Taking deep breaths

Summer has just been flying by here. We've done tons of stuff this summer. I swear we've been running all over the place. Since I last wrote there we have logged about eight more hours in the car. I'm really starting to look forward to fall, and spending more time at home. At least we're hoping.

I have been slowing working on getting my name out there. I know it's a process, and the more you do the better. It has been a tough balance with us leaving nearly every weekend though. I am giving a workshop this year at PPD. It will be geared towards the idea that child birth is a life ritual not a medical procedure. I am pretty excited about it. I just need to get working on righting up the ideas that keep rolling around in my head.

We are also getting ready for the school year here. Gabe will beginning the second grade, and I'm hoping things will be good this year. We cut Red 40 out of his diet this summer and have seen some positive results with his ADD. We still may go the medical route, but there are a few other diet changes we may try as well. Along with maybe some extra exercise. I plan to pack his lunches this year help keep Red 40 out of his system. It's in TONS of stuff. Nearly all candy, most red foods, lots of orange foods, and even some brown and white foods. Pretty much if it's a processed food, it has Red 40 in it. Kinda gross actually.