After worry & taking care of Arlee the night before, I woke yesterday morning asking Danny what time it was. I thought I was going to be late to pick her up from her sleepover!! But then I remembered, Oh yeah...she's HOME...in bed! And the poor girl had been laying there for awhile waiting for someone to walk down the hall so they could help her get out of bed! It's still hard for her to raise herself up with her broken collar bone. Danny helped her, and she headed for the bathroom, got dizzy, called for help, and then went DOWN! Crying and worrying about what was going on with her, she just sat for awhile until it passed. Then she was fine...no more dizzy spells. We're guessing she probably just got up too quickly off her bed.
I had to run back over to her Girl Scout Leader's house to drop off some paperwork, and Liam ended up leaving his shoes their yesterday as well. So I asked if Arlee wanted to go along with me. She did, of course, especially since it was early enough that the majority of the troop was still there at the sleepover! We got there, and Arlee was bombarded with cards from the girls there! It was just so sweet! I was getting tears in my eyes by the show of kindness and caring from these friends of Arlee! She appreciated it so much as well!
We visited for a bit, then had to go drop off Arlee's scripts at Kroger. While we waited for those to be filled, we ran over to Speedway so I could get a cappuccino and she got a chocolate milk. They have butterscotch flavored cappuccino there...and I *LOVE* it LOTS!! Since we were both pretty hungry, we decided to treat ourselves to some other Speedway treats, as well! After finishing eating, we picked Frost up from a friend's house since they live nearby. We were only able to visit for a minute, before we had to go pick up Arlee's script and head home. Arlee was already feeling pretty tired.
Once we got home, Arlee decided she needed one of her Tylenol 3's since she was feeling pain in her shoulder. She called her boyfriend, then another friend, and by then was VERY tired and groggy...but she just couldn't get too comfortable and plus her room was just so bright she couldn't get to sleep. We tried to arrange her blankets better, to cover her eyes, and she finally was able to fall asleep.
I was ready for a nap myself, but worked on lunch for everyone. Frosty, thru a deal we had made, was outside weed eating our back yard. We have a piece of yard enclosed by a chain link fence. It's where the dogs stay. Danny has to cut it with a push mower, but ours quit working back in the Spring...and we haven't been able to get a replacement one yet...so it has NOT been cut all summer long! And it has gotten LOOOONG!! So, for Frost to have his friend over, AND be able to play Xbox while he's here, he needed to cut it all! And he did! This was also the FIRST time he had ever weed eated {should that be "weed ate"??} at all! We are so very proud of him for working so hard! Danny even thru in an extra $5 for his good job!
When lunch was finished, I woke Arlee up. You could easily tell that she really wasn't ready to wake yet, but one of her best friend's was having a get together that evening that she truly wanted to go to. It was another sleepover, but Arlee knew she wouldn't be able to spend the night, but still wanted to hang out for a bit with the other girls. She then found out how tough it is to get ready to go somewhere ONE HANDED! And this girl is NOT one to ask for help! She has always been so very independent...this is going to be tough for her! She never wants to trouble anyone. I've been telling her that this may be a life lesson that she really needed to learn...the ability to ask for help when you need it!
We headed over to our friend's house. I got to see a mom I haven't seen in such a long time...which was WONDERFUL! Then got to sit with a friend and talk for a couple hours...again...WONDERFUL! It didn't take long for Arlee to just get really, really tired. So we headed home...with Frosty's friend along with us!
When we got home, Frosty was sleeping on the couch...guess he wore himself out doing all that weed eating! Poor guy! So his friend played YuGiOh with Zach instead while he waited for Frosty to finish his nap!
Arlee went to relax for a bit while talking to her boyfriend on the phone. I went to check on her, and she said she was hungry. So we got her sitting up, and I made her some food. We got her TV set up so she could watch some shows while she ate. She said the pain was starting back a bit, plus I thought since she was going to bed, we went ahead and gave her another Tylenol to help her sleep that night. While she waited for it to kick in, she came out and sat in the recliner in the living room with the rest of us.
It was another busy day...but such a good day. Visiting with friends always adds something special! We've learned that Arlee REALLY needs to take it easy...she is learning that she REALLY needs to learn to ask for help...and that we could probably get Frosty to do about anything if we bribe him with getting some screen time back! :)
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Friday, August 3, 2012
Whew...What a Day!
Wow...yesterday...gee whiz!!
We started off our day behind...I remembered about Arlee's Writing Club at about 10:20am...it starts at 10:30am! So we rushed to get ready...and we hurried over to drop her off. Got her there around 11am. On our way back home, we stopped by The Family Dollar to pick up a couple things we've been needing around the house. Then home to fold some laundry, get the boys dressed for the day, and check my messages before leaving again to go pick Arlee up.
She had a great time, as usual, at Writing Club. When she arrived, they were all excited that she had made it! Arlee listened to the writings of the others, then she was able to read a piece of her own. One of the ladies, she tells me, told her, "Wow. I can REALLY see that." What a great compliment for a writer! She even left with a bag of cherry tomatoes for us to snack on in the car!
Home again, but not for long! Enough time to change my clothes, Arlee to pack up for a sleepover, and Frosty to grab his Scout stuff and bag up some tadpoles for a friend! We headed up to meet up with a fellow homeschooling mom who wanted tadpoles Frosty and the other kids had gotten out of our pool, and I picked up some homeschooling magazines from her. I was very much looking forward to an evening of reading with a yummy cup of coffee! Yeah...best laid plans! Ha Ha.
We were all absolutely STARVING by this time...and with NO time to make anything we could have brought "on the go", and actually with NOthing we could have used to bring "on the go". "REALLY need to hit up the grocery store soon!} So we decided to stop in at McD's. All the kids got McChickens, I had a McDouble...we all had parfaits and large orange drinks...and we left with our food for $15.32!! Not too bad for five of us!
Next we hit up Aldi really quick to pick up some snacks for Arlee's sleepover with her fellow Girl Scouts. Then we headed over to her troop's leader's house. She has twin boys that get along well with my two younger boys...so they played together. We tried our best to keep the girls focused...we tried to have a meeting to talk about a project we are working on...but it was pretty much a lost cause for the most part! They were VERY anxious to just hang out and have some fun together down in the basement!
I had to leave about 2 1/2 hours into it...Frosty had a Boy Scout outing that evening. We picked up a friend on the way to a Firehouse for some first aid training. We were there when Danny was trying to get a hold of me. Thankfully he was able to call Arlee's boyfriend, Zach's, phone because mine had ZERO service out where we were. He let me know that Arlee had gotten hurt really bad, and needed us to come check on her. The boys were almost done, I know Zach was wanting to come with us to check on Arlee since she was hurt. So once they were done...we sent Frosty with one of our friends to be dropped off at another friends house. Then headed to my in-laws to drop off our younger two boys as well.
When we arrived at the sleepover, Arlee was sitting up, but still in a lot of pain. She had attempted to do a cartwheel for the first time, and...well...it just didn't go over well for her. Somehow she fell right on her shoulder. She said she heard a loud CRACK when she landed. She laid on the ground for awhile. Her leader, my friend, took such good care of her. Staying with her, talking with her, trying to keep her mind off the pain. Her friends talked with her and was there for her as well. I'm so very thankful for ALL of them!
While Zach {Arlee's boyfriend} was at the Firehouse, he had asked the EMTs what would they do if they were treating someone who had broken their collar bone. They wrapped HIM up how they would do that...and allowed him to keep the sheet and such. And he put it on her when we got there. She said it did help a lot since it made it so she couldn't move her arm as easily with it on.
We stopped in at Urgent Care first...when we arrived, Arlee said she heard a big POP in her shoulder, and the pain started in again. Not sure what that was. I don't know if she could have popped her shoulder out of place, maybe, before when she fell...and then somehow it popped itself back into place?? I'm not sure. We were talking about it when she got her Xrays done...we were kinda hoping at that point that that would be all it was. But when the ER doctor came in after looking at her Xrays...he confirmed it was definitely broken.
A nurse came in and put a sling on Arlee...let her know she would have to wear it for about 4 to 6 weeks. We also received a couple pain med scripts. They gave her a couple Tylenol 3's for her pain while we were there. On the way home, I believe the combination that the hospital visit was over, she then knew for sure what was wrong, and having her Dad and boyfriend there to make her laugh got her in this giggling fit that lasted almost the whole way back to my in-law's house to pick up the boys! But then while we were updating them on what was going on with Arlee...she about fell asleep laying on Zach's shoulder. She was ready to crash. Poor girl.
We dropped Zach off at home...then headed home ourselves. Arlee pretty much went right to bed. I put the boys to bed. Then Danny & I wasn't far behind them. Yeah...WOW...what a day!!
We started off our day behind...I remembered about Arlee's Writing Club at about 10:20am...it starts at 10:30am! So we rushed to get ready...and we hurried over to drop her off. Got her there around 11am. On our way back home, we stopped by The Family Dollar to pick up a couple things we've been needing around the house. Then home to fold some laundry, get the boys dressed for the day, and check my messages before leaving again to go pick Arlee up.
She had a great time, as usual, at Writing Club. When she arrived, they were all excited that she had made it! Arlee listened to the writings of the others, then she was able to read a piece of her own. One of the ladies, she tells me, told her, "Wow. I can REALLY see that." What a great compliment for a writer! She even left with a bag of cherry tomatoes for us to snack on in the car!
Home again, but not for long! Enough time to change my clothes, Arlee to pack up for a sleepover, and Frosty to grab his Scout stuff and bag up some tadpoles for a friend! We headed up to meet up with a fellow homeschooling mom who wanted tadpoles Frosty and the other kids had gotten out of our pool, and I picked up some homeschooling magazines from her. I was very much looking forward to an evening of reading with a yummy cup of coffee! Yeah...best laid plans! Ha Ha.
We were all absolutely STARVING by this time...and with NO time to make anything we could have brought "on the go", and actually with NOthing we could have used to bring "on the go". "REALLY need to hit up the grocery store soon!} So we decided to stop in at McD's. All the kids got McChickens, I had a McDouble...we all had parfaits and large orange drinks...and we left with our food for $15.32!! Not too bad for five of us!
Next we hit up Aldi really quick to pick up some snacks for Arlee's sleepover with her fellow Girl Scouts. Then we headed over to her troop's leader's house. She has twin boys that get along well with my two younger boys...so they played together. We tried our best to keep the girls focused...we tried to have a meeting to talk about a project we are working on...but it was pretty much a lost cause for the most part! They were VERY anxious to just hang out and have some fun together down in the basement!
I had to leave about 2 1/2 hours into it...Frosty had a Boy Scout outing that evening. We picked up a friend on the way to a Firehouse for some first aid training. We were there when Danny was trying to get a hold of me. Thankfully he was able to call Arlee's boyfriend, Zach's, phone because mine had ZERO service out where we were. He let me know that Arlee had gotten hurt really bad, and needed us to come check on her. The boys were almost done, I know Zach was wanting to come with us to check on Arlee since she was hurt. So once they were done...we sent Frosty with one of our friends to be dropped off at another friends house. Then headed to my in-laws to drop off our younger two boys as well.
When we arrived at the sleepover, Arlee was sitting up, but still in a lot of pain. She had attempted to do a cartwheel for the first time, and...well...it just didn't go over well for her. Somehow she fell right on her shoulder. She said she heard a loud CRACK when she landed. She laid on the ground for awhile. Her leader, my friend, took such good care of her. Staying with her, talking with her, trying to keep her mind off the pain. Her friends talked with her and was there for her as well. I'm so very thankful for ALL of them!
While Zach {Arlee's boyfriend} was at the Firehouse, he had asked the EMTs what would they do if they were treating someone who had broken their collar bone. They wrapped HIM up how they would do that...and allowed him to keep the sheet and such. And he put it on her when we got there. She said it did help a lot since it made it so she couldn't move her arm as easily with it on.
We stopped in at Urgent Care first...when we arrived, Arlee said she heard a big POP in her shoulder, and the pain started in again. Not sure what that was. I don't know if she could have popped her shoulder out of place, maybe, before when she fell...and then somehow it popped itself back into place?? I'm not sure. We were talking about it when she got her Xrays done...we were kinda hoping at that point that that would be all it was. But when the ER doctor came in after looking at her Xrays...he confirmed it was definitely broken.
A nurse came in and put a sling on Arlee...let her know she would have to wear it for about 4 to 6 weeks. We also received a couple pain med scripts. They gave her a couple Tylenol 3's for her pain while we were there. On the way home, I believe the combination that the hospital visit was over, she then knew for sure what was wrong, and having her Dad and boyfriend there to make her laugh got her in this giggling fit that lasted almost the whole way back to my in-law's house to pick up the boys! But then while we were updating them on what was going on with Arlee...she about fell asleep laying on Zach's shoulder. She was ready to crash. Poor girl.
We dropped Zach off at home...then headed home ourselves. Arlee pretty much went right to bed. I put the boys to bed. Then Danny & I wasn't far behind them. Yeah...WOW...what a day!!
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
~*~ Happy August ~*~
Wow...August?? Really?? Already?? How the time flies these days! Can summer really be winding down already?? Is it really time to get serious about thinking "back to school"?? Only 146 more days until Christmas!! Gee whiz!
So here we are at the beginning of a brand new month. I know I've shared before how much I enjoy this small window each month where it seems you can "start over" or "begin again"...whichever you need at the time. The month laying before you is brand new, a clean slate, and totally unwritten {well, other than in my calendar where there is actually already a lot written in August!}. I like having this illusion. I know some people are very good at "beginning" right where they are...not me. For some reason, it just helps me to start at 1...like the 1st of the month, 1st of the week, or 1st of the year. I know...I'm weird like that! And strange thinking comes right along with it!
So what am I beginning this month?? Another round of a Biggest Loser Competition! It "officially" starts next Friday evening for the group, but I went ahead and weighed myself this morning...and it was NOT pleasant!! I have gained back all but like 8 lbs from the last round of the competition. Very, very disheartening. Obviously, it's all my own doing...but still. I really miss the days of long ago when I could eat anything and everything I wanted and remain in that slender state of being. Four children, and a couple decades later...that is just a dream! At this point...I'm really learning, but am NOT happy about it...I really, really, REALLY have to work at it! And THAT is tough!!
With where I am at, as of this morning, my overall weight loss goal would be 60lbs. That would put me back where I was when Danny & I got married, which I was VERY happy at that weight. But, by gosh...that just looks like such a big number sitting there staring at me...and I've been trying to lose these same 60lbs for YEARS now. I know it's possible, and that I can do it...the hard part is to convince my willpower and motivation to jump on board with me!
So here we are at the beginning of a brand new month. I know I've shared before how much I enjoy this small window each month where it seems you can "start over" or "begin again"...whichever you need at the time. The month laying before you is brand new, a clean slate, and totally unwritten {well, other than in my calendar where there is actually already a lot written in August!}. I like having this illusion. I know some people are very good at "beginning" right where they are...not me. For some reason, it just helps me to start at 1...like the 1st of the month, 1st of the week, or 1st of the year. I know...I'm weird like that! And strange thinking comes right along with it!
So what am I beginning this month?? Another round of a Biggest Loser Competition! It "officially" starts next Friday evening for the group, but I went ahead and weighed myself this morning...and it was NOT pleasant!! I have gained back all but like 8 lbs from the last round of the competition. Very, very disheartening. Obviously, it's all my own doing...but still. I really miss the days of long ago when I could eat anything and everything I wanted and remain in that slender state of being. Four children, and a couple decades later...that is just a dream! At this point...I'm really learning, but am NOT happy about it...I really, really, REALLY have to work at it! And THAT is tough!!
With where I am at, as of this morning, my overall weight loss goal would be 60lbs. That would put me back where I was when Danny & I got married, which I was VERY happy at that weight. But, by gosh...that just looks like such a big number sitting there staring at me...and I've been trying to lose these same 60lbs for YEARS now. I know it's possible, and that I can do it...the hard part is to convince my willpower and motivation to jump on board with me!
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