Oh No! Someone's Naughty

We try really hard to keep our bathroom doors closed so that Gerrit doesn't go in there and get into trouble. However, with potty trained 3 and 4 year olds it makes it hard to keep them closed. Gerrit loves when they are opened because he has found a new love for toilet paper. It is his new favorite thing to play with and eat.

Twilight Madness

Okay, I have read all of the Twilight books and I admit that I really liked them. I even went to the opening show at midnight, not because I am obsessed, but because my mother-in-law and all of my sister-in-laws went. Kaymin wanted to see the show so after I went and made sure I approved of her seeing it, my mom took her. She LOVED it and it is one show that I knew I wanted to buy. About a week ago we were watching TV and a Wal-mart commercial came on the TV announcing that they would begin selling Twilight at 12:01 am on Saturday, March 21st. Kidding around I asked Kaymin if she wanted to go since we live 6 minutes from Wal-mart. She got so excited and was screaming "yes". I didn't have the heart to tell her then I was kidding. I was hoping she would forget about it, but all week long she has been counting down until she gets to stay up until midnight to buy Twilight. She told all of her friends, her teacher at school, and basically everyone she comes in contact with. Ever since I have been working my job and getting up at 4:45am, I am NOT a night owl. In fact I should be in bed now. Kaymin knows I can't stay up so on Friday she did all that she could to keep me awake. I finally hoped in the shower at 10:30pm and then got dressed in a pair of sweats and with my wet hair headed to Wal-mart to do some shopping before I bought the movie. After all, it was 11pm on a Friday night, who was going to be at Wal-mart. Holy crap...was I wrong. I think everyone within in 15 mile radius was at Wal-mart that night. The parking lot was almost full and when I walked in and saw the line I almost died. I asked what it was for and what do you know...Twilight. They were having a Twilight party in the store. There was food, games, drawings and they were showing the movie on a TV. They told me I needed to get in line and get a ticket with a number. Our number was 229. Apparently people had been in line for hours. I couldn't believe it. The line wrapped around the store almost twice before midnight. Once midnight struck, everyone started screaming and the DVD's were out. We got our 2 disc special edition for the great price of $17.96 did the shopping and went home a little after 1am. Was it worth it...to me....NO..to Kaymin....oh yes! She has watched it 6 times already. I hope she doesn't think that we will be doing this again when New Moon comes out.

Swim Day?

So apparently my kids along with the neighbor kids thought it was warm enough to swim. They went and got on their swimming suits and began jumping on the trampoline. We are still working on our drainage system in our backyard and right now the trampoline is lower than our pump so all of the water tends to sit under our trampoline. The kids were having so much fun splashing water and getting soaking wet. I just can't believe it is actually warm enough to do that yet...oh that's right...IT ISN'T!!! Don't get me wrong it is warm, just not that warm. But they had fun and I guess that is what counts anyway.

A Day at the Doctors

So yesterday I went in for my 3 hour doctor visit with the ENT. I had my CatScan and then went in for allergy testing. This is my second time doing this test, the first was when I was pregnant with Kaymin. My blood type is B- so we have the Rh factor and I have to have a shot of Rhogam when I am 7th months pregnant and 24 hours after delivery. They call this the "peanut butter" shot because it is so thick. It just remains a huge bubble under your skin until it finally decides to dissolve. They give this shot to you in your hip area and it is NOT fun. Anyway, I broke out in hives everywhere and they sent me in for allergy testing just to make sure it was the shot that I was allergic to. But I wasn't, thank goodness. Okay, back to my story. In the last couple of years they change the way they do it. This time they take 46 vials of serum and rock these things back and forth on your back that break the first layer of your skin and inject the serum there. After she did all 46 of them her eyes got really big and she said, "you know what? I need to give these shots to you right now to see if you are allergic to Glycerin." She gave me two shots in the arm, while I felt like I was going to go crazy because I wanted to itch my back so bad. Anyway, after about a minute or so she says, "well that is all that we can do today. It looks like you are allergic to Glyercin and that is the base of all of our serums so you will break out with everything and are results will be inconclusive." I looked in the mirror and my back was completely red, swollen, and had huge welts all over it. She rubbed alcohol on it and then put some cream that was suppose to take the serum out and make me feel better...it did after about 3 hours. I could only laugh...because really...what else could go wrong. I ended up having to have them draw 4 vials of blood from me for the testing. The only thing is, it will be shipped off to Texas and it will take 1-4 weeks to get the results. After that I went to meet with the ENT. He pulled up my CatScan....and....no infection so he said that we don't have to do surgery. I had no idea that surgery was even in the picture, so I am really happy that I don't have any infection. He did tell me that I have a lot of pressure and congestion and that we need to figure out what is causing it. I do have a deviated septum that I can have corrected, but why in the world would I WANT surgery when I do not have any problems breathing. Anyway, if the test results come back positive that I am allergic to whatever it is he is looking for, then I will have to go in and have drops under my tongue since I cannot have the shot. Which I REALLY HATE shots and so really I am quite happy about that. However, if it comes back negative, then he will have to run more tests on me to see what is causing it. I am just hoping and praying that it is allergies so we can fix the problem without carrying this on any longer. I realize it is a process of elimination, but right now...I just want to feel normal. In the mean time he is having me take Claritin D that is for sinus and allergies. It is 24 hours and it does dull the pain since Tylenol or Ibuprofen doesn't even touch it and it enables me to carry on without having to take Percocet. I just hope it all comes to an end sooner than later.

Update on my Indoor Greenhouse

Well I have learned a lot so far about growing plants indoors. For one thing....it is a lot of work to remember to water. This is why we have a automatic sprinkling system. Another is, I planted the tomato plants WAY too early. The tomato plants have taken off and are growing taller each day and only took about 7-10 days to come up. The pepper plants took about 21-25 days to come up. They are growing at a slower pace compared to the tomatoes. So far I have planted about 160 plants. They consist of: tomatoes, green peppers, kaleidoscope peppers (peppers of all colors), 5 different hot peppers, tomatillos, banana peppers, watermelon, cantaloupe, pumpkin and giant pumpkin. I also know not to plant a giant pumpkin in a regular container. The plant is quite thick and brings the soil up as it grows. In fact...I am making a mental note to self: do not plant tomatoes until 4-6 weeks after you plant the peppers and do not start giant pumpkin indoors. Instead just plant in the ground.

No Relief

Today is the day I have been looking forward to for about a week and half...my appointment with the ENT. I have been in so much pain lately that the one thing that has helped is Percocet. I was sure, after today, that I would be on my way to feeling better....WRONG! The doctor came in looked down my throat, in my ears, and up my nose and said, "yep, there is infection and a whole lot of inflammation and swelling." He said he thinks that my sinus infections may be caused by allergies. Then he scheduled me for a CT scan so he can see exactly where and how bad the infection is and allergy testing to see what I am allergic to for Monday because he couldn't do it then because I had Gerrit. I just started crying...I think I have cried more these past few days than I have in the past few years. I just couldn't believe he wasn't going to do anything for me. He told me to keep doing what I was doing until Monday. I really don't know how much more I can take. This sinus/ear infection has been going on for almost 2 months. I went to Wal-mart and bought a Neti-Pot. My neighbor swears by them and so we are going to try it. It is something that rinses out your sinus by mixing a solution packet (that comes with it) with warm water and pour it in your nose using the pot until it comes out your other nostril. It feels VERY WEIRD. It did relieve my sinuses now I just need something to take away the pain in my head. I guess I am off to take Percocet again.

My Big Babies

So when Gerrit and the rest of my kids were running fevers, I had given everyone Gatorade. I had put Gerrit's in a bottle and Deilen found it in the fridge yesterday. It had been in the for about 2 weeks (GROSS), but I guess it tasted fine. I walked into the kitchen to find him sucking on the bottle and Kameni wanting a turn. So I poured her some juice, but she wanted it in a bottle. So a bottle it was. They had so much fun and laughed more than drank. But eventually they finished their bottles like good little babies.