The Liebster Award

I was so happy to receive this fun little award from SoCal Tess

NJ HOUSEWIFE: http://njhousewife.blogspot.com/
Make sure you check her blog out, it is great!

Make sure you check her blog out, it is great!

The Liebster award ("Liebster" is the German word for friend or love) originated in Germany. The aim of the award is to bring attention to blogs with fewer than 200 followers.

The Liebster award ("Liebster" is the German word for friend or love) originated in Germany. The aim of the award is to bring attention to blogs with fewer than 200 followers.

I chose to pass this award onto these really great writers:

http://baileyclan5.blogspot.com/
http://novicemama.com/
http://bitsofbee.blogspot.com/
http://www.lilymakesthree.com/


Consider following these blogs, they are awesome!These are the guidelines for accepting the award:
1. Show your Thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them

2. Reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog

3. Post the award on your blog

4. have fun and spread the Karma

5. Save the Leibster image to your computer and upload it to your blog

UPdate on Baby K

Just wanted to give a quick update on Baby K. We had our visit with the neurologist yesterday. (the appointment that I was almost late for, because I got lost-- stupid GPS!) The visit went well, however just to be 200% sure, they have scheduled both and EEG and an MRI for her next month. This is all just precautionary, and not due to anything they have found during her exams.

We are both nervous and anxious for this all to be over.

The first test, the EEG,.. we have to keep her up 2-3 hours later than normal the night before. Then, we have to wake her at 5am. ( In other words, Mom has to suffer too...) AND they ask not to let her fall asleep between 5am and her appointment time of 8:30 am. This could be tricky since its an hour and a half to get to the Children's Hospital and this kid falls asleep before we get out of our driveway on a normal day!

Keep your fingers (and toes) crossed for us and keep Baby K in your prayers until we get all the results back.

thanks!!

Wordless Wednesday....

20 more days.....

So here we are, December 5th, 20 more days until Christmas. Holly Cow!!

Its time for me to make one of my famous list! I think for motivational purposes, I'll call it "20 Things to do before Christmas"

1. Finish shopping for gifts ( still have no clue for the hubby!)
2. wrap presents already purchased (afraid of the avalanche awaiting in that closet!)
3. Get Christmas tree
4. decorate Christmas tree
5. decorate inside the house
6. finish the lights outside the house
7. Go to my office Christmas party
8. Go to hubby's Christmas party
9. Get dogs rabies records for the Kennel
10. bake cookies
11. get stocking suffers
12. make Christmas card list
13. mail Christmas cards ( should this be higher on the list??)
14. wrap presents ( the ones I haven't purchased yet)
15. get suitcase down from the attic
16. make list of what to pack for our trip ( headed to my brother's in Maryland)
17. get oil changed in truck
18. get the dogs to the kennel
19. pack the car
20. pick up mom

Hoping to accomplish at least one item each day...not necessarily in the order listed. Wish me luck!!!

What a week!

Its been a long week. But, its been a good week.

Nothing out of the ordinary has happened to Baby K since Tuesday. Which is awesome! I took her to CHKD to see a children's cardiologist yesterday. The doctor said the physical exam was great and no signs of anything abnormal with her heart rate. They performed multiple test ( your welcome Blue Cross, Blue Shield, not looking forward to the balance of those bills), and still everything looks normal. (Yay!! dancing in my chair even still...)

Baby K was soooo good at the appointment. She sat real still during the exam. They did an EKG which she watched with her eyebrows dipped and lots of curiosity. She did not whimper once when they made her lay still while they did a sonogram of her heart and took 56 pictures. The nurses and the doctor were all complementing on how well she behaved and listened. I smiled the biggest smile and was such a proud momma!

The doctor wanted to be 100% sure he did not miss anything during the visit, so he hooked her up to a Holter Monitor. This is a 24 hr heart monitor that she went home with and monitored her heart rate. I had to keep a log of her activities during the 24hr period and the doctor will now read the results and see if there were any irregularities during this period.

Once again, Baby K was so good! She wore this contraption with multiple wires and a big ole ace bandage wrapped around her torso. ( She looked like a shoplifter, with this crazy looking bulge under her shirt when we stopped at the Walmart on our way home! haha) She never once tried to pick at it or pull it off and never complained about it at all! It was as if she didn't even notice it was there... which was strange since it was kind of bulky.

All I know is I have spent the last 4 and a half days with her and I don't even want to go back to work now! She is such a joy :) We giggled about nothing at all. We made funny faces in the mirror. We snacked on the sofa while watching Disney Jr.

We have to return the monitor to the doctor on Monday and should have the results with in 2 weeks.

Our next appointment is with the neurologist on the 12th.

I am still saying prayers that all is OK, even though I wish I had an explanation for what happened. Baby K seems to be just fine, but we will let the doctors confirm.

Facebook-

Facebook, we all use it. We post our pictures, we share good news, bad news, & even no news.  I have a Facebook page. I use mine as a way to share with people in my life the everyday things. What I did over the weekend, when I'm having a bad day, when I need advice. And yes, I use it for entertainment. I read the post of my numerous "friends". Some whom I haven't talked to in 20 years, and didn't really talk to much then.

So lets first talk about the friends list..I currently have 119 friends on my FB page. This is after I did some 'cleaning' and deleted some. ( by the way, did you know its like the kiss of death to get deleted from some one's FB page?) Now of these 119 people,  which according to most is a very short friends list, I would say its safe to say at least 50% of these 'friends' are people that I have  either gone to school with or worked with. None of these do I still hang out with or talk on the phone to. So, why, do you ask are they on my FB page?  I guess most likely because I am curious about what they are up to and they are just as curious to see what I am up to.

Family-- I am not completely convinced that having family on your FB page is the right thing to do if you are looking for 'drama free' post. I don't care who you are, we all have family members that will have something to say about the picture you posted, and they aren't leaving that comment on your page( or maybe they are!).  One family member is calling up another to tell what was posted. Sometimes family members even get mad at one another and "block" one another. (which basically is worse than just being deleted). You could be one of the lucky ones to have family that looks, but doesn't comment.

Co-workers- this is probably not a good idea to have co-workers on your page. Especially if you plan on trash mouthing the girl who sits next to you in the office. OR if you called in sick and later post a picture of you and your boyfriend trying on goofy hats at the mall.

Daily news- if you are looking for some good reading, FB is definitely a good place to go. You can find post from politicians and their 13yr affairs, to who's house is getting visited by the tooth fairy tonight.

Make sure you use Facebook wisely. Choose tasteful pictures, keep your personal business personal, & don't take things posted by those you know personally. And most importantly, don't tick any one off and get deleted!!!