Yo-Yo...the Ups and Downs of week 4/26

Ok, now I'm really irritated! I started writing this post...it said it was having problems posting, and now it's all gone! It just add to the wonderful week I'm having!! Grr Starting over....

Sunday started out real well. I had planned on going to church, and we were up and ready to go. But, Pete was going to go mushroom hunting and work in the garage. We got a new kitty last week, and he wasn't weaned yet. I couldn't leave him at home alone, so we waited until it was time to go to the Sugarcreek Kids' Sale.

I had taken a bunch of things out to the sale last week, and when I went back to collect I had more money than items! I had taken out a van FULL of things. I brought back only a few, and I made $165! Praise God! It couldn't have come at a better time! Money has been real tight lately, so this was a real blessing.

Monday is a blur...typical Monday. I know what happened now. My sister was in town. I love her to death, but some days she just gets on every nerve.

Tuesday was an interesting day. We couldn't get up in the morning, and Wyatt had his doctor's appointment at 10. I called Mom and asked her to meet me at the doctors. It was his 12 month checkup. He is 14 months now though. He weighs 22 lb, and is 30 3/4" tall. The doctor said that everything looks good, and Wyatt is tall and thin. (We had thought he was a little chunky, but that's only because Haylea is so little!)

I had a run to Salem and Waynesburg, so I took off. When I was in Waynesburg, I was thinking of the boys. (That's where they live.) I even went by their High School. It was weird then when their step-dad called me at work around 3:30. He said that Cory had been in a car accident. They were taking him by ambulance to Aultman Hospital. He called back a little later and said that Cory wanted Pete to be there. When I told Pete, he about fell over. He had 50 questions for me, but I didn't know anything.

We left work and went to the hospital. He called his parents, and they both ended up coming up to visit Cory. He had a goose egg on his forehead and some scratches on his face & neck. They did a CT scan to be sure his brain & neck were fine. He only had a crack in his sinus cavity (near his temple). They sent him home with antibiotics and pain meds. It really scared us!

Wednesday started out ok. I took the kids to school without much complaint. I brought the kitty with me to work. Mom watched him when she had the kids, but I couldn't ask her to watch him when she didn't. He was real lethargic all day. I even had to wake him up to eat. He was definitely not himself.

I got the kids from school and got them a snack on the way home. Haylea held the kitty on the way home. He even fell asleep on her lap. I put him in the house, and we went outside to play. We ended up at my mother-in-laws. She wasn't there, but my sister-in-law was. She and I talked about some places to get free food. I followed her to the church were my nieces attend. I picked up two bags of cans, a case of spicy Ramen noodles, a bag full of croutons, and a bag of frozen food. I kept thanking the lady, but she said to give thanks to God. We talked about the Wednesday evening services for Haylea. I really would like to start attending a service somewhere, and Wed services would be a start. Plus, the church is close.

We got home, and I looked in on the kitty. It didn't look like he was breathing. I picked him up, and he was very limp. He was not breathing. I told Haylea that I thought he was dead. She wanted to take him to the vet, but I told her it was too late. Boy, did that hit her hard! I called Pete and told him to come home soon, so we could bury the cat.

We buried him across the creek, so she can visit him. We had never really had a good name for him. We had talked Freeze or Gizmo. She had mentioned that she wanted to name him Baby, but we had told her that wasn't a good idea...he wouldn't always be a baby. I told her that the kitty's name was Baby, since he died as a baby. So sad!

Thursday was a good day! I sold a car on Ebay for work!! Whoo hoo! I kept watching it off & on all day. It was a 2004 Neon. It went for $1150! I get commission from the sale, which is nice!

It's been so long since this week happened, I don't remember the rest....I figured I'd better post what I have though. Hopefully soon, I'll get the hang of blogging. :)

My husband the hypochondriac

I swear that man is the biggest hypochondriac I know! I massaged his back a week ago, and ever since he's been waking up with a stabbing pain under his ribs on the right side. It happens about the same time every night.

Well, I made an appointment for the chiropractor for Wednesday. He went and felt better after being adjusted. BUT, the doctor sent him to the hospital for X-rays. He mentioned that sometimes that type of pain is associated with a tumor between the ribs. He told Pete not to worry, which is like telling a hungry baby not to cry!! I told him to take it one day at a time and to pray.

He went to the chiropractor for the results today. And, he has no tumor! Praise God! He said that once he found it out, he sat in his car & cried. He said that he told his deceased Grandpa yesterday that he wanted to see him, but just not yet. He said that he is so thankful to God for taking care of him yet again. He wanted to know how to repay HIM. I said that he needs to go to church with me. He said that he should.

Hopefully, I can get him to go with me. :) I hope everyone has a nice Easter!

Very first blog ever...

Well, I have wanted to start a blog for a while, so here it goes. I guess maybe I'll start with last weekend. Pete and I have wanted to have a night to ourselves in a while. We wanted to do something special before I went to Disney in March, but it didn't work out that way. We had hoped for March, but again no luck. Mom offered to watch the kids on Saturday during the day and all night long, so we jumped on it!

I took the kids to Mom & Dad's after we had breakfast. Pete wanted to do some things to his "new" truck before we took it to Wheeling. He started on that, while I took the kids to the golf course. Mom & Dad have breakfast at the Auman Timbers Golf Course every Saturday...they tend to be there all morning, so they were still there when I arrived. Haylea was excited to go. She had packed 2 bags and brought her baby stroller as well.

He wasn't finished with the truck when I got home, so I gathered everything. I also picked up the house a little. What I can get done without the kids under my feet!! I was zooming around the house doing five things at once! I had the dishes in the sink, laundry going, trying to get on Ticketmaster (with my extremely SLOW dial up)... Pete asked me to bring him a couple hot dogs, so I walked them down to the garage (it's about a 1/4 mile from the house). I finally got the Crue Fest 2 tickets ordered from Ticketmaster! We got our showers and hit the road.

He had never taken US250 from by Tappan Lake all the way to Bridgeport. He was not impressed with all of the hills & curves, especially with the truck being a standard! Once we got to Bridgeport, it wasn't all that far to go to Cabela's. We went there to check it out. We liked it, but it was very similar to the Bass Pro Shop we went to in Savannah last summer. We had heard that they served Elk, Ostrich & such, so we wanted to try something different. We assumed it was a sit down place, but it was more burgers & deli stuff. He had Elk, and I had Wild Boar. They were both really good! We looked at all the stuffed animals (elephant, lion, zebra, wildebeast, wolf, polar bear, etc) and the fish tanks (with all fish that are found locally). Then, we decided to find somewhere to stay.

We used the GPS to find a Holiday Inn. We decided to find somewhere to have a drink or two. We used the GPS to find a Finnegan's Pub. We followed the directions exactly, but we never found Finnegan's. Then, we plugged in another place, and it took us to a residential area! I was laughing my head off! I told him that years from now we're going to say, "remember when we went to Wheeling and the GPS got us lost!" Third time was a charm, and we went to some little bar. It was funny, because they had a bunch of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome signs everywhere. (Lots of pregnant women in West Virginia must drink!!) We headed back to the room and found a bar just down the road!! Oh well, maybe next time.

We had a wonderful time...just by ourselves! (Reminds me of "Mamma Mia" with their dot dot dot...he he.)

Sunday morning we ate breakfast at Bob Evans. We then decided to find something to do in the area. We saw a fishing sign, so we decided to see where it went. It was Bear Rock Lake.

We looked at the various lakes, and of course, did not bring our fishing stuff with us. They have 4 lakes, with dikes & streams connecting them. We walked the paved walkway around the one, and then hiked through the woods to see another.

We walked all the way around the one lake, and then found the hiking trail. We noticed a good bit of rocks along our walk. We saw a huge one that was just off of the trail, and then he saw some more that were behind it that were even bigger. We had to check them out of course!

As we climbed around the rocks, we found some caves. I wondered why the place was named Bear Rock. Did bears live there? He was more brave than I, and he went inside to check them out!

We had so much fun climbing all over these rocks! It was much cooler inside the rocks. I was nervous that they might shift or something, so I looked around outside. We even stepped over a ravine to look out over the valley. Pete's not usually scared of heights, and it frightened him. I had to not look down, or else I never would have gotten anywhere close to that ledge!!

We walked back on the path & found the main lake. It's a shortcut we'll have to take next time! When we were done there, we decided that it was time to head home.

Since he didn't like 250, I told him we could take 7 & 22 to get home. It's not as busy as 70 & 77, but it's a straight shot home. We ate in Martin's Ferry, when Mom called and offered to keep the kids another night! We agreed, and then took our time getting home.

Once we were home, he took a nap, and I checked my e-mails. All in all, it was a wonderful weekend!!