Hmmmm....

I'm here, sort of. Going through a lot right now~ personal stuff. Kate, I will tell you about it eventually I am sure. Just more limbo again... nothing fun to talk about. But here is the cake I made~ 5 layers were enough. I was burnt out by the time I got done. 5 hours Josh and I worked on it together and we were both happy with how it turned out.

I'm Here Still

Sort of... in limbo about many things so I don't like posting right now. Not exactly sure why. I just feel completely exhausted.

Kids Birthdays ('n stuff like that)

I'm in the midst of planning a luau for J. and his friends to celebrate his 17th birthday. I am hoping to make a cake similar to this one. Cool huh?
Then I'm having a small family party combining B. and N.'s birthdays. Work is great~ I love it. Husband K,... well the job situation is looking bright right now. He has one offer that is waiting for his answer, and another one telling him he is at the top of their interview list. Interviews are supposed to start before the end of the month. So right now things are hopeful. Not ideal, but more positive than they have been for a long time.
I'm feeling good. Still some fuzziness to my head... feels like it's made of cotton or somthing. I don't know, just weird. BUT the good news is WE HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE NOW!!! Yaaaaaay! SO everyone in the family is going for a dental cleaning, J. can get braces, and have his hernia surgery too. Hopefully not all done by the same doctor. Lol
I know I don't keep up with my blog as much as I used to. It's hard finding something to say when we're in limbo most of the time.

Perhaps It's the Optimist In Me

This morning I saw my first male rose-breasted Grosbeak. He was sitting atop a patio chair, just looking at me... until I gasped at how lovely he was and he flew away.
Perhaps I am just looking for something positive, but on the other hand I see lovely signs in nature sometimes.
Ken has an interview/discussion at 10 this morning. The company he worked at (before the one that laid him off) three years ago called him. They would like him back as a supervisor. Please pray that if this is where the Lord wants him to be, we get the message loud and clear and follow through. Both K and I are sort of iffy about this job. He swore up and down that he would never go back... and yet here were are! Lol

Laying Low

It's not a bad thing... I just wanted to wait until the ms attack cleared up, and most of the pain disappeared,..I still have numbness in my face and head, but that isn't unusual. I'm feeling better.
I had three inservices this week plus work, so I am tired. Today is my day off, but there is a lot to do just to keep this house in food and supplies. So B and I, we're doing that today. Suppose I should do some cleaning too.
J. has gone with his track team to Syracuse for states. He isn't competing just supporting the team. He will be captaining the x-country team this coming year, just as K. did his senior year.
J. also needs surgery this summer to fix a herniated umbilical cord, something he did to himself last week doing Russian crunches. The doctor says no hurry on surgery and J. can still run, bike ride, swim... just no crunches or situps. J. insists it's no big deal to him, so I guess I shouldn't make it one.

Saturday Stuff

This morning, before 7 am, I started putting dinner together for tonight while I'm at work. I made Hungry Boys Casserole, one of husband's favorites from when he was a kid. Maybe I'll post the recipe later if I get a chance. Ya never know.
This whole week was pretty much a weird washout~ I had my first ms exacerbation in a couple years~ nothing to be done about it, just wait it out. I can't tolerate a round of steroids (they used to send a nurse out to hook me up with an IV for 2- three days in a row. Steroids and I do not mix! It's in my chart now to not even offer~ I can't do it, it makes me so sick and I get covered in a bright red pimply rash for weeks on end and suffer from steroid psychosis which means I will start crying and not be able to stop for a month. Seriously, I'd rather have 10 exacerbations than one round of steroids.
I've got that tight, tingly, numb thing going on on the right side of my head and face, right side neck pain, and I'm a little slack near the eye and lips. When I smile, one side doesn't smile as much as the other. You don't know it unless you look closely but dh and J say yes, it is a little more pronounced. My left foot is painful tho I can't remember injuring it, so maybe that's just some spasticity in the tendon that goes along the bottom outside below the ankle.
This could all clear up in an hour or attach itself like a barnacle for the next year. Who knows. I've still got dishes and laundry to take care of (yes, I have help! lol) and a million maple seeds to pick out of my flower beds and the cracks in the driveway. And I still go to work. Nothing changes just because of a little brainzap.

Where'd the Sun Go?

It's another gloomy gray day here but the temp is just right, so I am sure we'll be going out at least for a while today. I can't seem to keep out of the gardens most days anyway because those darned maple seeds keep falling everywhere and I'm slowly getting them cleaned up. The new mourning doves are grown now, flying about but still such babies they keep coming back to sit on the patio bar and they poop on it. :p
I have to go to work 2 hrs. early today because the day receptionist broke a tooth and has to go to the dentist. I'd rather work overtime than have a broken tooth myself, that's for sure! And, if I want to spend time with the kids, which I sure do, it will have to be after work. So once again, I'm going to miss my Wed. night seminar~ seems the devil is giving me a hell of a time getting there. There's ALWAYS something keeping me from going.
Since 7:30 am I have been cooking~ homemade garlic chicken fingers, mashed potatoes and cheesy broccoli~ so when I am gone husband can just spend time with the kids and not worry about cooking.
Have to run to the library now to sign B up for toddler story hour this summer. N is going to be taking both Karate and Viola lessons this summer~ plus we have lots of races for all the kids. It's going to be super busy and we aren't even going anywhere.