Things I love

Finding eight white ironstone teacups at the thrift.  We were down to one mug with a handle.

Meyer lemons:  in my hot tea with honey and in my water with ice.

Overhearing Seth, my oldest, leading Beatrix, my youngest, in a morning offering and a blessing before sharing a muffin with her.

My girls wearing handknit Noro sweaters.

Things I don’t love (sorry no pictures)

Tantrums, fits, and whining: all big parts of Beatrix’s days lately.

(my technique for handling tantrums?  I ignore them the best I can, but sometimes I have to make sure she doesn’t bang her head on the floor.  goodness-she’s something!)

Coughing, wheezing, and the resulting exhaustion.  I’ve been sick for weeks; can’t seem to shake the cold turned nasty that I picked up in New Mexico.  This happens to me sometimes, and I am praying that this doesn’t become my winter norm this year; last year I did pretty well.  A couple of years ago I got a cold that turned into this really bad asthma inducing illness and ever since I have struggled with this stuff (not sure how else to describe it.  I don’t have asthma, but suffer from asthma symptoms now).  It’s so not fun.  Especially being pregnant.  Any natural remedies out there?  I have been taking elderberry syrup and drinking tea with lemon and honey of course, but I have no idea what I can do to help the wheezing, coughing, and feeling like someone is standing on my chest all night (updated to add-I don’t have chest congestion, and only minimal nasal congestion-mainly that awful chest tightness that causes the coughing/wheezing that sets in at night.)  Yuck-o-la.

(Were I to visit the doc, they would prescribe inhalers-but I don’t want to go there!)

So that’s it.  I am doing my best to focus on the things I love and hoping tonight is better than last night.