We take off the month of February from school, and the way things have gone so far it is a good thing that we do...  I feel like I have run every day for the past several weeks, and not a running that is actually accomplishing anything, but just spinning my wheels...

I don't actually feel like I read alot, and when I count up the books the number always surprises me.  I think it's because I always have 4 or 5 going at a time.... I almost do like a power reading with info laden books just trying to ingest their contents.  It's not often I feel like I read really beautiful literature; for school I do alot of reading, but I am encouraging the Princess to do more on her own, and alot of it what we read just doesn't cut it as fine literature as it is geared/ appropriate for children...

This month was a bit different.  We listened to Robinson Crusoe on CD.. this was a free podcast thru iTunes from the candlelightstories of librivox.org.  It was well done and actually really interesting.  I had never read the entire story and it was well worth listening to.  I think that it also helped that I didn't have to invest the time in reading... we were all a captive audience in the car.... 

We are also reading Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution aloud... it's good, but kind of dry.  Worth reading, but not what I would consider fine literature...

I just got a couple of Cass Ingram books from the library with more info on Oregano oil and natural healing.  I've started them, but they fall into power reading...

I also have Raw Foods for the Real World by Matthew Kenney and Sarma M.... It is a beautiful book by beautiful people who think that eating raw foods will make you more beautiful and sexy....  they obviously never met the hippies from my old co-op....   The recipes seem complicated with expensive, exotic foods that I'll have to drive 2 hours for... they do have some good smoothie ideas, but overall I don't think it would be worth it to purchase...  

It has made me question my eating lately... I was vegan thru out most of the 90's until I became pregnant and only wanted to eat at McD's strangely enough...  

I think my new plan to put into action will be this:  fresh, organic produce.... get my butt in gear when the garden comes in and put some stuff up for the rest of the year....

milk from the pet farm

eggs from my chicken friend...

we should be getting a steer in March from a local farmer that is only grass fed...

I don't have an affordable chicken meat supplier so I'm thinking of cutting this back

Granted these items come from creatures with faces, but I feel that it is what my family's focus should be as far as diet.

My goal for next week is to start growing sprouts.... another thing to have out on the counter I guess.... and integrate them into our diets daily....

I am basically just wasting this week as it is so busy just so that I can get to next week to start my plan....  the past 3 weeks have been this way I feel like... like a limbo between real phases of life....

I hate to think that I'm missing out on something good while I'm just waiting, but I don't quite know how to fix it...  Maybe taking time out to prepare isn't so bad, but when I have a plan I want to get it started........