Day 35

Yeah! I am done with my ten things early. Only 65 more days to go until I am done with my experiment. I was not sure how I was going to accomplish anything today. I was a little bummed when I woke up and did not feel like doing anything. My right arm just throbbed. The pain radiated from my back all the way down to my wrist. I was not sure how I was going to lift my arm to even wash my hair this morning. After two hours of laying there watching the clock I decided to just get up and do my best.


I gave myself a facial this morning and then I turned on the radio and hopped on the treadmill. I practiced my Spanish today and memorized one more word. I practiced the piano after my ibuprofin kicked in. I read my books . I did a little more organizing in the laundry room and I practiced my algebra today I made my own Ranch dressing from scratch. It is a fraction of the cost and tastes ten times better. The best part of all is that it has no preservatives.I use to love eating out and trying new restaurants and new dishes. Now it is has become something I fear. Eating one wrong thing can cause my whole body to be in terrible pain for days and have very scary side effects. For some odd reason it has become increasingly worse over the last few months.


My tenth thing I did today was take more pictures of Mathew. When I had Trista I took her to get her pictures done quite a bit and I took a lot of pictures of her. When I had the second baby ( Ethan) I took him twice and then I had Mathew and he never seemed to get there. He needed baby pictures last year for his sixth grade graduation and I really had to hunt and dig around just to find a couple. I felt terrible about it. Maybe it was because he was always glued to my hip. It was hard to put him down to get a picture of him. The other two were a lot more independent. When I had my second child I thought this will be a piece of cake. I already had one baby they are all the same. Wow! They were nothing alike at all. I was in for a very big surprise and the third was even more unique than the first two. I don't know how women with nine or ten children handled it. That is a lot of laundry, dishes, meals, help with home work , breaking up squabbles and messes to clean up. I really admire them.


Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another- and all the more as you see the day approaching. Hebrews 10:23-25