Wow things have changed

I started with a running group this morning. I am not a runner, never have and pretty much feel I never will be and I am fine with that. So today was the first day, they are taking it slow with a rotation of run 2 min and walk 4 min. Totally easy right? NOPE I could feel all that extra love and ice cream jiggle every heavy footed step I took. I held my own til the halfway point adn had to start walking and towards the end because it was too much effort to run. I was depressed when I got home and told hubby that I couldn't believe how 1.2 miles knocked me out. I am not the greatest athlete but I have always been able to sort of keep up. I have done a full marathon and even 1/2 while I was 6 months pregnant and here we are a few years later and 1.2 miles kicked my booty. Thankfully I found out tonight that it was actually 3.05 miles and I am feeling slightly better LOL. We shall see what Thursday brings :o)

Clarity

Hubby and I received a phone call today with some news that is a little unexpected, exciting, life changing and scary all at the same time. We are trying to decide what exactly to do with it and where we should go. I wish I could share more right now and will in the future but right now I am looking for clarity on this. On another note made the BEST Cream of Mushroom soup tonight. We are a gluten free household and cannot eat the canned pre made type so every once in awhile I will make a big batch and freeze it to use in my recipes. I want to share this one because it is just.so.good.

10 cups of sliced mushrooms
2 onion diced
1 stick of butter
3 cups of chicken broth
2.5 cups of heavy cream
2 TBS sherry
1/2 rice flour ( or whatever GF type you use)
salt & pepper to taste

I cut the butter in half and browned the onions and mushrooms in it
then added the chicken stock, seasoning, sherry and heavy cream to it, bringing to a boil then turning down to a simmer. I melt the other half of stick of butter in the microwave and stirring the flour into it, then adding this to the soup as a thickener. I turn off the heat and let the soup sit for a little then divide up into 12oz portions to freeze for later recipe uses. ENJOY !!

School Time

Well after many many years I have finally signed back up for school come January to finish the attempt of obtaining my RN degree that I started many years ago. I am nervous not so much for myself going back to school but for the brain dead mother and wife my family is going to have for the next few YEARS LOL -Looking forward to getting it done too :o)

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What is it ?....

My oldest is on the autism spectrum. Today I received a link to an article about how they are relating the fact that if your newborn has jaundice at birth then they will also have a 67% higher chance of having autism. You read this studies and things like family history, location, birth month, age of parents and more... I read these and I almost want to cry (use to but not anymore) because I feel as if my son's life was a ticking time bomb from conception. I feel as if I personally did this to my child like a mother who drinks and her kiddo is born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. I know in my heart that I could not have known these things before he was born but it just kills me inside. Why him? Why does he have to live in a state of confusion the rest of his life? Why does he have to live life in an borderline panic attack? My heart breaks everyday for him. My heart breaks for his younger siblings who see the difference and try to take care of him and help him through meltdowns but do not even realize there is a name for this difference. I am tired of these articles. Please I do not want to read anymore about what autism is and how little we know even though it is a huge epidemic. If 1 in every 100 children were contracting polio in this country, we as a nation would be all over it, what is the problem here? What exactly is causing so many kids to be effected? It cannot be something that was always there, maybe a little but not to the extent it is now. Thank God for the steps he makes everyday. God has answered many prayers in regards Seth and Seth himself has literally saved this family by bringing my husband and I's priorities back to where they should be - God and Family.

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