Sunday, October 9, 2011

Chao Appendix!


Hello again...
Yes I have successfully given birth to a bouncing baby appendix. I have lost forever .5 oz... never to be regained in its original version until the resurrection. Wednesday dawned with lots of not-happy pain. I lay on the couch while Nathan quietly and contentedly wreaked havoc throughout the house including emptying my purse, the cupboards, toy cupboard and their room. Aislinn, was a big help, I asked her to get me the box of Cheerios down and she brought the fruit loops instead because she would rather have the sugary ones (I can't blame her).... which is about the only thing any of us ate until my sweetheart rescued me a lunch time and took care of them. I have to say, I love my Richard, I'm sorry he had to spend a horrible birthday in the hospital with a sleepy painful wife, hopped up on painkillers. He was amazing.

Early the next morning at 4 ish I woke up with worse pain and thankfully Richard won out and we decided to go the ER. We called a very sweet woman that we know here and she came and took them home with her when she woke up and had them till bedtime. My favorite (sarcasm intended) question at the ER is almost always asked by someone who looks supremely board and not at all in a hurry... "why are you here?". I guess the question just becomes incredibly ridiculous when you show up in the middle of the night, obviously hugely pregnant and then have to say... uh, Im in labor? I was in the er for 7 hours, they gave me an ultrasound and a ct scan and said they couldn't find the appendix, just a bunch of liquid. (clue #1 maybe?)

I didn't have a few of the symptoms of Appendicitis so they decided to just watch me for a night. I think being really thirsty and unable to drink when others around you can, almost made me the craziest. Thankfully I was given a little blue sponge-on-stick that I probably used evilly to suck as much water down as I could. I now have even less of a desire to be stranded in the mojave or sahara deserts than I had before. Thankfully I had a bunch of very cute little nurses and a husband that tried not to leave my side. They operated 36 hrs after I got to the hospital and yep, sure enough my pinky-sized appendix had ruptured.

Funny parts: my er bed was "new" and no one could steer it; my next bed locked down every now and then and I had to teach subsequent nurses how to unlock it; my sink became Niagra falls-not my fault... it just started pouring out of the bottom onto the crisp linoleum floor while I tried very hard not to laugh my guts out, and the mac 'n cheese left much to be desired.

My sweet Mother-in-Law Leslie found a way to get my Mom here, so she took care of everything while I vegged on the couch and read books. Leslie is here this week which is a relief too. I cut the kids hair for the first time, both cuts are a lot shorter than pictured, but cute and thankfully they will grow out.

Finally, thanks to my dear friend Chel my teeth feel zingier than ever, my lips are glossy, and I laughed hard multiple times!

Saturday, September 17, 2011

This is for you Herm!

Welp, after several days of trying to figure out how to access this blog, since as you can tell, we used it once upon a time and forgot about it, I finally figured it out. Herm, this blog's for you. Today there was a library book sale.... just one of those events that I love. Cheap books. Yep, I am slowly accumulating books upon books upon books. I know that someone will have to move them each time we pack up our house {Richard}, but I love books.

There were thousands of books, thankfully the tables were kind of labled, so I could skip paperback romances, spirituality, and leisure (what is a leisure book?), and I went straight for the kid section... my fave. An old lady was picking up tons of books for her grandkid and picked up a book that I would have loved... I was very tempted to ask her to trade for some other book, but I moved on hoping that she'd come up later and ask if I wanted it. No such luck. I did find some great ones though, so it was a success.

I did get to see 17 Miracles. I must admit that it makes me ashamed of my tendency to complain about silly things. I also wanted to come home and hug my non-frozen children and not-starving husband. I am thankful for those pioneers and I am also thankful for cheesecake, air conditioning/heat, and my running shoes.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Back in Boise

Here we are, in 90 degree Boise weather, a blistering change from our week in Alaska. We arrived home Sunday morning, happy to be in our home, but sad to see the vacation end. We came home with a few red salmon fillets, a pile of halibut fillets, and two king salmon (one in steak form and the other filleted). The day has been quiet as we are resting and preparing to start real life again tomorrow.