The good news....
Matthew had the opportunity to read 360 additional minutes (over a 3-4 week period) to earn a free 6-flags ticket. ...and he did it, and then some! We found out that Matthew no only received the free ticket, but was the ONLY child in his grade to do the extra reading. He was so proud to be the only one to receive the free ticket. And we are very proud of him also! In other "Matthew" news, he started art class with Nat at the 1st of May. He is really enjoying it. He's just now starting his first project since he's had to do "basics" up until now. So we are anxious to see his first masterpiece :)
Natalie applied to be on the Jr. Dolls Dance Team for 8th grade. What this is, is a team outside of dance class (which she will be taking next year) that practices with the high school team and gets to do 2-3 half-time performances with them during the football season. We are so excited for her. She had such crummy luck with athletics this year since she only made the Cross Country team. The coaches said she tried really hard in all sports, but just too many girls went out for everything. She has also made the journalism team and will get to be on the year book staff next year. Another great thing for her! I think she will really be an asset with her artistic mind ;)
Brayden is doing exceptionally well with the acupressure allergy treatments! I'd explain the process, but it's just too "out there". Just know that it works and it's a GOOD thing :) I'm attempting to completely break him of the gugga today. Kinda have no choice since he woke up and we couldn't find it anywhere. So...guess today's as good a day as any. And since he lost it, he seems to be doing ok with it. As opposed to me taking it away from him. Wish us luck........ Potty training, yikes...won't go there. It's still gonna be a while on that....
Tonight is the last softball game of the season. We were supposed to have a game on Tues, but got rained out. Hoping for one more win to the girls really GREAT season. I'll do my best to remember the camera this time...since it kinda is my last chance!!!
Elephant news......
Yep, that's right....he/she's back!!! And yesterday it was not over cast, so I'm really confused why the elephant(raccoon) was out so much yesterday. It started off coming out of the woods all puffed up cause Marbles was barking at it. Then it scurried over to the shed and when under it. Then it went over to the playground and up a tree. It did this several times yesterday. it never looked like it was walking drunk and when I went out a few time to give it a "love tap" with the bb gun, it never hissed/growled at me or tried to come at me. So, I'm think maybe it has babies? Is anyone out there a raccoon expert? Do they have babies in the tree, or would they be what's under the shed? Would i hear them if they "cried"?
That's all for now. Have a great day!
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Elephant in the backyard?
Ok, since the last post didn't captivate too many (and thank you to those that it did :))...try this out for kicks...
Yesterday as I was working at my desk and Brayden was in the living room watching tv, I hear him scream "...he's back, he's back..." I ask him "who's back?". He says "...him!!!!!". Now, mind you that my parents were to be showing up at around this time, so I think that he's seen them outside. So I get up and go the front and don't see them there, but I do see Brayden standing on the couch pointing outside towards the playgroud. And he hollers at me "...LLLLOOOOOOOKKKK...it's a, it's a...ELEPHANT!" Well, of course I HAD to look! :) It wasn't exactly and elephant, but it was an animal that we'd yet to see in our backyard. It was a HUGE racoon. And as I spot him (after a very good chuckle), he attacks a squirrel, snatchs him up in his mouth, and runs up the tree. Now my first thought is ...is it rabid? Cause I thought if a nocturnal animal came out in the day that it might be rabid. Plus, it'd just attacked and killed a squirrel!! I didn't knwo they did that (but they do). So I called the animal control lady and she said that since yesterday was over cast that it probably threw him off. And since he wasn't appearing to be walking "drunk", and was able to make it up a tree...we should be good. But to just give him his space.
When Brayden got up this morning and the sun came out...he did look for the elephant, but he wasn't there. I'm wondering what type zoo animal might appear in my backyard today?!!?
Yesterday as I was working at my desk and Brayden was in the living room watching tv, I hear him scream "...he's back, he's back..." I ask him "who's back?". He says "...him!!!!!". Now, mind you that my parents were to be showing up at around this time, so I think that he's seen them outside. So I get up and go the front and don't see them there, but I do see Brayden standing on the couch pointing outside towards the playgroud. And he hollers at me "...LLLLOOOOOOOKKKK...it's a, it's a...ELEPHANT!" Well, of course I HAD to look! :) It wasn't exactly and elephant, but it was an animal that we'd yet to see in our backyard. It was a HUGE racoon. And as I spot him (after a very good chuckle), he attacks a squirrel, snatchs him up in his mouth, and runs up the tree. Now my first thought is ...is it rabid? Cause I thought if a nocturnal animal came out in the day that it might be rabid. Plus, it'd just attacked and killed a squirrel!! I didn't knwo they did that (but they do). So I called the animal control lady and she said that since yesterday was over cast that it probably threw him off. And since he wasn't appearing to be walking "drunk", and was able to make it up a tree...we should be good. But to just give him his space.
When Brayden got up this morning and the sun came out...he did look for the elephant, but he wasn't there. I'm wondering what type zoo animal might appear in my backyard today?!!?
Monday, May 05, 2008
Jumping in with BOTH feet
Ok, I've been dipping my toes in the waters of Herbal Healing. I will be flat out honest that when it was first suggested to me, I did the raised eyebrow and thought "yeah, ok...that was sweet advice, but I ain't going that route". That stuff's for hippies, flower power, guru believing type folks.
Well, I finally gave in and changed my backwards way of thinking when we just couldn't seem to get a grasp on Brayden's gastrointestinal and respiratory problems. The sweet nurse at our pediatrician's office pulled me to the side one day and told me that some herbal supplements could really help Brayden in ways that all the meds he was on couldn't (...but don't dare tell the dr. she told me that). And he'd been so sick for so long, I threw in the towel and gave it a shot. Wow! We went from seeing the dr. weekly (no joke) to seeing her maybe twice a year. Amazing difference. I became a believer. Then when I was having some health issues a while back my OB/GYN suggested some herbal supplements in lieu of prescribing meds that I could most likely become allergic to (my drug allergy list is crazy long). I am now hooked. And I have the big kids on supplements also. My health food store LOVES seeing me drive up :)
Now this didn't just all happen in the last month. Stuff I've mentioned has happen over the last 2 or so years. With in that time I've become a "regular" at the health food store. They were so helpful when I was trying to find an herbal route to go with for Karen when we found out she had Cancer. And low and behold, one of the ladies who works up there had Cancer that spread like Karen's. They'd given her 1 month to live. So she started a Herbal regimen along with Herbal Chemo. Each time I'd go into the store and see her I'd just smile cause I knew she was going thru the same fight as Karen. And to see here there was just an inspiration. Shortly after Karen passed away, I started noticing that Marcy wasn't in the store anymore....and so I thought that she too had passed. Her sister works in the store as well, but I didn't want to ask cause I know it's painful. But I was in there just a few weeks ago and the subject came up and she told me that her sister and moved back home to Trent, TX because she was CANCER FREE! That's right CANCER FREE. This lady who was stage 4, 1 month to live, 27 brain tumors...same boat as my sister is ALIVE...and free from that freakin monster! I just started bawling. Not sad, but floored that I couldn't have been more persuasive to my sister's doctor and my sister. BUT, I have now told my family (and this goes to all that I love...family, friends, all of you)...If someone I love finds out that they have Cancer...I will be a pain in the rear and I will do everything in my power to convince you that the Herbal route is not only less invasive, but WORKS!!!!!!!!!! (...now stepping back down off my pulpit :))
Now with that all being said and me rambling on an on... You'd think that I would be going the herbal route again when Brayden's dr. tells me that Brayden's asthma and allergies (food and inhaled) have gotten to the point that there is not another med she can prescribe to help him. (If you see a few blogs ago, there' a picture of Brayden's last allergy attack that affected his eyes...and prompted the dr. to say this). So we went to the ENT/Allergist and found that this baby is soo, soo, soo allergic. I wasn't all in my head. Literally, EVERY fruit and veggie that he's eaten, he's formed an antibody to. Therefore, he's allergic to all the fruits and veggies he's eaten...or that I ate while he was in utero!!! (He's off the chart on many, many airborne allergies also.) So the suggestion was trying to do sublingual drops that he has to hold under his tongue for 3 mins and not swallow. ...yeah, that's not working out so well with a 3 year old. All we have is practice drops right now and today we are supposed to tell her if we think it'll work or not. The alternative is weekly shots for a year. So I talked to my sister Cheryl...who knows that I'm slowly converting to the Herbal ways :) And she says "why don't you see if there's a Herbal or alternative method of healing for this?" Duh... So I explore and ask around. Our very good friend (Jim's little Sister by proxy :)) Reagan (who also has had life long food allergy issues) tells us about acupuncture that she's having done for her food allergies. She sends me the website and I look up and see if there's a local practitioner. THERE IS! So I call and find out that they they do needleless acupuncture in 1-2 sessions and she can produce the SAME RESULTS as what the ENT/Allegist is suggesting will take a year. Some of you may be saying "yeah right", but as Jim said...this acupuncture thing has been around for centuries!!! There's got to be something that's right about it. Yes, it's a bit odd for me to think of healing my baby in a non medical way. But IF I'm gonna make the strong statement that I did earlier about loved ones, cancer, and herbal healing....guess I better adopt that way of thinking in all matters and quit just dipping my toes in the water and jump in with both feet!!! If it doesn't work...it doesn't work...but at least we tried and didn't just close our eyes to a form of healing that's worked for so many for centuries! That ENT/Allergist will still be there and will take our money for the next year...if need be. :)
That's all for now folks....of to go buy me my tie-dyed shirt and Birkenstocks!!
Well, I finally gave in and changed my backwards way of thinking when we just couldn't seem to get a grasp on Brayden's gastrointestinal and respiratory problems. The sweet nurse at our pediatrician's office pulled me to the side one day and told me that some herbal supplements could really help Brayden in ways that all the meds he was on couldn't (...but don't dare tell the dr. she told me that). And he'd been so sick for so long, I threw in the towel and gave it a shot. Wow! We went from seeing the dr. weekly (no joke) to seeing her maybe twice a year. Amazing difference. I became a believer. Then when I was having some health issues a while back my OB/GYN suggested some herbal supplements in lieu of prescribing meds that I could most likely become allergic to (my drug allergy list is crazy long). I am now hooked. And I have the big kids on supplements also. My health food store LOVES seeing me drive up :)
Now this didn't just all happen in the last month. Stuff I've mentioned has happen over the last 2 or so years. With in that time I've become a "regular" at the health food store. They were so helpful when I was trying to find an herbal route to go with for Karen when we found out she had Cancer. And low and behold, one of the ladies who works up there had Cancer that spread like Karen's. They'd given her 1 month to live. So she started a Herbal regimen along with Herbal Chemo. Each time I'd go into the store and see her I'd just smile cause I knew she was going thru the same fight as Karen. And to see here there was just an inspiration. Shortly after Karen passed away, I started noticing that Marcy wasn't in the store anymore....and so I thought that she too had passed. Her sister works in the store as well, but I didn't want to ask cause I know it's painful. But I was in there just a few weeks ago and the subject came up and she told me that her sister and moved back home to Trent, TX because she was CANCER FREE! That's right CANCER FREE. This lady who was stage 4, 1 month to live, 27 brain tumors...same boat as my sister is ALIVE...and free from that freakin monster! I just started bawling. Not sad, but floored that I couldn't have been more persuasive to my sister's doctor and my sister. BUT, I have now told my family (and this goes to all that I love...family, friends, all of you)...If someone I love finds out that they have Cancer...I will be a pain in the rear and I will do everything in my power to convince you that the Herbal route is not only less invasive, but WORKS!!!!!!!!!! (...now stepping back down off my pulpit :))
Now with that all being said and me rambling on an on... You'd think that I would be going the herbal route again when Brayden's dr. tells me that Brayden's asthma and allergies (food and inhaled) have gotten to the point that there is not another med she can prescribe to help him. (If you see a few blogs ago, there' a picture of Brayden's last allergy attack that affected his eyes...and prompted the dr. to say this). So we went to the ENT/Allergist and found that this baby is soo, soo, soo allergic. I wasn't all in my head. Literally, EVERY fruit and veggie that he's eaten, he's formed an antibody to. Therefore, he's allergic to all the fruits and veggies he's eaten...or that I ate while he was in utero!!! (He's off the chart on many, many airborne allergies also.) So the suggestion was trying to do sublingual drops that he has to hold under his tongue for 3 mins and not swallow. ...yeah, that's not working out so well with a 3 year old. All we have is practice drops right now and today we are supposed to tell her if we think it'll work or not. The alternative is weekly shots for a year. So I talked to my sister Cheryl...who knows that I'm slowly converting to the Herbal ways :) And she says "why don't you see if there's a Herbal or alternative method of healing for this?" Duh... So I explore and ask around. Our very good friend (Jim's little Sister by proxy :)) Reagan (who also has had life long food allergy issues) tells us about acupuncture that she's having done for her food allergies. She sends me the website and I look up and see if there's a local practitioner. THERE IS! So I call and find out that they they do needleless acupuncture in 1-2 sessions and she can produce the SAME RESULTS as what the ENT/Allegist is suggesting will take a year. Some of you may be saying "yeah right", but as Jim said...this acupuncture thing has been around for centuries!!! There's got to be something that's right about it. Yes, it's a bit odd for me to think of healing my baby in a non medical way. But IF I'm gonna make the strong statement that I did earlier about loved ones, cancer, and herbal healing....guess I better adopt that way of thinking in all matters and quit just dipping my toes in the water and jump in with both feet!!! If it doesn't work...it doesn't work...but at least we tried and didn't just close our eyes to a form of healing that's worked for so many for centuries! That ENT/Allergist will still be there and will take our money for the next year...if need be. :)
That's all for now folks....of to go buy me my tie-dyed shirt and Birkenstocks!!
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