Good morning Blogland! I can't remember a day that has started out so great in a long time. Most mornings I am grumbling as I pull myself out of bed but this morning Mr. B woke me when he slipped his arm around me, kissed my neck and whispered "Happy Birthday Beautiful". Wanna talk about making a girl feel special!
My opinion on birthdays differ from a lot of people's opinion. A lot of people look at it as doom and gloom because they are getting older but I just can't do that. I feel it is a time to be thankful for living another year. I am not saying everybody should gather around you shower you with gifts, cake and all of that and make a big deal out of it. Instead I think we should all celebrate the past year of life and start praying for the best in the coming year. If you have had a hard year then celebrate the fact that you made it through, learned from it and start looking for a better year this time around. I am simply saying it sure beats the alternative if you know what I mean.
With that being said, today I am thanking God for the last year. The year may have had some small bumps in the road as each year usually does for every breathing human being but I feel that those valleys we go through help form who we are. Wouldn't the perfect, burden free life be boring? Think of it this way, if we all lived perfect lives we wouldn't have mistakes to learn from which make us stronger nor would we have the friendships that we form while going through life's troubles. God never promised that the hill would be easy climb, He did however promise that He would only put on us what we can handle and that He would be there always and that includes getting older. Age has really never bothered me because I feel that we are only as old as we want to be and I do know and understand that the body doesn't always agree with the mind but if you keep your mind in a positive field then those times when the body isn't what it once was things go a lot better.
I am not only thanking God for another year of life but also thanking Him for all the wonderful people, you included, He has put in my path, I am truly blessed to have the family and friends that I have.
With that...y'all have a beautiful day and at some point today I ask that you stop, take a look around you, count your blessings and thank God for them. Sometimes doing this will put a different perspective on things and we see that it isn't so bad even if we are getting older every year.
Before I go, I want to thank Mona for the beautiful birthday post she published in honor of my birthday. Thank you!
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
a busy week....
Good morning. It is rainy and messy here right now which is probably a good thing since I am trapped at my desk for a while finishing out accounts for the month. I have a several errands to run today but they will have to wait until the rain stops, people around here drive crazy enough when it is dry outside so I am not taking chances while the visibility is bad due to downpours.
I am going later to look at some paint colors. I am going to repaint the kitchen a darker green I think. I love the color that is in there but it is too light and shows everything that gets on your walls like dirty hand prints from an active ten year old boy that can't help but touch the walls everywhere he goes, I am just tired of wiping and swiping on the walls all the time. When we built the house I chose to go with an eggshell finish but I am finding that it just isn't working in the kitchen so we are going to make some changes. I had thought about painting the kitchen yellow and accenting with blue and red but yellow wouldn't really help me out with the finger prints. I may change my mind a couple of more times while looking at paint colors so who knows what it will be when I am done.
Speaking of my son Ty, he has the sweetest little heart when he wants to. We were driving down the road the other day and out of the backseat he says "Mom, don't you like whipped icing on your cake better than regular icing?" I told him yes I like the whipped better then he says "what kind of cake is your favorite yellow, white, or chocolate?" I tell him that the either of the three will work for me then I ask him why he is asking me questions about cake and he responds "your birthday is Tuesday and I am going to buy you a birthday cake because you always buy me one and I am getting it with pink icing since pink is your favorite color". So I am assuming that I will be eating a birthday cake with whipped pink icing tomorrow and even though I am watching what I am eating right now I am going to eat it because he thought of me. He also told me he was going to buy me something pink for my birthday..now how sweet is that?
As the title of my post says...this is going to be one busy week for us. We have a revival going on at church through Wednesday and the man preaching is from North Carolina, he is one of our favorite preachers so we will definitely be attending each night. Chesney ,our oldest, probably won't be able to attend the revival because the Choral Department in her school is performing The Sound of Music on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night so they are practicing for several hours after school each day. She is part of the tech crew so she has to be there for every practice, she is doing the spotlight. Friday she went to school that morning and didn't get home until 10:30 that night because of practice, thus far weekends have not been excluded for practicing and she is ready to get the show on so to speak. We are going to see the performance on Thursday night because Mr. B and I are going to the beach Friday morning for our anniversary. Mr. B is packing about six days worth of work into four days so that we will be available to take our little trip with no worries as far as his clients go, needless to say he will be putting in some extra hours this week.
I have had a long enough break from the numbers so I better get back to it. Y'all have a good day, be safe and God Bless!
I am going later to look at some paint colors. I am going to repaint the kitchen a darker green I think. I love the color that is in there but it is too light and shows everything that gets on your walls like dirty hand prints from an active ten year old boy that can't help but touch the walls everywhere he goes, I am just tired of wiping and swiping on the walls all the time. When we built the house I chose to go with an eggshell finish but I am finding that it just isn't working in the kitchen so we are going to make some changes. I had thought about painting the kitchen yellow and accenting with blue and red but yellow wouldn't really help me out with the finger prints. I may change my mind a couple of more times while looking at paint colors so who knows what it will be when I am done.
Speaking of my son Ty, he has the sweetest little heart when he wants to. We were driving down the road the other day and out of the backseat he says "Mom, don't you like whipped icing on your cake better than regular icing?" I told him yes I like the whipped better then he says "what kind of cake is your favorite yellow, white, or chocolate?" I tell him that the either of the three will work for me then I ask him why he is asking me questions about cake and he responds "your birthday is Tuesday and I am going to buy you a birthday cake because you always buy me one and I am getting it with pink icing since pink is your favorite color". So I am assuming that I will be eating a birthday cake with whipped pink icing tomorrow and even though I am watching what I am eating right now I am going to eat it because he thought of me. He also told me he was going to buy me something pink for my birthday..now how sweet is that?
As the title of my post says...this is going to be one busy week for us. We have a revival going on at church through Wednesday and the man preaching is from North Carolina, he is one of our favorite preachers so we will definitely be attending each night. Chesney ,our oldest, probably won't be able to attend the revival because the Choral Department in her school is performing The Sound of Music on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night so they are practicing for several hours after school each day. She is part of the tech crew so she has to be there for every practice, she is doing the spotlight. Friday she went to school that morning and didn't get home until 10:30 that night because of practice, thus far weekends have not been excluded for practicing and she is ready to get the show on so to speak. We are going to see the performance on Thursday night because Mr. B and I are going to the beach Friday morning for our anniversary. Mr. B is packing about six days worth of work into four days so that we will be available to take our little trip with no worries as far as his clients go, needless to say he will be putting in some extra hours this week.
I have had a long enough break from the numbers so I better get back to it. Y'all have a good day, be safe and God Bless!
Friday, April 25, 2008
good so far....
Hello blogland! All of you that have been saying prayers for my son or kept in him your thoughts let me say thank you. Ty went back to school on Wednesday and has been good since. There has been no more vomiting, his appetite is slowly returning, and his color is getting better everyday. He is tiring easily but that is to be expected after what he has went through for almost two weeks. He has been going to bed so good at night because by bedtime he is too tired to argue about it, actually he has been going to bed an hour to a half hour earlier than his normal bedtime.
I went for a check up yesterday and found out that I am not as tall as I thought I was. I thought I was about 5 feet and 2 inches, it turns out that I am only 5 feet and 1/2 an inch. I am seriously going to be the runt of my little family. My 16 yr old passed me up about three years ago but she is only a couple inches taller, my 12 yr old is about an inch taller than my 16 yr old and she is still growing she is also loving the fact that she is taller than her mom and she rubs it in at every opportunity. My son, which is 10, is slowly sneaking up on me. The top of his head is level with my lips now and he hasn't even hit that huge growth spurt that boys hit around age 11-13.
The upcoming week is a big week for Mr. B and I. Tuesday we will celebrate my 33rd birthday then on Thursday we will celebrate our 15th anniversary. I have been talking for two or three years about wanting to go to the beach for a few days on our anniversary but it seems we never have the time or one of the kids are sick, you know how it goes something always comes up. Well my sweet husband surprised me yesterday by telling me that we are leaving bright and early next Friday morning, just the two of us, and heading to the beach. He already has reservations made and everything, I can't wait!
Well, I am going to lunch with my mom and sister and I think I hear them pulling up so I better sign off so I can go. Y'all have a beautiful day, take care, and God Bless!
I went for a check up yesterday and found out that I am not as tall as I thought I was. I thought I was about 5 feet and 2 inches, it turns out that I am only 5 feet and 1/2 an inch. I am seriously going to be the runt of my little family. My 16 yr old passed me up about three years ago but she is only a couple inches taller, my 12 yr old is about an inch taller than my 16 yr old and she is still growing she is also loving the fact that she is taller than her mom and she rubs it in at every opportunity. My son, which is 10, is slowly sneaking up on me. The top of his head is level with my lips now and he hasn't even hit that huge growth spurt that boys hit around age 11-13.
The upcoming week is a big week for Mr. B and I. Tuesday we will celebrate my 33rd birthday then on Thursday we will celebrate our 15th anniversary. I have been talking for two or three years about wanting to go to the beach for a few days on our anniversary but it seems we never have the time or one of the kids are sick, you know how it goes something always comes up. Well my sweet husband surprised me yesterday by telling me that we are leaving bright and early next Friday morning, just the two of us, and heading to the beach. He already has reservations made and everything, I can't wait!
Well, I am going to lunch with my mom and sister and I think I hear them pulling up so I better sign off so I can go. Y'all have a beautiful day, take care, and God Bless!
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
an update....
Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers regarding my son. Yesterday Ty felt like giving school a shot. He was still weak and draggy but otherwise okay. I took him and talked with is teacher for a bit about his do's and don'ts right now. About 8:30AM Ty's teacher called me and she was worried. Ty had been sitting at his desk doing his work one second and the next second was violently throwing up in the trash can behind him. I picked him up and as his doctors office instructed me to do, we headed for Children's Hospital. After more blood tests and going over and over with me about the vomiting they came to the conclusion that my son has acid reflux which is inflamed because of the pneumonia. They told me to take him off of the Levsin and they wrote me a prescription for Zantac. He was to take 1 tsp thirty minutes before breakfast and another tsp before dinner. This morning was his first dose and it didn't do well at all. Within half an hour after breakfast Ty started having some abdominal pain that got worse in the span of about twenty minutes, once the pain hit it's peak he ran to the bathroom and vomited more violently than he has throughout this entire illness. About twenty to thirty minutes after vomiting his stomach finally quit hurting and his color has come back. I have decided not to get my panties in a wad yet and give it another go at dinner, if we have a repeat of this morning then he will go back to the E.R. at Children's Hospital.
Good reports from yesterday are that his electrolytes are good which means, praise God, he isn't dehydrated at this point and how he isn't I don't know.
Please continue to pray for him.
Good reports from yesterday are that his electrolytes are good which means, praise God, he isn't dehydrated at this point and how he isn't I don't know.
Please continue to pray for him.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
prayers needed.....
Friday morning I posted about my son Ty being sick all week. After my post Friday morning things started going south pretty quick with him. When I woke him that morning it seemed that the cough he had been having had turned very bad. I called the doctors office and they couldn't see him until Saturday morning (I am very thankful that our pediatricians office has a Saturday clinic). We went in first thing Saturday morning and after telling the doctor all about what had been going on with my son and what the results were from the appointment with the other doctor earlier in the week, Dr. H got real mad because further tests were not done on my son especially after hearing him cough which I explained had got worse in the past couple of days. We were sent to Radiology with an order for a chest x-ray and to the Core Lab for blood tests. The doctor told me that since Ty had been vomiting for seven days that depending on the results from the blood work he might have to be admitted to the hospital.
The lab tech that took the x-rays let me go back since Ty was young. I stood in the little room with the tech while she took the x-rays. When I worked at the hospital (not the hospital we were at) I worked in Radiology. I had to handle the film from x-rays a lot so I knew what I was looking at, basically I knew when something was there that shouldn't be there but I am not educated enough to know what it is. With that being said....as the picture of my sons chest came into view on the computer screen I immediately saw a spot/mass in the bottom right lung that shouldn't be there. Wanna talk about scared! I almost asked the tech what it was but caught myself because I knew that she couldn't tell me due to laws and such. I tried to act all cool, calm and collected on the walk back to the doctors office which is housed in a wing off of the hospital. After waiting on the results from the blood tests for about an hour and a half the doctor came in and informed me that my son has pneumonia. It is in the lower part of his right lung. They prescribed a very strong antibiotic and a good cough syrup then the doctor wanted to talk about the vomiting and the five lbs. my son has lost since Monday, those five lbs. are weight he really couldn't afford to lose in the first place. He told me that if there wasn't much improvement as far as Ty eating and vomiting by Monday then he would have to be admitted. After throwing up for a few days my son was more than reluctant to eat at times and I can't say that I blame him and this is what concerned the doctor. He told Ty that throwing it up was bad enough to deal with but even if it did come up he had to eat or they were definitely going to admit him. The doctor told me to give him whatever he wanted to eat but make sure he eats something. He also prescribed a medicine for the vomiting and it has worked so far.
Today Ty hasn't had much to eat but what he ate has stayed down. Last night was the first night in nine days that he has slept all the way through the night and not had to get up to vomit. Even though I am really worn out and tired I couldn't sleep last night because I was worried about him so therefore I made several trips to his room to check his breathing. The only downfall about today is that he has had a fever. He hasn't had a fever since late Wednesday night until now. I have to call the doctors office first thing in the morning so I am praying for more improvement by then because I don't want him to have to be admitted to the hospital.
I'm sorry to blog about my sick son all through this post but nothing else has been really happening in my life the past couple of days to blog about unless y'all want to hear about the cleaning I have done to keep my mind occupied?LOL! On a more serious note, I would like to ask all of you ,for the second time, to please pray for my son. Before I go I would also like to thank you all for being my sounding board in times like these, I really appreciate it!
Y'all be safe, take care and God Bless!
The lab tech that took the x-rays let me go back since Ty was young. I stood in the little room with the tech while she took the x-rays. When I worked at the hospital (not the hospital we were at) I worked in Radiology. I had to handle the film from x-rays a lot so I knew what I was looking at, basically I knew when something was there that shouldn't be there but I am not educated enough to know what it is. With that being said....as the picture of my sons chest came into view on the computer screen I immediately saw a spot/mass in the bottom right lung that shouldn't be there. Wanna talk about scared! I almost asked the tech what it was but caught myself because I knew that she couldn't tell me due to laws and such. I tried to act all cool, calm and collected on the walk back to the doctors office which is housed in a wing off of the hospital. After waiting on the results from the blood tests for about an hour and a half the doctor came in and informed me that my son has pneumonia. It is in the lower part of his right lung. They prescribed a very strong antibiotic and a good cough syrup then the doctor wanted to talk about the vomiting and the five lbs. my son has lost since Monday, those five lbs. are weight he really couldn't afford to lose in the first place. He told me that if there wasn't much improvement as far as Ty eating and vomiting by Monday then he would have to be admitted. After throwing up for a few days my son was more than reluctant to eat at times and I can't say that I blame him and this is what concerned the doctor. He told Ty that throwing it up was bad enough to deal with but even if it did come up he had to eat or they were definitely going to admit him. The doctor told me to give him whatever he wanted to eat but make sure he eats something. He also prescribed a medicine for the vomiting and it has worked so far.
Today Ty hasn't had much to eat but what he ate has stayed down. Last night was the first night in nine days that he has slept all the way through the night and not had to get up to vomit. Even though I am really worn out and tired I couldn't sleep last night because I was worried about him so therefore I made several trips to his room to check his breathing. The only downfall about today is that he has had a fever. He hasn't had a fever since late Wednesday night until now. I have to call the doctors office first thing in the morning so I am praying for more improvement by then because I don't want him to have to be admitted to the hospital.
I'm sorry to blog about my sick son all through this post but nothing else has been really happening in my life the past couple of days to blog about unless y'all want to hear about the cleaning I have done to keep my mind occupied?LOL! On a more serious note, I would like to ask all of you ,for the second time, to please pray for my son. Before I go I would also like to thank you all for being my sounding board in times like these, I really appreciate it!
Y'all be safe, take care and God Bless!
Friday, April 18, 2008
Friday, Friday, Friday...ahhhhhhhh
I tried to get around to most of you yesterday since I haven't been on that much this week. I have had my hands full with my son being sick and also with a project I am working on for my daughters high school choral department.
In my last post Sunday, I briefly mentioned that my son Ty was sick and that it was sinus and allergy problems, well two doctor visits and they still don't know what is wrong with him. Saturday he got out of bed and was fine from what we could see, he did seem somewhat more mellow than usual but we thought maybe he just slept hard. By Saturday night we knew something wasn't right because as the day had progressed he had started acting more and more mellow. By 9 that night he had a fever then he woke up around 2:30 AM vomiting. He hasn't quit vomiting yet! Every time food hits his stomach it is right back up again within an a couple of hours. He has been eating exactly what the doctor said to give him..chicken soup, popcicles, saltine crackers and nothing is staying down. Wednesday he showed a lot of improvement so it was okay to send him to school today. At 11:15AM the school nurse called to tell me that Ty had eaten lunch then got sick two times so I needed to come and get him. The fever is gone, he feels fine but his stomach rejects any type of food and sometimes drink that hits it so I am thinking that maybe it is time for some blood tests and I do believe we will be persuading the doctor in that direction. I would ask that you say a prayer for him to get better.
As for the project I am working on for the Choral Department at the high school...they are getting ready to do a production of "The Sound of Music" and I am creating the programs that are handed out to everyone so that they can read about the scenes, the cast, cast bio's and so on. I don't have all of the info that I need but I have got a good start on everything I have. Out of 25 main cast members, I have only received bio's on three of those, however, last Friday I went down and finished shooting their pics that will go beside their bio's so that is done. I have also been playing around with different templates and modifying them to my satisfaction. Once I get all the info and can put at least two complete programs with different styles together I am going to take it to the Choir Director so that she can choose the one she wants to go with. I didn't realize everything that goes into this program deal but I sure have worked hard on it.
Well, I am off to get my day started. Y'all have a great day, be safe and God Bless!
In my last post Sunday, I briefly mentioned that my son Ty was sick and that it was sinus and allergy problems, well two doctor visits and they still don't know what is wrong with him. Saturday he got out of bed and was fine from what we could see, he did seem somewhat more mellow than usual but we thought maybe he just slept hard. By Saturday night we knew something wasn't right because as the day had progressed he had started acting more and more mellow. By 9 that night he had a fever then he woke up around 2:30 AM vomiting. He hasn't quit vomiting yet! Every time food hits his stomach it is right back up again within an a couple of hours. He has been eating exactly what the doctor said to give him..chicken soup, popcicles, saltine crackers and nothing is staying down. Wednesday he showed a lot of improvement so it was okay to send him to school today. At 11:15AM the school nurse called to tell me that Ty had eaten lunch then got sick two times so I needed to come and get him. The fever is gone, he feels fine but his stomach rejects any type of food and sometimes drink that hits it so I am thinking that maybe it is time for some blood tests and I do believe we will be persuading the doctor in that direction. I would ask that you say a prayer for him to get better.
As for the project I am working on for the Choral Department at the high school...they are getting ready to do a production of "The Sound of Music" and I am creating the programs that are handed out to everyone so that they can read about the scenes, the cast, cast bio's and so on. I don't have all of the info that I need but I have got a good start on everything I have. Out of 25 main cast members, I have only received bio's on three of those, however, last Friday I went down and finished shooting their pics that will go beside their bio's so that is done. I have also been playing around with different templates and modifying them to my satisfaction. Once I get all the info and can put at least two complete programs with different styles together I am going to take it to the Choir Director so that she can choose the one she wants to go with. I didn't realize everything that goes into this program deal but I sure have worked hard on it.
Well, I am off to get my day started. Y'all have a great day, be safe and God Bless!
Sunday, April 13, 2008
unheard of...
a post on Sunday is not something you would usually see here in my little space of blogland but today is a different day. I am bored out of my mind!
On a normal Sunday I would be at church at this time but Ty, my son, is sick with sinus and allergy problems so I had to stay home with him. I have cleaned about as much as a person can clean, I watched Daddy Day Camp..it was a cute movie, I have done laundry and there is basically nothing left for me to do now so I would rather be online than watching tv especially since there is nothing interesting on at the moment. On top of all of this, it is cold and rainy outside.
We have been in the mid to upper 70's all week until today where we are at about 50 and tomorrow they are expecting snow flurries. Yesterday was a rare day for us because we had nowhere to be and nothing to do but stick around the house and get those "round-to-it" things done that everyone needs done but never has time to get to. We were outside all day yesterday and it was absolutely gorgeous out there. I was in a tank top and shorts since it was very warm and we were doing yard work. I have never been one to sunburn while out in the sun, sometimes my skin turns a bit pink but usually turns to tan by morning. While out in the sun yesterday there was one major factor that never even hit my brain, my body is different than it was last summer. All I had on my mind was getting outside and enjoying the day but never once did I think to grab the sunblock and lather myself up because as I said before, I never burn. By nine o'clock last night I was in pain. I have never had a sunburn this bad before and oh my at how red I am. It is on my arms, shoulders, chest, and my legs. The worst part of my legs is from the knee up..ouch is all I can say right now.
I was sitting on the couch last night trying to think of what could have made me burn so badly when Mr. B says to me..."Heather, did you consider that since last summer you have started taking a new medication and maybe it doesn't agree with the sun?" After that I got online to research a bit more about my medication which is Premarin. I couldn't find anything about being careful in the sun, actually no info on the medication mentions being out in the sun at all. My body has changed since my surgery and maybe I just need to be more careful from now on, I can assure you that since this incident I will lather up ridiculously good next time I plan on spending the day outside in the sun. The funny thing is my face didn't burn at all, it didn't even turn pink and it should have because I didn't have my head bent down away from the sun. Normally my forehead, cheeks and across my nose turn pink whenever I am in the sun but I don't think I even got sun on my face yesterday, the whole sunburn thing is really weird anyway. Oh well, stuff happens eh?
Well, I better sign off and go check on Ty. Y'all have a lovely day, take care and God Bless!
On a normal Sunday I would be at church at this time but Ty, my son, is sick with sinus and allergy problems so I had to stay home with him. I have cleaned about as much as a person can clean, I watched Daddy Day Camp..it was a cute movie, I have done laundry and there is basically nothing left for me to do now so I would rather be online than watching tv especially since there is nothing interesting on at the moment. On top of all of this, it is cold and rainy outside.
We have been in the mid to upper 70's all week until today where we are at about 50 and tomorrow they are expecting snow flurries. Yesterday was a rare day for us because we had nowhere to be and nothing to do but stick around the house and get those "round-to-it" things done that everyone needs done but never has time to get to. We were outside all day yesterday and it was absolutely gorgeous out there. I was in a tank top and shorts since it was very warm and we were doing yard work. I have never been one to sunburn while out in the sun, sometimes my skin turns a bit pink but usually turns to tan by morning. While out in the sun yesterday there was one major factor that never even hit my brain, my body is different than it was last summer. All I had on my mind was getting outside and enjoying the day but never once did I think to grab the sunblock and lather myself up because as I said before, I never burn. By nine o'clock last night I was in pain. I have never had a sunburn this bad before and oh my at how red I am. It is on my arms, shoulders, chest, and my legs. The worst part of my legs is from the knee up..ouch is all I can say right now.
I was sitting on the couch last night trying to think of what could have made me burn so badly when Mr. B says to me..."Heather, did you consider that since last summer you have started taking a new medication and maybe it doesn't agree with the sun?" After that I got online to research a bit more about my medication which is Premarin. I couldn't find anything about being careful in the sun, actually no info on the medication mentions being out in the sun at all. My body has changed since my surgery and maybe I just need to be more careful from now on, I can assure you that since this incident I will lather up ridiculously good next time I plan on spending the day outside in the sun. The funny thing is my face didn't burn at all, it didn't even turn pink and it should have because I didn't have my head bent down away from the sun. Normally my forehead, cheeks and across my nose turn pink whenever I am in the sun but I don't think I even got sun on my face yesterday, the whole sunburn thing is really weird anyway. Oh well, stuff happens eh?
Well, I better sign off and go check on Ty. Y'all have a lovely day, take care and God Bless!
Thursday, April 10, 2008
another beautiful day
It has been so beautiful here lately. The temps have been hitting the mid 70's for a high and mid 50's for a low, who could ask for better? Yesterday morning I noticed the yellow pollen on the windshield of my mini-van when I took the kids to school and for me that is the only down side to warm weather but hey, I can live with it so long as we have these beautiful sunny days. Today we are supposed to see a high of 78 and tomorrow about the same however, tomorrow we have severe thunderstorms coming then after the storms sweep through a cold front is on the way. Our high for Sunday is predicted at 49 then Monday's high is predicted for 48. I am glad I haven't planted my flowers yet.
Not only has it been a beautiful week but it has been a busy week. My two youngest are taking TCAPs this week so they are going to bed earlier, Mr. B is playing softball this year, he played two games Monday night and one game Tuesday night, he will play another game tonight but we can't attend because it will be too late. My oldest child, Chesney, is in Theater at school and they have a huge play coming up at the first of May. They are doing The Sound of Music and I volunteered to create the progams that will be handed out to everyone, Chesney is taking care of the spotlight for the show. Today I have to go down to the high school and take pics of some of the cast and get their bio's so I can start setting those up on the computer. Last night we also had our quarterly business meeting at church and I hold four accounts there so I had to go over everything in each account yesterday to make sure all was as it should be then I had to write my report.
Last week I made a deal with my two youngest kids, if they went to bed an hour earlier every night and got out of bed without a problem every morning then on Friday I would take them to breakfast before school at the place of their choice, needless to say come tomorrow morning I have to make good on my end of the deal. I always make the kids go to bed an hour earlier during TCAP week because I remember how those tests use to wear me out as a child. Yesterday when my son got home from school you could see how tired he was so when we got to church I asked Mr. B to leave early so he could bring Ty home and put him in bed, Mr B said that Ty was asleep before his head hit the pillow.
I have been craving roasted veggies lately so I think I am going to make some for supper tonight. I honestly think I could eat yellow squash every single day and not get tired of it, I love the stuff! Last night I made General Tso's chicken and served it on a bed of 100% whole wheat rice, it was really good. I watch the Food Network all the time to get new ideas for food and yesterday I watched Tyler Florence make the best looking spaghetti and meat balls I have ever seen, I am definitely going to have to try it. The meat balls were huge and mmmm they looked delicious, they were so big that one would be enough to serve on top of my plate of spaghetti. I get sick of the same old, same old in the kitchen and I am always looking for new ideas and Food Network channel really helps me out a lot. I have the website bookmarked on my computer if I am ever at a loss about what to prepare for our evening meal.
Okay, enough about food, I have to get off of here and get busy. Did I mention that amid everything else we have been doing this week I have also had a spring cleaning bug going on? I am cleaning one room at a time and that way I can get all that I want done in that space. Normally when I clean house I bounce from one area to the next in a chaotic cleaning mess but it all comes together for me in the end, right now I don't have time to do that so I will go about one room at a time until it is complete.
Y'all have a beautiful day, take care and God Bless!
Not only has it been a beautiful week but it has been a busy week. My two youngest are taking TCAPs this week so they are going to bed earlier, Mr. B is playing softball this year, he played two games Monday night and one game Tuesday night, he will play another game tonight but we can't attend because it will be too late. My oldest child, Chesney, is in Theater at school and they have a huge play coming up at the first of May. They are doing The Sound of Music and I volunteered to create the progams that will be handed out to everyone, Chesney is taking care of the spotlight for the show. Today I have to go down to the high school and take pics of some of the cast and get their bio's so I can start setting those up on the computer. Last night we also had our quarterly business meeting at church and I hold four accounts there so I had to go over everything in each account yesterday to make sure all was as it should be then I had to write my report.
Last week I made a deal with my two youngest kids, if they went to bed an hour earlier every night and got out of bed without a problem every morning then on Friday I would take them to breakfast before school at the place of their choice, needless to say come tomorrow morning I have to make good on my end of the deal. I always make the kids go to bed an hour earlier during TCAP week because I remember how those tests use to wear me out as a child. Yesterday when my son got home from school you could see how tired he was so when we got to church I asked Mr. B to leave early so he could bring Ty home and put him in bed, Mr B said that Ty was asleep before his head hit the pillow.
I have been craving roasted veggies lately so I think I am going to make some for supper tonight. I honestly think I could eat yellow squash every single day and not get tired of it, I love the stuff! Last night I made General Tso's chicken and served it on a bed of 100% whole wheat rice, it was really good. I watch the Food Network all the time to get new ideas for food and yesterday I watched Tyler Florence make the best looking spaghetti and meat balls I have ever seen, I am definitely going to have to try it. The meat balls were huge and mmmm they looked delicious, they were so big that one would be enough to serve on top of my plate of spaghetti. I get sick of the same old, same old in the kitchen and I am always looking for new ideas and Food Network channel really helps me out a lot. I have the website bookmarked on my computer if I am ever at a loss about what to prepare for our evening meal.
Okay, enough about food, I have to get off of here and get busy. Did I mention that amid everything else we have been doing this week I have also had a spring cleaning bug going on? I am cleaning one room at a time and that way I can get all that I want done in that space. Normally when I clean house I bounce from one area to the next in a chaotic cleaning mess but it all comes together for me in the end, right now I don't have time to do that so I will go about one room at a time until it is complete.
Y'all have a beautiful day, take care and God Bless!
Monday, April 07, 2008
how healthy is your childs school?
The weekend is over and it is time to start a new week, one that will be busy for my kids. My two youngest children will be taking their TCAP tests this week and wouldn't you know that my son wakes up vomiting this morning. I am pretty certain that he doesn't have a stomach virus or anything, just sinus drainage making his stomach all yucky...he had no fever so he went to school. There is something I have always found disturbing about TCAP week, the schools send home letters for two or three weeks before the big week arrives telling parents how important it is for your child to eat very healthy throughout that week and get plenty of sleep, cut back on the sugar you give them and so on. My disturbing thoughts come in when I think of what some parents are feeding their children throughout the rest of the year that cause the schools to continuously send home these letters year after year. I know that some parents do not monitor what their children take in their bodies but around here we (Mr. B and I) do. A couple of years ago our school system changed some rules regarding food and drink. They removed all soda machines from most of the schools, they do not allow fast food of any kind to be brought in the doors, they ask that if you send snacks for your children to send something more healthy and not sugar loaded. As far as the soda machines go I think there are still at least one in each high school but they can't be used until the end of the day bell rings.
My son is in the 4th grade and the past couple of years they have asked parents to send a refillable water bottle with the sip top and a healthy snack everyday. They have found that they have less disturbances with kids wanting to go to the water fountain to get drinks and that the children are more alert throughout the entire day. Every year my sons elementary school has an even they call The Bear Run. Bear Run is basically a fun fund raiser. The schools mascot is a bear and the first principal of the school had a great idea that was put to use. She was all about stressing the importance of reading so the BEAR not only represents their mascot but also stands for a very good program called Be Excited About Reading. The event is an all day thing, the kids spend weeks before the event getting family and friends to sponsor them for a walk, you can make one donation or you can pay per lap that the child will walk. For lunch the kids get to buy from the concession stand which sells hot dogs, Petro's chili and chips, salads, or nachos and cheese. There are sodas allowed this day but they all have to be caffeine free. Parents and grandparents are really great about jumping right in and helping the school out during this event. Some get together and host a vintage car show for the kids, our local police officers have brought their canines in and explained how the canines are trained to sniff out drugs, all in all it is a really fun day and it is coming up on the 18th of this month which is a week or two earlier than previous years. The week of Bear Run is also Spirit week and the kids get to dress in certain attire each day, the grade that has the most spirit dressed kids all week gets to have a huge pizza party. We are really looking forward to Bear Run this year.
As for the weather...it is supposed to be beautiful all week long here with temps ranging in the mid 70's, the only downfall is we are expecting rain for three days but it is only small chances of rain. It started raining here on Thursday and didn't quit until the early morning hours of Sunday, I can't complain because we desperately needed it. Today I am going to throw the windows open and do some Spring cleaning. Speaking of Spring cleaning...daylight is burning so I better sign off and get to it. Y'all have a beautiful day!
My son is in the 4th grade and the past couple of years they have asked parents to send a refillable water bottle with the sip top and a healthy snack everyday. They have found that they have less disturbances with kids wanting to go to the water fountain to get drinks and that the children are more alert throughout the entire day. Every year my sons elementary school has an even they call The Bear Run. Bear Run is basically a fun fund raiser. The schools mascot is a bear and the first principal of the school had a great idea that was put to use. She was all about stressing the importance of reading so the BEAR not only represents their mascot but also stands for a very good program called Be Excited About Reading. The event is an all day thing, the kids spend weeks before the event getting family and friends to sponsor them for a walk, you can make one donation or you can pay per lap that the child will walk. For lunch the kids get to buy from the concession stand which sells hot dogs, Petro's chili and chips, salads, or nachos and cheese. There are sodas allowed this day but they all have to be caffeine free. Parents and grandparents are really great about jumping right in and helping the school out during this event. Some get together and host a vintage car show for the kids, our local police officers have brought their canines in and explained how the canines are trained to sniff out drugs, all in all it is a really fun day and it is coming up on the 18th of this month which is a week or two earlier than previous years. The week of Bear Run is also Spirit week and the kids get to dress in certain attire each day, the grade that has the most spirit dressed kids all week gets to have a huge pizza party. We are really looking forward to Bear Run this year.
As for the weather...it is supposed to be beautiful all week long here with temps ranging in the mid 70's, the only downfall is we are expecting rain for three days but it is only small chances of rain. It started raining here on Thursday and didn't quit until the early morning hours of Sunday, I can't complain because we desperately needed it. Today I am going to throw the windows open and do some Spring cleaning. Speaking of Spring cleaning...daylight is burning so I better sign off and get to it. Y'all have a beautiful day!
Friday, April 04, 2008
1 year....
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!
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!
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!
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