Goof

Alex and I were just walking out of the school doors and the door hit him in the foot. Which, by the way, is a HUGE foot!! It's like the kid has flippers on! Anyway, after he got hit he exclaimed, "oh, that hurt my manly foot!!"

I laughed.

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At the park with my gorgeous niece!

Another bit done on the fireplace.

Happy birthday to me!!

Demolition done and ready for brick

Happy Easter!!!!

During demolition

Master bedroom fireplace before picture

Adorable

This morning Alex woke me up and the first thing he said to me was, "mom, did anyone ever tell you that you look cute when you sleep?"!!!! Seriously, my 6 year old son said that to me!!!! Made me wake up with a smile! I love you, buddy!

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Alex's first cavity

He loved the orange smelling happy gas! He didn't even know he had anything done-that's how good the gas and the dentists are!!

Pizza oven

I guess our house wasn't meant to burn down, because it probably should have! We are in the process of getting it fixed so we can enjoy homemade pizzas again.

This is what happens when mom tells you to clean your room and you don't. Your playroom gets emptied!!!!!!!
He has been warned MANY times.

2012 Thus far

2012 has been pretty crappy so far - actually, right now it's okay, but I'm not holding my breath. Here's how it's gone down:

- I got my eye surgery done! Now it's great, but for the first week it was terrible and I spent a lot of time in bed.

- Right after my eyes were feeling better, Samantha got a cold.

-Then Alex got the cold

-Then I got the cold.

-Samantha got better, I thought Alex was better

-My cold turned into a sinus infection

-Alex's cold turned into bronchitis

-Everyone was better for what felt like a nanosecond

-We took Samantha to the child psychologist for some behavioral issues. We don't have a diagnosis just yet, but it's been worrisome and stressful.

-Alex got the 24 hour bug with fever and puke

-Samantha got lice

-Toilet broke, then got fixed

-Shower leaked, and still leaks, hopefully will get fixed soon

Aaaaaannnnnd that is about it. It seemed that everything was happening all at once and it wasn't good stuff! But, we've been okay for a few days now and I'm hoping it stays that way! The only good part was that Andy didn't travel at all during that time so I always had back-up.

2012, you better shape up!!!

Ears

Someone finally got brave enough to do this!!!

Karate

Alex is too darn cute in his karate uniform.

Phil

After over 3 years of survival in a bowl we finally got Phil in a proper tank!! He should grow larger with the bigger space, but knowing my luck he will hate the new, filtered space and go belly up! I hope not though.......he's a good fishy.

Alex redeems himself

Alex has had a rough few days. Just been plain old nasty! That makes me not happy. But the kid is KING of redeeming himself. Tonight was a prime example. I was saying his nightly prayer with him when he said this: "please bless mom at home tomorrow that the Holy Ghost will be with her while she is alone."

Yup, buddy. All is forgiven!!

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Day 6

Day 6 and my eyes are feeling SO much better! I think taking those bloody contacts out of my eyes yesterday was a huge help. The doctor also gave me some gel eye drops that helped keep my eyes moisturized though the night. Thus, I woke up with pain-free eyes! Hallelujah!! AND, my sight has been much better today. Still not where I paid $3500 for them to be, but I know they will get there.
Yippeee for eye sight!

Blurry

The advantages of PRK over Lasik? Less "invasive". Which is good for someone like me who has thin corneas and a family history of various eye diseases.

The disadvantages of PRK? EVERYTHING ELSE!!!!! The healing time is longer and more painful. Your vision is not perfect right away. Oh, and did I mention your vision is not perfect right away? As in, I cannot read the screen as I type this! Andy will have to proof-read it for me. My vision is definitely better than before the surgery (20/40 instead of 20/400), but it will also be blurry for a few weeks as my eyes recover. The doctor was right, PRK is a roller coaster ride for your eyes. Roller coasters make me wanna puke!

I imagine I will be glad I did the surgery one day. But that day isn't today. I did go in for my 5 day check-up today and everything is healing just right and they took the bandage contacts out so my eyes are finally free!! The key right now is keeping my eyeballs hydrated. Lots and lots of artificial tears.

In short, if you can, get LASIK. If you can't, talk to me before making a decision for PRK. I'll tell you all the gory details!
What's that you say? You want to WATCH my surgery? Here ya go!


(PS, the surgery was completely painless! Easiest part of all of this so far!)

PRK

These are the eye shields they have you wear to bed so you don't rub your eyes. The most annoying part is the sticky face you are left with in the morning!!

PRK

Driving home after my eye surgery. My eyes were still numb and feelin good. Nifty sunglasses, I know.