Tuesday, May 19, 2009

My Apron


I recently had sent a email to quite a few people similar to below and said how I had wished I had one too. Well my sweet mother n law Rhonda surprised me with a beautiful one for Mothers Day that she made herself.. I LOVE IT!! I think its so pretty and it means a lot to me that she spent her time making it herself.. She is so creative!! Thanks Rhonda I love it , and I love you..
The principle use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, but along with that, it served as a holder for removing hot pans from the oven; it was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears. From the chicken-coop the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.When company came those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids; and when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms. Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove. Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron. From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled it carried out the hulls for the chickens. In the fall the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds. When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner. It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that old-time apron that's served so many purposes. You will have to ignore the headbands and fruit snacks that Jack has been throwing around.. Be assured after that picture was taken, I picked them up and put them in the pockets of my new handy apron and then whipped up my family a homemade meal....or maybe we ordered pizza....


Wednesday, May 13, 2009

This Leg of Mine

After completing a series of 3 epidural injections and another round of physical therapy I was instructed to seek out a Neurologist. I saw her this morning. She was surprised I had not seen one before since I have have this back and leg pain for 9 year now. She reviewed my history with me as well as the MRI, CT, Blood work and Surgery reports. She then gave me a full neurological test which consisted of a lot of pushing , pulling , poking and thumping. She seemed a bit perplexed because I passed the test fairly well with the exception of some right leg weakness, and reflexes were good. She did say I may be a "mystery" patient which is not comforting since in my eyes that means a long wait for diagnosis and possibility of never being pain free. The next step is a EMG on May 27th. This test consists of hooking my leg up with electrodes and then inserting my muscles with needles (ouchie) to measure muscle activity and nerve conductance. She said the procedure isn't very painful, but mostly annoying. She did say the only patients who complain that its painful is men...go figure...we all know they are big babies. I liked the Dr., she was very nice...When checking my reflexes she said. "Your face is quite asymmetrical, has it always been like that? has anyone diagnosed you with Bells Palsey?" WHAT THE HELL....ahhhh no never been told that.. she said well nobody is symmetrical...but apparently my face is super lopsided so here comes a complex for Melissa. I was just started to get all bent out of shape about the damn spider veins on my calf...
Anyways... I will update when I know something more.

Good Quotes

Don't be yourself - be someone a little nicer.


Don't wait for people to be friendly, show them how


It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.



An apology is a good way to have the last word



You may be sorry that you spoke, sorry you stayed or went, sorry you won or lost, sorry so much was spent. But as you go through life, you’ll find - you’re never sorry you were kind

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Welcome Baby Girl

New baby cousin was born this morning. Her name is Lila Mae and I can't wait to meet her.. Congrats Uncle Brandon and Nicole.

Monday, May 4, 2009

Splits

Jackson started doing the splits recently..Its so funny and just loves the attention.