Today marks something very special for my family and I, we moved into our newly built home one year ago today. I can remember moving boxes and furniture in here last year and being so tired that I came to a point where I didn't think I could lift another box if my life depended on it. I remember worrying about not getting any sleep that night because of being in a new place and knowing that I needed all the rest I could get since we would be moving more stuff the next day, anytime we travel or move into a new place I have trouble sleeping. When we go on vacation every year it takes me two or three nights to adjust to my surroundings and get peaceful sleep but a year ago I went to bed and I think that is the best night of sleep I had had in a long time at that point. Even though it has been a year it sure doesn't feel like it so therefore I guess you could say the new feeling of the place still hasn't worn off, not for me anyway. Some days I just sit back, look around the place and still I can't believe that we finally have our house on our land, it just seems so unreal to me at times and I assume that is because for fourteen years we dreamed of building on this particular parcel of land.
Some of my family and friends laugh at me a bit because I still don't have a lot on my walls. After wanting this place for fourteen years I have kind of had a problem putting holes in the walls for hangings and what not, I am working on it though. I have several pieces of wall decor sitting in my living room in various areas that I am trying to decide just where to put them, they will go on the walls this weekend. I would like to sincerely thank those of you that listened to my endless chatter about the progress of construction and every stressful thing that goes with building a home.
I am trying to hurry here because we have very severe storms headed our way that should arrive within the hour or so and they will stick around until some time tomorrow morning. Speaking of tomorrow...we are going shopping for Chesney a car. She has had her license for two weeks and we still haven't bought her a car yet, she is currently driving her grandmothers Toyota Camry.
I was going through old pictures the other day and ran across one of Chesney when she was about two years old. In the pics her very blond hair is in two pony tails on each side of her head, she has on blue-jean overall shorts, a pink t-shirt, a brand new pair of Keds and her purple Playtex butterfly shaped pacifier is in her mouth. She was sitting in her pink child size lawn chair gazing off into the distance in deep thought about something. That picture is one that I will treasure all my life and one day next week I will show it to you all. Chesney has always been a deep thinker, when she was little sometimes we would go out for a burger and while waiting in line to order she would add up everything on the menu and then start playing around with it in her head. While eating we would listen to her endless chatter about how much it would cost you if you bought one of each item offered on the menu, then she would change it up with a few items then she would add something to that or take away from it. Needless to say we never had to look at the price of what we were buying at a fast food joint because we knew exactly what we would spend down to the penny because of her. She also used to count the ceiling or floor tiles while grocery shopping, it is actually called pattern thinking and she has really blown me away with some of the stuff she has calculated in her head in mere minutes of entering a place of business...no wonder she is so good at math.
Well I better sign off and hit the shower before the storms come. Y'all have a great day, be careful and God Bless!
Friday, April 04, 2008
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
time.....
I didn't realize it had been over a week since I last posted here. We have been busy since Easter and the time has just got away from me.
Yesterday the kids were out of school for teachers development day and that is their last day out until summer break which begins on May 22 for them. I can't believe the year has flown by as quickly as it has. Today Chesney drove to school for the first time, she had to wait until she got a parking pass and they weren't selling them until this past Friday..she was a very happy little camper this morning.
We bought my son a four wheeler last week. It isn't a brand new one, Mr. B bought it from a friend of his and even though it didn't come off of the showroom floor you can't tell a difference because it has been taken care of. The four wheeler has an adjuster on the gas gear so that you can set it on a slower speed for smaller kids so Mr. B had it set close to the slowest speed but he forgot to really tighten the adjuster and we didn't think about the movement of the machine to jar it loose. Well Sunday as I was cooking lunch Ty came in the house crying, he wrecked the four wheeler. He was showing out for our little neighbor girls by doing donuts in the road when he lost control of the thing, went up on two wheels and headed straight for the fence. God had a hand in the wreck because the four wheeler actually lodged in the fence throwing my son not only off of the machine but also out of his shoes and one sock. He walked away with scratches from the barbed wire fence all up and down his right leg and around his left ankle, not to mention that he was scared out of his wits. He got in trouble because he wasn't supposed to be riding in the gravel at all, he was supposed to be riding in the field across the driveway from us. The wreck also made him understand why we will not let him ride without a helmet and other protective body gear.
For Christmas Mr. B and I had talked about buying one of the new big screen tv's but we didn't take time to save and we do not like to make a purchase that big unless we save for it, we do this because Mr. B owns his own business and you never know how work will be from month to month. So we started saving for it and finally Friday we went and bought the tv. I figured we would have to wait on the cable company in order to get a HD box but we were able to take our regular cable box down to our local cable office and swap it for the HD box. Where our trouble came in was getting everything hooked up in it's proper place then once that was done we had to buy an HDMI cord. We got the cord home and realized that you don't connect it with the cable box instead you connect it to your DVD player and ours wasn't HD compatible so we had to go buy another DVD player in order to watch DVD's and get the HD clarity. We watch a lot of movies so this was a must have for us. The first movie we tried to watch was Transformers. Without the HDMI connection the movie looked horrible. Everything had a green hue to it and the pixels looked huge on colored objects. After playing with the remote for about five minutes we turned the movie off and went to purchase the new DVD player. Now we are all set! It took a day or so to adjust to the new tv because #1 it is a lot bigger than our other tv and #2 the clarity is awesome compared to our other tv. Our other tv is only about three or four years old so the clarity on it is very good, it just isn't HD compatible and all that. CSI:Miami is one of our favorite shows to watch and let me tell you, it is so awesome to watch it in High Def.
I guess I better sign off for now, the dryer is calling my name buzzing. Y'all have a beautiful day and take care!
Yesterday the kids were out of school for teachers development day and that is their last day out until summer break which begins on May 22 for them. I can't believe the year has flown by as quickly as it has. Today Chesney drove to school for the first time, she had to wait until she got a parking pass and they weren't selling them until this past Friday..she was a very happy little camper this morning.
We bought my son a four wheeler last week. It isn't a brand new one, Mr. B bought it from a friend of his and even though it didn't come off of the showroom floor you can't tell a difference because it has been taken care of. The four wheeler has an adjuster on the gas gear so that you can set it on a slower speed for smaller kids so Mr. B had it set close to the slowest speed but he forgot to really tighten the adjuster and we didn't think about the movement of the machine to jar it loose. Well Sunday as I was cooking lunch Ty came in the house crying, he wrecked the four wheeler. He was showing out for our little neighbor girls by doing donuts in the road when he lost control of the thing, went up on two wheels and headed straight for the fence. God had a hand in the wreck because the four wheeler actually lodged in the fence throwing my son not only off of the machine but also out of his shoes and one sock. He walked away with scratches from the barbed wire fence all up and down his right leg and around his left ankle, not to mention that he was scared out of his wits. He got in trouble because he wasn't supposed to be riding in the gravel at all, he was supposed to be riding in the field across the driveway from us. The wreck also made him understand why we will not let him ride without a helmet and other protective body gear.
For Christmas Mr. B and I had talked about buying one of the new big screen tv's but we didn't take time to save and we do not like to make a purchase that big unless we save for it, we do this because Mr. B owns his own business and you never know how work will be from month to month. So we started saving for it and finally Friday we went and bought the tv. I figured we would have to wait on the cable company in order to get a HD box but we were able to take our regular cable box down to our local cable office and swap it for the HD box. Where our trouble came in was getting everything hooked up in it's proper place then once that was done we had to buy an HDMI cord. We got the cord home and realized that you don't connect it with the cable box instead you connect it to your DVD player and ours wasn't HD compatible so we had to go buy another DVD player in order to watch DVD's and get the HD clarity. We watch a lot of movies so this was a must have for us. The first movie we tried to watch was Transformers. Without the HDMI connection the movie looked horrible. Everything had a green hue to it and the pixels looked huge on colored objects. After playing with the remote for about five minutes we turned the movie off and went to purchase the new DVD player. Now we are all set! It took a day or so to adjust to the new tv because #1 it is a lot bigger than our other tv and #2 the clarity is awesome compared to our other tv. Our other tv is only about three or four years old so the clarity on it is very good, it just isn't HD compatible and all that. CSI:Miami is one of our favorite shows to watch and let me tell you, it is so awesome to watch it in High Def.
I guess I better sign off for now, the dryer is
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
that, this and some more....
Happy Spring! I am so glad to see this day arrive and I hope that the weather stays nice from now on because I am over winter.
My family and I didn't get to go on our little trip, several factors were the cause of this, and I can't say that I am upset that we didn't go because had we gone I would have been right back home within hours.
First off let me start by saying that Chesney got her license Tuesday morning...YAY for her and more worry for me! She is very excited to be a licensed driver but she isn't to happy with the limitations we have put on her. Basically I think she thought getting her license would mean she could jump in the car and go when ever she wanted but she found out real quick that it wasn't to be, I don't know why she didn't acknowledge it before because we had told her that she would have rules.
Later Tuesday evening I called my friend (the one I have asked you all to pray for because her husband was in ICU on life support) to see how things were going and she told me that he had passed away. I can't tell you how my heart hurts for her. She is 32 years old, her husband was 37, T-H-I-R-T-Y S-E-V-E-N!!!!!! That is way too young to die! Even though he has passed I still can't tell the details explaining how he was put in the hospital in the first place, lets just say that their lawyer is involved and leave it at that. When I made the phone call that evening I was calling to check on her and to tell her that we was not going anywhere so I would be home if she needed me. I have been friends with her since I was in third grade, since then we have been almost joined at the hip except for a couple of years that we lost touch when she moved to another county. I wish there were something I could do to take her pain away or at least help ease it but I know that isn't possible, the only thing I can do is be there to pray with/for her, give her a shoulder to cry on, an ear when she needs to talk, and help take care of her three beautiful daughters. Thank you for your prayers.
With that I think I am going to finish up and get around to some of my favorite blogs. Y'all have a great day, be safe, and God Bless!
My family and I didn't get to go on our little trip, several factors were the cause of this, and I can't say that I am upset that we didn't go because had we gone I would have been right back home within hours.
First off let me start by saying that Chesney got her license Tuesday morning...YAY for her and more worry for me! She is very excited to be a licensed driver but she isn't to happy with the limitations we have put on her. Basically I think she thought getting her license would mean she could jump in the car and go when ever she wanted but she found out real quick that it wasn't to be, I don't know why she didn't acknowledge it before because we had told her that she would have rules.
Later Tuesday evening I called my friend (the one I have asked you all to pray for because her husband was in ICU on life support) to see how things were going and she told me that he had passed away. I can't tell you how my heart hurts for her. She is 32 years old, her husband was 37, T-H-I-R-T-Y S-E-V-E-N!!!!!! That is way too young to die! Even though he has passed I still can't tell the details explaining how he was put in the hospital in the first place, lets just say that their lawyer is involved and leave it at that. When I made the phone call that evening I was calling to check on her and to tell her that we was not going anywhere so I would be home if she needed me. I have been friends with her since I was in third grade, since then we have been almost joined at the hip except for a couple of years that we lost touch when she moved to another county. I wish there were something I could do to take her pain away or at least help ease it but I know that isn't possible, the only thing I can do is be there to pray with/for her, give her a shoulder to cry on, an ear when she needs to talk, and help take care of her three beautiful daughters. Thank you for your prayers.
With that I think I am going to finish up and get around to some of my favorite blogs. Y'all have a great day, be safe, and God Bless!
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
takin' a trip and birthday wishes...
We were supposed to leave last Friday on a little family trip but Mr. B had to stay and take care of some things for a client of his so we leave tomorrow after my son's doctor appointment to have his stitches removed from the bridge of his nose. We will return sometime Thursday because Mr. B has business on Friday that couldn't be put off. I am excited to take this trip, short though it may be, because the only thing we have really done since starting construction on the house in December of 06 was our summer beach trip that we take without fail every year, we are way past due on a family get away in my opinion.
In my previous post I asked all of you to pray for my best friend and her husband and I will once again ask you to pray for them. I got a report last night and things aren't really looking as good as they thought. It is amazing at what people will do for others that are in need. There are people from coast to coast praying for my friends and I find that comforting. Thank you!
Well it is time for me to sign off and start my day. Y'all have a beautiful day and God Bless! Also to my daughter I would like to say.....
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
a thankful celebration...
I feel like I haven't been on here in forever but it has only been since Friday. So far this week has not been the best that I have had. Monday morning my best friend called me and told me that her husband was in the hospital and they didn't think he was going to make it, I am not going to go into particulars here but they need your prayers. She lives two counties northwest of me and even though it is a long drive I felt like I needed to be there with her so I jumped in my van and went to her. My heart is breaking for her, they did get some news today that added a tiny sparkle of hope to the situation but it could still go either way. I wouldn't have cared if she lived 300 miles away from me, I still would have went to her.
Tuesday was a busy, exhausting day. Part of my exhaustion came from lying awake crying, worrying, and praying for my friend and her husband all night then the day was just a blur because I was so busy. I was supposed to be the adult supervising one of my daughters Girl Scout cookie booths and my husband had a meeting at church at the same time so our oldest daughter and son were at my moms. I had just arrived at the cookie booth when I got a phone call from my daughter telling me that Mr. B was on his way home so that he could rush our son to the hospital to get stitches in his face. My son walked into a piece of eve dripping (very thin piece of aluminum that goes on the fascia board before installing guttering) that was hanging out of the back of my dads work truck. It cut him to the bone across the bridge of the nose where forehead and nose meet, put a one and a half inch long gash under his right eye, and scraped the skin off of his left temple. By the time the doctor saw him the gash under his right eye had closed up on its own. Yesterday morning his right eye was getting black (which the doctor told us to expect) and his poor little nose is swollen but the good news is that the bad gash on the upper nose shouldn't scar that badly and if it does scar the doctor said that most people will think it is a natural crease. He is lucky he didn't lose his eye in this accident. My parents felt terrible because it happened over there and I told them not to feel bad because it could have happened anywhere to any one of us.
Now for the thankful celebration....
Today is Mr. B's 36th birthday and I am thankful that I have him and that he is not in a hospital fighting for his life, instead he is here with the kids and me. He never makes a big deal out of his birthday but I think that everybody should celebrate their birthday. I believe that when your birthday rolls around you need to thank God and celebrate another year of life that you have been given. Age has never bothered me because I also believe that you are only as old as you want to be and I do know that sometimes the body gives out on you but in your heart and soul is where I am talking about. I hope that this is just one more in many that I get to spend with Mr. B. I also want to say to Mr. B....thank you for all that you do for me, for being there when I need you, for being a wonderful father to our children, and for being you, I love you!
Y'all have a beautiful day!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
Tuesday was a busy, exhausting day. Part of my exhaustion came from lying awake crying, worrying, and praying for my friend and her husband all night then the day was just a blur because I was so busy. I was supposed to be the adult supervising one of my daughters Girl Scout cookie booths and my husband had a meeting at church at the same time so our oldest daughter and son were at my moms. I had just arrived at the cookie booth when I got a phone call from my daughter telling me that Mr. B was on his way home so that he could rush our son to the hospital to get stitches in his face. My son walked into a piece of eve dripping (very thin piece of aluminum that goes on the fascia board before installing guttering) that was hanging out of the back of my dads work truck. It cut him to the bone across the bridge of the nose where forehead and nose meet, put a one and a half inch long gash under his right eye, and scraped the skin off of his left temple. By the time the doctor saw him the gash under his right eye had closed up on its own. Yesterday morning his right eye was getting black (which the doctor told us to expect) and his poor little nose is swollen but the good news is that the bad gash on the upper nose shouldn't scar that badly and if it does scar the doctor said that most people will think it is a natural crease. He is lucky he didn't lose his eye in this accident. My parents felt terrible because it happened over there and I told them not to feel bad because it could have happened anywhere to any one of us.
Now for the thankful celebration....
Today is Mr. B's 36th birthday and I am thankful that I have him and that he is not in a hospital fighting for his life, instead he is here with the kids and me. He never makes a big deal out of his birthday but I think that everybody should celebrate their birthday. I believe that when your birthday rolls around you need to thank God and celebrate another year of life that you have been given. Age has never bothered me because I also believe that you are only as old as you want to be and I do know that sometimes the body gives out on you but in your heart and soul is where I am talking about. I hope that this is just one more in many that I get to spend with Mr. B. I also want to say to Mr. B....thank you for all that you do for me, for being there when I need you, for being a wonderful father to our children, and for being you, I love you!
Y'all have a beautiful day!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
Friday, March 07, 2008
Friday once again....
It is Friday once again and I am thankful for that! We have a busy weekend coming up then I am sure the week will drag by since we have a trip planned for Spring Break. I am so ready to blow this taco stand that it isn't even funny.
Today is kind of a bummer after the weather that we have been having lately. Monday we had a high of 72 and today it is cold and rainy and sometime just after dark the rain is expected to turn to snow..all I can say to that is "I will believe it when I see it." I am a lover of snow but here in the East Tennessee Valley we never see it anymore unless it is a dusting and what fun is that? To me a snow is like 8 or more inches, something I can play in, ya know. The last big snow we saw here was the Blizzard of 1993, I am not asking for a blizzard now but a substantial amount of the white stuff would be good.
My daughter has cookie booth at 10 in the morning and if it is cold and snowing they will have to carry on without her because I won't let her go, too much sickness going around already. As for tonight, I think I am going to cook a nice meal of comfort food and keep my family in snuggling in front of the tv or playing games, I just don't want to be out on the road with my kids if the weather does turn bad.
I hope all of you have a wonderful, safe weekend!
Today is kind of a bummer after the weather that we have been having lately. Monday we had a high of 72 and today it is cold and rainy and sometime just after dark the rain is expected to turn to snow..all I can say to that is "I will believe it when I see it." I am a lover of snow but here in the East Tennessee Valley we never see it anymore unless it is a dusting and what fun is that? To me a snow is like 8 or more inches, something I can play in, ya know. The last big snow we saw here was the Blizzard of 1993, I am not asking for a blizzard now but a substantial amount of the white stuff would be good.
My daughter has cookie booth at 10 in the morning and if it is cold and snowing they will have to carry on without her because I won't let her go, too much sickness going around already. As for tonight, I think I am going to cook a nice meal of comfort food and keep my family in snuggling in front of the tv or playing games, I just don't want to be out on the road with my kids if the weather does turn bad.
I hope all of you have a wonderful, safe weekend!
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
I'm alive and well, just busy
I have been so busy I have been too tired to get online in the past week. This is a busy month at church for us so I have been in church 6 out of the past 7 nights. We also have a new addition to our family, Mr. B's younger brother and his wife welcomed their new baby girl, Waylynn, into the world Monday so I was at the hospital Monday and again yesterday to visit. Yesterday the kids were out of school for teacher development day or something like that so I took them to meet their new cousin, I didn't think my 10 yr old son, Ty, was going to let go of her he really liked her. Girl Scout cookie booths have also started for us, they started Friday evening but we will be done with those early this year because the last one that Bethany participate in will be on the 11th because Spring Break is almost upon us, the 17th thru the 21st, so we are leaving either late on the 13th, which is Mr. B's birthday, or early morning on the 14th for a much needed family getaway.
The weather here the past couple of days has been beautiful until yesterday. We hit 72 Monday and it was gorgeous then yesterday it was around 68 but severe storms moved through the area and cooled us down big time. During the bad storms we had high winds, a woman that I somewhat knew was killed when a tree fell over on her mobile home. She had professional tree cutters scheduled to come this week to cut down the trees around the home because just a few months ago a small one fell and hit the back of her mobile home. However, yesterday she had just laid down to rest before going into work when a huge pine tree crashed through the roof onto the bed where she lay. When I heard that she had the tree cutters scheduled all I could think of was that song "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette.
Since having the warmer temps lately I am now ready for Spring more so than before. I have to say that March is the one month that I have a hard time with simply because we have a few warm days then a few really cold ones then it changes again. We are expecting snow flurries by the weekend, now isn't that crazy? I also can't believe that time is changing three weeks early again this year, if I think I am having problems sleeping now then all I need to do is just wait until the weekend when time changes and we lose an hour.
Well y'all I think I will sign off for now and get my day started. Y'all have a great day, be safe, and God Bless!
The weather here the past couple of days has been beautiful until yesterday. We hit 72 Monday and it was gorgeous then yesterday it was around 68 but severe storms moved through the area and cooled us down big time. During the bad storms we had high winds, a woman that I somewhat knew was killed when a tree fell over on her mobile home. She had professional tree cutters scheduled to come this week to cut down the trees around the home because just a few months ago a small one fell and hit the back of her mobile home. However, yesterday she had just laid down to rest before going into work when a huge pine tree crashed through the roof onto the bed where she lay. When I heard that she had the tree cutters scheduled all I could think of was that song "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette.
Since having the warmer temps lately I am now ready for Spring more so than before. I have to say that March is the one month that I have a hard time with simply because we have a few warm days then a few really cold ones then it changes again. We are expecting snow flurries by the weekend, now isn't that crazy? I also can't believe that time is changing three weeks early again this year, if I think I am having problems sleeping now then all I need to do is just wait until the weekend when time changes and we lose an hour.
Well y'all I think I will sign off for now and get my day started. Y'all have a great day, be safe, and God Bless!
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Sorry ....
I've been kind of busy the past couple of days and today I have a sick child home from school so hopefully later tonight I can get a post in.
Y'all have a great day!
Y'all have a great day!
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
hormone replacements and the side effects
Since my hysterectomy in late November I have been on hormone replacement pills. I haven't really had any major problems with them so far except for one very common thing...they are causing weight gain. I take Premarin every night before bed and that keeps my body from going into menopause. Before starting this post I googled Premarin and I was surprised to learn a couple of things about this medicine. Number one I didn't know that one of the less serious side effects are problems with contact lenses, I have been having a terrible time with my contacts more than normal and I never thought that maybe it was my medicine, I actually go see my optometrist this week. Another thing that caught my attention, but was not really surprising, was increased hair growth. My hair grows fast in the first place but since starting this medicine in late November my hair has really grown at double speed, as a matter of fact I went yesterday and had it trimmed a bit. Something else I have been experiencing is more headaches than normal. I have been blaming these headaches on allergy and sinus problems when it could be the meds.
Since gaining weight with the pills I thought about going off of them but I am never one to really do anything like that without finding out some information on it first , I am not and idiot. I found that women who are post menopausal sometimes take hormone replacements to fight osteoporosis. My thought before finding out that little tid bit of info was that it would be okay if I went off the meds and let my body go through menopause, I would never have done this without my doctors consent of course. I also found out that the HR's also decrease my chances of cancer, cervical or breast. A lot of people do not know it but even women who no longer have a cervix can still get cervical cancer and that is why all women need to be checked at least once a year.
I don't look forward to taking the pills for the next twenty years but taking them sure looks better than what could happen if I quit taking them. The night that I started researching the ups and downs of the medicine I also joined a group called The HysterSisters. This is a site where I can go and communicate with other women who have had a hysterectomy or even help women who are considering or preparing for a hysterectomy. All varieties of news tidbits are posted there daily and so far it has answered a lot of my questions. I still have a couple of questions that I am a bit embarrassed to ask. One of these questions make me feel really stupid but it is something that I want to know because I have been experiencing a problem. I don't care to tell you all the question but I don't know those women on that site so it kind of makes me feel foolish but anyway, the question I want to ask is about smells. I have always loved onions and I cook with them often, however in the past month I am afraid to touch them because for two to three days after handling them that is all I can smell. About a month ago I made some homemade vegetable soup and what is veggie soup without a small portion of onion in it. For three days after that it didn't matter how many times I washed my hands I could smell the onion on my hands as if I had just handled one, also when I would get in the shower each morning and wet my hair I could smell onion permeating the air. Through those three days Mr. Breazy smelled my hands more than any other time throughout our 17 and 1/2 year relationship, he also got called to the shower each morning and all of those times he never smelled onion on my hands or when I was in the shower. That left me wondering why I am smelling it so strongly when no one else is smelling it at all and if the HR has anything to do with it. Weird I know but very true.
One thing that really turns my stomach about Premarin is what is used to make it...PRE stands for Pregnant..MAR stands for Mare...RIN stands for Urine. That is right, it is made from pregnant mare urine...excuse me while I gag a bit. Just the thought of that turns my stomach but what choice do I have, it is either take it or have brittle bones before I am 50.
Some of you are probably wondering if I regret having to have the surgery, my answer is a big fat NO! Life is so much better without all of my evil female organs bothering me. I am not complaining in this post either, just bringing up conversation, in a way I am fishing for more info here so if any of you have ever had or know someone that has had a hysterectomy maybe you understand what I am experiencing. The only really bad thing that I am experiencing currently is not being able to sleep well but for those of you that have been reading my blog since the beginning or close to the beginning know that I sometimes suffer from bouts of insomnia for weeks or months at a time, my problem now is understanding it if it is the meds causing the lack of sleep or if it is just another go with insomnia. Nothing in my research thus far has mentioned sleep, it has mentioned feeling more tired than usual which I am also experiencing but I am sure that is due in part to my lack of sufficient sleep.
Like I said before, those of you who have had a hysterectomy or have had to take hormone replacements before please share some of your experiences with me and with that I will say good bye.
Y'all have a great day, be safe and God Bless!
Since gaining weight with the pills I thought about going off of them but I am never one to really do anything like that without finding out some information on it first , I am not and idiot. I found that women who are post menopausal sometimes take hormone replacements to fight osteoporosis. My thought before finding out that little tid bit of info was that it would be okay if I went off the meds and let my body go through menopause, I would never have done this without my doctors consent of course. I also found out that the HR's also decrease my chances of cancer, cervical or breast. A lot of people do not know it but even women who no longer have a cervix can still get cervical cancer and that is why all women need to be checked at least once a year.
I don't look forward to taking the pills for the next twenty years but taking them sure looks better than what could happen if I quit taking them. The night that I started researching the ups and downs of the medicine I also joined a group called The HysterSisters. This is a site where I can go and communicate with other women who have had a hysterectomy or even help women who are considering or preparing for a hysterectomy. All varieties of news tidbits are posted there daily and so far it has answered a lot of my questions. I still have a couple of questions that I am a bit embarrassed to ask. One of these questions make me feel really stupid but it is something that I want to know because I have been experiencing a problem. I don't care to tell you all the question but I don't know those women on that site so it kind of makes me feel foolish but anyway, the question I want to ask is about smells. I have always loved onions and I cook with them often, however in the past month I am afraid to touch them because for two to three days after handling them that is all I can smell. About a month ago I made some homemade vegetable soup and what is veggie soup without a small portion of onion in it. For three days after that it didn't matter how many times I washed my hands I could smell the onion on my hands as if I had just handled one, also when I would get in the shower each morning and wet my hair I could smell onion permeating the air. Through those three days Mr. Breazy smelled my hands more than any other time throughout our 17 and 1/2 year relationship, he also got called to the shower each morning and all of those times he never smelled onion on my hands or when I was in the shower. That left me wondering why I am smelling it so strongly when no one else is smelling it at all and if the HR has anything to do with it. Weird I know but very true.
One thing that really turns my stomach about Premarin is what is used to make it...PRE stands for Pregnant..MAR stands for Mare...RIN stands for Urine. That is right, it is made from pregnant mare urine...excuse me while I gag a bit. Just the thought of that turns my stomach but what choice do I have, it is either take it or have brittle bones before I am 50.
Some of you are probably wondering if I regret having to have the surgery, my answer is a big fat NO! Life is so much better without all of my evil female organs bothering me. I am not complaining in this post either, just bringing up conversation, in a way I am fishing for more info here so if any of you have ever had or know someone that has had a hysterectomy maybe you understand what I am experiencing. The only really bad thing that I am experiencing currently is not being able to sleep well but for those of you that have been reading my blog since the beginning or close to the beginning know that I sometimes suffer from bouts of insomnia for weeks or months at a time, my problem now is understanding it if it is the meds causing the lack of sleep or if it is just another go with insomnia. Nothing in my research thus far has mentioned sleep, it has mentioned feeling more tired than usual which I am also experiencing but I am sure that is due in part to my lack of sufficient sleep.
Like I said before, those of you who have had a hysterectomy or have had to take hormone replacements before please share some of your experiences with me and with that I will say good bye.
Y'all have a great day, be safe and God Bless!
Thursday, February 21, 2008
The Great Smoky Mountain National Park
This was the first of the day. We had just entered Cades Cove and these 6 deer were what we saw first. In the picture there are only 4 deer but to the left are two more.
I snapped this picture right after we entered the park. I wanted to capture the fog lingering around in spots on the mountain and the clouds above.
I couldn't resist this one. It looks out over the land and to me is very peaceful. I wish I had actually got out of the van to take this one because the glare from the dash in the windshield shows in this one.
This little doe just happened to look straight at me as I was snapping. As soon as I lowered the camera I thought she would run but she didn't, she put her head back down to graze in the leaves.
These were the last 4 deer out of 26 that we saw that day. They crossed the road two cars in front of us then stopped to play in the field for a moment, at that time Mr. B got out of the van and snapped this picture.
In this picture you can see the house there. That house is the original house that stood back when all the people lived in the Cove. To the left of the house is a Corn Mill where they make corn meal. My mom's dad worked in the mill until the late 70's or early 80's. Today they still make the meal there but it isn't a fully functioning mill as it use to be.
This picture shows the peaks of the mountains with a little snow on them and the sun is peaking through the clouds which actually highlighted it as I was looking at it. The camera just didn't capture how beautiful it really was.
This picture really captured the blue hue of the mountains and if you look real close, you may even want to enlarge, you can see the little bit of snow on top of the peaks.
This is one of the last pictures I snapped Monday, I loved the way the sun was peaking through the clouds to touch the mountain in various places.
In the Spring or Summer we are going to go back and go up into the part where my moms mom was born and grew up, it is called Parson's Branch but it is closed since there have been high winds and some trees have blown down up there. The road to get up there is a one lane gravel road.
I am sorry it took me so long to get these pictures posted but I have been having a huge problem with my allergies and I just haven't felt well.
Y'all have a great weekend, be careful and God Bless!
I snapped this picture right after we entered the park. I wanted to capture the fog lingering around in spots on the mountain and the clouds above.
I couldn't resist this one. It looks out over the land and to me is very peaceful. I wish I had actually got out of the van to take this one because the glare from the dash in the windshield shows in this one.
This little doe just happened to look straight at me as I was snapping. As soon as I lowered the camera I thought she would run but she didn't, she put her head back down to graze in the leaves.
These were the last 4 deer out of 26 that we saw that day. They crossed the road two cars in front of us then stopped to play in the field for a moment, at that time Mr. B got out of the van and snapped this picture.
In this picture you can see the house there. That house is the original house that stood back when all the people lived in the Cove. To the left of the house is a Corn Mill where they make corn meal. My mom's dad worked in the mill until the late 70's or early 80's. Today they still make the meal there but it isn't a fully functioning mill as it use to be.
This picture shows the peaks of the mountains with a little snow on them and the sun is peaking through the clouds which actually highlighted it as I was looking at it. The camera just didn't capture how beautiful it really was.
This picture really captured the blue hue of the mountains and if you look real close, you may even want to enlarge, you can see the little bit of snow on top of the peaks.
This is one of the last pictures I snapped Monday, I loved the way the sun was peaking through the clouds to touch the mountain in various places.In the Spring or Summer we are going to go back and go up into the part where my moms mom was born and grew up, it is called Parson's Branch but it is closed since there have been high winds and some trees have blown down up there. The road to get up there is a one lane gravel road.
I am sorry it took me so long to get these pictures posted but I have been having a huge problem with my allergies and I just haven't felt well.
Y'all have a great weekend, be careful and God Bless!
apologies once again...
Hey y'all,
Sorry I haven't been around the last few days to post the pics from the mountains as I said I would. I have been feeling under the weather the last couple of days, thank goodness it isn't the flu just a bad allergy flare up that is causing problems with my eyes, my stomach, my head and everything in between. I am going to try to get the pics of the mountains up for tomorrow.
Have a good day!
Sorry I haven't been around the last few days to post the pics from the mountains as I said I would. I have been feeling under the weather the last couple of days, thank goodness it isn't the flu just a bad allergy flare up that is causing problems with my eyes, my stomach, my head and everything in between. I am going to try to get the pics of the mountains up for tomorrow.
Have a good day!
Sunday, February 17, 2008
posting early for Monday...
We have had a fairly good weekend. Today has probably been the most productive day yet, all three of my children cleaned their rooms. Let me clarify here, they didn't just go in there and pick up and straighten up which is the norm..they re-organized, threw out things they don't want or need, two of them wanted their rooms re-arranged and we were happy to oblige them..it was like spring cleaning except I wasn't the one cleaning. I am so happy over those spotless bedrooms! Of course this type of cleanliness comes at a price and I am just waiting to see what will be asked of me tomorrow or Tuesday.
I am posting tonight because tomorrow we will be gone most of the day. The kids are out of school for President's Day so we are going to take off and go to the mountains, I will be posting pics on Tuesday. It is only supposed to rain in the morning but we can drive through the rain if that is the case, we are just ready to get out of the house and go somewhere as a family. That is one good thing about my kids, we have taught them that you don't have to go out and spend loads of money just to have fun. Another thing we have instilled in them is to appreciate and respect where you came from. My mom's side of the family came from Cades Cove which is in the Great Smoky Mountains and I have always loved going up there. When we are there I always wonder what it must have been like living back in those days when my grandmother was just a child running those mountains.
I have always had an interest in those that came before me. I guess the interest I have and have always had in "people watching" stems from that. I can go to the mall and sit on a bench and watch people walk by all day long, you can learn a lot by just paying attention to people. As a child I was always asking my friends what they had for supper the night before, if their family eats together and other questions related to routines in their homes. I am sure that I came off as weird and some of them that didn't really know me that well probably thought I was a few fries short of a Happy Meal or that I didn't get supper every night but that wasn't it at all, I was just curious about life in general, every body lives different and I find it very fascinating to listen to some of the habits or routines that people have.
Going back to those that came before me, I feel like a lot of our (meaning as a whole, not just my family) heritage is being lost because people don't have the time or the interest to keep family history going. To me it is the history of my family that made me who I am today. Are any of you like that?
Anyways, I will be gone most of tomorrow but I will try to catch up on Tuesday.
Have a great day, take care and God Bless!
I am posting tonight because tomorrow we will be gone most of the day. The kids are out of school for President's Day so we are going to take off and go to the mountains, I will be posting pics on Tuesday. It is only supposed to rain in the morning but we can drive through the rain if that is the case, we are just ready to get out of the house and go somewhere as a family. That is one good thing about my kids, we have taught them that you don't have to go out and spend loads of money just to have fun. Another thing we have instilled in them is to appreciate and respect where you came from. My mom's side of the family came from Cades Cove which is in the Great Smoky Mountains and I have always loved going up there. When we are there I always wonder what it must have been like living back in those days when my grandmother was just a child running those mountains.
I have always had an interest in those that came before me. I guess the interest I have and have always had in "people watching" stems from that. I can go to the mall and sit on a bench and watch people walk by all day long, you can learn a lot by just paying attention to people. As a child I was always asking my friends what they had for supper the night before, if their family eats together and other questions related to routines in their homes. I am sure that I came off as weird and some of them that didn't really know me that well probably thought I was a few fries short of a Happy Meal or that I didn't get supper every night but that wasn't it at all, I was just curious about life in general, every body lives different and I find it very fascinating to listen to some of the habits or routines that people have.
Going back to those that came before me, I feel like a lot of our (meaning as a whole, not just my family) heritage is being lost because people don't have the time or the interest to keep family history going. To me it is the history of my family that made me who I am today. Are any of you like that?
Anyways, I will be gone most of tomorrow but I will try to catch up on Tuesday.
Have a great day, take care and God Bless!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Happy Valentine's Day!
Today is a day for lovers however, Mr. B and I never make a big deal about it. Instead we try to make it special for the kids because the way we see it we have 365 days a year to tell and show how much we love one another. We don't even go out to eat together at a nice restaurant because we hate fighting the crowd. Our normal Valentine routine is preparing a nice dinner for all of us at home sometimes we eat in candlelight and sometimes we don't. Mr. B and I rarely even buy a card for each other and never flowers because the flowers just wither and die, telling someone you love them and showing them the extent of your love does not wither so I prefer the show and tell.With that being said, not everyone celebrates this special day like we do so tell me how you spend, whether you and your partner have a tradition or what.
This is totally different from any Valentine post I am sure you have ever read but yesterday I posted about some wall hangings and such throughout my house and I mentioned in one hanging in my bedroom that the flowers matched my bathroom walls. In the comment box Galen wanted to see my bathroom walls so here they are in all their pink glory.
This is just another view of the bathroom. The color didn't come out to well on this one but you can still see the pink walls and the shower curtain is the color of my bedroom walls which is Juniper Berry(a very light green).
No matter how you spend it, I wish each and everyone of you a very special Happy Valentine's Day!
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
some of my favorite things....
I wasn't sure what to post about today so I thought maybe I would share a few of my favorite things with you. (Please note that some of the paintings/hangings look crooked but they really aren't, I was just holding the camera at a funny angle for some reason and I didn't notice it until I had the pics loaded into my computer, by then I didn't want to go back and re-take them. Also please excuse the glare from the flash.)
If you were walking through my front door, the first thing you would see is this hanging. I received this from my Secret Pal at church in 2006. To me this says all that a person needs to have a peaceful, happy life. I really like this because not only did a great friend give it to me but also because it has that country look to it. (I must have been trying to stand on my head while taking this one..heehee!)
This is the very first painting I ever owned. Mr. B bought this as a gift for me one year for my birthday. The artist, Heath Claiborne, is local and at the time Mr. B bought this Mr. C was a client of his. Mr. B picked this one for me because he knows how much I love the mountains around here and he also knows that I find all of the streams and rivers fascinating and beautiful. This painting was done in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, another reason why it is precious to me.
I love anything Thomas Kincaid so I had to buy this one when I ran across it in October of 06. We had just signed the papers to have the house built so I never took this one out of the packaging until a few months ago when I decided where to put it. It now hangs above my sofa.
Ever heard the saying "one mans junk is another mans treasure"? Well that is how it goes with this hanging. I bought it at a neighbors garage sale this past summer and the mat on it just happens to match the colors in my bedroom. The flowers in the painting are the same color pink as my bathroom walls plus the house itself looks kind of victorian or country and that is the style I went for in my bedroom.
This is hanging in the kitchen. My cousin bought it for me a couple of weeks ago and I thought since I had the Last Supper hanging in my kitchen that I would put this there as well. It is a velvety type material and it is about three feet long.
My mom bought these hot plate rivets for me for Christmas this past year. I already have the coasters and the big cutting board that goes with it but I have never used the coasters, as of yet I haven't used the rivets either. Some things I think are too pretty to use because after a lot of use the color or patterns can start wearing and I don't want these to do that.
My mother learned to quilt when she was young. I have three quilts that she has quilted for me and this is one of my favorites because it is pink and it has a country look to it. I also have a Southern Belle quilt that she made me a few years ago, one day I will display it here for you to see. The one thing about my mom is she actually buys pieces of material, cuts out her pattern sews them together, puts batting then another solid layer of material, then she sews it all together. Her stitches are small and very precise. She made a quilt when I was child called Sun Burst. It took her over a year to make it and I can't remember how many yards of material but it is absolutely beautiful.
This is a chest that a good friend of mine built by hand then took to a local artist to have it hand painted. I received this in December of 06 at our Secret Pal Reveal party at church. It is one of my most prized possessions.
That is a few of my favorite things around my house so what are some of your favorite things in your home?
If you were walking through my front door, the first thing you would see is this hanging. I received this from my Secret Pal at church in 2006. To me this says all that a person needs to have a peaceful, happy life. I really like this because not only did a great friend give it to me but also because it has that country look to it. (I must have been trying to stand on my head while taking this one..heehee!)
This is the very first painting I ever owned. Mr. B bought this as a gift for me one year for my birthday. The artist, Heath Claiborne, is local and at the time Mr. B bought this Mr. C was a client of his. Mr. B picked this one for me because he knows how much I love the mountains around here and he also knows that I find all of the streams and rivers fascinating and beautiful. This painting was done in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, another reason why it is precious to me.
I love anything Thomas Kincaid so I had to buy this one when I ran across it in October of 06. We had just signed the papers to have the house built so I never took this one out of the packaging until a few months ago when I decided where to put it. It now hangs above my sofa.
Ever heard the saying "one mans junk is another mans treasure"? Well that is how it goes with this hanging. I bought it at a neighbors garage sale this past summer and the mat on it just happens to match the colors in my bedroom. The flowers in the painting are the same color pink as my bathroom walls plus the house itself looks kind of victorian or country and that is the style I went for in my bedroom.
This is hanging in the kitchen. My cousin bought it for me a couple of weeks ago and I thought since I had the Last Supper hanging in my kitchen that I would put this there as well. It is a velvety type material and it is about three feet long.
My mom bought these hot plate rivets for me for Christmas this past year. I already have the coasters and the big cutting board that goes with it but I have never used the coasters, as of yet I haven't used the rivets either. Some things I think are too pretty to use because after a lot of use the color or patterns can start wearing and I don't want these to do that.
My mother learned to quilt when she was young. I have three quilts that she has quilted for me and this is one of my favorites because it is pink and it has a country look to it. I also have a Southern Belle quilt that she made me a few years ago, one day I will display it here for you to see. The one thing about my mom is she actually buys pieces of material, cuts out her pattern sews them together, puts batting then another solid layer of material, then she sews it all together. Her stitches are small and very precise. She made a quilt when I was child called Sun Burst. It took her over a year to make it and I can't remember how many yards of material but it is absolutely beautiful.
This is a chest that a good friend of mine built by hand then took to a local artist to have it hand painted. I received this in December of 06 at our Secret Pal Reveal party at church. It is one of my most prized possessions.
That is a few of my favorite things around my house so what are some of your favorite things in your home?
Friday, February 08, 2008
2 sure things in life....
There are 2 things in life that are a for certain thing, one being death, the second being taxes! Well I hope I am not going to be trying out the first one anytime soon but tonight Mr. B and I will go do the latter of the two. That is right, it is tax time again and I thank God that we pay someone to handle this irritation for us. We meet with our accountant around 5 this evening and I am really ready to get it over with. I do thank my lucky stars that I don't have to mess with all of the paperwork that comes along with owning your own business. I am making it sound worse than it really is because all year long I keep receipts and other needed items separated in their own little files in my filing cabinet so that all we have to do at tax time is paper clip them together and take them to Ms. Accountant and all she has to do is enter everything in the computer and let us know the result. I have been known to procrastinate on some things in life but our taxes are not one of those things, I like getting them over and done.
Going on with other matters, the kids are out of school today along with all of the surrounding counties due to illness or to be more specific the flu. Wednesday there was talk of the schools closing yesterday and today but our county doesn't close at the drop of a hat even though all other counties were already closed, not to even consider the fact that over half the staff at all three schools were out sick as well as a huge portion of the children. The good thing about the situation is that all three of my offspring are in good health with not even a sniffle to be heard, I just pray that all of those that are sick soon get well.
I mentioned in a previous post that I have been having some problems with my computer and that my cousin was coming over to fix it. He came over yesterday and this thing is running almost like a dream again. I will give you all a warning though, when it comes to anti-virus programs I have always used Norton but it seems that Norton isn't as good as it use to be. All total I had 27 infected files and numerous Trojans sitting dormant in there, thank goodness they are gone. I now also have a new anti-virus program running.
It has been short but I have to sign off now, I have to pick my daughter up from my moms. Y'all have a great weekend, be safe and God Bless!
Going on with other matters, the kids are out of school today along with all of the surrounding counties due to illness or to be more specific the flu. Wednesday there was talk of the schools closing yesterday and today but our county doesn't close at the drop of a hat even though all other counties were already closed, not to even consider the fact that over half the staff at all three schools were out sick as well as a huge portion of the children. The good thing about the situation is that all three of my offspring are in good health with not even a sniffle to be heard, I just pray that all of those that are sick soon get well.
I mentioned in a previous post that I have been having some problems with my computer and that my cousin was coming over to fix it. He came over yesterday and this thing is running almost like a dream again. I will give you all a warning though, when it comes to anti-virus programs I have always used Norton but it seems that Norton isn't as good as it use to be. All total I had 27 infected files and numerous Trojans sitting dormant in there, thank goodness they are gone. I now also have a new anti-virus program running.
It has been short but I have to sign off now, I have to pick my daughter up from my moms. Y'all have a great weekend, be safe and God Bless!
Thursday, February 07, 2008
a post on a Thursday?
Tuesday night was a devastating night for four Southern states. Tornadoes ripped through leaving a death toll of 54 all total. The deaths in each state are as follows... Alabama=4, Arkansas=13, Kentucky=7, and Tennessee=30. The worst of the storms hit between West and Middle Tennessee. I live in East Tennessee and fortunately the storms weakened before they arrived in the valley where I live. If you enlarge the map you will see a pink dot with a purple dot on top of it. The pink dot is the county that I live in and the purple dot is Knoxville. As I said the storms weakened before they got here so we ended up with basically just loud thunderstorms that dropped torrential rains and wind gusts hard enough to blow some trees down. I consider us very lucky after what happened West of us. The storms blew into our area just as Mr. B and I were leaving to take the kids to school at 7:15 AM yesterday. The sky looked absolutely awful but didn't turn out as fierce as they looked. If you believe in prayer then I would ask you to remember all of the families touched by those storms Tuesday night.On a brighter note...Mr. B has been wanting a truck for about three years now but he hasn't been able to find the kind of deal he wanted on the model and make of truck he wanted. A few days ago we were out wasting time and stumbled upon a truck that had him drooling. He and I both are die hard Chevy people, we like other brands of vehicles but Chevy just happens to be our favorite. Mr. B has always loved the Z71 Chevy trucks with one little thing...he loves the ones that were made in the mid 90's. I kept telling him that if he wanted a truck it had to be a king or quad cab because we weren't going to waste money on a truck that would hold only two or three people when there are five of us in this family. We went back out to the dealership where the truck was Tuesday to look at it again. The truck is a 1996 Z71 king cab, it has three doors and we were both surprised at how well this truck has been taken care of in its twelve years of existence. The only flaw that we have found in or on the truck is a small scratch that is about three inches long on the tail gate. When Mr. B popped the hood we both couldn't believe our eyes..underneath the hood looked like it had just been driven off the showroom floor, it was so clean and the truck also had brand new tires on it which is a huge thing for me.
We asked the salesman if they cleaned the motor up and he told us no that the only thing they had done to the truck since its previous owner had traded it in had been to wash the outside after the rain we had last week, the salesman also gave us the previous owners name and number in case we wanted to call him (this was done with the prev. owners permission of course). This truck even sounds like a new one, when Mr. B started it the thing started right up and purred like a happy cat.
The only problem we had was for Mr. B to make the decision on whether to purchase it or not. I didn't think there would be any thought at all on the subject since it was exactly what he had been looking for but Mr. B isn't like most people. The price was below what we were looking to spend and I knew that he wasn't going to get a better deal. This isn't the first time that Mr. B has got cold feet at the last minute like that and I think I have mentioned that about him on here a time or two. In normal circumstances I let Mr. B work situations such as these out in his head before we make a final decision but just looking at him and seeing how bad he wanted that truck put me into motion. The reason he gets cold feet is because he feels guilty about purchasing anything for himself since we have three kids, the big thing for him right now is that our oldest child will be 16 next month and we have promised to take her to look at some cars next Saturday, I know that y'all surely understand that and I agree that it was a good thought but darn it, he has wanted a truck like that for forever. So with all of that being said let me tell you what I done. Before I start, have I ever mentioned on here that I can be very spontaneous at times? Well I was spontaneous enough Tuesday that I now own a mint condition 1996 White Chevy Z71! I bought the truck, that's right the truck is my name only and the only thing Mr. B's name is on is the insurance policy, of course he is listed as the primary driver of the truck because even though it is in my name it is his truck. Why did I do it? Because I love him , he deserves it, and I knew he would have talked himself out of it and I couldn't let such a great deal slide by, he tried to talk me out of it but he knew that my mind was set and there was no changing it.
So below is a picture that I got from the internet of a truck just like his. I haven't had time to take any pics myself so this will have to do until I start snapping my camera. Mr. B's truck actually sits just a bit higher than this one. It doesn't have the lift kit on it or anything but the tires are taller than the one in the pic and that is where my only problem comes in...I am very short so I have a hard time getting into the truck. What matters is that my husband is happy.
Y'all have a beautiful day, be careful and God Bless!
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Tuesday...
The kids are out of school for election day today, of course it is just a little past midnight right now. I have been having some problems with my computer the past few days. One of the problems has been going on for a few weeks however, I have a cousin that runs a business repairing, building, and doing just about anything you can to a computer and he is doing some research on one of my little problems then he is going to come over one night to repair it.
We have been having dreary weather here. Today we had torrential rain for about four hours straight, we needed the rain because we are still considered to be in a drought condition. We are also expected to get rain for the next three or four days.
While my computer is running good I went into my template and cleaned out my blogroll. I had several on there that are no longer in existence. I have actually thought about remodeling my blog again. I love the black background so I am not sure if I will keep it or get a new one. I haven't done that in a while here so I am ready for a new look, I do want to keep the header because a friend made it for me, either way I will have to wait until my computer is completely repaired before I go to remodeling over here or doing anything that will take up some time.
Sorry it is such a short, scattered post but I need to sign off for now. I am going to try to go to sleep. Y'all have a great Tuesday and be careful!
We have been having dreary weather here. Today we had torrential rain for about four hours straight, we needed the rain because we are still considered to be in a drought condition. We are also expected to get rain for the next three or four days.
While my computer is running good I went into my template and cleaned out my blogroll. I had several on there that are no longer in existence. I have actually thought about remodeling my blog again. I love the black background so I am not sure if I will keep it or get a new one. I haven't done that in a while here so I am ready for a new look, I do want to keep the header because a friend made it for me, either way I will have to wait until my computer is completely repaired before I go to remodeling over here or doing anything that will take up some time.
Sorry it is such a short, scattered post but I need to sign off for now. I am going to try to go to sleep. Y'all have a great Tuesday and be careful!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
all work, no play
I have been busy for the past couple of days. Yesterday was the day for Mr. B to go back to the sleep specialists for the results on his sleep apnea test. That took a good long time to get through because first we talked with the doctor forever, then we talked with the receptionist about his monthly follow-up and insurance covering the new machine he has to use while sleeping, then we had to go back down to the first floor to Home Medical to get the actual machine and get instructed on the use and cleaning of it. I didn't think we were ever going to get out of there. After the appointment we had several errands to run so by the time we got home it was after 4 PM....where did the day go?
Today however, i have got a lot accomplished. I had to meet with the architect down at the fellowship hall at church to unlock everything for him so he could take his measurements, we are getting ready to add on to the fellowship hall and my husband is in charge of it but this morning Mr. B had a job to do in Knoxville so I got chosen to go down and unlock everything. I left the architect there and went to run a couple more errands then I finally went and washed my van and cleaned out the inside (doing a happy dance and chanting..my van is clean!). I then ran by the bank, drove by and locked the fellowship hall back up, ran by the post office, stopped by the dry cleaners, then picked up lunch on my way home. Once I was home and had consumed my meal I started on my laundry which was backed up a little because I didn't get a chance to do any yesterday. I done something today that I never do, I went into the kids bedrooms and picked up their dirty clothes..yep, that is a sure sign of a good productive day for me because I never pick their dirty clothes up, the way I see it is that they are old enough to find the laundry room and the dirty laundry hampers inside. The only time I do anything in their rooms is when I am vacuuming and that is it, they are old enough to clean it themselves and if they don't clean their rooms then they get to sit in them and stare at the walls until they are sick of looking at them so then they clean and I am once again a happy woman. Anyways, my laundry is good to go now. What helped me make the decision to go in the rooms and get their dirty laundry was because there wasn't much in each room and I don't mind grabbing a couple of shirts and a pair of jeans out of the floor while I am dropping off clean clothes on the bed for them to put away when they get home.
It is that time of year again, Girl Scout Cookie time! Bethany, my daughter started selling them on January 18 and this year they are introducing 3 new cookies. First new one is the Lemon Chalet Cremes which is a sandwich cookie with lemon creme in the middle. The second is actually not a new cookie but just a change to the old one, it is the All Bouts and to me it looks the same except it is round instead of oblong, either way it is a shortbread cookie with the bottom dipped in chocolate or now fudge as the box says. The third new cookie is a sugar free chocolate chip cookie and as usual they look like your normal chocolate chip cookie. All of these cookies are zero grams trans fat per serving, like that is gonna make ya feel better after eating a few, I mean come on..they are cookies!
We hope to sell a lot of them and this year I won't be buying as many as normal because I still have about 5 boxes left in the freezer from last year and those are there because I got stuck with a case of samoas that someone ordered and then didn't want. Anyways, here the booth sales begin on Feb. 29 so I am giving all of you a warning...starting on 2/29 through 3/11 you will probably be bombarded by Girl Scouts anytime you go to the grocery, Wal-Mart, Blockbuster and various restaurants in your local area, it will be that way if the GS are anything like they are around here so ..heads up!
As much as I would like to stay and blog, I need to sign off and go sweep the kitchen, clean my bathroom, unload the dishwasher, and dust my office.
Y'all have a beautiful day!
Today however, i have got a lot accomplished. I had to meet with the architect down at the fellowship hall at church to unlock everything for him so he could take his measurements, we are getting ready to add on to the fellowship hall and my husband is in charge of it but this morning Mr. B had a job to do in Knoxville so I got chosen to go down and unlock everything. I left the architect there and went to run a couple more errands then I finally went and washed my van and cleaned out the inside (doing a happy dance and chanting..my van is clean!). I then ran by the bank, drove by and locked the fellowship hall back up, ran by the post office, stopped by the dry cleaners, then picked up lunch on my way home. Once I was home and had consumed my meal I started on my laundry which was backed up a little because I didn't get a chance to do any yesterday. I done something today that I never do, I went into the kids bedrooms and picked up their dirty clothes..yep, that is a sure sign of a good productive day for me because I never pick their dirty clothes up, the way I see it is that they are old enough to find the laundry room and the dirty laundry hampers inside. The only time I do anything in their rooms is when I am vacuuming and that is it, they are old enough to clean it themselves and if they don't clean their rooms then they get to sit in them and stare at the walls until they are sick of looking at them so then they clean and I am once again a happy woman. Anyways, my laundry is good to go now. What helped me make the decision to go in the rooms and get their dirty laundry was because there wasn't much in each room and I don't mind grabbing a couple of shirts and a pair of jeans out of the floor while I am dropping off clean clothes on the bed for them to put away when they get home.
It is that time of year again, Girl Scout Cookie time! Bethany, my daughter started selling them on January 18 and this year they are introducing 3 new cookies. First new one is the Lemon Chalet Cremes which is a sandwich cookie with lemon creme in the middle. The second is actually not a new cookie but just a change to the old one, it is the All Bouts and to me it looks the same except it is round instead of oblong, either way it is a shortbread cookie with the bottom dipped in chocolate or now fudge as the box says. The third new cookie is a sugar free chocolate chip cookie and as usual they look like your normal chocolate chip cookie. All of these cookies are zero grams trans fat per serving, like that is gonna make ya feel better after eating a few, I mean come on..they are cookies!
We hope to sell a lot of them and this year I won't be buying as many as normal because I still have about 5 boxes left in the freezer from last year and those are there because I got stuck with a case of samoas that someone ordered and then didn't want. Anyways, here the booth sales begin on Feb. 29 so I am giving all of you a warning...starting on 2/29 through 3/11 you will probably be bombarded by Girl Scouts anytime you go to the grocery, Wal-Mart, Blockbuster and various restaurants in your local area, it will be that way if the GS are anything like they are around here so ..heads up!
As much as I would like to stay and blog, I need to sign off and go sweep the kitchen, clean my bathroom, unload the dishwasher, and dust my office.
Y'all have a beautiful day!
Monday, January 28, 2008
a beautiful day
It is such a beautiful morning out there today. Yes it is a bit on the cool side but the sun is absolutely beautiful. I was sitting on the couch a few minutes ago watching the weather report and the sun was shining through the curtains, lighting up the house. In the past few days we haven't had that much sun because it has been overcast, we've had snow flurries, sleet, rain and just cloudy days so I am really happy to see the sun so bright this morning. I don't know about anyone else but I am ready for spring, I would like to have a really good snow first but I need to pop into the real world because I live in the East Tennessee Valley and in previous years nothing but rain or sleet gets into this valley.
I actually have a semi-busy day ahead of me today, first I have errands to run for Mr. B, then I have some errands of my own, then I am going to stop by the car wash and clean the inside of my mini-van out because it is in desperate need right now and it is bugging me like you wouldn't believe, then I think I am going to stop and pick some take-out lunch up for myself to bring home and enjoy before I start the rest of my laundry and vacuuming.
At some point today I have to call the kids pediatrician and set up their yearly well check ups, I also have to call an make an orthodontist appointment for Bethany, my 12 yr old, a call will also be placed to the Department of Transportation to set up an appointment for Chesney, my 15 yr old, so that she can get her drivers license in March (***shivers***). When all of that is done I need to make an appointment with my eye doctor because I am having some problems with my eye sight and my contacts and glasses aren't helping. I am not supposed to go back to the eye doctor until the end of March but they are going to have to go ahead and see me. I really worry about my eye sight because it is getting worse at a faster speed than I think it should be. I am seriously thinking about Lasik surgery on my eyes and I want to talk to my eye doctor about it. Either way I need a new prescription because I am getting to the point of not being able to see things that well unless I am right on top of them , that is with my contacts in or my glasses on and it hasn't been a year yet since I have had the current prescription for my eyes.
I am really glad that I am working at home once again. I am on my own time clock and that is so much better. If I get tired of being home then I get a few things together that need to be done around town and go do them. One project that I am getting ready to embark upon is re-painting the kitchen. I know the house is new and I love the color of my kitchen but I have a 10 yr old son that has to touch the walls everywhere he goes around here so I have dirty hand prints on certain parts of the walls in the kitchen and it is driving me nuts. I think I am going to stick with the same color and just put a fresh coat on it. My son is a freak about washing his hands after playing outside, before and after eating, after using the bathroom and sometimes he just goes and washes his hands but if they are dirty he can't help himself, he has to touch the walls. When he opens the fridge he has one hand on the handle and the other on the wall behind him, when throws something in the trash he has one hand on the trash can the other on the wall beside him, when he is entering or exiting the house he has to put one hand on the wall right beside the back door and this isn't counting how he walks down the hallway with both hands stuck out on each wall making it look like he needs balance or something, however , the hallway isn't as bad because normally he has already washed his hands before heading in that direction.
Mr. B is as happy as a little lark now, I finally bought a wok Friday. He has been wanting me to get one for years and I for some reason just never have bought one. Friday I bought one and yesterday I made him chicken and shrimp stir-fry for lunch after church, he loved it and so did the kids, the best part was how simple and quick it was. I am at that point in life where everything you eat is kind of getting old. I have been a Food Network fanatic for years but haven't ever really had the time to play with the recipes featured on there until now. Now that I have my new cookware the kids bought me for Christmas and I no longer work I have been cooking up a storm and trying all kinds of new things plus I have all kinds of recipe books. I have an entire set of Better Homes recipe books that range from yummy sandwiches to weird and exotic foods, those books have everything in them and each book is based on one theme like Chinese , Mexican and so on, pretty much you name it and I have it in one of my cookbooks. I also have four or five cookbooks for kids since Ty and Bethany like to cook, they are filled with easy recipes that kids can do without a lot of help from an adult.
Well, the day is wasting so I need to go. Y'all have a beautiful day, be careful and God Bless!
I actually have a semi-busy day ahead of me today, first I have errands to run for Mr. B, then I have some errands of my own, then I am going to stop by the car wash and clean the inside of my mini-van out because it is in desperate need right now and it is bugging me like you wouldn't believe, then I think I am going to stop and pick some take-out lunch up for myself to bring home and enjoy before I start the rest of my laundry and vacuuming.
At some point today I have to call the kids pediatrician and set up their yearly well check ups, I also have to call an make an orthodontist appointment for Bethany, my 12 yr old, a call will also be placed to the Department of Transportation to set up an appointment for Chesney, my 15 yr old, so that she can get her drivers license in March (***shivers***). When all of that is done I need to make an appointment with my eye doctor because I am having some problems with my eye sight and my contacts and glasses aren't helping. I am not supposed to go back to the eye doctor until the end of March but they are going to have to go ahead and see me. I really worry about my eye sight because it is getting worse at a faster speed than I think it should be. I am seriously thinking about Lasik surgery on my eyes and I want to talk to my eye doctor about it. Either way I need a new prescription because I am getting to the point of not being able to see things that well unless I am right on top of them , that is with my contacts in or my glasses on and it hasn't been a year yet since I have had the current prescription for my eyes.
I am really glad that I am working at home once again. I am on my own time clock and that is so much better. If I get tired of being home then I get a few things together that need to be done around town and go do them. One project that I am getting ready to embark upon is re-painting the kitchen. I know the house is new and I love the color of my kitchen but I have a 10 yr old son that has to touch the walls everywhere he goes around here so I have dirty hand prints on certain parts of the walls in the kitchen and it is driving me nuts. I think I am going to stick with the same color and just put a fresh coat on it. My son is a freak about washing his hands after playing outside, before and after eating, after using the bathroom and sometimes he just goes and washes his hands but if they are dirty he can't help himself, he has to touch the walls. When he opens the fridge he has one hand on the handle and the other on the wall behind him, when throws something in the trash he has one hand on the trash can the other on the wall beside him, when he is entering or exiting the house he has to put one hand on the wall right beside the back door and this isn't counting how he walks down the hallway with both hands stuck out on each wall making it look like he needs balance or something, however , the hallway isn't as bad because normally he has already washed his hands before heading in that direction.
Mr. B is as happy as a little lark now, I finally bought a wok Friday. He has been wanting me to get one for years and I for some reason just never have bought one. Friday I bought one and yesterday I made him chicken and shrimp stir-fry for lunch after church, he loved it and so did the kids, the best part was how simple and quick it was. I am at that point in life where everything you eat is kind of getting old. I have been a Food Network fanatic for years but haven't ever really had the time to play with the recipes featured on there until now. Now that I have my new cookware the kids bought me for Christmas and I no longer work I have been cooking up a storm and trying all kinds of new things plus I have all kinds of recipe books. I have an entire set of Better Homes recipe books that range from yummy sandwiches to weird and exotic foods, those books have everything in them and each book is based on one theme like Chinese , Mexican and so on, pretty much you name it and I have it in one of my cookbooks. I also have four or five cookbooks for kids since Ty and Bethany like to cook, they are filled with easy recipes that kids can do without a lot of help from an adult.
Well, the day is wasting so I need to go. Y'all have a beautiful day, be careful and God Bless!
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
ice and closures
Good morning! It has been one of "those" mornings and it is only 8:44am so far. The meteorologists kept saying there would be sleet this morning but I don't think anyone thought it would be as bad as it has been. There are wrecks everywhere! We watched for our county to close schools but the closure didn't come so we carried on with our normal school morning routine. As we, the kids and I, were headed out the back door my oldest daughter was first one out. As soon as she hit the steps she slid all the way down them stumbling for some balance because the steps were completely iced over, thank goodness she didn't fall. When we got in our vehicle I called Mr. B to ask why he didn't tell us the steps were iced over because he had been out to start my van for warming and to leave for work.
On our way to school everybody was driving very cautiously to keep from wrecking because there were patches of black ice on the roads. I didn't have a problem until I was dropping my middle child off at the middle school. When you pull in at the middle school you have to drive all the way around the back to the loop to drop students off, the speed limit through there is like 10MPH and I was going about 8MPH when I got on the back loop road, before I knew it I was going sideways. We didn't wreck or anything but it really worried me because some of those cars drive around there like the hounds of hell are on their back bumper and that kind of driving could really pose a problem. We decided that someone needed to go into the school and tell staff that the road had iced over but I was in my pj's still so it wasn't going to be me. Since my daughter goes to school there she decided that since we were early she would go tell them.
So far all schools around us have been closed but ours hasn't. None of the kids are really happy about this but the ice will be gone within two or three hours so I can understand why they aren't closing them. The problem is that we are having a rain/sleet mix. As soon as it hits the ground it is freezing. Our temps are supposed to start rising but as I was taking the kids to school we dropped from 30 degrees to 28 degrees according to the external temperature gage in my Chevy van, that gage is always right on the temp that the weather stations announce. I think that the school system should tell parents that if they are having problems getting their children to school due to the ice to wait a couple of hours and bring them and the tardy won't count against the kid. Mine are already there so I would feel better if they just kept them there since the ice will be gone in a matter of hours anyway. I say that because my kids ride the bus home each day and I don't like to think about my children on a bus going over icy roads also I don't like for my children to miss school unless they are terribly sick or weather conditions are such that it is basically impossible to get there, school is hard enough without having to make up tons of missed work.
So that is how my day has started off. Yesterday was my "FLOOR" day, the day I clean all of my floors and for once I had some help. With the kids being out of school my son stuck around home to help me yesterday. For some reason he LOVES to sweep and mop so I let him help me. I did have to go behind him and re-sweep in a couple of places but at least he was trying and when it comes to cleaning house I will take all of the help I can get.
My son is 10 now and in the past month he has just about ate us out of house and home. We can't keep the child in jeans. We just bought him 8 new pairs of jeans in December and he has already out grown them as far as length goes. When he puts them on it looks like he is waiting for a major flood to come whipping up..heehee! As you know he has severe ADHD, in May I took him off of his meds and he has done really well except for the past month so I think we are going to have to go back on the low dose Daytrana patch just to help him out a bit. His school work is starting to lack more than usual and so is his behavior. If anyone is familiar with ADHD then you know exactly what I am talking about. Since May I have incorporated more "natural" foods into his diet where as before I was making sure that he was eating healthy but those foods still weren't as clean (no chemicals) as those that the natural food stores offer. I will continue to keep up the natural foods but at the same time he needs a little something to help him through. The good thing about the Daytrana patch is that you can control how much goes in to his body.
Well, I need to sign off and get busy with my need-to-get-done list. Y'all have a beautiful day, stay warm and God Bless You!
On our way to school everybody was driving very cautiously to keep from wrecking because there were patches of black ice on the roads. I didn't have a problem until I was dropping my middle child off at the middle school. When you pull in at the middle school you have to drive all the way around the back to the loop to drop students off, the speed limit through there is like 10MPH and I was going about 8MPH when I got on the back loop road, before I knew it I was going sideways. We didn't wreck or anything but it really worried me because some of those cars drive around there like the hounds of hell are on their back bumper and that kind of driving could really pose a problem. We decided that someone needed to go into the school and tell staff that the road had iced over but I was in my pj's still so it wasn't going to be me. Since my daughter goes to school there she decided that since we were early she would go tell them.
So far all schools around us have been closed but ours hasn't. None of the kids are really happy about this but the ice will be gone within two or three hours so I can understand why they aren't closing them. The problem is that we are having a rain/sleet mix. As soon as it hits the ground it is freezing. Our temps are supposed to start rising but as I was taking the kids to school we dropped from 30 degrees to 28 degrees according to the external temperature gage in my Chevy van, that gage is always right on the temp that the weather stations announce. I think that the school system should tell parents that if they are having problems getting their children to school due to the ice to wait a couple of hours and bring them and the tardy won't count against the kid. Mine are already there so I would feel better if they just kept them there since the ice will be gone in a matter of hours anyway. I say that because my kids ride the bus home each day and I don't like to think about my children on a bus going over icy roads also I don't like for my children to miss school unless they are terribly sick or weather conditions are such that it is basically impossible to get there, school is hard enough without having to make up tons of missed work.
So that is how my day has started off. Yesterday was my "FLOOR" day, the day I clean all of my floors and for once I had some help. With the kids being out of school my son stuck around home to help me yesterday. For some reason he LOVES to sweep and mop so I let him help me. I did have to go behind him and re-sweep in a couple of places but at least he was trying and when it comes to cleaning house I will take all of the help I can get.
My son is 10 now and in the past month he has just about ate us out of house and home. We can't keep the child in jeans. We just bought him 8 new pairs of jeans in December and he has already out grown them as far as length goes. When he puts them on it looks like he is waiting for a major flood to come whipping up..heehee! As you know he has severe ADHD, in May I took him off of his meds and he has done really well except for the past month so I think we are going to have to go back on the low dose Daytrana patch just to help him out a bit. His school work is starting to lack more than usual and so is his behavior. If anyone is familiar with ADHD then you know exactly what I am talking about. Since May I have incorporated more "natural" foods into his diet where as before I was making sure that he was eating healthy but those foods still weren't as clean (no chemicals) as those that the natural food stores offer. I will continue to keep up the natural foods but at the same time he needs a little something to help him through. The good thing about the Daytrana patch is that you can control how much goes in to his body.
Well, I need to sign off and get busy with my need-to-get-done list. Y'all have a beautiful day, stay warm and God Bless You!
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
more changes for us...
Mr. B went to the Dr. two weeks ago for a physical, it was his first in several years. After the examination the nurse made an appointment for him for last Thursday to have his blood drawn, he had to fast for fourteen hours before the blood work could be done. Today we went back in to get the lab results on that blood work and we were very surprised at what they found. We were more worried about his blood sugar level than anything because he has been a borderline diabetic for eleven years now but his blood sugar was borderline as always however his cholesterol was not so good. He had a choice of starting meds to get the cholesterol down or doing a low-fat diet for the next four months, he chose the low-fat diet. We don't eat unhealthy now but Mr. B is a junk food junkie so that could explain the cholesterol problem, they aren't sure if it was passed down through the family either. By going on the low-fat diet doesn't just mean that we are changing eating habits or that it will just be for the four month period, it means that it will be a permanent thing unless we want to bury Mr. B at an early age. I have always believed that when a person changes their eating habits that they are basically changing lifestyles because if they go back to old eating habits then what is the point in the first place. The good thing is that I will be home to cook all of these healthy meals that we will be eating.
Tomorrow Mr. B has to go to the hospital for some small testing on his sleep patterns then in a few days he will go stay overnight at the hospital to have a Sleep Apnea test performed. I am hoping that this goes well.
Since I am no longer working I have been able to catch up on my reading. I have been to the bookstore five times in the past two weeks. If you are wondering why I didn't buy multiple books let me tell you that I did and I have been averaging about one book a day if I don't have a lot of errands to run, I am a very fast reader so I fly through them. Today I bought about eight books and I am hoping to make those last a little bit longer than my previous purchases. By reading this you all probably think that all I do is sit and read but that is not so, I read in between cooking, cleaning, laundry, the kids homework and anything else that hits my schedule. For me reading has to be last on my priority list because I do have so much to do in a day.
It is that time of year when we really start thinking about our summer beach vacation. We are hoping to take a mini vacation soon because we are so badly in need of getting out of here for a few days.
Can you believe that we are half way through January already? I have always heard that time sure flies when you are having fun but I have came to believe that time sure flies as you get older..hahaha. Before we know it we will be preparing for Christmas and New Year's again.
My son is home now so I better get off of here and supervise the homework. Y'all have a wonderful day!
Tomorrow Mr. B has to go to the hospital for some small testing on his sleep patterns then in a few days he will go stay overnight at the hospital to have a Sleep Apnea test performed. I am hoping that this goes well.
Since I am no longer working I have been able to catch up on my reading. I have been to the bookstore five times in the past two weeks. If you are wondering why I didn't buy multiple books let me tell you that I did and I have been averaging about one book a day if I don't have a lot of errands to run, I am a very fast reader so I fly through them. Today I bought about eight books and I am hoping to make those last a little bit longer than my previous purchases. By reading this you all probably think that all I do is sit and read but that is not so, I read in between cooking, cleaning, laundry, the kids homework and anything else that hits my schedule. For me reading has to be last on my priority list because I do have so much to do in a day.
It is that time of year when we really start thinking about our summer beach vacation. We are hoping to take a mini vacation soon because we are so badly in need of getting out of here for a few days.
Can you believe that we are half way through January already? I have always heard that time sure flies when you are having fun but I have came to believe that time sure flies as you get older..hahaha. Before we know it we will be preparing for Christmas and New Year's again.
My son is home now so I better get off of here and supervise the homework. Y'all have a wonderful day!
Thursday, January 10, 2008
7 Things About Me
James has tagged me with a meme. I have to tell 7 things about myself that I haven't mentioned in any of my previous posts, then I tag 7 more people. I rarely do memes and when I do I very rarely tag other but since this one is different 7 of you better look out..heehee! The rules are as follows.....
Link to the person who tagged you;
Leave a comment on their blog so that their readers can visit yours;
Post the rules on your blog;
Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog;
Tag 7 random people at the end of your post;
Include links to their blogs;
Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
7 things about me…
1. I have a scar about an inch long in the center of my forehead about an inch below my hairline. This scar has marked my body for 29 yrs. My brother , age 6 at the time, was playing golf in our yard and I, age 3, was pestering him with my presence and as always I was standing too close behind him. Needless to say he got a 2 for 1 deal when he brought the club back to swing at the ball. My mom still has the three little stitches that were in my noggin.
2. Anytime I mention siblings, I always say that I have two, an older brother (3 yrs older) and a sister (9 years younger). Something that I don't talk about is my sister that was born two years before my sister. She was born with Pneumococcal Meningitis and Hydrocephalus or better known as "water on the brain". Her name was Kendra and she died on January 14, 1983, she was only five and a half months old, I was 7 yrs old.
3. I have broken only one bone in my body during my 32 yrs of life. It is the ring finger on my left hand. I broke it while riding the bumper cars at Silver Dollar City, better known as Dollywood today. I was 8 yrs old and I was visiting the amusement park with my Girl Scout troop. My parents never knew about the broken bone because I wasn't supposed to be on the bumper cars.
4. I had two best friends throughout my school years and I am still in contact with both of them. A and I have been BFs since we were 3 years old. She is only 27 days older than me. B came into our friendship at age 8 when she transferred to our school. I love them both and think of them more as sisters than friends.
5. I have always had a love for water whether I am swimming, bathing, drinking it, or gazing upon it. I think water is the most beautiful thing God ever created. I still can't describe the feeling I get when I see a body of water. As a child my Aunt nicknamed me Flipper because if there was water I was in it and to this day I still take every chance I get to get in the water. Each year at the beach I normally swim more than the kids do.
6. My middle name is Deane pronounced "Dean". I have always hated it because as a child when I heard my full name come from my dad's mouth I knew I was in deep trouble.
7. I love rainy days. I have never been able to figure this out either. I don't care if it is storming severely or if it is just raining, I love it. It must come from my love of water.
So there is 7 facts about me. Now for 7 of you, I think I will go with.....
Jillie
Paige
Shari
BKS
Kaliblue
Ameratis
Leslie
Let me know if you all decide to actually do the meme so that I can come over and read your 7 things.
Link to the person who tagged you;
Leave a comment on their blog so that their readers can visit yours;
Post the rules on your blog;
Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog;
Tag 7 random people at the end of your post;
Include links to their blogs;
Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
7 things about me…
1. I have a scar about an inch long in the center of my forehead about an inch below my hairline. This scar has marked my body for 29 yrs. My brother , age 6 at the time, was playing golf in our yard and I, age 3, was pestering him with my presence and as always I was standing too close behind him. Needless to say he got a 2 for 1 deal when he brought the club back to swing at the ball. My mom still has the three little stitches that were in my noggin.
2. Anytime I mention siblings, I always say that I have two, an older brother (3 yrs older) and a sister (9 years younger). Something that I don't talk about is my sister that was born two years before my sister. She was born with Pneumococcal Meningitis and Hydrocephalus or better known as "water on the brain". Her name was Kendra and she died on January 14, 1983, she was only five and a half months old, I was 7 yrs old.
3. I have broken only one bone in my body during my 32 yrs of life. It is the ring finger on my left hand. I broke it while riding the bumper cars at Silver Dollar City, better known as Dollywood today. I was 8 yrs old and I was visiting the amusement park with my Girl Scout troop. My parents never knew about the broken bone because I wasn't supposed to be on the bumper cars.
4. I had two best friends throughout my school years and I am still in contact with both of them. A and I have been BFs since we were 3 years old. She is only 27 days older than me. B came into our friendship at age 8 when she transferred to our school. I love them both and think of them more as sisters than friends.
5. I have always had a love for water whether I am swimming, bathing, drinking it, or gazing upon it. I think water is the most beautiful thing God ever created. I still can't describe the feeling I get when I see a body of water. As a child my Aunt nicknamed me Flipper because if there was water I was in it and to this day I still take every chance I get to get in the water. Each year at the beach I normally swim more than the kids do.
6. My middle name is Deane pronounced "Dean". I have always hated it because as a child when I heard my full name come from my dad's mouth I knew I was in deep trouble.
7. I love rainy days. I have never been able to figure this out either. I don't care if it is storming severely or if it is just raining, I love it. It must come from my love of water.
So there is 7 facts about me. Now for 7 of you, I think I will go with.....
Jillie
Paige
Shari
BKS
Kaliblue
Ameratis
Leslie
Let me know if you all decide to actually do the meme so that I can come over and read your 7 things.
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
unexpected changes.....
Yesterday I had time to visit each and every blog on my blog roll and comment. In some of those comments I mentioned that I was no longer working and would explain in a post all about it. If you read my previous post then you know that I didn't make any resolutions/goals this year and I decided just to take it day by day. I also mentioned that I went back to work on Wednesday and that I had a good day..well, Friday I went in to work and was called into the big boss's office and got to listen to a load of crap about multiple mistakes I had supposedly made on Wednesday and that the result of those supposed mistakes was termination. That's right, I was fired! Can you say SHOCK? However, when I asked what mistakes I had made there were only about three or four things mentioned and I wasn't allowed to look at the messy hand written sheet she was going by.
I wasn't shocked because I was fired, I knew that was coming three weeks ago when I called my boss to let her know when I could come back from medical leave, she told me during that phone call that she was cross-training another girl for the office. I knew then that I was toast because there are certain things concerning the hospital that I can't talk about on here (let's just say tight budget and a huge merge and leave it at that). Just to give an example regarding those "multiple mistakes" I supposedly made Wednesday, one thing mentioned was that I hadn't checked phone messages at all. Funny thing about this one is that as soon as I got to the office Wednesday morning I listened to the messages, all 15 of them and as I had time between patients I returned phone calls to every single one and if the big boss cares to check she will find paper trails to each return call I made. Another thing mentioned was that I hadn't ordered file folders for the next day, this one is funny because on Wednesday I had no file folders to work with because whoever worked the previous business day didn't order them..hahaha..the joke must be on me. I know for a fact that the folders for Thursday arrived first thing Thursday morning because I asked the lab techs as soon as I arrived on Friday, see the problem is the fax machine in the office is old as Moses and as of late the transmissions aren't going through but you will receive a sheet saying transmission ok and the number of pages you faxed so you have to call whoever you are faxing and ask if they received it, there is also a paper trail of my phone call to the office that keeps our folders that I made Wednesday. Another thing mentioned was that I had clocked out twenty minutes early on Wednesday, I told big boss that my department boss told me when I was hired for the position to clock out and go home when I was finished with all of my work.
I didn't really defend myself much because to me it would have sounded like begging and because I knew they were reaching and grabbing not to mention the fact that they had already made up their minds, they knew they were reaching and grabbing as well. I was very mad and started at one point to blow my top but instead I pulled that back in and that is when the tears came, the temper had to come out some how and I wasn't going to make a show of myself by blasting anyone out so I let the tears flow. Big boss made sure to tell me that she didn't want me to think that my surgery and medical leave had anything to do with my termination because it didn't and to be honest I don't think the surgery or ML had anything do with it, however I do know that they couldn't have fired me while I was on ML or I could have sued...little do they know I am not the suing type and thank goodness for that because I could sue them over this because they went against a lot of the labor laws, I didn't mention that to them.
I have never before been fired so I never knew what came with it. I was so humiliated that I couldn't see straight mainly because they were trying to make it out like I didn't know my job, they made me feel stupid and unworthy. I immediately went back to my office, gathered my things and said good bye to my co-workers. Upon telling them that I had been fired I knew that some of them had been aware that it was going to happen, others were just as shocked as I was. Once I got into my vehicle a new wave of mad and humiliation hit me because my department boss didn't even have the nerve to sit in big boss's office and face me while this whole thing went down. Who sat with me in big boss's office while I was being fired? My previous department boss and she offered support when it was over.
All day Friday I cried, not because of the loss of the job, it was just a job after all, but because they lied. My one question is why couldn't they tell me the truth instead of making me out to be some bumbling idiot that didn't know my rear from a hole in the ground? I had a hard time sleeping Friday night and Saturday I was out of tears but I felt down all day. Sunday I felt a little better but I was still down. Monday morning I woke up and was home alone. Mr. B had taken the kids to school and went on to work, he knew that I had had a very hard time sleeping over the weekend so he let me rest. While puttering through the house doing this and that I had lots of time to think about the situation and then I felt so much better. Did I mention that on Friday when I told Mr. B and the kids what had happened they jumped for joy? Not because I was fired but because I wouldn't be working anymore, none of them liked it when I was working.
Through all of this I have learned a few things and one of them is that I will not be going outside my home for work any where in the near future even if I am bored to tears with being home, I will remain here and return to all of the work I done for Mr. B's business before getting the job in the first place. This morning when I woke up all the sad feelings were gone, I am happy to be back at home. I will not take working at home for granted again because while working at the hospital I realized that I am not cut out for all of the drama that goes along with working in huge groups. I just don't jive with all of the he said she said business because if I have something to say to or about someone I don't blab it to everyone else, I go straight to the person and say it, stabbing people in the back just isn't my cup of tea.
With all of this being said I have to admit that I feel much better. I don't like beating around the bush about things or just saying a few words on a matter because it makes me feel like I am hiding something and now all of you know why I am not working anymore and I feel better!
Before I go I would like to ask all of you to stop by and give Sal a few words of encouragement. This morning his mother passed away and we all know how difficult it is to deal with the loss of a loved one. Just remember him and his family in your prayers.
Y'all have a lovely evening and take care!
I wasn't shocked because I was fired, I knew that was coming three weeks ago when I called my boss to let her know when I could come back from medical leave, she told me during that phone call that she was cross-training another girl for the office. I knew then that I was toast because there are certain things concerning the hospital that I can't talk about on here (let's just say tight budget and a huge merge and leave it at that). Just to give an example regarding those "multiple mistakes" I supposedly made Wednesday, one thing mentioned was that I hadn't checked phone messages at all. Funny thing about this one is that as soon as I got to the office Wednesday morning I listened to the messages, all 15 of them and as I had time between patients I returned phone calls to every single one and if the big boss cares to check she will find paper trails to each return call I made. Another thing mentioned was that I hadn't ordered file folders for the next day, this one is funny because on Wednesday I had no file folders to work with because whoever worked the previous business day didn't order them..hahaha..the joke must be on me. I know for a fact that the folders for Thursday arrived first thing Thursday morning because I asked the lab techs as soon as I arrived on Friday, see the problem is the fax machine in the office is old as Moses and as of late the transmissions aren't going through but you will receive a sheet saying transmission ok and the number of pages you faxed so you have to call whoever you are faxing and ask if they received it, there is also a paper trail of my phone call to the office that keeps our folders that I made Wednesday. Another thing mentioned was that I had clocked out twenty minutes early on Wednesday, I told big boss that my department boss told me when I was hired for the position to clock out and go home when I was finished with all of my work.
I didn't really defend myself much because to me it would have sounded like begging and because I knew they were reaching and grabbing not to mention the fact that they had already made up their minds, they knew they were reaching and grabbing as well. I was very mad and started at one point to blow my top but instead I pulled that back in and that is when the tears came, the temper had to come out some how and I wasn't going to make a show of myself by blasting anyone out so I let the tears flow. Big boss made sure to tell me that she didn't want me to think that my surgery and medical leave had anything to do with my termination because it didn't and to be honest I don't think the surgery or ML had anything do with it, however I do know that they couldn't have fired me while I was on ML or I could have sued...little do they know I am not the suing type and thank goodness for that because I could sue them over this because they went against a lot of the labor laws, I didn't mention that to them.
I have never before been fired so I never knew what came with it. I was so humiliated that I couldn't see straight mainly because they were trying to make it out like I didn't know my job, they made me feel stupid and unworthy. I immediately went back to my office, gathered my things and said good bye to my co-workers. Upon telling them that I had been fired I knew that some of them had been aware that it was going to happen, others were just as shocked as I was. Once I got into my vehicle a new wave of mad and humiliation hit me because my department boss didn't even have the nerve to sit in big boss's office and face me while this whole thing went down. Who sat with me in big boss's office while I was being fired? My previous department boss and she offered support when it was over.
All day Friday I cried, not because of the loss of the job, it was just a job after all, but because they lied. My one question is why couldn't they tell me the truth instead of making me out to be some bumbling idiot that didn't know my rear from a hole in the ground? I had a hard time sleeping Friday night and Saturday I was out of tears but I felt down all day. Sunday I felt a little better but I was still down. Monday morning I woke up and was home alone. Mr. B had taken the kids to school and went on to work, he knew that I had had a very hard time sleeping over the weekend so he let me rest. While puttering through the house doing this and that I had lots of time to think about the situation and then I felt so much better. Did I mention that on Friday when I told Mr. B and the kids what had happened they jumped for joy? Not because I was fired but because I wouldn't be working anymore, none of them liked it when I was working.
Through all of this I have learned a few things and one of them is that I will not be going outside my home for work any where in the near future even if I am bored to tears with being home, I will remain here and return to all of the work I done for Mr. B's business before getting the job in the first place. This morning when I woke up all the sad feelings were gone, I am happy to be back at home. I will not take working at home for granted again because while working at the hospital I realized that I am not cut out for all of the drama that goes along with working in huge groups. I just don't jive with all of the he said she said business because if I have something to say to or about someone I don't blab it to everyone else, I go straight to the person and say it, stabbing people in the back just isn't my cup of tea.
With all of this being said I have to admit that I feel much better. I don't like beating around the bush about things or just saying a few words on a matter because it makes me feel like I am hiding something and now all of you know why I am not working anymore and I feel better!
Before I go I would like to ask all of you to stop by and give Sal a few words of encouragement. This morning his mother passed away and we all know how difficult it is to deal with the loss of a loved one. Just remember him and his family in your prayers.
Y'all have a lovely evening and take care!
Thursday, January 03, 2008
a brand new year....
Can you believe that 2008 is here already ? I can't because I am still wondering where 2007 went and why did it go there in such a hurry ? Did I miss something?
All last year I kept saying that I was going to slow down and enjoy the life that is passing right by me and it seemed like every time I said that something came up and life just got busier then in August I got a job which turned out to be full time and that meant hardly any blogging at all. I feel so out of touch with everyone right now, not just all of you but with my family and friends that I have on MySpace as well. I use to be pretty faithful about posting and reading everyone elses posts but in the past few months something happened and I have just lost touch with everything and everyone around me. I was hoping to get back to my old routine of checking in every day or at least every other day while I was recovering from surgery but recovery has turned out to be somewhat of a problem for me and I find myself steering away from the computer most times because it is too uncomfortable to sit long enough to do more than a quickie post. When I do get on and try to go through my blog roll reading posts and commenting I have to break it up into different increments so that I can get all the way through.
More or less what I am trying to say is that I miss y'all like crazy. None of you know how many times you have gave me great advice or made me smile on a day when a frown was all that would touch my face. Since I started blogging almost three years ago I have made some wonderful friends and I look so forward to checking my comment box just to see what everyone commented about. I have tried for the past two years to send out Christmas cards to several of you , this year I had the cards ready but I just never made it to the post office to mail them, isn't that sad? I don't know why I didn't get them to the post office but I didn't, maybe it was just the procrastinating thing kicking in again and time ran out on me..who knows? The thing that bothers me is that it was all of my Christmas cards, not just the ones to my online friends, I am very ashamed of myself for this because I don't want people thinking that I wasn't thinking of them during this past holiday season.
I went back to work yesterday. I will only be working three days a week now and I am very excited about that because I was just about to get burnt out before my surgery. Yesterday went well and as always it flew by. I am excited about getting back into a normal routine.
I had begun to think that I had left Christmas behind to move on and with that I had brought along a bad attitude to start the new year off with but the more I think about it I am sure that is completely opposite of what I am doing. I think I am finally digging my feet in so that I can follow up on all of the "I am going to slow down" and all of that. Basically what I am saying is the world isn't going to quit turning if my family and I aren't busy every second of each day so we are getting ready to let a few activities go. Life is still going to be busy because that is how life is with three children but I am ready to really enjoy it.
I got a new set of cookware for Christmas that I have been wanting for a couple of years and I plan on getting busy with it and doing some serious cooking. In 2007 we ate more meals out than we ate at home. That might sound good to some of you but I like to eat food that I prepare at home however during the past year time just didn't allow for much cooking and I am not one to do the frozen dinner thing a lot so we ate out.
I am not going to set any resolutions or goals for the year because to me resolutions and goals get broken just as quickly as they are made. So I am going to take it day by day and if something comes up that I don't want to take the time out to do I am just going to say so, no one will die from it and if it makes any one mad then I hate it for them. The past six weeks has really opened my eyes to just how busy we were before my surgery and I don't want to be that way again so I am digging in and not going down that path any longer, instead I am going to find a new path to go down.
I know this post seems like I am rambling and going in all different directions and I apologize for that. I really do have something to say but I am not sure yet what that is. Do you ever do that ? You know that something is coming but it takes a while to get out of your mouth or in this case your fingers? Am I even making sense ? Maybe I need to go sleep on it , you know how sometimes you just have to work things out in your head...that could be what is going on..either way it will come to me eventually. Until then y'all take care !
All last year I kept saying that I was going to slow down and enjoy the life that is passing right by me and it seemed like every time I said that something came up and life just got busier then in August I got a job which turned out to be full time and that meant hardly any blogging at all. I feel so out of touch with everyone right now, not just all of you but with my family and friends that I have on MySpace as well. I use to be pretty faithful about posting and reading everyone elses posts but in the past few months something happened and I have just lost touch with everything and everyone around me. I was hoping to get back to my old routine of checking in every day or at least every other day while I was recovering from surgery but recovery has turned out to be somewhat of a problem for me and I find myself steering away from the computer most times because it is too uncomfortable to sit long enough to do more than a quickie post. When I do get on and try to go through my blog roll reading posts and commenting I have to break it up into different increments so that I can get all the way through.
More or less what I am trying to say is that I miss y'all like crazy. None of you know how many times you have gave me great advice or made me smile on a day when a frown was all that would touch my face. Since I started blogging almost three years ago I have made some wonderful friends and I look so forward to checking my comment box just to see what everyone commented about. I have tried for the past two years to send out Christmas cards to several of you , this year I had the cards ready but I just never made it to the post office to mail them, isn't that sad? I don't know why I didn't get them to the post office but I didn't, maybe it was just the procrastinating thing kicking in again and time ran out on me..who knows? The thing that bothers me is that it was all of my Christmas cards, not just the ones to my online friends, I am very ashamed of myself for this because I don't want people thinking that I wasn't thinking of them during this past holiday season.
I went back to work yesterday. I will only be working three days a week now and I am very excited about that because I was just about to get burnt out before my surgery. Yesterday went well and as always it flew by. I am excited about getting back into a normal routine.
I had begun to think that I had left Christmas behind to move on and with that I had brought along a bad attitude to start the new year off with but the more I think about it I am sure that is completely opposite of what I am doing. I think I am finally digging my feet in so that I can follow up on all of the "I am going to slow down" and all of that. Basically what I am saying is the world isn't going to quit turning if my family and I aren't busy every second of each day so we are getting ready to let a few activities go. Life is still going to be busy because that is how life is with three children but I am ready to really enjoy it.
I got a new set of cookware for Christmas that I have been wanting for a couple of years and I plan on getting busy with it and doing some serious cooking. In 2007 we ate more meals out than we ate at home. That might sound good to some of you but I like to eat food that I prepare at home however during the past year time just didn't allow for much cooking and I am not one to do the frozen dinner thing a lot so we ate out.
I am not going to set any resolutions or goals for the year because to me resolutions and goals get broken just as quickly as they are made. So I am going to take it day by day and if something comes up that I don't want to take the time out to do I am just going to say so, no one will die from it and if it makes any one mad then I hate it for them. The past six weeks has really opened my eyes to just how busy we were before my surgery and I don't want to be that way again so I am digging in and not going down that path any longer, instead I am going to find a new path to go down.
I know this post seems like I am rambling and going in all different directions and I apologize for that. I really do have something to say but I am not sure yet what that is. Do you ever do that ? You know that something is coming but it takes a while to get out of your mouth or in this case your fingers? Am I even making sense ? Maybe I need to go sleep on it , you know how sometimes you just have to work things out in your head...that could be what is going on..either way it will come to me eventually. Until then y'all take care !
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