Lying in bed at 2:30 in the afternoon conjures up images of teenage video-gaming dropouts.  If you saw me right now, you may think I went off the deep end.  I have a perma bed-head.  You know, that spot that is flat where your head hits the pillow with the weight of your skull and brain.

I am so lucky to have such a great husband who is fulfilling his marital oath to have and to hold from this day forward in sickness and in health.  I am not exactly sick per se, but I do have this “thorn in my side” to borrow from Paul’s artistic repetoire of poetic language.  I have a hernitaed disc which has impaired my ability to do ANYTHING and EVERYTHING for the past 6 days.  M has has taken off work/worked from home in order that I receive what he deemed as proper care.  He has brought me countless meals in bed, scoured the kitchen after many a meal prep, done laundry, vacuumed, kept our books, and been a single parent to our two children who are both growing quite tired of this mommy in bed business.

At any rate, I have not posted in a long, long time, but wanted a place where I could publicly affirm, compliment and give a shout out to my bestest peep in the world.  You are a wonderful example to our kids of what unconditional, selfless love is.  May they be as blessed as I, to have a partner so hopelessly devoted to them.

For the last eighteen months or so I’ve been feeling a need to implement more discipline in my life.  Fasting is something that has always interested me not because I would be inclined to do it on the contrary, because I have a mini panic attack when I think of the fact that I’m supposed to go to my yoga class with an empty stomach.  I HATE the idea of going without food.  This being said, there are many mornings I skip breakfast and do fine, but that is because if I want something I just go and get it, if I’m fasting, I don’t have that option.  I so badly want to be unchained to the desires of my flesh, but when push comes to shove so often I take the high road.  Why?  When I know He will give me what I need when I need it. The other thing I’m grappling with is getting up early to spend time with God before the kids get out of bed.  Now I’m not a morning person, many times this summer we stayed in jammies for a good part of the day.  I like to stay in bed even if I’m not sleeping anymore.  WHYYYY God are these the two things I feel convicted to incorporate in to my life?  Fasting and rising early.  God give me the strength.  I cannot do these things on my own.

My husband is so cool!

After reading the fabulous book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingslover I was inspired to “put up” some food for the winter.  Today M and I washed, snapped, blanched and froze about 12 lbs of local green beans I bought at the farmer’s market.  It actually didn’t take us long at all (one hour) and even after the whining about being asked to help M got into it and enjoyed it.  I love that we live in a community that is so supportive of local agriculture.  I also bought about 25 lbs of tomatoes to make sauce.  That undertaking will happen tomorrow.  I hope to make applesauce in the next few weeks as well.  There is something so satisfying about preparing for the barren months of winter by taking what summer has to offer right now and freezing it in time.