omg it's cold

I DON'T EVEN THINK IT IS 5 ABOVE TODAY...IT IS SOOOOOO COLD! MY BLAZER WAS TOTALLY ENCASED IN ICE FROM YESTERDAYS STORM. LUCKILY THE DOOR OPENED BUT HAD TO LET IT RUN FOR ALMOST 1/2 HOUR TO LOSEN UP ALL THE ICE SO I COULD BRING KRYSTAL TO WORK. PLUS I HADN'T STARTED IT OR EVEN DRIVEN ALL WEEK SO WASN'T SURE IT WAS GOING TO DO ANYTHING. TIM'S BEEN HOME SO I HAVEN'T HAD TO GO OUT, BUT THIS MORNING HE WENT TO BERLIN TO SEE JAMES SO I HAD NO CHOICE....BRRRRRRRRRR! HE & ZAC ARE OUTSIDE WORKING IN THIS ICY COLD TEMPS. LAST NIGHT WE MADE HOMEMADE ORNAMENTS & WATCHED FRED CLAUSE WHICH WAS A CUTE MOVIE. TONIGHT WE WILL WATCH STEP BROTHERS & JUST VEG. I HAVEN'T AMOUNTED TO A WHOLE LOT OF ANYTHING LATELY, TOO MUCH PAIN. I DID WORK ON MY DAILY DECEMBER ALBUM A COUPLE OF TIMES & PRINT OFF SOME PICS...I'M SO FAR BEHIND, GOOD THING I WRITE MYSELF NOTES TO TELL ME WHAT WE DID. MY BROTHER IS COMING HOME TOMORROW WHICH I'M EXCITED ABOUT, HAVEN'T TOLD THE CHILDREN YET. HE'S COMING UP TO HELP OUT WITH MOM, SHE'S NOT WELL AT ALL & HAS TO GO WEDNESDAY FOR HER FIRST EYE SURGERY IN DARTMOUTH. HOPEFULLY THEY CAN CONTROL THE BLEEDING GOING ON BEHIND HER EYES & WILL BEABLE TO SAVE HER SIGHT. PLEASE SAY A PRAYER FOR MY MOM, SHE'S HAD A HORRIBLE YEAR & JUST SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. KEEP WARM....TIME FOR MY AFTERNOON NAP

a little behind...

a little behind on keeping this blog updated that is!!! I'm not quite sure where time has gone & hard to believe it is the 9th of Dec. already!!! Sooooooo I will try to do quick updates of December so far. Beginning of the month Tim had taken time off from work to stay home with me to help out with things that really needed to get done & to spend some time together....some days were great others I kept thinkin when you goin back??? Just because of the normal days here, he was forever trying to keep me occupied & keep company with me but when i'm not used to it, it made it hard to get used to if that makes any sense. Now that he's back to work I have a whole other "honey do" list of things I would like done.....Krystal entered Lancasters Old tyme Christmas gingerbread contest & won!! Her theme was Santa on vacation tiki hut for the house, palm trees, & Santa laying on the beach really cute.She's already designing new ideas for next year. Friday night Tim came home with a really bad toothache, called the dentist at 9:30pm for prescriptions...antibiotics & vicodin. Poor guy was in ALOT of pain all weekend & still is. He went to the dentist yesterday & he can't have anything done until thurs. morning he has a really bad absest tooth. Even though he was in alot of pain on Sat. he still tried to do something as a family because krystal had Sat. off & it is rare if all of us are together, so he took us out for breakfast.....YUMMO!!! Later that day he went to buy kerosine for the house finally down to $2.69 a gallon & gas was $1.75....how great that is getting to be. Last night Brie had her christmas chorus concert at the high school, was very good....the hs chorus is great! Today we had our first official snow storm...yes we've had snow flurries, but this one actually accumulated to almost a couple inches. I've been working on my daily december album, so far behind on the journaling part of it. Oh yesterday I was sooooooo excited I won something off from Tim Holtz's blog...love that man & his products! Zac brought home his JROTC pics....wow does he look like a grown man in his uniform. I'll have Tim show me how to scan into computer so everyone can see.
we're slowly getting a few xmas decorations up (one of the many honey do things to be done)!
STAY WARM>>>time to lay down

BLACK FRIDAY

HARD TO BELIEVE THANKSGIVING HAS COME & GONE ALREADY. I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT DAY WITH FAMILY/FRIENDS & THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE THANKFUL FOR. OURS WAS A LITTLE CRAZY, BUT QUIET FOR THE MOST PART. 8 AM MOM CALLS TO TELL ME GRAM LEFT THE TURKEY ON THE COUNTER & WAS NOT HAPPY AT ALL....THEN I WAS HOLDING TWO OF THE PUPPIES BACK FROM RUNNING OUTSIDE WHEN SAM & THE KIDS WERE LEAVING, WELL I ENDED UP BITTEN IN THE THIGH BY RASCHAL, ALOT OF PAIN!!!! HE DIDN'T BREAK THE SKIN BUT MY WHOLE UPPER LEG IS BADLY BRUISED FROM HIM GETTING THE MUSCLE. IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, BUT SADLY IT REALLY HURTS (LIKE I NEEDED SOMETHING ELSE TO HURT). THEN TIM, MOM & I HEADED TO GRAMS APT. FOR DINNER. LIKE I SAID IT WAS A SMALL QUIET ONE, BUT NICE.
TUESDAY WE HAD A REALLY BAD STORM & TIM WASN'T ABLE TO GET ME TO DARTMOUTH FOR MY INJECTIONS....THE SIGNS WERE TOTALLY TWISTING AROUND & THE TRUCK WAS BEING PUSHED ALL OVER THE ROAD. WE CALLED DHMC FROM THE ROAD & THEY SAID IT WAS REALLY BAD DOWN THAT WAY TOO, SO I'M ON THE CANCELLATION LIST TO GET IN. AS MUCH AS I WAS SCARED I WAS ALSO PRAYING & HOPING FOR SOME RELIEF...ALMOST 3 STRAIGHT MONTHS OF PAIN, HEADACHES, DIZZINESS, & WHOLE LONG LIST OF SYMPTOMS THAT ARE REALLY FRUSTRAITING ME (MY POOR HUSBAND & KIDS ARE REALLY SUFFERING IN A WAY TOO). THANK GOD FOR WALMART PUTTIN BENCHES THROUGHOUT THE STORE NOW, I'D RATHER JUST STAY HOME SO I'M NOT A NUISANCE TO THE FAMILY, BUT TIM INSIST I GO TO GET OUT & POSSIBLY SEE PEOPLE I KNOW TO HELP CHEER ME UP. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS THANKFUL FOR YESTERDAY (AND EVERYDAY) IS HAVING SUCH A SUPPORTIVE FAMILY....EVEN MY BROTHER THAT CAN'T BE HERE WITH ME ALL THE TIME BUT SENDS ME TEXTS DAILY TO MAKE ME LAUGH. MY DAD THAT HAS GONE ABOVE & BEYOND TO HELP OUT TIM WITH ALL THESE PROJECTS THAT NEED TO GET DONE, MY OVER PROTECTIVE MOM THAT IS ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR ME & HELPING WITH THE KIDS, MY HUSBAND THAT HAS TAKEN ALOT OF TIME OFF FROM HIS VERY BUSY WORK TO WORK ON MY HONEY DO LIST & TO TAKE ME TO APPTS OR JUST TO SPEND TIME WITH ME, KRYSTAL FOR HAVING A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR THROUGH ALL OF HER HEALTH ISSUES, ZAC FOR BEING MY LITTLE MAN OF THE HOUSE THAT MAKES HIS MAMA CRY BY SEEING THE MAN HE IS BECOMING & OF COURSE WE CAN'T FORGET MISS BRIE WITH NEVER LETTING THERE BE A DULL EASY NIGHT OR FOR ALL HER CREATIVITY OF A LITTLE GET BETTER SOON GIFTS FOR ME & OF COURSE TWO GREAT FRIENDS THAT CHECK ON ME & REMIND ME ITS GOING TO BE OK & NOT TO GIVE UP THE FIGHT! THANKS CATHY & LEON.....
TIME FOR A NAP.....HOPE YOU ALL ARE RELAXING OR DOING SOMETHING YOU ENJOY ON THIS DAY.

MONDAY ALREADY

NOT REALLY SURE WHERE TIME IS GOING LATELY....HARD TO BELIEVE WE ARE AT THE END OF NOV. ALREADY. SO WE COULDN'T GO A WHOLE MONTH WITH OUT AN ER RUN FOR SOMEONE IN THIS HOUSE! WED. NIGHT WAS KRYSTALS TURN AGAIN..SHE WAS HAVING SEVERE PAIN NEAR HER RIBS, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS HERE GALL BLADDER OR LIVER, THE TEST WERE WITHIN NORMAL READINGS, BUT PLATELETTE COUNT IS HIGH & MONOCYTES ARE GETTING HIGHER. THEN THURSDAY NIGHT WAS BRIES TURN, WITH A FOLLOW UP VISIT WITH A SURGEON TODAY. WITH BRIE IT WILL BE A SIT BACK & WATCH WHAT HAPPENS FOR NOW. WITH KRYSTAL WE ARE REALLY CONSIDERING TAKING HER TO BOSTON.
FRIDAY I FINALLY GOT TO GO TO NEWPORT. THEY HAD AN AWARDS BANQUET FOR TIM & SOME OF THE OTHERS. I CAN HONESTLY SAY IT WAS THE TRIP I THOUGHT WOULD NEVER END!!!!!!! 1 1/2 HOURS OF RIDING, HAD TO STOP A FEW TIMES TO STRETCH BECAUSE OF THE PAIN & SPENT THE REST OF THE WEEKEND RESTING, TRAVELING DOES A TERRIBLE NUMBER ON MY BODY. TOMORROW I HAVE TO TAKE THAT DREADED TRIP TO DARTMOUTH TO THE PAIN CLINIC TO START INJECTIONS...I AM SCARED TO DEATH ABOUT THIS, ESPECIALLY KNOWING ONE LINE I HAVE TO AGREE TO IS I'M TAKING A CHANCE OF BEING PARALYZED IF THEY HIT A WRONG NERVE! OF COURSE JUST THE THOUGHT OF HAVING NEEDLES INJECTED INTO MY NECK & HEAD AREN'T TOO THRILLING EITHER!
THINK I NEED TO DO SOMETHING FOR ME & TRY TO CREATE TONIGHT TO RELAX & FORGET ABOUT EVERYTHING FOR NOW.

promotion day

I HAVE SOME VERY EXCITING NEWS TO SHARE TODAY.....ZAC ASKED ME LAST NIGHT IF I COULD GO TO SCHOOL TO PICK UP HIS POPCORN SALES ORDER AS THERE WAS TOO MUCH TO CARRY ON THE BUS, SO I AGREED KNOWING I'D HAVE SOME FINE CADETS TO CARRY IT FOR ME. WELL I HAD FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT IT BEING PROMOTION DAY, SO I GOT THERE JUST IN TIME TO WATCH THE PROMOTION CEREMONY IN JROTC. ZAC GOT PROMOTED TO PRIVATE E2! SO VERY EXCITING FOR BOTH OF US, POOR GUY WAS SHAKING WITH NEVRES AS THEY CALLED HIS NAME FIRST! GREAT JOB ZAC I'M SO PROUD OF YOU & THE YOUNG MAN YOU HAVE BECOME. BY THE WAY MAMA HAS RAISED ONE FINE LOOKING SOLDIER... I'LL BE SURE TO POST HIS MILITARY PICS WHEN THEY COME IN...HE IS SOOOOO HANDSOME IN HIS UNIFORM & I'M NOT JUST SAYING IT CAUSE I'M HIS MOM :)
I DO HAVE TO SAY I WAS QUITE SUPRISED HOW SLICK A FEW ROADS WERE ON MY WAY TO THE SCHOOL, THE TEMPS AREN'T RISING ANY SO WHEN WE GET THOSE SNOW SHOWERS IT'S TURNING THE ROADS TO ICE....CERTAINLY NOT READY FOR THAT & NEITHER IS THE BLAZER. SO NEED NEW TIRES, BUT WITH NO INCOME COMING IN, IT MAKES THAT A LITTLE TOUGH!
FUN SITE TO VISIT THAT I WAS DIRECTED TO TODAY WWW.BLOGTHINGS.COM, ONE OF THE THINGS ON THERE WAS A RECIPE FOR YOUR PERSONALITY MINE :3 PARTS SWEETNESS (RICH STOP YOUR LAUGHIN), 2 PARTS INSTINCT, 1 PART AMBITION SPLASH OF STYLE, FINISH OFF WITH AN OLIVE.....TOO CUTE! ALL YOU DO IS ENTER YOUR NAME & IT COMES UP WITH THIS LITTLE RECIPE!
LIVE, LAUGH & LOVE.....

BRRRRRRR IT IS COLD!!!!!!

IT IS SOOOOOO COLD TODAY....IT DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT TO 30 OUT! ON TOP OF THAT IT HAS BEEN SNOWING OFF & ON ALL DAY, ROADS WERE REALLY ICY UP HERE THIS MORNING & I WAS SO THANKFUL I DIDN'T HAVE TO BE ON THEM! GREAT DAY TO STAY INSIDE. I WAS KINDA SAD THAT WE WERE HAVING SUCH A SNOW STORM AT NOON TIME THOUGH. I WANTED TO GO TO ZACS JROTC CLASS TO WATCH HIM DO A LIVE INTERVIEW OF OUR FRIEND LEON. ZAC HAD A PROJECT TO INTERVIEW A VETERAN, SO HE ASKED ME TO ASK IF LEON WOULD GO INTO SCHOOL TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO SERVE, & WHAT WAR WAS LIKE & MANY OTHER GREAT QUESTIONS. A BIG THANKS TO HIM FOR TAKING TIME OFF FROM WORK TO DO THIS FOR ZAC & FOR HELPING ZAC COME OUT OF HIS SHYNESS A LITTLE!
SPEAKING OF ZAC, HARD TO BELIEVE HE TURNED 15 ON SAT. WE CELEBRATED HIS BDAY LAST NIGHT BECAUSE HE WAS BUSY HUNTING WITH HIS GRAMPA. NO LUCK THIS PAST WEEKEND, BUT THERE IS STILL TIME LEFT. I MADE HIS A DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER BDAY CAKE........ONE OF HIS FAVORITE THINGS IS A DBL. CHEESEBURGER FROM MC'D. THEN WE HAD SHEPPARDS PIE & GARLIC BREAD...YUMMO. HE RECIEVED A FEW CARDS WITH MONEY IN THEM (ALWAYS LOVES THAT:) THANK YOU TO ALL THAT SENT HIM THINGS. THEN WE ALL CHIPPED IN TO BUY HIM GUITAR HERO FOR HIS PLAYSTATION....BOY WAS HE EXCITED. HE OR TIM WOULDN'T GO TO BED UNTIL 11:30...I WAS SITTING BACK TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO WAS MORE INTO IT...ZAC OR DADDY???lol
TODAY I WILL SIGN OFF WITH A QUOTE I FOUND TODAY THAT I REALLY LIKED.
*WHEN YOU START COUNTING THEM, BLESSINGS REALLY ADD UP!!

burr it's cold...

IT HAS BEEN SO COLD HERE THE PAST FEW DAYS, TODAY IT IS RAINING & REALLY DAMP & COLD I THINK THE HIGHEST I SAW IT TODAY WAS 38. GUESS THAT DREADFUL SEASON IS COMING. (SIGH)
YESTERDAY KRYSTAL & I BOTH HAD APPTS IN DARTMOUTH. THEY'VE ADDED ANOTHER MEDICINE ON TO KRYSTAL TO HELP WITH THE DAILY CHRONIC MIGRAINS & TO HOPEFULLY HELP HER SLEEP. FOR MYSELF, THE DR. STILL DOESN'T WANT ME WORKING, I START THE PAIN CLINIC ON THE 25TH & HAVE TO SEE ANOTHER HEAD SPEACILIST. I WISH I COULD WAKE UP SOME MORNING SOON & THIS WOULD ALL BE OVER. TODAY KRYSTAL HAD ANOTHER APPT. WITH HER KNEE SURGEON, LUCKILY SHE DOESN'T NEED SURGERY YET, BUT HAS TO STRENGTHEN IT UP FROM THE LAST TWO OR SHE WILL END UP WITH SURGERY #3....
OTHER THAN THAT WATCHED THE WONDERFUL COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS LAST NIGHT....LOVED IT!!! I DID ACTUALLY DO A LITTLE SCRAPBOOKING THE OTHER NIGHT, COMPLETED A LAYOUT OF ALL THE KIDS CARVING PUMPKINS & HAVING THERE "PUMPKIN GUTS" FOOD FIGHT. HOPEFULLY I CAN CREATE SOMETHING & TO RELAX TONIGHT.
KEEP WARM

where does time go??

SO HARD TO BELIEVE IT IS THE 10TH OF NOVEMBER ALREADY!! TO MOST THE MEN I KNOW IN MY LIFE IT'S A TIME OF EXCITMENT THOUGH...GOOD OLE HUNTING SEASON. ZAC IS PATIENTLY WAITING FOR OPENING DAY ON WEDNESDAY & YES HIS MOM LETS HIM SKIP SCHOOL FOR THIS DAY. HE'LL BE GOING TO GRAMPA'S HOUSE TUES. NIGHT SO THEY CAN GET UP DARK & EARLY TO BE IN THERE HUNTING SPOT. WOULD BE GREAT IF THEY GOT THEM ON THERE FIRST DAY. GOOD LUCK TO THE MEN IN MY LIFE WITH THERE HUNTING!!!
I AM HAPPY & THANKFUL TO REPORT FINALLY KRYSTALS BRAND NEW BEDROOM IS NO LONGER LEAKING. DAD & TIM WORKED VERY HARD SAT. TO PUT A NEW METAL ROOF ON. I'M JUST VERY THANKFUL WE NOTICED IT LEAKING BEFORE HE PUT THE SHEETROCK & INSULATION IN....THANK YOU AGAIN DAD FOR YOUR HELP, DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD DO WITHOUT YOU!
TOMORROW IS VETERANS DAY & I HOPE YOU ALL TAKE TIME TO REMEMBER THE MEN/WOMEN THAT HAVE FOUGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM, THANK A VET. IF YOU SEE ONE & REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THEY HAVE SACRIFICED FOR US.
TIME TO GO CREATE & GET INKY

WHAT A WEEK

I AM HAPPY TO SAY THE KIDS ARE FINALLY FEELING A LITTLE MORE LIKE THEMSELVES & THAT I MANAGED NOT TO GET IT!!! MY POOR BROTHER HAS WHAT BRIE HAD NOW....BUT HE'S MILES AWAY SO I KNOW HE DIDNT GET IT FROM THEM. TODAY MOM & I GO TO THE CHOCOLATE PARTY!! YUMMO! RIGHT NOW I'M LISTENING TO DRILLS & HAMMERS....DAD & TIM ARE UP ON KRYSTALS NEW ROOF THAT MANAGED TO LEAK NO MATTER WHAT THEY DID, SO OFF TO LOWES THIS MORNING TO BUY METAL ROOFING. HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET IT DONE BEFORE THE RAIN STARTS. THE KIDS ARE GETTING WOOD FOR THERE GRAMPA TO TAKE FOR HIS STOVE....IT'S THE LEAST WE CAN DO FOR ALL HE HAS DONE FOR US LATELY. HE'S BEEN HERE TO HELP TIM WITH ALL THE PROJECTS SEEMS HOW I CAN'T DO A DARN THING!
WE FINALLY HAD A FAMILY NIGHT LAST NIGHT, IT COULDN'T START UNTIL AFTER 8 DUE TO KRYSTAL WORKING BUT WE TOOK THEM TO SEE MADAGASCAR 2 REALLY CUTE MOVIE. SITTING IN THOSE CHAIRS IN THE MOVIE THEATRE FOR 1 1/2 HRS REALLY HURT THOUGH. IF I COULD FIND ONE POSITION TO STAY IN WITHOUT HURTING WOULD BE GREAT! COUPLE OF WEEKS I START THE PAIN CLINIC SO HOPEFULLY THE INJECTIONS WILL HELP.
TONIGHT HOPEFULLY I WILL BEABLE TO WORK ON MY XMAS BOOK OR A LAYOUT....JUST REALIZED SHOULD START WORKING ON XMAS CARDS!! I WAS REINSPIRED TO GET INTO IT ALL BY SPENDING SOME TIME WITH MY DEAR FRIEND CATHY THE OHTER DAY....SHE IS SO CREATIVE & ONE PERSON I CAN HONESTLY SAY IS A REAL FRIEND! FUNNY HOW YOU REALIZE WHO TRUE FRIENDS ARE WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS TO YOU. I WON'T FORGET THE FEW SPECIAL PEOPLE IN MY LIFE DURING THESE TOUGH TIMES!!!
ENJOY THE WEEKEND...HOPEFULLY I'LL HAVE A FEW PICS TO POST SOON...NEED MY TECH GUY (TIM) TO SHOW ME HOW...STILL REALLY DUMB WHEN IT COMES TO THIS COMPUTER STUFF!

yeah it's over!!!

TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY IN OVER A YEAR THAT THE POLITICIANS HAVEN'T CALLED MY PHONE(s)!! I AM VERY HAPPY THAT OBAMA DID WIN...HE GOT ALL OF OUR VOTES!!! I DO BELIEVE HE WILL DO A GREAT JOB. I DO FEEL BADLY HE HAS SO MUCH GOING AGAINST HIM THOUGH. I AM VERY HAPPY FOR A FEW OTHER THINGS TODAY ALSO...ALL 3 KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER A WEEK. BRIE WITH HER STREP/MONO, THEN KRYSTAL CAME HOME SO SICK MONDAY WITH THE STOMACH FLU POOR KID JUST COULDN'T STOP THROWING UP. LUCKILY ZAC, TIM & I HAVEN'T PICKED UP ANYTHING (YET). I'VE USED 5 CANS OF LYSOL. BLEACH & MY POOR HANDS ARE SOOOOOOO SOAR FROM WASHING THEM SO MUCH (CAN'T STAND GERMS). GAS PRICES ARE FINALLY REALLY GOING DOWN 2.49 IN LANCASTER TODAY, & THIS WEATHER WE HAVE HAD FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS IN THE 60'S....ABSOLUTLY PERFECT TO LET THAT FRESH AIR IN & LET THOSE PESKY LITTLE GERMS OUT!!!
HUBBY IS GETTING OUT OF WORK EARLY AGAIN TODAY TO TRY & GET SOME THINGS DONE AROUND THE HOUSE IN WARM WEATHER. ME OTHER THAN STERLIZING EVERYTHING I'M WORKING ON A 25 DAYS OF DECEMBER MINI SCRAPBOOK...I'LL TAKE PICS & POST THEM WHEN I GET MORE DONE & EXPLAIN IT MORE, ALOT OF FUN & HELPS WITH THE POSITIVE ATTITUDE I AM TRYING SO HARD TO KEEP.

its monday already!!

Just a quick update from the weekend....Friday night Tim took me to 99 for dinner & then we went to see Beverly Hills Chiuahua(sp?) what a cute funny movie that was! Then we went to see gram for a bit. Saturday Tim & Zac worked on the shed trying to get it ready for winter, Krystal worked & Brie & I laid low...still couldn't break her fever 103.3....so about 5 we took her to the ER for a strep test, it came back negative so they think she has mono! Picked up some chinese & a couple movies that were nothing to brag about & vegged. Yesterday realllllly lazy day....we laid around until noon, then road to lyndonville to make my blazer payment, stopped at the scrapbooking store real quick for a couple pieces of xmas paper for a project I'm doing for december & hubby bought me a couple really nice set of acrylic stamps. went to littleton for a few groceries, home for soup & sandwhiches & laid low the rest of the night. I've spent the morning sterlizing the house & through together a bananna bread to go with dinner tonight that will be about it for today....hurting really bad today.

HAPPY CANDY DAY!!!

ANY HOLIDAY WHERE WE ARE ALLOWED TO EAT EXTRA CHOCOLATE IS A GREAT HOLIDAY...LOL!!! 6 AM WOKEN BY BRIE SAYING SHE DIDN'T FEEL GOOD, FEVER OF 102.6! SHE WAS SAD & I'M SAD FOR HER, SHE WAS SUPPOSE TO GO TO HER DADS & GO TRICK OR TREATING TONIGHT WHICH WOULD OF BEEN THE LAST YEAR I WOULD OF LET HER GO. POOR KID...SHE'S BEEN SOUND ASLEEP ALL DAY SO FAR.
LAST NIGHT THE FOUR KIDS CARVED THERE PUMPKINS...THEY HAD ALOT OF FUN, WE ALL HAD ALOT OF LAUGHS....RAY & KRYSTAL STARTED SMEARING PUMPKIN GUTS ON EACH OTHER, NEXT THING I KNEW ALL FOUR WERE HAVING A BIT OF A FOOD FIGHT....TOO FUNNY.
SPEAKING OF CHOCOLATE....MY MOM & I ARE INVITED TO A CHOCOLATE PARTY AT HER FRIEND SUES HOUSE NEXT WEEKEND. IT'S ACTUALLY A JEWELRY PARTY, BUT IN ORDER TO GO YOU HAVE TO BRING SOMETHING CHOCOLATE TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE....OF COURSE WHO COULD SAY NO TO THAT KIND OF INVITATION!!!!
TIM JUST CALLED & IS GETTING OUT OF WORK NOW TO COME HOME TO SPEND TIME TOGETHER & TAKE ME OUT TO DINNER TONIGHT FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY. TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR LAST WEEK. I WAS REALLY HURT WE DIDN'T CELEBRATE THE DAY THAT WAS SUPPOSE TO REPRESENT US & ALL WE'VE BEEN THROUGH, & HAD A HARD TIME DEALING WITH IT. BUT INSTEAD OF HOLDING ON TO THE HURT I DECIDED I WOULD ACCEPT HIS INVITATION TO GO OUT & LOOK FORWARD TO TIME OUT FOR US WHICH NEVER HAPPENS ANYMORE UNLESS IT'S FOR A DR'S APPT.
HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT CHOCOLATE (OR FAVORITE CANDY) KINDA DAY!!

update

IT HAS BEEN A LONG COUPLE DAYS!! WEDNESDAY HAD TO BE IN DARTMOUTH WITH KRYSTAL AT 12 TO GET HOOKED UP FOR A 24HR EEG.(SHE LOOKED REALLY CUTE..27 WIRES COMING OUT OF HER HEAD & HAIR WAS EVERYWHERE!!!) OF COURSE IT'S A TWO HOUR DRIVE, BUT WE LEFT A LITTLE EARLIER WITH THE SNOW WE WERE GETTING.ON OUR WAY HOME WE HIT SNOW & FREEZING RAIN!!! GOT HOME JUST IN TIME FOR THE OTHER TWO TO GET HOME FROM SCHOOL, WATCHED BABY MAMA WHICH WAS A REALLY FUNNY MOVIE, ATE DINNER, RETURNED THE MOVIE CAME HOME & VEGGED. BACK UP EARLY THIS MORNING TO BE BACK ON THE ROAD FOR 8 AM TO HEAD BACK TO DARTMOUTH TO HAVE THE APPERATIS TAKEN OFF HER HEAD. MY MOM RODE WITH US TODAY, SO AFTER WE LEFT THE HOSPITAL WE STOPPED AT P & H TRUCKSTOP FOR SOME YUMMY LUNCH & OF COURSE WE HAD TO HAVE DESSERT....REESE PEANUTBUTTER PIE...YUMMO!! TONIGHT MAKING SPAGHETTI & MEATBALLS FOR DINNER & CARVING PUMPKINS WITH KRYSTALS BOYFRIEND RAY. CAN'T WAIT FOR TOMORROW...NOTHING ON THE SCHEDUAL!!! IT'S BEEN A LONG WEEK, WITH ALL THE TRIPS, ME IN PAIN & FIGHTING MAJOR DEPRESSION...TRYING TO SNAP OUT OF IT...I'M ACTUALLY GIVING MYSELF A NEW CHALLENGE...KEEPING A JOURNAL & MAKING SURE I FIND SOMETHING POSITIVE IN EVERY DAY. SOME OF YOU MAY BE SAYING WHAT'S SO HARD WITH THIS, BUT HAVING SO MANY NEGATIVES FIGHTING AGAINST US RIGHT NOW & ME FEELING REALLY USELESS WITH THE DISABILITIES IT IS A TRUE CHALLENGE!!! GOING TO MAKE SURE I TAKE PICS & WORK ON ART AS PART OF MY THEREPY...THE TWO THINGS THAT REALLY MAKE ME HAPPY!

IT'S MONDAY!!!!

WHAT A WEEK IT WAS....THE CHANGE IN SEASON, ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE HAS NOT HELPED WITH THE MOODS THATS FOR SURE. THIS WEEKEND LUCKILY THE RAIN HELD OFF FOR MOST OF THE DAY. ZAC & I REPORTED FOR DUTY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE JROTC DRILL COMPETITION....OUR CADETS DID A FANTASTIC JOB & RECIEVED A TROPHY IN EVERY CATAGORY. I HELPED SERVE THE PANCAKE BREAKFAST & LUNCHEON THAT US JROTC PARENTS ORGANIZED......FELT SO GOOD TO GET OUT OF THESE FOUR WALLS & BE WITH OTHER MOMS & ONE DAD! THOUGH SADLY I PAID DEARLY IN ALOT OF PAIN & STILL AM. GUESS IT PROVED TO MYSELF I'M NOT READY YET TO BE ON MY FEET FOR VERY LONG. ZAC WAS VERY EXCITED & PROUD OF HIMSELF FOR ATTEMPTING THE ROCK CLIMBING WALL....HE DID IT ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP!!! VERY PROUD OF HIM FOR OVER COMING HIS FEAR OF HEIGHTS TO GIVE IT A SHOT....HE PROUDLY CAME IN TO SHOW ME THE TSHIRT HE WON FROM THE ARMY GUYS FOR COMPLETING THE CHALLENGE!
TIM & KRYSTAL WORKED REALLY HARD ON HER ROOM ALL DAY SATURDAY...THEY SHINGLED THE ROOF TO PREPARE FOR THE WEATHER WE HAVE COMING OUR WAY! GREAT TIMING CONSIDERING THE WICKED RAIN & WIND STORM WE HAD COME SAT. NIGHT.
TODAY IS A TAKE IT EASY DAY, STILL IN PAIN....NEED TO TRY TO CLEAR MY HEAD & SNAP OUT OF THE DEPRESSION THAT HAS KICKED IN BIG TIME. I DID MANAGED TO MAKE A SMALL BATCH OF APPLESAUCE TO GO WITH THE PORK CHOPS TONIGHT...MY BRIE CAN'T EAT PORK WITHOUT APPLESAUCE!! MAYBE NOW I WILL GO TRY TO CREATE & GET INKY......

8 YEARS

EIGHT YEARS AGO TODAY IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL FALL SUNNY DAY & WHEN I BECAME MRS GOULD. ALOT DIFFERENT THAN TODAY....VERY COLD, RAINING, & SUPPOSE TO SNOW TONIGHT!!! OF COURSE JUST LIKE EVERYTHING...THINGS CHANGE. IN EIGHT YEARS, WE'VE HAD OUR GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES, ALOT OF HURT BUT SOMEHOW WE MANAGED TO STAY TOGETHER THROUGH IT ALL.
THIS PAST WEEKEND WE GOT ALOT OF HOUSE STUFF DONE, THE UGLY DUCKS IN THE KITCHEN ARE FINALLY GONE!! WE CHOOSE THE COLORS OF MUSTARD YELLOW, BURGUNDY & HUNTER GREEN...COMFORT WARM COLORS! TIM & THE KIDS HAVE REALLY BEEN WORKING ON KRYSTALS NEW BEDROOM, ALL THE OUTSIDE WALLS, ROOF, & ELECTRICITY WAS DONE THIS WEEKEND. TIME FOR INSULATION & THE INSIDE WORK NOW....SHE'S GETTING SO EXCITED TO HAVE HER OWN BRAND NEW ROOM. SHE'S SETTING IT UP "SPA" STYLE WITH RELAXING COLORS, SOUNDS OF WATER FOUNTAINS, ETC; SHE REALLY NEEDS A RELAXING PLACE TO GO WITH ALL THAT IS GOING ON WITH HER!
KEEP WARM....

RAINY DAY......

RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!!! IT HAS BEEN RAINING VERY HARD HERE ALL DAY & IS GETTING MUCH COOLER AS THE DAY GOES ON! I FIGURED IT WOULD BE A GREAT DAY TO STAY IN & DO A COUPLE THINGS..I MADE SOME BROWNIES & HOMEMADE APPLE PIE & GOT THREE LOADS OF LAUNDRY DONE. TAKES ALOT OF TIME FOR ME TO STILL GET THINGS DONE DUE TO THE HEADACHES & NECK PAIN (SURE WISH THAT GOES AWAY SOON) SO FOR ME IT WAS A PRODUCTIVE DAY.
OF COURSE I HAD A BLAST WATCHING MUNCHKIN (THE SMALLEST PUP) CATCH HER FIRST MOUSE THIS MORNING!! SHE STOOD GUARD AT THE CUPBOARD ALL MORNING & WITH ONE LEAP SHE HAD IT IN HER MOUTH PROUDLY SHOWING MOMMY WHAT SHE HAD DONE. NOW I CAN'T KEEP HER OUT OF THE CUPBOARDS SHE THINKS THERES MORE....SO GUESS KRYSTAL WON'T HAVE BREAKFAST COMPANY IN THE MORNING ( THE MOUSE SAT & WATCHED HER EAT BREAKFAST YESTERDAY).
LATER ON I WILL BE WORKING ON A PROJECT THAT I THOUGHT WAS A GREAT IDEA FROM ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTIST/SCRAPBOOKER ALI EDWARDS....HER CHALLENGE WAS TO DO "A WEEK IN THE LIFE", SO FOR ONE WEEK YOU JOT DOWN HAPPENINGS, TAKE PICS, KEEP RECEIPTS, ETC; OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPEND IN A WHOLE WEEK. THEN AT THE END YOU CREATE A JOURNAL/SCRAPBOOK WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. SO I TOOK THE CHALLENGE & AT THE POINT OF HOW TO DESIGN & PUT IT TOGETHER...SO I CHALLENGE YOU TO GIVE IT A TRY!
WELL THE KIDS JUST GOT HOME FROM SCHOOL & THE FIGHTING HAS BEGAN....FAR FAR FAR AWAY VACATION SOUNDS GREAT TO ME RIGHT NOW!GOTTA GET KRYSTAL TO WORK.

Beautiful Fall

I cannot believe we are half way through October already!! The beauty of fall is all around us...gorgous colors on the trees, wonderful sunsets, the smell of comfort food cooking & candles burning...my favorite time of year. A great time for many wonderful photos!