The big kids (one of them still sick) were watching tv in the livingroom and I didn't want to disturb them.
Excuse #5 - I took my laptop to the kitchen. I put my dvd in and it wouldn't let me get to the menu. UGH. I tried three times and it just kept resuming the video.

Okay, now to find a way to solve these excuses.

I went to Leslie Sansone's website where there is a one mile walk. I put that on and finally got walking. In case you need to solve an excuse, here is the link to the one mile walk.

I can see that conquering the excuses is going to be an ongoing battle (not that I really thought it was going to be easy).

You know what though, I felt so much better after I walked. It was worth the effort.

My Goals

My goals this week will be pretty much the same as last week:

walk 1 mile twice each day
drink more water (I like it with ice or sliced lemons)
eat more fresh veggies and fruit
make my food more colorful and interesting

I have also made some decisions:

I will only be taking my photos once a month. I will share those photos on the 1st Thursday of the month.
I will only be measuring once per month. I may OR may not share the measurements on the 1st Thursday of the month. If I lose significant inches, I will most likely share how many inches I have lost.

Other Mama's Who Are Working On Their Health

Space Launch

Posted on June 13, 2011 by jonahbrown

He tried fervently one day to tell us of his latest concept for an animation. You can see his head swarming as it is misfiring. Frustrated with not being able to get his words out we were able to calm him down.

It was a simple idea. “I want a rocket to launch into space and *swoosh* come back down.” I (Jonah) figured that wasn’t to hard to animate. I commissioned him to create the drawings to be used. Okay, that was setting myself up for a disaster. He went to our little computer lab in the basement to get to work.

I resumed my coffee time with Honey. A daily event, that I insist has to happen. A happy marriage is one where husband and wife have at least one coffee, we try for two, together.

He got frustrated because the wings were not working out. This resulted in an outburst.

With Autism this means the brain is completely overwhelmed and it is time to cool down. We are no strangers to this. I made haste and saved the remains of the rocket ship before it got erased.

This is the picture he made:

He didn’t want to draw anymore. So I offered to create it for him. He guided me through what he was seeing in his mind and we finished it together. Here is his animation. It is amazing.

I am linking this post up with Hip Homeschool Moms.

Jonah

Filling in for:

Homeschool Mothers Journal

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Honey

Homeschool Mothers Journal

In my life this week…

I put up my second post about "No Excuses" and I was shocked to discover that I walked 10 miles this week.

In our homeschool this week…

Elisha created a menu in French and he has been working through a book about the Gold Rush.
Moses and I had a break through with spelling. We worked on spelling orally and had a fun discussion about words. He sat with a notepad and we spelled out words and he wrote them down.
Malachi and I practiced sight words using a space game and we also worked more on sounding out short cvc words. He is making amazing progress. Something definitely clicked last week.

I am inspired by…

I have been really inspired by Pinterest. Have I told you that already? (I know I have, but for someone visual like me, I have fallen in love).

Places we’re going and people we’re seeing…

We had lots of things planned for this week, but I had to cancel them all because all the little people got sick. It was a weird kind of flu that affected each child differently.

My favorite thing this week was…

The twins were very sick and Zion had a high fever. He was nursing (and sleeping) and Hosanna asked if she could kiss him. I said, "Yes". She kissed him on the forehead. Then she said, "Zion is my best friend." I thought that was so precious.

Things I’m working on…