Getting to Know You Sunday Fun!!

Its Sunday.. usually I am sad to see Sunday roll around because it means the end to the weekend as come. Since I have been stuck in the house all weekend with no end in sight... I think I am ready for the work week to begin ;) (It is supposed to get above freezing here tomorrow so hopefully the ice will begin to melt!)

Anywho lets get on with some "Getting to Know YOU" Fun! Hop on over to Keely's blog and link on up!

The Questions this week are...

1. Do you iron your sheets?
No way, No how!! My grandmother does that type stuff but I totally dont see the point! Who cares if your sheets are a little wrinkled?!!? Not me! I do like warm fresh out of the dryer sheets.. but no ironing necessary!


2. Your dream car is....?
I dont know?! I am not huge into cars really. I got a new accord last year and I love it... is it my dream car? Prob not but I have really enjoyed it. What I enjoyed more was my brand new two door red civic I had before. Oh how I loved that car. It was the new body style and had the sun roof and everything. It was my baby.. until... I had a baby! Then it was no longer about being cute and sporty but about being comfy and  functional.

3. Do you have an innie or an outie belly button?
Innie. I had a huge outie when I was pregnant though.. I was worried it would never go back! It did though :)

4. What meal do you look forward to the most..breakfast, lunch, or dinner?
Dinner. Esp when its already cooked and ready for me to dig in. Usually on Derek's day off (Monday) he has dinner fixed and waiting on me when I come home. Oh how I love Mondays!!

5. Favorite mascara?
Estee Lauder - Magniscopic! I heart this stuff! I hate to spend that kind of money on mascara but its my must have in the make up dept. so splurge I do!

6. What would you say your decorating style is..traditional, modern, eclectic, country, french country, shabby chic, etc..?
I am not sure..probably a little more modern. We got really lucky when we moved into this house and my grams was just moving from her enormous house into one that is like half its size. So in turn me and derek got a ton of furniture from her! Most of it is more traditional style but it was all very well taken care of and pretty new so we would have been crazy to turn it down! What can I say.. I have a wonderful Grammy ;) When we umm strike it rich or something then we will replace it and kind of discover more our own decorating style.. until then we will enjoy what we have!

7. Have you ever been skinny dipping?
Nope

8. I hate the smell of...?
Stinky diapers, the fish camp, wet dog and just the dog in general ;)

Alright that was fun huh?! Dont forget to go link up if you havent already... I am off to spend some more time couped up in the house.. then maybe off to play in the snow some more!!

Happy Sunday

Saturday Snow Day

This may turn into a two part post since I have like a ton of pics. I mean you all should know ahead of time that here in the south we do not see much snow at all. I mean like 3 inches and we are snowed in. So since we are "snowed in" today with our 2-3 inches (yes we are counting the last inch or so of the sleet and ice combo) we had nothing else to do but play!!

Luckily my grandmother had found this perfect little sled yesterday.

 Yes I am totally aware that she is inside in her jammies riding in the sled. She saw it this morning and had us pulling her around the house for-ev-er! We finally decided this is for the birds. Why are we inside pulling her in the sled when there is snow outside?!!? DUH!  So we packed up and headed out!

It took a looong time to get her all layered up. I mean getting her dressed normally is like wrestling a wild bull! So you can imagine what is was like trying to put on three layers worth of stuff. UGH! Not fun! Once we headed out though it was all worth it! Take a look at some of our fun we had :)

(Emma had the easy job ;)

Alright well there are a few of my fav pics!! We had a blast.. now we are all exhausted and thawing out! Probably by tomorrow we will have cabin fever as the temps are not supposed to get above the freezing mark until Monday! Our drive way and the road in front of my house is nothing but a sheet of ice.. so we are stuck for a while.. bummer!

Five Question Friday snow day style!

Well my fav time of week has arrived again. Its Friday.. time for some super fun 5QF with Mama M and time for the flurries to begin to fall here in NC. I know most of my fellow blogging buddies are used to snow. So used to snow in fact that they could really care less if they ever see it again in their lives. That is not the case here in my house! We only get one good snow a year (usually 1-3 inches) but this weekend my friend it could be as much as 5 wonderful inches!!! I went out this morning and loaded the house down with all the  necessaties and even bought this adorable little sled thingy-bob for Emma :) So we are ready and praying the weather doesnt let us down.

So now that I have rambled on about the snow lets get down to some 5QF business! You ready?! Good!

The questions this week are:

1. Would you ever vacation alone?

Probably not! The idea of it sounds absolutly wonderful. Everything the way I want it! Sleeping in until I feel like getting up. Eating what I want to eat. Laying on the beach as long as I want to. Nobody saying lets do this or lets do that. Yada yada yada. the problem is I am a scaredy cat! I am the type person who doesnt even grocery shop at night. I know I cant live my life in fear and all those things. I really try to do better about it but I will prob. never vacation alone!

2. Do you go the speed limit?
If there is a police man near ;)

3. Why did you start blogging/following blogs?
It all started from reading Mckmama's blog and reading all the convos in her community. I then met some wonderful @imaginaryfriends and got sucked right into the bloggy world. Now it is an outlet, place to talk with other moms, build friendships, vent frustrations, and build each other up. I love it!

4. Where do you shop for yourself?
Lately we have been trying to save up so I have been doing some very thrifty shopping. Target and Old Navy have been doing the trick. I love summer clothes though.. so when she spring/summer seasons come around I will have to venture out a little ;)

5. What was the song that you danced your first dance with your spouse to at your wedding...or...what song would you like your first dance to be to?
"Lost in this Moment with You" by Big and Rich (country song) I was going to upload the video for you from youtube but you see I am not that blog savy... so no video..sorry! :)

Hope everyone has a fun weekend! Hopefully we dont love power and I will be able to upload plenty of snow pics for you guys ;)

Kind-of Wordless Wednesday

Updated!!

I just got back from the doc about an hour or so ago and they said I have two different forms of arthritis going on. I have degenerative and a Rhuematoid variant. I have it in both of my shoulder, my right elbow, and my left knee. Bummer! They are going to double the amount of methotrexate I am taking and keep me on the steriod and anti-inflammatory meds for six weeks. Then we will do a recheck and see if it has helped. I am reading on the internet that alot of times exercise classes and/or physical therapy helps alot. However my goofy doc. did not suggest or even  bring this up. Do any of you suffer from arthritis? Did you do therapy? Let me know if you have any suggestions or tips on arthritis in general..Much love -Tyler

PS: I am going to get a second opinion at some point.. I cant say that I feel the most comfortable with this doc considering it is the rest of my life at stake here ya know?!?

 I am in a hurry this AM but wanted to share with you before I put up my pics for the day. I called the doc office yesterday and very  nicely told them what I thought of the way they treated me so I have an app. at 9 this am. I will update you all! Thanks so much for reading and caring.. you girls are the best :)

Ok now lets get down to business here are some wordless wed. pics!!

Have a great Wednesday!!

UpDaTe

Be aware.. this is a little bit of a venting type post. Just had to get it off my chest :)

I got a call from the doc office this morning with the results from my bone scan. The nurse called instead of the doctor.. which kind of bothered me but figured he must have been tied up or something! She called to tell me that the scan showed "Mild degenerative changes". So I started thinking well that has to be better than moderate or severe changes right?! I asked the lady on the phone what exactly that meant and her not so clever response was " I am not really sure that is just what it says on the report" WTH?!?!? You aren't really sure?

Instead of telling her what an idiot I thought she was I said "well mam I am not sure what that means either. Do you think you could have Dr. D call me back so that someone can explain to me what the results are saying". She then proceeds to put me on hold. She either went and asked the secretary who was probably more knowledgeable  than her or went and pulled the doc from an Exam room. Not sure which.  She came back and said "the report is just saying that you have active arthritis in your body".

Ok if that is all they got from that test that I will probably literally get a 10 thousand dollar bill for then I am going to lose my mind. I could have told them months ago that I have active arthritis!! I mean my knee is the size of a baseball and I cant fully extend my elbow because of the fluid buid up.. DUH I know there is arthritis in my joints! UGH so I guess I will rely on my old trusty friend "google" to see what they have to say about all this.

After I check out Mr. informative "Google" I think I will try and get a second opinion because obviously this doc and/or his nurse dont seem to have it all together.

Ok sorry I vented to you about my weirdo nurse but just had to get it off my chest! I hope guys have a great Tuesday :)  

Show me your....

Today Emma decided to show off her new tricks for the camera! She has recently learned where certain parts of her body are and is learning to point them out. So tonight with camera in hand I started asking her to "show me..." and she agreed. So I thought I would show you!! Please excuse the flash photography kind of hard to get the natural light thing going when its dark outside..but they will be cute none the less ;)

"Emma show mommy your belly!"

"Emma show me you nose!"

"show me your ear"

"show me your eye" (no she did not poke her eye out lol ;)

"show me your head"

"Last not but least.. show me your hands"

What a mess that girlie is! Sorry they werent great pics but thought they were fun none-the-less.

Getting To Know YOU!

Sunday's are kind-of bitter sweet around here. I love it because it is the only day of the week that all three of us are home. It is sad because the weekend is coming to a close and it is back to work in the AM :(   For now we will enjoy the sweet and get busy with some Getting To Know YOU blog hop fun. This is a little blog carnival that my super fun bloggy buddy Keely put together. Be sure and head on over to her blog and get in on the action!

This week the questions are :

1. Waffles, pancakes or french toast?

Pan"y"cakes all the way in this house! BUT only if they are fresh! If I have to choose out of the frozen section I would go for waffles everytime. Frozen pancakes just are not so yummy.

2. Dream home..What would it look like?
Yellow with a huge rocking chair front porch. It would be four bedrooms with a huge bonus room (1 for Emma, 1 for a bro or sis one day, 1 for a quest room, and of course ours ;) I would love to have like 3.5 baths so both the kids have their own bathrooms and a half bath for company to use or whatever. All hardwood floors execpt carpet in the bedrooms! On the outside I would like a screened in porch and then a patio to grill out on and hang out in the summer. A huge playset in my fenced in backyard. Oh and if we are dreaming here.. lets add a nice pool to that back yard :)   Can you tell I have alot of house on the brain. We are nowhere near getting that type house but a girl can dream right?!?!

3. Favorite sport to watch during the Winter Olympics?
I love all things olympics. The snowboarding and figure skating would prob be my fav tho.

4. The first word that comes to mind when describing yourself?
Crazy!

5. Dresses, pants (jeans, leggings, etc.) or skirts?
Pants! There used to be a day where I would say skirt.. but I hardly ever wear skirts or even dress up much anymore so pants it is.

6. What is your favorite time of day?
This is a hard one. Each time of the day has a perk. I love the morning play time. I heart nap time! I enjoy evening snuggles and books! But I also love the time with my husband at night after baby girl is in bed. (usually I use this time blogging but shhh.. dont tell ;)

7. Beach or Mountains..which do you prefer?
Beach!! I love the sand and ocean. I love to relax out there all day. Literally! I would stay and bake from sun up to sun down if I could :)

8.Will you watch the Super Bowl?
Yep! I am a football lovin' kind of girl. I will be watching this afternoon as well.. pulling for Min and for Indy :)

Well thats all for now. Going to go back to the play room where I hear Emma and her daddy cooking in the "kitchen". Hope you all have a relaxing sunday and a good start to the week!!

PS: Thanks for all of your prayers concerning my bone scan. Hopefully I will know the results the first part of next week. I will be sure and update (Hugs)