Amundsen House of Chaos

Ultimate Blog Party 2010

2010-04-09T06:00:00.001-06:00

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

2010-04-03T18:49:00.001-06:00

Want 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! Copy and Paste Code or you can use this one. Both buttons link up to Colby's stroke story page. Copy and Paste Code Here is a link to the newest donation button for Colby's fundraising

Don't feed the bears

2010-03-27T08:49:00.002-06:00

Come 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.

5QF and Friday Follow

2010-03-26T08:00:00.001-06:00

Head 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.

Dystonia

2010-03-25T08:00:00.003-06:00

Dystonia 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

Wordless Wednesday

2010-03-24T08:00:00.004-06:00

Head 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 site

Changing Locations

2010-03-23T21:37:00.000-06:00

Come 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.

If you don't like

2010-03-23T08:28:00.000-06:00

If 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 a

Getting to Know YOU

2010-03-21T08:27:00.000-06:00

I'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.

Winners of the 3 Cup Book

2010-03-20T13:57:00.000-06:00

I 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.

Clowns of God

2010-03-20T09:02:00.001-06:00

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

Friday Follow

2010-03-18T22:03:00.006-06:00

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

E. coli part 2 and medical blog hop

2010-03-18T06:00:00.002-06:00

So 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

Wordless Wednesday 3/17/10

2010-03-17T07:57:00.001-06:00

Happy 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 Wednesday

Waiting, waiting and more waiting

2010-03-16T12:36:00.002-06:00

************************************** 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.

Macaroni Kid

2010-03-15T08:00:00.002-06:00

******************************************************************** 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! *******************************************

The Woman in the Mirror

2010-03-14T08:00:00.002-06:00

An 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 and

Which one do you like best?

2010-03-13T15:04:00.000-07:00

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.

Friday Follow

2010-03-11T22:02:00.003-07:00

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

E. coli 0157 and a Medical Awareness Bloghop

2010-03-11T06:00:00.001-07:00

Just 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

How stupid can privates be?

2010-03-10T17:27:00.001-07:00

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

Not so Wordless Wednesday 03/10/2010

2010-03-10T07:46:00.000-07:00

Head 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

3 cups book review

2010-03-09T08:00:00.004-07:00

Wow! 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

Not Me Monday 03/08/2010

2010-03-08T14:29:00.000-07:00

Let'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

Molly Members Program Review

2010-03-07T16:22:00.001-07:00

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

Getting to know you Sunday

2010-03-07T08:58:00.000-07:00

I've never done this blog hop before so I figured I give it a try. Happy Sunday everyone. The questions.. 1. Are you more of a talker or a listener? Both. I listen really well. I like to listen. My family is full of talkers. Well except for Colby. But even he is a talker in his own nonverbal way. I just have to pay more attention. On a day when I've only been with the kids all day, watch

I am the child..... Author Unknown

2010-03-06T07:24:00.001-07:00

I Am The Child I am the child who cannot talk. You often pity me, I see it in your eyes. You wonder how much I am aware of. I see that as well. I am aware of much ... whether you are happy or sad or fearful, patient or impatient, full of love and desire, or if you are just doing your duty by me. I marvel at your frustration, knowing mine to be far greater, for I cannot express myself or my

5QF and Friday Follow 3/5/10

2010-03-04T22:29:00.000-07:00

Head on over to Mama M's when your done reading this and check out her site. She rocks! I am so excited! I got to be one of the question askers this week. Never mind that asker is not a real word. I don't want anyone raining on my link parade! J/K! I'm not sure where the week went but since it's Friday I better get busy and answer these questions! 1. What's your guilty pleasure? Blog

Thoughts on planning and salsa

2010-03-04T13:19:00.001-07:00

If you've seen our days around here you'd probably think I would have to be super organized and have a pretty firm schedule. What you have to realize is that I despise schedules. I hate having to be places at a certain time regularly. I don't like to be tied to things like appointments and medications and cooking. But I do some of it because I have to. Colby needs medication at certain times

New comment system

2010-03-03T15:10:00.001-07:00

I made the change to intense debate today. I hate bloggers comment system. I tried Disqus but it would eat peoples comments only to spit them out 20 or 30 minutes later. So I'm jumping into the intense debate commenting system. Let me know what you think. I'd love the feedback

Not Me Monday 2/15/10

2010-02-15T13:11:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. I did not get all neurotic this week and compltely reorganize my pantry. I frequently take the time to keep things in order and never have to empty the entire thing just to figure out what kind of food I even have in there. This

Five Question Friday 2/12/10

2010-02-12T16:39:00.001-07:00

Head on over to Mama M and check out some other fun Five Question Friday answers. 1. What is the one thing your love does for you that you can't live without?There are so many I don't know if I can think of the top one. He calls me during the day just to say I love you or I was thinking about you. He gives me foot rubs when I've had a bad day. He watches the kids so I can go to a support group

Wordless Wednesday

2010-02-10T13:14:00.000-07:00

Head on over to 5 minutes for Mom to see other Wordless Wednesday Posts. After 7 years he finally decided I wasn't bad luck! I figure after everything we've been through in the last seven years there is no way bad luck from a tattoo would ruin our marriage. So this is Johns valentines day present. It's what he wanted. The heart and name are obviously for me. The three roses represent each of

I have issues

2010-02-09T12:50:00.000-07:00

Of course I have issues! Lots of them. But today one in particular is seriously bugging me. What is it with the stupid Max and Ruby cartoons? Where is the mom and dad? Why do kid bunnies live by themselves and occasionally get visited by grandma bunny or by bunny scout leader bunny? What does this say about me that it bothers me so bad? How hard would it have been to write parents into the

Not Me Monday

2010-02-08T10:16:00.001-07:00

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. It's Monday again and as usual there are a bunch of things I'd rather not fess up to but will since looking back on them reminds me to have a sense of humor about life. I would not hurry and snap this picture really fast just so

February Molly

2010-02-06T10:13:00.000-07:00

There Here is my review of Molly's Money Saving Digest for February. In this months back to the basics Molly is teaching us all about potatoes. Having lived in Idaho for almost 5 years of my life you'd think I would have seen some of the links that were included or some of the recipes but I hadn't. I don't even use potatoes all that much. My kids like them, my thighs don't. There are some

Greaser Girl

2010-02-05T19:12:00.000-07:00

I know I haven't posted any pictures on here in awhile due to technical difficulties. I finally managed to upload a couple of videos of Riley tonight so I hope you enjoy dinner at our house.

5 Question Friday 2/5/10

2010-02-05T09:36:00.002-07:00

Head on over to Mama M and check out some other fun Five Question Friday answers. 1. What are you most afraid of? I'm most afraid of something happening to me and what would happen to Colby and Johns sanity. I always tease him when the kids are having a bad day. I tell him it would just be easier to kill myself than to kill one of the kids. So he better be nice to me so he doesn't have to do

$25 giftcard winner

2010-02-04T12:28:00.001-07:00

Congratulations goes to Pam over at Trooppetrie I used random.org to select a winner and she was it! I'm so excited to be able to give this away to another military spouse who is in the middle of a move. Gift cards and grocery shopping are great when you're setting up a new house! Good luck with the move Pam and have fun shopping.

Memoir of Me

2010-02-01T10:05:00.002-07:00

This little bit of news brightened my day. I forgot that I had nominated Colby for a memoir of me book sometime last month. I hadn't really expected to hear back from them honestly. I just got an email saying that Colby was listed on their blog and will be receiving a free personalized book! I am so excited. It's really cute and I can't wait for it to get here. This is the link to their blog post

2010-02-01T09:32:00.001-07:00

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. I would not take the two girls to the gym this morning to go swimming and not check the schedule before hand. I am always on the ball and never disapoint my children like that. I am not considering calling the pediatrician

What do I want to be when I grow up?

2010-01-30T16:08:00.000-07:00

What do I want to be when I grow up? That's a question I ask myself daily. Is that strange? I'm 32 and I still have this urge to do something. I mean something other than raising 3 kids, deal with Colby's medical issues, search for the newest treatment and therapy in stroke recovery, raise my husband because yes I consider him one of my children (not really), clean the house, do the dishes and

Lab work results

2010-01-28T16:43:00.000-07:00

The doctors called and gave me some of my lab results this week. I have a severe Vit. D deficiency. My thyroid while technically "perfect" has gone up .5 over the last year so for me it's slowing down. The doctor won't treat it until I hit 3.0 on the TSH value and mine is 1.47. What ever. I know my thyroid is slowing down so I went and got some herbal thyroid boosters and amazingly I've had

$25 Kroger Giftcard Giveaway

2010-01-27T10:06:00.000-07:00

General Mills has given me a $25 Kroger giftcard to give away for enrolling in the Bonus Box Tops program. All you have to do is register at www.RewardYourSchool.com and select the personalized offers that you would like to receive. Once you register, you will automatically receive 5 Bonus Box Tops just for signing up! You will also receive custom offers for bonus box tops for purchasing

Not Me Monday 01/25/10

2010-01-24T23:59:00.002-07:00

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. I would never suffer from technological break downs. Not me. All computers, phones and cameras always work perfectly. That's why this post is filled with tons of pictures of what I accomplished this weekend. Or not. My

5 Question Friday 1/22/10

2010-01-22T09:48:00.000-07:00

Head on over to Mama M and check out some other fun Five Question Friday answers. 1. What is better, growing old with out money or dying young and wealthy? How about growing old with lots of money? J/K totally smart alecky today. I think I'd rather grow old without money than die young with money. At least if you grow old you have lots of life experiences. You'd probably have a family and

Wordless Wednesday

2010-01-20T17:27:00.000-07:00

Colby was pretty excited to wear daddy's hat at Greg and Felicia's wedding.

Molly Gets Organized All In One Place

2010-01-14T20:12:00.000-07:00

Organization is such an elusive thing for me. I like being organized. I like to think I'm organized. And then I look at my desk, into my drawers or I try to find something and I realize how unorganized I really am. This e-book was designed for me! I've tried many different ways of being organized I just never stick with them. I almost always revert back to my back up method of stacking. I am a

Wordless Wednesday

2010-01-13T06:51:00.000-07:00

Riley wearing Jahnna's jacket and a mess like usual. Good thing she's cute.

ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-01-11T19:28:00.000-07:00

In typical Colby fashion here is how our day went. He slept all night. I had to sleep on the floor next to him but he still slept all night. He only woke up the two times I removed my hand off his stomach. As soon as I put my hand back on him he went right back to sleep. Unheard of for him. He is usually awake for at least two or three hours every time I don't have a night nurse. He didn't have

A whole lot of stuff

2010-01-10T14:57:00.001-07:00

Wow what a fun weekend I've had. Colby's had a whole lot of stuff coming out of him. From both ends. That partial intestinal obstruction does not want to remove itself. If I can't get it to remove itself we'll have to go in and see what the hospital can do for him. Fun times. Not so much. You should have seen the look the poor girl at Wal-mart gave me. What would you do when someone walks up and

5 Question Friday 1/8/10

2010-01-08T11:22:00.002-07:00

Welcome to 5 question Friday. I love this bloghop. It's fun to read what other people answer. Fun times. Anyway here it is. Thanks goes to Mama M. for hosting the party. 1. What's your "comfort food"? Without a doubt it's popcorn. Oozing with salty buttery goodness. And a soda. Wrecks my stomach but I love it while I'm eating it. Mmmmmhhh now I want some but I'm doing a protein day and

Some pictures from Christmas

2010-01-07T10:10:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures from Christmas. I haven't uploaded from my camera yet so I'm sure there will be some more later on. My dad and Riley. My parents brought up an actual thinking chair from Blue's Clue's. It's awesome and it's actually pretty comfortable if a little small for adults. Grandpa is not a man of many words but you know you are loved when he watches Saturday

Wordless Wednesday

2010-01-06T11:00:00.000-07:00

What? Don't you eat dinner with an AK-47 to keep the peace? I do. Just kidding I was done eating and my dad wanted a picture of me with my new home defense weapon. Again it wasn't my idea to have an AK-47 it was my husbands. Of course. And the goofy look on my face is because I was trying to get a piece of chicken out of my teeth before he took the picture. I wasn't so successful with that.

Who knew superman was really my little brother?

2010-01-05T10:02:00.000-07:00

I sure as heck didn't! I have proof though. See I told you I had proof. A friend made him the cape for Christmas and my kids wouldn't let him take it off. Every time they saw it laying on the counter or the table they would take it to unca galen and say you be superman now! What a good uncle he is and an awesome superman!

My first review!!!

2010-01-03T15:25:00.000-07:00

I am so excited! I get to review a product and what an awesome one to start with. On a whim I sent an email to review Molly's Money Saving Digest. I didn't even know I'd been selected until I got my January copy in my inbox. I opened it up right away and was instantly impressed. I have been wanting to learn how to bake better and right in front was a great tutorial on homemade pie crusts. I

2009 Christmas Letter

2009-12-24T15:27:00.002-07:00

I'm behind. Again. So I figure I better at least put up a Christmas letter on my blog since they aren't getting mailed out before tomorrow. If I had done a Christmas card here is what it would have said. Dear Family and Friends, Another year has gone by so fast. It doesn't seem like it's possible. But Jahnna and Riley insist that Santa is coming tonight so it must be true. We've had another

Blessed

2009-12-23T15:08:00.000-07:00

My emotions are overflowing as I type this. I just went out to the mailbox to get the mail. I found a priority mail letter to the Amundsen family. Inside was a cashiers check from an anonymous family with this sweet letter attached. I can't find my camera to take a picture of it so you'll just have to settle with my typed version. It says. Merry Christmas. Hello, for this Christmas my family and

Not Me Monday 12/21/09

2009-12-21T13:56:00.001-07:00

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. I would not run to get my camera in an effort to get a shot of this squirrel acting like Scrat on Ice Age. The squirrel was not trying to eat the scarf and take it back to it's nest. I did not yell for Jahnna to get her shoes

5 Question Friday 12/18/09

2009-12-18T14:46:00.002-07:00

Welcome to 5 question Friday. I love this bloghop. It's fun to read what other people answer. Fun times. Anyway here it is. Thanks goes to Mama M. for hosting the party. 1. Which boygroup did you like most in your teens? In my teens? I don't remember. I think the only boy group I've ever really fallen in love with was NKOTB. I loved them. Had the video tape of one their concerts and

Riley singing Jingle Bells

2009-12-16T12:50:00.000-07:00

This is Riley's version of Jingle Bells. And this is her playing with her dolls lately. She's gotten really involved with pretty elaborate setups. She saw the video camera and stopped playing. I hadn't noticed she high-jacked my soda until I started video tapping her. She's a pretty funny little girl.

Not Me Monday 12/14/09

2009-12-14T16:38:00.001-07:00

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. I am so far behind today. Oh I mean I am so Not behind today! I would never be typing this rapidly while listening for the spiderman cartoon to stop playing. I would not hope I get it finished before Colby gets mad and starts

BlogFrog is helping Childrens Hospitals

2009-12-12T14:26:00.001-07:00

alt="BlogFrog holiday challenge" /> Blogfrog is going to help childrens hospitals by donating money. If I can get twenty new people to comment in my community, $10 will be donated. Every dollar helps these hospitals. We love our Primary childrens hospital. So help spread the love and leave a comment in my community. It's right over there on the left. Come on you know you want to!

Five Question Friday 12/11/09

2009-12-11T15:12:00.000-07:00

Welcome to 5 question Friday. I love this bloghop. It's fun to read what other people answer. Fun times. Anyway here it is. Thanks goes to Mama M. for hosting the party. 1. Does Santa wrap the presents he leaves at your house? Yes and no. He wraps one present for each kid and then the rest are in the stockings. We want most of the focus to be on each other and not on Santa. 2. When is

$98,986 plant

2009-12-10T08:25:00.000-07:00

This is the plant that the surgeon had delivered to John after his back surgery. Yes it did look better than this when it was delivered. But then the sad little thing spent a month in my living room with hardly any natural light. So the day I threw it away it looked like this. We got the bill from the hospital yesterday. Only took them 7 1/2 weeks to send it. It was for $98,986.00 and that did

Semi-wordless Wednesday

2009-12-09T08:44:00.001-07:00

Can you guess how much this sad dead little plant cost? I wish I had a gift card for a contest or something but leave a comment guessing how much this plant cost and I'll post your name and blog on my next post. Plus I'll tell the brilliant story behind the sad little houseplant.

Not Me Monday 12/6/09

2009-12-07T11:25:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. I would never upload videos just so that I had a not me monday post. That would be silly. I mean if you have nothing to say why not just say nothing right? Wrong. I can't do it. So here are some clips from my new video camera.

Silent Night Fight Filled Night

2009-12-05T06:00:00.002-07:00

We usually go get hot chocolate and our Christmas tree then come home and decorate everything together. Laughing having a good time, enjoying the start of the Christmas season. Not so much this year. Colby was grumpy before we even left the house. John's back was hurting him. Jahnna didn't want the tree we got. We couldn't find any good ornaments for the kids. Skipped the hot chocolate and got

5 Question Friday 12/4

2009-12-04T11:34:00.001-07:00

Welcome to 5 question Friday. I love this bloghop. It's fun to read what other people answer. Fun times. Anyway here it is. Thanks goes to Mama M. for hosting the party. Questions for Friday, December 4th: 1. Favorite gift you are GIVING this year? Does getting to pick out a gift for yourself from someone else count? I can't actually say what the favorite one I'm giving is because it will

Not Me Monday 11/30/09

2009-11-30T11:46:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. Short one this week. I would never obsess over cleaning the toy room for three hours last night. I would not throw a major fit over the wreck it was in and demand all my children to leave the room. I would also never threaten to

5 Question Friday 11/27/09

2009-11-27T15:47:00.000-07:00

Copy the following questions, post them to your blog and answer them...then, grab the MckLinky Blog Hop code and linky up...Thanks goes to Mama M. for doing 5 question friday! Wanna join in but don't have a blog? Feel free to leave your answers in the comments! Questions for November 27th: (Thanks to Adrienne and Tyler for their question suggestions!!) 1. Do you do a real or fake Christmas

Anyone up for a little Deep Brain Stimulation?

2009-11-24T09:00:00.000-07:00

We are. Or at least we think we are. It's been interesting to go through a process of decision with my husband over the last few months. This will be a long post so I should probably start at the beginning or at least at the beginning of this decision making process. After Colby had his stroke we were told he basically had one year to make improvements. That after a year he wouldn't progress

Not Me Monday 11/23/09

2009-11-23T10:09:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. What to say? I don't really remember much of last week. It was pretty repetitious. Other than a surgery for Jahnna. But even that in and of itself is repetitious. We are always at one hospital or another it seems. ****After typing

Jahnna's tonsil removal

2009-11-18T13:39:00.000-07:00

I love our Ear Nose and Throat Doctor. He is amazing. He does the whole procedure on a closed circuit camera with the parents watching. If you want to. And I did want to. I just missed half of it. I've watched him put in two sets of tubes into Colby's ears but I've never seen a tonsillectomy or an adenoid removal. Anyway I got John and Jahnna up and dressed and off to the hospital. Then I had to

Not Me Monday/There's a mouse in my house

2009-11-16T13:36:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. I would never run to grab my camera to capture this or this or this I certainly never would have laughed while asking her what the heck she was doing? Her reply "I'm eating cheesy." I think we have a very large

Thankful for the thorns bouquet

2009-11-13T15:52:00.001-07:00

I never did get around to getting my Thankful for the thorns bouquet last year. Maybe because life was still a little hectic and crazy. This year I have much to be thankful for. For the moment we are all healthy and happy. We still have the chaos. Jahnna is having her tonsils removed on Tuesday. John is still recovering from having 3 vertebrae fused together. Colby is still throwing up a lot but

Communities reaching out to kids with special needs.

2009-11-11T07:06:00.003-07:00

Here's an article that made me smile and cry all at once. Just click on this link LDS Living. I grew up near this area and probably know some of the older members from there from when I was a teenager. Not only were they able to produce a play in honor of a heart transplant recipient and a donors family but they were able to adapt the play to include a teen with special needs. Truly amazing!

5 Question Friday 11/6

2009-11-06T15:21:00.001-07:00

Copy the following questions, post them to your blog and answer them...then, grab the MckLinky Blog Hop code and linky up...Thanks goes to Mama M. for doing 5 question friday! Wanna join in but don't have a blog? Feel free to leave your answers in the comments! Five Question Friday, 11/6: 1. What is your dream job? SAHM but I still feel like I want to do something more. I'd love to do

Stupid e.Coli 0157

2009-11-05T07:41:00.000-07:00

I find it somewhat amusing (in a detached from my life kind of way) the things that trigger grief, anger and repressed emotions. Why would watching Csi Miami on a Wednesday night with my husband make me angry at the changes in our lives? Well they had to go and jump on the e.Coli 0157 bandwagon. So as I was laughing (bitterly) at some of the mistakes they made during the show, like you don't get

Halloween

2009-11-03T14:54:00.000-07:00

So I'm a couple days behind. Again. Not really much of a surprise but I'm working on it. We had a fun Halloween. John kicked my car out of the garage to hang plastic up for the haunted garage two weeks before halloween. He wanted to get most of the big black plastic sheets hung up before his surgery. Then he had his brother and some neighborhood kids come over and help with the rest on Friday and

Five Question Friday

2009-10-30T12:35:00.002-06:00

I've never done 5 question friday but it looks like fun. Thanks to Mama M for doing this.Rules: Copy and paste the following questions to your blog, answer them, grab the MckLinky Blog Hop code, and link up! No blog? That's okay! Just leave your answers in my comments! Oh, I'd love it if you'd link back to me!Five Question Friday, 10/30:1. What were you doing the last time you really had a good

Can I get a little diaper rash cream?

2009-10-28T20:46:00.005-06:00

Riley, Riley, Riley. You make me want to scream some days. Today was one of them. You woke up at 6:30 this morning yelling "Mom I awake, I ready to get out" Sometimes I wonder how you get so much volume out of such a little body. Your proceeded to terrorize your older sister, following her around and hitting her all morning. How I love to hear your sounds of love. Once Jahnna and Colby were

Some OCD and a bit of Not Me Monday

2009-10-26T10:17:00.000-06:00

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. I would never wait until the last minute before a Halloween party to get Colby a costume. I did manage to get Jahnna hers about two weeks ago and Riley's we've had for two years. Colby only wanted to be spiderman this year.

Swagbucks

2009-10-25T17:51:00.000-06:00

So I signed up for this search site. You enter in your info and get a tool bar for your webpage. Then when you do searches or buy things on the internet you go through this site. It earns you swagbucks. You can exchange them for amazon gift certificates and tons of other stuff. If you'd like to help me out or learn more just click on this link and it will take you to the website for more info. If

Not Me Monday

2009-10-19T14:01:00.000-06:00

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. I would never laugh for over 5 minutes at my two year old. That would be wrong. But what are you supposed to do when she says in a fake crying voice Riley "I'm crying." Me "Why are you crying" Riley "Becausa you washa my hair.

Not Me Monday

2009-10-12T09:55:00.000-06:00

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. I would never get the flu one day go to bed at 7:00 that night. Be miserable all night long, get my kids off to school the next morning and then go back to bed until noon. During this time my two year old would not have free rein