Wednesday, February 27, 2008
My new haircut
So I went short. Martin told me last night that this was one of the best cuts I've had, and of course he likes it straight. He just doesn't understand how that works. If I blow dry it straight using a brush, it'll be completely limp by noon. My hair is so thick and heavy, that it won't do anything else then. I have to blow dry it from underneath to give it the volume it needs. So right away this morning he says "oh, its bushy". I knew what that meant - it was ok, but he kept emphasizing how he liked it last night. Jennifer and I have laughed at the thought of having her be at my house every morning so I could get my hair "just so", but that will never happen. The way she styles my hair always looks so easy, and she'll even explain it to me, and I think I can do it, but by the time I do it the next morning - all those thoughts of how she did it have completly escaped my mind.
So I go back to what I know - the "fluffy" look. I told Martin to give me a few days to get used to the new cut and hopefully by then I'll have a better idea how to style it.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Expenses
Anyways, just had to voice my opinion there - I'm glad that so far it isn't much more, but the Hospitals charge way too much too., so I'll be anxious to see just how much that bill will end up being?!
Have a good Monday! :)
Michelle
Monday, February 18, 2008
Dad turned 72!!
We met at the Happy Chef in Mankato on Sat. for supper. That was fun. Apparently it was all my Dad's idea, so Mom says. It was fun. But the one thing I didn't do, was bring the cards we had bought for Dad. They were left on our dining room table all ready to go, but forgotten. I felt horrible, but I know Dad understood, but that wasn't the point. I felt crabby going there because we took a short nap, and that seemed to make me even more sleep deprived. Even Kevin, my brother noticed that I wasnt' up to par when we got there. Leave it to him to notice that?! He did and that was that. It was fun. I had a great time! I always enjoy our family times together. We've always made a point of getting together for the holidays, or birthdays and I will never forget those times. Hopefully the boys won't either.
I hope Dad had as good of a time as we did.
Love you Dad!~
your daughter,
Michelle Denise
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Happy Valentine's Day!!!
would recommend him to anyone (but hopefully you wouldn't need him). You can see by the picture above how tiny those crazy little things were. The yellow piece was in Josiah's right ear and the grey sequin was in his left ear. All went well, and Dr. Jannings didn't think he would've had any hearing loss becuase of those things in his ear - he said they were too small and wouldn't have done anything.
We were very relieved to have him out of surgery and doing well. The only thing is that he got an upset tummy because of the anesthesia, so he threw up a few times, but otherwise he was good. We finally went home around 10:30am and Josiah and I both took almost a 3 hour nap yesterday. We were shot.
As for me, I didn't even want to go yesterday because my throat felt so bad, but Martin said I needed to go for moral support so I went. But my throat still hurts today and I think I'll be seeing the Doctor today, hoping I don't have strept throat. Atleast Josiah made it through without getting sick.
Thank you for all your love and prayers during this time. Crazy isn't it how these little things can be a person all worked up? I wasn't nervous about things at all yesterday - Martin was. Which is a first.
Must get going though. Today is "donuts for Dads" in school so they need to be there between 7:15 - 7:45am to get the good ones, so I better wake the lazy boys up! Have a great day everyone and Happy Valentines' Day!!!
love,
Michelle
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Getting the boys ready
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Josiah's pre-op physical
We've made arrangements for Isaac to stay at my parent's house on Tuesday night and they will bring him to school the next morning. We have to be to the Hospital by 7am on Wed. for his surgery to be done at 8am.
I'm not nervous about this - thank goodness. I have been re-assured by several friends that having them go into his ears (even though these wonderful things are way down by his ear drums), that it isn't a bad thing to have happen. That their boys have had tubes taken out several times and the procedure isn't that bad at all. So thank goodness for being able to talk to others about this - they have made me feel so much better about this whole crazy thing!
Martin and I are VERY curious how Josiah will be after the surgery. His hearing we mean. I emailed his teachers this week and told them what is going on with everything and I'm hoping for a big change with Josiah in the classroom. Even though he says he can hear fine, he wouldn't know if he couldn't hear fine. So we'll see what happens this week. He's excited about having to miss school, (which child wouldn't be?!), and he'll be in school for Valentines day, so he won't miss his party at school! That is always a plus!!
Anyways - we're just chillin' today. We're suppose to have blizzard like conditions, so some people say. The temperatures are suppose to drop all day today with wind chills in the double negatives. So yesterday we got a roast, potatoes and carrots so we could atleast have some good "comfort food" for this weekend. Hopefully there will be some great movies on tv so we can all relax in our house in the warmth.
I will keep you posted how the surgery goes on Wed. Any prayers you want to send our way will be greatly appreciated. Right now Josiah isn't nervous about anything, but he certainly was nervous when we were in to Dr. Janning's office last week. He wanted to show his tough side, but I could see it in his eyes that he was nervous. Pray for him to be calm about this as we try to re-assure him as well.
Love to you all! ~
Michelle