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Draggin Along

I am so tired…I need about 4 more hours in the day. 2 hours to get a few more things accomplished and 2 hours to get more sleep. My eyes are so droopy that I don’t think the best eye cream in the world could make them look even half way normal. And the craziest thing of all? My whole household is still up.

My crazy kids have decided that they want to swap rooms. Why? Because Erin’s room is cold and Tate’s room is hot. Tate would rather be cold than hot and Erin would rather be hot than cold. Go figure.

All I know is that they have conned talked me into it and being the sucker that I am I agreed that they could and they started on it today. That was my biggest mistake of 2010 so far.Yeah, I know…that isn’t saying much, we are only 14 days in at this point. But heck, it sounded good. Right?

Merry Happy Day!

We had a fabulous Thanksgiving this year. I hope that you did as well. The day was spent with family, friends and lots of food. You just can’t get much better than that. We did miss having a discount cigar after dinner because well, that really isn’t something that we normally do but we all ate so much that we felt we should…instead, this is what happened:

That is Susan’s husband..he was basically comatose after dinner. And we had great fun at his expense. He is such a good sport though that he got over it pretty fast. I wish I had thought to paint his nails bright pink!

The best part of the meal? Hmmm, the fried turkey was delicious, the pineapple casserole was superb but these…

…yes, all desserts. The desserts were divine! That Red Velvet cakes was sooo good. I could have eaten myself into a coma with that. So glad there wasn’t much left.

So, from my family to yours…I hope that you were as blessed as us this Thanksgiving and may the upcoming Christmas Holidays be Merry and Bright.

Goodbye Nov. 22nd!

This has been the craziest of days for me. They released Bric from the hospital, which is a good thing…only we have no answers still. He is a medical enigma apparently. They know that he has some sort of infection raging through his body, they just can’t pinpoint where and why. So we will be consulting with a surgeon next week because they want to do some exploratory surgery to see what the bulge in his side is and what is causing all of this mess.

THEN, I lost my mother. Seriously, I lost her. I talked to her this morning when she called to check on Bric, she let me know that she would be around today if I needed her and that she was just going to hang around the house and have a lazy day. Well, I was calling her to let her know what was going on and she never answered the phone. I couldn’t get her on the cell phone either. After over an hour of trying to find her panic was starting to set in. Had something happened to her? Where was she? What could be wrong? She always answers her phone or calls me right back. Then after an hour and a half I sent Tate to go and check on her…and of course at this point I have all kinds of horrific thoughts going through my head…the best of those being “Help, I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up”. Sooo, Tate calls me back and says she isn’t at home. Well, that at least alleviates a few of my fears…now I have all kinds of other fears creeping in relating to automobile accidents. Good grief where in the heck is she and what in the world is wrong?! So, I start calling my Sisters. Well, that is where I found her…she was over the mountain having lunch with my older sister and never heard her phone ring. Hmmm, How in the heck can you not hear it ring 5 thousand times?! So after I got over that almost heart attack moment I decided I am going to get her a hearing aid for Christmas. Sorry, Mom, but really…you always answer my calls and you deserve it after almost sending to my grave early!

Then, we get settled in here at home and I finally sit down to draw the winners for the contests that ended on Friday when all chaos broke loose…and Random.Org is down. What the heck? Random dot org, I depend on you, how can you let me down on today of all days? So, I still don’t have winners for my giveaways that ended 2 days ago. I thought about going back to the old Post-It note method that I used when I first started having giveaways, but by golly, I don’t wanna go to the store to buy Post-It notes right now and I know that there is no way in heck that I have enough to do all 5 contests. So, you will all just have to wait for one more day and hope to goodness that Random dot org gets their act together before then.

In saying all that…I am exhausted! WAY beyond tired. I am going to put my pajamas on, fix me a cup of hot chocolate, turn on some sappy Sunday evening movie and crash. Maybe I should put in some identity theft protection because I may not wake up for a week. Nah, I wouldn’t make you wait that long to hear who the winners are. At least I don’t think I would.

Waiting

We still have no answers. Bric has been scheduled for an MRI today and after that…we shall wait. Wait for the test results. I hate waiting! I am such an impatient person who wants answers NOW! But, wait we must.

I guess I can be thankful that I am so far behind on every aspect of my life because it gives me plenty to do while I wait. Things like get some of the Holiday Gift Guide posts written up. Making a grocery list. Making a list of things that I need to pick up from one of the big box stores…you know things like humidifier filters because you have a son who gets the croup every year even at 12 years of age. Things like laundry detergent because you used it all getting the gazzilion loads of laundry caught up which will again look like a mountain once this is all over. Yep, those kinds of things.

I am also finishing up my Christmas to do list. I hope I am almost finished with the shopping. So far though, I am doing pretty good on my list. Usually, I am running around like crazy those last 2 weeks trying to get it all done because I either didn’t make a list or I lost it…and without a list, I procrastinate. Procrastination during the Holidays is a horrible, horrible idea. Trust me, I know because it happens to me often.

So, what are you doing this weekend? I certainly hope it is shaping up better than mine and you are not stuck waiting….

Hospital, Here we are.

My husband was admitted into the hospital tonight. Please pray for us.

He has had a problem with a bulge on his left side for sometime now that causes him some pain but it has never been this bad. He drove himself to the ER at around 11 AM today and finally called me at Noon. He has had every test ran known to man and nothing conclusive has ever presented itself. Several doctors have speculated as to what they think it might be, but we need some concrete answers. His white blood cell count has been slightly elevated for about a year now but they haven’t been able to figure that out either.

They have now determined that the two are related, but why is now the question. He has endured a battery of tests previously and today…still no answers. They are considering some exploratory surgery since all other options have been exhausted at this point. They have him heavily medicated and on very strong antibiotics. Other than that, we do not know much. I will be traveling back and forth to the hospital and home, taking care of him and the kids both as best I can. Tomorrow we have a dear friend of the family coming in to save the day and help out wherever she is needed.

What do I need for you to pray for? Answers…on so many levels. Not only do we need answers about his health but as to how we are going to pay all of the medical bills that are piling up. I know that in the end we will be fine but for now it is all a little scary so please keep us in your thoughts and prayers.

I do not know when I may be able to update you further but I will as I can.

I am a horrible Mother

I like to torture my kids. It is just way to much fun and I can’t seem to help myself. Last week I went up to Collegedale TN to take my older sister to the Little Debbie Outlet. She had never been and has been wanting to go for quite some time…so, off we went. While in Collegedale I swung by one of my dear friends house to see their new baby and visit for a little bit. While we were visiting, my dear friends sent lots of goodies home with us fresh okra, fresh pumpkins, and peppers…like these:

They are called Rooster Spur Peppers. I had a bowl full of them sitting on the kitchen counter. So, that eveing while I was cooking supper and Tate comes in to see what we are having, he sees the bowl. He is the nosey kid. The one that thinks he has to know everything. Who you are on the phone with, what is in a wrapped box, whether for him or not. He is just nosey. So, he starts in with the questions. Where did the pepper come from, what kind is it, Is it hot, etc. I told him that I had never had them before so I wasn’t sure how hot they were. Well, he HAS to try them so I cut off a tiny piece of the pepper that never made it past the tip of his tongue. He then has to let Erin try it…so, I cut off another small piece of the pepper and Tate takes it to Erin. Erin tries the pepper and comes running into the kitchen with tears in her eyes. Well, with all of the commotion, Bric has to get in on the pepper tasting. No one wants to take the word of the other that it is really hot. So, he tries the pepper, ends up with a burning throat…and then it happens. Bric rubs his eyes…because they were watering…from the hot pepper. Now, they are on FIRE from having pepper juice in them.

Now, I want you to look at these peppers again:

They might be a little over an inch long, they are not big at all. So that should give you an idea of what a little piece was taken…for 3 people to try. And all I could do is laugh at each and every one of them the whole time.