So yeah...remember that one time I said I was going to blog every day in November?? Well needless to say...that went over like a lead balloon.
Anyway...I am so excited for this weekend. My bestie, and a new found friend/co-worker and I are going on a mini-weekend girls trip. We're heading to Cincinnati tonight and staying in a hotel...which I got for $33. Yes folks...that's right. I'm cheap. I think as it stands anyway we're going to try Terry's Turf Club for dinner. It was featured on my favorite show - Diners, Drive-In's, and Dive's. Here's a link to the clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WESHHxN8ObM It looks yummy. I also have been corresponding with a food blogger in Cinci and she says it's awesome!! After dinner it's wine and movies in the hotel. Juno is a pick, and who knows what else. I'm so excited!!
Tomorrow is the real reason for this excursion. Off to Ikea we go. Granted I'm only going for a pillow but I know there will be so much more there for me. I can't wait. And I'm so lucky that I have such an amazing boyfriend...that not only encourages me to do stuff with my friends...but he gave me money. How awesome is he???
I'll be taking a ton of pictures so I'll have a follow up blog with those.
Have a great weekend!
Friday, November 5, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
NaBloPoMo
Okay, I'm doing it. I'm committing myself to the WHOLE month of November. We'll see anyway.
Stay Tuned!!
Stay Tuned!!
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Madison Makeover - 10-2-10 (15 photos), by Sarah Stallard
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
I’m simply addicted to reading. That’s all there is to it. Ever since I received the Kindle I can’t put it away. I brought my lunch two days this week so I could read and ran downstairs and got something and brought it back today so I could read again. I’ve given up lunch with people…for reading. In fact, I haven’t watched hardly any tv. Casey and I watched a couple shows last night but I was still in bed by 8:30 to read.
We have had quite the week with Madison. She lost a tooth yesterday which Casey attributes to her bad behavior at school. I think she’s brought home a Red every day this week (which is NOT good). We have tried everything short of stringing her up by her toes on the light pole and NOTHING is working! It’s so frustrating. I’ve just resigned myself to the fact that she’s smarter than all of us and there’s nothing we can do. And she’s a sneaky little thing. She stole some poor kids cheerio’s two days ago (which she’s not supposed to have because they have gluten) and then this morning she snuck into the kitchen and tried to pilfer the candy corn. She’s also continued her fascination of picking the paint off her bedroom walls. To that I have also resigned myself. Now I’m trying to figure out what I can put on her walls that she can’t pick at. Would it be bad to have a childs room that has metal walls?? A nice sheet metal?? Surely she couldn’t pick through that…right?? And of course everything she picks at goes into her mouth. Apparently purple paint must taste SUPER GOOD because she has eaten enough of it to paint a whole other room. Ahhh the joy of children.
So last night I decided to perform surgery and it went very badly. The reason for the surgery in the first place was because my momma said it was very hard to hear me on the phone. I agree with this because at my old job someone had the phone that I am currently using and I hated talking to him on the phone. As a result of this, I decided to resuscitate my first Blackberry…since the last one took a swim. This was supposed to be an easy procedure…outpatient if anything. All I had to do was take off the screen, blow the dust out, and put the screen back on. I saw a dude do it on youtube and it looked like a piece of cake. Apparently, I am no dude on youtube because as I tried to pry the screen up, I ended up scratching the inside screen. At this point, I now realize that the phone was no longer salvageable, so I moved it into my phone morgue and started dissecting it for research. Well in the course of opening the phone up…the plastic sliced my finger open. Casey came to my aide with a Super Mario Bros. bandage and all was right with the world again. Now it’s Casey’s turn to perform surgery as I have a phone from work that was given to me that I could use to replace the piece of crap phone I have now…but it needs a new operating system…so if Casey can fix it then I’m good.
We have had quite the week with Madison. She lost a tooth yesterday which Casey attributes to her bad behavior at school. I think she’s brought home a Red every day this week (which is NOT good). We have tried everything short of stringing her up by her toes on the light pole and NOTHING is working! It’s so frustrating. I’ve just resigned myself to the fact that she’s smarter than all of us and there’s nothing we can do. And she’s a sneaky little thing. She stole some poor kids cheerio’s two days ago (which she’s not supposed to have because they have gluten) and then this morning she snuck into the kitchen and tried to pilfer the candy corn. She’s also continued her fascination of picking the paint off her bedroom walls. To that I have also resigned myself. Now I’m trying to figure out what I can put on her walls that she can’t pick at. Would it be bad to have a childs room that has metal walls?? A nice sheet metal?? Surely she couldn’t pick through that…right?? And of course everything she picks at goes into her mouth. Apparently purple paint must taste SUPER GOOD because she has eaten enough of it to paint a whole other room. Ahhh the joy of children.
So last night I decided to perform surgery and it went very badly. The reason for the surgery in the first place was because my momma said it was very hard to hear me on the phone. I agree with this because at my old job someone had the phone that I am currently using and I hated talking to him on the phone. As a result of this, I decided to resuscitate my first Blackberry…since the last one took a swim. This was supposed to be an easy procedure…outpatient if anything. All I had to do was take off the screen, blow the dust out, and put the screen back on. I saw a dude do it on youtube and it looked like a piece of cake. Apparently, I am no dude on youtube because as I tried to pry the screen up, I ended up scratching the inside screen. At this point, I now realize that the phone was no longer salvageable, so I moved it into my phone morgue and started dissecting it for research. Well in the course of opening the phone up…the plastic sliced my finger open. Casey came to my aide with a Super Mario Bros. bandage and all was right with the world again. Now it’s Casey’s turn to perform surgery as I have a phone from work that was given to me that I could use to replace the piece of crap phone I have now…but it needs a new operating system…so if Casey can fix it then I’m good.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Not much to report this week...as you can tell by the lack of bloggage. :) I'm awake at 8:27...that right there is something to report. Little girl wet the bed so she and I are hanging out. Actually she's eating dry cereal and I'm writing this.
One thing new is that Casey bought me a Kindle. I LOVE it. I didn't realize how bad the IPod made my eyes hurt. I do remember thinking several times when reading books on my ITouch that I thought my eyes were getting bad. I admit. I was skeptical of the Kindle. I thought it was silly...until I realized how much easier it was for me to read a book electronically. For those that have never seen a Kindle, it's kind of impossible to explain. The pages looks fake. It looks like a real book. In fact, when I turned it on for the first time and the screen came up I tried to peel what I thought had to be a sticker off the front becasue there was no way that it was the actualy screen. It's amazing!!!!
I am at my wits end with Madison. No, not with Madison...more with Madison's mom. Two weekends in a row she has come home with a small rash right on her chest. Now, a rash could be anything...but I suspect it's a rash from having been fed either something with gluten or casein...and that will typically cause a rash on the child. I have seen soooo much progress in her from before we started the diet. She's a totally different child. Before she wouldn't eat, or even try ANYTHING that wasn't hot dogs, chicken nuggets, or french fries for dinner. She did eat vegetables, and fruit but she wouldn't dare eat spaghetti, pork, grilled chicken, etc. Now she'll eat whatever we give her. Granted there is often still hesitation...and a lot of the time she doesn't like what she's given. She is not a fan of hummus or sauerkraut but she would eat it. She doesn't stare off into space like she used to. She will maybe a little bit but she is much more in the present and far less in a fog. Before the diet she would run home and change into her pj's. She refused to wear her normal clothes when she was home. She definitely wouldn't sleep in clothes. Now she keeps her normal clothes on until bath time and she sleeps in clothes. Before this diet she wouldn't take cough syrup (I can't blame her there...I won't either), or any medicine unless it was mixed VERY well in a drink...and even then she'd spit it out half the time. Now she'll drink it straight out of the cup...again, she doesn't like it but she does it. She's talking so much more now...and her pronounciation is far more clear. Her dark circles are not nearly as bad as they used to be...and they're usually only bad when she hasn't slept - ie: when she goes to her mom's house. So the changes are outstanding. Now, that being said...keeping her on this diet is very hard. We have to read every single label. It's time consuming and expensive since most of the things she can eat are way more pricey than a normal processed food. Her supplements are expensive. If we gave her every supplement she needs we would easily spend between $100-$150 a month for her supplements alone. This is a lot of money...which we have no problem paying for the betterment of Madison...however when I feel like her mom isn't following the diet it makes me want to quit. The diet is no good to Madison unless its followed 100% percent, 100% percent of the time. If you give a child that's allergic to peanuts, peanut butter guess what...it's going to have an adverse affect. Would you give a diabetic a candy bar? Would you give a recovering alcoholic a beer?? Well the answer to all these questions is no...not if you want them to live, and you want them to be healthy. If only I could shelter her at all times and keep all the bad things away...this would be a lot easier.
Well I guess that's all I have for right now.
One thing new is that Casey bought me a Kindle. I LOVE it. I didn't realize how bad the IPod made my eyes hurt. I do remember thinking several times when reading books on my ITouch that I thought my eyes were getting bad. I admit. I was skeptical of the Kindle. I thought it was silly...until I realized how much easier it was for me to read a book electronically. For those that have never seen a Kindle, it's kind of impossible to explain. The pages looks fake. It looks like a real book. In fact, when I turned it on for the first time and the screen came up I tried to peel what I thought had to be a sticker off the front becasue there was no way that it was the actualy screen. It's amazing!!!!
I am at my wits end with Madison. No, not with Madison...more with Madison's mom. Two weekends in a row she has come home with a small rash right on her chest. Now, a rash could be anything...but I suspect it's a rash from having been fed either something with gluten or casein...and that will typically cause a rash on the child. I have seen soooo much progress in her from before we started the diet. She's a totally different child. Before she wouldn't eat, or even try ANYTHING that wasn't hot dogs, chicken nuggets, or french fries for dinner. She did eat vegetables, and fruit but she wouldn't dare eat spaghetti, pork, grilled chicken, etc. Now she'll eat whatever we give her. Granted there is often still hesitation...and a lot of the time she doesn't like what she's given. She is not a fan of hummus or sauerkraut but she would eat it. She doesn't stare off into space like she used to. She will maybe a little bit but she is much more in the present and far less in a fog. Before the diet she would run home and change into her pj's. She refused to wear her normal clothes when she was home. She definitely wouldn't sleep in clothes. Now she keeps her normal clothes on until bath time and she sleeps in clothes. Before this diet she wouldn't take cough syrup (I can't blame her there...I won't either), or any medicine unless it was mixed VERY well in a drink...and even then she'd spit it out half the time. Now she'll drink it straight out of the cup...again, she doesn't like it but she does it. She's talking so much more now...and her pronounciation is far more clear. Her dark circles are not nearly as bad as they used to be...and they're usually only bad when she hasn't slept - ie: when she goes to her mom's house. So the changes are outstanding. Now, that being said...keeping her on this diet is very hard. We have to read every single label. It's time consuming and expensive since most of the things she can eat are way more pricey than a normal processed food. Her supplements are expensive. If we gave her every supplement she needs we would easily spend between $100-$150 a month for her supplements alone. This is a lot of money...which we have no problem paying for the betterment of Madison...however when I feel like her mom isn't following the diet it makes me want to quit. The diet is no good to Madison unless its followed 100% percent, 100% percent of the time. If you give a child that's allergic to peanuts, peanut butter guess what...it's going to have an adverse affect. Would you give a diabetic a candy bar? Would you give a recovering alcoholic a beer?? Well the answer to all these questions is no...not if you want them to live, and you want them to be healthy. If only I could shelter her at all times and keep all the bad things away...this would be a lot easier.
Well I guess that's all I have for right now.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Weekend...
This weekend we don’t have Madison so I really wanted to do something special. Oh crap…that requires money…and robbing a bank is hopefully not in my immediate plans. So…that means no traveling, or mini-weekend vaca. But in an attempt to make the most of the weekend regardless we will still have fun stuff to do. For starters…Casey and I will have our weekly Friday date night. Normally this just consists of going out to dinner. But we’ll probably stop at Longs and get our weekly crème horns too. I told him that we can’t keep spending $20 in pastries but maybe as a tradition we can each get 2 and we can enjoy them all weekend. There’s a little (and I mean LITTLE) hole in the wall place called Heine’s Famous Roast Beef. We were going to try it last weekend but decided on Texas Roadhouse instead thinking we’d go there Sunday. Well Sunday it was closed. So we’ll do that, and then get our pastries…and then…I’m going to bake. Yes, bake. A girl at work brought in a Heath Bar Cake for someone’s birthday tonight and I carried it for her. She’s lucky it’s still in the pan because I was pretty sure I was about to demolish it. So now I have to try to make it. My momma has made it and OMG it’s amazing!!! Yep…WW will be calling me for a membership when my weekend has concluded!!!
Then Saturday we’re driving up to Tipton to see my bff Michelle and her kids. Tipton’s about an hour away, so I guess it’s a mini road trip. It’s the Tipton Pork Festival. Yee Haw!! Do you know what this means???? It means LOTS of carny fair food. I can’t wait! Fair food is the best!!! I must consume at least one funnel cake, one buttered ear of corn, and I reckon one pork chop sandwich…since it is the PORK festival. Oh yeah…and I can’t forget that I will also be eating some cake!!! Seriously, I’m going to be the next Jenny Craig spokesperson after this weekend.
Who knows what Sunday will consist of? I have so much laundry to do. I’m pretty sure my laundry is procreating. It’s ridiculous. Maybe I’ll do some corn crafts now that I have a tiny strainer to help with my painting corn plan. We’ll see. I could stand to clean the house. And after all that is done, I will continue on my quest to read. I’ve kind of been addicted to reading lately…although this next months book for book club is kind of sucky…so I’m trying to power through it so I can read a book I actually want to read. I don’t know what that is yet…but I will figure it out if I ever get there.
I created a monster in Casey. I made the mistake of saying he should watch Lost on Netflix because he said he had watched the first 2-3 episodes of season 1 when it first came out. So now he watched all of season 1 in a week and is almost done with season 2. Its nuts!!! He’s addicted!!! I just want him to hurry up and get to Season 5 where I left off so I can catch up.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!!
Then Saturday we’re driving up to Tipton to see my bff Michelle and her kids. Tipton’s about an hour away, so I guess it’s a mini road trip. It’s the Tipton Pork Festival. Yee Haw!! Do you know what this means???? It means LOTS of carny fair food. I can’t wait! Fair food is the best!!! I must consume at least one funnel cake, one buttered ear of corn, and I reckon one pork chop sandwich…since it is the PORK festival. Oh yeah…and I can’t forget that I will also be eating some cake!!! Seriously, I’m going to be the next Jenny Craig spokesperson after this weekend.
Who knows what Sunday will consist of? I have so much laundry to do. I’m pretty sure my laundry is procreating. It’s ridiculous. Maybe I’ll do some corn crafts now that I have a tiny strainer to help with my painting corn plan. We’ll see. I could stand to clean the house. And after all that is done, I will continue on my quest to read. I’ve kind of been addicted to reading lately…although this next months book for book club is kind of sucky…so I’m trying to power through it so I can read a book I actually want to read. I don’t know what that is yet…but I will figure it out if I ever get there.
I created a monster in Casey. I made the mistake of saying he should watch Lost on Netflix because he said he had watched the first 2-3 episodes of season 1 when it first came out. So now he watched all of season 1 in a week and is almost done with season 2. Its nuts!!! He’s addicted!!! I just want him to hurry up and get to Season 5 where I left off so I can catch up.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!!
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Word of the day rant...
Word of the Day…Sabateur.
Definition: When you and your boyfriend put your little one on a special diet that includes no Gluten or Casein (Dairy) and the grandmother makes muffins, with butter…which last time I checked is a dairy product…and then gets mad at the son because who won’t let her have them because in the grandmother’s way of thinking “a little bit won’t hurt her.”
Grrrrrr. What part of NO is so darn complex.
Second Word of the Day = Frustrated
Definition: ME!
Stay tuned for more fun words of the day, I’m sure!!
Definition: When you and your boyfriend put your little one on a special diet that includes no Gluten or Casein (Dairy) and the grandmother makes muffins, with butter…which last time I checked is a dairy product…and then gets mad at the son because who won’t let her have them because in the grandmother’s way of thinking “a little bit won’t hurt her.”
Grrrrrr. What part of NO is so darn complex.
Second Word of the Day = Frustrated
Definition: ME!
Stay tuned for more fun words of the day, I’m sure!!
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