Wednesday, September 30, 2009
HACKED
Sometimes in life things can happen to make you feel so vulnerable! A couple of weeks ago I began to notice a few changes on my computer that I couldn't explain! I couldn't even go online without the spyware and virus protection going nuts! Experts were called in an it was determined that someone was trying to hack my computer which was causing problems. AARRGGHH! Now we have put even more protection in place to be sure this doesn't occur again in the near future. I am sure that at some point something like this will probably happen again, but until then I AM BACK!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Florida Vacation 2009
I guess you could say that we are just "BEACH BUMS!!!!!" If you ask my kids where they would like to go in the whole world it would be Florida and the beach! I think they enjoy it even more than Disney. So this year we packed our bags once more and headed out to the beach. We had a wonderful time just being together as a family without an agenda.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Remembering 9/11
I have often heard my grandmother talk about where she was when certain events happened. She can remember where she was and what she was doing when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, President Kennedy was killed, etc. As a kid growing up I often wondered what it felt like to remember something so vividly that you could remember feelings, thoughts, people, sounds, smells, and places when it happened. On 9/11, I became familiar with just such feelings!
I was in bed when the 1st plane hit! We had only been back from visiting my brother and his family in Alaska for a few days and we were not yet adjusted to the time difference. Dad was working off somewhere and Mom called me. When I picked up she said, "Something terrible has happened!" While we were talking the second plane hit! I remember her saying in stunned disbelief that another one has struck the second tower! We talked for a few more minutes and as we hung up Mom told me very seriously, "Whatever happens, I love you!" Immediately a very sickening feeling hit me! This was real!! I immediately called my brother who is 3 hours behind us and woke him up with the news. We talked and discussed what could be happening and ended the conversation with, "Whatever happens, I love you!" I switched on the radio and the voices of stunned commentators came across the airwaves describing every detail. The rest of the day was spent glued to the radio or TV. I tried not to let my kids see the horrid pictures, because the two oldest were only 3 and 1 at the time.
For the next few days, the feelings of horror, fear, helplessness, pride, disgust, sadness, pain, and shock overwhelmed us! I would hear 18 wheelers on the interstate at night and sit up in fear! I was proud of the way our President and Leaders handled the enormous task of trying put the country back together. But more than the leaders, I was so proud of the American people who stood up and faced the tragedy with a spirit of patriotism! Ordinary people that put aside themselves and did what they could to help!
I will never forget those first few moments, the feelings, the tears, the puzzled looks on my kids faces as to why every one was crying, and the time that we took to tell even perfect strangers how much we cared! Now I truly understand how my Grandmother has felt all these years! I WILL NEVER FORGET!!!!!!
I was in bed when the 1st plane hit! We had only been back from visiting my brother and his family in Alaska for a few days and we were not yet adjusted to the time difference. Dad was working off somewhere and Mom called me. When I picked up she said, "Something terrible has happened!" While we were talking the second plane hit! I remember her saying in stunned disbelief that another one has struck the second tower! We talked for a few more minutes and as we hung up Mom told me very seriously, "Whatever happens, I love you!" Immediately a very sickening feeling hit me! This was real!! I immediately called my brother who is 3 hours behind us and woke him up with the news. We talked and discussed what could be happening and ended the conversation with, "Whatever happens, I love you!" I switched on the radio and the voices of stunned commentators came across the airwaves describing every detail. The rest of the day was spent glued to the radio or TV. I tried not to let my kids see the horrid pictures, because the two oldest were only 3 and 1 at the time.
For the next few days, the feelings of horror, fear, helplessness, pride, disgust, sadness, pain, and shock overwhelmed us! I would hear 18 wheelers on the interstate at night and sit up in fear! I was proud of the way our President and Leaders handled the enormous task of trying put the country back together. But more than the leaders, I was so proud of the American people who stood up and faced the tragedy with a spirit of patriotism! Ordinary people that put aside themselves and did what they could to help!
I will never forget those first few moments, the feelings, the tears, the puzzled looks on my kids faces as to why every one was crying, and the time that we took to tell even perfect strangers how much we cared! Now I truly understand how my Grandmother has felt all these years! I WILL NEVER FORGET!!!!!!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
New Talent Discovered
He climbed up there all by himself!
The other kids said he has been doing this for sometime now!
Oh really?
Gave me quite a start!!!!
Wonder if this will be a needed talent one day?
Maybe he could tryout for the next Spider Man movie!
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Scary Nut Saga Continues
I took Ricky to the doctor yesterday and he has referred us on to an allergist on the 23rd! He also prescribed us an epipen pack to taken with us every where we go! Now I am trying to figure out what he can eat! I didn't realize how much stuff contains or is processed around nuts! Well, from what I have found so far, Ricky and I can't eat the same things! This is a blessing!
What I have learned so far:
What I have learned so far:
- Read all labels.
- Large name brands are better at posting allergens in their products.
- Cross contamination is probably the most dangerous. You will not know that they are there until you eat the food.
- Some of the strangest foods are processed on machines used to process nuts.
- Domino's Pizza is nut free according to their site. May call to make sure!
- Restaurants will be the hardest thing to try to figure out! Back to the unknown cross contamination!
I am sure this list will grow drastically in the next few weeks as we try to navigate our way through this new adventure that life has handed our way!
Monday, September 7, 2009
Scary Brazil Nuts
I have often heard that parenting is not for the faint of heart! With four sweethearts doing everything with in their power they possibly can to scare me to death, I would have to agree!!!!!! This weekend, though not Ricky's fault, the probability of me being scared out of my mind was a reality!
Around 2:30 PM Ricky discovered some Brazil nuts at my mom's house. He has never eaten a Brazil nut, as far as we know! He asks to try them and they proceed to crack and enjoy the oily nut! Within 5 seconds of putting a piece in his mouth he began to have an allergic reaction! My mom called me at my Grandmother's house and said I should come there now! When I got there he was in the bathroom, struggling to breath while throwing up! He looked like he had been severely sun burned, he was so red! His face and eyes were so swollen that around he mouth was white. He kept saying over and over, while gasping, that he was dying! My Dad said he needed to go to the hospital now! I didn't hesitate and started gathering my purse, keys, and him for a trip to the hospital! Mom and dad live in the country, so many times it is faster for you to drive the 15 minutes to the hospital than for you to wait for the ambulance to find you! Dad is a retired state trooper and that does help with local police departments. I let dad drive while I took care of Ricky! Trust me, his state trooper training kicked in and we got to the hospital in record time! We did call the police department and they wanted to send us and escort, but we were at the hospital before they could get one in place! While on the way, I called the our church family and they began praying!!! When we arrived at the hospital he was showing signs of being confused with simple instructions. They immediately put us in a room and stuck him with an epi pen and started pushing a couple of other meds in him. Within minutes his breathing and confusion became better and with in two hours the swelling was gone. After Ricky was feeling better, the doctor on call told me that we did the right thing by getting him there as soon as we did, because he would have been in trouble if we had waited! They released him later that evening with a stern warning about eating anything with nuts in it and to see an allergist this week! So, tomorrow we are off to the doctors!!!!!
Ricky has been woozy all day today and a little down about the food situation! That is to be expected, I guess!
After being home and reading about nut allergies, I am just so thankful Ricky is ok! It could have been so much worse!!!! I am thankful for a praying church and professionals that are there when you need them! I am a very blessed mom tonight to have my son with me!
Toby was in Guatemala this weekend on humanitarian projects and missed all the excitement. He will be home tonight and I am sure he will be wanting to hold his oldest son just a little tighter!
Around 2:30 PM Ricky discovered some Brazil nuts at my mom's house. He has never eaten a Brazil nut, as far as we know! He asks to try them and they proceed to crack and enjoy the oily nut! Within 5 seconds of putting a piece in his mouth he began to have an allergic reaction! My mom called me at my Grandmother's house and said I should come there now! When I got there he was in the bathroom, struggling to breath while throwing up! He looked like he had been severely sun burned, he was so red! His face and eyes were so swollen that around he mouth was white. He kept saying over and over, while gasping, that he was dying! My Dad said he needed to go to the hospital now! I didn't hesitate and started gathering my purse, keys, and him for a trip to the hospital! Mom and dad live in the country, so many times it is faster for you to drive the 15 minutes to the hospital than for you to wait for the ambulance to find you! Dad is a retired state trooper and that does help with local police departments. I let dad drive while I took care of Ricky! Trust me, his state trooper training kicked in and we got to the hospital in record time! We did call the police department and they wanted to send us and escort, but we were at the hospital before they could get one in place! While on the way, I called the our church family and they began praying!!! When we arrived at the hospital he was showing signs of being confused with simple instructions. They immediately put us in a room and stuck him with an epi pen and started pushing a couple of other meds in him. Within minutes his breathing and confusion became better and with in two hours the swelling was gone. After Ricky was feeling better, the doctor on call told me that we did the right thing by getting him there as soon as we did, because he would have been in trouble if we had waited! They released him later that evening with a stern warning about eating anything with nuts in it and to see an allergist this week! So, tomorrow we are off to the doctors!!!!!
Ricky has been woozy all day today and a little down about the food situation! That is to be expected, I guess!
After being home and reading about nut allergies, I am just so thankful Ricky is ok! It could have been so much worse!!!! I am thankful for a praying church and professionals that are there when you need them! I am a very blessed mom tonight to have my son with me!
Toby was in Guatemala this weekend on humanitarian projects and missed all the excitement. He will be home tonight and I am sure he will be wanting to hold his oldest son just a little tighter!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
We Use What in Our Hair?
Today I probably had the most interesting conversation with Kensli yet! I was busy in the bathroom getting ready to go the library for story hour when Kensli comes barging in the door! After a slamming the door and causing me to jump, she climbs up on the toilet, opens the doors to the cabinet, and announces that it is a mess worthy of only her organizational skills. After puttering around in the cabinet while talking non-stop and getting everything just so, she turns and surveys the tub area.
Kensli: "I need all those bottles to put in here."
Me: "Why?"
Kensli: "Because I'm organizing!"
Me: "Oh, OK."
Kensli: "I want the coconut monkey shampoo first!" Obediently I hand her the one with the coconut and monkey on the front. (Hey, who am I to stand in the way of a girl and her organizing!)
Kensli: "Now hand me the bird poop shampoo."
Me: "THE WHAT?"
Kensli: "The bird poop shampoo!"
Me: "Why are you calling it by that name?"
Kensli: "You know! It is made by birds pooping in the bottle!"
Me: "No, I didn't know that was how it was made!"
Kensli: "Well, there is a factory where these birds live and they poop in the bottles and that is how it is made!"
Me: "And how did you figure this out?"
Kensli: "Sissy told me! Now doesn't this look so much better in here?" She then gets down and leaves the room singing loudly her version of some song!
Curious, I track down her sister and inquire what she has been telling Kensli and why!!!!! She tells me that when she had to help Kensli shower and wash her hair the other night, Kensli would not cooperate! She tried everything and finally told her about the bird poop! Kensli was all excited to wash her hair with bird poop!
Oh dear, now I know why I may be having trouble fixing my hair lately! I'm not sure Bird Poop Shampoo is good on blond hair!!!!!!
Kensli: "I need all those bottles to put in here."
Me: "Why?"
Kensli: "Because I'm organizing!"
Me: "Oh, OK."
Kensli: "I want the coconut monkey shampoo first!" Obediently I hand her the one with the coconut and monkey on the front. (Hey, who am I to stand in the way of a girl and her organizing!)
Kensli: "Now hand me the bird poop shampoo."
Me: "THE WHAT?"
Kensli: "The bird poop shampoo!"
Me: "Why are you calling it by that name?"
Kensli: "You know! It is made by birds pooping in the bottle!"
Me: "No, I didn't know that was how it was made!"
Kensli: "Well, there is a factory where these birds live and they poop in the bottles and that is how it is made!"
Me: "And how did you figure this out?"
Kensli: "Sissy told me! Now doesn't this look so much better in here?" She then gets down and leaves the room singing loudly her version of some song!
Curious, I track down her sister and inquire what she has been telling Kensli and why!!!!! She tells me that when she had to help Kensli shower and wash her hair the other night, Kensli would not cooperate! She tried everything and finally told her about the bird poop! Kensli was all excited to wash her hair with bird poop!
Oh dear, now I know why I may be having trouble fixing my hair lately! I'm not sure Bird Poop Shampoo is good on blond hair!!!!!!
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