Posted in favorite things, Random, simple things, tagged happiness, poppies, simplicity on July 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Maybe it’s because I’m a California girl. Or maybe it’s because they are cheery, bright, and beautiful. I’m not sure what it is, but I absolutely LOVE poppies!! I can’t help but smile when they surprise me on the side of the highway. When I come across a piece of poppy artwork, jewelry, or artificial flower.
Just their simple beauty makes me happy.
Posted in Random, Uncategorized, tagged allergies, allergy testing, chronic sinus infections, headaches on May 14, 2010| Leave a Comment »
After suffering for several years from daily migraines, chronic sinus infections, lack of energy, intestinal sensitivity, and all around feeling crappy, I finally went and got allergy tested. My body was letting me know that there was something wrong and I didn’t even think twice that it could be allergies…until about 6 months ago. My symptoms never went away and I began eliminating things from my diet. Nothing seemed to help. I figured getting tested was the first step I needed to take to start feeling better.
HELLO ALLERGY TESTING!!!
99 different allergens.
{yikes!!}
{{Please disregard the tattoo. I got it 13 yrs ago when it was cool to wear higher waisted pants and WAY before the endearing term “tramp stamp” was invented!! I just aged myself didn’t I?? Oh well.}}
Okay, back to the allergy testing.
Here is a pic of what my back looked like 5 min into the testing:
Environmentals on the left and food on the right.
I never thought I could be allergic to the environment, I was searching for more food related allergies.
They retested some of the allergens, 15 to be exact, in my arm:
{I still have that nice grid on my arm!!}
GUESS WHAT??
I have absolutely NO food allergies!!
However, I’m completely allergic to trees and weeds.
Basically, my results tell me that I’m allergic to the Southeast from March-November. Isn’t that fantastic?!? 😮
So, now I’m on allergy meds and can honestly tell you that I do feel better. Who would have thought that my daily migraines, lack of energy, and chronic sinus infections would be allergy related?!? I didn’t, but I’m glad I know now!!!
I was relieved and felt a bit validated for feeling crappy!!
Plus, I could lovingly tell my hubby:
“See, it wasn’t all in my head,
I really do feel bad, and it’s not just me being hormonal!!!”
Posted in children, family, Random, Uncategorized, tagged animals, dogs and cats, golden retriever on April 27, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Meet Tahoe, our 8yo Golden Retriever.
She is the sweetest most lovable dog ever. Hubby and I got her when she was 6 wks old and before we had kids. She is our first baby!! When I was pregnant with my 4yo {pictured}, we found ourselves in transition. Unfortunately, we had to find Tahoe a new home. My inlaws saved the day and Tahoe moved in with them. She lived with them for 4 yrs and has finally moved back home!!
My 4yo is in heaven!! She LOVE LOVE LOVES animals!!
We are so glad Tahoe is home!!
{We may have to find her a new home soon, but hopefully we can keep her.}
Now if I can just figure out what to do about this:
Spider Monkey showed up this morning covered in scratches and dried mud.
Cats aren’t supposed to get baths…but this might be an exception.
For the love….
Posted in Blessings, children, family, family fun, Random, the darndest things on May 21, 2009| 8 Comments »
Well, I do believe we have a trend emerging with my 5yo and 3yo.
TAKEN LAST WEEK:
They have a passion for coloring themselves with sidewalk chalk.
{ Their arms and legs were also colored. }
Not that big of a deal.
~ YET ~
The coloring continues….
TAKEN TODAY:
~ AND ~
Yes, they both seem quite pleased with themselves.
{ They also have dots all the way down their arms. }
…and yeah, this time they used Highlighters.
Not sure it’s going to come off any time soon!!
I am also beginning to think that they have a fascination with mustaches,
since they both have drawn quite impressive ones!!
I should take pics of the tattoos they give each other.
WHAT’S SOMETHING YOUR KIDS ARE FASCINATED WITH AT THE MOMENT?
Posted in children, family, family fun, Random on May 5, 2009| 2 Comments »
Rainy days can be rough when you have kids. I want my girls to play outside as much as they can to get rid of energy, but it’s been raining off and on all day.
MY SOLUTION
The ends are soft….no eyes getting poked out. At least not yet.
Maybe not the best idea now that I think about it…
Hhmmmm…..
Bringing them in for a movie!! 🙂
What do you do on a rainy day??
Posted in adventures, children, Erks, family, Random, struggles on April 14, 2009| 7 Comments »
I was packing up last week for a visit with my hubby’s parents and g-parents, when I noticed my 6yo had the beginning stages of a rash that she had gotten when she had strep. Knowing that we were going to see their great grandparents, I didn’t want to chance it with strep. So, off to Urgent Care I go. They closed at 8 and 6yo and I got there about 7:15. She tested negative for strep, so they did another test to see if it was something else. Anyway, by the time we got out of there it was 9:15 and we were the last patients to leave. We had to leave out the back door since the front was all locked up. We get in the car and are about to head to the pharmacy to get her prescriptions filled, when the car won’t start. I HATE it when that happens. We always have jumper cables in the car, so I just hop out and get them out. I carried them over to the back door and rang the “EMS” bell since all the dr’s and nurses were still there. A nurse came out and I held up the cables and asked for help. She went back in and came back out about 10 minutes later.
She proceeded to say:
“I’m sorry. Regulations say that we can’t use our own vehicles to help a patient. So, we couldn’t help you, even if we wanted to. You can use our phone if you want. Sorry.”
WAIT, WHAT???
Posted in adventures, Church Planting, favorite things, friends, Random, Uncategorized on March 18, 2009| 3 Comments »
Hubby and I went to Boston for 5 days this last weekend. It was SO MUCH FUN!! I totally fell in love with the city and didn’t want to come home. I missed my girls but just wished that Boston was home. It was a weird feeling because I have never felt that way before about a place.
Here are some videos that we took while we were there.
Boston Pics
As you can see, we had a blast and can’t wait to get back!!
We plan on moving there before the end of the year!
“Wicked Awesome!!”
Posted in adventures, children, family, family fun, questions, Random on March 9, 2009| 6 Comments »
Our friendly ice cream place, Bruster’s, hosted a pajama party.
Show up in jammies and you get a FREE Waffle Cone!!!
HECK YEAH WE SHOWED UP IN OUR JAMMIES!!!
It was beautiful outside and we had a blast!!
The ice cream is fantastic at Bruster’s.
My fave is Chocolate Raspberry Truffle.
Did you do something fun as a family over the weekend??
Posted in Blessings, children, family, favorite things, Random on March 2, 2009| Leave a Comment »
It snowed last night. March 1st and we get snow?? Geez.
What it looked like around 8-ish last night.
Of course there isn’t any school today, so we went out and played first thing this morning. Snowball fights and we made a snow dog. Then we came inside for Hot Chocolate and a movie. Rules for choosing a movie was that it had to have snow in it. They narrowed it down to Polar Express and Snow Dogs (since we made one) and the winner was Polar Express. Their logic: Polar Express has snow and all the kids in the movie drink hot chocolate on the train. Sounds good to me!!
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Posted in children, family, parenting, questions, Random, struggles on February 23, 2009| 2 Comments »
I know the difference between a child’s nightmare and a night terror.
Do you?
My 6yo is having night terrors again. She used to get them a lot a couple of yrs ago. Well, they are back and now happen every night. It so scary to hear your little girl scream out in fright and keep screaming and crying and shaking and you can’t seem to wake her up or get her to snap out of it for a while. She talks but is disoriented and doesn’t make sense. We try to get her to talk it out with us, and get her up and moving to help wake her up. You think, her eyes are open and she is walking around, surely she is coherent. Nope. When you ask her about it the next day, she doesn’t even remember. We have prayed over her, a lot. I have given her tylenol before bed in hopes that all of this is just a horrible growth spurt and it’s the aching all over that is triggering the terrors.
Nothing is helping, and I am at a loss.
Any advice?
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For the Love 