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