Beginning again.

Not beginning the struggle again--that's ongoing. Beginning this blog again. Resigned to the fact that this is how I write. For 2 to 10 days in a row and then not at all again for a month or two or six.

Changing the rules. No sugar at all is unrealistic. And I'm not sure that's what God wants from me. I think He just wants me to hear Him daily. I am getting some help from the Biblical imagery of battle armor. I will "to bed" before 10 PM.

Good night all, and thanks for your continued prayers and support.

Thankful list:

*A baby covered from crown to knee in green goop who hit sleepy-time goofiness during dinner and made incredible faces and giggled maniacally at any sound or motion in her near vicinity.

*Yesterday's jogging fall, which resulted in a deep cut in my knee, abrasions on both palms, stiff and sore shoulders, and a Wake-Up call from above. Again. Rrrrring.... rrrriiiinggg... it's the clue phone! Answer it, dork!

*a messy house. There's gotta be some way to be thankful for a messy house. I might as WELL be thankful for it....

*audio Bible at http://www.esv.org/resources/reading-plans-devotions/ Very excited about this!

*20 sibling hugs in the bathtub (she really loves me a lot!)

*muddy little shoes, muddy little pants, muddy little shirts, muddy little hats, mud prints throughout the house, and the end of Wet & Wild camp. Shew! Fun but...muddy.

*a cool overcast day in July

*both kids ate green food today without complaining

*sleepy sleepy hubby