Annie's new blog

Please go to Annie's new blog.
She wanted to write about her Type 1 diagnosis and journey since all this started.
Last night we got her set up (it's still a work in progress) and she posted her first blog.
If you get a chance please head over there and give her some love.
thank you!

yep, this sucks

About 5 hours after my last post I knew Annie had Type 1 diabetes.
I had sneaking suspicions for a couple weeks, but last Monday night I decided to check her after she kept talking about how thirsty she was. The meter showed off the charts--over 600. A 'normal' reading is about 100.
The next morning we were off to the doctor who direct admitted us to the hospital for 5 long days of her being poked, prodded, and made generally uncomfortable.
She is handling it well. Amazing how resilent kids are.
She had a lot of great visitors --friends from church and school, relatives and people who are close enough to be relatives.
Although we are finally home, this was only the first step on a journey that she will be on the rest of her life.
We learned a lot in the past week. She was TERRIFIED of needles, but is already giving all of her own shots. I want to b**** slap people who think I 'gave' it to her. She is organized and ready to take this thing head on. We now both know that hospitals are good places to keep alert in, sometimes you do know more than the nurse and have to get over the thought you are not as smart to get anything done. She has a lot of people who are supporting her and want her to be as healthy as can be and have a long life...that last lesson is the one I want her to hold onto in bad times.
Right now she is sleeping peacefully back in her bed, surrounded by the pugs she missed so much, snug and warm--and for this moment, that is enough.

I heart Shelfari

While I love my Kindle, I have a problem with not being able to see the cover of all the different books I have waiting to read. I get overwhelmed with the list of titles and instead of reading what I already bought, I go off to Amazon where I can see the pictures of book covers and end up buying something else.

Enter Shelfari...OMG...why did I not know about this earlier???

I LOVE being able to see the cover, organize my books, and actually SEE what I have.

It is awesome

It is going to suck all my free time cause I will sit here all day and enter my books.

It is going to solve all the world's problems.

You need to go here and check it out.

things I love..ok only 1 thing for today. Check this fan out, I want one.

Go here to see more. Warning: it costs more than I spend to feed my family for 3 weeks..

I love that it doesn't cause 'unpleasant buffeting', I never knew that the buffeting may have been unpleasant this whole time!

Funny pug pics!

I about died just looking at these. They are so funny! It's Little Red Riding Pug!
Hm.... what's funny here?

This is soooo pugthetic.

Uh oh, I don't like the looks of this one!

I knew Sophie was going to jail! (Not really, it came as a surprise!)

Annie

Fond Memories

Hey, I'm waiting for everyone to read the last entry and get some comments before continuing, but meanwhile, I'm going to post a couple pictures from my camera. These are all pictures that I picked because they're either cute or cute.

Is Sophie eating her paw?

Who is this handsome young fellow?

Reach for it!

Nothing like Mother/Daughter time!

Almost there!

Another bookworm has entered the family!

Thanks for looking!

Annie

North Carolina- Part 1- Day 1

Hey guys! I know it's been a while, but I'm going to blog our journey to North Carolina. We didn't take many pictures, so I'll just have to describe everything.

Of course, we got up early in the morning to head to the airport. (We had McDonald's for breakfast.) And when we get there, we don't even have a real chance to have a formal good-bye. All we had time for was the restrooms. By this point, I'm terrified of forgetting something going through security. (Foreshadow!)

We all take our shoes off (thankfully Dad was reminding me about that about 5 thousand times, so I remembered) get our electronics out, step through the think, and we think everything is going okay. Did we forget anything? Check our schedule again!

We forgot to take out our liquids. The guy who was checking all the baggage had to talk to Clay and I was so embarrassed.

When we get to the subway thing that will take us to our terminal, my stomach starts hurting because of all the anxiety. (I only got 4 hours of sleep.) Wyatt leads us to the gate (29 i think) and we wait, and wait, and wait, and wait. And finally we get to board.

I was kind of surprised at the way it looked inside, I thought it was going to be wider, but no, it's like, on 6 feet across, if we're lucky. Clay sat next to the window, me in the middle and Wyatt in the aisle.

Now, when we back out, my stomach has a horrible throb, I'm ready to go in tears and there is no turning back! Wyatt tried to comfort me (he is good!) and when we take off, I'm not crying, but I feel really nauseous.

I'm happy to say, that it wasn't all the bad. Even turbulance doesn't scare me. The only things I didn't like was, was when you felt weightless, and then you feel like your 1000 pounds.

When we landed, my stomach had no pain and I was ready to really start my adventure. I fell asleep in the car, so I don't really know how long it took to get to her home.

And I figured out my grandma's home was an RV. That night we had brownies, salad, and lasaunge. In that order! We fell asleep at about 1:00 am Eastern time.

Okay, that's it for the first day! Thanks Rach for the diary, that way I can always rememeber my first airplane ride! I'm looking forward to writing more later!

-Annie

a night out

With the kids being in North Carolina,

Ken and I decided to do something fun.

We went to the BBQ joint

'Famous Daves'.

Shared a platter that was served on a

garbage can lid.

Lots and lots of food

Then we drove to Invesco Field

for the annual

Drums Along the Rockies.

There were 10 different corps

that played about 5 songs each.

These guys made me say "woman, where is my supersuit?"

They looked exactly like Frozone from the Incredibles.

These were my favorite.

The Troopers from Wyoming.

Before they started, they all came out

and set up camp using their instruments as props.

This group is sitting around the trumpet campfire.

Their color guard were dressed as Indians and their program

was about a Trooper who fell in love with one of the Indians

and the problems it caused.

Overall, a good night out.

Medieval Torture device

Side 1

Pruned

Side 2

not pruned

because those suckers hurt!!

( i have started pruning side 2

but due to the combination

of thorns as big as my thumbnail

and bad coordination

i will not be doing the rest by myself

in case being unsupervised causes

additional accidents resulting in

seeking medical assistance

Plus--there is a really big

window well and if I fell in I know I

couldnt get my huge hinny out of it)

flowers after the storm

Every afternoon for about the

last 3 weeks we have gotten rain.

I think I would like to be a flower,

until it gets hot again.

Then I would like to be

a bee.

we interrupt this vacation..

to bring you work.

Ken is very excited about his new to him mower.

I think the lawn will probably get mowed today

whether it needs it or not!

Sophie summer vacation #6

Sophie apologizes for not emailing us

with updates.

She has been shopping and

is thinking about getting

this poster for her room.

She has been laying in the sun

many hours a day.

Being lazy and eating treats.

She hopes Annie is doing ok.

But she is glad that she

got to go on vacation

and take a break from

keeping Annie warm at night.

She is planning on

going swimming soon,

but is a little afraid of sharks

so if she does go

she will send us pictures.

Sophie summer vacation #5

Today was another beautiful day.

I went on a 'jungle trek' that was very

easy..and included a photo shoot.

I hope you enjoy these

flattering, colorful shots of moi.

After the photo shoot and jungle trek

we got to go to a local golf course and

have free time.

I chose to run around in circles until

I got tired and needed a break...it took

about 3 minutes.

goodbye until tomorrow

Sophie summer vacation #4

Whoo-hooo

party like it's 1999!!

Dear Annie,

I did not drink (too)much.

I did not meet a cute pug from Australia.

I did not stay out until 3 am....

I did not dance all night long, or lose my

collar, or wake up on the beach..

with someone else's handkerchief

around my neck.

I am sleeping in..after

I take a headache pill.

love, Sophie

Sophie summer vacation #3

This is the life!

I am reading a great princess book

and having my nails done

at the same time!!

The hands belong to my

cabana boy who fetches

cold drinks for me and also

acts as my personal book holder.

He is a little slow turning the pages

but I have hopes that he will get faster.

I spent today on the beach and although I

was worried about getting sunburned

and ruining my complexion I enjoyed

my time there.

Tonight I am hitting a disco

so will have pictures for you tomorrow of

that adventure.

Sophie's summer vacation #2

Sophie has arrived!

this is what she had to say...

"ALOHA!! boy was that flight long!

I am here but as you can see I am very tired.

I was so glad I took my security rock withe me.

I sat next to a nice lady who opened my meal for

me which was very helpful since I don't have

opposable thumbs.

Tomorrow I am headed for the beach and

I am looking forward to hanging out

and reading.

Tell Annie I hope she is doing well

and I can't wait to hear the story

about the snake!"

leaving colorado

Sophie is in the air right now

flying to her summer vacation destination.

She hopes Annie is doing ok.

Check back later today to see

how Sophies flight went.

She promises to email me when she arrives

at her hotel.

Sophie's summer vacation #1

Annie left last night for a

2 week vacation at

Tami's house in Holly.

Before she left she gave me

very specific instructions about how

to treat Sophie while she was gone.

But Sophie had other ideas.

Sophie decided to go on a little vacation on her own

and wanted me to take pictures to show Annie that she was ok.

This morning Sophie surfed the web to find her perfect vacation spot.

She decided on something tropical and secluded.

She booked the flight and hotel after finding the perfect location.

She is excited to leave tomorrow for her

big summer vacation!!

check back then for more

Mail time!!

I received a package!!

I love swaps :)

This one was the Hometown Swap

hosted by Shannon over at

Welcome to the Nuthouse

I received a packed from Michigan

sent by Danielle

Thank you Danielle!

In the package was:

~michigan keychain

~Mackinaw magnet

~Better made chips

~Kellogg's cereal

~Vernor's pop

~Chocolate covered dried cherries (yum-o)

~MSU Spartans mug (when I met my husband his favorite hat

had the Spartans on it-he already stole the mug :)

~Red Wings flag (this is awesome I will put it up when they play the Avs)

~Michigan postcards

~Petoskey stone (the state stone-really cool)

~and Fudge from Mackinac

This swap was a lot of fun!

Thanks again to Shannon for hosting

and Danielle for the great package!

You should go here,

pick out a couple of your pictures and 

play around!

I didn't have any good ones

with a lot of buildings,

but here is one I took in Disney World.

The website lets you manipulate

the pic and make it look

like you took a picture of a mini model of the scene.

My original is below for comparisions.

Kind of cool