Beautiful!

My DH sent me some beautiful flowers. He ordered these from another service on Sunday and they got here on Monday. The others he ordered from the other place which will remain nameless (just look at previous post), he ordered on Friday and they never came so on Saturday night we canceled them.

These are beautiful!! Thank you Dear Husband!! So thoughtful. I love you.

1800Flowers

I HATE THEM!! YES I KNOW I'M YELLING. DO NOT EVER USE 1800FLOWERS. THEY DO NOT DO WHAT THEY SAY THEY WILL. THEY NEVER DELIVER ON TIME AND HAVE TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE.

WOW!

We had a wonderful speaker/performer this morning in our worship service. He was wonderful. His name was Mike Rayson. If you ever have a chance to see him you should. It was inspiring.

DS was very impressed with him and thoroughly enjoyed it. He is not a big fan of contemporary Christian music but he loved listening to this man. He played the guitar and sang for us. His finger picking is what DS loved and it was truly beautiful. DS said, “I can listen to this type of Christian music.” LOL. It is hard to describe what it was but I tend to want to say more folksy. Not country though. It was really nice.

Now, I am sitting up here at the church waiting on DD. She had confirmation class this afternoon and then choir. So... here I sit. I was listening to the CD of Mike Rayson but I turned it off so I can hear the choir. It’s a small group this week. The other Sunday evening activities have been cancelled due to the Super Bowl.

Much later....

Well, I had to go earlier as DD was finished. Now we are home and watching TV. I just knew that DS would want to watch the Super Bowl but he said he wasn’t interested in either team so we just flipped channels and watched some stuff we had on DVR. Now, I’m off to fix him a warm compress with some good smelling oils on it for his cold.

Have a lovely night dear friends!

What a week!

My DF had surgery Monday. It was supposed to be a Robotic Assisted Prostatectomy (for prostate cancer) that was only to be a 3 hour long surgery. Well, there were complications and they had to remove it the old fashioned way and fix some things inside while they were there (not quite but to make a long story a little shorter that’s what we’ll say). It took 6 hours! A lifetime when you are waiting in a waiting room and 2 lifetimes when you are waiting almost 1000 miles away! He made it through that though pretty well.

Oh Tuesday, he had an episode, as my DM calls it, where he just went to sleep and they could not wake him for a while. Very scary but when they did wake him everything was fine... or so we thought.

Wednesday morning, his blood count went way down and he had to have a blood transfusion. They called in an internist and we discovered that he had had a mild heart attack on Tuesday. They ordered tests.

That night, his heart got to racing as he was sleeping and the nurses and doctors came rushing in the room to check on him. They spent the rest of the night trying to get that back under control with medication. More tests ordered.

Thursday he got one test done after waiting around all day and then he had a good night.

They were hoping to go home on Friday but again they had some of the other tests to do and they waited a lot but they did get them done but not early enough to get released so... He will go home tomorrow.

It’s been rough week for him and my DM not mention all of us kids but we made it through and hopefully DF will be just fine. His pathology report was really good, thank goodness! And he will go see his regular doctor to make sure his heart is okay and do whatever might need to be done there.

Monday, I was a nervous wreck and had a very hard time holding back the tears most of the day (I was not successful at all really but I tried very hard!) but you know I was amazed at how calm I was the rest of the week. It like a peace had settled over me (frightening in itself really) and I just felt calm and certain that everything would be okay. I did get a little teary some on Thursday but it had as much to do with DH being deployed through all this as the actual situation. But I am back to being calm again.

It was a rough week but we made it, more importantly DF made it and will be back home in his own bed tomorrow (Saturday). DM made it too. I know this had to be really stressful on her and she handled it like a... hmmm... well, she handled really well and I’m really proud of her. I just wish I could have been there to help her through it, to help them both. I love my parents more than words can say. They are the best, really the absolute very best ever. I love you Mom and Daddy!

Inauguration Day...

Well, so much to say but not sure I have the words to say it.

I got up and turned on the TODAY SHOW first thing and we just kept it on most of the day. I was really surprised how into it my kids were. Even DD who is only 9. She watched it all day and never left. She was very into it and really soaked it all up and made comments and was just amazing. DS took it all in too and he made comments as well but he's 14 so I expected it from him. They were both very into it.

It was exciting to watch history unfold. It was very moving to see it all. Oh, how I wish we could have been right there. Which by the way, I did not receive my invite to the Commander-in-Chief Ball as a spouse of a deployed soldier. Hmmm.... the kids said they are sure it will come in the mail tomorrow! HAHAHA

We pretty much just watched this for school today. They did get some math done but I just really felt that this was important for them to watch and feel apart of as well and I think they did.

Well, I just saw at the Ball he said that it was enlisted and junior officers and I guess we don't fall in there anymore. Oh well, that's as it should be. I'm so excited for them to get to be there and for the soldiers overseas to get the opportunity talk with our new President. How awesome!!

I can't wait to see where we go from here. Please don't disappoint me Mr. President!

Morning?

Thank goodness I had my nap yesterday because I am up early this morning! My sweet little dog was up and jumping off the bed to vomit at 5am. Thank goodness he jumped off the bed! Poor thing then just wanted me to hold him and rub his belly. Then I couldn't go back to sleep so here I am... I'll probably need another nap today!

I really should get up and go exercise or clean or something in stead of just laying here looking at the computer but...

Well, I guess I will, I actually have lots I could be doing so here I go.... Have a good day!

Sunday...

Ahh.... Sunday.

When DH and I first got married we took a Sunday afternoon nap together every week. Then the kids came along and well, DH still often got his nap but I seldom ever did.

BUT TODAY, DD reminded me that (in her words) "A long time ago Sunday was really a day of rest" and so I decided to let it be for me today too and I took a GLORIOUS Sunday afternoon nap. It would have been better with DH but it this one was nice too.

I still feel that grogginess you have just after a nap that probably lasted a little too long but I still feel good. Aaaahhhh....

I started doing some menu planning before the nap but now I need to do the grocery list. I tried to pick healthy foods but easy to prepare and easy on the budget. I don't know if they will end up healthy the way I want but it's got to be better nutrition wise from Zaxby's, Chick-fil-a, Fazoli's, and Arby's. Surely!! I know it will be easier on my budget anyway. Now, if I'll just stick to it!

I also need to get on paper our school plans for the week. Shouldn't be too hard but I just need to get down on paper for accountability.

Well, I better get to that grocery list. Have a good week.

Good Morning

Well, it's Friday. I love Friday's. It's the start of the weekend. Today we have several things we really need to get done. I've got to get the kids registered for Gym and Swim. They gave very short notice on when registration was and we were headed out of town so we missed it.

I need to finish putting a few things away still from Christmas. My back is feeling much better so I have no excuses now.

Then we just need to do some laundry and some cleaning. I ALWAYS have cleaning to do. If only I would stay on top of it then it would be so much easier. Someday maybe I'll learn that trick and actually put it in to play.

Change of subject.... Marriage is hard work. I love it but it's hard work and it takes lots of compromise and understanding. Now, imagine it long distance with a war in the middle!! And the long distance lasting for 15 months. UGH! Talk about hard!

We had a few words yesterday and didn't hang up in our usual loving way. That's the pits!! I immediately started sending my "I love you" emails and my "I'm sorry" emails. At least I could do that. Pour DH had to go to a 2 hour meeting and couldn't do anything. He did eventually call back and we were both I'm sorrying and I love youing.

This morning I got the sweetest email ever. DH isn't always eloquent but when he is, it just melts my hearts. He is one of the sweetest people I know (when he wants to be!).

Ok, enough of the sappy stuff. I best get off here so that I can go get busy with my to do list. Have a glorious day!