Bummer

My family was leaving this Tuesday, the 24th for a family reunion on Montana. Unfortunately, Dustin will be the only family member to represent us at the reunion. I have been quite ill now since the 12th of June. It started out as a seemingly normal migraine and grew into a horrendous monster. Usually I'll get a migraine that is so awful but goes away over night. This time I was not near as lucky. After a couple days of no relief I finally went to the Dr and she gave me a shot and some pain med prescription and sent me on my miserable way. I suffered through the weekend not eating much at all and then vomiting what little I had eaten. After my stomach was empty of any food I just vomited water. It was quite awful. My migraine had intensified at this point and had radiated down my neck, shoulders, back, and hips. I started having horrible muscle spasms that would bring me to tears and kept me from getting any rest at night. I went to the Chiropractor 4 times this week trying to relieve some of the pain and that seemed to help. My muscles were so tensed that he was unable to adjust my neck completely. I went to the Dr. a couple more times trying to work out different medications and having worrisome complications like right arm numbness and tingling, and CRAZY eyes. So I finally went to the ER this past Thursday night and he put me on steroids to help reduce the inflammation. I think that has been my saving grace. I have slowly started the healing process, but in the meantime Dustin and I decided to cancel the reservations for the kids and I (who were on separate flights then Dustin). We are very disappointed that we'll be missing the Parker family reunion. We have been looking forward to showing our adorable kids off and meeting a couple new nephews, and future in-laws that we have not yet been able to meet. I am sure that Dustin will have a blast though and will represent our family wonderfully.

How embarrassing!

It looks like I've made much ado about nothing! My MRI results came back showing that I had a sinus infection. I started feeling the symptoms a couple days after the MRI. Apparently I've been working on the sinus infection for a couple of months. That's how long I've been dizzy. I am on antibiotics and will see if the dizziness dissipates with the infection. If not I'll have to look elsewhere for the culprit! At least I know "It's not a tuma!" I know, I'm a big dork!

Claustrophobia

WOW! I had my first and hopefully last MRI done today. I have been dizzy a lot lately and the Dr. ordered an MRI of my brain. I am a little claustrophobic and was worried as soon as I saw the MRI chamber. I got even worse as I had to lay down on this table and they vice gripped my head to the table. Then they put this helmet thing over my face. When this happened I started to feel like I couldn't breath. The nurse began sliding the table into the chamber and I asked how long the MRI takes. She tells me it will be 20 min. At this point I thought that closing my eyes would be the best thing to do to help keep me from freaking out. I kept my eyes closed the whole time in fear that I would not be able to handle the confined space. I did it, and was so proud that I did not embarrass my self or my family! I will get the result in 3 days, I was told. Glad that is done and over with!

More Loganisms!

Logan has been working hard to get his new Henry train. He has gone potty on the toilet 30 times and finally achieved his goal and got his toy. He was sooo excited when we gave him his toy. When Dustin handed him Henry the train Logan said, "I have a wonderful life!" He then ran from the room to put it on his train track. It was so funny. I don't know how he comes up with some of the things he says. He is certainly a crack up. I also gave him a haircut yesterday, which truly is no fun for no one. When the hair would fall on his shoulders he would cry and say that it hurt. When we finally finished the wrestling match, and we were both exhausted from the struggle, Logan had the decency to say, "Thanks so much Mom for cutting my hair." Again, this was rather funny as you would have thought that I was trying to remove his head by the way he was responding to the haircut. I think it turned out pretty well.

There's a snake in my boot!

Not really! That is a phrase that Woody from Toy Story says, well, at least his action figure that the kids have. Anyway! Logan, Sammie, and I were returning from a quick trip to Grandma's house and Logan had pulled ahead of the dog and I as I had to wait for Sammie to decide to come home and Logan had ridden his jeep back to the house. OK, so I get through the gate and am walking toward the house and I see this ginormous snake on my driveway pretty much right in the path that I am sure Logan had just run through to get to the house. It was very still so I walked past it to get a hold of Logan and show him the snake to see if he had seen it when he ran right past it. He acted way to nonchalant about it when I asked if he had seen it. I think he thought it was fake. We sat there and watched it, it wasn't moving much. So, I thought I'd give us a better show. I rolled some plastic pots toward it and it coiled up and was all scary and stuff! We watched as it slithered away and hid in the rock retaining wall. CREEPY! It was a good 3.5- 4 ft long and about 2 in. in diameter. Twas a bit unsettling. By the way, this is not an actual picture of MY snake, this is a picture off the internet of a snake that looks like MY snake only this snake would be considered MY snakes "mini-me!"

Mother's Day

Hope all you mother's out there felt loved and appreciated on Mother's Day. I had a pretty good day. Dustin got up with the kids and let me sleep in which is always so very appreciated. He also cleaned up the kitchen that was left in a bit of disarray from the day before which was sooo wonderful. He and the kiddoes got me a DVD with three chick flicks on it and some chocolate covered dried cherries and flowers. Dustin had to go to a church meeting before church, so I fed the kids lunch and tried to keep their church clothes clean. I think I was more or less successful in keeping them presentable. At church all the primary children went up front to sing there mother's a couple songs for mother's day. This was Logan's first time to be included. He was in the very front row during the songs. He turned his face to the side and kept a scowl on his little face the entire time he was up there. He did not sing a note. He gave me a good laugh though! As soon as he got back to his seat, Ashlynn says, "Now it's my turn to sing!" She started to sing by herself. I felt bad having to "shush" her. Logan's teacher sent him home with a pretty red rose to give to me which he did. We then joined my family for a dinner prepared by the boys. It was very nice to not have to lift a finger and be served and have the kitchen cleaned for you! I think that Mother's day and my birthday (usually) are the only two times of the year that I receive such royal treatment. Not that I'm complaining! Or am I????? (haha) All in all it was a very nice day and I really appreciated all the special effort.

Never-ending projects!

So, all the projects floating around my head are growing rather numerous. I am really wanting to tackle the back yard and get it finished ASAP. We had built a retaining wall on one side of the backyard and it butts up to the chain link fence. We have had a lot of the dirt wash away through the chain link fence, surprise, surprise. So I have dug out the dirt along the fence in preparation to finish off the wall. I dug two whole along our picket fence for some bushes. Dustin started chipping away at the rock in what is going to be the kids play area, which we are filling with pea gravel and hopefully putting in a wooden play center/swing set thing. We then need to bring in the pea gravel for the play area and the topsoil in preparation for sod. I also want to build myself a wishing well with a built in planter to cover up our actual well. I am contemplating hiring our neighbor to brick one up for us or attempt to build one myself out of wood to match the play ground. It will be quite the project, but the finished project should be nice. I'd also like to simultaneously bring in topsoil and sod for a small part of the lower yard (to ease the mowing of this area which takes a beating from our steep driveway which guides rain water to this area like a raging river.) I had to cut a bunch of limbs off my trees as a mowing precaution, I usually am watching the ground as I go to make sure there is not a rock or stump in my way and about take my eye out on a low limb. I woke this morning with a very sore wrist and arms, so today was all about the legs at the gym! For the inside of the house, I have planned some projects. I have some wallpaper to put up in my bedroom. I plan on painting my living room some shade of yellow, I am currently narrowing down the choices. For some odd reason I find this to do list quite exhilarating and can't wait to see the finished projects. I'll take some before and after photos for all to see!