tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22145781191936222402024-02-20T15:45:04.706-07:00Amundsen House of ChaosLet's face it, when you have a kid who survived a stroke, life is always going to be a little chaotic.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comBlogger195125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-53283682411689976192010-04-09T06:00:00.001-06:002010-04-09T06:00:03.154-06:00Ultimate Blog Party 2010
Welcome to the Ultimate Blog Party 2010.
I missed last years party because Colby was in the hospital having complications with his baclofen pump. Thankfully no surgeries yet this year. I'm so excited you stopped by! I love meeting new people. Leave me a comment and I'll come check out your party.
Let me tell you a little about me and my life. I have been married to my husband John for 7 Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-65598152687163875632010-04-03T18:49:00.001-06:002010-04-03T18:57:27.533-06:00Want to to pass on Colby's story to others? Feel free to grab our button and pass it on. Thanks!
Want to to pass on Colby's story to others? Feel free to grab our button and pass it on. Thanks!
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or you can use this one. Both buttons link up to Colby's stroke story page.
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Here is a link to the newest donation button for Colby's fundraising Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-76006963911647849262010-03-27T08:49:00.002-06:002010-03-27T08:49:45.646-06:00Don't feed the bearsCome over to http://www.amundsenhouseofchaos.com to see what Riley did now. Don't forget to update your Google Friend Connect with my new site! See you soon.
Here is a link to the newest donation button for Colby's fundraising account. This ebook is for fondue recipes.
Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-54881954371751103912010-03-26T08:00:00.001-06:002010-03-26T08:00:00.482-06:005QF and Friday FollowHead on over to my new site Amundsen House of Chaos to see this weeks 5QF. Don't forget to update your readers and on Google Friend Connect.
Here is a link to the newest donation button for Colby's fundraising account. This ebook is for fondue recipes.
Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-84649800961647618722010-03-25T08:00:00.003-06:002010-03-25T08:00:06.401-06:00DystoniaDystonia is Colby's official diagnosis. You can't be diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy if the brain injury occurs after the age of one. Most people assume he has Cerebral Palsy. It's similar but not. Does that make any sense at all? Welcome to my world. I guess I should say Welcome to Colby's world.
Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder in which sustained muscle contractions cause twisting Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-74895123284784767242010-03-24T08:00:00.004-06:002010-03-24T08:00:06.798-06:00Wordless WednesdayHead on over to 5 minutes for Mom to see other Wordless Wednesday Posts.
Playing at the mall kids area.
Jahnna jumping from the spilled soda to the bowl of ice cream.
Riley kept walking around pretending to eat all the things. This is the ice cream sandwich. Crazy girl.
Don't forget to come check out my new site over here. I'm hoping to get this siteErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-75110256999439961542010-03-23T21:37:00.000-06:002010-03-23T21:37:43.118-06:00Changing LocationsCome check out my new site. If you subscribe with Google Friend Connect please come on over and subscribe with the RSS feed on the new site. Hope to see you soon.
Here is a link to the newest donation button for Colby's fundraising account. This ebook is for fondue recipes.
Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-4370342844232003962010-03-23T08:28:00.000-06:002010-03-23T08:28:08.680-06:00If you don't likeIf you don't like the weather in Utah, wait 5 minutes and it will change.
This is what we did this weekend.
Colby with his bubble machine. He can hit the switch and make it blow bubbles. The switch is that big red flat thing next to his arm.
The girls colored on the sidewalk.
John worked on his motorcycle
Riley helped Daddy. Then she got aErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-56292694847405008772010-03-21T08:27:00.000-06:002010-03-21T08:27:41.925-06:00Getting to Know YOUI'm sitting here with Colby listening to Dora explore outer space and I figured that joining in with Keely over at MannLand5 would be much more fun. The house other than Dora is quiet and it's a miracle that Riley is still asleep. Of course that might have something to do with her sneaking out of bed twice to go watch cartoons in Colby's room last night.
So here are the questions and the rules.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-20202285499480420542010-03-20T13:57:00.000-06:002010-03-20T13:57:00.047-06:00Winners of the 3 Cup BookI can't get my screen shot program to work right now so I hope you'll just trust me when I say that the winners were #4 and comment #10. I had to take out one comment because there was no link to a blog or to an email. That means that the winners are
#4 Bibi
#10 Alison
The winners have been emailed and will have 48 hours to contact me with their shipping information.
Thanks to all who entered.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-5479288980012749612010-03-20T09:02:00.001-06:002010-03-20T13:38:32.107-06:00Clowns of God
I cannot tell you how many times I have prayed for Colby to be healed. To be able to do something like talk or walk again. To gain back the use of just one hand or a finger. To be able to say yes or no clearly. I have asked for him to be able to eat or for his stomach to just digest his medications properly. I have prayed for the muscle spasms to be less painful or to even just give him a Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-69880992517011531762010-03-18T22:03:00.006-06:002010-03-18T22:31:22.526-06:00Friday Follow
Welcome to Friday Follow and Five Question Friday
I'm so glad you decided to stop by the chaos we call life!
If you get a chance make sure you enter my 3 cups book review and giveaway.
Also if you know someone who has a medical condition that you'd like to raise awareness for please join in on the blog hop.
Also today is 5 question Friday. Here are the questions for this week. When Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-6056112649547760102010-03-18T06:00:00.002-06:002010-03-18T06:00:01.980-06:00E. coli part 2 and medical blog hopSo you think maybe you might have E.coli posioning. You have bloody diarrhea and the stomach cramping. What do you do next. Well don't go get yourself diagnosed with appendicitis and let them remove your appendix. That would be bad. When they take your appendix out they give you an antibiotic just in case it might have ruptured a little. They don't want you to become septic and get an infection Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-75452432013149393082010-03-17T07:57:00.001-06:002010-03-17T07:58:29.212-06:00Wordless Wednesday 3/17/10Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Riley has been screaming at me since she woke up thirty minutes ago. I think I'll leave you with her picture. Hopefully it will make me smile and I won't want to wring her neck all day. This is the scary ghost dance and the outfit she chose for herself that day. I think both are equally frightening.
Head on over to 5 minutes for Mom to see other Wordless Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-58444473882411490422010-03-16T12:36:00.002-06:002010-03-16T16:12:36.452-06:00Waiting, waiting and more waiting**************************************
Update - The x-ray came back fine. No twisting, no blockage, no reason for anything. So typical when it comes to Colby. So my new decision is who do I call now? I just got off the phone with my wonderful friend Sara who so conveniently for me works for the neurologists office. We haven't heard if we're going forward with the deep brain stimulation or not. Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-13526283072140515112010-03-15T08:00:00.002-06:002010-03-15T12:11:08.139-06:00Macaroni Kid
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A HUGE thank you to Helga for letting me know the link isn't working. I have to run Jahnna to school so I'll work on that in a minute. In the mean time you can go to
http://logan.macaronikid.com
and it should bring up the website. If that doesn't work let me know. Thanks again Helga!
*******************************************Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-33122704570943994902010-03-14T08:00:00.002-06:002010-03-14T08:00:04.399-06:00The Woman in the MirrorAn amazing woman shared this with me tonight. I want to pass it on because you never know when or if you might become that woman in the mirror.
The Woman in the Mirror......
By Cheryl Veenstra
February 2001
I saw an unfamiliar face in the mirror today. She caught my eye as I rushed to start the day. I hardly recognized this woman. What had changed in her eyes? She was no longer young, naive andErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-33563184619507506502010-03-13T15:04:00.000-07:002010-03-13T15:04:39.254-07:00Which one do you like best?This one
or
this one?
I like them both and can't decide which is best. I bought an 8x10 of the one on the bottom but now I'm wishing I'd gone with the top. Either way he is one handsome little man.
Here is a link to the newest donation button for Colby's fundraising account. This ebook is for fondue recipes.
Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-91314944655988114942010-03-11T22:02:00.003-07:002010-03-12T08:00:29.273-07:00Friday Follow
Welcome to Friday Follow.
I'm so glad you decided to stop by the chaos we call life!
If you get a chance make sure you enter my 3 cups book review and giveaway.
Also if you know someone who has a medical condition that you'd like to raise awareness for please join in on the blog hop. That way we can all learn a little bit more about each other.
I hope you have a fabulous Friday and a Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-24498756056202643452010-03-11T06:00:00.001-07:002010-03-11T07:22:10.311-07:00E. coli 0157 and a Medical Awareness BloghopJust in case you haven't read the reason behind Colby's stroke it was due to E.coli 0157 poisoning. It was right around the time when there was all the Moran ground beef recalls. We all got sick from E.coli but not from ground beef. Ours came from a mountain river that cows had been grazing nearby. His illness was one of those luck of the draw type deals. There was no way to prevent him getting Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-8852705744712953142010-03-10T17:27:00.001-07:002010-03-10T17:31:42.048-07:00How stupid can privates be?These are the type of people the army says my husband has to enlist into the Army. He unfortunately can't tell them he's done with them before they even join like the Sargeant Major does at the end. Two more recruiters killed themselves this month due to the pressure the military places on them to put quality people into the military. Today he was told that his Grad Alpha applicant probably Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-72019293587578111632010-03-10T07:46:00.000-07:002010-03-10T07:46:48.434-07:00Not so Wordless Wednesday 03/10/2010Head on over to 5 minutes for Mom to see other Wordless Wednesday Posts.
I can't do a wordless Wednesday. It's impossible not to explain this picture. We're going way back to 2003. Jahnna is like 5 months old and she's just been bombed by John. He used to circle his hands around making a whistling noise and then he'd make a crashing noise and shake and tickle her tummy. She loved the hand Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-47154957429397497632010-03-09T08:00:00.004-07:002010-03-10T17:49:46.994-07:003 cups book reviewWow! What a great book to teach a timeless principle. In todays financial environment it can be easy to over look teaching our kids how to manage their money. But if you dont' teach them when they are young when will you teach them? Three cups is the story of how Tony Townsley taught his children the principles of being financially responsible. It really is a simple concept one that every 5 Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-57320878740681235942010-03-08T14:29:00.000-07:002010-03-08T14:29:01.272-07:00Not Me Monday 03/08/2010Let's get the week started right. Here are the things I did not do this last week.
I did not go buy seeds and an indoor greenhouse because I am having a serious case of spring fever. I know that I can't plant anything in my garden for at least another 6 weeks so I would never jump the gun and get started now.
I would not be so excited when I took Colby out to the bus this morning and saw these Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214578119193622240.post-25899438005673345472010-03-07T16:22:00.001-07:002010-03-07T16:24:47.072-07:00Molly Members Program Review
More Molly-Less Money
This month I had the opportunity to review Molly's new member program. It's $3.95 a month and you can cancel any time. You get the same digest which is $4.95 each month. So right off the bat you are saving $1. Pretty good deal since this digest is all about how to save money and live more frugally. In addition to the $1 a month savings you also receive access to Molly's Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05626741788079929590noreply@blogger.com