I am a daughter, sister, wife,and a mother. I am no where near perfect,but I am working on it! I need a lot of TLC! One thing is for sure is that with my family I can just be ME! I am totally in love with the family that the Lord has blessed me with. I have been married now for 17 yrs. I have 3 boys, so NO pink frillies here! I am blessed to be a homemaker, but with that said it is NO easy job! Somedays I don't know how I make it through the day and then comes the hugs and kisses.
Growing up I don't recall ever putting something up my nose. I don't remember my sister or brother doing it either. I have now raised 3 boys and in that time none have ever put anything up their noses. Now Logan did swallow a penny once, but other than that nada! Well until Isaiah! I was sitting at the computer doing my e mails and he came to me opening his mouth. I asked what was wrong? He said, "Nose." Okay so I look and see a rabbit food pellet. So I told him to hold still and as I almost had it, he snorts. Bye, Bye pellet! So, I am thinking what to do now. I called three mothers for advice. My mother told me to call 911 and take him to the hospital. I did not have a vehicle to take him myself. I did not want to have to go to the hospital if it was not necessary. I called my sister. She said "well, he could have ended up swallowing it, and if not it will eventually dissolve." Knowing that it would dissolve kinda grossed me out! Then I called my Aunt Teresa and she said, "that when she was little she put things up her nose. She especially loved cheerios." The last time she put something up her nose, my grandmother had to take her to the hospital, where they put her into a straight jacket. That was her last time snorting cheerios. So, here I had all the facts. I ended up staying at home and waiting on Brian to help hold Isaiah down and take a good gander up his nose. There was nothing, except a few boogers. So what happened to the rabbit food pellet? He is not fussing with his nose, so I am guessing he swallowed it, if not Isaiah may have invented the first human chia pet.
I can see it now alfalfa growing like grass out of one nostril. Kids do the craziest things! Below is a cute video of a nose snorter. ***My mother called and said that the cartoon below goes into something bad after the nose snorter part. Actually it DOES NOT. If you scan down the page it will, so do not go to the next cartoon. Just view the nose hobby animation one. The one in which I intended for my viewers.***
I think kids needed to come with instructions! An if in case this happens, you should do this. Of course mine would do something no there kid has ever done and I would have to be the one to add to the in case list!
It has been some time since I last posted. I never even told you that I was going to be a Grand-fur-mother. Yes Annie and Snowbelle decided to elope and they now how three beautiful kittens. Mother and babies are doing great. She had two grey with some white stripes on the legs, and an all white kitten. They weighed in at a few ounces each and have all their claws. Annie is a great mother and the babies are growing rapidly. In two more days their eyes should open. I am wondering what color their eyes will be? As you can see in the picture below, Annie has green/yellow eyes and Snowbelle has baby blue eyes. I would love to see a blue eyed gray kitten!!!
Annie does not know this yet, so please do not tell her. In 8 weeks she will be going to the vet and getting neutered. I am sure she would not take the news lightly and well Snowbelle will be getting neutered as well after Annie. So being a man he is liable to to run off! So keep this our little secret!
As you all know Brian has been fighting a kidney stone since December. Yesterday at around 11:00 am he finally passed it! His doctor had already set him up for a surgery to remove the stone and place a stint in the ureter tube. Now that he has passed it he does not have to go through all that anguish. We would love to give thanks to all who prayed for him and also thank God once again for all he does! Below is a video about Kidney stones.
I was having some trouble with my left knee and it finally eased up for me. Now I am having trouble with my toe on my right foot. I have what they call a ganglion cyst on it and this is by far the worst it has hurt me. As soon as the weather breaks I need to get my butt to the foot doctor and see what they can do for it. I am hoping the cyst has not grown into the bone. I can't move my toe without excruciating pain. Ganglion cysts are normally found along joints like your wrist, finger, or toes. Here is a video on how they remove one.
We got some snow once again last night. We woke up to a soft blanket of white stuff all over the ground, but it was not enough for the schools to close or be on delay. This was upsetting news for the boys, but wonderful news for me! The way it was coming down I honestly thought we were in for it, but it stopped and that made my day! Now it is just small flurries coming down.
Last night I made some homemade tartar sauce to go with our fish sticks. The family loved it and Brian said it was creamy good!
Tartar Sauce
2 cups of Mayo
1 large sweet pickle
1/4 cup onion
1/3 tsp cream of tartar
1 tblsp vinegar
1/3 tsp salt
1/3 tsp worchestershire sauce
Place all ingredients into blender. Blend until smooth. Pour into a sealable container.
About 6 yrs ago I was cleaning and one of the boys was hollering for me and not thinking I went to go to them, and sorta of tripped over my vacuum cord. I landed on my left knee solid! It did a popping sound and hurt like the dickens. I guess walking up and down my hill in the snow has really aggravated it and it is killing me. I have propped it up on and off today, and I need to put some ice on it, but haven't yet. I hate sitting still, and well with kids it is hard to sit still. On top of it all the house has needed some cleaning. I did not clean it much yesterday, cause I had to get some things for the "Jesus loves me" party for the youth.
The "Jesus loves me" party was a hit. Brian taught on the greatest love that God gave man. We ate some pizza, bq wieners, doritos, cake, cupcakes, and pop. They played some games, won prizes, and each child was sent home with a bag of candy. I had a craft for them to do but we ran out of time. I told Annette to just do it with the kids in Sunday School. Below was the craft they were going to do.
I got my House Party package today. It is a big box of goodies. I can't wait for the youth to have some fun again in March. I will have to take some pictures since I have to post them on House Party. I am thinking they will make individual pizzas. I will have each child or family bring an ingredient. That should be fun and again we will have games and prizes. The kids have a lot of fun!
I had a blog solely for the "D" word. It is a four letter bad word to me! I will start but then end up quiting. Well I weighed in on Sunday and since then I have lost 6.5 lbs. I am giving myself a prize....
I know that is not much, but hey it is a start. I still want to meet a 15 lb loss goal by the end of March, so I am halfway there.
Starting a diet is easy, but sticking to it is hard. Today I was looking up some tips and I found some different sites with some tips. You may find them interesting to read as well.
I have been making sure to take my vitamins, chromium picolinate, and I am also take a fiber pill. What does chromium picolinate do for you? Chromium picolinate works together with insulin produced by the pancreas to metabolize carbohydrates. Why am I taking a fiber pill? I am taking a metamucil pill every morning and it helps me stay fuller for longer. It is natural and is good for you. It is also known to help lower cholesterol which is good for me since I have high cholesterol as well. Of course I am taking a multi-vitamin too. This will help me if I lack in eating something I should have. Everyone should take vitamins. Here is an article on metamucil.
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