Wow! I can't believe Thanksgiving is in 3 days! Where has the time gone? I have almost everything needed to make apple pie. I am also bringing pumpkin pie and B is making some sweet potatoes. We will be heading over to my parent's house for the big feast. Can't wait to see everyone!
I surprised B with a spontaneous date night on Friday. The Blind Side was released Friday and I was anxious to watch it, so I dropped the kids off at a friend's house. We loved the movie and once it is released on dvd we will definitely let the kids watch it. After that, we hit up our favorite Mexican restaurant, Los Lupes. We love the food, but rarely go there. The dinner would have been perfect however Los Lupes has started having karaoke on Friday evenings and the guy in charge of it could not sing at all. It wouldn't have been that bad, but there were not many people who wanted to perform so this guy kept singing. Seriously, it was horrible!!!
On Saturday morning we were up early to witness the adoption of our friends, the T's, daughter. Saturday was National Adoption Day and there were many people at the court house adopting. It was such an awesome thing to witness our friends become the forever parents to baby V! We could not be any happier for them!!
Saturday evening we headed to my parent's house for the November birthday celebrations--my twin sisters, J & D; and J's son L. We had a delicious meal of manicotti, salad, bread and tiramisu. YUM!
Monday, November 23, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
And they're out!
I got my stitches taken out this morning! Yay! Sweet relief! They had been bothering me whenever I stretched my hand or curled my hand, so they needed to go. I had to take the kids with me, of course, and E was covering his ears. I think he thought I was going to scream! Ha. It did hurt a bit, but I am just so glad to have them gone.
The dr. said to keep the area dry and covered for the next few days as it is still healing. It looks ugly, but hopefully the scar won't be so noticeable.
This morning when I woke up, it was in the 40's but with the windchill it was about 38. Not cute. So, after the kids and I left the dr. office we headed to the grocery store and picked up a whole chicken. I came home, butchered it and it is now simmering away. Chicken and dumplings sounds delish on a day like today! I am so in the mood to bake as well. I have plenty of bread so I may whip up some bread pudding, but yesterday I saw an amazing looking white cake on a blog that I want to try as well. Doesn't this look so good: http://mangiodasola.blogspot.com/2009/11/white-cake-with-vanilla-buttercream.html
Yum!
The dr. said to keep the area dry and covered for the next few days as it is still healing. It looks ugly, but hopefully the scar won't be so noticeable.
This morning when I woke up, it was in the 40's but with the windchill it was about 38. Not cute. So, after the kids and I left the dr. office we headed to the grocery store and picked up a whole chicken. I came home, butchered it and it is now simmering away. Chicken and dumplings sounds delish on a day like today! I am so in the mood to bake as well. I have plenty of bread so I may whip up some bread pudding, but yesterday I saw an amazing looking white cake on a blog that I want to try as well. Doesn't this look so good: http://mangiodasola.blogspot.com/2009/11/white-cake-with-vanilla-buttercream.html
Yum!
Friday, November 13, 2009
2 1/2 Hours
That is how long the kids and I sat at Care Now this afternoon.
Just a little back story...
Tuesday evenings I work at church doing childcare. I was helping my friend cut construction paper for the AWANA craft the next evening. While doing that, I managed to cut my left index finger with the tip of the scissors. I saw it happen in slow motion, and it was not pretty!! I am not a fan of blood, but I called security on the walkie talkie and met them in one of the lobbies for the first aid kit. Thankfully, the security guard's wife was there, and she helped bandaged my finger up as good as possible with the limited supplies we had.
Normally E & K come with me on Tuesday evenings, but E decided he wanted to stay home with B so it was just K and me at church. I called B and told him to find an urgent care center since I thought it would be quicker and cheaper than going to the ER.
B met me there and took the kids home since by that time it was 8:45. Thankfully I was only at urgent care for an hour! They decided I needed stitches to close the wound and luckily I only needed 2 stitches. They also put me on an antibiotic to prevent infection.
As I was leaving, they told me to come back on Friday for them to check out the stitches and so they could make sure I was not getting an infection.
So, today after co-op, the kids and I head on over for the follow up visit. Now, I normally wouldn't bring the kids to a place like this, but because I didn't feel like sitting there on a Friday evening, I decided to take them. We got there at 11:36 a.m. and did not go back into a room until 1:15p.m. Then, the dr. didn't even come in the room for another 30 minutes. Seriously.
Thankfully they have movies playing to distract you from watching the clock. The kids and I finally got out of there at 1:51. The kids were beyond starving since they ate breakfast at 7am and hadn't had a snack. Honestly, I didn't even think it would take that long! There were only 3 other people ahead of us when we got there! Craziness!!!
Luckily there is a Taco Cabana in the shopping center we were at, so the kids empty stomachs were soon filled!
Now, I have not had stitches since the last day of school my senior year, when some dope threw a glass bottle down the top of the stairs and it shattered and then some glass ricocheted and cut my leg right above my left knee. And, I have never had stitches on my fingers/hands. I can not stress how thankful I am that this happened when B was home. If he was still away this would have been disastrous. He has been having to wash my hair for me and help me shower amongst other things. I am so ready to have full use back of my finger.
I am including a picture, but you can't see the stitches well. It is ridiculous that 2 tiny stitches have limited my normal living!
Just a little back story...
Tuesday evenings I work at church doing childcare. I was helping my friend cut construction paper for the AWANA craft the next evening. While doing that, I managed to cut my left index finger with the tip of the scissors. I saw it happen in slow motion, and it was not pretty!! I am not a fan of blood, but I called security on the walkie talkie and met them in one of the lobbies for the first aid kit. Thankfully, the security guard's wife was there, and she helped bandaged my finger up as good as possible with the limited supplies we had.
Normally E & K come with me on Tuesday evenings, but E decided he wanted to stay home with B so it was just K and me at church. I called B and told him to find an urgent care center since I thought it would be quicker and cheaper than going to the ER.
B met me there and took the kids home since by that time it was 8:45. Thankfully I was only at urgent care for an hour! They decided I needed stitches to close the wound and luckily I only needed 2 stitches. They also put me on an antibiotic to prevent infection.
As I was leaving, they told me to come back on Friday for them to check out the stitches and so they could make sure I was not getting an infection.
So, today after co-op, the kids and I head on over for the follow up visit. Now, I normally wouldn't bring the kids to a place like this, but because I didn't feel like sitting there on a Friday evening, I decided to take them. We got there at 11:36 a.m. and did not go back into a room until 1:15p.m. Then, the dr. didn't even come in the room for another 30 minutes. Seriously.
Thankfully they have movies playing to distract you from watching the clock. The kids and I finally got out of there at 1:51. The kids were beyond starving since they ate breakfast at 7am and hadn't had a snack. Honestly, I didn't even think it would take that long! There were only 3 other people ahead of us when we got there! Craziness!!!
Luckily there is a Taco Cabana in the shopping center we were at, so the kids empty stomachs were soon filled!
Now, I have not had stitches since the last day of school my senior year, when some dope threw a glass bottle down the top of the stairs and it shattered and then some glass ricocheted and cut my leg right above my left knee. And, I have never had stitches on my fingers/hands. I can not stress how thankful I am that this happened when B was home. If he was still away this would have been disastrous. He has been having to wash my hair for me and help me shower amongst other things. I am so ready to have full use back of my finger.
I am including a picture, but you can't see the stitches well. It is ridiculous that 2 tiny stitches have limited my normal living!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
I had it all planned out
Since B now has to go in to work at an office I have found that I kinda miss him working from home. When he was away, I was fine with doing everything on my own, but now that he is back I am happy to have someone else to rely on.
This afternoon I had planned to do a few errands and to take the cat to the vet. I load the cat into her crate and then the kids and I hop into the car to make it to the vets office a few minutes early. I push the button on the garage remote and the garage door won't go down. Since our remote has 3 different buttons (and only 1 of them is to put the door up and down) I start hitting the other buttons. Clearly something is wrong, so I hop out of the car with the intentions of closing the garage and then exiting the front door. Well, no can do...The garage door won't go down!! It moves a little bit down and then all the way back up. So, here I sit, hoping that B gets home in time for me to take K to dance and to do a few errands that I need to do. Welcome back to reality!
This afternoon I had planned to do a few errands and to take the cat to the vet. I load the cat into her crate and then the kids and I hop into the car to make it to the vets office a few minutes early. I push the button on the garage remote and the garage door won't go down. Since our remote has 3 different buttons (and only 1 of them is to put the door up and down) I start hitting the other buttons. Clearly something is wrong, so I hop out of the car with the intentions of closing the garage and then exiting the front door. Well, no can do...The garage door won't go down!! It moves a little bit down and then all the way back up. So, here I sit, hoping that B gets home in time for me to take K to dance and to do a few errands that I need to do. Welcome back to reality!
Sunday, November 8, 2009
The Fab Four
B finally came home from training, so we are a complete family again! YAY!
I was able to go for B's graduation. We spent the weekend prior to his graduation in Savannah. We were able to eat dinner at Paula Deen's The Lady and Sons on Saturday evening.
On Sunday, we headed back to where B has been 'stationed' for the past 6 months. We took a long walk on the beach and were able to see a gorgeous sunset! After graduation on Tuesday we started the 17hour drive home. While it was a beautiful drive, I would prefer not to have to sit in a car for such long periods of time for a while.
This weekend has been a weekend of partying. We started out with a bonfire at some friends house on Friday evening. This is our 3rd or 4th annual fall bonfire at their house, complete with a weenie roast and s'mores; and a hay ride. This is an event that we all look forward too.
Last night we had a party with friends to celebrate my 30th birthday and B's homecoming. I love having parties and getting to spend time with friends. We totally forgot to take any pictures of this. I made B his favorite--carrot cake, and I must say that it was great!
Tonight is our last party for the weekend, and it is for one of the kid's friends. We have been spending a lot of time lately with our group of friends, and I love it!!
B started his new job on Friday, but this week will give us a real taste for what his job will be like, with him leaving early in the morning and coming home in the late afternoon. Can't wait to see what God has in store for us!
Monday, October 26, 2009
Headed back to Normal
Friday afternoon, my friend L dropped off her 2 youngest kiddos. The baby is a crawler, and my house is no longer baby proof since my 'baby' will soon be 7. I rearranged a few things so as not to entice the baby. We spent the rest of Friday here at the house and I knew that for my sanity I would need to get the kids out of the house for much of Saturday.
The baby slept until 8:45 at which point, I woke him up cause his breakfast was cold. Plus, we needed to get on with our day. After lunch was prepared and everyone dressed, we loaded up in the car and went to a pumpkin patch. The kids had a blast. It was family fun day, and everything was free. There were quite a few games, a firetruck to explore, sand art to create and food everywhere. They were offering free sno-cones, cotton candy and popcorn and I spotted some lunch stuff as well. The kids opted for the cotton candy. Each kiddo, save the baby, picked out a pumpkin to take home with them as well.
Next on the agenda was the zoo. Due to traffic being diverted to a different highway, we had lost some time so we ate our lunch in the car.
We finally arrived at the zoo, and when I was driving up to show my pass (free parking for those with a zoo pass) a bee flew in my car! We were all freaking out. I opened all the windows and the darn thing would not leave! It flew by baby and K tried to get it off of him. She put a bag on baby to protect him, but inadvertently trapped the bee. Thankfully nobody got stung.
Once in the zoo, we moseyed our way along the paths. We only stayed at the zoo for a few hours, but that was long enough. We saw most everything they wanted to see. By that time it was almost 3 o'clock and baby had fallen asleep in the stroller. Plus there were bees everywhere which made our decision to leave that much easier!
I had a stop to make, and on our way out, the sales lady told me that my kids were so well behaved! Woohoo!! We got home at about 4:30 just to leave to do another errand shortly before 6. Afterwards I took the kids out to dinner and then home just in time for baths and bed!!! I had feared that Saturday would be my hardest day to keep them entertained but all went well!
Sunday we went to church and then came home after lunch for naps! L picked the kids up around 5'ish. What a fun weekend we had!
After they left, E, K and I left for another church family fun fest that I had heard about. They were able to play more games, jump in a few bounce houses and have a totally healthy dinner of nachos ;)
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
1979
30 years ago today, I was born. Well, technically, I was born at 10:17pm, so about 20 minutes ago I officially turned 30. WOW. As a teenager, I could never picture myself as a 30 yr old. I pictured myself getting married and having kids, but being 30??? Never entered my mind.
I have felt extremely blessed and loved today. My family and friends have certainly lavished me with love.
Two of my friends cooked for me today. L made me some awesome enchiladas and spanish rice, and E made me a wonderful lemon meringue pie.
Then tonight as I went to work at church, my friend K surprised me and decorated the room and brought balloons, a sweet card and a gift of chocolate.
Aside from today being my birthday, it is also the 2 week mark of when B will graduate! 14 more days!! I will fly out to be with him in 10 days and then drive home with him after the graduation ceremony. I can not believe how fast the days are going now! In the beginning, time just sort of dragged on, and now time is just flying by!
I have felt extremely blessed and loved today. My family and friends have certainly lavished me with love.
Two of my friends cooked for me today. L made me some awesome enchiladas and spanish rice, and E made me a wonderful lemon meringue pie.
Then tonight as I went to work at church, my friend K surprised me and decorated the room and brought balloons, a sweet card and a gift of chocolate.
Aside from today being my birthday, it is also the 2 week mark of when B will graduate! 14 more days!! I will fly out to be with him in 10 days and then drive home with him after the graduation ceremony. I can not believe how fast the days are going now! In the beginning, time just sort of dragged on, and now time is just flying by!
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