Peace in the Wilderness

Hello! Today I would like to address our diet plan. Up till now our diet has consisted of pretty much eating whatever we want whenever, as long as it fit in the budget for the month. However, since I have diabetes, am overweight, and feel like our immune systems have been a little sluggish lately I would like to adjust this to being healthier. I have not figured out quite yet what our diet should look like, so until we figure out what will work best for our lifestyle (or if we need to change our lifestyle more), we will start with a lower carbohydrate diet. I think my goal in the end will b e Keto. I still want to do some research on the diet, but from what I've read so far it seems really beneficial to the natural state of how our bodies were made to work. At this point I don't think we will be able to stick to it though, so I'm going to work towards it as an idea. But until then, let's think low carb. Since this is more to benefit my personal goals and not necessari...

Good morning! I have selected Better Household management as the first goal to address here on the blog. I picked household management as the first goal to address because it has the greatest impact on our day to day life. For example, if we wake up and the kitchen is still messy from the night before, it hinders getting breakfast on the table and henceforth affects the whole day, and that's just one thing. To start with I will list out some areas where we struggle the most to write a schedule around those areas. Our problem areas- The kitchen, specifically getting dishes done on a regular basis. Vacuuming. With a soon to be crawling baby, this really needs improvement! Keeping toys picked up. Making nap time a thing. Making time for exercise and family time Other things to consider- Bible time errands learning; preschool, guitar, asl, ect meals chores hobbies; sewing, reading. Proposed schedule: Wake up 7am, get ready coffee on, read Bible 8am  breakfa...

Hello! I originally started this blog about two years ago to track the growth of my family and to help remember the places life took us. After not keeping up with posting, I have decided to take the blog in a new direction.  I'm going to take you on our journey of unhealthy living and the health conditions we face to a healthier living and hopefully getting off some medications. I'm hoping that blogging will help to keep us accountable to our goals and to help keep us on track. Our goals: To eat a healthier diet. To exercise regularly. To travel more. To grow closer as a family. To have better house management (cleaning mostly) To get organized. Make more things by hand to better our home Some specific health goals: To loose some weight. Improve heart health. Better control of my diabetes. Improve control over my thyroid disease.  Improve Memory. I'm sure some of these goals will change as the year progresses but this is our starting point. I look f...