Cleanse and Detox & A Cute Idea

I have been feeling pretty blah lately.  I have always suffered from migraines, and I thought I had them pretty much under control with a daily prevention medication and another medication for when I actually get one, but they have been out. of. control. lately.  I drink one glass of wine or one beer and get one.  I eat one sweet thing and get one.  I don't eat on time and get one.  I go out in the glare of the sun and get one (even with a hat and sunglasses on).  I get too hot and get one.  I have too much or too little caffeine and get one.  I live and breathe and get one.  I am basically one walking headache.

I decided that I need to do something about this, so I am trying to get more exercise, more sleep, and more healthy foods in my diet.  I was doing all of the above before, and I think it made a huge difference in my headaches.  The only problem I have is finding the time for all of these goals...but I need to make time to feel good.

Anyway, this morning I tried a new smoothie, called the Cleanse and Detox smoothie.  It contains all sorts of stuff that I wouldn't typically put in my smoothies, but I thought that it looked interesting, so I gave it a try.

Wa-la!

The kids told me that it looked like throw-up, which is just what you want to hear when you are about to eat something, right?!  However, it actually tasted pretty good!  The recipe can be found here, and I used everything except the flax seeds or oil because I couldn't find it at the grocery store. I need to make a trip to the natural foods store before I make the smoothie next time.

In other news, Mary Beth, our babysitter, found this cute idea on Pinterest over the summer, and I finally got around to trying it out...Gibson has to learn sight words for school, just like most other kids do at some point or another.  I don't know about you, but it is a pain to make him memorize his sight words, just like it was a pain to make the girls memorize their sight words before him.  So, write the words on ping pong balls!  Then, instead of just going through flash card after flash card, hand your child a pile of balls, and say "throw me 'who!'"  or "throw me 'you!'"  or whatever words you are working on.  Then your child has to find the word and throw you the correct one.  He or she learns to read the words while playing a fun game.

I tell you what, people come up with some brilliant stuff...now if these brilliant folks could just cure my migraines...

So

So, blogging hasn't been my greatest accomplishment lately, has it?

I am not exactly sure where all of my blogging time has gone, but it sure hasn't been spent sitting around being lazy.

Here are a few things I have been up to...

:: We have recently started a couples' Bible study and rotate hosting duty, and Brad and I hosted last week.  In addition to hosting, we have been trying to keep up with our homework.  We are using the book 1 Timothy & Titus: Fighting the Good Fight by John Stott.  Everyone in the group seems to like it even though the questions are not the easiest.

:: Our farm is switching over all of our computer software, so we had several days' worth of meetings with an IT guy from our new sales company.  We are also looking into new software for our piecework part of our payroll, so we have had several conference calls with a guy in California who is trying to sell us his product.  

:: Not only did Brad and I just move, but our farm also just bought a new office building that is adjacent to our packing house, so I am moving offices as well as houses.  We have been having lots of meetings with electricians, family members, carpenters, etc. to get the new office ready to move in.

:: Sanders has strep for the second time since New Years.

:: I dropped my iPhone on the carport, and the back of it shattered, so I had to get a replacement phone. It was all well and good until I got the replacement phone and the darn thing didn't activate correctly.  I got to the airport last Saturday (more on that later) and tried to call Brad, and the phone didn't even have a phone number in it!  Later it told me that it was activated, but I couldn't get internet or connect to the "cellular data network" until yesterday when my sister spent 45 minutes on the phone with Verizon.

Have you spent any time without a smartphone lately?  It feels like being in the dark ages, and I thought certain people were ignoring me...

:: Speaking of the airport, I went on a fun little trip that I want to give its own little post, but here is a hint about it...

Any guesses?!?!?