Saturday, April 28, 2012
Spring Concert
Tucker had his first concert this week and had to wear a tie for the first time! I may be slightly biased but I think he looks very handsome! lol
They do concerts differently than they did "back in my my day"; the kids all do solos, duets, or in Tucker's case, a trio with his buddy Robbie and Byrce. In 5th grade, they will all play together as a "band". They all did such a great job and we are so proud of our trumpet player!
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
My Precious Baby Boy...
I can't believe that this precious little baby has grown into a 10 year old boy who is more precious to me than I could have ever imagined. He is my goofy, crazy MonkeyBoy and I can't imagine loving him more if I wanted to!
Monday, April 2, 2012
Tucker's birthday party
The calm before the storm...We celebrated Tucker's 10th birthday with an all-boy sleepover! His friends Andrew, Aaron, and Mason came and seemed to have a lot of fun! they started with a balloon stomp and then played the above games for tickets which they cashed in for prizes. then it was on to the cake and presents followed by an all-out )outdoor) Nerf gun fight!
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Random Thought-Daybook Style
Peace and quiet...what I'm enjoying while Tucker is at baseball practice. Michael is helping to coach again this year so I just meet him at the school by 5 and then I get 2 1/2 hours of glorious time to myself! Crazy isn't it?
Frustrated...by my recent bloodwork which showed that my potassium is again lower than the doctor feels comfortable with so they encouraged me to eat potassium-rich foods; I'm already eating a banana and an orange everyday. I see my doctor on Thursday so I'm hoping he'll take me off the blood pressure med that seems to be causing this! He'll also go over the EEG results with me, too.
Planning...Tucker's birthday sleepover party for next weekend. We got the games we ordered from Oriental Trading ( a roulette-type one and a plinko one) and I will also do a game with balloons that they stomp on and they get the prize that's inside (I'm not sure if that makes sense or not but I don't feel like fixing it!)
Just finished...reading two good books: the first, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, took me a little bit to get into but is basically about a young boy who's grandfather tells him stories about these kids who can do strange things. The boy thinks they are only made up but then finds out they are real. I liked the old pictures in the book, too. The second was Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult. This one was about a man who gets into a car accident with his daughter and delves into the question of when is life over, when do you take someone off life-support, if ever? All really interesting issues to ponder.
Now I'm reading...Holes by Louis Sachar and listening to Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner. Tucker is reading Holes with his class and really likes it so he recommended I read it. I'll probably finish it tonight. Then Came You is about 3 women who play a part in a surrogate pregnancy (the egg donor, the surrogate, and the new mom (for lack of a better term) ). I'm not far into it yet but it seems pretty good so far. Tucker and I are reading The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg and really enjoying it.
I'm watching...I missed the premiere of Dancing with the Stars because the UConn women were playing but I will be watching that. Also watching Amazing Race and Survivor of course. Totally addicted to The Big Bang Theory re-runs as well as watching Wonder Years on Netflix.
We are busy...running to sports practices and games! Tucker has baseball practices Tues and Thurs nights and although he doesn't have a soccer game this week, he had two last week and will have two next week! We're also going to my cousin's house on Sunday to celebrate her twins 3rd birthdays!
The dishes...are calling my name and I should get them into the dishwasher before Michael and Tucker get home and think all I did for 2 hours was read blogs and go on Facebook ;) You won't tell, will you?!? lol
Frustrated...by my recent bloodwork which showed that my potassium is again lower than the doctor feels comfortable with so they encouraged me to eat potassium-rich foods; I'm already eating a banana and an orange everyday. I see my doctor on Thursday so I'm hoping he'll take me off the blood pressure med that seems to be causing this! He'll also go over the EEG results with me, too.
Planning...Tucker's birthday sleepover party for next weekend. We got the games we ordered from Oriental Trading ( a roulette-type one and a plinko one) and I will also do a game with balloons that they stomp on and they get the prize that's inside (I'm not sure if that makes sense or not but I don't feel like fixing it!)
Just finished...reading two good books: the first, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, took me a little bit to get into but is basically about a young boy who's grandfather tells him stories about these kids who can do strange things. The boy thinks they are only made up but then finds out they are real. I liked the old pictures in the book, too. The second was Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult. This one was about a man who gets into a car accident with his daughter and delves into the question of when is life over, when do you take someone off life-support, if ever? All really interesting issues to ponder.
Now I'm reading...Holes by Louis Sachar and listening to Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner. Tucker is reading Holes with his class and really likes it so he recommended I read it. I'll probably finish it tonight. Then Came You is about 3 women who play a part in a surrogate pregnancy (the egg donor, the surrogate, and the new mom (for lack of a better term) ). I'm not far into it yet but it seems pretty good so far. Tucker and I are reading The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg and really enjoying it.
I'm watching...I missed the premiere of Dancing with the Stars because the UConn women were playing but I will be watching that. Also watching Amazing Race and Survivor of course. Totally addicted to The Big Bang Theory re-runs as well as watching Wonder Years on Netflix.
We are busy...running to sports practices and games! Tucker has baseball practices Tues and Thurs nights and although he doesn't have a soccer game this week, he had two last week and will have two next week! We're also going to my cousin's house on Sunday to celebrate her twins 3rd birthdays!
The dishes...are calling my name and I should get them into the dishwasher before Michael and Tucker get home and think all I did for 2 hours was read blogs and go on Facebook ;) You won't tell, will you?!? lol
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Staying Up Late
-I finally got into the neurologist this past week and he ordered a sleep-deprived EEG for tomorrow morning. Which means I can only get 3-4 hours of sleep tonight. I had originally planned on staying up until 2 but knew I would never make it. So I'm staying up until midnight and then getting up at 4 (the test is at 7:30). It's 10:30 now so I'm getting there. For someone who normally in in bed by 9:30, this is hard!!!!
-The neurologist turned out to be a really great guy. He thinks the issues I had were probably caused by a migraine (which I have had for almost 20 years) and that I may need to go on a preventative med. right now I'm watching The Wonder Years on Netflix and it's the one where Kevin;s grandfather gives him a puppy and they're playing "to every season, turn turn turn, etc" and it reminds me of my friend Michelle from high school because she thought it was only in the Time magazine commercial and not a real song. Yes it's the weird things I remember.
-For example, I figured out a resident of mine was the great-aunt of a friend of mine from high school because I knew his middle name was Manning. And he wasn't a particularly close friend but for some reason I remembered that. Strange things, I know.
-Tucker will be 10 on April 3rd which seems crazy to me! We're planning to have a sleepover with 7 boys which will be crazy I know. We're going with a carnival theme with games, tickets, and prizes. we've recruited our niece Cassandra to referee, I mean, help. I just ordered some games from Oriental Trading and am figuring out the logistics of the prizes, etc. It should be fun and it will be here before we know it!
-Well time to switch the laundry into the dryer (I can be productive while I'm staying up!)!
-The neurologist turned out to be a really great guy. He thinks the issues I had were probably caused by a migraine (which I have had for almost 20 years) and that I may need to go on a preventative med. right now I'm watching The Wonder Years on Netflix and it's the one where Kevin;s grandfather gives him a puppy and they're playing "to every season, turn turn turn, etc" and it reminds me of my friend Michelle from high school because she thought it was only in the Time magazine commercial and not a real song. Yes it's the weird things I remember.
-For example, I figured out a resident of mine was the great-aunt of a friend of mine from high school because I knew his middle name was Manning. And he wasn't a particularly close friend but for some reason I remembered that. Strange things, I know.
-Tucker will be 10 on April 3rd which seems crazy to me! We're planning to have a sleepover with 7 boys which will be crazy I know. We're going with a carnival theme with games, tickets, and prizes. we've recruited our niece Cassandra to referee, I mean, help. I just ordered some games from Oriental Trading and am figuring out the logistics of the prizes, etc. It should be fun and it will be here before we know it!
-Well time to switch the laundry into the dryer (I can be productive while I'm staying up!)!
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Random Thoughts on a Saturday Night
-I haven't been on here in awhile but decided tonight I would catch up with the rest of the world. Not really thrilled with the Daybook format so I got bored real quick doing it every week.
-I had a scary day on Wednesday-ending up in the ER. As I was driving to work, the left side of my face started to go numb (almost like I had had Novocaine) and then my left arm with numb. I was trying to decide if I should go to my mom's, in to work, or to the hospital. I decided to go to work and had them take my blood pressure which was actually fine but I was still numb and definitely not feeling well. I called my doctor and he told me to the ER immediately and it was at that point I got scared. I called Michael and my mom to let them know and headed to the ER. They did blood work, ran an EKG, did a CT scan. Everything was fine except my potassium was low but that wouldn't explain the numbness so they wanted to either admit me or do an MRI. they didn't get me into the MRI until almost 2:30 and that showed a severe sinus infection which I had been battling so they put me on an antibiotic and sent me on my way. (only 9 hours later!!) I saw my MD the next day and he has recommended I follow up with a neurologist. He thinks the face numbness could be a combination of the sinus infection, a migraine, and all the dental work I've had on that side of my mouth in the past 3 weeks ( a crown, a filling, and an extraction). I think this day rates as my second scariest day, only second to Tucker having a seizure when he was 5.
-I just finished reading Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and REALLY liked it! I saw the previews for it-it stars Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock and looked really good so I wanted to read it. It's about a young boy who's father is killed on 9/11. He finds a key among his belongings and goes on a search to find out what the key is to. It's told from his perspective (in parts) and has the feel of Room at times. Now I'm reading a biography of King Edward VIII (he's the one who abdicated the throne for Wallis Simpson); I saw a small segment on him on TV and wanted to find out more about him.
-I also just finished listening to The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks. It was good; a typical Sparks' kind of book. Now I;m listening to Out of OZ which is the last of the series by Maguire. I'll be listening to it for awhile-it's 30 hours long!
-Well it turns out I don't have as much to say as I thought I did! And besides that, it's 7:04 and I haven't eaten dinner yet so bye for now!
-I had a scary day on Wednesday-ending up in the ER. As I was driving to work, the left side of my face started to go numb (almost like I had had Novocaine) and then my left arm with numb. I was trying to decide if I should go to my mom's, in to work, or to the hospital. I decided to go to work and had them take my blood pressure which was actually fine but I was still numb and definitely not feeling well. I called my doctor and he told me to the ER immediately and it was at that point I got scared. I called Michael and my mom to let them know and headed to the ER. They did blood work, ran an EKG, did a CT scan. Everything was fine except my potassium was low but that wouldn't explain the numbness so they wanted to either admit me or do an MRI. they didn't get me into the MRI until almost 2:30 and that showed a severe sinus infection which I had been battling so they put me on an antibiotic and sent me on my way. (only 9 hours later!!) I saw my MD the next day and he has recommended I follow up with a neurologist. He thinks the face numbness could be a combination of the sinus infection, a migraine, and all the dental work I've had on that side of my mouth in the past 3 weeks ( a crown, a filling, and an extraction). I think this day rates as my second scariest day, only second to Tucker having a seizure when he was 5.
-I just finished reading Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and REALLY liked it! I saw the previews for it-it stars Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock and looked really good so I wanted to read it. It's about a young boy who's father is killed on 9/11. He finds a key among his belongings and goes on a search to find out what the key is to. It's told from his perspective (in parts) and has the feel of Room at times. Now I'm reading a biography of King Edward VIII (he's the one who abdicated the throne for Wallis Simpson); I saw a small segment on him on TV and wanted to find out more about him.
-I also just finished listening to The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks. It was good; a typical Sparks' kind of book. Now I;m listening to Out of OZ which is the last of the series by Maguire. I'll be listening to it for awhile-it's 30 hours long!
-Well it turns out I don't have as much to say as I thought I did! And besides that, it's 7:04 and I haven't eaten dinner yet so bye for now!
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