Random January Musings

A while back it was freeeezing cold, much like it is today, and the fountain in front of Chesapeake Properties in town was frozen! I thought it looked neat and snapped a pic. No biggie.

The month has been jam-packed of various happenings, but seems like its gone by so fast. I cant beleive its almost over already. Caleb had a urology appointment at CHKD and could be facing some serious issues that require major surgery to fix. He has to have two tests - a mag 3 lasix scan and a VCUG - to determine the problem. Sigh. Ethan has been through both of these test numerous times and they arent fun or easy. At least the poor little love will be sedated for them and we'll get them done on the same day instead of different days, hopefully that will save a small amount of stress.

Ella had to go to CHKD as well, to visit Cardiology. Thankfully, her EKG was perfectly normal and there is now issue there. The "case" is closed and there is no need to return. YAY.

I had my normal once a month Oncology visit and had great bloodwork numbers. Possibly, the best Ive ever had. I also had my pet/ct scan and was blessed with GREAT results!! Nothing new, all nodes are stable or smaller! Fantastic news! Also, my nodes didnt "glow" as brightly as they did in the last scan, and thats also great news - it means even less activity in them.

Caleb also had a well baby check, which was also fine.

The rest of my time is spent getting the kids to and from school, Hannah to and from all of her chuch activities, maintaining our home, keeping up with laundry, cooking from scratch, trying to keep everyone healthy, making time for my classes at school AND at home, being attentive to my husband, saving us money, making the best life possible for us, praying, praying, praying, AND trying to keep from losing my sanity - shwoo... thats hard sometimes!

Also, today we've gotten a TON of snow!! We probably have 9 or 10 inches. We made some snow cream today, but my camera battery crapped out so I have no pictures of the snow OR the snow cream! Perhaps I can figure out my new phone and take some with that :)

Until next time... ♥

Out with the Old, in with the NEW!

Happy New Year to one and all!

Ive been negligent in my blogging for the last 6 or so weeks because the Holidays are so extremely busy for me!

December was nice. We got our house repaired - FOR FREE! What a huge blessing. I had some money stuck aside to pay the person who was going to repair ir for us - a man who is actually homeless, and a friend of my Dad's and an ACE carpentar - BUT, the morning he was supposed to come, the boat he had been living on sank and he had to help get it up. The next morning he was coming over, and fell and broke his leg! Bless his heart. We needed it repaired immediately, so B's cousin came over, and they did it together. He wouldnt accept the money!

I also, somehow, got an *A* on my math final -bahaha! I have never, ever gotten an A on a math test in my life. I passed the class with a C and thats all I was hoping for! I honestly think my math teacher padded my grade a bit, but hey! I aint complainin'!

Savannah performed in her very first Nutcracker ballet this year. She was so stinkin' adorable!

Striking a pose



Her bouquet of beautiful yellow roses for a job well done!



A few days before Christmas, the whole bunch of us were in Walmart. A lady walked up to me and asked me if this was my family, so I said yes. She said "Merry CHristmas", shoved something into my hand a disappeared into the crowd. It was a card, and I opened it... inside was a $50 dollar bill! WHAT!? Another blessing! It read "from Santa". Knowing we were put in that location at that exact time for a reason, I immediately paid it forward and bought the homeless man I mentioned above, some warm weather gear.

Christmas was great! Not a big as years past, but somehow we managed to pull it off. There were some times when I wasnt so sure.



Savannah had a birthday on December 29th - her 6th! SHe wanted a yellow bunny cake and I tried.... haha, this was the best I could do!

She loved it!

The kids collected random gift cards and money for Christmas... Hannah had been a diligent little researcher and found the type of hamster she wanted, the equipment she wanted and where to get the best price! So, just days after Christmas, we headed out for the kids to do their thang, and Hannah bought "Rhino".


Cute little bugger! He's a "robo" dwarf hamster :)

I made my first ever lemon meringue pie... turned out AWESOME and got rave reviews! Looked purdy sweet too!


That was a few highlights of our December! We hope that 2010 is filled with lots of love, happiness, and good health for all of us! And of course, lots to blog about *wink*