A couple of things, actually, but my number one thing right now is The Daniel Fast. It's something that I've thought about doing for a few weeks now, but I'm still unsure about it. I wish I knew why I am still hesitant about this - I know it would be good for me to do.
I've even had a hard time writing this blog, I mean, I started writing a week ago, but hadn't really gotten anywhere with it. I guess I'll kind of explain The Daniel Fast, because up until about 8 months ago, I hadn't ever heard of it. I apologize if this gets boring and stuff, some of this will be what I know about it and bits will be what I pull from other resources (aka the Internetz).
The Daniel Fast is based off of a few verses in the Bible. In the first chapter of Daniel he challenges the royal official to only eat fruits and vegetables and drink only water for 10 days - this was in place of the food the king had said they were to eat to become part of his service. Reading further, Daniel 10:3 reads as follows: I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over.
So basically, it's a vegan diet - but with more restrictions. Which is why I'm hesitating. I think I could go vegan, except for the whole... "no cheese" thing. And this definitely wouldn't be a permanent change. Bacon is too wonderful to give up. And coffee. Which, okay, fine, is my biggest hurdle. I can't not coffee... but that's part of the whole idea of a fast, right? The flip-side, though, to this partial fast, is that it would hopefully get me back "on track", so to speak, in my relationship with God. Nix & I have just been so busy with life, lately, we haven't been taking the time we should be - or want to be - taking to do a devotional together. We have talked about the fact that we need to a) merge our finances and b) work on our spiritual life together. Neither of which we have done.
I guess I'm hoping that the Daniel Fast would help jump start things for me. I know Nix wouldn't do it with me, which would be hard. I'm all for eating more fruits & veggies, though, yum. But... it's also basically "clean eating" - because processed foods and chemicals are a no-no. I've found some pretty awesome recipes, though, that I feel like we could incorporate into our "normal menu".
So, the other bonus to the Daniel Fast? It would mean I'd be eating crazy healthy and I know I'd drop pounds. But, that isn't the point of a fast - the point is the spiritual side. I keep thinking about it, and keep thinking it would be a good thing for me to do, but I keep hesitating because.. coffee. I mean, we just bought a little sign that we hung up in our kitchen that says, "Dear Coffee, I love you. That is all." So I'm struggling with that.
On a completely different note (well, okay, not completely different, but mostly so): Nix & I signed our covenant partnership papers last night after church! I'm really excited about this decision, and I know it will be good for us. But, you know you go to a small church when: others hear that you signed the agreement and no more than 15 minutes later they're asking if you'd be willing to serve.
I'm thrilled, though, because I've felt a little... disconnected from this church. I know that this is what I need - and Nix seemed excited about the opportunity as well. Apparently I blew some people away when I showed up to help paint & clean the kids area a couple of weekends ago because we're still relatively "new" to the church, and hadn't, at that point, signed the partnership papers. I like helping out when I can, and painting walls, I can do. Besides, since I can't paint my own walls, I'd love to paint someone else's. 
Anyway, I think that's about it. I'm not sure if/when I'll do the fast, especially now that we have a more solid idea of when we're going to be hosting our Lord of the Rings marathon day (Feb 8!). Though, I suppose if I were to start the fast like, tomorrow, the marathon day would be after the 21 days. (This is important because the LotR marathon is an all-day affair, and we'd have loads of tasty Middle-Earth type foods for sampling.) But then I don't have enough veggies on hand to start tomorrow... crap, I just keep coming up with crappy excuses, don't I? Guess I'll think over it again, and talk over it with Nix. See what he thinks.
Anywho. Guess I better start weaning myself off sugar and what-not if I'm gonna do this thing.
And I bet you'll like it so much you'll start steering clear of meat as well. I'm no longer even vegetarian because if I want to try new foods I want to try them, but I'd say I eat 50% vegetarian and 30% vegan still. Because, I like it!