I hope everyone has had a nice December. We have had a week of the flu; camping, caroling and flower arranging with Girl Scouts; multiple middle school projects and presentations(not to mention tests! ) ; a minor ice storm with snow day; tree decorating; light display putting-up-ing; shopping; school parties and concerts and gingerbread house making!!! ; plus some more I'm sure I've left out! But as of today we are all officially on break! Woo-hoo!
Sleeping in here I come! Well.....at least for the portions where my wonderful, but loud early-bird nieces and nephew aren't with us :) But, I would rather get up early to watch them play those days than sleep in too much. (However, if you read this Mom and Cor-that doesn't mean I'm getting up before 7:30 either, that's my time I'm setting~8 would be even better tho....... ;-P ) It will be a wonderful break filled with family time not just with our nuclear clan, but my parents and then two of my brothers and sils and kiddos, an aunt and then a cousin and her fam! It should be a jam-packed next 8 days!
Fortunately we are supposed to get snow tomorrow.....supposed to...I'll believe it when I see it! I do hope it happens, I really like a white Christmas and expecially since I have an "in" with Santa about his gift list and I hear he might bring something to use in the snow for some kiddos I know!!!! (and their mom is kinda excited to use it herself...whether it is safe for her to use remains to be seen! )
So enjoy the holiday spirit around and as always stay safe and warm out there folks.
Merry Christmas!
Blog ya later-
K
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Hello again
Hi all and sorry it has been so long since I have written but I really had a hard time with October and haven't quite been able to get it all sorted out enough to write until now(well, I suppose that remains to be seen depending on how well this post goes! )
Anyway, physically I was completely fine during Oct, it's the mental part I had some issues with. If you have been following along since the beginning of my journey you might remember that I had a very hard time embracing survivorship, not because I don't want to/plan on being a survivor but because I don't want that label. I had just reached a point where I was getting back to the "K" label and not just mom, or wife or leader but me....and then wham-o. And here's the thing, I'm still totally conflicted. I think the all pink this month just pushed me over the edge. Don't get me wrong, prevention and education are wonderful and needed things but....what about a cure? It seems to me that there has been so much media coverage in the past few years and controversies have kept BC awareness at the forefront of the news cycle many times and yet....the numbers haven't changed. The same amount of women die every year because, and here's the kicker, there is NO CURE...let me repeat that, there is NO CURE. Right now, at this very moment, we ALL have cancerous cells floating in our bodies, they just get killed off by the "good guy cells", the problem occurs when the good guys don't recognize the bad guys and then the bad guys start to get bold and multiply and then you have malignancy. And so every day during October all I heard about was prevention and awareness and all I wanted to do was scream. The reason for that goes back to the first train of thought I had, it labels me for that month. It forces me into a role I did not choose nor do I always want. Don't get me wrong, I will share my story with anyone who wants to hear it and I will continue to advocate for education and prevention but also for a cure. It makes me so scared and angry that in 2 1/2 years all I have heard is about better ways to treat and maybe even extend life a bit, sometimes about how they might turn off the cancer cells(once you have them go malignant) but never about an actual cure.......I don't like that future for so many reasons but the two most important ones call me mom.
So anyway, I was very ....conflicted, and then I was unsure how to express it and so November passed! I don't know that what I wrote was clear or even non-contradictory in that paragraph but that's kind of where I am at with it right now.
On other topics, everyone is fine except for the latest rounds of sickness we have had. Thanksgiving was quite nice with my parents and one brother and SIL for dinner and then over to family friends for our annual tradition of card games and pie(the first helps to burn off all of the latters you try ;-P ) . We then did some houes rearranging and got the tree up and it looks very nice. And then the rounds of sickies started!
But I did manage to get in a GS overnight with the Juniors which was quite fun as we went somewhere that cooked for us!!!! Then we did a fieldtrip to Walter Knoll Florists downtown and Mr. Knoll himself led the tour~it was awesome! He was very nice and informative and his daughter was a GS so he "gets" it! Plus the girls got to make a small arrangement at the end and take it home to give away! It was a great fieldtrip and they will always have my business from now on! Tonight we are headed out to carol....BRRRRR...but it will be fun and then I am done with scouts till Jan.!
Whew...I love 'em but it has been a lot of GS in under 7 days!!!
Of course we still have the various final presentations and winter concerts to attend in the next few weeks but hopefully it will just coast smoothly along and I will be back much more often to update!
Blog ya later-
K
Anyway, physically I was completely fine during Oct, it's the mental part I had some issues with. If you have been following along since the beginning of my journey you might remember that I had a very hard time embracing survivorship, not because I don't want to/plan on being a survivor but because I don't want that label. I had just reached a point where I was getting back to the "K" label and not just mom, or wife or leader but me....and then wham-o. And here's the thing, I'm still totally conflicted. I think the all pink this month just pushed me over the edge. Don't get me wrong, prevention and education are wonderful and needed things but....what about a cure? It seems to me that there has been so much media coverage in the past few years and controversies have kept BC awareness at the forefront of the news cycle many times and yet....the numbers haven't changed. The same amount of women die every year because, and here's the kicker, there is NO CURE...let me repeat that, there is NO CURE. Right now, at this very moment, we ALL have cancerous cells floating in our bodies, they just get killed off by the "good guy cells", the problem occurs when the good guys don't recognize the bad guys and then the bad guys start to get bold and multiply and then you have malignancy. And so every day during October all I heard about was prevention and awareness and all I wanted to do was scream. The reason for that goes back to the first train of thought I had, it labels me for that month. It forces me into a role I did not choose nor do I always want. Don't get me wrong, I will share my story with anyone who wants to hear it and I will continue to advocate for education and prevention but also for a cure. It makes me so scared and angry that in 2 1/2 years all I have heard is about better ways to treat and maybe even extend life a bit, sometimes about how they might turn off the cancer cells(once you have them go malignant) but never about an actual cure.......I don't like that future for so many reasons but the two most important ones call me mom.
So anyway, I was very ....conflicted, and then I was unsure how to express it and so November passed! I don't know that what I wrote was clear or even non-contradictory in that paragraph but that's kind of where I am at with it right now.
On other topics, everyone is fine except for the latest rounds of sickness we have had. Thanksgiving was quite nice with my parents and one brother and SIL for dinner and then over to family friends for our annual tradition of card games and pie(the first helps to burn off all of the latters you try ;-P ) . We then did some houes rearranging and got the tree up and it looks very nice. And then the rounds of sickies started!
But I did manage to get in a GS overnight with the Juniors which was quite fun as we went somewhere that cooked for us!!!! Then we did a fieldtrip to Walter Knoll Florists downtown and Mr. Knoll himself led the tour~it was awesome! He was very nice and informative and his daughter was a GS so he "gets" it! Plus the girls got to make a small arrangement at the end and take it home to give away! It was a great fieldtrip and they will always have my business from now on! Tonight we are headed out to carol....BRRRRR...but it will be fun and then I am done with scouts till Jan.!
Whew...I love 'em but it has been a lot of GS in under 7 days!!!
Of course we still have the various final presentations and winter concerts to attend in the next few weeks but hopefully it will just coast smoothly along and I will be back much more often to update!
Blog ya later-
K
Thursday, September 30, 2010
2
On this the eve of my two year anniversary of being officially cancer free-aka my bilateral mastectomy.....I am reminded just how lucky I am to be here as...
Every 69 seconds, a woman dies of breast cancer somewhere in the world. #fightbreastcancer at http://69-seconds.org/.
That's scary!
But I am lucky I wasn't one of those and that I am here and I saw a bit of good news today in that women with TNBC and BRCA mutations actually have better odds in the long run which is always nice to hear...of course when you look at the study there were only 3 BRCA2 women in it and from what I could glean with the statistics, one of them relapsed but hey...two out of three thriving isn't bad.....right? (here's the link if you should wish to read http://www.newswise.com/articles/women-with-both-triple-negative-breast-cancer-and-brca-mutations-have-lower-risk-of-recurrence )
Anyway, I have a friend who is going in for her first mammo after BC. She was able to only have a lumpectomy but posted that she was terrified of it and honestly I can't imagine what she is going through waiting to go in and get confirmation again that there is nothing that has come back. In some ways I feel very lucky...I don't have the "boobs" to get the cancer anymore. Of course...cancer is much more cunning than that when it wants to be and it can come back anywhere and even in the tiniest molecule of tissue still attached in my chest if it so decided, I'm not that naive....I'd prefer to just consider myself very optimistic in believing that "we whooped its hide reeeeal gooood" to borrow a classic line! :)
Soooo to sum up...here I sit, still NED after 2 years-woooooohoooooooo! Much more accepting of the foobs( yes, I said accepting, I'm still working on happy....one day I may get there, or I may not and that is a-ok either way) and pretty happy, if still exasperated with the hair at times. I have to admit that I am still liking the "grass is greener" thing with the curls! As someone who had perpetually straight hair it has been awesome to have it curl into perfect ringlets and have them NOT come out when it gets humid but actual curl MORE!!!! It is kind of crazy some days and I am still trying to figure out how to get it to do the pretty curls more regularly but...I really am quite happy still to look in the mirror and see the twists and I haven't missed straight all that much(yes, ok, maybe once or twice but that's really about it ...so far curly rocks!!! )
So as we enter this month dedicated to raising awareness and celebrating those who have fought and won and lost the battle before, I ask you to do one tiny thing for me...feel your boobies and make sure they are good and if you feel anything that is out of the norm then go see your doctor and get it checked out...better to be safe than sorry especially when you see that first statistic I posted!!!! AND this isn't just for women. Although the majority of breast cancer cases are women, men can also get breast cancer and when they do and it is just as devastating and unfortunately more deadly. So EVERYONE check your boobies for me please :)
Tomorrow is just another crazy day full of fieldtrips, walks, fall festivals and probably some minor zaniness thrown in there somewhere to boot but I wouldn't trade it and I am still more happy than anything to be 2:)
Blog ya later-
K
Every 69 seconds, a woman dies of breast cancer somewhere in the world. #fightbreastcancer at http://69-seconds.org/.
That's scary!
But I am lucky I wasn't one of those and that I am here and I saw a bit of good news today in that women with TNBC and BRCA mutations actually have better odds in the long run which is always nice to hear...of course when you look at the study there were only 3 BRCA2 women in it and from what I could glean with the statistics, one of them relapsed but hey...two out of three thriving isn't bad.....right? (here's the link if you should wish to read http://www.newswise.com/articles/women-with-both-triple-negative-breast-cancer-and-brca-mutations-have-lower-risk-of-recurrence )
Anyway, I have a friend who is going in for her first mammo after BC. She was able to only have a lumpectomy but posted that she was terrified of it and honestly I can't imagine what she is going through waiting to go in and get confirmation again that there is nothing that has come back. In some ways I feel very lucky...I don't have the "boobs" to get the cancer anymore. Of course...cancer is much more cunning than that when it wants to be and it can come back anywhere and even in the tiniest molecule of tissue still attached in my chest if it so decided, I'm not that naive....I'd prefer to just consider myself very optimistic in believing that "we whooped its hide reeeeal gooood" to borrow a classic line! :)
Soooo to sum up...here I sit, still NED after 2 years-woooooohoooooooo! Much more accepting of the foobs( yes, I said accepting, I'm still working on happy....one day I may get there, or I may not and that is a-ok either way) and pretty happy, if still exasperated with the hair at times. I have to admit that I am still liking the "grass is greener" thing with the curls! As someone who had perpetually straight hair it has been awesome to have it curl into perfect ringlets and have them NOT come out when it gets humid but actual curl MORE!!!! It is kind of crazy some days and I am still trying to figure out how to get it to do the pretty curls more regularly but...I really am quite happy still to look in the mirror and see the twists and I haven't missed straight all that much(yes, ok, maybe once or twice but that's really about it ...so far curly rocks!!! )
So as we enter this month dedicated to raising awareness and celebrating those who have fought and won and lost the battle before, I ask you to do one tiny thing for me...feel your boobies and make sure they are good and if you feel anything that is out of the norm then go see your doctor and get it checked out...better to be safe than sorry especially when you see that first statistic I posted!!!! AND this isn't just for women. Although the majority of breast cancer cases are women, men can also get breast cancer and when they do and it is just as devastating and unfortunately more deadly. So EVERYONE check your boobies for me please :)
Tomorrow is just another crazy day full of fieldtrips, walks, fall festivals and probably some minor zaniness thrown in there somewhere to boot but I wouldn't trade it and I am still more happy than anything to be 2:)
Blog ya later-
K
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Times have changed!
Well..last night I spent the night with 15 6th grade girls and another wonderful mom at camp...and survived!!!
I kid, it wasn't that bad. In fact our cabin was quite good and after a few giggle fits and some flashlight "spot-lighting" they were mostly quiet..I only had to go over and stand and frown for a minute before they all really settled in and I heard peaceful breathing by 10:20..which I thought was pretty good! We stayed at a State Park group area that I actually stayed at when I was a fifth grader for a science type thingy! It was somewhat surreal as I stepped into the cabin that I could totally remember and yet the mess hall seemed so small...weird huh? Ok, not so much as all of the girls pointed out to me at breakfast, I was, afterall, smaller back then! But they seemed to be having fun and that was the important thing. It was strange though....they only stay two days and one night! Perhaps I was just very lucky with the district and program and money available that we actually stayed for a week! Left Monday am and returned Friday after lunch. It was a long week but fun and we did really cool stuff and had awesome high school counselors and I suppose that was the true reason it worked so well. Anyway I am still glad they get to do it for however long the program is as I think it is good for the kids to experience things like that and for some bonding to go on..plus...it seemed to level any petty competition as everyone was dirty :)
Then today I read a story about an elementary school in our district that had a "Walk/Bike to School Day" which I thought was very cool and then I thought too bad that it would never happen here! Not because there isn't the desire or willingness...it's merely the obstacles of terrain! The way our elementary is districted is very insane to be frank and quite spread out and there has been a ton of new construction somewhat far flung and there is no safe way those kids could ever walk to school unless they first hiked a cliff! I honestly wouldn't be thrilled about B walking to school either and we live less than a mile away! I feel like such a wuss saying that...I used to cross 270 on Big Bend to get to my house.....270......BIG BEND!!!!! But then again the actual speed limit there is STILL lower than the speed limit on the street she would have to walk along on the way where people are insane in the morning and then then next third doesn't have sidewalks and has a blind corner.....only in the last block...ok, actually honestly there are precisely 2 houses...2!!!! that have sidewalks in front of them before the school and there is a street in between them......it's just not a walking route really. The middle school route is totally fine the other way though...go figure!
It makes me wonder about how things have changed and how we have as a society and how that is influncing how we raise our children and the adults and parents they will become......and I then I just close my eyes and really, really, really, really, really hope that I'm doing ok :)
Anyhoo...hope you had a nice start to the first full week of fall:)
Blog ya later-
K
I kid, it wasn't that bad. In fact our cabin was quite good and after a few giggle fits and some flashlight "spot-lighting" they were mostly quiet..I only had to go over and stand and frown for a minute before they all really settled in and I heard peaceful breathing by 10:20..which I thought was pretty good! We stayed at a State Park group area that I actually stayed at when I was a fifth grader for a science type thingy! It was somewhat surreal as I stepped into the cabin that I could totally remember and yet the mess hall seemed so small...weird huh? Ok, not so much as all of the girls pointed out to me at breakfast, I was, afterall, smaller back then! But they seemed to be having fun and that was the important thing. It was strange though....they only stay two days and one night! Perhaps I was just very lucky with the district and program and money available that we actually stayed for a week! Left Monday am and returned Friday after lunch. It was a long week but fun and we did really cool stuff and had awesome high school counselors and I suppose that was the true reason it worked so well. Anyway I am still glad they get to do it for however long the program is as I think it is good for the kids to experience things like that and for some bonding to go on..plus...it seemed to level any petty competition as everyone was dirty :)
Then today I read a story about an elementary school in our district that had a "Walk/Bike to School Day" which I thought was very cool and then I thought too bad that it would never happen here! Not because there isn't the desire or willingness...it's merely the obstacles of terrain! The way our elementary is districted is very insane to be frank and quite spread out and there has been a ton of new construction somewhat far flung and there is no safe way those kids could ever walk to school unless they first hiked a cliff! I honestly wouldn't be thrilled about B walking to school either and we live less than a mile away! I feel like such a wuss saying that...I used to cross 270 on Big Bend to get to my house.....270......BIG BEND!!!!! But then again the actual speed limit there is STILL lower than the speed limit on the street she would have to walk along on the way where people are insane in the morning and then then next third doesn't have sidewalks and has a blind corner.....only in the last block...ok, actually honestly there are precisely 2 houses...2!!!! that have sidewalks in front of them before the school and there is a street in between them......it's just not a walking route really. The middle school route is totally fine the other way though...go figure!
It makes me wonder about how things have changed and how we have as a society and how that is influncing how we raise our children and the adults and parents they will become......and I then I just close my eyes and really, really, really, really, really hope that I'm doing ok :)
Anyhoo...hope you had a nice start to the first full week of fall:)
Blog ya later-
K
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Perspectives
Hello All!
I know, I know, looooooooooooooooooooong time no write, sorry. I wasn't sure what to say for a long time and then school started and everything else and it just got zany! On that end, everything is going well-yay! Lexi has adjusted to middle school quite easily and is actually enjoying all the changes and new classes and even the new people!!!! Bella loves her teacher and classmates and we are very happy with everything too...except for the fact that both Ed & I have recently felt...well...out of it at the elementary school. It's very weird! We have a foot in both worlds and now seeing all of the teeny tiny kindergartners and the fact that Lexi towers over them(she's 5ft tall!!!!!) and Bella is starting to sprout as well...it just feels like we don't fit in as much anymore! Not that anyone at or with the school has done anything to us at all, not at ALL, in fact some things have gone better than in past years! It is just a feeling...hard to explain but we both sense it and it is somewhat saddening as it represents the ending of an era......
How different it was on the other end...we were just starting out and the big new world of elementary school seemed giant and exciting and a phase that was going to take ages to get through, instead, it has flown by in the blink of an eye...... I don't think I'm ready to move on yet! It was safe, and happy and you knew everyone and they knew you and you knew all the kids faces and many of their names and they all still needed your help! Not that they don't still need your help as they grow older but...it is different, a different kind of help and most certainly a different level of involvement...and yes, that is ok and right and how it should be...but it doesn't mean I have to like it!
And then I look at me and take a deep breath and go whoa.....it has now officially been over two years since my last chemo treatment(yay) and in 10 days it will two years NED.......that's kind of crazy! I mean...in some ways it doesn't even feel like that ever happened, it was just a reaaaaaally bad movie that I watched...for a looong time.....and then I look down....and must acknowledge that yes, that did in fact happen and yes, I do in fact no longer have the boobs I was born with and that is ok 'cause.....I look awesome in a tshirt! LOL....kidding, I mean, not about that, it is truly a wonderful perk to be able to wear a tshirt without a bra and have it look great, but honestly I'm beyond happy to be alive...that is the best part...that is the ONLY part that matters. And that led me thinking while I was watching a show where they were lamenting women's boobs "moving south" after menapause...it's all about your perspective! Not looking down, well yes that does make it seem more of a lost cause sometimes, but in the fact that you can look at them at all! For even I haven't gone to the farthest edge of that perspective, for which I am so thankful and happy, or else I would not be writing this...for the edge is gone and not being around. So keep in mind your perspective...and that of the other guy too. Not just in aging and changes and boobs and foobs but in everything. I think if we all just take the time to look at all the perspectives that are out there, well, not only would our eyes be opened to amazing possiblities but also to how similar we all are in our fears and hopes and needs and wow what a wonderful world that would be!
Hope you all have been doing great and enjoyed this end to summer start of the school year.
Blog ya later-
K
I know, I know, looooooooooooooooooooong time no write, sorry. I wasn't sure what to say for a long time and then school started and everything else and it just got zany! On that end, everything is going well-yay! Lexi has adjusted to middle school quite easily and is actually enjoying all the changes and new classes and even the new people!!!! Bella loves her teacher and classmates and we are very happy with everything too...except for the fact that both Ed & I have recently felt...well...out of it at the elementary school. It's very weird! We have a foot in both worlds and now seeing all of the teeny tiny kindergartners and the fact that Lexi towers over them(she's 5ft tall!!!!!) and Bella is starting to sprout as well...it just feels like we don't fit in as much anymore! Not that anyone at or with the school has done anything to us at all, not at ALL, in fact some things have gone better than in past years! It is just a feeling...hard to explain but we both sense it and it is somewhat saddening as it represents the ending of an era......
How different it was on the other end...we were just starting out and the big new world of elementary school seemed giant and exciting and a phase that was going to take ages to get through, instead, it has flown by in the blink of an eye...... I don't think I'm ready to move on yet! It was safe, and happy and you knew everyone and they knew you and you knew all the kids faces and many of their names and they all still needed your help! Not that they don't still need your help as they grow older but...it is different, a different kind of help and most certainly a different level of involvement...and yes, that is ok and right and how it should be...but it doesn't mean I have to like it!
And then I look at me and take a deep breath and go whoa.....it has now officially been over two years since my last chemo treatment(yay) and in 10 days it will two years NED.......that's kind of crazy! I mean...in some ways it doesn't even feel like that ever happened, it was just a reaaaaaally bad movie that I watched...for a looong time.....and then I look down....and must acknowledge that yes, that did in fact happen and yes, I do in fact no longer have the boobs I was born with and that is ok 'cause.....I look awesome in a tshirt! LOL....kidding, I mean, not about that, it is truly a wonderful perk to be able to wear a tshirt without a bra and have it look great, but honestly I'm beyond happy to be alive...that is the best part...that is the ONLY part that matters. And that led me thinking while I was watching a show where they were lamenting women's boobs "moving south" after menapause...it's all about your perspective! Not looking down, well yes that does make it seem more of a lost cause sometimes, but in the fact that you can look at them at all! For even I haven't gone to the farthest edge of that perspective, for which I am so thankful and happy, or else I would not be writing this...for the edge is gone and not being around. So keep in mind your perspective...and that of the other guy too. Not just in aging and changes and boobs and foobs but in everything. I think if we all just take the time to look at all the perspectives that are out there, well, not only would our eyes be opened to amazing possiblities but also to how similar we all are in our fears and hopes and needs and wow what a wonderful world that would be!
Hope you all have been doing great and enjoyed this end to summer start of the school year.
Blog ya later-
K
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
The other side
of summer that is..the downhill slope, past the tipping point...in other words, there is less left than there has already been! Under five weeks at this point! Is it bad I'm getting kind of excited for school to start? There was a discussion on a good friend's facebook thread about that today and it was quite interesting how it was fairly evenly divided amongst us who was already counting down and who was not! Don't get me wrong, we're still having a good time but the constant bickering gets to be a strain after a while! Although E has a theory about that~for the first time in 4 years, they will be in different schools and maybe this is their attempt to show love, you know...like when you were a kid and a boy hitting you meant he actually liked you~ sounds like a great explanation to me...and I haven't got a better one so let's go with that!
As for us, we had a nice a quiet fourth around here due to sinus and ear infections and a relatively slow last week except for my cooking up a storm. Well, not really cooking, crockpotting actually! We didn't feel like grilling every night and so I have been trying out several recipes and it has been delish! We had chili, pulled BBQ pork, yummy turkey meatballs and hashcass(B's name for the hashbrown casserole). All cooked in my wonderful crockpot although not all done in the amount of time I planned, they worked out none the less and everyone loved them! We also did a special red, white and blue tribute on the fourth~and it was yummy too!
As for us, we had a nice a quiet fourth around here due to sinus and ear infections and a relatively slow last week except for my cooking up a storm. Well, not really cooking, crockpotting actually! We didn't feel like grilling every night and so I have been trying out several recipes and it has been delish! We had chili, pulled BBQ pork, yummy turkey meatballs and hashcass(B's name for the hashbrown casserole). All cooked in my wonderful crockpot although not all done in the amount of time I planned, they worked out none the less and everyone loved them! We also did a special red, white and blue tribute on the fourth~and it was yummy too!
As always hope you all are well and...
Blog ya later-
K
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Summer
Ahh, that sweet word that we mournfully draw out in the fall when we are bemoaning its end, dream of in the cold dark of winter when it is just a speck on our horizon of the new year, giggily anticipate in the spring as school comes to a close and all of the wonders of the late nights and fun filled days dance through our minds, and then....enjoy for a moment before what we call reality sets in!
Don't get me wrong, but.....summer has been packed and crazy and full of kids and ...I miss my friends...I miss having my kids gone for 8 hours a day and being able to think and complete something without having to start and restart it 20-100 times, I miss having a leisurely cup of coffee while I surfed the latest news, I miss not constantly having my intelligence on everything called into question, and mostly I just miss my sanity. Ok, I kid...some. They are good kids and we have had fun with cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles and friends so far and it just became July so I think that is pretty good overall.
I think summer....while it is really nice, and I love bonding and crafts and pool time and silly stuff with the kids, is a reminder of sorts of when the kids were little and I, "K", ceased to exist, or at least it felt that way. They are around me every waking moment and quite often I am having to do for them. I'll admit as they have gotten older they have gotten better about doing for themselves, but they do still like to have me choose. Everything is a contest you know....and so every fight, issue, decision, whatever, is a contest of sorts and one must be very careful of this and generally refuse to choose...that could be a chant!
And I suppose soon enough they won't need me to take them anywhere or be around and I suppose I will lament that then...but, right now it sounds not too bad sometimes! In fact one of my favorite times has been walking in the morning! Gets me going and is quiet with no demands except those on myself...nice :)
Anyhoo....have a wonderful weekend and Happy Independence Day!
I know what movie I will be watching.....
Blog ya later-
K
Don't get me wrong, but.....summer has been packed and crazy and full of kids and ...I miss my friends...I miss having my kids gone for 8 hours a day and being able to think and complete something without having to start and restart it 20-100 times, I miss having a leisurely cup of coffee while I surfed the latest news, I miss not constantly having my intelligence on everything called into question, and mostly I just miss my sanity. Ok, I kid...some. They are good kids and we have had fun with cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles and friends so far and it just became July so I think that is pretty good overall.
I think summer....while it is really nice, and I love bonding and crafts and pool time and silly stuff with the kids, is a reminder of sorts of when the kids were little and I, "K", ceased to exist, or at least it felt that way. They are around me every waking moment and quite often I am having to do for them. I'll admit as they have gotten older they have gotten better about doing for themselves, but they do still like to have me choose. Everything is a contest you know....and so every fight, issue, decision, whatever, is a contest of sorts and one must be very careful of this and generally refuse to choose...that could be a chant!
And I suppose soon enough they won't need me to take them anywhere or be around and I suppose I will lament that then...but, right now it sounds not too bad sometimes! In fact one of my favorite times has been walking in the morning! Gets me going and is quiet with no demands except those on myself...nice :)
Anyhoo....have a wonderful weekend and Happy Independence Day!
I know what movie I will be watching.....
Blog ya later-
K
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Amazing
The Komen Race for the cure in St. Louis was once again an amazing sight to behold and be a participant in!
Just the stats:
71,802 participants(that doesn't include volunteers btw)
1,090 teams
4,500 Survivors
over $3.4 million raised!
And then looping back and heading east towards the Arch....a little bit thinner as people slow down and pause :-) It was hot!
Just the stats:
71,802 participants(that doesn't include volunteers btw)
1,090 teams
4,500 Survivors
over $3.4 million raised!
It is the largest Komen race in the world!!!! And it truly is an amazing event like no other that I have ever experienced :-)
Here are a couple pictures from when we were in the crowd!
There are people all the way up to where you see the end of that street! Basically as far as you could see either direction, east or west there were people...it was AWEsome!
And then looping back and heading east towards the Arch....a little bit thinner as people slow down and pause :-) It was hot!Everyone on our team did an awesome job! And thanks to everyone who supported the race in any way, in fact if you support any of the races-thanks :-)
So that was the crazy Sat-awesome and crazy!
Then my in-laws arrived for a too short but very nice visit. The girls had a wonderful time and thoroughly enjoyed entertaining Nana D and Papa G. They are in fact planning a newscast to record and send to them next week!
We then went to the pool for the first time of the season yesterday and it was wonderful! And I have gotten up and walked several times, but not today-it stormed! Instead I did a ballet workout and so I am pretty happy with the way the summer is starting.
I do have one tiny issue...the constant bickering and fighting and screaming and fuming.....
Why can't we all just get along?
Oh well, I guess that is just as much a part of summertime as everything else!
Have a good one-
Blog ya later-
K
Friday, June 11, 2010
Week 2
The second week of summer has come and gone...already?!?!?
We went from a Winnie the Pooh room(which Ed and I painted when we first moved in) complete with Pooh's tree in the entryway and then rolling meadows around the walls. Later I added a "clothesline" with painted clothespins nailed to the wall where she could hang all of the artwork brought home from preschool and then elementary....sigh...it was a sweet room, for a sweet little girl.
Not that she isn't a sweet girl...just not so little anymore, in fact she is past my shoulder and zooming towards eclipsing my chin any day now it seems and that means soon enough it will be eye to eye...shudder...but I digress, the room is actually great. She picked the colors, light blue and lilac, and painted two walls each color. However, she did spare Winnie's tree! Yay! It actually fits really well with the colors and "hangs" right over the bookcase and her bed so it really works-yay! and now she just has to decide how to rehang things on the wall and what those should be...I don't anticipate that being done for a while as she is like her mom in that area and our living room walls are still bare and I repainted in what...Sept.?!?!?!
Anyhoo, that took up all weekend for everyone and Monday for me and then we have just been doing stuff...cleaning, sorting relaxing...and of course the required sister bickering as well. That I truly just don't understand...it might drive me to .... I don't know...I'll keep you informed on precisely what it is driving me to along the ride :-)
The only other thing we have been doing is getting prepared for the Komen STL Race for the Cure which is this Sat.. We got the tshirts and distributed them. The girls made special bracelets for all team members and we packed up our special pink ribbons and extras to take with us. I have to say it is the most amazing sight and this year as of right now, there are 69,960 people registered and by the time I finish writing there will probably be over 70,000!!!! That is crazy, insanely, awesome folks, it truly is! And I will post pictures here after it to show you just what I mean if you are unable to be in the area for it! We are also going to be a part of what the organizers are hoping is the largest flash mob ever doing the "The Strawberry Shake for Survivors" that morning so if you catch that on the news look for the blond in pink...I kid...but I will be there!
Ok so those pegged my serious, sincere, uplifting, encouraging, strong, hilarious, irreverant, and smart-a$$ thoughts as of late regarding BC :)
Blog ya later-
K
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
June, eh?
Apparently so! It seems just like it was minutes ago that I was lamenting that our calendar for the next two weeks was jam-packed with various end of the year events and now they are all done and gone and I have a 9 year old fourth grader and a new middle schooler and we are already in week one of summer....gasp...time sure does fly when you have kids!!!!
Basically it was a very nice end to the school year and Lexi's elementary school experience. even had the principal choking up at the "promotion", as this was his first class that went all the way from K-5 while he was at a school. Then it was a very good last day where they have games in the am and then booths in the pm, outside if it is not raining, and the kids have a blast. This is the first one I have been to! When Lexi was in K and 1st I didn't help because of Belle being little and with me and then Belle ended up being sick the next two years and totally missing the end of her Kindergarten and first grade school years and then last year I just didn't have the energy to do it...so this year I gave it my all and actually had a great time and got a wonderful workout from all the lunges I did and some nice rays too.....only two small patches where I forgot to put sunscreen, and boy does a burn hurt on the back of your knees!!!!
Then we spent some time up at the lake with my parents and enjoyed the pond and nice weather for walking and swimming and roasting marshmallows for s'mores :) Belle turned 9 with not too much hoop-la ...well...there was a small parade down the steps and onto a float (rolling footrest) and across the living room and back....I'm beginning to think Disney had a much more profound affect on her than I previously realized! ;-)
Then we have come home to cleaning and relaxing and just sort of feeling out how the summer is going to go. If yesterday and today were any indication...it will be fine for about and hour while they wake up and eat and then there will be fighting, followed eventually by separations when it gets too loud, followed by remorse and pleading, followed by half an hour of wonderful playtime, followed by fighting, followed eventually by separations when it gets too loud, followed by remorse and pleading, followed by half an hour of wonderful playtime, followed by fighting...and repeat...endlessly until I drive them to the pool and unleash them on other children or get one of their friend's involved some way(although that can also and often does end up leading to fighting anyway...) ahhhh...summer! Luckily for me the library has this summer book club for adults and I got several books and ordered more even when we were there to get the girls signed up for the kid's club so I could possibly ignore them too...I kid...mostly, but some days it is just pointless to try to out logic my two overly logical daughters so I don't even try.
So now we just kind of coast along for summer and hopefully it will be a great one. We shall see how that works but it has already started with me radically changing my life on two fronts...I know...crazy, right?
Not really....I like change :-) And they are fairly simple really so it is not that BIG of changes and they are good for me too so that's something else!
And drum roll......
I have started getting up early! Ok, that one is actually slightly shocking, and I totally reserve the right to sleep in any given morning(especially if it is raining btw) but I am going to get up at a sane time after 7 and make coffee, have breakfast, and walk the neighborhood! We have a loop that is a mile in the neighborhood and I have resolved to walk it several times a week, sometimes even multiple circuits in the same day! I know, that part is not crazy, just good, it's just the early part that crazy! But I figure if I don't want to severely hurt myself before fall when we have to get up really early for the middle schooler....I shouldn't get to used to sleeping late this summer...sigh....I thought I was supposed to be able to sleep in more as my kids got older!!! Sheesh!
And number two is that I have adopted the "Curly Girl" method for accepting my curls. I have always had straighter than straight hair and these curls are so very different from everything I have ever known...but this new way of caring for them shows real promise and so far it seems to allow more of the curls to show up which is super cool! :) So I have to let go and rethink everything I knew about hair and that is a very interesting learning curve to deal with at 37!
Anyway, that's about it for now...a few projects on the horizon but I still have to decide colors, etc so we'll talk about that later ;-)
Hope you all had a lovely weekend and took time to remember why it was a holiday and to honor those who have served for us and thank them.
Blog ya later,
K
Basically it was a very nice end to the school year and Lexi's elementary school experience. even had the principal choking up at the "promotion", as this was his first class that went all the way from K-5 while he was at a school. Then it was a very good last day where they have games in the am and then booths in the pm, outside if it is not raining, and the kids have a blast. This is the first one I have been to! When Lexi was in K and 1st I didn't help because of Belle being little and with me and then Belle ended up being sick the next two years and totally missing the end of her Kindergarten and first grade school years and then last year I just didn't have the energy to do it...so this year I gave it my all and actually had a great time and got a wonderful workout from all the lunges I did and some nice rays too.....only two small patches where I forgot to put sunscreen, and boy does a burn hurt on the back of your knees!!!!
Then we spent some time up at the lake with my parents and enjoyed the pond and nice weather for walking and swimming and roasting marshmallows for s'mores :) Belle turned 9 with not too much hoop-la ...well...there was a small parade down the steps and onto a float (rolling footrest) and across the living room and back....I'm beginning to think Disney had a much more profound affect on her than I previously realized! ;-)
Then we have come home to cleaning and relaxing and just sort of feeling out how the summer is going to go. If yesterday and today were any indication...it will be fine for about and hour while they wake up and eat and then there will be fighting, followed eventually by separations when it gets too loud, followed by remorse and pleading, followed by half an hour of wonderful playtime, followed by fighting, followed eventually by separations when it gets too loud, followed by remorse and pleading, followed by half an hour of wonderful playtime, followed by fighting...and repeat...endlessly until I drive them to the pool and unleash them on other children or get one of their friend's involved some way(although that can also and often does end up leading to fighting anyway...) ahhhh...summer! Luckily for me the library has this summer book club for adults and I got several books and ordered more even when we were there to get the girls signed up for the kid's club so I could possibly ignore them too...I kid...mostly, but some days it is just pointless to try to out logic my two overly logical daughters so I don't even try.
So now we just kind of coast along for summer and hopefully it will be a great one. We shall see how that works but it has already started with me radically changing my life on two fronts...I know...crazy, right?
Not really....I like change :-) And they are fairly simple really so it is not that BIG of changes and they are good for me too so that's something else!
And drum roll......
I have started getting up early! Ok, that one is actually slightly shocking, and I totally reserve the right to sleep in any given morning(especially if it is raining btw) but I am going to get up at a sane time after 7 and make coffee, have breakfast, and walk the neighborhood! We have a loop that is a mile in the neighborhood and I have resolved to walk it several times a week, sometimes even multiple circuits in the same day! I know, that part is not crazy, just good, it's just the early part that crazy! But I figure if I don't want to severely hurt myself before fall when we have to get up really early for the middle schooler....I shouldn't get to used to sleeping late this summer...sigh....I thought I was supposed to be able to sleep in more as my kids got older!!! Sheesh!
And number two is that I have adopted the "Curly Girl" method for accepting my curls. I have always had straighter than straight hair and these curls are so very different from everything I have ever known...but this new way of caring for them shows real promise and so far it seems to allow more of the curls to show up which is super cool! :) So I have to let go and rethink everything I knew about hair and that is a very interesting learning curve to deal with at 37!
Anyway, that's about it for now...a few projects on the horizon but I still have to decide colors, etc so we'll talk about that later ;-)
Hope you all had a lovely weekend and took time to remember why it was a holiday and to honor those who have served for us and thank them.
Blog ya later,
K
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Well that's over...
My sad weepiness over my daughter's growing old that is....can we fast forward a few years??? Funny what a day o' drama will do, huh? Not that anything major or big happened per se'...just that "Everything IS happening, Mom!" And since she can't actually take out her feelings on the kids that it may/may not involve or the fact that she is going to middle school next year, she's taking it out on me! Lovely, and yes mom, I do realize that payback is a b**** but I don't recall yelling at you like this...Anyway, it's not even bedtime yet and already I just want to crawl under the covers and shut my eyes tight and hope that tomorrow will be much brighter because this is really not the least bit enjoyable ;-)
On a slightly different topic....today is two years from the date when I found my lump. It seems like a very distant dream sometimes...and then I look down and go, "Oh yeah" and realize unfortunately it was not a dream but a nightmare that I will have to live with the echoes of for the rest of my loooooong years left here on planet Earth. But today I celebrate making it to this point and continuing to move forward. And to honor that I will remind you all to......
wait for it.....
wait for it......
FEEL YOUR BOOBIES!!!!
It very well may save your life! It most certainly saved mine since I was below the age when they consider breast cancer "normally" occuring in women. And I also want to stress that knowing your own body is the best weapon you have against any disease...the second best being stubborness, if something isn't right, insist that it be checked out-it is far, far better to be safe than sorry, 'cause being sorry might actually mean you're sorry you are no longer around! And if that doesn't work...call me, I'm a troublemaker afterall and I'd be more than happy to go in to any doctor with you and insist, very politely but firmly of course, that it be checked out!
One last thing...if you would desire to walk/run in the St Louis Komen for the Cure and haven't signed up yet, you are welcome to join my team, "The Rack Pack". But...registration for the team is only open until noon this Sat., May 22nd. You can of course always just register as an individual right up until the actual 9am start time on Sat., June 12th, but if you would like to join with a group of fun and crazy people(many kids included) please feel free to and I will be able to contact you through the Komen STL site and get you more info. And if you miss the team registration deadline but don't want to walk alone, you can contact me through here(leave a comment with a way to contact you-I screen all comments first so I PROMISE I won't make anything you leave here public unless it is ok with you) and I can give you info on how to meet up with the team to walk with us regardless of your official "team" status :-)
Thanks for bearing with me these past two years...all of your support and love has helped to carry me through for sure. Love you all and as always,
Blog ya later,
K
On a slightly different topic....today is two years from the date when I found my lump. It seems like a very distant dream sometimes...and then I look down and go, "Oh yeah" and realize unfortunately it was not a dream but a nightmare that I will have to live with the echoes of for the rest of my loooooong years left here on planet Earth. But today I celebrate making it to this point and continuing to move forward. And to honor that I will remind you all to......
wait for it.....
wait for it......
FEEL YOUR BOOBIES!!!!
It very well may save your life! It most certainly saved mine since I was below the age when they consider breast cancer "normally" occuring in women. And I also want to stress that knowing your own body is the best weapon you have against any disease...the second best being stubborness, if something isn't right, insist that it be checked out-it is far, far better to be safe than sorry, 'cause being sorry might actually mean you're sorry you are no longer around! And if that doesn't work...call me, I'm a troublemaker afterall and I'd be more than happy to go in to any doctor with you and insist, very politely but firmly of course, that it be checked out!
One last thing...if you would desire to walk/run in the St Louis Komen for the Cure and haven't signed up yet, you are welcome to join my team, "The Rack Pack". But...registration for the team is only open until noon this Sat., May 22nd. You can of course always just register as an individual right up until the actual 9am start time on Sat., June 12th, but if you would like to join with a group of fun and crazy people(many kids included) please feel free to and I will be able to contact you through the Komen STL site and get you more info. And if you miss the team registration deadline but don't want to walk alone, you can contact me through here(leave a comment with a way to contact you-I screen all comments first so I PROMISE I won't make anything you leave here public unless it is ok with you) and I can give you info on how to meet up with the team to walk with us regardless of your official "team" status :-)
Thanks for bearing with me these past two years...all of your support and love has helped to carry me through for sure. Love you all and as always,
Blog ya later,
K
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Upward and onward!
Or is that onward and upward? I can't remember and I suppose it doesn't truly matter as I was simply refering to the fact that both girls bridged up in Girl Scouts today! Sigh....I have had a Brownie living in my house for 5 years.....until now...just one more thing on the list of "never agains". It was quite sweet as we did both troops together...mostly 'cause the other leader and I have girls in both troops and with all the 5th grade stuff, having two bridging ceremonies was just too much and so being able to do it all at once worked much better for us!(Yes, a bit selfish I suppose, but that is what happens when you are the leader, you get to pick things like that! )
I had the older girls give the younger girls a flower after they had bridged as a welcome to Juniors before that group moved on to becoming Cadettes....it worked quite well and seemed a good way to keep the girls involved and entertained all at once :-) Then the older girls bridged up and also received a flower from their leader before we all clapped and cried...ok, before I cried. I started choking up at the very first line I had to read at the beginning of the ceremony, sheesh, I am going to be a complete mess when these girls get old enough to graduate from High School!!!! But it was incredible to have gone on this journey and watched them grow and mature and truly become leaders and I am so thankful for the women that have helped guide them all along on this journey and...I only hope that I can and have had as good an influence on the younger troop that I am leading.
Anyway, that was a large chunk of my day but it was a good day overall. Started with a wonderful lunch with friends to celebrate a birthday and ended with celebrating Lexi's final final project at CCL.
And now I shall try and go to bed in anticipation of another full day tomorrow :-)
Blog ya later-
K
PS...Anyone found that remote yet???? I really, really need it about now....
I had the older girls give the younger girls a flower after they had bridged as a welcome to Juniors before that group moved on to becoming Cadettes....it worked quite well and seemed a good way to keep the girls involved and entertained all at once :-) Then the older girls bridged up and also received a flower from their leader before we all clapped and cried...ok, before I cried. I started choking up at the very first line I had to read at the beginning of the ceremony, sheesh, I am going to be a complete mess when these girls get old enough to graduate from High School!!!! But it was incredible to have gone on this journey and watched them grow and mature and truly become leaders and I am so thankful for the women that have helped guide them all along on this journey and...I only hope that I can and have had as good an influence on the younger troop that I am leading.
Anyway, that was a large chunk of my day but it was a good day overall. Started with a wonderful lunch with friends to celebrate a birthday and ended with celebrating Lexi's final final project at CCL.
And now I shall try and go to bed in anticipation of another full day tomorrow :-)
Blog ya later-
K
PS...Anyone found that remote yet???? I really, really need it about now....
Monday, May 17, 2010
Here we goooooo!!!
To the end of the year.....{Now, make sure you say that in your best Peter Pan style voice as he sails the Darling children off to Neverland 'cause....well...it just sounds better that way :-) }
This is the beginning of the end...I was just humming, "This is the end...my faithful friend the end" ala Jim Morrison but that didn't seem quite right, and yet, it is the end....of an era. Today was the Mystery Trip, which is the traditional last fieldtrip for the 5th graders, an all day extravaganza, planned by the parents that is based on how much money you fund raise...we have been very lucky this year and the kids had a banner day. They played to their hearts' content during the first half and then frollicked...or romped, depending on who you were viewing at any given moment, in the park for lunch, caricatures and a DJ dance party before heading back to school to enjoy a special visit from the ice cream truck and then heading home! Needless to say, Lexi is exhausted(YAY-maybe she'll go to bed early tonight and I can watch a TV show that I want all the way through for a change! ) So it was a wonderful day, at least from the kids' perspectives...the parents....well, yes, it was great and didn't rain and no one got too seriously hurt but...they also got t-shirts that said "Falcons Class of 2017" and that my friends was the kicker.....they are no longer our babes, our little ones, our munchkins or mini-mes....they are now refered to in terms of when they will graduate from high school!!!! How did this happen????? Where did the time go????? Wasn't it just yesterday that we were having a cute little sock hop for them finishing Kindergarten?????
I am sooo not ready for this, not that one can really prepare for it and actually...if you have been doing your job right as a parent, them moving on fairly smoothly just means it is all good but....can't we just pause? Where is that universe remote? I want to pause...and maybe even rewind a bit, ya know?
I know Lexi is ready to move on, and truthfully, all of the gigantic 5th graders do need to leave, they tower over those baby Kindergartners even more now than they did at the beginning of the year but....something about the fact that my little girl, my fairyfaye, will be moving on to a brave new world...ok, actually a scary new world of middle school insanity(and we ALL know what I am alluding to there) is really just wrong. Granted Bella is thrilled that she will be the "oldest&only" as far as paperwork home is concerned and yet I think that she will indeed miss her big sister being there more than she is willing to let on. And I will miss the "young world" of elementary school in which we had been exclusively residing for the past six years, *gasp*...has it really been that long? Now I know we will still be there with B, but...it won't be the same. Our house will be divided, so to speak, we will have two seperate schools(actually three with CCL) in which we have to coordinate various schedules and attend various events and...I just don't know that I am ready for this!!!!!
Ok, sorry...enough rambling...basically I am somewhat of a basket case as my next two weeks are booked solid every day with events and "lasts" and Lexi will be "promoted" next Wed. and then Field and Fun day and then...that's it...she's no longer a little girl.....it will be official and.....I'm just not ready, I'm just not.
Soooo, if anyone out there has that universe remote to which I was refering and they would be so kind as to lend it to me, I would greatly appreciate it....or at least give me a heads up if they do push pause...or maybe just slow-mo so that I can sit back, relax and enjoy, that'd be swell, thanks.
Oh yeah, on a different topic, I got my stitches out today!!!!! Unfortunately due to the ragged nature of the cut I must still wear a band-aid until there are no more "skintabs" or I am liable to open it right back up...cause ya know, I never do anything the simple way, right? And..I had a blood-letting which so far is only showing a slight bruise(woo-hoo) but that was just a minor incident in the insanity of the day and my mind and so I shall now bid you adeiu.
Blog ya later-
K
This is the beginning of the end...I was just humming, "This is the end...my faithful friend the end" ala Jim Morrison but that didn't seem quite right, and yet, it is the end....of an era. Today was the Mystery Trip, which is the traditional last fieldtrip for the 5th graders, an all day extravaganza, planned by the parents that is based on how much money you fund raise...we have been very lucky this year and the kids had a banner day. They played to their hearts' content during the first half and then frollicked...or romped, depending on who you were viewing at any given moment, in the park for lunch, caricatures and a DJ dance party before heading back to school to enjoy a special visit from the ice cream truck and then heading home! Needless to say, Lexi is exhausted(YAY-maybe she'll go to bed early tonight and I can watch a TV show that I want all the way through for a change! ) So it was a wonderful day, at least from the kids' perspectives...the parents....well, yes, it was great and didn't rain and no one got too seriously hurt but...they also got t-shirts that said "Falcons Class of 2017" and that my friends was the kicker.....they are no longer our babes, our little ones, our munchkins or mini-mes....they are now refered to in terms of when they will graduate from high school!!!! How did this happen????? Where did the time go????? Wasn't it just yesterday that we were having a cute little sock hop for them finishing Kindergarten?????
I am sooo not ready for this, not that one can really prepare for it and actually...if you have been doing your job right as a parent, them moving on fairly smoothly just means it is all good but....can't we just pause? Where is that universe remote? I want to pause...and maybe even rewind a bit, ya know?
I know Lexi is ready to move on, and truthfully, all of the gigantic 5th graders do need to leave, they tower over those baby Kindergartners even more now than they did at the beginning of the year but....something about the fact that my little girl, my fairyfaye, will be moving on to a brave new world...ok, actually a scary new world of middle school insanity(and we ALL know what I am alluding to there) is really just wrong. Granted Bella is thrilled that she will be the "oldest&only" as far as paperwork home is concerned and yet I think that she will indeed miss her big sister being there more than she is willing to let on. And I will miss the "young world" of elementary school in which we had been exclusively residing for the past six years, *gasp*...has it really been that long? Now I know we will still be there with B, but...it won't be the same. Our house will be divided, so to speak, we will have two seperate schools(actually three with CCL) in which we have to coordinate various schedules and attend various events and...I just don't know that I am ready for this!!!!!
Ok, sorry...enough rambling...basically I am somewhat of a basket case as my next two weeks are booked solid every day with events and "lasts" and Lexi will be "promoted" next Wed. and then Field and Fun day and then...that's it...she's no longer a little girl.....it will be official and.....I'm just not ready, I'm just not.
Soooo, if anyone out there has that universe remote to which I was refering and they would be so kind as to lend it to me, I would greatly appreciate it....or at least give me a heads up if they do push pause...or maybe just slow-mo so that I can sit back, relax and enjoy, that'd be swell, thanks.
Oh yeah, on a different topic, I got my stitches out today!!!!! Unfortunately due to the ragged nature of the cut I must still wear a band-aid until there are no more "skintabs" or I am liable to open it right back up...cause ya know, I never do anything the simple way, right? And..I had a blood-letting which so far is only showing a slight bruise(woo-hoo) but that was just a minor incident in the insanity of the day and my mind and so I shall now bid you adeiu.
Blog ya later-
K
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Another day...
fortunately not another injury..in fact, so far it has been injury free! I have however, been able to gross Lexi out quite thoroughly and often by just putting my stitched thumb up to her eye level..is it bad that I have quite relished that?
Other than that it was a fairly ho-hum day...except of course for the always obnoxious teen drivers and their inability to park in any sort of logical fashion. Is it also bad that I was rooting for the trash truck and the bus to sideswipe one of their cars in the hopes they would learn a lesson? Ok, yes, that one probably is bad but it is getting utterly ridiculous not to mention dangerous. They aren't breaking any laws...yet...I really can't wait for that sign, but they most certainly are not using any kind of common sense at all and for that I think getting a sideswiping is somewhat of fair play if only to prevent a further disaster which is bound to happen quite soon in fact since I watched near collisions almost happen 10 times today due to the fact that they created a blind corner with their cars. and to prove my point, I, of course, took pictures! Which I am now going to post for you all:) I'm also sending the pics to the school administrators b/c they need to be aware that they are not fostering any kind of good community will by not enforcing their own policies of parking on campus or not driving.
So here are the pics and as a bonus I am also adding in my lovely thumb...so if you don't want to see it, don't scroll all the way down!
Cars that make it a blind curve!
Other than that it was a fairly ho-hum day...except of course for the always obnoxious teen drivers and their inability to park in any sort of logical fashion. Is it also bad that I was rooting for the trash truck and the bus to sideswipe one of their cars in the hopes they would learn a lesson? Ok, yes, that one probably is bad but it is getting utterly ridiculous not to mention dangerous. They aren't breaking any laws...yet...I really can't wait for that sign, but they most certainly are not using any kind of common sense at all and for that I think getting a sideswiping is somewhat of fair play if only to prevent a further disaster which is bound to happen quite soon in fact since I watched near collisions almost happen 10 times today due to the fact that they created a blind corner with their cars. and to prove my point, I, of course, took pictures! Which I am now going to post for you all:) I'm also sending the pics to the school administrators b/c they need to be aware that they are not fostering any kind of good community will by not enforcing their own policies of parking on campus or not driving.
So here are the pics and as a bonus I am also adding in my lovely thumb...so if you don't want to see it, don't scroll all the way down!
Cars that make it a blind curve!
Said blind curve...
Blind curve from other direction....
Same section at 3:20 when they are gone...
And....the most beautiful thumb :)
Blog ya later-
K
Monday, May 10, 2010
Long time,
no writing.....well....to be perfectly honest, I was very mad! (As if you couldn't tell that from reading the last entry!) I have had some time to cool down, reflect and chat about it with various friends, confidants, relatives and of course, my man, and they have talked me off the ledge...mostly!
Anyway, here is how it stands;
The school district...HA...this is a fight that I will not give up but it must be put on the back burner until next fall when they start planning the 2011-12 school year and so I am resolved in my, oh shall we say 'diligent patience', in other words, I can wait through the summer, I'm not going anywhere and I am certainly not forgetting this or letting it go. In the mean time I have tried to organize a parent's group at the school to talk about this and just other general issues and hopefully that will be a very good thing for everyone involved~the first two meetings have been small but interesting and the feedback has been to keep it up so we shall see.
Girl Scouts~double HA....I still really can't fathom that what happened happened as it is soooo against everything Scouty but we are all still human beings and most definitely fallible and so I am going to say something to the neighborhood chair in my end of the year info dump and then move on. I will not be involving myself and most certainly not Bella with the particular "culprits" until they can literally prove that they can and will do it right though, as her food allergy is never a three-strikes-you're-out kind of deal...one strike could kill her and so for right now we will stay in the dugout thank you very much!
The foobs/cancer....well...I guess I am still coming to terms with it all. I'd like to think I was over everything and just hunky-dory but alas, it appears I am not, although I try and continue to fool myself into thinking so. That's not to say I don't have good days, I do...totally fab days when I look smashing in a shirt and I don't even have to put on a bra(I just know you're jealous ;) ) but the truth is...I am reminded every single day of what happened when I look in the mirror. Even though I try and avoid that as much as possible, it's kind of hard when the back of our bathroom door has a full length mirror on it and it is what you see when you open the shower curtain and step out...hmmmm....maybe I should move that...or just take hotter showers and really steam it up! :P As for the real important issue....swimsuits...I give up! Surprised? Don't be...it is hard enough for everyone else why shouldn't it be hard for the perfect foobs? Of course what this really means is although it might seem like the easiest route, I will not be appearing nekid at the pool, I will just be wearing one of several suits I have bought that cover the scars enough and if they don't or the suit shifts in the water and someone happens to see them and stare well...that's on them, I give up, I officially don't care and nothing anyone does can make me.....I, of course, reserve the right to completely revoke that statement should I go to the pool and have some little kid scream loudly, "Mommy, why does that lady have slashes on her boobies?" but I am hoping that will never be the case...and even if it is, I am pretty sure that mommy will be far more embarrassed by that than I am anyway!
And now the rest of the story....the last few weeks have been crazy insane with fieldtrips, end of year happenings, camping trips and more Dr.s appts than I can keep straight! Not to mention the fact that in that time period I applied for a position on the School Board(no I didn't get chosen, but I wasn't doing it for that completely, I just wanted to see how they did it) and I have come away with some very interesting observations and questions that were posed to me that I plan on posing right back at them when they run again.....yeah, I'm a troublemaker, actually that's not really accurate, I just seek truth and justice and equality, but whatever, I suppose to some who are not doing those things that does qualify me as a troublemaker...guess they should watch out then :D
I found out I actually hurt the nerves in my foot as well as tendons and cartilage from the cookie/stairs incident and am still recovering from that although it is MUCH better thankfully!
I have continued to battle the teen drivers, but...I am winning(insert evil laughter here) since I have no qualms about calling the police and making the county money from them parking in a lawn, or too close to a mailbox(must be 7 ft clearance on both sides fyi), or too close to the entrance to an intersection(a 30 ft clearance required for that one) or too far from the curb(12 inches or less). And...there will soon be a no parking sign on one side of my street which someone tore down years ago and that will lessen my troubles even more!(Kudos to the STL County street dept. as they had a truck out here to check on it literally within a half an hour from when I called about it!!!! Unfortunately they weren't sure exactly where it had been before so the boss man has to come out and officially survey and then make sure that is clear of all utilities before they put it back up, but they said within a week's time. And yes, had I known that, it would have gone up last fall but...at least next year it will already be there by the time school starts! )
And last but not least, I ended up getting stitches on Cinco de Mayo! Now before you guess it may have been due to my over celebrating the holiday...I will stop you and say I had just poured my first Mojito(I don't do Tequila or margaritas) and had only taken one sip before I was de-pitting an avocado and the knife broke the pit and sliced my thumb. It was not the smoothest move I have ever made, yet I really have never claimed to be smooth, in fact I generally proclaim I'm a klutz and to watch out, but this was truly all the avocado pit's fault...I have never had a pit break on me....and ..never had to get stitches either, so it was kind of a two-fer I guess. However, I now have and thankfully made it through the ordeal without passing out and still getting to devour the avocado in some homemade guac(it was delish btw) and now I just have one more scar to add to collection and I'm really just happy I didn't cut my nail as that would have been waaay worse and this is "just a flesh wound" so no biggie in the grand scheme of things. I will say it was quite amusing to see the girls' reactions to it though! They have seen me with hair in various stages of falling out, no eyebrows or lashes(which is truly the freakiest part of that I swear! ) boobless with huge scars running across my chest and too many drains for one lifetime not to mention the scars and actual bulging port implant and this...THIS...five measly stitches grossed them out~I will never understand my children, which is probably for the best anyway :)
So now I am just continuing with the crazy wind down of the school year and the end of an era as Lexi moves from elementary to middle school and somehow managing to have at least one thing to do on my calendar from now until June but then the lazy days of summer shall begin and my formal sun-worshipping shall commence and I can't wait.
I will try to be better about writing again and now that I am over this latest bout of madness I think it will come easier ...or at least I will have lots to write about for the next few weeks anyway :)
So, I hope you have had a nice end of April and start of May and as always,
Blog ya later-
K
Anyway, here is how it stands;
The school district...HA...this is a fight that I will not give up but it must be put on the back burner until next fall when they start planning the 2011-12 school year and so I am resolved in my, oh shall we say 'diligent patience', in other words, I can wait through the summer, I'm not going anywhere and I am certainly not forgetting this or letting it go. In the mean time I have tried to organize a parent's group at the school to talk about this and just other general issues and hopefully that will be a very good thing for everyone involved~the first two meetings have been small but interesting and the feedback has been to keep it up so we shall see.
Girl Scouts~double HA....I still really can't fathom that what happened happened as it is soooo against everything Scouty but we are all still human beings and most definitely fallible and so I am going to say something to the neighborhood chair in my end of the year info dump and then move on. I will not be involving myself and most certainly not Bella with the particular "culprits" until they can literally prove that they can and will do it right though, as her food allergy is never a three-strikes-you're-out kind of deal...one strike could kill her and so for right now we will stay in the dugout thank you very much!
The foobs/cancer....well...I guess I am still coming to terms with it all. I'd like to think I was over everything and just hunky-dory but alas, it appears I am not, although I try and continue to fool myself into thinking so. That's not to say I don't have good days, I do...totally fab days when I look smashing in a shirt and I don't even have to put on a bra(I just know you're jealous ;) ) but the truth is...I am reminded every single day of what happened when I look in the mirror. Even though I try and avoid that as much as possible, it's kind of hard when the back of our bathroom door has a full length mirror on it and it is what you see when you open the shower curtain and step out...hmmmm....maybe I should move that...or just take hotter showers and really steam it up! :P As for the real important issue....swimsuits...I give up! Surprised? Don't be...it is hard enough for everyone else why shouldn't it be hard for the perfect foobs? Of course what this really means is although it might seem like the easiest route, I will not be appearing nekid at the pool, I will just be wearing one of several suits I have bought that cover the scars enough and if they don't or the suit shifts in the water and someone happens to see them and stare well...that's on them, I give up, I officially don't care and nothing anyone does can make me.....I, of course, reserve the right to completely revoke that statement should I go to the pool and have some little kid scream loudly, "Mommy, why does that lady have slashes on her boobies?" but I am hoping that will never be the case...and even if it is, I am pretty sure that mommy will be far more embarrassed by that than I am anyway!
And now the rest of the story....the last few weeks have been crazy insane with fieldtrips, end of year happenings, camping trips and more Dr.s appts than I can keep straight! Not to mention the fact that in that time period I applied for a position on the School Board(no I didn't get chosen, but I wasn't doing it for that completely, I just wanted to see how they did it) and I have come away with some very interesting observations and questions that were posed to me that I plan on posing right back at them when they run again.....yeah, I'm a troublemaker, actually that's not really accurate, I just seek truth and justice and equality, but whatever, I suppose to some who are not doing those things that does qualify me as a troublemaker...guess they should watch out then :D
I found out I actually hurt the nerves in my foot as well as tendons and cartilage from the cookie/stairs incident and am still recovering from that although it is MUCH better thankfully!
I have continued to battle the teen drivers, but...I am winning(insert evil laughter here) since I have no qualms about calling the police and making the county money from them parking in a lawn, or too close to a mailbox(must be 7 ft clearance on both sides fyi), or too close to the entrance to an intersection(a 30 ft clearance required for that one) or too far from the curb(12 inches or less). And...there will soon be a no parking sign on one side of my street which someone tore down years ago and that will lessen my troubles even more!(Kudos to the STL County street dept. as they had a truck out here to check on it literally within a half an hour from when I called about it!!!! Unfortunately they weren't sure exactly where it had been before so the boss man has to come out and officially survey and then make sure that is clear of all utilities before they put it back up, but they said within a week's time. And yes, had I known that, it would have gone up last fall but...at least next year it will already be there by the time school starts! )
And last but not least, I ended up getting stitches on Cinco de Mayo! Now before you guess it may have been due to my over celebrating the holiday...I will stop you and say I had just poured my first Mojito(I don't do Tequila or margaritas) and had only taken one sip before I was de-pitting an avocado and the knife broke the pit and sliced my thumb. It was not the smoothest move I have ever made, yet I really have never claimed to be smooth, in fact I generally proclaim I'm a klutz and to watch out, but this was truly all the avocado pit's fault...I have never had a pit break on me....and ..never had to get stitches either, so it was kind of a two-fer I guess. However, I now have and thankfully made it through the ordeal without passing out and still getting to devour the avocado in some homemade guac(it was delish btw) and now I just have one more scar to add to collection and I'm really just happy I didn't cut my nail as that would have been waaay worse and this is "just a flesh wound" so no biggie in the grand scheme of things. I will say it was quite amusing to see the girls' reactions to it though! They have seen me with hair in various stages of falling out, no eyebrows or lashes(which is truly the freakiest part of that I swear! ) boobless with huge scars running across my chest and too many drains for one lifetime not to mention the scars and actual bulging port implant and this...THIS...five measly stitches grossed them out~I will never understand my children, which is probably for the best anyway :)
So now I am just continuing with the crazy wind down of the school year and the end of an era as Lexi moves from elementary to middle school and somehow managing to have at least one thing to do on my calendar from now until June but then the lazy days of summer shall begin and my formal sun-worshipping shall commence and I can't wait.
I will try to be better about writing again and now that I am over this latest bout of madness I think it will come easier ...or at least I will have lots to write about for the next few weeks anyway :)
So, I hope you have had a nice end of April and start of May and as always,
Blog ya later-
K
Friday, April 16, 2010
Ka-blooie
well that's how I feel....like I could explode at any moment...not good.
In fact I'm just really, really pissed at the world at the moment and I am having a hard time getting it under control and that is actually why I haven't blogged in a while..I'm not sure I can be nice, not that I have to since it is my blog, but I do not generally write about specifics and defame certain groups of people and so I am at a loss, truly, and yet...yes, this is a TOTAL me getting it out post so feel free to not read anymore because I totally get that and yet I have to get these feelings and issues out too because they are festering in me and making me crazy.
And yes...I am mad at cancer too. I suppose I am the most mad at that truly but that's the biggest rip-off of all...I can't actually do anything to cancer....altho I am considering burning it in effigy if for no other reason than I feel the need for smores and it would be fun, cause then I could punch it in the face as well! I am having a hard time with the foob thing. I am tired of having two blank spots on my body. By that I literally mean spots of nothingness. You know how you can "feel" your entire body in the sense that it is "feeling" constantly by just being and having those receptors called skin and nerve endings on it...now imagine having parts where that doesn't happen. Which I am sure would be infinitely worse were it an actual limb that I no longer had and couldn't feel but this is just like a empty spot on my body, devoid of being. There is no heaviness or lightness...there is just nothing, except there's not nothing, there are these foobs that are there and stick out and are there, but I can't feel them. I mean I can touch them and my fingertips feel them but the foobs don't feel anything and I don't like it one bit. Add to that the fact that summer is approaching at a faster than light speed and I still have not found a top to wear to the pool and that is beyond depressing since I now supposedly have these "perfect" foobs that don't fit into any man-made item of clothing for them......ok enough on that.
Next on my anger list is a group of women in Girl Scouts. There are rules for everything in Scouts..literally-EVERYTHING and yet, these women did not follow them and had I not been vigilant could have killed Belle due to adding in food that she was allergic to at an event in Feb.! I won't get into petty details but not checking with the "head cook" or the registrar to see if there are any campers with food allergies before you go over their heads to buy extra food, which was not even needed (I know, I had to count the leftovers) is not only wrong, but negligent and could have been very bad, VERY bad. And yet, it never occurred to them that it was a problem and that they should have said something afterwards, no apologies, nothing...interestingly they still refuse to meet my eyes and that to me speaks volumes. And yes, some will say I was overreacting but they have never seen what I have seen when she has eaten the wrong thing and been in the ambulance and watched as my daughter's throat closed up and her body swelled and she literally faced death, she has come far closer to it than I ever did with cancer and all because of trace amounts of allergens in foods she ate. So too bad if I am overprotective while I can be, it's not just for her sake...would you really want to be the one who gave her food that killed her???? Could you live with yourself???? I couldn't...but maybe that's just me.
Last but not least....the school district. There is an inequality in the district regarding the gifted program and which days certain schools get to attend. And again, to some this may seem as if I am overreacting but imagine that your child does not get home EVERY single Friday until after 5pm. That if there are 1/2 days on Friday they miss out on completing projects or are "accelerated" through them which essentially means they don't get the same time to spend creating, exploring and above all LEARNING as the other kids do...does that seem fair? Yes, the gifted program is an "extra" and yet, NO it is NOT. Would you not give equal treatment to someone who needed extra help??? Do you not want children to be engaged and to help them along so that they can be productive members of society? And for all we know, they COULD be the ones who find that cure for cancer in the future and so shouldn't we be equipping and encouraging them as best we can??? But most importantly as someone who works off a calendar that is color coded and has some weeks completely insane with all of the activities that are at the same time in different places, don't tell me that you just can't coordinate that or take the time to find a way to make it fair to all the kids because that is a bunch of hogwash and should never be what is said to any parent. Let me at the schedule, I would find a way...and I suppose that is the key, being willing to work and find a way to make it happen. Now, having said that, I do not mind rotating and having EVERY school "pay their dues" with Friday attendance at the gifted program, this is only fair and THAT I could accept, it is the fact that they said we would rotate after two years and next fall will be year four on Fridays!!!! Now...I am not be the smartest kid on the block but I can do simple math and four does not equal two in any equation out there.....
All I want is for people to do the right thing. And I'm no saint, I screw up plenty, PLENTY. But I try and admit when I am wrong and I even try and compromise when it is the best thing to do for everyone involved. And I hope that those who are out there who read this would help to hold me to that standard and call me out when I do wrong because that is how we learn and change and better ourselves.
Ok enough ranting...well except for the teenage drivers that are invading the neighborhood....but that's a battle I just can't figure out how to even prepare for let alone fight at the moment so I will leave it go at that.
Thanks for reading...if you did...and letting me vent:)
Blog ya later-
K
In fact I'm just really, really pissed at the world at the moment and I am having a hard time getting it under control and that is actually why I haven't blogged in a while..I'm not sure I can be nice, not that I have to since it is my blog, but I do not generally write about specifics and defame certain groups of people and so I am at a loss, truly, and yet...yes, this is a TOTAL me getting it out post so feel free to not read anymore because I totally get that and yet I have to get these feelings and issues out too because they are festering in me and making me crazy.
And yes...I am mad at cancer too. I suppose I am the most mad at that truly but that's the biggest rip-off of all...I can't actually do anything to cancer....altho I am considering burning it in effigy if for no other reason than I feel the need for smores and it would be fun, cause then I could punch it in the face as well! I am having a hard time with the foob thing. I am tired of having two blank spots on my body. By that I literally mean spots of nothingness. You know how you can "feel" your entire body in the sense that it is "feeling" constantly by just being and having those receptors called skin and nerve endings on it...now imagine having parts where that doesn't happen. Which I am sure would be infinitely worse were it an actual limb that I no longer had and couldn't feel but this is just like a empty spot on my body, devoid of being. There is no heaviness or lightness...there is just nothing, except there's not nothing, there are these foobs that are there and stick out and are there, but I can't feel them. I mean I can touch them and my fingertips feel them but the foobs don't feel anything and I don't like it one bit. Add to that the fact that summer is approaching at a faster than light speed and I still have not found a top to wear to the pool and that is beyond depressing since I now supposedly have these "perfect" foobs that don't fit into any man-made item of clothing for them......ok enough on that.
Next on my anger list is a group of women in Girl Scouts. There are rules for everything in Scouts..literally-EVERYTHING and yet, these women did not follow them and had I not been vigilant could have killed Belle due to adding in food that she was allergic to at an event in Feb.! I won't get into petty details but not checking with the "head cook" or the registrar to see if there are any campers with food allergies before you go over their heads to buy extra food, which was not even needed (I know, I had to count the leftovers) is not only wrong, but negligent and could have been very bad, VERY bad. And yet, it never occurred to them that it was a problem and that they should have said something afterwards, no apologies, nothing...interestingly they still refuse to meet my eyes and that to me speaks volumes. And yes, some will say I was overreacting but they have never seen what I have seen when she has eaten the wrong thing and been in the ambulance and watched as my daughter's throat closed up and her body swelled and she literally faced death, she has come far closer to it than I ever did with cancer and all because of trace amounts of allergens in foods she ate. So too bad if I am overprotective while I can be, it's not just for her sake...would you really want to be the one who gave her food that killed her???? Could you live with yourself???? I couldn't...but maybe that's just me.
Last but not least....the school district. There is an inequality in the district regarding the gifted program and which days certain schools get to attend. And again, to some this may seem as if I am overreacting but imagine that your child does not get home EVERY single Friday until after 5pm. That if there are 1/2 days on Friday they miss out on completing projects or are "accelerated" through them which essentially means they don't get the same time to spend creating, exploring and above all LEARNING as the other kids do...does that seem fair? Yes, the gifted program is an "extra" and yet, NO it is NOT. Would you not give equal treatment to someone who needed extra help??? Do you not want children to be engaged and to help them along so that they can be productive members of society? And for all we know, they COULD be the ones who find that cure for cancer in the future and so shouldn't we be equipping and encouraging them as best we can??? But most importantly as someone who works off a calendar that is color coded and has some weeks completely insane with all of the activities that are at the same time in different places, don't tell me that you just can't coordinate that or take the time to find a way to make it fair to all the kids because that is a bunch of hogwash and should never be what is said to any parent. Let me at the schedule, I would find a way...and I suppose that is the key, being willing to work and find a way to make it happen. Now, having said that, I do not mind rotating and having EVERY school "pay their dues" with Friday attendance at the gifted program, this is only fair and THAT I could accept, it is the fact that they said we would rotate after two years and next fall will be year four on Fridays!!!! Now...I am not be the smartest kid on the block but I can do simple math and four does not equal two in any equation out there.....
All I want is for people to do the right thing. And I'm no saint, I screw up plenty, PLENTY. But I try and admit when I am wrong and I even try and compromise when it is the best thing to do for everyone involved. And I hope that those who are out there who read this would help to hold me to that standard and call me out when I do wrong because that is how we learn and change and better ourselves.
Ok enough ranting...well except for the teenage drivers that are invading the neighborhood....but that's a battle I just can't figure out how to even prepare for let alone fight at the moment so I will leave it go at that.
Thanks for reading...if you did...and letting me vent:)
Blog ya later-
K
Friday, April 2, 2010
Long Week
So it has been a very long week here. Mostly filled with triumphs of one sort or another, Lexi successfully turned 11 and I made it through that(yes, I do feel old now, must be something about the double digits that are the same thing as it didn't really hit me last year..huh...curious! ). We conquered the leak and sealed things off and now I get to redecorate the kitchen, although I was already headed that way, but something about the fact that half of our tile is peeled up is sort of pushing me to actually do it instead of talk about doing it, of course I do still have to go and decide on things, but hey, it's been a busy week here! I had a sick kiddo Monday then a Brownie meeting Tuesday and Wednesday was helping and Lexi's bday treats at school plus the 'tax dump'(which is how we affectionately refer to me returning calls left on the AARP machine about taxes) then a whirlwind Thursday which started with a meeting with a person who had been very hard to reach for weeks now regarding equal scheduling for our kids at a specific school and then the car dealership for them to fix something they were supposed to have done two months ago. And after that a half day of school so the kiddos were home early on Thursday and then they were off today so a full day of fun ...ok, mostly just shoe shopping which one might consider fun unless one was shopping for one's daughter who is now in a size 7 women's and for some bizarre reason the shoe people don't seem to want to make any dress shoes that don't have heels this year!!!!! Oh, and the fact that she seems to be sprinting across the finish line in a race to outgrow everything I buy for her before she really even wears it...sigh....
Needless to say it has been a lot. And then....today I got a ginormous bill for the brace I have been wearing on my foot to help with my torn ligament which has been cutting into parts and leaving permanent bruises even with all the extra padding I stuff in(which I am sure is not truly helping my foot to do that) and was told that interestingly enough the amount charged could not be changed because they had run it through insurance(who didn't cover it) even though it is listed for sale on their website for a whopping 1/3 the price!!!!! So basically they are trying to grift the insurance companies and then the customers if the companies won't pay?!?!? That just seems so very wrong on so many different levels that I am having a hard time wrapping my head around it! So now I have to deal with them next week and the fact that I am not going to pay more than what they are advertising it for online regardless of what they say because that is just outlandish especially in this economy and state of turmoil about healthcare....it's not hard to figure out why people are so upset when it seems as if the whole system is completely out of whack. Now, this doesn't mean I am against healthcare reform, I'm for it. But then again, I don't want to die. And it used to be, and still is for a while yet, the policies of the insurers out there that I can't be insured if our coverage was dropped because of my pre-existing condition. So basically they have decided that due to my genes I am not worthy, even though they can charge more to cover me....that almost sounds like a selected genocide especially when you quote this section of the UN definition of genocide, "deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life, calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;"
So it seems that every time I win a "battle" a new front emerges so that I have to quickly regroup, gather my reinforcements and plunge again into another fight. Am I just a magnet for this??? Am I doing something wrong???? It doesn't feel like it because everything I have done is about correcting things that out of balance or unequal and generally not even for myself but I battle for others.....and this doesn't even include the list of battles that I have decided were not worth the fight and have removed myself from to let someone else take up the banner or occasionally to just give in because I don't have that much strength in me....
Anyway, I am getting tired....so tired.....
At least it was a beautiful week with temperatures well above normal and I was able to get outside and get lots 'o vitamin D:)
Hope your weeks have gone more smoothly than mine:)
Blog ya later-
K
Needless to say it has been a lot. And then....today I got a ginormous bill for the brace I have been wearing on my foot to help with my torn ligament which has been cutting into parts and leaving permanent bruises even with all the extra padding I stuff in(which I am sure is not truly helping my foot to do that) and was told that interestingly enough the amount charged could not be changed because they had run it through insurance(who didn't cover it) even though it is listed for sale on their website for a whopping 1/3 the price!!!!! So basically they are trying to grift the insurance companies and then the customers if the companies won't pay?!?!? That just seems so very wrong on so many different levels that I am having a hard time wrapping my head around it! So now I have to deal with them next week and the fact that I am not going to pay more than what they are advertising it for online regardless of what they say because that is just outlandish especially in this economy and state of turmoil about healthcare....it's not hard to figure out why people are so upset when it seems as if the whole system is completely out of whack. Now, this doesn't mean I am against healthcare reform, I'm for it. But then again, I don't want to die. And it used to be, and still is for a while yet, the policies of the insurers out there that I can't be insured if our coverage was dropped because of my pre-existing condition. So basically they have decided that due to my genes I am not worthy, even though they can charge more to cover me....that almost sounds like a selected genocide especially when you quote this section of the UN definition of genocide, "deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life, calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;"
So it seems that every time I win a "battle" a new front emerges so that I have to quickly regroup, gather my reinforcements and plunge again into another fight. Am I just a magnet for this??? Am I doing something wrong???? It doesn't feel like it because everything I have done is about correcting things that out of balance or unequal and generally not even for myself but I battle for others.....and this doesn't even include the list of battles that I have decided were not worth the fight and have removed myself from to let someone else take up the banner or occasionally to just give in because I don't have that much strength in me....
Anyway, I am getting tired....so tired.....
At least it was a beautiful week with temperatures well above normal and I was able to get outside and get lots 'o vitamin D:)
Hope your weeks have gone more smoothly than mine:)
Blog ya later-
K
Sunday, March 28, 2010
The Ugly
Ha..bet you thought I wasn't gonna use that...well...you're actually right! I am not going to do my final installment of Disney tonight as there is too much else going on!!!!
I will start with this; last night we had Lexi's b-day slumber party for her and four friends....it was a smashing success, fortunately though nothing actually was smashed but a good time was had by all. They were incredibly well behaved and since Ed spent most of the week cleaning and prepping the basement, they were able to be down there for the majority of the evening's activities and we heard no thundering over our heads-YAY! They made a movie, watched a movie and did other silly things before we finally insisted that they get ready for bed. And by 12:15 they were all asleep.....except for one child....ours. She finally feel asleep around 12:45 and then we hit the hay ourselves. I did not get to sleep until between 2 and 3 however because my mind was racing. Mostly regarding several upcoming battles that I am going to have to wage and I really don't want to, but probably a bit because we watched The Hurt Locker while they were downstairs. AWESOME movie...but VERY intense...definitely made my dreams interesting!
It was then a very short night due to the fact that our cat is still peeved at us for going on Spring Break. she spent the first few nights we were home coming into our room and alternating between mournfully wailing at us and screaming in anger. It then switched to that happening at 6:30-7am every morning and today was no exception. Unfortunately she choose to do it in the living room and wake up all the girls.....we got up and tried to coax and then keep her downstairs and let them go back to sleep for a bit and while that worked for them...I didn't get so much sleep that way! Anyway, eventually they got up and Ed went and got Dunkin Donuts(they're back in town and we're super-psyched) and then they vegged in front of the TV and then went outside for a bit before everyone got picked up. All in all I consider it a success:)
The the rest of the day we basically lounged around the house and watched Chip and Dale cartoons(Bella's new obsession) and then New Moon as a family since Ed had not seen it and I had finally gotten the other night. It was just as good as the first two times I saw it...well except for the side chatter commentary by the girls! Then dinner and getting ready for bed. That is until at about 8:30 when we discovered what we thought was a big puddle left by the cat in the middle of the kitchen! Now, she is old, almost 15, but we were really hoping that she could hang on at least through Easter so there wouldn't be any bad associations with the holidays or Lexi's birthday like there is with Valentines day which is when our other cat died! And then we went downstairs and it looked as if she had drunk the Nile and had chosen the wall to release that on. Needless to say, we were not happy and frankly scared that this was the end and what was that going to do to the girls!?!?! It wasn't until the liquid continued to come out from under the paneling that we decided something else must be going on and we went back upstairs to discover that it was actually our fridge's water line that was leaking...all over and under the tiles in the kitchen and down into the basement....so while I was glad the cat was ok, not so happy that we had to peel up kitchen tiles tonight!
So now we have cleaned up as best we can and I am about to fall over while typing from exhaustion, I am glad tomorrow is another day, and a great big beautfiul one at that for 11 years ago, on a Palm Sunday, I was blessed with an amazing gift and I am thankful every day that she is here.
Blog ya later-
K
I will start with this; last night we had Lexi's b-day slumber party for her and four friends....it was a smashing success, fortunately though nothing actually was smashed but a good time was had by all. They were incredibly well behaved and since Ed spent most of the week cleaning and prepping the basement, they were able to be down there for the majority of the evening's activities and we heard no thundering over our heads-YAY! They made a movie, watched a movie and did other silly things before we finally insisted that they get ready for bed. And by 12:15 they were all asleep.....except for one child....ours. She finally feel asleep around 12:45 and then we hit the hay ourselves. I did not get to sleep until between 2 and 3 however because my mind was racing. Mostly regarding several upcoming battles that I am going to have to wage and I really don't want to, but probably a bit because we watched The Hurt Locker while they were downstairs. AWESOME movie...but VERY intense...definitely made my dreams interesting!
It was then a very short night due to the fact that our cat is still peeved at us for going on Spring Break. she spent the first few nights we were home coming into our room and alternating between mournfully wailing at us and screaming in anger. It then switched to that happening at 6:30-7am every morning and today was no exception. Unfortunately she choose to do it in the living room and wake up all the girls.....we got up and tried to coax and then keep her downstairs and let them go back to sleep for a bit and while that worked for them...I didn't get so much sleep that way! Anyway, eventually they got up and Ed went and got Dunkin Donuts(they're back in town and we're super-psyched) and then they vegged in front of the TV and then went outside for a bit before everyone got picked up. All in all I consider it a success:)
The the rest of the day we basically lounged around the house and watched Chip and Dale cartoons(Bella's new obsession) and then New Moon as a family since Ed had not seen it and I had finally gotten the other night. It was just as good as the first two times I saw it...well except for the side chatter commentary by the girls! Then dinner and getting ready for bed. That is until at about 8:30 when we discovered what we thought was a big puddle left by the cat in the middle of the kitchen! Now, she is old, almost 15, but we were really hoping that she could hang on at least through Easter so there wouldn't be any bad associations with the holidays or Lexi's birthday like there is with Valentines day which is when our other cat died! And then we went downstairs and it looked as if she had drunk the Nile and had chosen the wall to release that on. Needless to say, we were not happy and frankly scared that this was the end and what was that going to do to the girls!?!?! It wasn't until the liquid continued to come out from under the paneling that we decided something else must be going on and we went back upstairs to discover that it was actually our fridge's water line that was leaking...all over and under the tiles in the kitchen and down into the basement....so while I was glad the cat was ok, not so happy that we had to peel up kitchen tiles tonight!
So now we have cleaned up as best we can and I am about to fall over while typing from exhaustion, I am glad tomorrow is another day, and a great big beautfiul one at that for 11 years ago, on a Palm Sunday, I was blessed with an amazing gift and I am thankful every day that she is here.
Blog ya later-
K
Friday, March 26, 2010
The bad...
Ok...so it was not a completely perfect trip, but then again, when is a trip ever completely perfect????
Sooooo....
1-Fantasmic....I hear it's a fabulous show, I don't actually know firsthand because we were not able to get in to see it even though we had reserve seats. This was truly the only thing in all of the parks that they dropped the ball on organizational-wise. There are lines and paths and special lines for everything...everything but this apparently. We had booked a special dinner package that gave us reserved seats for the show and all we had to do was get there 30-45 mins early. We did. There was no one there to direct us and after pushing our way through the crowds of people that were blocking the entrance we were told to turn around and go to the palm trees. Now at this point I have to point out that we were in Florida and ummm...there were palm trees EVERYWHERE!!!! We went to the closest ones and looked around for any Disney workers and found none and so we went to more palm trees nearby but found no one anywhere. By this time it was now less than half an hour to go to show time and we had been told earlier that they don't seat you even if you have reservations if you miss that time window. Needless to say I was not happy. We proceeded to customer service and they did give us a token gift card but I would have rather seen the show.
2-Our last night there at about 12:30am we started smelling cigarette smoke in our room. At first we thought that the door to our balcony had perhaps not been completely shut from earlier when the kids were opening it up, but then we discovered that it was coming in through the bathroom exhaust fan and filling the room. Now, Disney is non-smoking except in designated areas and every room had its own balcony or patio and it was nice outside soooo, why the heck did they have to smoke in their bathroom????? It took almost an hour before we could actually get security and the manager to confirm it was a problem and that while they couldn't go banging on doors, they would eventually find the people and fine them. Great...fantastic....we on the other hand only had to stay up until almost 4 trying to get the smell out of our room. Oh...did I not mention that the fan in our bathroom was on a motion sensor so it would only go on when someone walked directly under it and triggered it and that it only stayed on for about 3 minutes at a time....yeah...so we had to stay up continually running in and waving our arms to get it to go back on to get the smoke out.
They did offer us a late checkout....which would have been lovely had we been able to sleep in. Unfortunately when I got up at 7 to go to the bathroom I smelled it again as they were smoking in the bathroom again and this time it was worse and they were then using Lysol to try and cover it up! We immediately threw everything into our bags and demanded another room to go try and sleep some more in and to shower in as there would have been no point to showering in our bathroom after that. They did move us...after an hour and a half...but right next to the ferry which was by then up and running and letting off a VERY loud horn each time it docked or pulled away from the dock, not exactly conducive to sleep.
Yes, technically it was not Disney's fault that those people chose to smoke in their rooms, however....one would think with all the money that Disney makes they could have installed smoke detectors in the bathrooms and rooms that would go off so loudly it would definitely deter people from doing that...especially when they could just step outside -I think that is what burns me up the most...why didn't they just take one step outside of their rooms and smoke?
That's it.
Which, again, all things considered, that is pretty good that those were the only truly "bad" experiences that we had. Of course, you haven't heard the next category which I am still not sure of how to name because it's not "ugly", more of insane or crazy or totally whacko...I guess I have a day to figure it out:)
As for this week and today in particular-there was a Juniors meeting where we celebrated what a wonderful job the girls did with the World Thinking Day Fair and then they talked about an upcoming camping trip and did a craft and then they made me tear up with a very sweet card and a gift card to Target (yay-and I already spent it on a special edition dvd of New Moon and a very pretty Easter Shirt:) ) Tonight we had a nice dinner from our fave Mexican place and then did the shopping and then I helped Bella and her bff and bff's mom and brother and sister put together a marble roller coaster for the competition that is tomorrow.....yeah...that was...stressful, I mean fun!
Anyway-that's all folks for now,
So as always,
Blog ya later-
K
Sooooo....
1-Fantasmic....I hear it's a fabulous show, I don't actually know firsthand because we were not able to get in to see it even though we had reserve seats. This was truly the only thing in all of the parks that they dropped the ball on organizational-wise. There are lines and paths and special lines for everything...everything but this apparently. We had booked a special dinner package that gave us reserved seats for the show and all we had to do was get there 30-45 mins early. We did. There was no one there to direct us and after pushing our way through the crowds of people that were blocking the entrance we were told to turn around and go to the palm trees. Now at this point I have to point out that we were in Florida and ummm...there were palm trees EVERYWHERE!!!! We went to the closest ones and looked around for any Disney workers and found none and so we went to more palm trees nearby but found no one anywhere. By this time it was now less than half an hour to go to show time and we had been told earlier that they don't seat you even if you have reservations if you miss that time window. Needless to say I was not happy. We proceeded to customer service and they did give us a token gift card but I would have rather seen the show.
2-Our last night there at about 12:30am we started smelling cigarette smoke in our room. At first we thought that the door to our balcony had perhaps not been completely shut from earlier when the kids were opening it up, but then we discovered that it was coming in through the bathroom exhaust fan and filling the room. Now, Disney is non-smoking except in designated areas and every room had its own balcony or patio and it was nice outside soooo, why the heck did they have to smoke in their bathroom????? It took almost an hour before we could actually get security and the manager to confirm it was a problem and that while they couldn't go banging on doors, they would eventually find the people and fine them. Great...fantastic....we on the other hand only had to stay up until almost 4 trying to get the smell out of our room. Oh...did I not mention that the fan in our bathroom was on a motion sensor so it would only go on when someone walked directly under it and triggered it and that it only stayed on for about 3 minutes at a time....yeah...so we had to stay up continually running in and waving our arms to get it to go back on to get the smoke out.
They did offer us a late checkout....which would have been lovely had we been able to sleep in. Unfortunately when I got up at 7 to go to the bathroom I smelled it again as they were smoking in the bathroom again and this time it was worse and they were then using Lysol to try and cover it up! We immediately threw everything into our bags and demanded another room to go try and sleep some more in and to shower in as there would have been no point to showering in our bathroom after that. They did move us...after an hour and a half...but right next to the ferry which was by then up and running and letting off a VERY loud horn each time it docked or pulled away from the dock, not exactly conducive to sleep.
Yes, technically it was not Disney's fault that those people chose to smoke in their rooms, however....one would think with all the money that Disney makes they could have installed smoke detectors in the bathrooms and rooms that would go off so loudly it would definitely deter people from doing that...especially when they could just step outside -I think that is what burns me up the most...why didn't they just take one step outside of their rooms and smoke?
That's it.
Which, again, all things considered, that is pretty good that those were the only truly "bad" experiences that we had. Of course, you haven't heard the next category which I am still not sure of how to name because it's not "ugly", more of insane or crazy or totally whacko...I guess I have a day to figure it out:)
As for this week and today in particular-there was a Juniors meeting where we celebrated what a wonderful job the girls did with the World Thinking Day Fair and then they talked about an upcoming camping trip and did a craft and then they made me tear up with a very sweet card and a gift card to Target (yay-and I already spent it on a special edition dvd of New Moon and a very pretty Easter Shirt:) ) Tonight we had a nice dinner from our fave Mexican place and then did the shopping and then I helped Bella and her bff and bff's mom and brother and sister put together a marble roller coaster for the competition that is tomorrow.....yeah...that was...
Anyway-that's all folks for now,
So as always,
Blog ya later-
K
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
The Good
Ok...I am still in recovery; yes you read that right, recovery. Disney can take all the zip right out of you when you get back from it! We were totally fine while we were there and even on the road home, but now that I am back, the long hours and miles upon miles of walking have taken their toll on me and I feel exhausted beyond compare.....well, I could compare but I won't, so I guess it's just good I haven't felt like this is a long time:)
Anyway on to the good!
1-The Polynesian was wonderful!!! The grounds were beautiful. The pool was great, or so they told me, I spent my time in the sand at the beach area when we went down there. Yes, the sun-lover in me just wanted to lie down and soak up the rays and so I did :) The room was nice and roomy and everyone slept fairly well each night.
2-The food...OMG-it was amazing! We took advantage of the deluxe dining plan (which I recommend because otherwise the prices can make you queasy :P ) and so we got an appetizer, main dish, dessert and non-alcoholic drink at every sit down meal!!! And at the fast food places we got a drink, main dish and dessert, plus two snacks a day!!! Needless to say we had more than enough food and even cleaned the fast food place at our hotel out of water bottles on our last day using up our snack points!
3-Food allergy awareness-they were a 100 on a scale of 1-10. At every meal the chef would come out and go over the choices with Belle and they even made special sundaes for her. Also the chef at the Kona Cafe, which was at our hotel, went above and beyond as he even got special food for us from the other restaurant there so that the chicken wing appetizer could be had by Lexi!
4-The Magic-it truly was a magical place and the girls had a fabulous time and we had a fabulous time watching them have a fabulous time...okay, okay, we enjoyed it for ourselves too :)
5-Staying healthy-no one got sick....well not sick, sick...some of us...ok, me, got motion sickness from certain rides we will not mention, but I knew that would happen and it was really my own fault for not taking some Dramamine so I picked some up after that day and all was well in K's stomach after that!
6-Most likely due to the aforementioned miles and miles of walking and in spite of the delicious and large portions of food....I lost weight!!!! Yes, you read that right~LOST weight!!!!! In fact, the girls just told me that if I don't stop losing weight I am going to disappear altogether! Which was a very nice sentiment but hardly the actual truth, but I am extremely pleased with that fact none the less.
7-People watching. It was literally a feast for this observer's eyes. You can find every body type, color of hair and skin, language spoken and a trillion other things there...and that is just in the workers!!!! But it truly is an amazing study in human nature and how we all interact and react indeed....I'm thinking of writing a paper on it ;)
So to sum up-we had fun....oodles and oodles of fun! We were also lucky enough to have some very good friends who also spent their Spring Break there too and we were able to hook up a couple of times and do some rides together and swim one day together as well. It was practically perfect in almost every way and I am thankful that I finally get to truly cross that off my bucket list.
Inevitably there were a few minor glitches...but that is for the next post :P
So I will leave you with one last thought...mostly cause it is stuck on replay in my mind but,
"It's a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of ev'ry day"
Yes, Walt, there truly is.
Blog ya later-
K
Anyway on to the good!
1-The Polynesian was wonderful!!! The grounds were beautiful. The pool was great, or so they told me, I spent my time in the sand at the beach area when we went down there. Yes, the sun-lover in me just wanted to lie down and soak up the rays and so I did :) The room was nice and roomy and everyone slept fairly well each night.
2-The food...OMG-it was amazing! We took advantage of the deluxe dining plan (which I recommend because otherwise the prices can make you queasy :P ) and so we got an appetizer, main dish, dessert and non-alcoholic drink at every sit down meal!!! And at the fast food places we got a drink, main dish and dessert, plus two snacks a day!!! Needless to say we had more than enough food and even cleaned the fast food place at our hotel out of water bottles on our last day using up our snack points!
3-Food allergy awareness-they were a 100 on a scale of 1-10. At every meal the chef would come out and go over the choices with Belle and they even made special sundaes for her. Also the chef at the Kona Cafe, which was at our hotel, went above and beyond as he even got special food for us from the other restaurant there so that the chicken wing appetizer could be had by Lexi!
4-The Magic-it truly was a magical place and the girls had a fabulous time and we had a fabulous time watching them have a fabulous time...okay, okay, we enjoyed it for ourselves too :)
5-Staying healthy-no one got sick....well not sick, sick...some of us...ok, me, got motion sickness from certain rides we will not mention, but I knew that would happen and it was really my own fault for not taking some Dramamine so I picked some up after that day and all was well in K's stomach after that!
6-Most likely due to the aforementioned miles and miles of walking and in spite of the delicious and large portions of food....I lost weight!!!! Yes, you read that right~LOST weight!!!!! In fact, the girls just told me that if I don't stop losing weight I am going to disappear altogether! Which was a very nice sentiment but hardly the actual truth, but I am extremely pleased with that fact none the less.
7-People watching. It was literally a feast for this observer's eyes. You can find every body type, color of hair and skin, language spoken and a trillion other things there...and that is just in the workers!!!! But it truly is an amazing study in human nature and how we all interact and react indeed....I'm thinking of writing a paper on it ;)
So to sum up-we had fun....oodles and oodles of fun! We were also lucky enough to have some very good friends who also spent their Spring Break there too and we were able to hook up a couple of times and do some rides together and swim one day together as well. It was practically perfect in almost every way and I am thankful that I finally get to truly cross that off my bucket list.
Inevitably there were a few minor glitches...but that is for the next post :P
So I will leave you with one last thought...mostly cause it is stuck on replay in my mind but,
"It's a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of ev'ry day"
Yes, Walt, there truly is.
Blog ya later-
K
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Whew
Ok...we're home safe after an interesting journey, but I am still processing it all and will need another day before I can put it all down in here so to do a quick sum up....
No one got hurt-yay
Fun was had by all-yay
My own bed is awesome-YAY
Blog ya later-
K
No one got hurt-yay
Fun was had by all-yay
My own bed is awesome-YAY
Blog ya later-
K
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Amazing
day, wasn't it? Just so beautiful and warm and one can only hope that it was not just a cruel tease by Mother Nature! I was able to sit outside for a bit, did some errands and even read "Prosciutto e Uova Verdi" to Lexi's class:) Plus we went to conferences and then to eat and then to shop for break and then...to wrangle two very sassy youngins to bed! And so now I am about to go sit and ice for a few, my ankle is doing well but yesterday's therapy plum tuckered me out...I forgot how much they make you work! And so I crashed early and made sure to do my exercises today!
That's really it. Short and sweet.
Blog ya later-
K
That's really it. Short and sweet.
Blog ya later-
K
Monday, March 8, 2010
Monday, Monday
so good to me. Monday, Monday, it was all I hoped it would be... and...stop right there:)
Well...let's see, the plastics doc went fine, as I expected :) It was an in- yep,it all looks good, no nipples, right? ok, see ya in 3 mos - out appointment , which is always nice. Then I had coffee with my wonderful chauffer for the day-mom~thanks, love ya xoxo~ and then off to the oncologists for my 3 month checkup. Everything went swell, including the blood letting, only two vials and in a good vein on the first try!!!!!!!WOOOOOHOOOOOOO. It has of course bruised and does happen to be the vein right at my wrist but hey...One try. One. Try. One. :D
During this appointment my mom graciously ran back and picked up Bella from school and brought her up to the allergist who is conveniently located catty-corner to my oncologist! They picked me up and we headed there to get B on a whole springtime regimen as she was starting to have breathing issues from her nose and lungs poor doll :( And then we got lunch, because she had missed it and they dropped me at PT and mom took her back to school.
PT was...good actually. I really like her and she was very willing to get me back on track, plus she said I had done a good job of icing and elevating (yay) and that had probably saved me a lot of time and pain. So now we are on to using it again and strengthening everything. Not that it isn't sore...it is...but I am still staying off it and icing now, I'm not gonna push my luck either!
Oh...and I did a new recipe in the crock pot! Yes I have regained some semblance of a brain since the GS events are behind me and I planned ahead and today I crocked "Pork Carnitas" and it was delish. Everyone ate it and the smell was amazing all day...even now in fact, yum.
So, have a wonderful evening and,
blog ya later-
K
Well...let's see, the plastics doc went fine, as I expected :) It was an in- yep,it all looks good, no nipples, right? ok, see ya in 3 mos - out appointment , which is always nice. Then I had coffee with my wonderful chauffer for the day-mom~thanks, love ya xoxo~ and then off to the oncologists for my 3 month checkup. Everything went swell, including the blood letting, only two vials and in a good vein on the first try!!!!!!!WOOOOOHOOOOOOO. It has of course bruised and does happen to be the vein right at my wrist but hey...One try. One. Try. One. :D
During this appointment my mom graciously ran back and picked up Bella from school and brought her up to the allergist who is conveniently located catty-corner to my oncologist! They picked me up and we headed there to get B on a whole springtime regimen as she was starting to have breathing issues from her nose and lungs poor doll :( And then we got lunch, because she had missed it and they dropped me at PT and mom took her back to school.
PT was...good actually. I really like her and she was very willing to get me back on track, plus she said I had done a good job of icing and elevating (yay) and that had probably saved me a lot of time and pain. So now we are on to using it again and strengthening everything. Not that it isn't sore...it is...but I am still staying off it and icing now, I'm not gonna push my luck either!
Oh...and I did a new recipe in the crock pot! Yes I have regained some semblance of a brain since the GS events are behind me and I planned ahead and today I crocked "Pork Carnitas" and it was delish. Everyone ate it and the smell was amazing all day...even now in fact, yum.
So, have a wonderful evening and,
blog ya later-
K
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Sunday
went by oh so fast...or so it seemed!
We had a somewhat lazy morning as I am still trying to stay mostly immobile and Lexi was still sick but B was productive, going to church with Nana, and Ed too as he met a friend for lunch. The girls and I did manage to discover that Lexi has absolutely no shorts to wear on spring Break next week...lovely, eh? I think it's quite hilarious since I bought her a couple of new pairs last Sept. to get through the start of school and they were even a bit too big...but somehow between then and now she has completely leapt right over fitting into that size! Of course on the bright side...B has several nice, essentially brand new, shorts now:)
We have started making our lists....and yes, I do check them twice...probably about 5-10 times when it's all said and done actually, but who's really counting???? Tomorrow though is not at all focused on Spring Break..instead it is a day of Doctors!!!
I have my PS, then my Onc, then lunch and the bank and finally PT...a full day I am betting.
Hope you all had a lovely day and enjoyed the beautiful spring preview:)
Blog ya later-
K
We had a somewhat lazy morning as I am still trying to stay mostly immobile and Lexi was still sick but B was productive, going to church with Nana, and Ed too as he met a friend for lunch. The girls and I did manage to discover that Lexi has absolutely no shorts to wear on spring Break next week...lovely, eh? I think it's quite hilarious since I bought her a couple of new pairs last Sept. to get through the start of school and they were even a bit too big...but somehow between then and now she has completely leapt right over fitting into that size! Of course on the bright side...B has several nice, essentially brand new, shorts now:)
We have started making our lists....and yes, I do check them twice...probably about 5-10 times when it's all said and done actually, but who's really counting???? Tomorrow though is not at all focused on Spring Break..instead it is a day of Doctors!!!
I have my PS, then my Onc, then lunch and the bank and finally PT...a full day I am betting.
Hope you all had a lovely day and enjoyed the beautiful spring preview:)
Blog ya later-
K
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