I'm blogging.
My jaw is aching.
The boys are sleeping.
Our new dog is snug in her new doghouse.
We're listening to The Hobbit via audio book.
My Darjeeling tea is cooling.
We're playing Skip-Bo.
It's our anniversary.
right now
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Joey and I may be husband and wife, but that doesn't mean we do every. single. thing. the same. His & Hers is a fun little weekly highlight on the differences between him & her!
Friday, January 27, 2012
Here are my favourite pictures from the plethora of pictures I took this week. Enjoy!
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| Benjamin lovingly adorned in blankets and pillows, thanks to Judah |
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| this smile just gets me |
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| the Incredible Journey (take two) |
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| Bum chin! |
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| Best Buds |
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| The Pussy Willow |
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| a Lone Sheep |
Thursday, January 26, 2012
I am starting a new “thing” here on this blog, only this “thing” isn’t a new idea at all. I’ve seen many different friends/bloggers do it before, and I am finally willing to join the bandwagon. Every Thursday I want to make an effort to post some of the things I am thankful for. The reason for this is to simply rejoice in the blessings of life and draw my mind out of the funk of the moment. It is a good thing to make it a habit to step back and look at all the reasons you have to thank God! So, that being said, I begin.
Today, I am thankful for…
Today, I am thankful for…
- antibiotics to fight off the infection around one of my wisdom teeth
- medical attention when I need it, simply a phone call (and a 30 minute drive) away
- the health that our family has been blessed with lately – no colds, no fevers, no illness!
- my husband’s job, which doesn’t even require that he uses a vehicle to get there
- the church body of which we are now official members
- the carpentry skills of my husband – he built a doghouse for the furry friend we’re going to bring home on Tuesday!
- the money to purchase an excellent photo editing program
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Today is momentous. It is a day of reckoning, a day to right some wrongs.
Today is the day, friends, that I actually look forward to going to the dentist.
One of my wisdom teeth has brought this on. It's been doing the "come up, go down, come up, go down" dance for eight years now. Yesterday it got worse. I was counting down the minutes until I could take another Advil. Then, in the night, the pain was multiplied ten-fold and I was in tears as I waited for the Advil to kick in and take the edge off. As of this morning I decided that I needed to find relief. I made one quick phone call and got an appointment for 3:30 PM today.
This little incident has made me think about how blessed we are in Canada to have such good health care. Yes, we may have to pay out of pocket to get our teeth looked after (unless you have dental coverage), but we STILL have the ability to get a tooth looked after when we need it!
I can't imagine living somewhere where there is no dental care available - at least to the majority of society. If I lived in such a society, I would be having to put up with this extreme pain with no hope of relief. I would have to take the risk that infection could form and could get into the bloodstream. OR, I would have to endure the pain of someone cutting a tooth out of my head without anesthetic.
Today is the day, friends, that I actually look forward to going to the dentist.
One of my wisdom teeth has brought this on. It's been doing the "come up, go down, come up, go down" dance for eight years now. Yesterday it got worse. I was counting down the minutes until I could take another Advil. Then, in the night, the pain was multiplied ten-fold and I was in tears as I waited for the Advil to kick in and take the edge off. As of this morning I decided that I needed to find relief. I made one quick phone call and got an appointment for 3:30 PM today.
This little incident has made me think about how blessed we are in Canada to have such good health care. Yes, we may have to pay out of pocket to get our teeth looked after (unless you have dental coverage), but we STILL have the ability to get a tooth looked after when we need it!
I can't imagine living somewhere where there is no dental care available - at least to the majority of society. If I lived in such a society, I would be having to put up with this extreme pain with no hope of relief. I would have to take the risk that infection could form and could get into the bloodstream. OR, I would have to endure the pain of someone cutting a tooth out of my head without anesthetic.
Self, you are blessed.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Do you ever have those moments when the world is ending?
Those baby-blowout-in-Walmart moments?
Those can't-find-anything-to-wear-for-church moments?
Those arms-full-of-groceries-can't-find-your-keys-and-it's-minus-thirty moments?
Yeah. Me too.
Today's went like this:
While I was feeding Benjamin, Judah snuck up to the counter and grabbed a bottle of Advil, opened it, and proceeded to chew on one. I know that bottle shouldn't have been there... this was the first day in a year that it's even been sitting out. I panicked, he spit it out, and I was still shaking when Joey came home and asked me to help him lift the dog house (newly built!) off of the sleigh. When I went to put it down, I *kind of* dropped it, forgetting that its roof had an overhang and that sharp tin was sticking off the edge. It hit me on the way down and scraped my head. I ran inside and burst into fits of tears. Oh, and during all of this, one of my wisdom teeth was sending bursts of pain down the left side of my jaw.
The world most certainly ended this afternoon.
And, you know what? Everyone survived.
Those baby-blowout-in-Walmart moments?
Those can't-find-anything-to-wear-for-church moments?
Those arms-full-of-groceries-can't-find-your-keys-and-it's-minus-thirty moments?
Yeah. Me too.
Today's went like this:
While I was feeding Benjamin, Judah snuck up to the counter and grabbed a bottle of Advil, opened it, and proceeded to chew on one. I know that bottle shouldn't have been there... this was the first day in a year that it's even been sitting out. I panicked, he spit it out, and I was still shaking when Joey came home and asked me to help him lift the dog house (newly built!) off of the sleigh. When I went to put it down, I *kind of* dropped it, forgetting that its roof had an overhang and that sharp tin was sticking off the edge. It hit me on the way down and scraped my head. I ran inside and burst into fits of tears. Oh, and during all of this, one of my wisdom teeth was sending bursts of pain down the left side of my jaw.
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| photo is unedited. :( |
And, you know what? Everyone survived.
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