Today..

Well and yesterday...

After 2hrs in the car last night, we arrived in the Valley for night one of Passover....Got home at 2am...

I was awake at 745 this morning...and got out of bed about 815am.

Woke (little) kids up at 930....they ate and stuff plastic eggs for an Easter egg hunt later in the day. They stuffed them with change, hersey's eggs and starburst double flavored Jelly beans

Ivan and I made deviled eggs to bring with the eggs that cracked when I boiled eggs for dying.

Then we dumped 1 hard boiled egg in vinegar and one uncooked egg in another jar of vinegar. SCIENCE....by tomorrow noonish both should have soft jelly shells. Then we will leave the hard boiled one on the table and the shell should reabsorb what it lost and become hard again. We will place the uncooked one in a jar of water where by osmosis, it should take on so much water it explodes.

We arrived around noon. And had a great time. Nathan was hoping to find a few more of the money eggs but, he came up with a scheme to make more money....he sold his candy for the change.

On the way home, we stopped at home depot and bought killz, spackle and rollers for the upstairs bathroom....the ceiling has begun to peel...opps...fun to wash your hair then find paint chips in it. It hasnt been painted in 16 years.

We came home, Ivan and Rebekah scrapped the bathroom while Nathan and I dyed eggs in KOOL AID. That was fun and different but I still hate dying eggs. We did 6 colors and had 3 or 4 more flavors of koolaid but decided they would all be so red/pink that we had enough of that shade. Our Albertsons didnt carry the lime flavored koolaid so no green eggs. Grape eggs look like century eggs.

I took pics today I would be more then happy to share, except I never bothered to figure out the picture thing on my blog. HEY links and videos were hard enough. Koolaid eggs pictures are on my facebook.

And now I am drinking an adult Shirley Temple. We are supposed to be headed to MIL for night 2 of Passover (no seder)...at this rate my walk there might be more of a stumble....and I am out of cherry vodka....

The beef stew was a hit. Rebekah had some for breakfast the next day LOL

Last nights dinner was
Sliced avocado (ended up being THREE)
roast aspargus (olive oil, lemon pepper, garlic cloves, at 425)
Swiss chard (will share recipe)
and
baked chicken in an orange marmalade sauce...(it was ok, not worth a recipe share LOL)


Swiss chard

2tbsp butter
2 tbsp olive oil
1 diced leek
1 bunch of swiss chard, stems and center ribs cut out and chopped together, leaves coarsely chopped (we cut in half)
1/2 cup white wine
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice (hmm, I think I used 2)
2+ tbsp of grated parmesan cheese

Melt butter and olive oil together in a large skillet over medium high heat. Stir in leeks and cook abt 30 seconds. Add chard stems and white wine. Simmer until stems begin to soften. Stir in leaves and cook til "just" wilted. Stir in lemon juice and cheese.

They are gone, there are no leftovers....

Not sure whats on the menu for tonight. Nathan wants artichokes with butter to dip the leaves in. Not certain what to serve with that...kinda want peppers, sausage and onions but dont want to actually make it ROFL

Hoping we can actually get some school work done today. I don't think any got done yesterday...

Nathan has an early am game tomorrow morning. He has to be there at 7am. That is soooo early for us...

Tonight's ER episode

Is the one that features Camp Del Corazon. Rebekah participated in the filming of the dance scene. As I understand it, (I wasn't there) she is near the front of the stage on the side with John Stamos.
This is an article about the actor playing the main character tonight. He is also better known as Gibby from iCarly. I hear he is a very nice kid and hung out with the extras. We have a picture or two of him. I had no idea he was local to us. Ivan Talked to his parents (on accident...mentioned how nice the boy seemed)


http://www.ocregister.com/articles/camp-kids-heart-2345970-logan-noah

Anyhow tonight NBC at 10PST. And while I of course think it is neat that Rebekah is involved....I think it is Great to feature Camp Del Corazon on one of the last episodes of a hit show. The camp is completely free for any kids ages 7 and up with a heart defect. And that is not a cheap feat.

E. R.

I used to be a huge fan of this show but, I stopped watching when almost every episode carried some political or moral message. I also was bummed about the constant killing off of docs I was really starting to like. (I totally missed Dr Pratts killing....)

Anyhow....

On March 26, they will be airing an episode written specifically for Camp Del Corazon (www.campdelcorazon.org) and I would venture to guess Tom Arnold had a big hand in it. The story line is about a kid with a heart defect and his struggles. I believe it is being played by the brother from iCarly.


Camp Del Corazon was asked to supply many of the extras so, yesterday Ivan and Rebekah spent the entire day on the Warner Brothers lot. Some of her friends have a longer commitment...which will surely mean more face time in the episode...some were even asked to bring sleeping bags...so clearly alot of this focuses on the camp. Rebekah was asked to dance. Ivan says if he hears that song "I feel good" one more time he might go crazy. They were reenacting the dances at camp. Rebekah was asked to bring her camp shirt but, for some reason never asked to put it on.

The awarenss to CHDs that this can bring is huge in my opinion. Not only did these actors work with these kids, but now everyone who watches ER will hear more about them and see the many "normal" kids that CHDs affect.

I wonder if there will be camp facts at the end of the episode? That would be kinda cool. And more in your face....There are at least 7 heart camps I can think of ...and prob more (there are 2 in California!) Just the sheer amount of kids who attend these would be a heck of an eye opener to many people who dont realize that that 1 out of every 100 people has a Heart Defect.

so dont forget to watch ER on the 26th of March...rebekah has light blue jeans, a flowered shirt and is wearing a lei in the scene....and prob drooling over John Stamos as I understand it....

CHDs

I stole this from a friend....but I think it is important to read....she titled it soap box....I wont go so far...I just want you to know....
My soapbox is more directed at the AHA.....someday I might ramble about it. (or maybe I have already here....hmm I see an AHA tag...I think I have)
I know the person that started the CHD awareness Day....I spent many years working hard to promote it...only to find the AHA had more money and more lobby power...and could never get a president to declare it...Got the Governor (not the governator...go figure he has a heart defect) and the mayor of Irvine and quite frankly, became jaded and have focused my efforts elsewhere...

Over the years, I have met many people who have had siblings with CHDs, some have passed away and even then they had no idea how common they are.
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With this being CHD Awareness Week (& the 14th is CHD Awareness Day) I am going to take a moment and stand on my soap box, please bear with me here.

Most all know that February is National Heart Month. We are all familiar with wear Red Dress Day, we are all familiar of the importance of understanding adult and youth acquired heart disease. It is a well known fact that heart disease is the #1 killer among women. Because everyone relates February with Valentine's Day and love, chocolate candy hearts, and the color red it only makes sense February would be chosen as National Heart Month. But if you were to go ask the average person on the street if they ever heard of Congenital Heart Defects, I am sure your response would be quite different from those about acquired heart disease.

By no means do we want to down play the importance of acquired heart disease and the need for prevention and intervention. But we do need to make aware the need for more research and awareness to those who are BORN with Congenital Heart Defects. It was not lifestyle or age that brought on these defects, and there was no way to stop it from happening.

To the parents who have a child born with a heart defect it is mind blowing how little awareness there is for the #1 Most Common Birth Defect. There has, fortunately, been a greater amount of funding going into CHD research, however, there is still a much greater need for more.

Please help join in the Awareness this week and pass this on.

1. Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) is a defect of the heart present at birth.

2. CHD's are the #1 most common birth defect, affecting 1 in every 100 babies born.

3. CHD's are the #1 most common cause of infant death related to birth defects within the first year of life.

4. There are at least 35 different known Congential Heart Defects.

5. 1 in 10 born with a CHD will have a fatal defect.

6. There is no known cause for CHD's, however, genetics and environmental factors can play a role in the defects. Scientist have been able to discover over 100 mutations that are directly linked to the heart.

7. There is no known cure or prevention for CHD's. Most born with heart defects will require some form of palliative surgical intervention.

8. Through research and medical advancements the mortality rate after surgery has significantly decreased in the past 20-30 years. On average it is about 5% compared to the 30% it was.

9. There are an estimated 1 - 1.2 million living with a CHD in the US.

10. Nearly twice as many children die each year from CHD's, than from all forms of childhood cancers combined. (Yet Max has both)

Spread the word and wear your Red & Blue on Feb. 14th

I'm a reader, not a writer..........

I read.

I don't write

and I rarely blog.

Even way back in high school....no issues reading the assignment...write an analysis? I was the one counting the words...and making my margins on the typewriter smaller to fill the pages.

October is over....which is good....it was crazy.

November is here...and we are almost half way ...and it has been so much calmer.

Next Friday we will go with the science group to the local planetarium/observatory...I am not sure which...heck I dont even know where it is.

Tomorrow Christine has another Faire workshop....I have to take her all the way there and back....her normal carpool partner couldnt get the day off work. No biggie, I dont usually mind driving. Now, if I only knew where to go.

My laundry is behind again, it was caught up on monday...I am not sure how I let it fall behind yet again.

I need to get some blankets made....really, really need to...

And perhaps some tye dying...park day is having an arts and craft fair and the kids want to tye dye for it....
Its on the list....

We also finally ordered our cabinets for the kitchen....they should be here the week of the charity shoot....hmm I see December ending up much like October...CRAZY

Kids are having evaluations at Gymnastics this week. Hopefully, they will all advance at least a level....

I have been branching out in cooking again...found a few new recipes that have been hits....have another I am dying to try...turnip gratan...I also have been keeping closer tabs on our food budget.....

Off to go yell at 2 youngerst to clean up the living room...yet again....with as long as it takes them, you would think we lived in a mansion...instead of a 1,100 sq ft townhome.

yah, yah yah I know

I havent updated in a week. or so....

We went apple picking. I made apple butter and pear jam mmmmmmm was going to make apple jam but ran out of apples. We hope to go pick again. The pear jam is not quite thick enough but still tastes good. We didnt bother with the raspberries because they were really expensive....more so then the grocery store and we would have to do all that work and fight off the bees.

That Sunday we went skating....Ivan didnt skate...he had hurt his back earlier in the day. I clearly didnt skate enough as my legs did not hurt the next day.

That tuesday, I took Rebekah to the NP about the moles she is trying to scratch off. Got a referral to dermatology....that appt is this friday.

First GS meeting of the year that wednesday. And the building boys group. THe kids had fun. Ivan helped with the boys....Christine and I snuck out earlier for a dr appt for her....her hands/wrist have been bothering her...they were actually swelling last week.

Thursday was music for the little ones....they got new songs and we actually got there ALMOST on time. And it was Christine's bday. She opted to skip ASL that night.

Friday we went to the DMV in the morning, followed by the bakery, followed by science club at the pool. Then a friend of Christine's came over to spend the night. And Ivan, rebekah and I went to Costco for party food. And the washer broke.

Saturday was the party....fajitas, cheese, bananas foster....and good company. NIce time......somehow we ended up with more alcohol then we started with and no sodas left. Um ok....

Sundaywe drove to Santa Monica to meet up with Ivans friends from NY...they were in town for a wedding....we went over to Venice and saw some really strange sights. Then we attempted to go to Jerry's deli for dinner...we drove everywhere...finally asked a policeman for directions...he gave them to us and we found the deli. Sat down and looked at a far too large menu and discovered we were NOT at the location we had been searching for! We ate and took Dan and his wife back to the airport. And came home....

AND WATCHED AMAZING RACE

Monday was park day.....followed by bakery trip for the challah we ordered. Followed by bass lessons. Followed by a very very late night at Ivans parents.

Today I have been doing nothing but not really....I finished the sales tax and other large projects but have been left feeling like I didnt do much.

The rest of this week brings ortho tomorrow (I hope we can stop with the pallet expander expanding, music class, science club, dermatology appt, maybe disney and a Candy mountian bday party on sunday...so we prob wont skate this week but thats ok....the party will be a heck of alot more fun....isnt food always better then exercise?

I need to update my book list

update due

Where were we when I last updated???? Hmm who knows...

This past weekend we went on a friday to monday cruise on Royal Carribbean for my Inlaws 50th anniversary. It was fun. ALthough, I much preferred the almost identical cruise on Carnival to this one. But Carnival will not do Kosher meals for my brother in laws family....

We hope to do Alaska in June....FIL is leaning towards Holland America.....I lean toward Princess or Carnival...but Carnival is prob out for reason stated above....

I have not yet emptied my barely touched Camera from the Cruise....Christine has....perhaps she has posted pictures on her blog.....I know she posted them on Facebook.

Funny thing happened on the cruise. Everyone but Nathan, Ivan and I were up at the buffet the first day. The 3 of us were talking to the dining room mater'd (totally spelled wrong I am sure) about getting one large table for us, as opposed to the 2 small 6 people tables. We finish and walk to the elevator....where nathan procedes to dig in my bahama mama glass for an ice cube (it was empty...I wasnt boozin' the 5yr old up) And we strike up a conversation with another couple waiting. All of a sudden Ivan says "Are you Mark from Bud's appliance?" Mark stares blankly at Ivan who then introduces himself....when Mark is sure this isnt a complaining customer he says yes. Turns out a few other Appliance service companies are on the boat. Even funnier....there are 3 MAIN warranty servicers for this one appliance in Orange county....(there are 2 others but we are the big ones) and ALL of us are sitting on the boat. OOPPS hope there was no emergencies this past weekend. I actually told one of the guys...Oh you are here? My outgoing messages says we are out and to call you. His mouth dropped and I said I am kidding!

Otherwise nothing to exciting....Rebekah had a dr appt yesterday...she bruised her foot....on Wed and we wanted to make sure it wasnt broken. All is fine.

The kids missed music yesterday due to construction which caused us to be running so behind we would be rude.

Rebekahs's expander is going....slowly but going....

Christine opted out of her stage makeup class....time was bad and last minute switch in teachers.

They have their science today. And then tonight is the ASL/deaf night at the district. Roller skating on Sunday....we have been going every other sunday with some other Homeschool families. It is Holliday Skate in Orange from 630-830 for $5.50 per person including skate rental. Come on down and join us! Our family hits yougurt land on the way home and I have been craving some.

Oh we are going apple picking in Oak Glen on Saturday....once again JOIN US. Or not...but come on up with your family. It is fun. Currently, u-pick is available on Apples, pears, raspberry and maybe strawberries. I will be "jammin' on Sunday. Actually, going to make apple butter to pass out on Rosh Hashanah. There are a few groves open on sundays too but you really should go on a Saturday. Lots of fun.....good family activity....and some history in there too....

Ok need to get back to work! My Washer is done.

Camp

Rebekah headed off to Camp Del Corazon (www.campdelcorazon.org ) again this past week. This week was on Catalina Island. I forget the name of the actual camp ground but as I understand it, it is way on the tip. She left out of Marina del Rey Monday morning and got back Friday at 3pm. She had a blast as usual. She said Tom Arnold was there again this year. She knew her counselor from outside of camp. We actually attended Jeni's (aka ouch babe for camp purposes) wedding. Rebekah seems to have picked up a bit of a stuffy nose. And told tales of things she did at night....which make me want to cringe because that indicates, she was staying up.ggggrrr...I know how much of a pain she can be when she does that.

And as part of our tradition when we pick a kid up from camp, they get to pick dinner. So, last night we ate at Benihana's.

If you go to nursetv.com, there is a video there about the nurses at camp. At about 3 min 30 seconds you see the back of rebekah lol...pink polkadot shirt, short blond hair.

Where has time gone?

Well, July is more then half over and I can't tell you where it has gone.
I have sent kids to camp, organized the address lists for the reunion, settled current details that need to be settled for the reunion and done just general catch up.
(do you know how much laundry you suddenly have when one comes home from camp and dumps their bags????)

We went to the Getty center sometime in the recent past...(I dont want to get out my calendar so be happy with recent past) That place is awesome. I loved doing it with a class situation. It is so big I would never find my way around (evidenced by afterwards trying just to find the Renoirs and monets). The class was titled bodies in art...or something like that. We, er I mean the children, learned a little about materials in art, bodies and telling the stories from the bodies position and expressions....and roman mythology....they have some statues and paintings that tell the whole story of when venus was shot with cupids arrow....really neat place....I couldnt spend the day there only because the little ones loose patience...but they were really good for the class.

Next week we are going to the muzeo to see the Jane goodall display...should be good too.

We hope to get to the fair soon. And then the CHN expo is first weekend in august. The kids are already excited! They keep going on and on about Jim Weiss and his stories.

Sometime in the next couple of days christine has to register at Orange Coast College....then in august she will register for IVC. Her classes will be tue/th at IVC and wed at OCC. We hope sign 3 makes it this semester.

OH and bekah has an ortho consult on wednesday...I have put it off long enough. And I need to make her and I dentist appt on monday. I finally had a moment to do it on Friday and the office was closed, wouldnt you know it. And someday I will make an appt for me....I really need a physical, I havent had one in years.....ya' know moms are always last.....

Oh and we have read the first 2 books in the Kit book series. But, my personal reading has really been on the back burner....that is soooo bad.

And peter pan on stage now plays only every other day instead of daily in my house.

Am I done? perhaps....if I dont think of anything else before I hit publish. I am not going to re read...because then I will spend all day editing and fixing typos and such....and well, I have laundry to do!

my daughter says....

I need to update my blog so here it is.
Today I did laundry.....all caught up from Rebekah being at camp. Just in time for Christine to leave for camp....monday morning she has to be at the port of Long Beach at 8 am.....eeeegggaaaddds that is early. Not the 8 but the time we need to leave to get there.

I think she is almost packed.....needs a flashlight and book light she has told me.

She will be gone for a week.

I still need to unroll the sleeping bag from Rebekah at camp and put the flannel liner back in it for Christine.

hmm what else has happened in the last week? Prob a whole heck of alot of nothing.

My class reunion date has been chosen....July 18, 2009 at the Queen Mary....anyone reading go to Long Beach Wilson??? yah I didnt think so.....

I got the new Rainbow Resources catalog...havent had a chance to look thru it yet.....or even open it! The book is huge.

Nathan has been having frequent melt downs and is driving me crazy!!!! ANy suggestions???? He has been obsessively playing Chess....at least one game a day and is currently attempting to read "Chess for Dummies" I caught him re enacting one of the moves they show.

Dot aka Rebekah ( go to youtube, look up mad tv and dot) had a good time at camp and talked the entire ride home from Malibu She climbed the rock wall, went horseback riding and went in the pool 2 times she said. And wants to know when the next camp is.

Ok thats all....I need to find a pillow

Camp etc (updated at 2:10pm)

Tomorrow, Rebekah heads out to Camp Del Corazon and so begins the summer. We drop her off at 10am-ish tomorrow and pick up at 1pm friday.
She can't wait. She was up at 7am this morning wanting to pack. That will make for one very long day today.....as the day wears on between the lack of sleep and the heat....she is going to be one cranky girl, which leads to one cranky mommmy.

So, today's to do list:

Take sleeping bag out of box. Set flannel liner aside (will be needed for Christine's camp and later Camp Del Corazon session both on Catalina but not for this one)
Fill out camp forms
pack
grocery shopping
guess I should make a shopping list first
make DH's route for tuesday (normally monday AM chore but no time and I need to call the people before we leave tomorrow)
cut the cat nails(because he decided bright and early this morning to try and scale my backside)
cat box

I have a hundred other little things I could also do....maybe I will get to them....
filing
parts orders
voice mail
paperwork DH is supposed to give to me
laundry of course (but cant be done til packing is done...I fold clothes on my bed....same surface is used for packing)
make jam (with fruit I will buy at store #2, if it is ripe, if not this will have to wait another day)

I would like to read but, can't decide what to read next.....

What else can I ramble about?
On Friday, we saw "The Bodies Exhibit 3" at the Science Center. This one focused on hearts, sorta.....It was actually very interesting.....including smoker's lung and LEG...I had no clue there was smoker's leg. As for hearts, they had Hypertrophied heart, a VSD, a heart and its pacemaker, the abiocor LVAD and the berlin heart. They also had some arteries with CAD. They had whole bodies with just the bones and all the vessels....wow we have alot of blood vessels! Nathan had to inspect all the models to determine which were boys and which were girls. And also decided to read LOUDLY the description of the testes on display. In the end, Nathan insisted we needed a video of the exhibit. I believe the video also talks about the process used for preservation.

Our next field trip is to the Getty Center in a few weeks. I have never been there so, it should be at least interesting. I have 2 that enjoy art....although Rebekah prefers pop art (the warhol exhibit in San Diego was a hit some time back)

After that we have one planned at the Muzeo that is on Jane Goodall and her chimps. None planned at the moment for after that.....I don't have a fall calendar...and I am not sure what days Christine will be in class in the fall. When that is settled, we can work on fall trips.

Part 2 see previous weird post

oh wait I just laughed at neurology

did I mention in my rambling that while we were at CT scan...they called to set up appt when we got home I called them back
and I laughed at them, at the date they offered?
so they sent a message to the nurse to get her in sooner.

the nurse just called said I am so n so from dr so n sos office how can I help you?
I said I am sorry I have no idea who that dr is

she told me neurology

ah ok so I tell her and she says
yes get this one...
you are sitting down right??

oh they referred you to adult neurology, you need peds, I will message that doc
I told her I am sorry but at this point, it is all pretty darn funny

If this makes no sense to you, I apologize now

This is a rambling, I am way over tired email I just sent. If this makes no sense to you I apologize....I am all "talked/emailed" out over this so, I dont know who knows what anymore....because I am sick of talking about it and retelling the story....
Christine's blog has a brief note on it
Pretty much no corrections, just as I sent it to someone earlier. Oh I removed the profanity


no sedation
no contrast
radiology over ruled that citing head injury
of course she already had the iv by that time...

no food forever (9pm ish last night....needed at least 4hrs due to contrast med I wasnt getting up at 4am to force her to eat...this is important in the next set of sentances)

got a headache while waiting to go down
they gave her tylenol, after much debate....and rebekah not happy that they didnt have pills to swallow and she had to take chewables
and in true rebekah fashion waited until IN the CT scan machine to barf
yep I said barf...she barfed up her tylenol
then barf more when back on the floor...all while still saying she had a headache
they ok'd more tyenol, she declined the chewable.....
then more in my car (good thing I had a bag)
I gave her motrin and dramimine upon return home
she barfed more
took a nap
and ate
and ate
and ate
and now seems fine

funny they had 2 ped anthesiologist
one said he spent hours last night going thru her records and reading about her heart defect trying to figure it out
still had more questions
one asked when she had a band? (uh no band no ds) no band, natural banding of the pulmonary with stenosis
one asked when was it corrected I said ah...it is congenitally corrected TGA also known as LTGA no surgery,

interesting morning
left the house at 740
got there at 820 (thank you rush hour...normall a 15min drive)
on the floor and with IV by 915
down at 1030
home at 1140

Rebekah update

Too lazy to look where I left off.....forgive me if I duplicate.

So we go to ENT also know as head and neck surgery on thursday at 1130. I realize that morning that we have been to this office before but I have no clue who we saw last time. Rebekah is a semi regular at the Head and neck surgery in Irvine with the Physician's assistant but we were told we had to see a doc this time and that office had no openings.

Last time we were at this office was also for Rebekah. Also for some freak thing. At her Developmental ped a few years ago we noticed the ball of her earing (stud) had slipped back into the hole in her ear. He sent us to Urgent care(he recommended the one next to the hospital just in case) to remedy it. Rebekah scared Urgent care and they sent us downstairs to an apparently not busy Head and neck dr for removal.



So anyhow, we get there at 1130 and are told they are 40min behind. I check my watch 40min is ok....we both brought books. We sit down to read. About 15min pass and they call us in. I think wow they caught up. Yah no.....they brought us back, took history and then put us in a room. A much colder then the waiting room, room....of course with no gowns and no sheets. The nurse says yes they are still 40min behind. I say well I might need to leave....and I tell her what time. Back to reading. Well after 2 trips to the bathroom, it is obvious that rebekah is bored and she is now fidigiting with all the instruments....I give up....its about 20min prior to my deadline but I gotta go....(this is no 1245 or so).



I go back to the nurse's station where I talk to the nurse there (our doc's nurse had gone to lunch but she did tell us and also let the other nurses know about the situation). The nurse goes to reschedule. Now I already know they are booked weeks out (because I was called three times by different people to schedule and each time I let them give me a date before I told them I already had an appt) So, I briefly tell her why we are there and how I dont really know if we should be or was this just a way to get $25 out of us. As I say that a doc walks up.....he apologoizes for the wait and explains they had not 1 but 2 new cancer diagnosis this morning....he asks what is going on....looks for a moments....says wait just a minute. He comes back with papers for the patient he was seeing....also admission procedure papers....and says to us....go to room 2....and tells the nurse what he needs the patient to know and joins us. This is NOT the doc we had the appt with.



I tell him the whole flippin story....he looks at her a bit....asks me if her nose looks different at all. I say....well I wasnt taking notes on it before she decided to fly but it does look like maybe it is a bit fat in the middle area....I show him where. He looks a bit more. I tell him that maybe we are here because she already has breathing/ear issues . He checks her ears, her forehead area, all her teeth, her cheek bones, reads the xray and says "in the case of a nose, xrays are not useful. Physical examination is.....and really unless breathing is obstructed or the nose is dislocated...neither is the case. The we generally dont do anything. Yes there is still some swelling....and should last another week or so. Avoid all ball type activiites where she could miss and hit her nose because it isnt healed and then there could be a problems. (frisbee is also out....)and tells us it is ok to use the flonase again.. To which he never seemed really sure why we were told to stop.

And we head home. We get home at 1:25. Gymnastics is at 2pm. Just enough time to get Christine and Nathan and head off.



Ironically. On Tuesday I got a phone call from member services. I called them a few weeks ago because I dont particurally care for our ped. We got him by default when our beloved Dr Yu stopped seem patients. I loved them....Dr Yu (husband) was our Pediatric Cardiologist and Dr Yu (wife) was our ped. He stopped seeing patients over a year ago...Almost 2 now. Unfortunately, when I called to change Peds, no other one out of the local office had openings so, we were placed on the wait list. They were calling to take Nathan off the wait list. I was dialing the phone before the message finished. When I got them, I mentioned I actually had 2 kids (I moved Christine to a 12 and up general practioner when I called a few weeks ago) that I wanted with Dr Cordes. She said I called 70 people, you are the first to call back. YOu can move both. WHO HOO. It was funny too because that day I had said at least 10times while telling the story that I didnt like the ped....

Only in my house and Only rebekah

I swear.....it is always her....
Last week, we went to the snow. Not much left but we found a good patch and had fun with our friends....
Afterwards we went to Outdoor world. The floors are concrete. THe kids were giving each other piggyback rides and somehow rebekah ends up nose first on the floor and bleeding.
Oh goody
So we paid and left and headed to urgent care because it really looked pretty bad. but outdoor world had given us an ice pack and gauze which was really nice.
Anyhow, clearly not dislocated but take xray just for the file(free nose job as an adult due to a break not just because)...as they do nothing for plain breaks only for dislocations. We were told the xray would not be stat and to take it and head home. Contact ped in 3 or 4 days for results. So home we headed.
Late Thur I email doc, nope no results. He asks a few questions. I answer. He answers it really sounds not broken and still no results...this was about 930pm friday night.
He called tonight. She needs to see ENT next week and to discontinue her flonase. She has a Cortical Irregularity Fracture at the base ( DH talked to doc)

yep only rebekah

So far this week

Saturday 2/16

Rebekahs GS troop had a tea party. They are working on a badge for manners. After the tea, I drove down the block and picked Christine up from her friends house. We had HOMEMADE pasta for dinner that night.

Sunday 2/17

I dont have a clue what we did lol...oh wait, Nathan, Christine and I went to the McClintock company store and bought Christine a prom dress. Cost less then $25...well worth the drive and the time

Monday 2/18

I know what I didnt do...WORK...Rebekah had Jazz ...for the first time in 2 wks....because she has been sick. We had falafel and ratatoule for dinner.

Tuesday 2/19

Took nathan to the Nurse PRactioner for an allergy referral....just now remembering I am supposed to call today (wed) to act on the referral....
I also managed to kick a laptop computer that was left on the floor. The computer has lost its covering over the CD drive....which proceded to make a nice wound on the side/bottom of my big toe on my right foot....its gross, it hurts....I havent really examined it ...just cleaned it and put a bandaid on it. When I kicked it, it hurts so bad, I guess I managed to give myself a bit of whiplash and my neck hurts. That made for a fun day and night of sleep. I actually remembered to take christine to her cooking class that night. We had matzoh ball soup, meatloaf and parsley red potatoes for dinner.

I also signed the little ones up for a math/reading online program similar to Aleks. They seem to be enjoying it so far. Nathan can reading no problem, rebekah can read but lacks confidence to demostrate it.

Wed 2/20

Horrible night's sleep. I am exhausted, my neck and shoulder are still painful....Christine had class this morning followed by bass lessons. She also has class tonight and I have no dinner planned. I am tired and in pain....Ivan will prob pick something up....not sure what...
I am currently waiting for a customer for tomorrow to call me back so, I know what we are doing tomorrow. Ivan was over booked so, he called his "help" this morning....at 1045am one of the people in for tomorrow called and said thursday isnt looking good, can we just make it friday? Of course I retrieved this message after I left him a time frame...Friday isnt possible, I have no clue if he still wants the service tomorrow since friday isnt possilbe. If he canceled, we will be UNDER BOOKED as his is a 2 spot call....with hired helped, I dont like to do that. I have someone who might be able to take his place but, I need to hear from him first....I have been waiting over 4 hrs now. I also had a guy scream at me and call me a liar....so I screamed back....which is really bad...as I used my "I am possessed" scream.....then ended the call

I also signed christine up for more cooking classes, rebekah for 2 new nature center classes (the class holds up to 20 but normally has less then 4) and put them on the waiting list for swim lessons in March

Thurs 2/21

Isnt here yet....
Rebekah goes to MIL from 11-1, then all 3 have gymnastics from 2-330 (nathan is 230-330) then I must have a planned dinner....we always feed the assistant
At noon, christine goes back to the music shop, til 130 when I will pick her up and go directly to Gymnastics.


See ya later

Cookie time!!!!!!!!

Girl scout cookie time!

Anyone want some? We hope to actually sell enough to get a cookie badge this time!

Caramel deLites (formerly Samoas)
Delicate vanilla cookies drenched in Caramel, sprinkled with toasted coconut and laceed with cocoa strips
Peanut Butter Patties
Crispy vanilla cookies layered with real peanut butter and blanketed with a chocolaty coating
Shortbread
traditional favorite with a buttery light flavor
Thin Mints
Thin Chocolate wafers dipped in a rich chocolaty coating with a burst of peppermint
Peanut Butter Sandwich
deliciously smooth peanut butter sandwiched between crunchy oatmeal cookies
Thanks-a-Lot
Heart-warming shortbread cookies dipped in rich fudge and topped with an embossed Thank You message in one of 5 languages
Lemonades
savory slices of shortbread with a refreshingly tangy lemon icing
Cinna-spins***new this year***
Crispy rounds with a cinnamon burst in every bite. Comes in 100 calorie packs for easy snacking


They are $4 a box. Will ship if necessary.

Found around my house

Rebekah and Nathan were playing pet shop. Rebekah hung a price list up on the wall.

A few hours later, while eating dinner, I actually stop to read it

PET SHOP
$100 GOD
Cat $100
BRDS $100


I had no idea that (a) God was a pet and (b) he was for sale

(she will occassionally get something totally and completely backwards.....the it should say DOG $100)

Rebekah is home

From Camp....
Camp del Corazon.

She had a blast as usual. Her counselors told us she was really afraid of the dark, which puzzled us but they said it was REALLY dark with outdoor noises so, maybe that freaked her out. AND that another girl in the cabin wanted complete darkness to sleep.

And now she is antsy at home, making a PITA of herself which is her usual MO after being gone.

I overhead one of the counselors telling about a special guest on the island. So, on the way home I asked rebekah about it. She said oh yah I remember him, we ate with him and he stayed all week. The guest? Tom Arnold. In recent years he has been a big supporter of the camp, even hosting the gala as I recall.

She wore her dress for fancy dinner night, as often as they would let her she says. Good thing it came from goodwill. And has learned this fantasically annoying song on disco night. Hmm I should look for it on Youtube.

She also said she climbing the climbing wall this time. Last time she was too scared....perhaps because last time she refused to wear her glasses. I told the counselors before I left that they are pretty manditory for her to see.

She was happy that she wasnt the only oddball this time. By oddball, I mean the only one in her cabin skipped during med times....

Last time she filled her disposable camera so, I gave her 2 this time. She didnt fill either of them....