Life has been so crazy the past 6 weeks. Between Abby's issue then my own issue, Christmas, a broken car, and then all three of us getting colds, it felt like life was never going settle down. And it hasn't. My van is having issues. When I try to turn the wipers one, either nothing happens or the radio volume goes down. This is now fixed but it cost us $350. Thankfully, my scary medical issue has been diagnosed but it is going to involve surgery the first week of February to remove a (benign) … [Read more...]
Thank You
I just want to thank all of you for your patience while I needed to take a blogging break to care for my daughter. We have seen a specialist and have been told that this is a much more common condition than you would think. Still not much information about it out there though. With a case as simple as hers, basically we keep her on the modified BRAT diet to constipate her and ride it out. It should resolve itself in a few months. Most cases are the opposite and caused by constipation not … [Read more...]
Dealing with a Sick Child
I shared on the Logger's Wife Facebook page but I would like to share here as well.We are dealing with a sick child right now. Not, "oh she has a cold" sick. She has been having issues with her stools for one week today and 4 days ago, she had a rectal prolapse.Technically, it is a mucusal prolapse or partial rectal prolapse. Basically, when she poops, a bit of her rectum comes out as well. It goes back in within 15-20 minutes but they don't know why this is happening. We are waiting on some lab … [Read more...]
A Year Into Our {Semi} Whole Food Journey
{source} It has been almost a year since we started our (semi) whole food journey. Basically, we are trying to focus on cutting out preservatives, dyes/colorings, and added sugar. In that year we have made some more changes. We are still buying organic bread and using a more natural peanut butter. I have in fact mastered the art of making iced tea. I use maple syrup to sweeten. Matt loves it! The changes we have made - I am buying plain yogurt and adding fruit and maple syrup to it. I … [Read more...]
Grace: An Update
When I decided that I was being led to choose "Grace" as my word of the year, I had no idea how much it would get tested in the first few months of 2014. I guess God had a reason for pushing this word on me. He knew I was going to be thrown into circumstances where I was going to need to have and show grace.I'm also learning how closely connected grace is with mercy and forgiveness. They are so closely connected, it almost feels like they are all the same thing. I feel like we have been through … [Read more...]
Debt Payoff Check-In
The last time I updated on our debt payoff it was February....of last year (you can read that post here). I hadn't realized it had been that long. But honestly, we stalled out quite a big over the summer. Then the whole medical bill fiasco hit in November.I am happy to report that Abby's birth is finally paid off!! And the van will be paid off in June!! We will be ending up with another car loan unforunately. We are limping Matt's car along until we can get the van paid off. We aren't going to … [Read more...]