Yes, I am still here. We have had quite the January-February! First of all, my nephew, John Austin, was pretty sick and in the hospital, so I went up north in the state to help my brother and his family. We were there for a few days before we had to come back because of snow predictions, but we did bring his other four kids back home with us. So things around here were pretty busy.

This week life has thrown us another loop! Snow and ice! Up here on the mountain we have had it for four days now and they are predicting more tonight.

Last weekend when we had snow, we all went sledding. I made the mistake of going down a hill with my girls on a very thin sled and hit a rock. I bruised or cracked my tailbone. It has been a pretty painful week. I have done this before and it took a year to be pain-free. I am praying it doesn't take that long. It is hard to move from a sitting to standing position or vice versa.

This has hampered my exercise, but I am making myself walk on the treadmill and walk. I am able to do most of my power 90, but some of the things are painful. I am just trying to exercise as I can.

I am also going skiing Feb 20, but not sure how this injury will affect that. I will be able to ski, but falling will be painful and falling is something you do in skiing.......at least I do, especially since I haven't been in 15 years! I'm looking forward to it, though. Even if I just get to read, sit by the fire, cook for the others and play with the kids. Should be a fun time.

On a different side of health, we have been eating healthier around here. Everyone seems to desire it and Wade and I need it for health reasons. We aren't buying certain foods (junk or processed) like we were, but instead enjoying more fruit and veggies, as well as some clean eating recipes for dinner. So far every recipe we have tried from Tosca Reno's cookbook entitled THE EAT-CLEAN DIET COOKBOOK has been delicious! And they aren't hard to do either. I would highly recommend this cookbook!