I blogged about this little boy last summer. He had come up missing from his school. His name is Kyron Horman and I am sure many of you have heard this name or seen it many times. Today will mark the one year anniversary of him coming up missing. This family is still trying to find Kyron.
If you guys would like to help out they are asking for people to print out a flyer and pass them out if they will.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Overnight Guest
I have been a busy momma this morning getting my house in order and back to normal.
My oldest son has been a busy bee helping me clean without argument.
A friend of his from school is going to come and stay overnight here at our home. He has never had someone stay overnight so this is a wonderful first for him.
Plans for the night?
My oldest son has been a busy bee helping me clean without argument.
A friend of his from school is going to come and stay overnight here at our home. He has never had someone stay overnight so this is a wonderful first for him.
Plans for the night?
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Summer is Here
What does this mean for our family?
Hopefully a fun filled summer and not a stress filled one.
We already have our first summer weekend plans made.
We plan to head for the border for Memorial Day Weekend!
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Life is good...
I am probably one of the last people someone would expect to hear that from due to my many past complaints about various things that has happened in my life and that is happening in my life. I simply stepped back and reminded myself things happen for a reason and we make of it what we will. Since I have applied this to my life things have gotten better for me. Not everything is perfect, because well no matter how bad we wish things could be nothing is perfect. My family is healthy and happy. We are finally getting answers on the baby's health issues even if it does mean possibly more specialist and further away trips for doctor appointments. Whatever helps us out and makes him better. Plus we can make the most out of the trips. We always do. If we have to go to New Orleans I will make the most out of it by going to Cafe Du Monde.
There are always things people need, but we are at a point in our lives where we are able to get those needs. Might take a little time or might have to wait till the following week (or month depending on what it is), but needs (and wants) get met. My kids are waiting to see if they are accepted into Connections Academy for our state as well. I am hoping this does happen for them (and staying positive that it will), because if not I will have to find and purchase home schooling materials for them. This is a free program and books are provided. I just have to provide things like pencils and a way to go for the field trips. I will of course also provide my time and lots of motivation for my runts to grow and flourish.
Other great things on our horizon is the fact that I am hoping we can make us a little vegetable and herb garden this late spring/early summer. My middle child LOVES tomatoes. He loves them so much he will go to an all you can eat buffet and eat all he can of tomatoes. Especially if they have the cherry tomatoes. I want to buy some tomato plants for him so he can grow his own cherry tomatoes. Homegrown and harvested with love always taste better. We are increasing the baby's protein intake. So far this has helped him gain another pound. I am happy about this and now I am aiming my goal to hit 33 lbs since he is already around 32 lbs. One pound at a time. Just like the old saying one day at a time. We are taking everything one step at a time putting one foot in front of the other.
On another note before I go. I have been a major fan of Mortal Kombat the video game since I was a teen. Some people may know (some may not if you don't follow what games are coming out), but the new Mortal Kombat for PS3 was released at midnight this morning! I totally am excited, because my husband preordered me a copy and paid it off Friday so now I just have to patiently wait for him to get off work so we can pick it up. I can not hardly wait. I feel like a little kid waiting for Santa's visit. I love love love this game. I don't even play video games much (aside from my guitar hero once in awhile), but this game I can see it now will get worn out.
Hope everyone has a good day and hope spring weather soon reaches the north as well.
There are always things people need, but we are at a point in our lives where we are able to get those needs. Might take a little time or might have to wait till the following week (or month depending on what it is), but needs (and wants) get met. My kids are waiting to see if they are accepted into Connections Academy for our state as well. I am hoping this does happen for them (and staying positive that it will), because if not I will have to find and purchase home schooling materials for them. This is a free program and books are provided. I just have to provide things like pencils and a way to go for the field trips. I will of course also provide my time and lots of motivation for my runts to grow and flourish.
Other great things on our horizon is the fact that I am hoping we can make us a little vegetable and herb garden this late spring/early summer. My middle child LOVES tomatoes. He loves them so much he will go to an all you can eat buffet and eat all he can of tomatoes. Especially if they have the cherry tomatoes. I want to buy some tomato plants for him so he can grow his own cherry tomatoes. Homegrown and harvested with love always taste better. We are increasing the baby's protein intake. So far this has helped him gain another pound. I am happy about this and now I am aiming my goal to hit 33 lbs since he is already around 32 lbs. One pound at a time. Just like the old saying one day at a time. We are taking everything one step at a time putting one foot in front of the other.
On another note before I go. I have been a major fan of Mortal Kombat the video game since I was a teen. Some people may know (some may not if you don't follow what games are coming out), but the new Mortal Kombat for PS3 was released at midnight this morning! I totally am excited, because my husband preordered me a copy and paid it off Friday so now I just have to patiently wait for him to get off work so we can pick it up. I can not hardly wait. I feel like a little kid waiting for Santa's visit. I love love love this game. I don't even play video games much (aside from my guitar hero once in awhile), but this game I can see it now will get worn out.
Hope everyone has a good day and hope spring weather soon reaches the north as well.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Sweet Kisses...
Every morning I wake up. I put a load of clothes on to wash just before I go to bed and usually get up in the middle of the night and put them in the dryer so they are fresh out of the dryer for my son and my husband. Want them looking and smelling fresh for work and school after all. I get everyones stuff together and make my rounds. Wake up my oldest first, because he takes the longest to get up and get dressed. Wake my husband and he usually wakes our middle son and gets him ready. I leave the baby for last and get him up and going after I have gotten myself dressed and ready to start my day.
We then pile into the car and take daddy to work. My oldest gets out of the back seat after we drop daddy off and on his way around the car he stops to give me a hug and a kiss since he won't be able to do so before he gets out of the car at school. My husband then stops and gives me a hug and a kiss before he goes into the shop. We drop my oldest off at school and head back home. As I am getting my other two out of the car they both come up to me and give me a hug and sweet little kisses.
By the time bedtime comes back around I have already received numerous sweet little hugs and kisses from my younger two, my husband and yes even my 8 year old son. What makes these hugs and kisses so sweet is the fact that I don't have to ask for them. They are given freely.
When I am sad I am given a hug and a kiss.
When a tear runs down my face from happiness or stress I am given a hug and a kiss.
When I give a gift I receive a hug and a kiss.
When I fix dinner and hand out plates I am given a hug and a kiss.
When I am just simply sitting here blogging I am given a hug and a kiss.
There is no end to the Sweetness I receive from my men and I count every single one as a blessing. These are the things that keep me going every day.
We then pile into the car and take daddy to work. My oldest gets out of the back seat after we drop daddy off and on his way around the car he stops to give me a hug and a kiss since he won't be able to do so before he gets out of the car at school. My husband then stops and gives me a hug and a kiss before he goes into the shop. We drop my oldest off at school and head back home. As I am getting my other two out of the car they both come up to me and give me a hug and sweet little kisses.
By the time bedtime comes back around I have already received numerous sweet little hugs and kisses from my younger two, my husband and yes even my 8 year old son. What makes these hugs and kisses so sweet is the fact that I don't have to ask for them. They are given freely.
When I am sad I am given a hug and a kiss.
When a tear runs down my face from happiness or stress I am given a hug and a kiss.
When I give a gift I receive a hug and a kiss.
When I fix dinner and hand out plates I am given a hug and a kiss.
When I am just simply sitting here blogging I am given a hug and a kiss.
There is no end to the Sweetness I receive from my men and I count every single one as a blessing. These are the things that keep me going every day.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Where is my snow?
I am sitting here literally trying to "thaw out". We had a winter storm hit us here in the south. Burrrr...
All winter I have waited for my snow. Heard the other day a winter storm was moving towards our area. We were looking at 1" - 3" of snow.
Yesterday morning I woke up expecting to already see some snow on the ground. They said it would have started in the middle of the night around midnight to 2 am. I look out to see nothing but some drizzling rain (freezing rain at that).
Well I snuggled back up in my bed watching the weather channel. All of a sudden I hear "ting ting ting" on my windows.
I jump up and hurry to my front door and look out to see huge pellets of sleet falling. I got excited, because this usually means snow is close by.
Not long after my announcement of the sleet a friend of ours peeked out the window and said, "Don't get me wrong, but doesn't that look like snow?"
All excited about the snow we were now getting which was sticking we were already planning on building a snowman and having snowball fights.
Within 20 to 30 minutes our precious snow stopped falling. Freezing rain came back and the icicles began to form on anything and everything.
All day the weather people kept saying snow will come. It will start out mixing with the sleet and freezing rain before it switches over to just snow. Yet my snow never came.
I instead got stuck with an ice rink. Our roads have ice, bridges are either frozen over if you are out in the country or slick and slushy if you are in town.
Ice is normal for the south (or to me it is since all but one winter before meeting my husband was ice and winter before we met was ice and snow from December into January)so it is not like this is not a normal thing here. I just wish instead of the ice deciding to make an appearance again that the snow would have instead.
So here I sit at my computer with my hot coffee trying to warm myself up, because even though our heat is on it is still cool since I am near a window. My toes are cold and feel like they are as frozen as the trees and power lines outside my door.
Now we shall see how long it takes for our little town to thaw out. Temps are slowly moving above freezing (although wind chill is remaining below), but our lows will be down yet again so we will probably refreeze.
Hopefully the skating rinks we call roads and bridges will be thawed out come Wednesday since we have a Pre-op appointment that day for our baby boy.
Hope everyone who has been effected by this are staying warm and safe!
All winter I have waited for my snow. Heard the other day a winter storm was moving towards our area. We were looking at 1" - 3" of snow.
Yesterday morning I woke up expecting to already see some snow on the ground. They said it would have started in the middle of the night around midnight to 2 am. I look out to see nothing but some drizzling rain (freezing rain at that).
Well I snuggled back up in my bed watching the weather channel. All of a sudden I hear "ting ting ting" on my windows.
I jump up and hurry to my front door and look out to see huge pellets of sleet falling. I got excited, because this usually means snow is close by.
Not long after my announcement of the sleet a friend of ours peeked out the window and said, "Don't get me wrong, but doesn't that look like snow?"
All excited about the snow we were now getting which was sticking we were already planning on building a snowman and having snowball fights.
Within 20 to 30 minutes our precious snow stopped falling. Freezing rain came back and the icicles began to form on anything and everything.
All day the weather people kept saying snow will come. It will start out mixing with the sleet and freezing rain before it switches over to just snow. Yet my snow never came.
I instead got stuck with an ice rink. Our roads have ice, bridges are either frozen over if you are out in the country or slick and slushy if you are in town.
Ice is normal for the south (or to me it is since all but one winter before meeting my husband was ice and winter before we met was ice and snow from December into January)so it is not like this is not a normal thing here. I just wish instead of the ice deciding to make an appearance again that the snow would have instead.
So here I sit at my computer with my hot coffee trying to warm myself up, because even though our heat is on it is still cool since I am near a window. My toes are cold and feel like they are as frozen as the trees and power lines outside my door.
Now we shall see how long it takes for our little town to thaw out. Temps are slowly moving above freezing (although wind chill is remaining below), but our lows will be down yet again so we will probably refreeze.
Hopefully the skating rinks we call roads and bridges will be thawed out come Wednesday since we have a Pre-op appointment that day for our baby boy.
Hope everyone who has been effected by this are staying warm and safe!
Monday, January 3, 2011
First Monday of 2011
Well... Today is the first Monday of the new year. Waiting to see if this Monday is any different from the other Mondays in the past. So far it is the same. There is a slight difference to this Monday however. It is the first Monday of this month. This means one more Monday to go through till we get ready to leave for my baby boy's Pre-op. It means 3 more Mondays to go through until we start packing to go to the hospital for the weekend to have his surgery on his kidney done that following Friday.
Today it is 9 days till pre-op appointment and 3 weeks 4 days till surgery. Please God give me strength to get through this month. I am trying to stick to my new found believing of not worrying until that day is here, but it is really hard not to. My baby boy's flawless left side is going to have a scar on it after this month. Another battle scar of life. But it's not the fact of him going to have another scar that brings tears to my eyes even this moment while I type this. It's the thought of my baby being in pain. The thought that something can go wrong. Surgery is not 100% safe. Either option they go with does not always 100% fix things. It can lead to more complications and/or problems. The way our luck goes he catches a lot.
My little guy is one of the strongest people I know. I think he is the only one I know who can go through so much and smile right after. How many children do you know can smile right after having surgery on their lip and palate? Swollen tongue puking up blood from swallowing it during surgery, but still stops to smile and try to say love you. Dear sweet Caelan I love you so much and can't find the words to express how much you being in my life has been a blessing. Every day I worry about your health and what obstacle will pop up next for us I think about how much of a precious angel you are. Every second I get to wrap my arms around you and hold you is a second my day seems to be better. The sweet kisses and love yous I get from you are gifts of love I always treasure. Life is never boring with you around and I know your terror will be placed upon our home, your brothers and our cats for years to come. Hopefully with 2011 starting out with this surgery it is a sign that you will have a healthy happy year ahead of you. No more hospital stays on your birthday. Only happy birthdays. Your second birthday wasn't all that and neither was your 3rd so let's make the 4th one a happy and fun one this year. :)
Hope everyone has a good Monday while your lives return back to the rat race with Vacation being over. Back to the grind stone and the life of running here and there.
Today it is 9 days till pre-op appointment and 3 weeks 4 days till surgery. Please God give me strength to get through this month. I am trying to stick to my new found believing of not worrying until that day is here, but it is really hard not to. My baby boy's flawless left side is going to have a scar on it after this month. Another battle scar of life. But it's not the fact of him going to have another scar that brings tears to my eyes even this moment while I type this. It's the thought of my baby being in pain. The thought that something can go wrong. Surgery is not 100% safe. Either option they go with does not always 100% fix things. It can lead to more complications and/or problems. The way our luck goes he catches a lot.
My little guy is one of the strongest people I know. I think he is the only one I know who can go through so much and smile right after. How many children do you know can smile right after having surgery on their lip and palate? Swollen tongue puking up blood from swallowing it during surgery, but still stops to smile and try to say love you. Dear sweet Caelan I love you so much and can't find the words to express how much you being in my life has been a blessing. Every day I worry about your health and what obstacle will pop up next for us I think about how much of a precious angel you are. Every second I get to wrap my arms around you and hold you is a second my day seems to be better. The sweet kisses and love yous I get from you are gifts of love I always treasure. Life is never boring with you around and I know your terror will be placed upon our home, your brothers and our cats for years to come. Hopefully with 2011 starting out with this surgery it is a sign that you will have a healthy happy year ahead of you. No more hospital stays on your birthday. Only happy birthdays. Your second birthday wasn't all that and neither was your 3rd so let's make the 4th one a happy and fun one this year. :)
Hope everyone has a good Monday while your lives return back to the rat race with Vacation being over. Back to the grind stone and the life of running here and there.
Friday, December 31, 2010
8 hours and counting...
It is 8 hours until 2011 graces us with it's presence. I am looking forward to the new year. Most people probably would ask me why considering first thing off the bat this upcoming new year my baby boy will be under going surgery to possibly have his left kidney completely removed. Yes I am nervous about his surgery that is coming up. If I slowed down and thought about it I would be curled up in a ball depressed and crying over it until he had it done and came out completely ok. However one of my new me things I have started is to try and worry less. I have plenty of other things to worry about here and now. I will worry with that when the day is here.
Also me and my husband are hoping to improve our situation the past has dropped us in the middle of. We want to be able to have things on our own and stand on our own two feet and survive again without people holding our hand. With this I am learning how to budget and cut our cost in half on things I can cut in half. We have our few luxuries such as cable tv (which without it we wouldn't even have local channels), internet (which I use to help homeschool my middle child and will be using for help on budgeting and couponing), home phone (helps a lot when I am at home and my cell is dead or decides it doesn't want to pick up a signal), our prepaid cell phones (great for keeping people up to date on how the baby's doctor appointment is going, surgeries or let someone know I am running late so my son isn't left at school with no one to pick him up). We have our video games which we buy as cheap as possible. I have learned if there is a new game released and it cost $60 - $30 new I can probably either find it cheaper used or we can wait till it is marked down for used or new. We can find good games for our PS3 cheap for $10 sometimes. I love to look at online sales and search my favorite sites to see if I can find it cheaper. Sometimes you can find things like that really cheap special sales for store like Toys R Us and so forth.
I am learning a lot about how to save money on things from Health and Beauty items to my groceries I buy each week - month. The way things are now a days every penny saved is a blessing. Now I won't turn into this one lady who had 9 buggies full of stuff on Extreme Couponers who bought over $1000 worth for $50 and some change. This woman no lie bought thousands of boxes of pasta! Over 100 candy bars. I do plan on still being healthy with my choices. I am not going to fill my entire house with stuff that will either waste or cause health problems just, because I can get this much stuff for almost free. One guy even bought tons of hand soap just because he could get them all for free with his coupons. That is insane. Who is going to use 50 things of hand soap? I might "stockpile" 10 bottles of it at most, but that is because I have 3 children 8 and under. They can go through some hand soap now. Toothpaste too! My youngest thinks he must clean the counter, sink and his body with toothpaste sometimes. Our bathroom shall never have cavities.
Another thing I am looking forward to in 2011. Telling certain people who seem to enjoy holding stuff over my head and making me feel bad about myself bye. I will hopefully have every person who holds me back removed for good from my life. I don't care who said people are or whatever so called role they play in my life or past they will no longer be here for my future. I do not want negativity in my future, life or family anymore. My new motto for 2011 is going to be positive thinking, positive motivating and a can do attitude. I know I will probably still think I can't sometimes I am human after all, but I am hoping to push most of the I can't out and have more Can do. Even if I have to say I can do this, but I will need some help to do so. I will not be afraid to ask for help when needed. I will be a little more selective on who I except said help from, because again a certain negative nelly likes to hold her help over someone's head and say you owe me where is mine. Be it money, time or help back. These are the type of people I want to erase from my life and my future. I hope to not come across anymore like this either.
Now with that all said I sit and wait for the new year to come in. Also another thing I look forward to in 2011. The last day of 2011. Not because it will bring another new year or because I will be closer to being another year older, but because each year I end weither it is full of mostly good or mostly bad stuff I end it with my husband and children. I end it with another year I have been married to my loving husband. We have had our good and our bad times. Our ups and our downs. Every marriage has them and that is what makes a marriage "perfect", because your spouse stood beside your side through them all and excepts you still this day the way they did in the beginning. They look at you with love, caring and kindness. They don't look at you and think your imperfect. To them no matter what you are always perfect. 2011 will bring my 10 year wedding anniversary on the last day of the year. So as I celebrate my 9 year wedding anniversary today I am bringing in a new year and a fresh beginning with my husband and my children by my side.
Hope everyone has a Happy, Healthy and Safe New Year!
See you in 2011,
Wendy aka Momma
Also me and my husband are hoping to improve our situation the past has dropped us in the middle of. We want to be able to have things on our own and stand on our own two feet and survive again without people holding our hand. With this I am learning how to budget and cut our cost in half on things I can cut in half. We have our few luxuries such as cable tv (which without it we wouldn't even have local channels), internet (which I use to help homeschool my middle child and will be using for help on budgeting and couponing), home phone (helps a lot when I am at home and my cell is dead or decides it doesn't want to pick up a signal), our prepaid cell phones (great for keeping people up to date on how the baby's doctor appointment is going, surgeries or let someone know I am running late so my son isn't left at school with no one to pick him up). We have our video games which we buy as cheap as possible. I have learned if there is a new game released and it cost $60 - $30 new I can probably either find it cheaper used or we can wait till it is marked down for used or new. We can find good games for our PS3 cheap for $10 sometimes. I love to look at online sales and search my favorite sites to see if I can find it cheaper. Sometimes you can find things like that really cheap special sales for store like Toys R Us and so forth.
I am learning a lot about how to save money on things from Health and Beauty items to my groceries I buy each week - month. The way things are now a days every penny saved is a blessing. Now I won't turn into this one lady who had 9 buggies full of stuff on Extreme Couponers who bought over $1000 worth for $50 and some change. This woman no lie bought thousands of boxes of pasta! Over 100 candy bars. I do plan on still being healthy with my choices. I am not going to fill my entire house with stuff that will either waste or cause health problems just, because I can get this much stuff for almost free. One guy even bought tons of hand soap just because he could get them all for free with his coupons. That is insane. Who is going to use 50 things of hand soap? I might "stockpile" 10 bottles of it at most, but that is because I have 3 children 8 and under. They can go through some hand soap now. Toothpaste too! My youngest thinks he must clean the counter, sink and his body with toothpaste sometimes. Our bathroom shall never have cavities.
Another thing I am looking forward to in 2011. Telling certain people who seem to enjoy holding stuff over my head and making me feel bad about myself bye. I will hopefully have every person who holds me back removed for good from my life. I don't care who said people are or whatever so called role they play in my life or past they will no longer be here for my future. I do not want negativity in my future, life or family anymore. My new motto for 2011 is going to be positive thinking, positive motivating and a can do attitude. I know I will probably still think I can't sometimes I am human after all, but I am hoping to push most of the I can't out and have more Can do. Even if I have to say I can do this, but I will need some help to do so. I will not be afraid to ask for help when needed. I will be a little more selective on who I except said help from, because again a certain negative nelly likes to hold her help over someone's head and say you owe me where is mine. Be it money, time or help back. These are the type of people I want to erase from my life and my future. I hope to not come across anymore like this either.
Now with that all said I sit and wait for the new year to come in. Also another thing I look forward to in 2011. The last day of 2011. Not because it will bring another new year or because I will be closer to being another year older, but because each year I end weither it is full of mostly good or mostly bad stuff I end it with my husband and children. I end it with another year I have been married to my loving husband. We have had our good and our bad times. Our ups and our downs. Every marriage has them and that is what makes a marriage "perfect", because your spouse stood beside your side through them all and excepts you still this day the way they did in the beginning. They look at you with love, caring and kindness. They don't look at you and think your imperfect. To them no matter what you are always perfect. 2011 will bring my 10 year wedding anniversary on the last day of the year. So as I celebrate my 9 year wedding anniversary today I am bringing in a new year and a fresh beginning with my husband and my children by my side.
Hope everyone has a Happy, Healthy and Safe New Year!
See you in 2011,
Wendy aka Momma
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Top Ten Tuesday... 2010
Well A Twitter friend of mine does this really neat little thing every Tuesday. It is called Top Ten Tuesday. She list a top ten list of different things for different topics. Anywhere from favorite holiday memory to favorite children's books. Her blog is totally awesome by the way and you guys should totally check it out here:
Now here is my Top Ten Tuesday List...
The Top Ten (good and bad) of 2010.
*10* Spending New Year Day as a family after the year we had in 2009.
*09* My awesome birthday. It was the first time my baby boy sucked through a straw. :) This was a huge accomplishment and meant his Palate surgery worked out great!
*08* 2 days after my awesome birthday my baby boy ended up in the hospital. This was also 2 days before his birthday (which was not so awesome).
*07* My baby boy's 3rd birthday. Even though he spent it in the hospital hooked up to an IV we made it a special day. I cried though, because his nurses came in to take blood and do a cath on him. He was all happy and was telling them "It's my Birthday". After being so happy and excited that it was his birthday he had to endure pain. Unfortunately this memory still makes me cry.
*06* Being told my baby boy's left kidney was abnormal and enlarged.
*05* All of the trips to the doctor in Shreveport once a month. My little guy really is a strong one to deal with all of the test and trips. He definitely is stronger than his mommy.
*04* Thanksgiving 2010... Filled with lots and lots of food. We even took a Thanksgiving Dinner to a family who doesn't have a lot.
*03* Cub Scouts till they made me mad, never got organized and I am still waiting on my refund.
*02* Being told my baby boy is looking at having his kidney removed if they can't remove the blockage in the first month of 2011.
*01* Spending my 9 year wedding anniversary with my family on New Years Eve where we can ring in the New Year together as always. :)
These are the 10 memories good and bad that came to mind in that order. I saved my Wedding Anniversary for last, because that is a day yet to come. :) 3 days to go till 2011 is here.
If you have a Top Ten and want to join in just simply link up to Sluiter Nation's Top Ten (above) and have fun with it!
Now here is my Top Ten Tuesday List...
The Top Ten (good and bad) of 2010.
*10* Spending New Year Day as a family after the year we had in 2009.
*09* My awesome birthday. It was the first time my baby boy sucked through a straw. :) This was a huge accomplishment and meant his Palate surgery worked out great!
*08* 2 days after my awesome birthday my baby boy ended up in the hospital. This was also 2 days before his birthday (which was not so awesome).
*07* My baby boy's 3rd birthday. Even though he spent it in the hospital hooked up to an IV we made it a special day. I cried though, because his nurses came in to take blood and do a cath on him. He was all happy and was telling them "It's my Birthday". After being so happy and excited that it was his birthday he had to endure pain. Unfortunately this memory still makes me cry.
*06* Being told my baby boy's left kidney was abnormal and enlarged.
*05* All of the trips to the doctor in Shreveport once a month. My little guy really is a strong one to deal with all of the test and trips. He definitely is stronger than his mommy.
*04* Thanksgiving 2010... Filled with lots and lots of food. We even took a Thanksgiving Dinner to a family who doesn't have a lot.
*03* Cub Scouts till they made me mad, never got organized and I am still waiting on my refund.
*02* Being told my baby boy is looking at having his kidney removed if they can't remove the blockage in the first month of 2011.
*01* Spending my 9 year wedding anniversary with my family on New Years Eve where we can ring in the New Year together as always. :)
These are the 10 memories good and bad that came to mind in that order. I saved my Wedding Anniversary for last, because that is a day yet to come. :) 3 days to go till 2011 is here.
If you have a Top Ten and want to join in just simply link up to Sluiter Nation's Top Ten (above) and have fun with it!
Monday, December 27, 2010
Christmas has come and gone...
The week following up to Christmas for me was a rough one. My mother had come to stay with us for at most 2 days. It went from well 2 days to 4 days. From 4 days to she was living with us. All of this without asking or consulting with me and my husband. There was no adult conversation about any of it. She tried to use my children against us on her weaseling in. End result... I had to kick her out of my home day before Christmas Eve. I had to be the bad daughter she tells everyone I am so I could be a good mother and keep my children healthy.
My mother is a smoker you see. Our home is a smoke free home. My husband quit smoking 3 years ago and even now he will smoke a cigar once in a blue moon. He smokes way out away from the house and the smell is not brought in off of his clothes. My mother went from smoking away from the house to smoking in front of the front door where the stink and smoke would seep in due to my baby boy opening the front door to see where grandma is. She then stopped spraying febreeze on herself which allowed it to come in strong on her clothes.
My house smelt like an ashtray. My youngest and my oldest were getting sick with sinus colds from it. When she was told of this her deal was no there is a virus going around. I told her she had to leave because she couldn't respect my children's health. She also claimed the stink was all in my head and/or I was just making it up to be a Bitch to her. When I tried to explain to her why she can't smell herself she started yelling about yea she's a smoker and blah blah blah. This is when I told her she had to leave and not come back.
Mind you I have not heard from my so called mother since. That is until 1 something today. She texted me wanting me to run her errands for her, because she has no way to go. Never got a Merry Christmas from her. Never got a text letting me know she got my text about her mail she got in Friday. Never even asked how her grandchildren's Christmas was. That's right. My "mother" is one of these people that if it is not all about her she does not care. Unless it is her giving my children tons of stuff for Christmas to make them happy and telling them it is all from her then she thinks they don't need it. She was mad because I spent money on them instead of giving her said money.
Now on to our Christmas. Night before Christmas Eve after she was gone that day was good. It was relaxed more and my head actually stopped hurting. I was suffering from horrid migraines and chest pains while she was here. I am guessing high blood pressure since my resting heart rate was high. We did a little brave shopping night before Christmas Eve. Went to GameStop and got some PS3 games to go with the new PS3. Told the children the games were for someone else not us, because we don't have a PS3. Went and ate at Raising Canes and enjoyed some family time. Did the bravest thing ever and adventured into Walmart. My husband picked up a last minute gift for our middle son, because Walmart finally had what he asked for in. Bought my Anniversary gift and had it sent off to be sized (it is a beautiful ring thats nice and sparkles). Had to get some pie crust and a few other things. Walmart wasn't horribly bad. Just a bit busy.
We then came home and surprised the kids with the PS3 (which we are renting for the time being from Rent a Center until We are able to buy one) just to find out surprise the PS3 isn't sending out video to the TV. Returned that one on Friday and got a PS3 move for a loaner. It is really neat! We have enjoyed it. I like the fact I can watch Netflix on my TV through it. Christmas day came and my husband cooked the turkey and his pumpkin pies. I made the sides and some pumpkin bread. Also made some rice krispy treats. My brother in law came and brought his wife and youngest son along with him. We all ate and chatted. Watched Salt after we all ate and the kids went and played. It was a nice evening.
Day after Christmas (yesterday) we relaxed around the house and then that evening went to my cousin's house. The kids got to play and had some more Christmas stuff waiting for them there. They made out like bandits this year with presents from us, Santa and my cousin and her boyfriend. They all were happy with what they got and who they got to see. It was a nice Christmas. We had a few emotional break downs amongst the little ones. It is to be expected, but all in all it was great.
Now here it sits 4 days to New Years Eve. Not only the day we say good bye to the old year and get ready for the new, but also the day I will be celebrating my 9 year wedding Anniversary. Mind you we had planned to do something special this day, because my mother was going to babysit my kids while we went out somewhere and ate just us. Now we have to plan something less extravagant and include the children in our plans. It is all good though. We will be ringing in the new year together as a family. We are happy and healthy (for the most part considering my little guy has surgery coming up in the first month of the new year) and we will all be together.
I am ready to say hello to 2011. I will take with me the good things I got from 2010 and say good bye to the bad. I will be ready to start a new and improve what I can from the mistakes I have learned from. I will hold my head up high. I will not let others bring me down (this is a new found strength I have learned to have in my life again after it was lost for many years). I will not be as hard on myself and will remind myself daily I am not perfect, but it is ok to stride to be better. I am ready to make new memories in 2011.
My mother is a smoker you see. Our home is a smoke free home. My husband quit smoking 3 years ago and even now he will smoke a cigar once in a blue moon. He smokes way out away from the house and the smell is not brought in off of his clothes. My mother went from smoking away from the house to smoking in front of the front door where the stink and smoke would seep in due to my baby boy opening the front door to see where grandma is. She then stopped spraying febreeze on herself which allowed it to come in strong on her clothes.
My house smelt like an ashtray. My youngest and my oldest were getting sick with sinus colds from it. When she was told of this her deal was no there is a virus going around. I told her she had to leave because she couldn't respect my children's health. She also claimed the stink was all in my head and/or I was just making it up to be a Bitch to her. When I tried to explain to her why she can't smell herself she started yelling about yea she's a smoker and blah blah blah. This is when I told her she had to leave and not come back.
Mind you I have not heard from my so called mother since. That is until 1 something today. She texted me wanting me to run her errands for her, because she has no way to go. Never got a Merry Christmas from her. Never got a text letting me know she got my text about her mail she got in Friday. Never even asked how her grandchildren's Christmas was. That's right. My "mother" is one of these people that if it is not all about her she does not care. Unless it is her giving my children tons of stuff for Christmas to make them happy and telling them it is all from her then she thinks they don't need it. She was mad because I spent money on them instead of giving her said money.
Now on to our Christmas. Night before Christmas Eve after she was gone that day was good. It was relaxed more and my head actually stopped hurting. I was suffering from horrid migraines and chest pains while she was here. I am guessing high blood pressure since my resting heart rate was high. We did a little brave shopping night before Christmas Eve. Went to GameStop and got some PS3 games to go with the new PS3. Told the children the games were for someone else not us, because we don't have a PS3. Went and ate at Raising Canes and enjoyed some family time. Did the bravest thing ever and adventured into Walmart. My husband picked up a last minute gift for our middle son, because Walmart finally had what he asked for in. Bought my Anniversary gift and had it sent off to be sized (it is a beautiful ring thats nice and sparkles). Had to get some pie crust and a few other things. Walmart wasn't horribly bad. Just a bit busy.
We then came home and surprised the kids with the PS3 (which we are renting for the time being from Rent a Center until We are able to buy one) just to find out surprise the PS3 isn't sending out video to the TV. Returned that one on Friday and got a PS3 move for a loaner. It is really neat! We have enjoyed it. I like the fact I can watch Netflix on my TV through it. Christmas day came and my husband cooked the turkey and his pumpkin pies. I made the sides and some pumpkin bread. Also made some rice krispy treats. My brother in law came and brought his wife and youngest son along with him. We all ate and chatted. Watched Salt after we all ate and the kids went and played. It was a nice evening.
Day after Christmas (yesterday) we relaxed around the house and then that evening went to my cousin's house. The kids got to play and had some more Christmas stuff waiting for them there. They made out like bandits this year with presents from us, Santa and my cousin and her boyfriend. They all were happy with what they got and who they got to see. It was a nice Christmas. We had a few emotional break downs amongst the little ones. It is to be expected, but all in all it was great.
Now here it sits 4 days to New Years Eve. Not only the day we say good bye to the old year and get ready for the new, but also the day I will be celebrating my 9 year wedding Anniversary. Mind you we had planned to do something special this day, because my mother was going to babysit my kids while we went out somewhere and ate just us. Now we have to plan something less extravagant and include the children in our plans. It is all good though. We will be ringing in the new year together as a family. We are happy and healthy (for the most part considering my little guy has surgery coming up in the first month of the new year) and we will all be together.
I am ready to say hello to 2011. I will take with me the good things I got from 2010 and say good bye to the bad. I will be ready to start a new and improve what I can from the mistakes I have learned from. I will hold my head up high. I will not let others bring me down (this is a new found strength I have learned to have in my life again after it was lost for many years). I will not be as hard on myself and will remind myself daily I am not perfect, but it is ok to stride to be better. I am ready to make new memories in 2011.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Merry Freakin' Christmas...
This holiday has not turned out the way I wish it would have. I have been trying to be in the Christmas spirit. Have been trying to remember the reason for the season. I have had my ups and my downs this year during the holidays, but who doesn't. Money is always a factor of stress in our home. Money has gone to being one of the last things on my mind as of yesterday afternoon. Right now I could careless if we went broke, because all I can think about is the words the doctor spoke. "We are doing surgery on January 28th. We might be looking at removing his entire left kidney."
Surgery alone on your child is scary enough, but to hear they might have to remove one of your child's organs. This is extremely scary and honestly I have held back my tears as long as I could. I can't hold them back any longer. Nightmares have started of what could happen. Worry and fear is starting to set in. It is so hard to be a parent and be strong for your child. I would love to know those with the secret to how they stay so cool under pressure.
How am I supposed to sit and be happy this Christmas knowing in a little over a month my baby boy is going to be cut open and possibly come home in lack of one organ? How am I suppose to enjoy the little joys of life with my kids this holiday? I want to smile and be happy with them. I want to do fun Christmas related things, but in the back of my mind I keep thinking about "surgery" and "removing kidney". Then I choke back and try as hard as I can to hold back my tears. Everything happens for a reason. However I am still trying to figure out the reason for all of this happening. I guess just another one of life's test.
Surgery alone on your child is scary enough, but to hear they might have to remove one of your child's organs. This is extremely scary and honestly I have held back my tears as long as I could. I can't hold them back any longer. Nightmares have started of what could happen. Worry and fear is starting to set in. It is so hard to be a parent and be strong for your child. I would love to know those with the secret to how they stay so cool under pressure.
How am I supposed to sit and be happy this Christmas knowing in a little over a month my baby boy is going to be cut open and possibly come home in lack of one organ? How am I suppose to enjoy the little joys of life with my kids this holiday? I want to smile and be happy with them. I want to do fun Christmas related things, but in the back of my mind I keep thinking about "surgery" and "removing kidney". Then I choke back and try as hard as I can to hold back my tears. Everything happens for a reason. However I am still trying to figure out the reason for all of this happening. I guess just another one of life's test.
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