I've been slacking off in the chore department. Bleh. Makes me irritated.
Mike and I went to Gambardella's for dinner last night. I had shrimp ravioli, and he had Fettuccine Alfredo. It was yummy, and we had a nice date. :o) Before we went, I went home, and curled my hair, and put on a new springy dress I recently got at Old Navy. :o) We went to dinner, and then to Petco, and Wal-mart, then home. Well, when we got home, we watched a movie, and seriously... I completely forgot about my Monday chores! I didn't remember until I got to work this morning. Thus, the UGH.
So... tonight I have double duty. Well, that's what I get for forgetting. Go me. I suppose I'll let you know how my night goes tonight, tomorrow. Hopefully I do actually get my Monday and my Tuesday chores done. Bleh.
Anyways, hope you all are having a fabulous day. ;o)
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
The Weekend
We had a great weekend. :o)
Friday night, Heidi came over, and we ran to the store right quick to get some stuff, then we headed back to the house and started the baking process. :o) We baked two cheese cakes, and while they were cooking, cleaned the house. My house was a wreck, but it's all pretty now. Yay. :o) Well...except for the spare room, but we're SO not going there. :o)
Saturday morning, we got up, and I finished cleaning my house like a mad woman. :o) Then we went to the airport to pick up Tori and Lanae`! YAY! SO good to have them home. :o) So, we ran back to our house, and Emily piled in the truck with us, and we all headed up to Moose Mt. It was a PERFECT day for snowboarding, in my opinion. :o) We had just gotten some fresh powder, and it was really soft, and smooth. The temps out were great. Not too warm, not freezin your bum off! :o) We got up there at about noon, and boarded until 5:00. I was proud of myself, I was actually hitting jumps all day! Haha, granted I didn't get very much air at all, but hey, baby steps. :o) I'm just trying to get comfortable going off jumps to start with. But, it was probably our last time for the year to go. We'll see though. Anyways, we all had a great time snowboarding. It was Mason and Shannon's first time, and they both did really well. :o)
After we were done boarding, we all headed to Taco Azteca for dinner, which was where Tori picked to go. Heidi and I headed back to my house ahead of everyone, to get the last minute things ready for Tori's birthday party. We made 3 different kinds of berry sauce for the cheesecakes, and made sherbert and ginger ale punch. Everyone showed up, and we had a blast. The Degerlunds were there, Tori, Lanae`, Mason, Tyler, Brian, Jenni, Emily, Heidi, and Mike and I. Haha, I think that's all, but there were a lot of us. :o) We tried popping a few kernels of corn with cell phone signals, but I think we decided that was a hoax. :o) Then we all sang Tori (and Elmer!) Happy Birthday, and dug into cheesecake, which was a big hit. It was so tasty. :o) And we all just sat around watching a snowboarding video. It was so much fun having people at my house. I loved playing hostess, it was a blast!
Anyways, it was a great weekend. How did your weekend go? Do anything fun? Maybe just get some stuff done? Well, whatever it was, I hope you had a good one! :o)
*oh, and there WERE pictures taken up on the hill and at my house, so hopefully I can get them emailed to me (off of everyone else's cameras) and I'll get them up soon! :o)
Friday night, Heidi came over, and we ran to the store right quick to get some stuff, then we headed back to the house and started the baking process. :o) We baked two cheese cakes, and while they were cooking, cleaned the house. My house was a wreck, but it's all pretty now. Yay. :o) Well...except for the spare room, but we're SO not going there. :o)
Saturday morning, we got up, and I finished cleaning my house like a mad woman. :o) Then we went to the airport to pick up Tori and Lanae`! YAY! SO good to have them home. :o) So, we ran back to our house, and Emily piled in the truck with us, and we all headed up to Moose Mt. It was a PERFECT day for snowboarding, in my opinion. :o) We had just gotten some fresh powder, and it was really soft, and smooth. The temps out were great. Not too warm, not freezin your bum off! :o) We got up there at about noon, and boarded until 5:00. I was proud of myself, I was actually hitting jumps all day! Haha, granted I didn't get very much air at all, but hey, baby steps. :o) I'm just trying to get comfortable going off jumps to start with. But, it was probably our last time for the year to go. We'll see though. Anyways, we all had a great time snowboarding. It was Mason and Shannon's first time, and they both did really well. :o)
After we were done boarding, we all headed to Taco Azteca for dinner, which was where Tori picked to go. Heidi and I headed back to my house ahead of everyone, to get the last minute things ready for Tori's birthday party. We made 3 different kinds of berry sauce for the cheesecakes, and made sherbert and ginger ale punch. Everyone showed up, and we had a blast. The Degerlunds were there, Tori, Lanae`, Mason, Tyler, Brian, Jenni, Emily, Heidi, and Mike and I. Haha, I think that's all, but there were a lot of us. :o) We tried popping a few kernels of corn with cell phone signals, but I think we decided that was a hoax. :o) Then we all sang Tori (and Elmer!) Happy Birthday, and dug into cheesecake, which was a big hit. It was so tasty. :o) And we all just sat around watching a snowboarding video. It was so much fun having people at my house. I loved playing hostess, it was a blast!
Anyways, it was a great weekend. How did your weekend go? Do anything fun? Maybe just get some stuff done? Well, whatever it was, I hope you had a good one! :o)
*oh, and there WERE pictures taken up on the hill and at my house, so hopefully I can get them emailed to me (off of everyone else's cameras) and I'll get them up soon! :o)
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
There's A Baby Boy Who Needs Our Prayers...
I guess I was lying on Twitter when I said I was done posting for the day...
So, I have been reading a lady's blog for the past several months. She lives down in the states, and apart from her blog, I do not actually know her. But she is a sweet woman, who is absolutely enamoured with her MSC (Many Small Children). Last summer, when she was pregnant with her fourth baby, problems started developing early on in her pregnancy. Then those problems went away. But new ones, totally unrelated cropped up. The baby in her womb, a boy, named Stellan, had a severe heart condition, called Supra Ventricular Tachycardia (SVT). He then went into heart block, which the doctors told her was irreversible, and that IF he survived, he would have lifelong problems because of it. Then they were told that their baby would die. Jennifer (famously known as MckMama (if you want to know about this, you'll have to just go read her blog) on her blog) was in the hospital for several weeks. That day that they told her that he would die, they didn't expect him to make it through the night. All through this, she kept her blog updated. It was an outlet. Her blog readers set up a prayer vigil on Stellan's behalf, and people around the country were literally praying 'round the clock. There was not a single hour over the course of two days when someone was not praying for little Stellan. Then a miracle happened. The first of Several. Stellan's completely irreversible heart block was reversed. While he still had SVT, the fact that his heart block was reversed gave him a chance to live.
Fast forward a bit. They released her from the hospital when Stellan's condition continued to improve. Since he still had SVT, she would be monitored several times a week. She made it to their goal of 37 weeks, and had a scheduled c-section. Before Stellan was born, the doctors had several plans for what would need to be done, given that Stellan survived the birthing process. If he survived it, then depending on how his condition was outside the womb, there were several things that might have had to be done. One option was a pace-maker for him, and another was medication for the rest of his life. They had the NICU team standing by, waiting to wisk him off. They estimated that he would have to be in there a minimum of a week, but more than likely much longer than that. But when Stellan was born, came the biggest miracle of all: he was born a completely healthy baby. His SVT was gone, with no signs that he had ever had it in the first place. They took him to the NICU just to be sure but almost immediately brought him back up. He was completely fine. Talk about the power of prayer! They told the parents to be careful because it could come back at any point, but that the first two months were the most likely. But time went by, and Stellan was a completely healed baby. And the SVT never came back.
Until now. The SVT didn't come back on it's own though. MckMama took him into the ER because he was sick, and having a very hard time breathing. They ordered a nebulizer treatment for him, which helped a lot. But, as they were getting ready to be discharged, he had a huge coughing fit, and couldn't clear the phlegm out of his throat and chest, and was struggling for breath once again. So, they ordered another one, which ended up causing him to go into SVT. If you want to know the rest of the details, then you can read them here. And you can stay updated with what is going on if you wish.
Stellan's heart rate was up in the 300's, but has come down a bit to the 220's area. His poor little body can't take this much more. Please pray for this baby. If you go on MckMama's blog, there are pictures of him in recent posts she has done. He's the cutest sweetest baby, and is dearly loved by his 4 year old brother, his 3 year old brother, and his 1 1/2 year old sister, and his mommy and daddy. AND all of her blog readers, which are many. He is fighting for life right now, please beseech the Lord to give the doctors wisdom on how to flip his heart out of the high rate, back down to normal levels. Please pray for his parents, who are leaning wholly on God, and have a peace about whatever the outcome may be, but who naturally don't want to lose their miracle baby boy.
I'm sorry this has been so long, and if you've made it this far, thank you. :o)
So, I have been reading a lady's blog for the past several months. She lives down in the states, and apart from her blog, I do not actually know her. But she is a sweet woman, who is absolutely enamoured with her MSC (Many Small Children). Last summer, when she was pregnant with her fourth baby, problems started developing early on in her pregnancy. Then those problems went away. But new ones, totally unrelated cropped up. The baby in her womb, a boy, named Stellan, had a severe heart condition, called Supra Ventricular Tachycardia (SVT). He then went into heart block, which the doctors told her was irreversible, and that IF he survived, he would have lifelong problems because of it. Then they were told that their baby would die. Jennifer (famously known as MckMama (if you want to know about this, you'll have to just go read her blog) on her blog) was in the hospital for several weeks. That day that they told her that he would die, they didn't expect him to make it through the night. All through this, she kept her blog updated. It was an outlet. Her blog readers set up a prayer vigil on Stellan's behalf, and people around the country were literally praying 'round the clock. There was not a single hour over the course of two days when someone was not praying for little Stellan. Then a miracle happened. The first of Several. Stellan's completely irreversible heart block was reversed. While he still had SVT, the fact that his heart block was reversed gave him a chance to live.
Fast forward a bit. They released her from the hospital when Stellan's condition continued to improve. Since he still had SVT, she would be monitored several times a week. She made it to their goal of 37 weeks, and had a scheduled c-section. Before Stellan was born, the doctors had several plans for what would need to be done, given that Stellan survived the birthing process. If he survived it, then depending on how his condition was outside the womb, there were several things that might have had to be done. One option was a pace-maker for him, and another was medication for the rest of his life. They had the NICU team standing by, waiting to wisk him off. They estimated that he would have to be in there a minimum of a week, but more than likely much longer than that. But when Stellan was born, came the biggest miracle of all: he was born a completely healthy baby. His SVT was gone, with no signs that he had ever had it in the first place. They took him to the NICU just to be sure but almost immediately brought him back up. He was completely fine. Talk about the power of prayer! They told the parents to be careful because it could come back at any point, but that the first two months were the most likely. But time went by, and Stellan was a completely healed baby. And the SVT never came back.
Until now. The SVT didn't come back on it's own though. MckMama took him into the ER because he was sick, and having a very hard time breathing. They ordered a nebulizer treatment for him, which helped a lot. But, as they were getting ready to be discharged, he had a huge coughing fit, and couldn't clear the phlegm out of his throat and chest, and was struggling for breath once again. So, they ordered another one, which ended up causing him to go into SVT. If you want to know the rest of the details, then you can read them here. And you can stay updated with what is going on if you wish.
Stellan's heart rate was up in the 300's, but has come down a bit to the 220's area. His poor little body can't take this much more. Please pray for this baby. If you go on MckMama's blog, there are pictures of him in recent posts she has done. He's the cutest sweetest baby, and is dearly loved by his 4 year old brother, his 3 year old brother, and his 1 1/2 year old sister, and his mommy and daddy. AND all of her blog readers, which are many. He is fighting for life right now, please beseech the Lord to give the doctors wisdom on how to flip his heart out of the high rate, back down to normal levels. Please pray for his parents, who are leaning wholly on God, and have a peace about whatever the outcome may be, but who naturally don't want to lose their miracle baby boy.
I'm sorry this has been so long, and if you've made it this far, thank you. :o)
Thanksgiving Day Food
Alright, Random Picture Post time. :o) I took these pictures when I was making food for Thanksgiving. I made 2 pumpkin logs, mini cheesecakes, and a loaf of bread.
All my ingredients. :o)
Powdered Sugar on a towel for my logs.
All my ingredients. :o)
Powdered Sugar on a towel for my logs.
The batter is so yummy....
Finished logs! :o)
That is chocolate play-dough. :o)
They're starting to look like pumpkins!
This is me baking bread, haha. :o)
Mini pumpkin cheesecakes! This pan is too cool. The bottom of each little cup pushes out, for easy removal of the cheesecakes. :o)
The finished product
Isn't my little snowman platter ADORABLE??? :o)
Well, there ya go. Certainly overdue, but whatev. :o)
I Hate Thinking Of Post Names...
Well, my Monday went pretty good. I ran to Joann's last night to get some elastic for a project I'm working on, then went home. Tori called me, so I talked to her for a bit. Then Lanae` called me back, so I talked to her for a bit as I got dinner started. I made spaghetti with chicken pieces on top, and garlic bread for dinner. It was pretty yummy, even though I don't really like spaghetti. :o)
After I got dinner done, I did my Monday chores! This is the THIRD week in a row that I have gotten my Monday chores done, and I gotta say I'm proud of myself. :o) Because, my Monday chores are to sweep and mop downstairs. And I hate doing it. But, I'm discovering that the more often I do it, the easier it is, and the less amount of time it takes, because the floors don't get that dirty from week-to-week, like they do if they go for a long time without being mopped. Gee, what a concept. :o)
Anyways, as I was waiting for the floor to dry, Mike wanted me to lay down on the couch with him, so we cuddled for a while (my favorite thing ever. :o) That's my love language right there. And hey! His is when I take care of things around the house, so we were both getting our love tanks filled) and we ended up falling asleep. We woke up and I told him that I was tired and ready to go to bed. So, we went upstairs and went to sleep at 9:30. Haha, I felt like such an old person, but I have been SO tired in the last couple of weeks, so getting almost 10 hours of sleep was AWESOME! :o) I feel really good today, and it's SO nice. :o) The only thing I'm bummed about with getting to bed so early was that I didn't work out like I was planning to. I'm determined to do it tonight though. I might actually do it on my lunch though, because Mike has a dentist appointment today, so he won't be home for lunch. So, instead of sitting on my bum doing nothing, I could work out. On the other hand though, I haven't finished the book for Jenn's book club meeting on Thursday, and really, I need to get that done. Hmmm...well I guess we'll see. :o)
I'm going to try to do another random picture post today, but we'll see. This is already my second post of the day (I posted on my fitness blog) but we'll see if I can muster up another one. Haha. :o) Ok, gonna go now. Hope you all are having a wonderful day! :o)
After I got dinner done, I did my Monday chores! This is the THIRD week in a row that I have gotten my Monday chores done, and I gotta say I'm proud of myself. :o) Because, my Monday chores are to sweep and mop downstairs. And I hate doing it. But, I'm discovering that the more often I do it, the easier it is, and the less amount of time it takes, because the floors don't get that dirty from week-to-week, like they do if they go for a long time without being mopped. Gee, what a concept. :o)
Anyways, as I was waiting for the floor to dry, Mike wanted me to lay down on the couch with him, so we cuddled for a while (my favorite thing ever. :o) That's my love language right there. And hey! His is when I take care of things around the house, so we were both getting our love tanks filled) and we ended up falling asleep. We woke up and I told him that I was tired and ready to go to bed. So, we went upstairs and went to sleep at 9:30. Haha, I felt like such an old person, but I have been SO tired in the last couple of weeks, so getting almost 10 hours of sleep was AWESOME! :o) I feel really good today, and it's SO nice. :o) The only thing I'm bummed about with getting to bed so early was that I didn't work out like I was planning to. I'm determined to do it tonight though. I might actually do it on my lunch though, because Mike has a dentist appointment today, so he won't be home for lunch. So, instead of sitting on my bum doing nothing, I could work out. On the other hand though, I haven't finished the book for Jenn's book club meeting on Thursday, and really, I need to get that done. Hmmm...well I guess we'll see. :o)
I'm going to try to do another random picture post today, but we'll see. This is already my second post of the day (I posted on my fitness blog) but we'll see if I can muster up another one. Haha. :o) Ok, gonna go now. Hope you all are having a wonderful day! :o)
Monday, March 23, 2009
Back At It
Well, I have to say that after posting so much recently, I missed the blogging world over the weekend! There was some time on Friday morning while Mike was working, when I could have posted and stuff, but naturally, we got the worst room in the hotel as far as problems with connecting to the Internet goes. :o) So, I really was cut off from the outside world, especially after my phone died. Oi with the Poodles already! ;o) Haha, I hope at least SOME of you got that. :o)
Anyways, moving on. Our weekend was GREAT. We really enjoyed the conference, and learning how to communicate better, and more about each other. Not everything was perfect about the presentation (such as the segment on salvation, and "Pray this prayer, and you will be saved". The salvation message was actually pretty good, up to that point though.) but we walked away with some good information, which was the point of going. So, overall, I was happy with the conference. The people were sure nice, and really great speakers. Very motivating, and great examples of parenting. Got a lot of parenting advice that I look forward to putting into practice one of these days. :o) Other than that, it was just good for Mike and I to get away together. We definitely needed it. What a blessing and a refreshment!
So, the girls put together a "Biggest Loser" blog, which I think is great, and am really excited for all of them to come together, and motivate each other, in a friendly competition. :o) I was thinking about joining their blog. Not because I'm trying to lose a bunch of weight, or really any, but because I'm not in shape. And I have fitness goals that I never really follow through with, so I thought it might be fun to have people that are doing some of the same things I am, to stay motivated and stuff. But, I decided that since I'm not actually trying to lose weight, and be The Biggest Loser, that I would just do it on my own. :o)
But, I feel a little weird, posting all my fitness stuff on this blog, and I don't want the fitness stuff to completely take over this blog, which would result in me not posting about any "every day" stuff. So, all this to simply say: I have started a fitness blog! I'm excited about it. :o) It's set to private (I'm not embarrassed about my weight or anything, I just don't want the whole world reading about it is all) so if you wanna read, then just leave me a comment with your email address, and I would be more than happy to add you to it. :o) So, just be sure to leave me your email addresses! :o)
Hope you all are having a marvelous day. :o)
Anyways, moving on. Our weekend was GREAT. We really enjoyed the conference, and learning how to communicate better, and more about each other. Not everything was perfect about the presentation (such as the segment on salvation, and "Pray this prayer, and you will be saved". The salvation message was actually pretty good, up to that point though.) but we walked away with some good information, which was the point of going. So, overall, I was happy with the conference. The people were sure nice, and really great speakers. Very motivating, and great examples of parenting. Got a lot of parenting advice that I look forward to putting into practice one of these days. :o) Other than that, it was just good for Mike and I to get away together. We definitely needed it. What a blessing and a refreshment!
So, the girls put together a "Biggest Loser" blog, which I think is great, and am really excited for all of them to come together, and motivate each other, in a friendly competition. :o) I was thinking about joining their blog. Not because I'm trying to lose a bunch of weight, or really any, but because I'm not in shape. And I have fitness goals that I never really follow through with, so I thought it might be fun to have people that are doing some of the same things I am, to stay motivated and stuff. But, I decided that since I'm not actually trying to lose weight, and be The Biggest Loser, that I would just do it on my own. :o)
But, I feel a little weird, posting all my fitness stuff on this blog, and I don't want the fitness stuff to completely take over this blog, which would result in me not posting about any "every day" stuff. So, all this to simply say: I have started a fitness blog! I'm excited about it. :o) It's set to private (I'm not embarrassed about my weight or anything, I just don't want the whole world reading about it is all) so if you wanna read, then just leave me a comment with your email address, and I would be more than happy to add you to it. :o) So, just be sure to leave me your email addresses! :o)
Hope you all are having a marvelous day. :o)
Thursday, March 19, 2009
My Weekend Starts In an Hour...
Well, I have tomorrow off, and am SO excited about that. :o)
Tonight, Mike and I are taking off, heading to Anchorage for a weekend away together. :o) We're going to attend a marriage conference called A Weekend To Remember, hosted by a Christian organization called Family Life. I have heard lots of good things about this conference. David and Eleanor (the people I babysit for) have been to two of them, one in Anchorage and one in Fairbanks, and they loved both of them, so they decided to send us to the one in Anchorage this year, and are paying for our registration. Isn't that sweet of them??? :o)
I'm really looking forward to getting away from everything here (work, day to day responsibilities, DOGS) and doing something that focuses on us and on our marriage, and learning how to improve things. I really think it's going to be great for us, and I'm looking forward to coming out of it with a better understanding of my husband and my marriage, and striving to be a better, more Godly wife. Pray that the Lord blesses us in this!
I'll get back to posting on Monday, but this is it for the weekend. Hope you all have a great one!
Tonight, Mike and I are taking off, heading to Anchorage for a weekend away together. :o) We're going to attend a marriage conference called A Weekend To Remember, hosted by a Christian organization called Family Life. I have heard lots of good things about this conference. David and Eleanor (the people I babysit for) have been to two of them, one in Anchorage and one in Fairbanks, and they loved both of them, so they decided to send us to the one in Anchorage this year, and are paying for our registration. Isn't that sweet of them??? :o)
I'm really looking forward to getting away from everything here (work, day to day responsibilities, DOGS) and doing something that focuses on us and on our marriage, and learning how to improve things. I really think it's going to be great for us, and I'm looking forward to coming out of it with a better understanding of my husband and my marriage, and striving to be a better, more Godly wife. Pray that the Lord blesses us in this!
I'll get back to posting on Monday, but this is it for the weekend. Hope you all have a great one!
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