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Pageant – I think we’re gonna make it

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OK, so this morning I was getting nervous about the pageant tomorrow.  Lexi still wasn’t sold on either of the dresses we had picked out.  I had no frilly socks that fit them.  No new Sunday School shoes.  No hair bows.  I talked to Mom on the phone last night and she planned on taking them shopping on their day together today. 

But when she came over this morning, I found one more dress we already had that could work for Lexi.  It’s white with burgundy flower on the top. She was ALL. OVER. wearing that dress.  And then we tried on her white glitter slip on shoes and they looked perfect with no socks required.  Then Emma tried on her dress and since it’s pink with a brown sash, so do you wear white shoes or black?  Then I remembered she also has multi-colored glitter shoes that are trimmed in brown with a bow on them.  They were perfect and also no socks required.  Whew.  Only thing lacking was hair bows and Mom is on the mission as we speak. 

Lexi did. not. want to take off her dress and shoes but the dress is dry-clean only so I had to force it off her.  She wasn’t happy.  But I’m hoping that means she’ll now be excited to wear her outfit tomorrow.  Whew.

Emma of course is excited and twirls and smiles.  I hope she doesn’t freak being on stage by herself.  We’re gonna have “practice” again tonight so hopefully that will help.

Post Surgery update

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Scott’s doing really, really well.  He was up through most of yesterday and today.  He can even move his arm and use it while still in the sling.  He says the pain is not near as bad as when he broke it.   The medicine still makes him whoozy when he hasn’t had something to eat.  He seems to think he’ll be back to work pretty quickly.

I’m not smarter than a preschooler

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Lexi found Emma’s old Tupperware shape sorter and wanted to do it.  Heather and I were sitting with her in her room and as she picked up each shape, we asked her things like, “Where does the circle go?” “Where does the triangle go?”

So I picked up that six-sided-shape and unfortunately started talking out loud…”What’s this called?   Six sides…sex….sex…sexa…sexagon?  Uh, I mean, hexagon.”  Heather was of course laughing at me and then I said, “Sexagon, that’s not a shape, that’s what happens when you get married.” 

I’m so punny.

Post Surgery Day

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Scott ended up sleeping through the afternoon after my last post.  His mom dropped by to pick up the girls so I woke him to see his mom.  Apparently she was pretty upset (read sad, not mad) that she wasn’t at the surgery yesterday morning so I thought it best she see him.  After she left, we both crawled into bed and took a 2 hour nap.  That was wonderful.

I ordered pizza and we watched Tombstone in bed.  It was sort of like a mini vacation actually.  Scott’s pills had finally kicked in and we just relaxed.

The bad part is he continued to be nauseous through the evening, not able to keep down the pizza or some soup we tried.  Everyone insists it’s the anesthesia so hopefully today will be better.

He slept well through the night except got up to take pills and was up with me this morning and even helped get Emma dress since I got a work call first thing.

He’s back in bed this morning, still feeling dizzy/nauseous when he walks around too much. 

Overall, this has gone WAY better than I had thought.  I told Scott last night I could tell people had prayed hard for us.  Our patience and overall “niceness” factor with each other was almost outstanding.  His pain was at a minimum from what I could tell and it just has been very calm and pleasant around here.  So mark this as an answer to prayer.

The Patient

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img_8253.JPGHere’s our lovely patient.  He can’t seem to sleep today, only getting in about an hour of decent sleep.  So now he’s watching some of his favorite movies in our room and just relaxing.  He’s gotten up to walk a few times but he’s wobbly and dizzy.  He keeps saying he’s going to go to church tonight but that’s not happening if it’s up to me.

He has been a great patient this time, not saying anything embarrassing to the nurses, not demanding in the least and quite patient and appreciative of me.  So far so good.

Brand Loyalty

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As part of Works for Me Wednesday, I’ll be listing all my favorite brands, cause I’m a marketer’s favorite client, I like a lot of brand name things…her main list already took several of mine, but I’m going to list them anyway because I’m particular about these…

Charmin MEGA roll – I used to be a Cottonelle fan just because that’s what Mom always had but what’s with all the fuzzy stuff?  Heather finally convinced me to try it and I haven’t turned back.

Bounty towels – With so many spills around here, I HAVE to have thick towels that can be used like a rag, not a tissue.  And please no prints.

Bed Head hair products – Doesn’t matter which one, I always like Bed Head brand better.

Pop-Tarts  – The fake ones I do not like.

Krispy Kreme doughnuts – Are there any other kind?

Heinz ketchup – it’s the only one sweet enough for my taste.

Pampered Chef  – only use their baking stones, the others don’t seem to “do right”

Maybelline Great Lash Waterproof Mascara

I have several clothing and shoes brands I like but obviously don’t adhere exclusively to including Ann Taylor Loft, Nine West, Express, Victoria’s Secret and Old Navy.

That should do it.

We’re back

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Home from surgery.  The surgery was exactly as planned…7:45-10:15.  No surprises.  But Scott was in quite a bit of pain afterwards.  We expected his arm to be completely numb but he could move his fingers and he was hurting up in his shoulder.  They gave him pain pills right before he left and I don’t think they had kicked in.  He got nauseous on the way home.  I put him in bed when we got home and then ran to the pharmacy while his cousin was still here.  When I got back he STILL wasn’t asleep.  He said he couldn’t get comfortable.  I’m hoping he’s out before I go get the girls so I can leave knowing he’s comfortably settled.