Well another week has magically flown by and i don't have much to report.
DeRell is still out of town on business, we manage to use Skype to video chat and remember what he looks like. Mainly because, oh my word, the meds going on around this house.
I must say i WAS feeling a little better. I actually seemed ALOT better this morning, and decided since it didn't feel like i had an elephant stomping on my chest (now just a large dog) i could maybe get in a half hour of Zumba. (i.e. exercise/cardio) I've been reading quite alot lately and have been somewhat "inspired" to turn over a new leaf in adopting a healthier lifestyle.
Unfortunately my body missed the memo.
Or it got the memo but decided healthy isn't meant to be just yet.
By 2pm today i was having serious chest pains (worse than heartburn) and was thinking maybe that Zumba and the Kettlebell weren't such a good idea. I went straight to the Dr. after picking the kids up bcuz Bubba hasn't been feeling well either...and truth be told it was rather fortuitous to get 2 visits for the price of one, when like us - you have no medical insurance! So i got a "re-check" and he has Strep Throat (AGAIN). And apparently i need to hit my inhaler more frequently since i am nearly finished with my prednisone. Major aerobic activity not such a good plan, and definately i need to keep the inhaler close by. I haven't kicked it all out of my chest yet, but other than the wheezing i am actually feeling better. Yes, Yes, sis i will take it easy. After feeling so crappy for so long...a good day held so much promise. But i will heed the Dr. advice and stay off the cardio for at least another week.
Wrestling has come to an end, though he still has 3 more practices. Then we have the Banquet...and THEN..... BASEBALL starts!!!! woo-hoo.
Well, i am gonna sign off now and go watch Biggest Loser. I guess i can get my exercise vicariously through the contestants on the show.
p.s. this time change is KICKING.MY.BUTT!!! How about you?
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
03.09.2011 Model Glamorous ?
***UPDATED**
Well, the verdict is in.
After much suffering for the past 7 days...and getting WORSE instead of better i finally drug myself down to the Urgent Care yesterday* (at first i said on Monday but just realized today is Wednesday!*) A moms gotta do what a moms gotta do!
It's Walking Pneumonia folks!
I couldn't believe it. FOUR (...yes FOUR!) Prescriptions later i was out the door. Then to the Parmacy, the grocery store (a girl needs her chicken soup - not to mention some easy to make meals while i attempt to rest!) Then to Wrestling practice, violin lessons, and baseball & softball sign-ups. You know - the typical day in the life of a mom. Or at least this mom since hubby is out of town, those things fall to me regardless of my ailment of the moment. LOL
So i have an Inhaler, An antibiotic, a Steroid, and some cough medicine to help me sleep. (which by the way was NOT working fast enough last night when my body wanted to crash at 9:30 but my coughing would not allow) I did in fact end up taking TWO doses of the very strong stuff *insert GASP here* so i could Sleep. My cough is "productive" enough during the day thank.you.very.much. - I need some REST.
Many days the sleep has evaded me.
I am not one for 2am informercials so i was desperate once again to not have to go down that road! Did you know that all those Late night shows (Letterman, Jay Leno, Ferguson, etc) seem to ALL have the same guests on a rotation?! First they go to one show (say they are promoting their new movie) then the next night they are on another show. Trust me...i know from experience these past many days! Oh, and p.s. Lynnette & Kelly they play the old school Grey's Anatomy (think Lizzie and George way back episodes) between 11pm and 1am which is very cool.
So anyway, i had to put one of those big triangular back thingies and all my pillows to prop me up so i could sleep sitting up. By about 11pm it must have kicked in finally, and i was able to remove them and go to sleep finally.
I'm gonna go hit my morning meds then try to get some REAL rest while the kids are at school. I have an appt. with Bubba's Oral surgeon in Missoula today so it will only be for an hour or two, but it's Dr.'s orders. Thats 9 pills this morning and some puffs on the inhaler. JOY
Oh, and i DO NOT, for the record, look anything near the Model Glamorous photo (above) i found to portray "Sick mom" this morning. LOL but got a kick out of it.
**Oh and one last tidbit. I've never had an inhaler before and after last nights attempts (i do believe most of it just ended up on my tongue) i thought i was destined to fail. This morning i remembered that Bubba had this magical device for his inhalers when he was little. So I pulled it out of the cupboard and gave it a try a minute ago. SUCCESS! LOL. I had to use a teddy bear themed "Aero Chamber" to squirt the medicine in then inhale! At least its not all on my tongue!
Well, the verdict is in.
After much suffering for the past 7 days...and getting WORSE instead of better i finally drug myself down to the Urgent Care yesterday* (at first i said on Monday but just realized today is Wednesday!*) A moms gotta do what a moms gotta do!
It's Walking Pneumonia folks!
I couldn't believe it. FOUR (...yes FOUR!) Prescriptions later i was out the door. Then to the Parmacy, the grocery store (a girl needs her chicken soup - not to mention some easy to make meals while i attempt to rest!) Then to Wrestling practice, violin lessons, and baseball & softball sign-ups. You know - the typical day in the life of a mom. Or at least this mom since hubby is out of town, those things fall to me regardless of my ailment of the moment. LOL
So i have an Inhaler, An antibiotic, a Steroid, and some cough medicine to help me sleep. (which by the way was NOT working fast enough last night when my body wanted to crash at 9:30 but my coughing would not allow) I did in fact end up taking TWO doses of the very strong stuff *insert GASP here* so i could Sleep. My cough is "productive" enough during the day thank.you.very.much. - I need some REST.
Many days the sleep has evaded me.
I am not one for 2am informercials so i was desperate once again to not have to go down that road! Did you know that all those Late night shows (Letterman, Jay Leno, Ferguson, etc) seem to ALL have the same guests on a rotation?! First they go to one show (say they are promoting their new movie) then the next night they are on another show. Trust me...i know from experience these past many days! Oh, and p.s. Lynnette & Kelly they play the old school Grey's Anatomy (think Lizzie and George way back episodes) between 11pm and 1am which is very cool.
So anyway, i had to put one of those big triangular back thingies and all my pillows to prop me up so i could sleep sitting up. By about 11pm it must have kicked in finally, and i was able to remove them and go to sleep finally.
I'm gonna go hit my morning meds then try to get some REAL rest while the kids are at school. I have an appt. with Bubba's Oral surgeon in Missoula today so it will only be for an hour or two, but it's Dr.'s orders. Thats 9 pills this morning and some puffs on the inhaler. JOY
Oh, and i DO NOT, for the record, look anything near the Model Glamorous photo (above) i found to portray "Sick mom" this morning. LOL but got a kick out of it.
**Oh and one last tidbit. I've never had an inhaler before and after last nights attempts (i do believe most of it just ended up on my tongue) i thought i was destined to fail. This morning i remembered that Bubba had this magical device for his inhalers when he was little. So I pulled it out of the cupboard and gave it a try a minute ago. SUCCESS! LOL. I had to use a teddy bear themed "Aero Chamber" to squirt the medicine in then inhale! At least its not all on my tongue!
Monday, March 7, 2011
03.07.2011 Answers
I couldn't help but share this photo i took out my back deck the other night. I love Montana sunsets.
There is something about Gods creation visually that helps me keep my eyes upon Him. I'm looking for his direction regarding an important decision that has been placed on my heart (yet again). Without sharing with everyone (right now) i ask that you join me in prayer for what God may reveal to me. What his will is for me. That i might hear His voice clearly in this matter.
Details soon.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
03.03.2011 Updates and Such
First off, i can't believe its been almost 2 weeks since i last posted. There has actually been quite a lot going on around these parts...everytime i have a spare minute and think "i should post on my blog"...well....i don't. Truth be told SLEEP is my friend lately.
At first i thought it was the depression, but actually i have been doing really well on the new (massive amounts) of meds and supplements i am taking. I guess with all that is going on in my new schedule i just needed some downtime. I have also had extreme bouts of nausea. Debilitating actually...the Dr. had to call in an anti-nausea RX just so i could get out of bed! Oh enough about me...
The kids both had their semi-annual checkup and xrays at the dentist. They both scored the Zero Cavity award again this time. Translation = tokens for prizes at the end of their visit is all they really care about. We had to remove one of Bubba's replacement teeth as it was wobbly & interfering with the Big boy tooth coming in. We also had to make the dreaded Oral Surgeon appt. i have been putting off for over a year. That is next week for the consult i will keep you posted.
The Bubba man is absolutely LOVING wrestling. Though it is a mortal combat/fighting sport i have embraced it for many reasons. First and foremost my baby is SMALL. It is no secret that small kids get picked on, it is the circle of life. So with that being said i think it will teach him some skills he could "possibly" need down the line. I say "possibly" because if you met him or saw him interacting on a playground you would see that my lil boy is a charmer. He has too many friends to count, and is quite often the center of attention as people/kids are drawn to his fun loving energy. So maybe he wont need wrestiling after all...but he is getting strong, learning how to be a good sport, and enjoying the heck out of "pinning" people to get that Blue ribbon. 3 down 5 more to go! It's been a 3-4 day a week part of our life and will continue for many weeks to come.
Sis has been a busy bee herself. She loved her B-day party at the ice rink and is really building some solid friendships at school. I have been so proud of some of her choices and wisdom concerning the 3rd/4th grade drama. I am sure most of you can remember or relate...the hurt feelings, the "friend of the day" that is mad at you for something you did not do, the mean kids, etc. But mostly she is torn between the cool girls she has much in common with and the one little girl she has taken under her wing that none of the ccool girls will have anything to do with because she is "different" and maybe a little academically challenged. I love that she is constantly trying to "lift her up" and be her advocate. It's really easy to want to fit in with a certain group at that age (especially being new to the school). She is doing well academically (duh...they put her in 3rd grade based on her age) so that is a plus. She still LOVES reading and is required to read 20 minutes a day...which is no problem for lil miss reader. She is reading some challenging books lately that have great teaching opportunities for me. Some nights i will read aloud, or we switch off. Every night she cant wait for that special time we get to share!
Jack the cat has yet again spent another of his nine lives. If you are keeping count this is life #3. This time it DID NOT involve utility poles, instead it was more of a poison control issue. It seem a bottle of goo-gone was left open without a cap on a garage shelf. Curiosity got the best of him, he spilled it. It got all over, including him, and cats do what comes naturally. Bathe themselves. So he licked and licked (=swallowed it), it was in his eyes, on all his paws. A mess. I was then handed the clawing wretch and locked in the bathroom with him for what felt like an eternity. I shampooed, he scratched. I tried to rinse, the clawed and howled. He looked quite pathetic, but i managed to wash off all that he hadn't already ingested. It has been 4 days and he is still kicking and back to his "i will ignore you at all costs" attitude so i would say he is fine.
Photo taken TODAY - proof of life photo if you will (maybe he should have held up a newspaper?!)
The hubby left on Sunday for a few weeks to California for jobs. He had 2 big new home automation projects lined up and his regular business clients (4 of those) to see. I am so thankful for the opportunities he still has to do work there (at a higher billable rate no less!) Lord knows we would starve if he didn't get to go there 3-4 times a year! We have been using Skype and some mini cameras to "see daddy" and talk to him every day. Sometimes multiple times a day so the kids are really enjoying that. He was VERY sick the day he left (sinus infection and possibly something viral) and so his 1st two days were mostly spent in bed. Poor thing. He did manage to leave the germs behind somewhere as sis and I are quite sick ourselves now. I spent Tues night and all Wednesday in bed. I dont feel much better now (losing my voice) but the chills are gone (for now) so i need to get a move on...my house is crumbling around me in chaos and mess.
I have been helping some friends a couple of days a week doing some data entry and training them on Quickbooks. It's been nice to get out of the house while the kids are at school. Though i'm not getting paid we traded a haircut/color a few weeks back which was desperately needed and i can get some work done on my car. (she's my hairdresser and he's my mechanic - match made in heaven!) Which by the way, the car is still not fixed. Soon Missie, soon. I'm not a fan of driving around a car the former owners hit a deer with without it being fixed. Not to mention it was atrocious on the inside and STILL has not been cleaned. Ick. It's just so stinkin cold and we cant get in the garage so i deal with it. (grudgingly ya think?!) But it doesn't feel like mine yet until its "done". I am very thankful to have a car at all though...with the way things have been lately i could very easily have been left with no car at all if it werent for the grey grandma car i have now. So thankful i chose to be. =)
It's still fully winter here, and we've had sub zero temps and lots and lots of snow over the past cpl of weeks. Always makes for FUN.
I have quite a few pictures to share. Even if i dont blog i at least try to keep up on our life in pictures when i can. Enjoy!
At first i thought it was the depression, but actually i have been doing really well on the new (massive amounts) of meds and supplements i am taking. I guess with all that is going on in my new schedule i just needed some downtime. I have also had extreme bouts of nausea. Debilitating actually...the Dr. had to call in an anti-nausea RX just so i could get out of bed! Oh enough about me...
The kids both had their semi-annual checkup and xrays at the dentist. They both scored the Zero Cavity award again this time. Translation = tokens for prizes at the end of their visit is all they really care about. We had to remove one of Bubba's replacement teeth as it was wobbly & interfering with the Big boy tooth coming in. We also had to make the dreaded Oral Surgeon appt. i have been putting off for over a year. That is next week for the consult i will keep you posted.
The Bubba man is absolutely LOVING wrestling. Though it is a mortal combat/fighting sport i have embraced it for many reasons. First and foremost my baby is SMALL. It is no secret that small kids get picked on, it is the circle of life. So with that being said i think it will teach him some skills he could "possibly" need down the line. I say "possibly" because if you met him or saw him interacting on a playground you would see that my lil boy is a charmer. He has too many friends to count, and is quite often the center of attention as people/kids are drawn to his fun loving energy. So maybe he wont need wrestiling after all...but he is getting strong, learning how to be a good sport, and enjoying the heck out of "pinning" people to get that Blue ribbon. 3 down 5 more to go! It's been a 3-4 day a week part of our life and will continue for many weeks to come.
Sis has been a busy bee herself. She loved her B-day party at the ice rink and is really building some solid friendships at school. I have been so proud of some of her choices and wisdom concerning the 3rd/4th grade drama. I am sure most of you can remember or relate...the hurt feelings, the "friend of the day" that is mad at you for something you did not do, the mean kids, etc. But mostly she is torn between the cool girls she has much in common with and the one little girl she has taken under her wing that none of the ccool girls will have anything to do with because she is "different" and maybe a little academically challenged. I love that she is constantly trying to "lift her up" and be her advocate. It's really easy to want to fit in with a certain group at that age (especially being new to the school). She is doing well academically (duh...they put her in 3rd grade based on her age) so that is a plus. She still LOVES reading and is required to read 20 minutes a day...which is no problem for lil miss reader. She is reading some challenging books lately that have great teaching opportunities for me. Some nights i will read aloud, or we switch off. Every night she cant wait for that special time we get to share!
Jack the cat has yet again spent another of his nine lives. If you are keeping count this is life #3. This time it DID NOT involve utility poles, instead it was more of a poison control issue. It seem a bottle of goo-gone was left open without a cap on a garage shelf. Curiosity got the best of him, he spilled it. It got all over, including him, and cats do what comes naturally. Bathe themselves. So he licked and licked (=swallowed it), it was in his eyes, on all his paws. A mess. I was then handed the clawing wretch and locked in the bathroom with him for what felt like an eternity. I shampooed, he scratched. I tried to rinse, the clawed and howled. He looked quite pathetic, but i managed to wash off all that he hadn't already ingested. It has been 4 days and he is still kicking and back to his "i will ignore you at all costs" attitude so i would say he is fine.
Photo taken TODAY - proof of life photo if you will (maybe he should have held up a newspaper?!)
The hubby left on Sunday for a few weeks to California for jobs. He had 2 big new home automation projects lined up and his regular business clients (4 of those) to see. I am so thankful for the opportunities he still has to do work there (at a higher billable rate no less!) Lord knows we would starve if he didn't get to go there 3-4 times a year! We have been using Skype and some mini cameras to "see daddy" and talk to him every day. Sometimes multiple times a day so the kids are really enjoying that. He was VERY sick the day he left (sinus infection and possibly something viral) and so his 1st two days were mostly spent in bed. Poor thing. He did manage to leave the germs behind somewhere as sis and I are quite sick ourselves now. I spent Tues night and all Wednesday in bed. I dont feel much better now (losing my voice) but the chills are gone (for now) so i need to get a move on...my house is crumbling around me in chaos and mess.
I have been helping some friends a couple of days a week doing some data entry and training them on Quickbooks. It's been nice to get out of the house while the kids are at school. Though i'm not getting paid we traded a haircut/color a few weeks back which was desperately needed and i can get some work done on my car. (she's my hairdresser and he's my mechanic - match made in heaven!) Which by the way, the car is still not fixed. Soon Missie, soon. I'm not a fan of driving around a car the former owners hit a deer with without it being fixed. Not to mention it was atrocious on the inside and STILL has not been cleaned. Ick. It's just so stinkin cold and we cant get in the garage so i deal with it. (grudgingly ya think?!) But it doesn't feel like mine yet until its "done". I am very thankful to have a car at all though...with the way things have been lately i could very easily have been left with no car at all if it werent for the grey grandma car i have now. So thankful i chose to be. =)
It's still fully winter here, and we've had sub zero temps and lots and lots of snow over the past cpl of weeks. Always makes for FUN.
I have quite a few pictures to share. Even if i dont blog i at least try to keep up on our life in pictures when i can. Enjoy!
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