A video

Here is a link to oarts my Son's baseball game Saturday. He is #13 playing catcher on the blue team

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7NO8R3uX9E&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Waiting Rooms

Today I am having an echocardiogram. Nothing is wrong, my doctor heard a heart murmur and she wanted a baseline for future reference. I keep trying to remember if she has heard this in the past. She had no notes of it in my record and neither of us could remember if she had heard it before.

So, I am waiting in the outpatient waiting room. The television is on. There is some daily "news" show on, I think a Today something show. Oh my. This is NOT news this is noise. Just saying.

You see all kinds in the hospital. I rarely go to the hospital and for that I am thankful. 

Echocardiograms are interesting and quite personal. You never know how these things go when you leave the tech because they do not tell you anything unless there is an emergency. They let me leave so no emergency. 

Mom School

Today and tomorrow I am attending a local home school curriculum sale and workshops. I sat in the back and spread out to wrap my head around what I have seen and heard.

And there may be a change for my little guy for first grade. Thinking and praying.

I used to be a coordinated person, I was a little more picky about pretty much my entire life. Then, I gave up. I chose to go with function and ease of living over my expectations. I have loved Mason jars for many a year. I love canning the harvest and I love drinking my daily water and Good Girl Moonshine in quart Mason jars. I use glass jars and Mason jars around the house for holding pencils and paint brushes and now I use them for holding toothbrushes in our bathrooms. The upside-- when the jar gets covered with toothbrush yuckiness, I just go get another jar out of the cabinet and toss the toothbrushes into a clean jar and put the dirty jar in the dishwasher. Makes my life easier, just a tiny bit,but yet easier.

My Day on Instagram

Do you Instagram? I really like this social media outlet. I am a picture person, you see. So, I post quite a few pictures over on my Instagram account that do not make it to Facebook or even to the old blog here so why don't you join me over there for even more of the craziness that is our every day life?

Here is my first pic of the day. My boy with his Trim Healthy Boy Drink, for the link to this look at my Pinterest widget on the side and follow the directions. He liked it and there is no sugar!!!!

 

Then I posted my Mason Bar Company lid, I love these things. They should pay me for all the word of mouth advertising I do for them.

 

A picture of math time with Benjamin, he is a very active six year old boy and he asks a ton of questions, he is challenging to keep on topic. I love him. 

 

Here are two drinks, my quart of water and Benjamin's quilted jelly jar of yummy goodness. 

 

Lastly, a selfie went on Instagram. I was discussing a science chapter with Judith and decided to relax a little while we discussed. 

Observations

All thoughts are mine, I am not talking about anyone specific just general observations in general.

1. Skinny jeans on the males of the human species, why?

2. Tank tops on the males of the human species, I just do not like it. Good thing I live on the frozen tundra and only have to see this for four or five months out of the year. I saw one today at the orthodontist office, seriously dude, it is not warm enough yet for a tank top.

3. We are at the orthodontist office for a bracket repair first thing on a Monday morning. The first two items on the list I saw today. I cannot unsee them. And I am not bashing the males, they just commited  these faux pas today.

4. Spring has sprung and I have green pictures to prove it.

5. Levi's bracket has been repaired. Back to school.

6. My husband fixed my van this weekend. It had a shake when I braked and I do not like shake, rattle and rolling. He is the bestest ever. He also does not wear skinny jeans or tank tops.

7. I could get into making these random lists because it really is how my brain works, random, that's me.

8. Today is Monday and I have no where to go today after that trip to the orthodontist. Yahoo!

9. The house is a mess and I have tried to do a few things, like laundry today but I have a couple of kids who seem to need regular reminders and supervision to accomplish their school work for the day. 

Planning and Lifestyle

My husband and I on our way to Delta for Levi's first baseball game of the season. And yes, I am the one wearing camouflage, that is a strange turn of events in our family.

 

Delta is known for being a windy city. Today, she held true to being a windy city.  

 

Judith and I on one of our trips to the van for provisions.  

  

Neither my husband or myself know where this particular clothing item came from but I am thankful to have found this in the coat closet this morning. This thing is pretty wind proof and I was able to stay toasty warm.  I am also glad I grabbed a hat on the way out the door because that wind blew my hair all over the place.

 

There was a play ground next to the ball field. We took turns going over with Benjamin to play. 

 

Benjamin is always dressed well for the ball field. Every single game. 

 

Oh, and there was a ball game with this really great guy playing. And they won this game. 

 

We left home early and arrived back home around the dinner time which meant two meals on the road, outside of my home with all the healthy stuff I normally have at my fingertips. But, I planned and my wonderful daughters helped pack healthy choices and I managed a very good food day in the chaos of the day away from home. The family had burgers at the local IGA in Delta, yes I said the local grocery store, they actually have a pretty decent burger there. I opted for protein bars that Judith had made yesterday as I was still pretty full from lunch. I am amazed at how quickly I fill up on much less food than I used to consume.  

Wood Work

Elisabeth has been interested in working with wood for some time and this past year she has been slowly learning, gathering needed tools and experimenting with wood. She has shown an interest in creating rings out of wood. Here is the ring she made for me.

 

Here is a ring, before staining, that she made as an item to be auctioned at a fund raiser she and her leadership team mates are having to raise funds for an upcoming trip to Boston.  

 

Here is the completed ring.  

 

She also made a gift for our homeschool teacher with her wood burner. 

Friday Check In

I am at thirty pounds gone so far in this journey. At times I can feel everyone of those thirty pounds gone and then sometimes I feel as though they are still here. Then I looked back at a picture from almost two years ago and yeah, they are gone.
This picture will have to do for today. I do not like man cut t-shirts but this one was on the top of the laundry pile when I changed clothes so it went on for the evening while I prep for an out of town baseball game tomorrow.
I enjoyed a week of pre prepped meals after the once a month meal prep from last week. I grilled kabobs last night but other than that we have had meals from the freezer and it has been grand.

Test Day

Today was test day for me. Last week I visited my primary care provider, ya know, my Doctor. She sent me to have my mammogram and then an ultrasound of my neck to check on my thryoid and make sure the cancer is still gone. 

And, she called with results today and the ultrasound looked good and my mammogram was good as well. I passed my tests!!! 

Yes, I know the letters are backward, I was taking selfies so things are backward.

 

I am getting a hair cut tomorrow, much better than tests, and I cannot wait for that hair cut.