Happy Valentines Day :)

So Valentines Day is coming to an end. I was unable to sleep once crawling in bed, so as Ned snores away...I have come downstairs. I watched the second half of "Jerry McGuire", and now have decided to blog a tiny bit.

The day started out early. Ned went to photograph with friends early. I waved goodbye to him at the door at 6a.m. I then made Valentine cookies shaped as hearts with brownie's in the center surrounded by frosting....YUMMMMY! I eventually woke the girls up and we went out to breakfast with my Mom, Ron, Jason, Natalie, and the kids. Following that we went to my nephew's 8th birthday party at Big Al's. The kids bowled and played arcade games. :) We had great fun. The girlies then went to Natalie's for the night. :)

I arrived home later in the afternoon, and Ned was home. He had some good luck with his photography. I also had a card and roses when I got home. :) We went to Black Angus for dinner, and it was wonderful. I tested my gall bladder a little too much....so far...it's not bothering me...yet. But if it does bother me later...I will deserve it. :( After coming home...we did some karaoke. ...now that was funny. We even sang "I got you babe" as a duet...talk about hilarious.

All in all...it was a pretty good day. :) Happy Valentines to you. :)

I would like a NORMAL life. (really just relaxation)

I would...for just once....for awhile even...like a normal life. Really I would. I would like some routine, and I would like no problems, and I would like things to just be made right...just for a little while. I would like everyone to be happy...and it doesn't even have to be giddy excited happy, just happy content. Just glad to be alive, just happy to be with their family, just...I don't know. (After re-reading...I realized....what I need is just to relax. I need time to relax. I need a massage...and I need to smell good candles, and soft music...and I need Calgon to take me away)

I feel full of complaints all of a sudden. Full of selfishness...and of course I feel like I deserve it. I feel like I give a lot, and I'd like more in return. I wrestle in my head with the idea of being selfish, and wish that I wasn't. I take things so personally sometimes. I say what I shouldn't, and don't say what I should....and I think I just better stop...and forget about it all...and know that I'm hormonal...and just let it go...let it go.

On another note...I sure need to go to the gym, if only to weigh. I would really like to know how much I've lost with my new pretty much no fat diet. I've very much decreased my intake as well, so it is all a good thing. :) Tomorrow I head to the surgeons office to see what he advises me to do about my gall bladder. So we'll see. As for now...I had better get back to homeschooling. Sara is doing really well, she is even learning cursive writing.

Upper Endoscopies are Fun.lol

Well...found the source of my medical issues. After a trip to the ER with severe chest/back pain, a few more bouts of that pain over the last week, 3 different medications, and upper endoscopy, and an abdominal ultrasound....I have gallstones. (Ned diagnosed this the first night.lol) :) So that would be the source of my severe pain, that seems to pop up....well for me....whenever. I didn't know that something could hurt sooooo bad. So anyways...I should be getting my gall bladder out this week sometime. As far as the upper endoscopy...it's wonderful to have a doctor know what he's doing and know how much medicine to give someone...so that one minute...I was feeling a little dizzy...and the next minute...it was completely over. :) Honestly...didn't even know that it happened. By the way...the little pic at the top...is a plush gall bladder. lol.lol.lol.lol He looks tooo cute to be causing me so much pain.

As far as exercise....it has been non-existent because I'm afraid constantly that the pain will arrive, but my eating habits couldn't be better. A diet with almost no fat, is what has made me feel best. And as long as it keeps the pain to a minimum...then I'm good. :)

As far as the homeschooling....well I have all the curriculum now, so we are set. Now if I can just do it around surgery...it'll be good.

Anyways...hope everyone of yours is doing well, and you were able to enjoy a beautiful weekend. We sure have. We have actually had a relaxing, family fun filled weekend with the girls. We looked around at the mall last night....and Nedster bought me some new shoes. :) I love shoes. :)

Homeschooling Again. :)

Here is Sara on her first day of Homeschooling. We went together to the school, and withdrew her, then we went to the School District to fill out our "Intent to Homeschool". We then headed back home to start our day. Our curriculum won't be here until Wed. afternoon...so we flew by the seat of our pants until then. Curriculum and lesson plans make it so much easier. I'll be thrilled when I have that. :)

Sara is such an amazing girl. I guess I don't always realize that when we are all running around, but these past few days that we have been together, have really been amazing. I can definitely see some great potential in her. We've had a lot of fun together.
I've also had some medical stuff going on...and my Sara has been a wonderful nurse. She does whatever is asked of her, and she gets me everything that I need.

Next week should be interesting when we have curriculum and everything. :) That will be great.