Memorial Day Excitement...

...not the kind you would think. Lol! Here was the original plan for our Memorial Day Weekend. Keith had to work so we were going to get the grill started up after he got home at 6:30...we went up to the greatest grocery store ever, Sharp Shopper, and got EVERYTHING earlier in the week!!! (and it's still sitting in my fridge...boo!!)

Chris had come down with a fever Friday, but he seemed to be his perky self by Saturday. Keith gets up to head out to work at 4:30am (I have no idea how he does this...it would kill me) and I felt perfectly normal. By the time baby girl woke up at 7:30 it was going downhill extremely quickly. I don't remember ever being this sick in my entire life...I was in so much pain from my head to my toes, and I was so cold, but so hot...gahhh!! Keith gets off work at 6pm so I called him and told him it was time to go to the hospital, I couldn't do it anymore. Apparently holidays don't like me much...every time I have gone into the hospital with out having a reason aka childbirth I always end up going in on a holiday. One specific holiday, so at least they changed it up on me this time. Out of the 7 years Keith and I have been together 5 of those I have been in the hospital on New Year's Eve...hopefully we can start with some of the other holidays to mix it up a bit lol!!!

So I got picked up by the ambulance crew which is always an experience. A lot of our neighbors our with fire/rescue, therefore, when a unit is seen at one of our homes we all come running :). Keith ended up joining me later, after taking the kiddos to some of our good friend's from church. I ended up having a 103.9 fever, a virus, tacky heartrate of 150, and pharyngitis...whoohoo!! I did learn an important fact from my fabulous nurse Ray. Apparently, when someone has a fever, you don't cover them up and make them sweat...the man wouldn't even give me a blanket!! You need to "let the body breath". I guess he was right. It took about 6 hours, but I got my temp down to 99.8...much better. They were great!! They even gave me a wonderful late dinner: chicken salad sandwich, applesauce, crackers, apple juice, and hershey's vanilla ice cream cup, which tasted wonderful since it was my first meal in 20 hrs. Finally made it home to recoupe...

Yesterday was ok, but today was not so fun. Because of my high temperature I ended up getting 4 fever blisters. Man, I hate these nasty little buggers. I normally keep these under control with lysine, but I think the temperature was too much. I also am getting these weird, painful, red bumps on my hands...definitely have no clue what these are. Calling the dr tomorrow and hopefully going to get back to rights quickly.

What did we learn from this whole wonderful experience...when someone has a fever don't bundle someone up. It prolongs the process...who knew??!!

UPDATE: Went to the Dr. and I have a nasty case of hand foot and mouth virus...super gross!! Am on steroids and have to go back later this week...major boo!!

Panic...Wasp on Steroids!!

Came home last week to find Mom and the kids barricaded down stairs in her room. Apparently there was a "huge" bug flying around and she didn't want the kids to get hurt...normally, when we hear that it turns out to not be that big and is no problem. As I am standing in her doorway talking to her, I looked up and saw the mother-of-all wasps, bees, etc. I slowly start backing away and start yelling for Keith. Thankfully he took care of the beast with a baseball bat.

Check out the size of this thing...

Leesburg Flower and Garden Show

Had a great time this year at the show this year. Chris had a great time with the booths dealing with carnivorous plants, and the one for the Loudoun Hounds...our county's new semi-pro baseball league that starts up next year. Their mascot, Fetch, was there and Chris followed him around for most of the day. Lol! Sophie enjoyed being out and about seeing lots of sun, people, and animals. She was so darn cute!!

Easter

Time to catch up with everything...April was a busy month. Keith and I celebrated our 6 year anniversary (good gracious...has it really been 6 years?), my 27th birthday (can't quite believe that one either :)) Easter was fabulous for us. We have friends from church that put together a fantastic outdoor egg hunt for the primary kids. This was Chris' first time going and he had so much fun! He got to love on a bunny, plus he found 1 of the three giant eggs. He was so proud of himself!

We also went over to my parent's house to do a hunt with them. Tons of fun!

Uncle Mark Comes Home

Chris has been waiting for this day for quite awhile. He absolutely adores Keith's brother, Mark. Mark has been working in Colorado for the past 6 months and came back for a 2 week visit in April. We ended up picking him up from our local airport and spending time with him. Chris insisted we absolutely had to make a welcome home sign..."we" meaning "me" lol. The excitement was incredibly catching...

and we were all happy to see him walk thru the arrival door...especially Chris!!

Thrift Store Find

Had to share my good fortune from earlier this week!! I go to our local thrift stores about once every two weeks. There are 4 here in town. We have been looking for more seating for our living room for quite awhile and just haven't found anything we liked. I was at the Salvation Army and came across this gem. I don't think this sofa has ever been sat on, it had been professionally cleaned, is a Lazyboy, and was...$80.00. I couldn't believe it. Thank goodness I brought the truck with me that day. Getting it into my house was an experience, Keith made a call and had some friends from the local rescue squad come help me. I love having a firefighter/emt hubby...comes in handy all the time. :) Isn't she gorgeous!!??





Oh, and did I mention that my sofa is featured on the front page of the Lazyboy ad on sale from $949 to $649...yeah, no thanks. Score!!

Consignment Sale Stash = Fabulous Day!!

So after about 1.5 hours of sleep my friend and I headed out to the first consignment sale of the day at 6am...I am so not a morning person. Add in the fact that I had little sleep, I was a tad slap happy. Anywho, I did well here. I've discovered that, at least with boys, the bigger the kid gets, the less stuff there is in their size. I did get a few things for Chris and quite a few things for Sophie. Got her a couple pairs of adorable shoes, a diaper bag (loved this!!), 2 backpacks for our road trips (Batman for little man, and Minnie Mouse for baby girl), a playmat which Sophie loves...I had a great time.

Once I returned home I woke Keith up and dragged him to another sale in town. Got some more clothes for Chris and Sophie, and an amazing Batman car/playset for Chris. Good day all around!! Here is my stash:

Consignment Sales Round 2

We started our annual tour of the spring consignment sales in our area this past Saturday. Can I just say how fabulous these things are??!! There are 3 main ones I normally hit. St. Theresa's Catholic Consignment in Ashburn (this one is great for boy toys). MOPS in ashburn (we have always consigned at this one and have had huge success), and one at the National Guard Armory here in town...I will have to look this one up, I can't remember the name of this one (this one is a 3 day event)

This year, we have added to more to the mix. My Child's Closet at Douglas Community Center, and Dani's Duds at the Expo center. I am especially excited for the one at the expot center for the size of it because that place is huge!!

Today we have the mops sale. Keith and I volunteered last night and had a great time, we always do. We had signed up to help with large items, but I got shifted over to books. Which was fin, I love books! Slight rant here...I understand that, as a consigner, you have a ton of things to bring in and go thru. I would be happy to help you put your books in the appropriate catagory (these are no brainers people...disney books are anything disney, American girl goes with american girl, etc). Please don't make my job that much harder by completely ignoring these catagories and just throwing books on the shelf...that means I have to go thru all the shelves and reorganize...end rant.

I saw a bunch of stuff and myself and a friend will be shopping bright and early at 6:30 am....boo on the time! Keith and I are also going to hit the one at Douglas later today...if you haven't noticed, I am writing this post as it is going to happen today...it is 3am and I am wide awake. Thank goodness Keith is off and can take care of the kiddos because I know I am going to crash.

I'll post again with pix of our haul!!

Cute Kiddos

I took these photos last Sunday after church since I thought they looked so darn adorable. Chris had a big day. He had to "read" a scripture in Primary. In Dec he had to give a talk and that did not go over well at all. This time he was super quiet, but repeated everything I said. So proud of him! Mac and cheese for lunch as reward.







Keith asked me the other day, "Have you seen Chris do that thing with his eyes?? Where did he pick that up?" I knew exactly where he picked it up...me of course. Lol! I teach my son all the important things in life, crossing your eyes, how to make it look like an alien is coming out of your shirt, etc. All important life skills...:) I know all these are going to backfire at some point, but for now we are having a ton of fun!



Sophie is still a champion chewer...this is her most current "toy". She cracks me up when she zones in on this elephant...the tail is her favorite. She absolutely loves it...and I made it. That makes me happy too!! Win win all around!

Quick and Easy Projects

I had two projects (along with a million other things) I wanted to get done this week. One was to reupholster my mother-in-law's chair. I love this woman dearly which is important since she lives with us, but there are just some things about her I will never understand. This chair being one of them. She's lived with us for 4 years because of some health issues and we feel she couldn't make it on her own. No biggie, we enjoy having her around.

She has a house in Winchester that is packed full of "stuff". The "stuff" has sat there for 4 years. This past month we HAD to go get this computer chair she had in her bedroom. Here is what it looked like before I did anything to it...ick, gross, etc!! Needs some major major help!!



After being steam cleaned and using a half a bottle of febreeze I went through my fabric stash and found this great vibrant flower print. I have to say, I love how it turned out!!



Project #2

I have a love of shoes...no denying it! I wanted some glitter high heels that I saw, but I am a very frugal person (not stingy...frugal). I'm not paying $50 for a pair of gold glitter shoes. So... I ended up going to the thrift store and found the heinously awful olive green monstrosities...



...got some fabric glue and a ton of glitter and recreated them myself. After the glue dried with the glitter, I sprayed the shoes with an clear finishing spray and they have held up very well. Here is my finished product!! Oh, please disregard the dirty sock in the background :)