Oh, Sometimes it is so hard to do anything on a weekend evening when I am alone with the kids. Maybe it's just the evening, but it doesn't feel right tackling dinner and other things (laundry, cleaning, etc.) when it is just Boy and Girl and I in the waning light of a grey and dreary day. I find Saturday and Sunday late afternoon-evening to be the loneliest stretch of my stay-at-home routine. That is one reason why I haunt my sister and brother-in-law on the weekends. Blah. So I will feed the kids cereal (!) and drag them to Lowe's for some parts for a broken lamp. (They really want to go and they thoroughly enjoy their time in the race car cart (they LOVE sitting that close to each other) and watching it get dark and the moon rise. They rarely get to see it get dark and the moon is full tonight, if it is a bit jaundiced.)
I can't imagine what else I could write about, so I will ask some advice from whoever might read this. Two things.
One (and I know that most my readers have already been asked this be email) is for music suggestions. I am looking for music that will move me. I generally like the hard end of alternative, music with strong instrumentation, and superior lyrics. I also love soundtracks and world music. I would like to find some "Christian" music that can tug at my soul or rip my chest open, but this may be asking too much. I have not followed the Christian music scene since I was a teenager, and then I stuck largely to ska and MXPX's cover songs (but I do enjoy Sixpence None the Richer and Over the Rhine). Back then, there were lyrics that touched me, but I stopped looking for music that was both lyrically strong and musically strong. And cool. I ended up listening lightly to some Christian pop in secluded corners and with much embarrassment. Where is the Glen Hansard of Christian rock?
Two. I am too tired to keep thinking. I got a new sewing basket and the garden is overflowing with chilis and lettuce and broccoli and I want to go to sleep (but I first have to wipe down the bathroom). Aye, me. Off I go to snack (with only 8 weeks to go until nighttime snacking is a thing of the past) and re-re-re-read my way through the Anne of Green Gables series. I'm already at her first baby, little Jem. Those books make me so relaxed.
Still, good night and good riddance.
About Me
- bitter poet
- I have a 6-yr-old, a 3-year-old, have been married 9 years. A smallish, oldish house. Addicted to bright colour, organization, and a stubborn streak. Enjoy sunshine and wind, ethnic cuisine, and pleasant smells (which dooms the oldish house). Am studying yoga and want to learn sea kayaking and get a tattoo. Adore traveling. A midwesterner in the south. Educated. Christian, painter, writer, editor, housekeeper, foodie, cook, volunteer.
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Why will nighttime snacking be a thing of the past?
Because we are going on a Functional Medicine diet. (I guess you would call it that). We are getting it from The UltraMind Solution and it will hopefully get us all in better health and on a better routine and even determine if we have allergies. It is going to be a seven week deal and then a lifetime of a variation of the diet. The diet includes, among other things, good sleep, relaxation, exercise, and no sugar, gluten, or dairy (only the no sugar sticks forever). The five meals a day do not include a nighttime snack, but the types of food you eat (and don't eat) are supposed to help squelch cravings, anyhow. We decided to do it for Kev's health (bipolar), but have all gotten excited about carving out better health and better habits. We would have started already, but we are spending a long holiday in Michigan in a few weeks, so will be starting when we get back. I'm sure I'll blog more about it later.
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