Relaxing

It is nice to be able to sit back and breathe for once. Today was actually a day that I really didn't have any pressing obligations to fulfill. It was nice because Jimmy had the day off too so we were able to just sit back and relax. Things have been pretty calm today, even Jonathan came out of his room and spent some time with us.
Jonathan is going to attempt to quit smoking again with the LDS Missionary Stop Smoking program because that helped him before. The program has 15 steps and some of them include drinking grapefruit juice after every meal and to drink when you get a craving. He also has to take a 500 mg tablet of vitamin c three times a day. One of the other things is using cinammon mouthwash after brushing teeth and also swishing your mouth out with it when you get a craving too. The program also includes praying to the Lord for help during the tough times. It also encourages to keep oneself busy doing other things to help keep mind off of the cravings. We are praying that it will work for him again. I love my brother and I want him to be healthy and it looks like he is on the right path for that.
Today it wasn't cool but it wasn't extreemely hot either. It was nice to look out at our nice yard when we got home from the store. I love it when we pull up and I see my raspberry bushes with their vibrant green leaves and then above that on the right hand corner of our home our American Flag blowing in the wind. It is one of those comforting sights.
Speaking of raspberry bushes, it looks as if we might start getting fruit on them this year. I am so excited about that. One of my tomato plants got eaten up and the other one has green leaves but no blooms on it. So Hollis and Lois (aka Mom and Pappa) are going to give us a couple of their tomato plants and Brother Lucas gave me some pointers on what to feed the plants the second time around. So I will give the tomatoes another chance and just pray to Heavenly Father to help bless our crops so that we may have a bountious harvest so we can bless the lives of our family and friends with some wonderful produce.
My hair is still icky from all of the medication I am on. Some of the bald spots have hair back on them and so when I put my hair up in a pony tail well it looks like I didn't brush my hair at all. My hair hasn't grown much since I got it cut up to my shoulders to help even it all out. I got my hair cut in February I think. I will pray that God will bless my hair too to grow back healthy and strong. I know that once I am off of the medications it will start to grow back healthily.
Well I am going to tidy up the kitchen a bit before the series finale of one of my favorite show tonight.
I pray that your day is going well and that you find yourself blessed even in the seemingly small things!