My week...

Well, returned to the doctor and "everything looks good." So, that meant no D&C. It did mean a lovely little prescription of Diflucan though. ICK. I hate being a girl sometimes. I feel good. I got really run down by Thursday of this week. I have been working about 10 hours a day and it was just too much to do that and then come home and type for another 5. So, I just shut my computer at 9 p.m. on Thursday night and went to bed. I slept all night long. It was great!! I felt like a new girl by Friday.

Macy's last day of school was Thursday. She received awards for her science project, a language arts award, excellence in several other things...And she also earned commended performance in Math and Reading TAKS. I am so proud of her.

Last night was our last softball game. Chris had to work so he missed their last game. We had cupcakes to celebrate the end of our season. It was fun...

The kids played outside today in the sprinkler and on the slip and slide. Cheap thrills...

Things are still a go for our trip to California. We are very excited. I'm so cynical sometimes though. I just feel like...I'll believe it when I see it. Something always happens. But, we do have our plane tickets. We have the money for our park tickets to buy when we get there...so we really don't need much else, right? Some spending money. We'll survive. I told Chris...it's free to lay by my dad's pool all day. It's free to lay on the beach. We'll be okay. We're going to have a blast. We also booked a trip to Schlitterbahn this week with the Brand's. We're going Labor Day. I'm excited about that, too!!

Tonight I have a girl date with my friend Shannon. We bought "hooker heels" and we're going to get all dressed up and go and watch Sex In the City. I love how Shannon said it.."I would really hate to be watching this movie when Jesus returns to this earth...but, I really want to see it." So, we're going!! I'm excited. I've heard really good things about it!

So, that's my week. Here's some pictures from the game...

Memorial Day....

So, we had our friends over. I got the house clean. I cooked. I'm exhausted!! I am scheduled for another ultrasound today and possible D & C. So, I guess we'll see. We had a good weekend. I'm going to have a really busy week with work (typing). I didn't get any done this weekend and need to get it all done by Friday. UGH. Anyway, I'll keep you updated on my visit to the doctor today...Praying I'm okay and that no D&C is necessary...so we shall see... Here are some pictures from Memorial Day. Macy has a black eye in the picture. She got hit in the face with a softball Thursday night at her game...Poor Bub.

Just a short update.

I feel good. I think that probably along with the miscarriage I'm having some hormonal mood stuff going on. Just feel bleh! But, today I woke up and feel much better. I even invited some friends over tomorrow night for BBQ! Nothing quite like inviting people over to motivate you to clean your house!! I'm shredding, dusting, folding, purging, organizing...I'm on it. Maddy is doing perfect! Her arm has not bothered her once since Dr. Suzanne got it popped back in....It's quiet right now. The kids are resting and I'm resting in between chores. I was cleaning Macy's room last night and came across some "writings." Okay, it was her journal...I half read one of the pages and it caught my eye..Okay, okay, I feel guilty...but I feel more guilty about what I read. She wrote about a dream that she had had...that Mommy's computer and phone broke in half and she couldn't use it anymore. That is so sad to me!! I know I'm on the computer a lot. But, I really do work my tail off on transcription every week. It's kicking my butt. I'm going to have to start doing it when they are asleep. Macy apparently has noticed. I'm going to have to put my phone on silent or vibrate when they are with me and IGNORE the calls that unimportant....such as...so and so is missing their backpack..have you seen it?? I'm serious! I love my Bub. She is so smart.

Here's some pictures of Maddy's new haircut I never got around to posting. She's so freaking cute!

Career Day and a couple other things...

Today was Career Day at Piner Middle School in Sherman. My friend Whitney invited me to speak as a Child Care Center Director. I was so honored. I was very nervous and it took a miracle to get me there. Let me tell you about Career Day and then I'll tell you about the day before...

I spoke to three groups of 8th graders for 45 minutes each. They had such great questions. They were so much more mature than I was in 8th grade. They listened, laughed appropriately...were very impressive! I was so unprepared. I was at Wal Mart at 6:45 this morning try to get my "stuff" together. We made crafts...never can have a preschool craft without a paper plate. (Thanks for the idea Cass)! We made sail boats with paper plates, straws and our hand print cut out of construction paper. I told them of my early love of Sharpies and Crayons. We even had a drawing at the end of each session for a package of crayons and a package of Sharpies. (They were my first love)!! Anyway, I really did walk away feeling good about our future. I reminded them that high school is hard. I told them that being the MOST POPULAR isn't always the most important thing in life. Be true to yourselves...do what is best. Volunteer and continue to love kids....I had a great morning.

Let me tell you now why I almost didn't make it there. On Mother's Day I had a really yucky, scary thing happen. I thought I had a cyst rupture in my ovary...turns out I had a miscarriage. I didn't know I was even pregnant until yesterday and that I had miscarried 10 days before. So, a "raging" infection ensued in my uterus and cervix. My Mom told me for 10 days to call the doctor and I didn't...until yesterday. When your OB/GYN tells you to come...NOW when you describe symptoms you tend to GO! They figured out pretty quick what the problem was, but they were really busy and couldn't really get anything going until Tuesday as far as an ultrasound and a D&C. So, I headed home. Chris was already on his way so we decided to have lunch in McKinney and talk about what had happened. Instead, I got 5 minutes down the road and they called and said..."come back." So, we went to the ER. Stayed for about 5 hours worth of tests and they decided I needed to be rid of the infection before we make another move. As I was checking out of the ER the preschool called to say that Maddy had fallen and they "thought" she had a broken arm or something. So, Chris and I raced to Sherman to get to her. She was hysterical. Painfully hysterical. Her teeth were chattering from pain. She wouldn't move her arm. So, Chris headed to a softball game with Macy and Mason and I headed to another ER with Kat. The doctor immediately diagnosed her with Nurses Maid Elbow. It's very intersting. Google it. Easy way to understand...you're walking with your toddler...holding hands and they start to trip so you pull up on their arm and pop...you yank their arm out of socket. So, we went through 5 hours of trying to repop it into place, x-rays, pain, crying, etc. Oh, and I had not eaten since the night before...UGH. We left there without it getting popped back into place. They wrapped it and put it in a baby sling that they made out of a surgical mask because she is so small. It was so cute...I didn't get a picture...but the nurses were coming and taking pictures of it with their cell phones. It was funny.

My sweet husband took the day off and headed to the pediatrician this morning with Kat to see what they could do and I went to Career Day. I could not let my friend Whitney down. Our pediatrician wasn't sure that the diagnosis was right so Chris waited two hours for the x-ray reports from last night. Turns out, the diagnosis was right and she tried two more times to get it popped back into place and POP! She did it!! Chris said..."I heard it, I felt it." She immediately started using her arm again. YEA KAT!! I was so happy.

So, we're home. People keep asking me about our "big plans" for Memorial Day....I plan to do NOTHING!! Yea me.

My friend Kristy was recently dealt a blow. Her husband has been diagnosed with Chiari Malformation, Type I. Please pray for him. He is a local police officer. They have four children. She is an amazing SUPER mom. He will be seeing a brain surgeon in Dallas pretty quick and undergoing surgery soon. Please, please, please pray for the BOUNDS FAMILY!

I will tell you this....after a week like this I can tell you for sure...we are blessed.

Happy Mom's Day!

Happy Mother's Day! I had a great day. First off, my kids all woke up in great moods. They all crawled into bed with me at 7 in the morning and were happy. What a great way to start Mother's Day, huh?? So, we went to Starbucks together. Too bad my kids take after their mother and like everything there, huh? We went to church. I delivered the children's message today and that went very well. We had a great crowd for Sunday school which made me happy. We all went to Mom's. I got to hang out with my brother until Mom got home. We met Chris and went to a "homestyle" restaurant in Garland. Now, here's the thing with that. I think in suburban areas..more and more people don't get "homestyle" meals. Well, at our house you do. So, we weren't that impressed. But, it was good to spend time together. My mom spoiled me as usual. She got me this really cool tray for my laptop. My brother even spoiled me...he got me a giftcard for Sonic and a giftcard for Starbucks. He hearts me!! How sweet that my baby brother buys his big sis mothers day gifts? I heart him! Chris got me roses. More than anything for mothers day, I wanted the kids rooms to be clean and the yard to be mowed. Well, the yard is mowed. So, I'm happy.

My sweet girls from work, "the twinz", as we refer to them had a loss in their family Saturday. Their grandmother died. We were at continuing ed all day on Saturday at Austin College and their sweet Mom waited all day to tell them so they wouldn't have to miss their continuing ed classes. I'm so sad for them. They are such sweet girls. Please keep them in your prayers. I was a freshman in college when I lost my grandfather. They just finished their freshman year in college. It was by far one of the hardest days of my life. I pray for their strength.

Anyway, this day I am thankful my mom, my kids, my husband, my brother, my friends, my job, my students, my staff. I'm am just thankful. I feel refreshed...that's a good feeling!

May each and everyone of you have a blessed week!!!

Oh...Maddy and I had a "date" on Friday. She got her first haircut and we went to Panera for lunch. Just she and I....she kept saying over and over...Girls only...No boys allowed!! I love her sooo.

Not a Cinco De Mayo post.

Okay, so I told you I would post on Cinco De Mayo and then life happens...Okay, so my drama today is that my sisters future husband (yes #4) has sent me another email disparaging my mother, slandering me and threatening if I don't do so and so then they will exclude me from their lives FOREVER. Are you kidding me. This is an ex-police officer for the City of Paris. Seriously. That's really nice. That's great. In seven years of knowing my husband, I have NEVER had him email ANYONE on my behalf. I'm a big girl. I get up everyday and put on my big panties and do stuff that isn't always fun. But, I'm a ballsy kind of girl quite frankly. How dare my sister put this STRANGER up to emailing me. If she has an issue with me...she has my phone number. She obviously also is stalking me on Myspace because somehow they have issues with my "headlines." Okay, so I'm 32....Grow the hell up. Seriously. I'm so pissed. They sent a copy of this email to my MOTHER. Four days before Mother's Day. They sent an email to my Mother and I stating that the only reason they can figure out that we have "forced" Crystal out of our lives is because we have something to "gain" by it. i.e. my mother's money. Well, I hate to break it to Crystal, but she's already used up her fair share of Mom's money. AND Mom rewrote her will years ago when Crystal pissed her off...so life sucks for her. Plus the fact, I don't give a crap about my Mom's money. How many of you know that my Mom won the lottery? Probably not all of you and that's because I do not scream it from the rooftops. My mother has money, not me. I have earned everything I have by working hard. I do not introduce myself as hi, I'm Buffy, my mom won the lottery and she's rich. Seriously!! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kappa Deltas.

Okay, so I'm a sorority girl. I haven't gone to a reunion since I left there in 1996. There are several reasons why. But, for the most part the biggest issue for me as of the last....um 10 years was because I have gained a massive amount of weight since my college days of the low 100's. So, I was way insecure. But, as I've gotten older...I really don't care that I'm a 10 instead of a 3. I mean some days I do, but most of the time I don't. So, I finally went to a "reunion." IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. We went bowling and then to Love and War In Texas and sat outside on the patio and listened to good music and drank even better margaritas...YUMMY...Here are the picures. I'll blog on Cinco de Mayo tomorrow. I need to get to bed. I'm exhausted. It was a long weekend and an even longer Monday....