Little Miracles

Anyone who has read my blog for awhile should know that my middle son J is a drama queen. A very, very big hissy-fit throwing drama queen. He can "almost" scratch himself and cry for over an hour. So you can imagine that Hubby and I have been stressing out all weekend because J needed a blood test this morning. We both imagined how Hubby would need to hold him down and it would take an army of phlebotomist to wrangle his arm into a tourniquet and who knows how they would actually be able to stick the needle in. Nightmarish, I know....but very realistic.

So last night I started to pray. And pray HARD. I prayed for a J to not cry much and for Hubby to not lose his temper. I prayed for the lab tech to be patient with both J AND Hubby. Each time I prayed I prayed for more. By the time I got done I was praying for an all out miracle. Please Lord make this blood test experience a quick and easy one. Please......and you know I said it a dozen or more times. Even though I know God heard me the first time, I still continued to bug him.

Then this morning I got up and prayed some more. I also sat J down and explained what was going to happen when we got there, and how they would wrap something tight on his arms....then pitch him so the blood would come out. I never mentioned a needle.....hoping he wouldn't watch.

Guess what happened? J sat on Hubby's lap and watched as they put the tourniquet on his arm. Then we distracted him when she got the needle out. She told him to take a deep breath and that was that. NO hysterics, NO tears, NO drama.

And YES in my eyes this was an answered prayer....and a HUGE miracle. If you knew J at all you would also agree that this was amazing.

Thanks God! I appreciate it!!

It's gonna hurt....but be TOTALLY worth it

( Me and MA at her house)

Thanks to Facebook I am now back in touch with my BFF ("MA")from when I was a teenager. Our lives grew apart and we didn't see or talk to each other for YEARS....like 15 years. Yes, I feel terrible about that but crap happens and you can't go back. Within the last 6 months that we have been "reunited" she has come to visit several times. She lives in VA....I am in NJ. Every visit is full of laughs and fun. I LOVE her. She hasn't changed at at and still is one of the funniest people I have ever known. As I am typing this she is on her way here, and will be staying here until Tuesday. Her plans include corrupting my children and making me pop a few stitches from laughing too much. And yes, it still hurts to laugh. But it will be worth it, I know it will.

(MA and Me at a luau dance)




(MA and Me at our 8th Grade graduation)

Besides MA coming for a visit some other things are going on this weekend. Amy is taking her son to Disney for a week. I am so happy for her, but I am going to miss her. She BETTER text me everyday. Ok, at least every couple days. AND send pictures. Got it Amy?!?


Monday afternoon my parents will be flying in for a 10 day visit. Woo Hoo! Since no one in my house even knows what sympathy is....it will be nice to have my mom here to coddle me and treat me like a princess. Plus she gives AWESOME back rubs!


So that is my plans for this weekend and next week. It is going to be GREAT!

Friday Fill In

1. He was a tired Hubby who wouldn't help me with this fill-in.

2. The Dover Race is what I look forward to most this time of year.

3. My best friends ROCK!

4. I love Chocolate to be honest with you.

5. Appearances can be deceiving.

6. The last person I gave a hug to was an adorable little boy.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to Amy coming to visit, tomorrow my plans include MA coming to stay for a few nights and Sunday, I want to celebrate R's birthday (late).

So what are your weekend plans??

And I trust these idiots with my money

I went to the bank this morning. I needed to get ANOTHER bank check to pay the nursing home bill (for my Poppop). I also needed to ask them WHY I still don't have the checks that I ordered nearly 2 months ago.
Me: Can you please explain why I haven't received my check order yet?
Her: Let me check....oh yes, I see. It was mailed a couple weeks ago.

Then she tells me the address that it was sent to......the address of the house my Poppop used to live in. The one he hasn't lived in for 2 years and SOLD over a year ago. Are you kidding me??

Me: Why on EARTH would they send the checks to that address? I came in here and told you we sold the house. I changed the address and everything.
Her: Well, it is different with checks.
Me: What do you mean it is different with checks?
Her: That's a whole different animal.
Me: Huh?
Her: Yes, the account address and the check address are two totally different things. Totally different animals.

WTH? Animal? We are talking ADDRESSES Woman!!

By this time I am seriously disturbed and pissed off. My bottom hurts, I got up and drove in to the bank by myself to hear this crap.

Anyway, after several crazy exchanges she assured me that she will order new checks with the correct address on them. But it still left me wondering why you can have any old address you want on your checks?? And why this woman continued to tell me they were different animals?

Dumb Arses.....UGH.

Why yes! I do sound like a cricket!!

What an afternoon! Never in a million years did I think I would ever leave the house with legs bared when they looked like THIS....


But come on.....it was 90 degrees. And we were only going to the pediatricians office. And I don't really KNOW anyone there or expect to run into anyone I know. So I did it. I went out in public with nasty hairy legs.
Did I mention that I can't bend far enough to shave yet....because of the surgery. That's why. Honest.

Now on to the peds visit. I called last week to make an appointment for R's 4 year check up. Easy peasy....right? Wrong. We show up, wait our turn in the waiting room only to hear the nurse tell us that R isnt due for his visit until the end of October. HELLO?!? Why couldnt someone tell us that BEFORE we went? But it wasnt a wasted trip. R ended up getting his shots today, all 4 of them. Two in each thigh. Poor little guy. He handled it pretty good...only whimpered a little bit. I can't say I would have done as well.

She likes me...she really likes me!!

EM is my buddy. I swear we would be super-tight if we lived near each other. We would eat Tastykakes and laugh all day. Our boys would play together and all would be right with the world. Yep. But unfortunatly for me, Em lives in TX. Since I live in NJ that means we have to stay bloggy buddies. Boo hoo. But thats ok....she gave me a kick-ass award!

(originally from Jenny Mac over at Let's Have a Cocktail.)

It is sooooo fitting because in my current state of healing....blogging is about all I will be giving for the next 6 weeks. I just hope Hubby enjoys it as much as you do. *giggle*

So here are the rules to my new Super Fabulous Award....

No one really likes rules, do they? I shall make mine simple," Jenny says. "Make a cocktail, pick out some of your favorite bloggers. Send this award to 4 of them. Tell them why you think they give good blog. There are SO many fascinating, witty, and fantastic bloggers; let's invite them all to the party.

Since I can't nominate EM at Life, Liberty and the Pursuit (I would TOTALLY pick you EM, if I could) I chose to party with.....

Deb at Dirty Socks and Pizza....how could you NOT party with Deb?!?

Kristina P at Pulsipher Predilections...I know, I know....she wont actually take the award. But she should. Cause she gives AWESOME blog. And if I ever really got the chance to pick 4 bloggers to hang out with ....she would be on my list!

Next I would pick EmmaP from Not so Usual....she is funny, smart and uterus-free. Just like me.

My last Party pick would be Tena from My Therapy...she never fails to make me laugh (or cringe) and I believe parting with her would Rock!

So what do you think of my cocktail party? Sounds like fun, huh??

Couch Potato it is!

OK, I give......I am done trying to "help" around here. I'm going to listen to the doctors, nurses and all the wonderful friends and family members and sit my butt down and leave it there. Wow. This is going to be hard but I know I need to do it. I think my biggest problem is that I deal with pain daily (Sjogrens and Fibro....yep!) and have to continually push through to get stuff done. So my mindset is kind of set that way. But pushing through the Sjoggie and Fibro pain wont cause me to need more surgery. So with that in mind I am retiring to the couch. Only to be moved in case of meals, potty breaks and bedtime. See where I am sitting? I will still be here in 6 weeks. I promise. Ok, I promise to try really hard.
Luckily I have several new books sitting here with me. The Shack, The Purpose Driven Life and my newest (review book...not available in stores until later in Sept) You Were Born for This. Oh! And I just got an email that Ted Dekker's Three is being shipped to me. Thank you Paperbackswap.com!

P.S. Thank you Jillene, I needed that "example" of what could happen.