In spite of not sleeping much at all last night I have gotten a lot done today. The living room, dining room and kitchen are all clean. Up next is my bedroom and bathroom and the guest bathroom. I have even washed rugs and cleaned light fixtures.
Kathy has been out weed eating. Bless her heart! I hate that job. She figured out how to thread the auto feed spool with string. She loves being outside even if it is to weed eat.
I have a pot roast in the crock pot that is starting to smell good. Not sure why I have been cooking so much lately but it is nice to have real food to eat again.
I have been off sugar for over four months. Next up is getting off white flour products. I sure feel better when I avoid white flour products. Now to adapt my diet to accommodate that. If I can eliminate sugar I can eliminate white flour – right? Amazing how much of what is served has either sugar or white flour or both in it.
Another food I have been avoiding is white potatoes. I feel so much better if I substitute sweet potatoes for white potatoes. I even do that in my pot roast. I order sweet potato fries instead of French fries if where I am eating at has them. White potatoes cause my gut to swell and bloat. Sweet potatoes don’t do that.
I noticed the last two or three times I have bought groceries I rarely go down an isle any more. I shop the outer parts of the store for produce and meat. I’m getting much better at not buying and eating processed food although I haven’t eliminated it completely yet.
Lots of empty space for me this week. I feel the urge to find something to do and then I remind myself that is one choice I can make but doing nothing is another choice. This has proven to be one of the harder habits I have had to break. I had programmed myself to do – not to be.
I have been searching on the internet for a service program that I could go on a long, volunteer mission. I am looking for a two to three-month trip, preferably in a foreign country. Most of what I have found are only two weeks at most. I’ll keep searching. I’m sure the right thing will present itself when the time is right. I looked at Peace Corps but they want you for two years. That is a little more than I am thinking I want to do.
A friend is taking 88 days and walking a 1,000 mile Camino starting next week. Not sure I want to make that journey again. We live in a big world and I would like to try a new adventure this year.
Clean house! Love it when that happens! All is well on the prairie today!