This, That and Irritated....

-3 days until Thanksgiving. Ummmm....I need to paint and put up at least 1 tree by then. UGH! Anyone wanna come help paint, clean or put up my tree?

-4 days until I spend the entire day at the Mall. Yes people, I am going to the Mall on Black Friday. But NOT to shop. So that the kids can perform and pass out Flyers for the Nutcracker.

-8 days until dress rehearsal at the Holiday Star. That brings both the thought of sheer panic and the thought of sheer joy. Finale is my favorite part of the production. I am not able to take a picture of finale because a picture is unable to catch the essence of the moment. It is amazing and breathtaking and makes me teary eyed and have goosebumps all at the same time. I have 5 costume to fix. OH MY GOSH! Procrastination!!! LOL

-12 days until our 1st Family Christmas Party of the season. That means I have to buy 1 more gift and finish sewing 1 gift before then. However 4 days of the 12 are going to be full of Nutcracker. YIKES! I am feeling the crunch. Anyone wanna help me sew?

-13 days until we check in for a stay at the RMH.

-14 days until Lindsay has surgery to place a drain. This in itself is enough to cause me to want to drink (HEAVILY) and vomit all at the same time.

I am really having issues with procrastination.

I am having a lot of trouble dealing with the fact that Lindsay has to have a drain trial. I am scared that she is going to need to be shunted. It causes me great anxiety to just think about it. People have this unreal and inaccurate belief that a shunt is the end all fix all. It is not. It is a man made device that if you are a LUCKY ONE you have minimal to no issues with it. However, REALISTICALLY....It is a straw. It clogs, breaks, and in our case we are lucky if the stupid thing works 40% of the time. Well, since we have this experience and we are now wise enough to realize that sometimes it is better left alone... Lindsay is going to have to show remarkable results with the drain trial. Gabe was EXCELLENT with the drain and he is still doing crappy so we are going to basically need the Hand of God to come down and tell us that shunting her IS what he wants for her because otherwise...It is not happening. We will do serial lumbar punctures before shunting her if the results are not what we need from them.

I know I said I would update about Gabe's appointment and I have briefly spoke to most of you about it. However it has taken me this long just to get to a point where I no longer have the horrible feelings that I did. Now...I just do not wish to talk about it and relive the appointment. Suffice to say, we need to see the plastic surgeon and I will make that appointment for January or February.

Oh, another thing that irritates me.... People who think that they have it worse than everyone else. ARGH! SHUT UP! Your child is not dying. It CAN be worse. ARGH! PMS...IS.A.BITCH

Questions.....

Tagged by Cindy

1. Do you like blue cheese? NO

2. Have you ever smoked heroin? NO

3. Do you own a gun? I do not, Darren owns a few

4. Wax or Shave your body parts? Shave

5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? Depends

6. Real or fake nails? real

7. Favorite Christmas song? I can tell you it is NOT little drummer boy..... (sorry mom, you have made me want to vomit the moment I hear that song)

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Dunkin Donuts French Vanilla Coffee

9. Can you do push ups? Probably 1 and only 1

10. What's your Favorite piece of jewelry? It is a tie between my wedding set and the bracelet I got when the twins were born.

11. Favorite hobby? embroidering

12. Do you have A.D.D.? No

13. What's one trait that you hate about yourself? I love to eat

14. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment:

~1. I need to switch the laundry
~2. I need to pack
~3. I need to avoid my husband.

15. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? Sweet Tea, Water and Coke

16. Current worry right now? How much sleep I am not going to get tonight

17. Current hate right now? being overweight and letting people make me feel bad about myself.

18. Favorite place to be? Home, when my husband is not here and in a foul mood

19. How did you bring in the New Year? With family

20. Like to camp? Ummm....Remember Discover Camp????

21. Name three people who will complete this? Jess (because she loves me), Ari (because it gives her a reason to update her blog) and Lynn

22. Do you own slippers? yes, but I do not wear them

23. What color shirt are you wearing? Blue

24. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? Oh hell no....

25. Can you whistle? Yes

26. Favorite color? Blue

27. Would you be a pirate? No

28. What songs do you sing in the shower? Whatever comes to mind

29. Favorite girl's name? Lily

30. Favorite boy's name? Ian

31. What's in your pocket right now? I do not have pockets on my shorts, however I use my bra (the MAGIC BRA ;) ) as a pocket and I currently have a seamripper, cell phone and safety pins in it.

32 Last thing that made you laugh? The kids

33. Best bed sheets as a kid? I don't remember

34. Worst injury you've ever had? The injuries from my car accident in '96

35. Do you love where you live? Most of the time

36. How many TV’s do you have in your house? 2

37. Who is your loudest friend? Tommi :)

38. How many pets do you have? None

39. Does someone have a crush on you? Yes

40. What is your favorite book? Anything Nicholas Sparks or Jane Austen

41. What is your favorite candy? Skittles or rolos

42. Favorite Sports Team? Cubs

43. First thought when you woke up? I have to pee

44. Worst habit? Procrastinating on folding the laundry

45. Do you play an instrument? Yes

46. How long does it take you to get to work? I don't have a job. You know, being a wife and mother is suppose to be fulfilling enough.

47. If you could eat anything in the world right this second.Nothing

48 . Do you like the person who sent this to you? Yes


Ok, it's your turn to answer.

I tag...

Jess

Lynn

Ari

:)

NC Trip

We returned from our trip to NC unscathed. Which considering that within the first 5 hours we were nearly hit by other cars was a complete miracle. :) Just after we got onto 74 to hear towards Cincy, I saw headlights coming towards us. I thought perhaps there was a service road running next to the interstate and then the headlights were RIGHT BY US! Literally coming into my lane. The Truck had gotten on the off ramp to the interstate and was headed the wrong way. After some very lucky swearing and God's hand on us, we missed the guy in the pick up truck. He stopped in the middle of 74, whipped a uturn and got off 74. We still called the police just in case he was a drunk driver.

We drive into KY and just south of Florence, we see a car driving on the left hand shoulder. Now the road is 4 lanes in itself and it is just after midnight, ummm....No traffic no need to drive on the shoulder. The guy is awake as he is turning his brights on and off. Now, let me explain this more clearly...The guy is driving at the speed limit, in the left hand shoulder, next to a concrete wall barrier, playing with his headlights and other than me there MIGHT be 3 cars a ways behind us. I decide to speed up a bit as we are getting ready to enter a construction zone and I want to be as far away from this guy as is possible. Construction signS clearly say, LEFT LANE CLOSE AHEAD. THe guy never gets over. All of a sudden from just behind us we hear a BOOM then no headlights behind us. We (again) called the police and kept on going. (We were too far ahead of him to stop and go back in a construction zone and the cars behind us had caught up and had stopped.

Now you have to remember, my cell phone had died minutes into our trip to NC. THen there was an accident that caused a huge back up and made me get off the interstate and take back roads into Lafayette. Which caused me to drive by a Walmart and I got a car charger for my cell phone because mine had broken. Wow! The way things work out...

However, we stopped in Corbin, KY for the night. It was getting late and the kids had woke up and been up for a bit so we decided to stop since then they would fall asleep more quickly. :) We stopped at a Days Inn (I believe). The guy at the check in window seriously resembled Norman Bates and when we got into our room Mom and I piled our luggage infront of the door. Granted it did not help that I had watched Criminal Minds the Wednesday before and it was similar to the movie Vacancy. (I do not recommend watching this movie if you need to stay in a cheap dive of a motel) As we were checking out on Monday morning, the door would not latch. The only thing that kept our door closed that night was the chain and our luggage...NICE!

We arrived in Mocksville, NC around 3pm. We visited my aunt at work then headed to her house. We have a relatively calm visit. If you ask Gabe the highlight was the RCR racing museum. Since it was SOOOO unseasonably COLD we opted out of going to the Lowes race
track.



RCR Racing Museum, Gabe, Fayeth, Hannah and Lindsay in front of Dale Sr.'s Car













In a Nascar Hauler-



















Fayeth and her "Guy", Kevin Harvick.














The kids with Kevin Harvick's car













Gabe with Jeff Burton's #31 At&t Car















Jeff Burton's Car












Gramma, Aunt Paula Pooh,
Fayeth, Lindsay, Gabe & Hannah
in front of Jeff Burton's Picture















Watching them put the car's together.










Fayeth with Clint Boyer's Car.... Can we say TROUBLE.

I was tagged....

Because my darling friend Kristen loves me....

This picture if of Gabe and Lindsay on their 5th birthday. Lindsay's bows were made by Nicole. She makes THE.BEST.BOWS!

So anyhow, here are the rules for this Picture MeMe:
* Go to your sixth Picture Folder then pick your sixth picture.
* Hope that you remember the details and write a post about your tag/photo.
* Tag 5 others…

1. Jess from Its My Life Laugh if You Must
2. Lynn-Whom I won't link due to a stalker. :D
3. Liz-Another Fellow Chiari Mom
4. Sarah-To make her update her blog
5. Susan from Mean Mommy X2

Question....

At what age would you allow your child to go away to a camp for 7 days. At this camp you cannot supervise, it is in a different state and is an awesome opportunity? (On a side note, the parent can stay at a hotel nearby)

Happy Halloween......

The Sweet One...

The Spoiled One

The Sassy One

The Boy Child

The OLDEST Child

The Family-Halloween 2008

Fayeth was HIGHLY distressed by Darren's mask....