Sunday, March 28, 2010

A week in Review

We have had a pretty busy week. It is amazing how fast it went by.
Nothing to much happened at the beginning of the week. Wednesday, however, was a busy one for me. We actually didn't leave work until almost 6 pm which is a late day for me. Then, our friends Buster and Katy had a friend of theirs in town who is a songwriter. At the Commodore Lounge in the Holiday Inn at Vanderbilt host songwriters several times a week and their friend was playing there. So we went out there and ate dinner with them and listened to all the music. It takes a lot of guts to get up their to let your songs be heard. There were several really good people though. We also heard some pretty weird songs especially in the last set. The food was pretty good too. So it was nice to actually get out and do something different.
Thursday, I didn't do to much but clean some around the house.
Friday, Adam and I both worked half days so we went to Opry Mills and did a little shopping. Then did the usual grocery shopping.
Saturday was good. We went down to McEwen and celebrated our birthdays and Easter. It was nice to all gather out at Pa's house. Good to see him back home too. It was funny to see the boys all hunting Easter eggs in the grass. I brought back memories of doing that at Maw Maw and Pa Pa's house back in the day. I'm excited to see Charles hunt eggs next week. Izzie and Romeo as usual didn't get along haha. Poor Romeo was just trying to play with Izzie and she wasn't having it. Romeo is Adams brothers family's dog. He is a cute long haired dachshund (sp). Maybe one day they will be friends. I will have pictures later of this, if I remember.
We have another busy week ahead of us. We have my birthday Tuesday. Work. Thursday I have to go to Clarksville for Neurology appt and probably taking Izzie to the vet. And Clarksville this weekend...cant wait to see Charlie, Nicole, and Charles and Brinkley of course.
Bye.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Not much Goin on!

Hi.
Not to much has been going on over the past few weeks.

The previews for the Last Song is on the TV right now, I'm going to get Adam to take me to see it for my birthday :). It looks really good.
I have had the great privilege to collect my urine over the past 24hours. I have to send it too a lab in Virgina that analyzes it. It was really odd taking a package with my urine in it and putting it into a Fed Ex box. Weird. But hopefully they will figure the stone thing all out.

Last night we had Buster and Katy over. We grilled out at their house. The boys were so proud of their huge manly sausages they cooked. Katy and I just ate a regular hot dog. Then we watched the first two Twilight movies. Its amazing to me just watching the movies how it makes me feel their intense connection, very powerful. Then I just couldn't stand it and made Adam tell me everything that happens in the next book. For some reason I just cant get in to reading. I always feel guilty about reading books at night before bed bc I could be using that time to read the scriptures. So I have this constant battle in my head hah. We are excited for the 3rd movie to come out this summer.

Today, I wanted to make this orange pineapple bunt cake but my lunch has made me have another bad GI spasm.. so my wonderful husband is making it for me right now.
It smells good too.

Adam and I are both turning older over the next few weeks.

Im going to Time Out for Women in Memphis in April, which i'm very much looking forward too.

Adam is still applying to schools to do nursing again. I hope this makes him happy this time. Hes applying the Cumberland University, Belmont, and APSU. Each have there benefits. Cumberland has a night and weekend program and Belmont has a fast track program for people who already have degrees and it cuts several months of off the school. And APSU is close and I have experience with them. Either way, I will be happy to help him study. It will probably be good to refresh my self with it considering im working in dermatology and so begin to forget some things that don't relate to skin.

I had a nice day of letter writing. Since I missed church bc I had to collect my urine in a jar. I thought it would be nice to write my grandparents a hello letter.
Also, I'm still looking for any cool ways to save money if anyone has suggestions.
Thats all for now! Bye.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

A change in the way I blog.

Hi!
So I have not made a blog in awhile and I will tell you why. In the last few post, I have told you about my numerous doctors visits and before that you read about my surgeries and so forth. Then in Feb. I got a kidney stone and was sick after that and now I still may have several small kidney stones. I'm going to a urologist on Tuesday for that.
Well, the reason I haven't wrote about any of this is because I feel like all I blog about seems to be about me being sick. What some don't understand is that I don't like being labeled "the sick one" or "she's just always sick". I know some people say this jokingly but it really hurts me inside. I don't choose these things. I wait and pray for a day where I don't have to struggle with chronic almost daily migraines, IBS, and spontaneous things such as kidney stones, etc. I would give almost anything to get rid of these burdens. I don't choose to have these, I don't like being sick. I want to be a productive, happy, healthy, full of life person who doesn't have to leave the house making sure she has medication in case she gets a headache. I don't want to have to worry about "if I eat this will I get sick" before everything I eat. But a lot of people unfortunately don't see the struggle I have on the inside wondering what happened, why am I like this? Most people are like ohh..shes just sick again go figure. So until you know in my body what im going through don't judge me...i'm trying everyday to fight for me..to fight for my health. I also understand a lot of the people who read my blog that I know of, aren't the people who are judging me..they are mainly my biggest supporters and cheer leaders and for that I thank them. But from now on I wont write or attempt not to write about my struggles in the health dept. If I need to vent about how i'm feeling that day I will do so with my husband and if not him then someone else I count on. If anyone else wants to know what is going on at any time then you can contact me directly.
Now, I'm glad I got that off my chest. Sorry.

Not much has been going on except everyday life.
Adam and I got a new work out video by the "So You Think You Can Dance" dancers and its awesome. Well, we just started it yesterday and only made it through the warm up. Haha I guess you have to start somewhere. I love it though because they are a lot of the same warm ups that I would do in dance class. It is also very entertaining to watch Adam do this. Hmm...I see a funniest home video haha.

Adam has been applying to nursing schools. Yes, you read that right. He's had a mind change and while he likes his current job and would like to stay with Vandy, he would like to be at home a little bit more whenever we decide to have a family and those jobs make a little more and are def. more stable. So, we'll see what happens.

We have a busy up coming months ahead. We both will be aging another year haha. We also are going to Memphis so I can go to Time Out for Women with Nicole. So excited that John Bytheway will be a speaker now.

And I think I'll wrap this up. However, we are looking for ways to save money and live more simply. The things we know off of the bat are eating out way less frequently and going down to basic tv stations of just 2,4,5 and Fox to cut down on TV expenses. If anyone has any other suggestion please let me know. Also, any saving tips you have as well.

Have a good day!