Ahhh I'm still sick!

Im tired of being sick!

I want to go to work!

I want to be around people!

I want to go to lunch with the girls at work!

I want to go on a jeep ride!

I want to put my contacts in and put makeup on!

I am not a good sick person. One afternoon home sick from work is plenty. It's not like a snow day where you can do little things around in the house...oh no its more like lay around cough, sneeze, snot you get the picture. I'm trying to get some extra sleep because I know that will help my body fight this sickness but I can only lay in bed for so long till I just cant do it. Eric said if I was a good sick person maybe he would take me on a short jeep ride later this evening. Surely some fresh air will make me feel better or the allergies in the air will add fuel to the fire we shall see. Until then I guess I will try and sleep and find something on horrible day time tv.

Im sick again!!!!

I hate to say it but I am sick AGAIN!!! This may be like my 3 or 4th sick post since I started blogging and thats in less than a year!!! Well this time it started out as allergies and sinus's but has really gotten worse in the past two days. It doesn't help that I just went to the doctor today and ran myself ragged last week. I went to the doctor after lunch and thought I would go back to work after I got my meds. However I was running a fever and feeling worse by the second, so one of the girls at work moved my clients and I came home. I got myself all settled in on the couch to take a nap. Fast forward 30 minutes and I start coughing my head off! My eyes are watering then I sneeze a few times, cough some more and then finally have to just get up. I haven't been able to sleep the last 2 nights so I don't know why I thought this would be any better. I have tried propping myself up and thats not cutting it! I am really wishing I would have let Eric buy the recliner he wanted for the house instead of this trendy chair and ottoman! Live and learn. I guess I will try and get propped back up for another cat nap. A big Thank You to Stacy for making me go to the doctor and for also moving my clients.

My husband AKA Martha Stewart

I don't enjoy things like working in the garden, picking things in a garden nor canning things out of the garden. However my husband does. Even though I don't actually enjoy getting the stuff out of the garden I like to eat certain things. I like corn and green beans. I don't like tomatoes but do like having the juice for chili and soups. My Dad puts out a HUGE garden every year so much that Eric doesn't have to do one his self but can reap the benefits. This year Eric put up some corn which I said I wouldn't help with but reluctantly ended up helping anyway and then tonight at 7pm he decides he's going to put up tomato juice. I was like Babe really??!!! First I was like why do you enjoy doing this so much?! I really don't enjoy it one bit and two you don't start a project like this at 7 in the evening. Its now almost 10pm and he is still in the kitchen working on it. I hate to see what my kitchen looks like right now, hopefully not worse than when I took these pics. Thank goodness his cousin came over and Eric convinced him to stay and help. I guess on the up side we will not only have some really good juice for our soups but also for a few bloody mary's!

Eric and Cody working hard

I'm Proud to be an American.

On Thursday my Mom, cousin and cousin in law left for our trip to Great Lakes Naval Base to watch my cousin Morgan graduate from her Navy Recruit Training Program. It was a long drive up but so very worth it. I have never been to a military graduation so I didn't know what to expect but it exceeded every expectation that I had. We got randomly picked to go through a security check where we had to get out of the car and have the car searched which was really no big deal they were very nice about the whole process. Finally we got into where the graduation would be held and we all anxiously awaited the recruits to enter. It was absolutely the greatest thing I have ever seen. I cant even explain it, I wish I could because it was amazing. The flags, the band, the chorus (which Morgan was part of) the marching in perfect uniform. I loved it. There were over 700 graduates which made me so proud of all these young men and women who will leave their families to serve our great country. After graduation was over we made our way down to see Morgan searching our way through a sea of white uniforms. When we finally got to her it was such a proud moment, there were hugs and kisses and a few tears. Of course we all had a ton of questions so we made our way to a little restaurant so we could all try and catch up in the little time we had. Morgan's Mom, brother, almost step-Dad and step-sister were staying the weekend but we had to make our way home. It was so nice to see Morgan happy, even excited to start her A school training. She seemed so proud to belong to this new Navy family and it made my heart beam with joy. She has worked so hard to get here even with all the things she's been faced with the last few years. So on a finale note...Morgan, I am so proud of you and love you so much...and a big thank you and God bless to all the military men and women and their families.

Happy Birthday Shelly!

I would like to wish a big Happy Birthday to my sister. She normally hates her birthday because of her birthday curse. Yes I said curse...for the last I don't know how many years around her birthday something bad has happened. Here is just a few of the big things that have occurred..both our Grandparents passed away within a week of her birthday(not the same year), she and Jimmy where in a horrible car accident where she almost went through the windshield, she had to move reluctantly from her home on her birthday one year, Jimmy burned his eyes with a welder last year a day before her birthday. I am sure there is more but no need to go into more I think you get the idea. Well this year the curse was broken! She had a great birthday and the week before was good too! Mom and I made our way down to her house and we ate lunch and then went to the beach. They say a picture is worth a thousand words so here you go...

My sister doesn't own a pair of sandals so she went to the beach in her boots! I guess thats why we love her so much. She doesn't give a crap what people think about her she is just her. Hope you had a GREAT Birthday Shell, I love you.

What's up with the sickness in the summer??

Only a couple of weeks ago Eric and I were sick with some nasty stomach flu and now Eric has an upper respiratory infection or at least thats what the Dr. at our Prompt Care Clinic says. His mouth is full of sores, so is his throat and his face is swollen because of his glands. I have heard of more people being sick this summer and its not right. Its summer we are supposed to be soaking up the sun, having fruity drinks, and hanging out with friends. Instead I am inside disinfecting anything Eric touches because I don't want any chance for this summer sickness to spread to me.Please no more summer sickness in our house we've had enough! Hope everyone else out there is avoiding this summer sickness going around.

My sister is stronger than me

You all know how much I love my sister, I am her biggest fan but also her toughest critic. My sister has always been strong physically and emotionally but tonight she is doing something I am not sure I could do in her shoes. She is attending her 5 year class reunion. Now unlike me she didn't enjoy high school so this is a big deal for her. She had a two close girlfriends in high school but most of the other girls were not so nice. She ended up dropping out her junior year and getting her GED. I cant' say that the only reason for this was her fellow classmates because there was way more to it than that but I am saying that I am really proud of her for going back and facing anyone that doubted that she would do something with her life. I love you Shell.