Posted by Prairierose on Apr 29, 2008
Sometime this fall, I am hoping, David and I are going to head off for a 4 day vacation in Branson. There are several things I am looking forward to, besides the actual trip. There is a chance we will get to meet a fellow blogger who lives in that area. And also, we have really good friends who live in Kansas City, and they said when we went they would meet us down there for a day, to take us to some of their favorite places to go. We love being around this family, so that will be a fun thing to do. When we do this — getting away — its going to take some major planning, in several different areas. With David’s job, just the simple act of getting away will be nothing short of a miracle. Also, because we are getting away, and it will be a special “Just for us” kind of time away, I would like to pack a chemise or two, and just make some special time for David as well. Not that I don’t make him feel special here at home; but getting away, for those, if we go this fall, we will be celebrating 25 years of marriage, so it could be considered a 2nd honeymoon of sorts. Its all in the planning.
Posted by Prairierose on Apr 20, 2008
David should be home pretty soon. He is out helping his dad with a water line. I don’t know if its clogged, or if it is just leaking. But it seems like they have spent an awful lot of time on it. Too bad its not as easy as doing a some of those things we can do when our bodies sometimes get clogged. The way I have been feeling this weekend, I’m not sure that maybe I need to find a pharmacy for a liver cleanse. I know I am badly in need of detoxing myself of bad eating and poor food choices. I am feeling so sluggish and just down these days. And I just can’t find that right combination of things to turn things around. But, I’ll keep trying. You can’t ever give up.
Posted by Prairierose on Apr 20, 2008
I wonder what they did with the exercise equipment? The after-prom activities were at the rec center. I know alot of the activities went on in the gym, but there were other things going on, and I am sure they used the other rooms that the rec center has. I wonder if they had to work around the equipment, or just made do with everything in the gym and the main area. When they move the pool table and the other game tables, I suppose there would be a lot of room there. Course, with several hundred juniors and seniors running around, I would think they use every space available. I’ll have to ask Ethan when he comes back to the life of the living. He is still snoozing away. Hoperfully, he’ll still be able to sleep tonight. School day — and work night tomorrow. He’s got to get back in the regular rhythm of sleeping so he can cope with the rest of the week. The play is over, so he’s back to working several evenings, and of course, school every day. Hard to believe they only have a month of school left. And then my baby is senior. Can’t be possible!
Posted by Prairierose on Apr 20, 2008
Too bad Ethanis sleeping the day away — it was a beautiful spring day — the temps are in the 70’s, no wind, no rain. A. perfect. day. A good day to get out your boardshorts and tank tops, and just soak up the wonderful spring day that has been given to us. However. When you don’t get home until 8:00 … a.m. … well, choices have to be made, and sleeping is his choice of preference today. Which, I can’t say I blame him. He’s a good kid. Staying out late — let alone staying out all night, is just something he doesn’t do. But, it was a special night, and I trust him. To be responsible, and do responsible things. And he didn’t let me down. So, I don’t have a problem letting him sleep all day. It was a big night — and there will be other nice spring days. There will only be one (ok, well two) prom nights.
Posted by Prairierose on Apr 20, 2008
I was going through some boxes the other day, in my effort to continue decluttering, and the boxes I was going through were from my aunt’s apartment that we boxed up after she passed away. Its hard to get rid of things that you identify with someone so much. I will probably hang on to her magnifiers — she was legally blind, but not in the “only seeing darkness” sense. She could read with a magnifying glass, or with a special computer system that she had, but to be able to read pill bottle or insulin syringes, that print was way to small and out of her realm of being able to read it. I know part of decluttering is getting rid of things you don’t use; but those simple pieces of glass were so much a part of her … well, I think I will hang on to them for awhile longer.
Posted by Prairierose on Apr 20, 2008
With a big sigh of relief, we do not have to contact our car insurance agent. Last night was prom night. Lots of teenagers. Late hours. Hopefully, no alchol was involved — that was the plan, and the school did what they could (after-prom activities) to intice the kids not to drink, and yet, they could still have lots of fun. Ethan is one tired puppy today, but I know he had a good time. And everything went smooth as silk. No accidents. No flat tires. This is a good thing. Ethan had 3 accidents within the first year of having his driver’s license. But, hopefully, he has learned from the mistakes he made with those accidents, and he will remain accident free for some time to come!
Posted by Prairierose on Apr 20, 2008
There are so many things we will need to be looking into this next year. The obvious one is student loan’s and everything that will be involved with sending Ethan to college. Something that is not quite so obvious is looking at our life insurance policy, and seeing what we need to change there. When we wrote it, it was centered around providing for Ethan, as a child, and what that all involved. But, once he becomes an adult, then we probably need to go back and rewrite it — to either lower the beneficiary amount, or to at least equal it out between all the children. It also wouldn’t hurt for Ethan to look into
life insurance quotes for himself. I know he’s young and he thinks he will live forever. But, he has also been through the loss of loved ones in his young life, so he knows that isn’t always the case. So many things to think of — so many things to consider.
Posted by Prairierose on Apr 16, 2008
Because of a heart condition, alot of the diet products and fat burners on the market are off limits to me. I know that if I want to lose weight or get skinnier, I am going to have to do it the “old fashioned” way, with sensible eating and exercise. But what if … I’m just projecting into the future. Wouldn’t it wonderful if they could make a fat burner that worked as simple as lighting a candle — and by breathing in the aroma, it would burn the fat away. Course, I could see some of the down sides to it. I read a book a long time ago, or maybe it was a movie. I think it was called “Thinner”. He got his wish — by doing a certain something, he became thinner…and thinner…and thinner…until there was nothing left of him at all. But I suppose you have the same choices when you take any kind of diet products, and at some point, you do choose to stop taking them because you have reach the goal you wanted. Who knows. With today’s technology, anything is possible.
Posted by Prairierose on Apr 06, 2008
Everyone is our family is pretty fair complected, but David does have a skin disorder that his dad also has, that only flares up in the summer time. They get huge patches of red. Its not a rash or anything like that, so skin lightening products probably wouldn’t make any difference on it. And it only shows up in the warmer months. It look strange at first, and I worried about him, but now, I just know to expect it. It doesn’t hurt, it just looks …. strange. And its only on their arms and torso. And apparently genetic, because David’s brothers have the same condition as well.
Posted by Prairierose on Apr 06, 2008
We won’t be packing our luggage this year, but in years past, both David and I have gone away on retreats during April, and the first part of May. Our church supports a college in Missouri, that has an annual Women’s Retreat, and its the last week in April. I went for many years, but haven’t the last few years, for a variety of reasons. When we did go though, I would get home from this retreat Saturday evening, and David would leave for Men’s retreat in Oklahoma on Sunday, and be gone for 3 or 4 days. He really wishes he could go again, but with his job, it proved to be more stressful for him to go - and the whole idea of going was to “get away” and relax and spend time with other Christian men and just get back to nature with God. No cell reception. Keeping 13 drivers rolling down the road requires phone reception. It just wasn’t the same as it was when we worked at the family manufacturing plant, and was able to get away and not worry about what was going on at home, not be responsible for keeping things going. Maybe one of these days, he can get things back to where he can take some days off — like training someone to do what he does (which, we are in the process of doing), but I’m not sure this is the year to do it. It’s a month away …. its worth thinking about, trying to get it into place.
Posted by Prairierose on Apr 06, 2008
I know that the new “fangled” bathroom vanities that they have now in all the public places like Walmart and shopping malls, the airport, etc, are for sanitary purposes, but is it just me? I feel like a dufus sometimes, waving my hand under the spigot, for the water to start running, and nothing happens. Then I look around to see if anyone was watching me. Its a good idea, but those things just don’t work sometimes like you think they are going to, and sometimes, I just feel like, give me the good old fashioned kind, and I’ll scrub my hands really good.
Posted by Prairierose on Apr 06, 2008
I’m sure this is TMI, but as I look back over the past few years, regardless of what has gone on with my health and emotional state, I feel fairly certain that I have possible gone through menopause with flying colors. No period, no pms pains, no hot flashes, and yes, I have had some mood swings, but I could see where something else could be causing them, and all in all, the mood swings haven’t been that bad. If this is as bad as it gets (and yes, I realize that I am extremely fortunate), that I didn’t have to take any hormones or supplements or use progesterone creme, I am going to count my blessings, and focus on some of my other health issues, where I haven’t been quite so blessed.
Posted by Prairierose on Apr 03, 2008
It took having a couple of babies to clear up my acne that I had as a teenager. My mother had acne really really bad. I don’t know if its genetic, but it seemed to be passed down to me (and I’ve passed it down to Ethan). But, after I had my older boys, it seemed to clear up. Possibly my age, or the different hormones with the pregnancy might have been the reason. I didn’t actively follow any kind of acne treatment. But over time, my skin cleared up. Now that I am older (way older), I will have flare ups here and there, but nothing like I did when I was a kid. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone!
Posted by Prairierose on Apr 03, 2008
When most people get to take the weekend off, David still continues to work. Granted, he’s a workaholic, and it probably wouldn’t matter where he worked, he would still work the weekends … somewhere. But, what he does now — which is dispatching for 10+ trucks, he also has to help with maintenance on them, which means working the weekends when the trucks are home. If its too major, the truck goes to the shop, but simple things like changing tires and such, he does it himself. I know that he would appreciate havingair tools to change out those tires — but he would also like to have a shop to work in. Where they are set up, there is a building there that could be used as one, but its just one of those projects that will get done … “someday”. But, when its 20 degrees outside and the wind is blowing, he sure wishes someday would “someday” would come sooner!
