what i've learned

juicing makes me feel satisfied

my body craves raw food and in the case of fruits and vegetables, it's definitely better for you

steam 'em maybe but defintely DON'T nuke em...we got rid of our microwave 3 months ago (and our 14 year old JUST noticed a week or 2 ago)

When you do things your kids wanna do instead of what you THINK your kids wanna do, you have to remember you're doing it for THEM

When you remember why you're doing it, you wanna do it too...and it feels good

Fingers in the dirt feels good

watching lil sprouts reach for the sun feels even better (look closely in front of the aloe, those are our new strawberries)

7 nights in a row doesn't have to mean nights

I'm learning that we're probably not a nights-all-the-time kinda couple

actually...we're probably more afternoon-before-dinner kinda folks

it may be different if the hub were in on it...but for now he's not

maybe next month ;)

I am more than how I look in a bathing suit...but the apprehension around who I am in a bathing suit can still wither me away to nothing

Today I went from EVERYTHING to NOTHING in a matter of minutes

After a glorious morning planting our strawberries, bananas and our olive tree (which is currently a twig but has big aspirations)...feeling so very good, sharing time in the dirt with my hub (no that wasn't one of the seven) and BOTH of us sharing a sense of accomplishment in creating a nourishing home for our family ... absolutely glowing.

Then our afternoon plans changed

we aren't going canoeing (is there an e in that word?) we're just gonna go swimming at the springs

But but but

when we canoe I can wear my capris

when we swim, i can't

i don't have any shorts that fit that are conducive to swimming

my hub's board shorts are a tad too big

and i crumbled

i shrank so deep inside myself, hiding behind my heart chakra, I nearly cried

i sucked it up and went to the springs

had a too-close-encounter with a water moccasin

hated the feel of my thighs rubbing together as we walked to the top of the tubing run

then remembered why i was there

i was there to share time with my fam

my kids wanted to go, were digging for sharks teeth, were having fun

so i flipped the script...at which point my son pointed out...have you looked at everyone else around? He wasn't being derogatory to anyone, he was just pointing out that my measuring stick might be a bit skewed...and I actually looked better than the majority

he deserved a big ol hug for that

then I soaked in the sun, admired the ferns, felt the cool spring water run over my toes, and got bitten by a horse fly...being present is a cool thing

i have broken one rule and i have stepped on the scale

the numbers have not moved (which is neither positive nor negative)

but it doesn't really matter because my life is healthier for following the rest of my rules

hope everyone had a glorious Tuesday