Savor the Moments

In early July I took our oldest daughter, E, to Duluth for a simple mommy-daughter overnight. We had a fantastic time. She talked and talked and talked and I tried to listen. I think she really craved the alone time with me and I know it did my heart good. I am quite overwhelmed and have been sick recently, so I am going to be really creative by just posting pictures of our time together without further ado.

We spent a lot of time playing with the timer function on my camera and trying to snap shots of us together. In this shot, we were laughing so hard we could barely climb up on top of the rock in time for the picture, so we look really goofy. Silly us!

I love this picture because my baby girl is so precious and beautiful. She insisted on holding my hands, which just warms my heart. I know there will soon come a day when she is too "big" or "cool" to hold my hand and I am not looking forward to that moment.

Five Never Looked This Good

I have missed updating you on so many events! LONG overdue are pictures from H's family birthday party. Our sweet girl turned FIVE! Can you believe she is five?


I love playing with the timer feature of my camera. No one is safe now that I've figured it out (or as my husband more appropriately pointed out -- I was told how to do it. Thanks Bro in Law)

This is my favorite picture. It's what happens when adults are sick of watching their children ride bikes and have all the fun. LOL!

Alive

Praise Jesus! I am on the road to wellness. After spending almost the last week in pain with a kidney infection and an uncontrollable fever of 103-105, I am excited to be alive.

Last Thursday, I went to the clinic because I felt so sick. I wasn't sure what was wrong since my *only* symptoms were extremely achy joints, a high fever of 103-105 with uncontrollable sweating or shivering, a headache and a pain in my left side near my ribs. The doctor looked at me, ordered a bunch of labs and then promptly said, "You have a fantastic kidney infection and are extremely dehydrated. I recommend you go to the emergency room at the hospital and get some IV fluids and possibly IV antibiotics."

So the journey began. I went to the hospital and spent the next several days in bed. I am typing this post from bed. Today is the first day that I have felt human in a bajillion days. Tonight is the first time I have been able to sit up straight and stay awake for more than one hour. I LOVE antibiotics.

Add What We Can

"We are here to add what we can to life,

not to see what we can get from life."

~ William Osler, Physician (1849-1919)

Life Lesson

E (my almost 9-year old daughter) to me: Mom! I have funny toes. Just look at that "piggly" toe...

Me: Your what?

E: My piggly toe. You know, the little one. It's so little and weird.

Me: Honey, do you mean your "pinkie" toe, like this? (I hold up my pinkie finger.)

E: Nooooo. It's my piggly toe.

Me: I think it's called your PINKIE toe.

E: No. It's not.

Me: Are you sure? I think I have always heard it referred to as a pinkie, or maybe a baby, toe.

E: No, Mom! I am right. What do you call this toe? (She is pointing at the toe next to her pinkie toe.)

Me: Ummm... I don't know. It's just a toe.

E: Mom, it's not called a "ring" toe, like on your hand (pointing to her ring finger) -- so, this little toe is my piggly toe -- not my pinkie toe. Toes have different names than fingers. Geez! Don't you know anything?

Me: Ummm... apparently not.
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How can you argue with that kind of logic? Seriously?! It was flawed but quite ingenious, wouldn't you agree?

Before Blogs

Once upon a time, back before there were blogs, people kept diaries. They were the "old fashioned" with things like paper kind, where they wrote down what they did each day and what they ate and what they dreamed. And then we started this new fangled trend of blogging. Now everything is public, and if you’re like me, you sometimes long for those old paper diaries -- perhaps the kind with the leather covers and the silk bookmarks.

Any body with me on this? Just think... what are future generations missing if we don't leave behind some of our thoughts on paper? Technology is fabulous, but aren't we losing an important link to generations, past and future?

Baking with The Muppets

I love baking and I love The Muppets, so I found this clip amusing and reminisicent of childhood evenings watching The Muppets Show.