Hi guys, we're on our way to the doctor's office WOOHOO!! If I reaaly felt bad, I'd have no problem going, but I'm feeling pretty okay. Last Tuesday, I started coughing and it has moved into my chest. Michael says he's worried and is taking me to the doctor...personally I just think he's tired of me keeping him awake at night :D So, better to be safe than sorry, I made an appointment. After I did that, I went to work, only to have one of the girls tell me that it sure sounds like I'm feeling better. WHAT! I don't want to hear that! My doc is costing me $55.00 BEFORE he prescribes me anything...yes, the man makes like $3OO an hour if you calculate that he spends ten minutes with his patients. I'm going to be so mad if he tells me I'm almost over whatever this is.
Anyhow, to pass the time while we're driving to see Dr. S, Michael and I are coming up with things we wouldn't want to hear a doctor say...
1. Hmmmm.... (can you give me a little more to go on here?)
2. I haven't seen anything like this before (me either, that's why I'm here)
3. I'm going to have to consult with another physician on this one (why the heck not...the more the merrier)
4. It wouldn't hurt you to lose twenty pounds (are you serious! I had no idea I was a little on the chunky side, thanks for sharing doc! Now I can be sick AND depressed...)
5. I'm going to send you down to the lab for some blood work (great, I just LOVE needles...NOT!)
6 What's wrong with you? (you tell me...you have the medical degree and make $292 more an hour than I do...)
7. I want to see you back here in a week so we can do more lab work (YAY, more needles and another co-pay!)
8. I'm going to call this prescription in for you (YAY, some more pills to add to my collection!)
9. I need to check your prostrate (I wish I could have seen Michael's face the day the doctor said that to him...hehehe!)
10. Lay back and put your feet in these stirrups (whoa, wait! Don't I at least get dinner and a movie first?!)
Alrighty, after having to take the back roads because the interstate was shut down, we are finally about to pull up to the doctor's office. YAY ME!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Sunday Stuff
Because I didn't Fritter on Friday...
Since it's been forevah since I blogged, let's get you all caught up!!
Last Saturday the three of us went to a Halloween party that Michael's best friend was throwing. We went as Guitar Heroes. It was fun with lots of great costumes! That is, until we left and headed home. A mile and a half from the gas station, Michael says, "Great, we're running out of gas.". We were thankfully close to where Michael works so we parked the Bronco (or it parked itself...) in a parking lot and walked three blocks to his office building where we borrowed one of the vans and headed to Wal-Mart to get a gas can and some gas. I told him to please take off his rocker wig lest we get mugged while walking. It was a lovely hike...we got the gas and took the Bronco home. When we got home it was nearly 3 hours after we left the party. And that, my friends, is how we found out that the gas gauge is not working...yippee!!
My Mom came back on Tuesday for some more of that "Special" southern hospitality that we're famous for...I cooked spaghetti, green beans, garlic bread and salad for dinner and cupcakes for dessert and we had a nice visit. I'm so glad she came to see us! As promised, I got Kyle to take another picture and it turned out! So, with her permission and without further ado, meet my Mom!
I have been fighting being sick since Tuesday and am afraid that I'm losing the battle...I will probably be calling the doctor's office tomorrow and scheduling an appointment for Tuesday. (another reason I haven't been very bloggy)
Hope you guys have a super week!! I'm off to baby myself and try to feel better.
Since it's been forevah since I blogged, let's get you all caught up!!
Last Saturday the three of us went to a Halloween party that Michael's best friend was throwing. We went as Guitar Heroes. It was fun with lots of great costumes! That is, until we left and headed home. A mile and a half from the gas station, Michael says, "Great, we're running out of gas.". We were thankfully close to where Michael works so we parked the Bronco (or it parked itself...) in a parking lot and walked three blocks to his office building where we borrowed one of the vans and headed to Wal-Mart to get a gas can and some gas. I told him to please take off his rocker wig lest we get mugged while walking. It was a lovely hike...we got the gas and took the Bronco home. When we got home it was nearly 3 hours after we left the party. And that, my friends, is how we found out that the gas gauge is not working...yippee!!
My Mom came back on Tuesday for some more of that "Special" southern hospitality that we're famous for...I cooked spaghetti, green beans, garlic bread and salad for dinner and cupcakes for dessert and we had a nice visit. I'm so glad she came to see us! As promised, I got Kyle to take another picture and it turned out! So, with her permission and without further ado, meet my Mom!
I have been fighting being sick since Tuesday and am afraid that I'm losing the battle...I will probably be calling the doctor's office tomorrow and scheduling an appointment for Tuesday. (another reason I haven't been very bloggy)
Hope you guys have a super week!! I'm off to baby myself and try to feel better.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Mom Visits The Money Pit
We have a special guest! It's my MOM! (Oh yeah, you knew that already because you read it in the title...) We moved to this town almost four years ago and into this house a little over two years ago. My Mom brought my grandmother to stay with me after I got home from the hospital after my heart surgery (4 yrs ago) and this has been her first trip here since. I've been so excited about her coming! Could we possibly have a scenario where we just clean the house and pretty it up for her? Oh no, that would be too easy...
We live in an old house and we know it has issues. We just pray that the house will keep standing until we can afford to fix those things...or Extreme Makeover Home Edition, ya know, builds us another one...
It all started when I asked my husband to make a repair to the bathroom shower. The tub surround was cracked and peeling around the spout, so I asked Michael if he could fix it. Nothing elaborate, just something so it doesn't look so nasty. And we ended up with a new tub surround and shower head...not because of my husband, because he is pretty handy at fixing things. Nope, this house is just starting to fall apart around our ears. Lovely. But wait, it gets better. Because it has been raining. ALOT! I noticed that that the ceiling tiles in the guest room were buckling more than they had been. Surely we don't have a leak because there would be water stains on the tiles. That makes sense, doesn't it? Oh contraire! When Michael climbed up and got a hold of one, it nearly crumbled in his hands. He looks at my Mom and says, "Ummm, you might want to sleep on the couch tonight or you might wake up with a ceiling tile on your head...welcome to our home."
Doesn't this look awful!! It's buckling in two different places!
We now have a joke that only special guests can receive the special treatment that we give here. Come visit us and wade through our swamp of a yard. Sleep on the couch or risk bodily injury. Hey, at least you can have a pleasant shower!! :D
Michael and I have been debating putting the house on the market and then renting an apartment for a year or so and saving the money up for a house in better condition and in a better neighborhood. This week's drama has pretty much sealed the deal. Hopefully someone with the time, money and patience will find it and fall in love with it and fix it up the way it deserves to be. Until then we will have a sign on the door:
Friends and Family always welcome...just sign this waiver right here...
I am so glad that my mom came to visit and that she is such a good sport!! Kyle tried to get a picture of us before she headed out to visit my sister, but it came out REALLY blurry. I'll get Michael to take one when Mom comes back and post it then. She's coming back Tuesday for some more of that signature special treatment! Love you Mom!!!
We live in an old house and we know it has issues. We just pray that the house will keep standing until we can afford to fix those things...or Extreme Makeover Home Edition, ya know, builds us another one...
It all started when I asked my husband to make a repair to the bathroom shower. The tub surround was cracked and peeling around the spout, so I asked Michael if he could fix it. Nothing elaborate, just something so it doesn't look so nasty. And we ended up with a new tub surround and shower head...not because of my husband, because he is pretty handy at fixing things. Nope, this house is just starting to fall apart around our ears. Lovely. But wait, it gets better. Because it has been raining. ALOT! I noticed that that the ceiling tiles in the guest room were buckling more than they had been. Surely we don't have a leak because there would be water stains on the tiles. That makes sense, doesn't it? Oh contraire! When Michael climbed up and got a hold of one, it nearly crumbled in his hands. He looks at my Mom and says, "Ummm, you might want to sleep on the couch tonight or you might wake up with a ceiling tile on your head...welcome to our home."
Doesn't this look awful!! It's buckling in two different places!
We now have a joke that only special guests can receive the special treatment that we give here. Come visit us and wade through our swamp of a yard. Sleep on the couch or risk bodily injury. Hey, at least you can have a pleasant shower!! :D
Michael and I have been debating putting the house on the market and then renting an apartment for a year or so and saving the money up for a house in better condition and in a better neighborhood. This week's drama has pretty much sealed the deal. Hopefully someone with the time, money and patience will find it and fall in love with it and fix it up the way it deserves to be. Until then we will have a sign on the door:
Friends and Family always welcome...just sign this waiver right here...
I am so glad that my mom came to visit and that she is such a good sport!! Kyle tried to get a picture of us before she headed out to visit my sister, but it came out REALLY blurry. I'll get Michael to take one when Mom comes back and post it then. She's coming back Tuesday for some more of that signature special treatment! Love you Mom!!!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Has Anyone Seen...
My keys? As big and bulky as this keychain is, you would think I would be able to keep up with the things!
My cell phone? I lay it down everywhere! Can somebody call it so I can find it?
My scissors? This one is not my fault, Michael is always taking them and not putting them back in their correct spot.
My other shoe? I can always find ONE, but finding its mate is always a huge task. My husband says that maybe I shouldn't have so many shoes...but really, can a person have too many shoes?!
My bottled water? I always have one with me and I'm always leaving it somewhere. If I ask Michael and Kyle to help me find it, they just bring me a new one...turkeys...
My purse? It's either in the recliner beside the front door, hanging on the back of my dining room chair or on the floor next to my bed where I dropped it when I got home from work and walked straight to the bedroom to change into my grubbies.
Michael? He's either smoking out the back door, sitting on the front porch smoking or...heck, I can't keep up with him he's all over the place!
My sanity? Sometimes I feel like I'm slowly losing it and other times it feels like a distant memory.
Oh well, my head's attached so I won't lose it!! ;D
My cell phone? I lay it down everywhere! Can somebody call it so I can find it?
My scissors? This one is not my fault, Michael is always taking them and not putting them back in their correct spot.
My other shoe? I can always find ONE, but finding its mate is always a huge task. My husband says that maybe I shouldn't have so many shoes...but really, can a person have too many shoes?!
My bottled water? I always have one with me and I'm always leaving it somewhere. If I ask Michael and Kyle to help me find it, they just bring me a new one...turkeys...
My purse? It's either in the recliner beside the front door, hanging on the back of my dining room chair or on the floor next to my bed where I dropped it when I got home from work and walked straight to the bedroom to change into my grubbies.
Michael? He's either smoking out the back door, sitting on the front porch smoking or...heck, I can't keep up with him he's all over the place!
My sanity? Sometimes I feel like I'm slowly losing it and other times it feels like a distant memory.
Oh well, my head's attached so I won't lose it!! ;D
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Are You One Of The 10 Percent?
On my last blog post, I promised that I would give you the answer to the trivia question that Kyle and I heard last Monday.
"Despite the hype, only 10% of people use this"
Kyle figured it out in only a matter of moments which really impressed me!! Especially when people's answers were toilet paper, toothpaste and handsoap. DISGUSTING!! I cringe just thinking about it.
The answer was TWITTER!
Yep, the kid can't tell you where his shoes are, but he knew this!! I had left my cell phone at home, so he couldn't call it in, so it's my fault that he didn't win a free lunch at a local deli...the location being the next town over (35 minutes away) where the radio station is based. Obviously I was the winner of the bad mother award that day...maybe he'll forget about it. Um...yeah, right...
My sister got this correct in my comments YAY SIS!!! Aren't you all glad that you know the answer to that riveting question now! Hope you had fun playing!!
"Despite the hype, only 10% of people use this"
Kyle figured it out in only a matter of moments which really impressed me!! Especially when people's answers were toilet paper, toothpaste and handsoap. DISGUSTING!! I cringe just thinking about it.
The answer was TWITTER!
Yep, the kid can't tell you where his shoes are, but he knew this!! I had left my cell phone at home, so he couldn't call it in, so it's my fault that he didn't win a free lunch at a local deli...the location being the next town over (35 minutes away) where the radio station is based. Obviously I was the winner of the bad mother award that day...maybe he'll forget about it. Um...yeah, right...
My sister got this correct in my comments YAY SIS!!! Aren't you all glad that you know the answer to that riveting question now! Hope you had fun playing!!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Friday Frittering
Alrighty rootie! It's Friday and it's time to Fritter!! YAY! Boy howdy I have really been at it this week!!
Kyle went two whole weeks without bringing home a note from school so I told him that he could pick a movie to see. The three us haven't done anything since Kyle's birthday so I was cheering him on!! I figured that he would want to see Where The Wild Things Are., but he wasn't interested. So, Saturday night, we decided to eat pizza and go bowling instead. While we were at Cici's Pizza, I saw a girl with the CUTEST hairstyle. I'm thinking to myself that I must get a picture so I can show it to the girl who cuts my hair...but how? Do I walk up to her and tell her that I love her hair and ask to take her picture? Ummm...no...she would probably think I was a psycho. I thought about it all during dinner and decided to just discreetly snap a pic with my camera phone. Then Kyle and Michael were like WHAT are you DOING?! Then I kind of felt like a stalker so I just gave up. When we got in the car, I explained to them what I was trying to do and Kyle and Michael in unison said "You do NOT want her hair cut!". Oh yeah, they noticed it and apparently they didn't like it as much as I did. Oh well, thanks guys...
Last Sunday before we painted the wall for our friend's Halloween party, my sweetie was fixing our Bronco. It had been out of commission for a while, and he put the finishing touches on it so we would have a third vehicle to have as a back up since his job depends on having dependable transportation. Well, the Bronco is going to be mine! It's a 1989 Ford Bronco II and it is a four-wheel drive and it is blue and I LOVE it! Don't ask me any more stats on it because I am a girl and the above mentioned facts are all I know...At first Michael said we would just trade vehicles ever so often. No. Not happening. I keep my cars clean and I hate getting into one after him and it looks like a trash pit and smells awful (he smokes). So, I decided that the Bronco is mine, and just to give myself a little insurance, I am "girlifying" it. I told that to Kyle and he said that he just wouldn't ride in it anymore. Whatevvverrr... My first step to making it girlie is I went and got an air freshner for it. Not just any air freshner, though. Oh no. It is a pink glittery flip flop with crystal bling things on the top. What's funny is I have a pair like them, they are just brown and don't have glitter. I showed it to Kyle when I picked him up from school and asked him what he thought. The answer was "Noooooooooooooo". Well, that settles it, and I did it for $1.88!! :D It may be wrong that I derive a certain sadistic satisfaction from terrorizing them with all things girlie, but it sure is fun!! It's my payback for having to fetch and clean their laundry...
Did you know that my kid is one smart cookie? The other morning when I was taking him to school...it had to have been Monday...we were listening to the radio. They were having a trivia contest and the clue was "Despite the hype, less than 10% of people use this." Can you believe that people were calling in and someone suggested that it was toilet paper? Ewwww... Another one guessed toothpaste. Gross! What kind of people are listening to this station?? I didn't have my phone to call in and Kyle wasn't happy. Why? Because he would have been right. Do YOU know what the answer was?? Let's make a game of it! Put your guess in my comments and I'll tell you the answer in my next post!!! Come on, it will be fun!!
Oh Yeah! I wanted tell you that I am entering a blog make-over giveaway by Simply Yours Designs. You can enter too. Just click on the button and see what's up!
Hope all of you have a great weekend. I'm finishing this up so I can go stick a pizza in the oven. YIPPEE!! Muwaaaahhhh!
Kyle went two whole weeks without bringing home a note from school so I told him that he could pick a movie to see. The three us haven't done anything since Kyle's birthday so I was cheering him on!! I figured that he would want to see Where The Wild Things Are., but he wasn't interested. So, Saturday night, we decided to eat pizza and go bowling instead. While we were at Cici's Pizza, I saw a girl with the CUTEST hairstyle. I'm thinking to myself that I must get a picture so I can show it to the girl who cuts my hair...but how? Do I walk up to her and tell her that I love her hair and ask to take her picture? Ummm...no...she would probably think I was a psycho. I thought about it all during dinner and decided to just discreetly snap a pic with my camera phone. Then Kyle and Michael were like WHAT are you DOING?! Then I kind of felt like a stalker so I just gave up. When we got in the car, I explained to them what I was trying to do and Kyle and Michael in unison said "You do NOT want her hair cut!". Oh yeah, they noticed it and apparently they didn't like it as much as I did. Oh well, thanks guys...
Last Sunday before we painted the wall for our friend's Halloween party, my sweetie was fixing our Bronco. It had been out of commission for a while, and he put the finishing touches on it so we would have a third vehicle to have as a back up since his job depends on having dependable transportation. Well, the Bronco is going to be mine! It's a 1989 Ford Bronco II and it is a four-wheel drive and it is blue and I LOVE it! Don't ask me any more stats on it because I am a girl and the above mentioned facts are all I know...At first Michael said we would just trade vehicles ever so often. No. Not happening. I keep my cars clean and I hate getting into one after him and it looks like a trash pit and smells awful (he smokes). So, I decided that the Bronco is mine, and just to give myself a little insurance, I am "girlifying" it. I told that to Kyle and he said that he just wouldn't ride in it anymore. Whatevvverrr... My first step to making it girlie is I went and got an air freshner for it. Not just any air freshner, though. Oh no. It is a pink glittery flip flop with crystal bling things on the top. What's funny is I have a pair like them, they are just brown and don't have glitter. I showed it to Kyle when I picked him up from school and asked him what he thought. The answer was "Noooooooooooooo". Well, that settles it, and I did it for $1.88!! :D It may be wrong that I derive a certain sadistic satisfaction from terrorizing them with all things girlie, but it sure is fun!! It's my payback for having to fetch and clean their laundry...
Did you know that my kid is one smart cookie? The other morning when I was taking him to school...it had to have been Monday...we were listening to the radio. They were having a trivia contest and the clue was "Despite the hype, less than 10% of people use this." Can you believe that people were calling in and someone suggested that it was toilet paper? Ewwww... Another one guessed toothpaste. Gross! What kind of people are listening to this station?? I didn't have my phone to call in and Kyle wasn't happy. Why? Because he would have been right. Do YOU know what the answer was?? Let's make a game of it! Put your guess in my comments and I'll tell you the answer in my next post!!! Come on, it will be fun!!
Oh Yeah! I wanted tell you that I am entering a blog make-over giveaway by Simply Yours Designs. You can enter too. Just click on the button and see what's up!
Hope all of you have a great weekend. I'm finishing this up so I can go stick a pizza in the oven. YIPPEE!! Muwaaaahhhh!
The Best Part of Waking Up
This morning my alarm went off and I drowsily began to get up so I could go wake Kyle up to get ready for school. Sitting on the side of the bed, I was fixing to put on my houseshoes when I heard a noise that had me wide awake. It was kind of a cross between a snore and a sigh and it didn't come from Michael. As my eyes started focusing in the darkness, I saw Kyle laying on the floor with his pillow and blanket asleep. This has not happened in years, and I realized that it will probably be the last time I will ever wake up and find him right there with us. And my heart melted a little.
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