so let's get right down to it—it's new years eve. but to me it feels like just another day. we have no plans to do anything tonight and no parties to attend. and ben and i were never into the party/drinking scene, so this holiday probably isn't as important to us as it is to other people.
and earlier this week as i was asked a few times if i was excited for new years, i'd say "no, it's just another day..." and at the risk of sounding exactly like my dad (which isn't a bad thing!) it is just another day. it's no different than yesterday or the day before. there really isn't anything super significant about this day apart from this: (and my dad's birthday—happy birthday daddy!!!)
it's another day that i'm alive!
it's another day that i get to enjoy my husband. my daughter. and my son.
it's another day that i can experience God's love, grace, and mercy.
it's another day closer to a new year, a new beginning, a chance to start fresh.
it's another day closer to Jesus's return!
so while it is, in fact, just another day, today i rejoice—for God has granted me yet one more day.
life is fleeting. it is a vapor, a breath, a blink of an eye. so not just today, but every day, take a moment to enjoy the gift of another day! that's what i'm celebrating today!
happy new year!
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Monday, December 28, 2009
not me! monday
well obviously i have NOT neglected my blog posting and reading to enjoy Christmas with my family, but now i'm back!
when i left you last, i was NOT looking forward to getting two teeth cut out. the oral surgery did NOT go great, with a little pain afterwards that has been easily remedied with advil. on Christmas Eve i did NOT slightly look like john mccain, due to swelling. and for the past three days? i have NOT had a bright yellow bruise on my cheek. but it is NOT so much better than super gluing my tooth!!
so speaking of Christmas... our plans for a lasagna dinner did NOT almost go up in flames. literally. while i was preparing said dinner, i did NOT place the box of lasagna noodles on the stove so that i could get my 9x13 pan out and i did NOT once again turn on the wrong burner, thus burning the cardboard lasagna box. and one noodle inside. i did NOT fess up and tell ben so he could lecture me before he smelled the burnt box and lecture me anyway. he did NOT come up with the brilliant idea to take all burners except one out of the stove. sounds good to me—what a great excuse not to cook!
the highlight of our Christmas with ben's family was NOT a "blush brush" that my 12 year old niece got in her stocking. i will NOT let the pictures tell the rest of the story...
yesterday it was warm enough that samantha got to go out and play in the snow. so i got her snow pants out only to realize that they were NOT a size 4T. surprisingly she fit into them. however, they did NOT come about halfway up her shins. so i did NOT lengthen the shoulder straps with ribbon and safety pins and then pull the legs down so that she could still wear them!one of samantha's Christmas presents was a girl's day out with only mom which included dinner and getting her ears pierced. so i took her tonight to get it done, and all the way there she was talking about how excited she was, but also how nervous she was at the same time. and then she did NOT say to me in her teenager voice, "mom? i don't want a big audience there when i get my ears pierced, but i just wish dad and ryan could be there because they like just support me sooooo much and i just wish i could have a little more support there with me." i did NOT try so hard to keep from bursting out in laughter. and thankfully i did NOT succeed!
she did NOT do great and i was NOT extremely proud of her bravery. oh, and she did NOT age about 10 years. because on the way home, she was NOT constantly talking about when she'll get her driver's license and how she just wishes she could drive right now. oh boy...
before—could she be any more excited?!
after—my brave girl!
happy monday!
Friday, December 18, 2009
all i want for Christmas is my two teeth pulled
alternately titled get ready for excessive parenthesis and italics!
about a month ago i posted that i broke my tooth and had super glued it back into place.
big mistake. nope, not super gluing my tooth, blogging about it and facing y'all's (pronounced yuh-allziz) lectures about how super glue is toxic and bad for me.
well i totally appreciate your concern, but i went against all advice and kept right on super gluing my tooth! you see, this is something that i HAD to do. (stay with me here, i'll get to my point sooner or later.) almost 3 years ago i had a root canal
on my molar. i didn't get a crown at the time, since i didn't have insurance or the $600 to pay for it. about a year after i had this done, a quarter of my tooth chipped off (that's the black part in the picture—yes, i made a visual aid!). and then, four weeks ago, i felt my tooth crack as i was eating. after surveying the damage, the whole side of my tooth cracked all the way down below my gums (the black line in the picture).
the whole cracked part would pull away from my filling, but wouldn't come out. (not that i wanted to pull it out—ouch!) so when i'd eat and bite down, if the cracked part of my tooth was in any way out of place, it would hurt and my gums underneath the tooth would get swollen. so i've been pulling the cracked part out from the rest of the tooth with my handy dentist pic (and with my headlight on, of course), squirt super glue down in the crevice, and temporarily attach my tooth to the filling.
this past monday i was finally going to go get my tooth pulled. but after x-raying my tooth, the dentist said he wouldn't be able to pull it because it was cracked below the gumline. so i get to have it surgically removed. yipee. (sarcasm totally intended.) and guess what? my wisdom tooth* is growing in sideways(totally horizontal), pushing against my back molar. wisdom schmisdom. so i'll have to have that surgically removed also so that it doesn't damage my other molar.
*that's right. my wisdom teeth still haven't come in yet. i'll save you all the that's why she's so dumb jokes and say this: yes, that's probably why i'm not smart enough to stop toxifying my body with super glue.
so how does this all play into Christmas? (yes, i'm finally getting to my point.) well, i'm having my oral surgery on wednesday, december 23rd.
yes, you heard me right. two days before Christmas i'm having my teeth cut out! there goes our perfect Christmas... i have memories of my sisters laying on the couch, not being able to eat anything, and basically being zombie-ish after they had their wisdom teeth removed. so now i have visions of me being the same way. ben will probably have to fix peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for Christmas lunch, i'll be on the couch drooling, and in a moment of consciousness, i'll wish my family a meh-ee chis-us.
ok, really i think i'll be fine. i'm (hopefully) gonna have our dinners pre-made and all our other Christmas preparations done ahead of time. so i'm thinking Christmas movies for two days straight! and the one good thing about this? maybe i won't eat as many Christmas cookies and candy this year!
oh who am i kidding? i'll just load up on ice cream instead!
and, in the spirit of still being able to pronounce my R's, Merry (early) Christmas!
about a month ago i posted that i broke my tooth and had super glued it back into place.
big mistake. nope, not super gluing my tooth, blogging about it and facing y'all's (pronounced yuh-allziz) lectures about how super glue is toxic and bad for me.
well i totally appreciate your concern, but i went against all advice and kept right on super gluing my tooth! you see, this is something that i HAD to do. (stay with me here, i'll get to my point sooner or later.) almost 3 years ago i had a root canal
on my molar. i didn't get a crown at the time, since i didn't have insurance or the $600 to pay for it. about a year after i had this done, a quarter of my tooth chipped off (that's the black part in the picture—yes, i made a visual aid!). and then, four weeks ago, i felt my tooth crack as i was eating. after surveying the damage, the whole side of my tooth cracked all the way down below my gums (the black line in the picture).the whole cracked part would pull away from my filling, but wouldn't come out. (not that i wanted to pull it out—ouch!) so when i'd eat and bite down, if the cracked part of my tooth was in any way out of place, it would hurt and my gums underneath the tooth would get swollen. so i've been pulling the cracked part out from the rest of the tooth with my handy dentist pic (and with my headlight on, of course), squirt super glue down in the crevice, and temporarily attach my tooth to the filling.
this past monday i was finally going to go get my tooth pulled. but after x-raying my tooth, the dentist said he wouldn't be able to pull it because it was cracked below the gumline. so i get to have it surgically removed. yipee. (sarcasm totally intended.) and guess what? my wisdom tooth* is growing in sideways(totally horizontal), pushing against my back molar. wisdom schmisdom. so i'll have to have that surgically removed also so that it doesn't damage my other molar.
*that's right. my wisdom teeth still haven't come in yet. i'll save you all the that's why she's so dumb jokes and say this: yes, that's probably why i'm not smart enough to stop toxifying my body with super glue.
so how does this all play into Christmas? (yes, i'm finally getting to my point.) well, i'm having my oral surgery on wednesday, december 23rd.
yes, you heard me right. two days before Christmas i'm having my teeth cut out! there goes our perfect Christmas... i have memories of my sisters laying on the couch, not being able to eat anything, and basically being zombie-ish after they had their wisdom teeth removed. so now i have visions of me being the same way. ben will probably have to fix peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for Christmas lunch, i'll be on the couch drooling, and in a moment of consciousness, i'll wish my family a meh-ee chis-us.
ok, really i think i'll be fine. i'm (hopefully) gonna have our dinners pre-made and all our other Christmas preparations done ahead of time. so i'm thinking Christmas movies for two days straight! and the one good thing about this? maybe i won't eat as many Christmas cookies and candy this year!
oh who am i kidding? i'll just load up on ice cream instead!
and, in the spirit of still being able to pronounce my R's, Merry (early) Christmas!
Monday, December 14, 2009
not me! monday
it's monday... happy not me!
this week i have NOT abstained from peeking in my Christmas present(s). i do NOT want to peek so badly. and i just might NOT peek before Christmas gets here. but in other news, ben and my MIL were conspiring on the phone and searching the internet for something for me. and when they couldn't find it, i did NOT hear them say that they'd have to wait until next year. ahh! this past week has been hard enough not knowing what my presents were. how could i wait a whole year?! but last night? i figured out what it was!! i was looking for something on ebay and halfway down the page it had pictures of items recently looked at. aha!! when i asked ben about it he did NOT deny it and pretend he didn't know what i was talking about. after much interrogation he finally admitted it. ahh... sweet victory. and now i don't have to be in suspense for a year!
so if you thought the phlegm flying onto my leg was gross last week, stop reading. (don't say i didn't warn you.) as the week progressed, so did my cold. my head was so stuffy and my nose was so plugged, that one morning in the shower i did NOT blow my nose into my bare hands. nope. i definitely did NOT do that. instead i decided that not being able to breathe was better than doing something that nasty. only a man would blow green gobs of mucus into their hands, right?!
i did NOT rinse and repeat the next day. (read: i blew my nose into my hands the next morning too.)
i did NOT finish designing our Christmas cards/pictures online last week, but have yet to order them. the way i'm going, i am NOT thinking that they might end up being new year's cards...
happy monday!!
this week i have NOT abstained from peeking in my Christmas present(s). i do NOT want to peek so badly. and i just might NOT peek before Christmas gets here. but in other news, ben and my MIL were conspiring on the phone and searching the internet for something for me. and when they couldn't find it, i did NOT hear them say that they'd have to wait until next year. ahh! this past week has been hard enough not knowing what my presents were. how could i wait a whole year?! but last night? i figured out what it was!! i was looking for something on ebay and halfway down the page it had pictures of items recently looked at. aha!! when i asked ben about it he did NOT deny it and pretend he didn't know what i was talking about. after much interrogation he finally admitted it. ahh... sweet victory. and now i don't have to be in suspense for a year!
so if you thought the phlegm flying onto my leg was gross last week, stop reading. (don't say i didn't warn you.) as the week progressed, so did my cold. my head was so stuffy and my nose was so plugged, that one morning in the shower i did NOT blow my nose into my bare hands. nope. i definitely did NOT do that. instead i decided that not being able to breathe was better than doing something that nasty. only a man would blow green gobs of mucus into their hands, right?!
i did NOT rinse and repeat the next day. (read: i blew my nose into my hands the next morning too.)
i did NOT finish designing our Christmas cards/pictures online last week, but have yet to order them. the way i'm going, i am NOT thinking that they might end up being new year's cards...
happy monday!!
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
it
all day it's been staring at me.
just me and it—whatever it is...
all alone with a pretty package and no one around.
temptation has taken hold of me.
i want want want want want to open it!!
but there's no peeking, because under a layer of pretty Christmas paper, it is hidden in a padded envelope, or so i've been told.
oh the tease that my husband wrapped it and left it out in plain sight.
argh!
how many more days do i have to wait?!
Monday, December 7, 2009
not me! monday
ben was NOT home wednesday through today due to lack of work. and in our attempt to get some things done around the house, we did NOT get side-tracked by the mess of wires behind our TV. we did NOT spend one afternoon disconnecting, labeling, re-routing, and reconnecting cords and wires. i can NOT honestly say that the back of our TV is the only organized space in the house.
samantha did NOT have the whole week off school last week. this vacation was NOT unplanned and spontaneous. i am NOT counting wii games (she has to read), farmville (science), and shopping (social studies, math) as her school for last week, simply because that's about all she did!!
last week we did NOT get the tree up, 95% of the presents bought, gifts wrapped and placed under the tree. this is NOT the earliest we've ever had this done so we are NOT way ahead of schedule this year. now i will NOT be able to spend all my free non-stressful time cleaning the house....
this morning i did NOT go and soak in the tub after i told ben i was gonna jump in the shower quick. and i did NOT put my head under the water so i would not hear the kids and feel guilty for relaxing. and then i did NOT decide to shave my legs since i'm starting to look a bit manly. i did NOT have to pick globs of hair out of the razor a few times and i did NOT have to use more than one razor to thoroughly complete the job.
and just because i like to give y'all too much information and gross you out, while in the bathtub i did NOT have a coughing fit (remember we're all sick here) and a big glob of phlegm did NOT go flying somewhere out of my mouth. a couple minutes later i did NOT finally find it on my leg...
there ya go! what have you NOT been doing lately? join in on the fun or visit mckmama for some more not me! monday therapy!
Sunday, December 6, 2009
i'd rather talk than breathe
our household has been stricken with colds this week.
and there are two phases that always come with my colds. the sore throat, and the stuffy head/nose.
i could never figure out which was worse—the burning throat that hurts so bad every time you swallowed it feels like a baseball is going down your throat, or the stuffy nose and head that feels like it's gonna explode every time you breathe.
but this week when my throat hurt so bad i could barely talk, i realized that i would much rather be able to talk than breathe!
and i'm sure my family would rather have it that way too... right, family?
and there are two phases that always come with my colds. the sore throat, and the stuffy head/nose.
i could never figure out which was worse—the burning throat that hurts so bad every time you swallowed it feels like a baseball is going down your throat, or the stuffy nose and head that feels like it's gonna explode every time you breathe.but this week when my throat hurt so bad i could barely talk, i realized that i would much rather be able to talk than breathe!
and i'm sure my family would rather have it that way too... right, family?
right??!?!
ahem.
ahem.
what's your most annoying sickness symptom?!
picture from google images.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
brace yourself
this couldn't come soon enough. especially after ryan's tripping incident.
today we went and picked up his brace for his foot. and call me old fashioned, but for some reason i always thought it would look something like this:
ahem.
about a month ago ryan got fitted for a brace. it was quite an interesting process: first the lady put a double sock and a yellow train track on his foot and leg, then they wrapped some kind of tape around his leg that would harden. after it set for a couple minutes, she used her train scissors, and cut along the train track. then she cut one of the socks off and removed the mold of his foot!
pretty darn cool if you ask me. then we got to pick out what color we'd like and what ribbon we wanted. of course we had to choose the sport one!
so today we went to try it on and try it out! ryan did great with it on. it didn't even seem to bother him. it's designed to keep his leg straight and centered, and keep his toes up. and it's already working—he played around with a ball and was running and didn't even trip once!! the therapist was impressed!
so today he'll wear it for 2 hours. tomorrow, 3 hours, and the following day, 4 hours. if he doesn't have problems (redness around the foot that doesn't go away after 30 minutes) then he'll wear it as much as possible every day. he'll be able wear it around the house with socks and outside with shoes.
the shoe that the brace goes in needs to be a size bigger, so my plans were to go shoe shopping with him today. but coincidentally, i happened to buy two pairs of the same shoes in different sizes over a year ago. and they worked perfectly! thankyouJesus i just saved $35-$40!
so brace yourself, world. pretty soon this little man will be unstoppable and untripable!!
today we went and picked up his brace for his foot. and call me old fashioned, but for some reason i always thought it would look something like this:
image from yourprops.com
ahem.
about a month ago ryan got fitted for a brace. it was quite an interesting process: first the lady put a double sock and a yellow train track on his foot and leg, then they wrapped some kind of tape around his leg that would harden. after it set for a couple minutes, she used her train scissors, and cut along the train track. then she cut one of the socks off and removed the mold of his foot!
pretty darn cool if you ask me. then we got to pick out what color we'd like and what ribbon we wanted. of course we had to choose the sport one!
so today we went to try it on and try it out! ryan did great with it on. it didn't even seem to bother him. it's designed to keep his leg straight and centered, and keep his toes up. and it's already working—he played around with a ball and was running and didn't even trip once!! the therapist was impressed!
so today he'll wear it for 2 hours. tomorrow, 3 hours, and the following day, 4 hours. if he doesn't have problems (redness around the foot that doesn't go away after 30 minutes) then he'll wear it as much as possible every day. he'll be able wear it around the house with socks and outside with shoes.
the shoe that the brace goes in needs to be a size bigger, so my plans were to go shoe shopping with him today. but coincidentally, i happened to buy two pairs of the same shoes in different sizes over a year ago. and they worked perfectly! thankyouJesus i just saved $35-$40!
wrong foot, ryry!
so brace yourself, world. pretty soon this little man will be unstoppable and untripable!!
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