- Snapfish pics (they had an offer a few weeks ago for 10 free pics AND free shipping!!)
- Penis Cookie Cutters (They were on sale and I had some Amazon gift cards left...under $5!)
Friday, May 22, 2020
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Mail freebie
It's been soooo long since I've gotten any freebies or goodies, mainly because i'm slacking with signing up for them. Today I actually got something!!
- Medterra CBD Pain Cream
I'm super excited to try it on my stump as well as my right foot for the neuropathy. Fingers crossed it helps both!
You can sign up for a sample Here
- Medterra CBD Pain Cream
I'm super excited to try it on my stump as well as my right foot for the neuropathy. Fingers crossed it helps both!
You can sign up for a sample Here
And we have......
A garden!!! 
Thanks to some amazing people, we now have three tomato plants, three tobasco peppers and a jalapeno plant! Plus, several petunias, lavendar and other beautiful flowers. As well as several strawberry plants we had planted several years ago. We have a tough time with the snails/slugs getting the berries, though. But the berries we do get to eat are so incredibly yummy and sweet. I do want to try and get some sort of fencing around the garden to help keep the pups out. Marlie loves to lay in it!!
So excited to share our garden with everyone!!
Thanks to some amazing people, we now have three tomato plants, three tobasco peppers and a jalapeno plant! Plus, several petunias, lavendar and other beautiful flowers. As well as several strawberry plants we had planted several years ago. We have a tough time with the snails/slugs getting the berries, though. But the berries we do get to eat are so incredibly yummy and sweet. I do want to try and get some sort of fencing around the garden to help keep the pups out. Marlie loves to lay in it!!
So excited to share our garden with everyone!!
Random photos
The past few days have been SO gorgeous out! And of course the moon was ever so glorious. Two nights ago was a bit cloudy so it was a bit tricky to get pics, but zooming in on the moon and watching the clouds flow across was in-freakin-credible!!!
I could have watched the clouds and moon for hours! Last nights moon was impressive obviously....
I honestly need to get a tripod to help with photos. Soon. Here are a few other pics from the past few days...
Monday, April 13, 2020
Happy Easter!!!
Hope everyone had a Blessed Easter. I know it was tough as we still can not really go anywhere. Ours was nice. The Easter Bunny had it rough as he could only get a few things ordered offline, but it was still great. I'll post pics once I pull them off my camera and phone.
Please continue to stay safe everyone!!!
Sweet 16!!
*Slowly catching up
Tyler is 16!!!!! How in the world did that happen??
He asked for a sleepover for his birthday, so he invited a few close friends over and they all had a BLAST!!! I have to say, he has such an amazing group of friends. They all are sweet kiddos.
He is growing into such an amazing man. I am so very Blessed to be his mama!!
Tyler is 16!!!!! How in the world did that happen??
He asked for a sleepover for his birthday, so he invited a few close friends over and they all had a BLAST!!! I have to say, he has such an amazing group of friends. They all are sweet kiddos.
He is growing into such an amazing man. I am so very Blessed to be his mama!!
Schooling
I promise i'm working on catching up on things!!
Ok, so last fall the boys started 10th and 5th grade.
School was going great for both, but almost instantly Chase started again with having an upset tummy , diarrhea and getting sick. It broke my heart seeing him so miserable. Not too long after that, Tyler started with nerves and getting sick every morning. Homeschooling has been something I have looked into over the past few years, and after several months I pulled the plug and homeschooled. I must say, it was the best decision ever!! Both boys are doing so well!! In fact, as of today Chase only has 2 subjects left to complete and Tyler has 3, soon to be 2.
We use a site called Time4learning and I can not say enough GREAT things about them!!!! Their cost is reasonable and their customer service is beyond exceptional!!! Both boys say the work is very easy to follow and makes them want to learn. And now with the corona virus shutting things down, I am so very glad we decided to homeschool. It just works so well for all of us.
Oh, and I will still get school pics.......i'll just be taking them!!!
Ok, so last fall the boys started 10th and 5th grade.
School was going great for both, but almost instantly Chase started again with having an upset tummy , diarrhea and getting sick. It broke my heart seeing him so miserable. Not too long after that, Tyler started with nerves and getting sick every morning. Homeschooling has been something I have looked into over the past few years, and after several months I pulled the plug and homeschooled. I must say, it was the best decision ever!! Both boys are doing so well!! In fact, as of today Chase only has 2 subjects left to complete and Tyler has 3, soon to be 2.
We use a site called Time4learning and I can not say enough GREAT things about them!!!! Their cost is reasonable and their customer service is beyond exceptional!!! Both boys say the work is very easy to follow and makes them want to learn. And now with the corona virus shutting things down, I am so very glad we decided to homeschool. It just works so well for all of us.
Oh, and I will still get school pics.......i'll just be taking them!!!
Long overdue post
I know I haven't posted in some time. SO much has happened this past summer. Going to apologize now, as this post is going to be long. It is also tough to write out, so please bare with me.
June 19, 2018. Just your normal hot, summer Tuesday. Tyler had a doctor appointment, so we had to be up early. Chase wanted to stay home, which I look back now and think that was a blessing in disguise. I hugged Chase, told him I love him and that we would be back soon. Tyler and I left.......and things all changed. We were about a minute away from the house. Four lanes of traffic. I checked my side and it was clear. I checked Tyler's side, specifically telling him to move his big hair so I could see. It was clear. I checked my side again before pulling out. A car was barely coming over the hill, which was at least 4-5 car lengths and should have been plenty of time for me to get across the lanes, so I pulled out. Next thing I know I hear Tyler yell "MOM!" and I looked out my window to see the vehicle......right at us and no where for me to go. (and yet she could have easily got in the other lane and avoided things but was just going way too fast.)
I remember the impact. The feeling of being pushed to the right. I don't remember much sound. Next thing I know I am opening my eyes and seeing blood running down my arm. And then realizing i'm upside down. And that my seat belt is SO tight against my chest and hurting SO bad. I tried to speak, and yet no words or sound would come out. I could hear Tyler. Yelling "Mom! Mom! Please, help my mom! I can't lose my mom! Please!" I finally found my voice. I yelled to help me, please at least cut my seat belt so I could catch my breath. I remember constantly asking how Tyler was, and where he was. I was reassured over and over that he was ok, and that the EMTs were checking him out to make sure he was ok. I asked to be cut out of the seat belt, but was told they couldn't as I was upside down and they didn't know what my injuries were. I was also told I needed to be cut out. I remember a woman, saying she was a nurse and would stay by my side. I asked her if I could hold her thumb. (I told her that was silly, but it made me feel safe for some reason) She got a glove and gave me her thumb. I held on tight. I don't remember much else. I know I was cut out. I know I was put in an ambulance to be moved a few feet so I could get to Life Star so I could be flown to the hospital. I don't remember getting off the helicopter or being in the ER. I vaguely remember Jeff by my side. And constantly asking about Tyler. Tests and x-rays were done. The results? A broken pelvis, fractured ribs, a nick on my kidney and something with the bone in my neck. Later I was in surgery to repair the pelvis. It was also discovered I got a blood clot in my left leg. The very next day I had surgery that would blast the blood clot. So two surgeries back to back. I was in ICU for over a week. During that time I was still hurting in my left leg. (as well as my hips, of course) They finally got my pain medicine right and I was sent to an actual room.
In my room was still having pain and issues with my left leg. Due to my broken pelvis, my right leg was toe touch only, basically meaning no pressure put on it at all.The nurses and physical therapists tried to get me to stand on my "good" left leg. The pain was so intense, I just couldn't do it. They gave me something that would help me straighten it out, and I couldn't take the pain. At times I felt they just felt I was just being a wimp and didn't want to do any exercises or get out of bed. I do know on a few occasions I was put in a chair in the room and left there. I finally would get a nurse to help me into bed. The doctors kept checking my left foot and leg and not knowing why it was still so painful, and why it looked like this:
Pulse was checked several times a day with a special doppler. It just kept getting harder and harder to find. And more painful. Finally, the doctor made a decision: amputation. Apparently when they blasted the clots I had, they only ended up getting into extremely small areas and blood vessels. Basically, my leg was dying. I was just numb. After everything I had already been through, now this. But if something wasn't done, the clots could spread. After thinking about it and talking about it with my boyfriend, I decided to go forward with the amputation. On July 13, 2018, a Friday the 13th mind you, they amputated my leg. After the surgery, I couldn't look at where my left leg used to be. The nurses would come and check on it and change the bandages. I would turn my head and close my eyes. The pain that I went through with that leg was gone, replaced with phantom pains. Oh the irony. I would cry when no one was around.
I had SUCH an amazing support system. Friends praying for me. Family actually by my side. My sisters, their husbands and my father were here. They stepped up and helped so much. I don't know how we would have made it without their help, love and support. I can't even begin to thank them enough. And Jeff. Oh Jeff. He stepped up and took such amazing care of the boys. He was up at the hospital as often as he could be there, which was difficult as I had totalled our van. My family and the nurses all said what an amazing job he was doing with everything he had to handle. As soon as amputation was mentioned, he came home and built a ramp for me that very day. I am so beyond Blessed.
The nurses were SO sweet and caring! One of the nurses that made me feel like I was just trying to be lazy when I told them how badly my leg hurt, came in and was just about in tears when she saw they amputated. She kept apologizing for pushing me so hard and not believing me when I told her how badly I hurt. She kept hugging me every time she saw me. They were so patient and understand, as I wasn't an easy patient. I ended up going through some psychotic episodes. I hallucinated, at times couldn't remember where I was. It was awful. To this day I still hardly remember any of what happened. People tell me things that I said or did and it is tough not remembering.
It's been close to two years now since the accident. I still have horrible PTSD, plus on top of that my so called "good foot" has horrible neuropathy that I take pains meds for daily. And as of the end of January, I found out I need surgery on my stump for a neuoroma that has formed. So no prosthetic until the surgery. And with all the corona virus issues going on, I can't do a thing until that all passes.
So, that's about all thats happened the past 1.5 years. Once the corona virus is finally "under control", I will get the surgery needed so I can finally be up and walking again. I also want to get in to therapy for all that is happened and help with the PTSD. I know Tyler and I were saved for a reason. We both had guardian angels looking over us. One thing all of this taught me was to not ever take anything for granted. Stop and enjoy the little things in life. And always remember God has got you!!
Will add more photos soon........
June 19, 2018. Just your normal hot, summer Tuesday. Tyler had a doctor appointment, so we had to be up early. Chase wanted to stay home, which I look back now and think that was a blessing in disguise. I hugged Chase, told him I love him and that we would be back soon. Tyler and I left.......and things all changed. We were about a minute away from the house. Four lanes of traffic. I checked my side and it was clear. I checked Tyler's side, specifically telling him to move his big hair so I could see. It was clear. I checked my side again before pulling out. A car was barely coming over the hill, which was at least 4-5 car lengths and should have been plenty of time for me to get across the lanes, so I pulled out. Next thing I know I hear Tyler yell "MOM!" and I looked out my window to see the vehicle......right at us and no where for me to go. (and yet she could have easily got in the other lane and avoided things but was just going way too fast.)
I remember the impact. The feeling of being pushed to the right. I don't remember much sound. Next thing I know I am opening my eyes and seeing blood running down my arm. And then realizing i'm upside down. And that my seat belt is SO tight against my chest and hurting SO bad. I tried to speak, and yet no words or sound would come out. I could hear Tyler. Yelling "Mom! Mom! Please, help my mom! I can't lose my mom! Please!" I finally found my voice. I yelled to help me, please at least cut my seat belt so I could catch my breath. I remember constantly asking how Tyler was, and where he was. I was reassured over and over that he was ok, and that the EMTs were checking him out to make sure he was ok. I asked to be cut out of the seat belt, but was told they couldn't as I was upside down and they didn't know what my injuries were. I was also told I needed to be cut out. I remember a woman, saying she was a nurse and would stay by my side. I asked her if I could hold her thumb. (I told her that was silly, but it made me feel safe for some reason) She got a glove and gave me her thumb. I held on tight. I don't remember much else. I know I was cut out. I know I was put in an ambulance to be moved a few feet so I could get to Life Star so I could be flown to the hospital. I don't remember getting off the helicopter or being in the ER. I vaguely remember Jeff by my side. And constantly asking about Tyler. Tests and x-rays were done. The results? A broken pelvis, fractured ribs, a nick on my kidney and something with the bone in my neck. Later I was in surgery to repair the pelvis. It was also discovered I got a blood clot in my left leg. The very next day I had surgery that would blast the blood clot. So two surgeries back to back. I was in ICU for over a week. During that time I was still hurting in my left leg. (as well as my hips, of course) They finally got my pain medicine right and I was sent to an actual room.
In my room was still having pain and issues with my left leg. Due to my broken pelvis, my right leg was toe touch only, basically meaning no pressure put on it at all.The nurses and physical therapists tried to get me to stand on my "good" left leg. The pain was so intense, I just couldn't do it. They gave me something that would help me straighten it out, and I couldn't take the pain. At times I felt they just felt I was just being a wimp and didn't want to do any exercises or get out of bed. I do know on a few occasions I was put in a chair in the room and left there. I finally would get a nurse to help me into bed. The doctors kept checking my left foot and leg and not knowing why it was still so painful, and why it looked like this:
Pulse was checked several times a day with a special doppler. It just kept getting harder and harder to find. And more painful. Finally, the doctor made a decision: amputation. Apparently when they blasted the clots I had, they only ended up getting into extremely small areas and blood vessels. Basically, my leg was dying. I was just numb. After everything I had already been through, now this. But if something wasn't done, the clots could spread. After thinking about it and talking about it with my boyfriend, I decided to go forward with the amputation. On July 13, 2018, a Friday the 13th mind you, they amputated my leg. After the surgery, I couldn't look at where my left leg used to be. The nurses would come and check on it and change the bandages. I would turn my head and close my eyes. The pain that I went through with that leg was gone, replaced with phantom pains. Oh the irony. I would cry when no one was around.
I had SUCH an amazing support system. Friends praying for me. Family actually by my side. My sisters, their husbands and my father were here. They stepped up and helped so much. I don't know how we would have made it without their help, love and support. I can't even begin to thank them enough. And Jeff. Oh Jeff. He stepped up and took such amazing care of the boys. He was up at the hospital as often as he could be there, which was difficult as I had totalled our van. My family and the nurses all said what an amazing job he was doing with everything he had to handle. As soon as amputation was mentioned, he came home and built a ramp for me that very day. I am so beyond Blessed.
The nurses were SO sweet and caring! One of the nurses that made me feel like I was just trying to be lazy when I told them how badly my leg hurt, came in and was just about in tears when she saw they amputated. She kept apologizing for pushing me so hard and not believing me when I told her how badly I hurt. She kept hugging me every time she saw me. They were so patient and understand, as I wasn't an easy patient. I ended up going through some psychotic episodes. I hallucinated, at times couldn't remember where I was. It was awful. To this day I still hardly remember any of what happened. People tell me things that I said or did and it is tough not remembering.
It's been close to two years now since the accident. I still have horrible PTSD, plus on top of that my so called "good foot" has horrible neuropathy that I take pains meds for daily. And as of the end of January, I found out I need surgery on my stump for a neuoroma that has formed. So no prosthetic until the surgery. And with all the corona virus issues going on, I can't do a thing until that all passes.
So, that's about all thats happened the past 1.5 years. Once the corona virus is finally "under control", I will get the surgery needed so I can finally be up and walking again. I also want to get in to therapy for all that is happened and help with the PTSD. I know Tyler and I were saved for a reason. We both had guardian angels looking over us. One thing all of this taught me was to not ever take anything for granted. Stop and enjoy the little things in life. And always remember God has got you!!
Will add more photos soon........
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Mail freebies 5.29.18
Mail freebies have been so scarce. 
But then again, I haven't been signing up as frequently either....need to get on that!! Today's goodie:
- Test product from Pinecone/Fedex
Hopefully more goodies will start to roll in!!
But then again, I haven't been signing up as frequently either....need to get on that!! Today's goodie:- Test product from Pinecone/Fedex
Hopefully more goodies will start to roll in!!
Monday, May 28, 2018
And just like that....
I am the mom of a high schooler and a 4th grader!!
Words can not describe how proud I am of these two. Tyler has come so very far this year, with having to deal with his mental health on top of catching up with his school work. He's moving on from Rush Strong and going to Patriot Academy this August. Everyone at RSS will miss him SO much!! Chase will also miss having big brother with him at school, but at least they will ride the bus together still. Chase did amazing as well, with all A's and B's!! My smart farts!!!
Words can not describe how proud I am of these two. Tyler has come so very far this year, with having to deal with his mental health on top of catching up with his school work. He's moving on from Rush Strong and going to Patriot Academy this August. Everyone at RSS will miss him SO much!! Chase will also miss having big brother with him at school, but at least they will ride the bus together still. Chase did amazing as well, with all A's and B's!! My smart farts!!!
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Blog revival!!
Yikes! I cant believe its been almost a year to the day since I've posted anything!! I;m so bad with keeping this up. I don't even know if people still follow this blog anymore!!! I'm hoping to get it up and running, and keep it running, again.
I'll do a super quick update. The boys are doing well! Tyler is having some mental health "issues", but we are taking things one day at a time. He is now 14 years old and taller than me! (well, most people are anyway LOL) He is doing FANTASTIC in school, and is in fact set to graduate from the 8th grade next Tuesday. I will of course take tons of pics. He's really excited about going to high school in August! They have a separate school just for 9th grade and I really like that. He is an amazing writer and hopes to be a famous author some day. I have no doubt he will achieve that goal. Words can not even begin to describe how very proud of him.
Chase is doing amazing in school as well!! He will be turning 9 in just a few weeks and will be going in to 4th grade in August. I know he will miss Tyler since Ty is going to high school. They have been in the same school since Chase started and Ty is very protective of Chase and looks out for him. They will at least still ride the bus together, as Ty will be picked up at RSS to go to the high school. I am so very proud of both boys, and just don't know how I was so Blessed to be their mama! I know in my heart both boys will do GREAT things in their lives.
Here are their Spring photos!!
I'll do a super quick update. The boys are doing well! Tyler is having some mental health "issues", but we are taking things one day at a time. He is now 14 years old and taller than me! (well, most people are anyway LOL) He is doing FANTASTIC in school, and is in fact set to graduate from the 8th grade next Tuesday. I will of course take tons of pics. He's really excited about going to high school in August! They have a separate school just for 9th grade and I really like that. He is an amazing writer and hopes to be a famous author some day. I have no doubt he will achieve that goal. Words can not even begin to describe how very proud of him.
Chase is doing amazing in school as well!! He will be turning 9 in just a few weeks and will be going in to 4th grade in August. I know he will miss Tyler since Ty is going to high school. They have been in the same school since Chase started and Ty is very protective of Chase and looks out for him. They will at least still ride the bus together, as Ty will be picked up at RSS to go to the high school. I am so very proud of both boys, and just don't know how I was so Blessed to be their mama! I know in my heart both boys will do GREAT things in their lives.
Here are their Spring photos!!
Friday, May 19, 2017
Mail goodies
Freebies have been slowly trickling in, hopefully it keeps up!! I need to keep better track of them......this is only things I can remember!
- Cat food container/Purina Cat Chow Perks
- Kitty Kong/Purina Cat Chow Perks
- Water bottles/Marlboro (2)
- Nioxin shampoo and conditioner samples
- Multi tool/Marlboro
- Nestea Iced Tea coupon
- Phone Wallets/Black & Mild (2)
- Cat food container/Purina Cat Chow Perks
- Kitty Kong/Purina Cat Chow Perks
- Water bottles/Marlboro (2)
- Nioxin shampoo and conditioner samples
- Multi tool/Marlboro
- Nestea Iced Tea coupon
- Phone Wallets/Black & Mild (2)
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