Recipes

I have found so many new recipes to try on Pintrest! I think I've gained weight just looking at them. There are a few I'm for sure going to try. But oh my gosh the time I have wasted on that site!! It's crazy. What about you any great recipes you have found poking around the internet??

16 candles on his ice cream

My boy turned 16 today! I can hardly believe that. It seems like just yesterday he was born. The time goes by so fast. It truly does. I never believed that saying until I had my own children. But, it's a fact of life...they grow up. He is anxiously awaiting the coveted drivers license and tinkering with his truck so much that I will be surprised if the thing even runs by August when he will be getting his license. He hasn't figured out the saying if it ain't broke don't fix it! I usually bake a cake for my kids on their actual birth day, but since Dustin doesn't like cake, I asked him if he wanted me to make him brownies or go to Dairy Queen. He chose DQ, so we went there after school, got ice cream and hot dogs. We ate the ice cream before supper. I will have a birthday party for him next weekend.
Happy Birthday Dustin, you'll always be my first baby no matter how old you get.

Hoping for a better week...

So about 2 weeks ago on January 23rd, I went to the ER for pain in my side and ended up having an emergency surgery to remove my appendix. Until that point, I had never had a surgery before, so I had no idea how painful it is. Three tiny holes, hurt so much! It's crazy. I think they rearranged all my innards. It was quite inconvenient, as most emergency surgeries are I suppose. My Mom had to leave to go out of town for work that day, my youngest sister was working and taking care of her own kid, my other sister runs a daycare out of her home...my kids had to get back and forth to school. (And through it all my sisters were there doing everything for me, even visiting me in the hospital. :)) I know it's a lot of complaining. I'm so sorry, that seems to be my nature lately and I HAVE GOT TO  change that way of thinking. I'm working on it, I promise. Went in on a Monday and went home on Thursday. So, a week later, I go back to the ER to be diagnosed with pneumonia, a common side effect from surgery, wow that hurt too. And I keep thinking of my friend who has just had multiple surgeries. Love to you. I'm hoping to go back to work next week. I still feel tired and not myself but I have to get back to work. I really can't afford to be off work.
So the interesting part is that I went for my follow up visit with the surgeon this past Friday and he said that my appendix was very unusual because it was infected on the outside and the indie was still healthy which he said is very unusual and that it is very possible that there is something else wrong and that the appendix was covering it up or that the appendix became infected from another neighboring organ. I had been putting off an appointment with the OB/GYN, but I have an appointment scheduled with her this week and he also suggested I make an appointment with my general Dr. to see if there is any other tests he'd like to do. I think I'm going to be going to quite a few more doctor visits in the near future.
How are all of you??

I'm here. Things are ok. Just working and going throught the day to day motions right now. Praying for my blogging friends that are going through some tough stuff right now. I'm thinking about you all.

Just Sad

I'm so sad. Tonight I had to call the police on my Dustin. My sweet little baby. He was out of control in my face, daring me to hit him. Wanting me to hit him so that he could hurt me. I'm not going to raise Luke in that kind of environment. And then to beat it all, my own mother got home and chose to defend Dustin. By all accounts she could have just told him everything he did was fine and that I was the one who was wrong. I have went very long periods of not talking with my mother in the past, over my children, but this time, it is particularly messy since we are living here in her house. That is the messy stuff. I am so beyond angry. I can not even express exactly what I am feeling. Rage and sadness. That is all I have right now.

I think I'm falling for him...and it scares me to DEATH

So...I have been talking to Bob for over two months now. We have had two "dates" which went well. One of the dates, he came over for Myles 13th Birthday party, so it wasn't really a "date" but my whole family was here and he didn't go running from the house. So I am taking that as a good sign. I think I'm falling for him. He's super sweet, sweeter than anyone has ever been to me. He texts me, messages me, and leaves me notes on Facebook. He's great. We are just taking things slow. He hasn't even kissed me yet. :) The only problem is that he lives an hour and a half away. That's not too bad, but we can not see each other as often as we'd like, but I'm dealing with it for now. It's nice to feel this way again, and terrifying at the same time.

:)

I have another date tomorrow. I'm super excited about it. We have been chatting it up since the last date. Text messages, private messages and Facebook. He seems wonderful. I'm still skeptical, but he really seems great. Super sweet, humbel, handsome, and funny, good hearted, looking for love. We shall see.