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Time Flies

Where has this week gone already? I haven't even written anything in my blogs for a couple of days, and my email support group is talking without me! I love that group of ladies, they support each other with love and guidance and most of them have never met! If you are interested in a daily email about health and fitness and the struggles of all that, email me and I will add you. You don't need to participate, but it's fun to read the discussions. mortonpixie@yahoo.com I have been very busy and very successful in my home business this week. When it rains it pours, right? I have started training others to do what I do and it has been so rewarding helping others. Not only do I get to educate women about safer, healthier, less expensive alternatives for thier homes, but I get to help them build a solid income for thier families to! I don't have to sell anything or have any of THOSE parties, either. Been there with the candle thing. I can't believe it! Honestly, when I

Priorities

I heard a pastor teaching on cheating yesterday. Not marital unfaithfulness or cheating on your taxes, but about cheating your time at work and devoting more of it at home. This is a topic that is of constant concern to me. Being a mother of three children that works full time outside the home, it's always a challange to "balance" things. I have long felt that any effort to "balance" your life between carreer and family is a thinly vield attempt to "have it all" on your terms and disregard what God has to say about your responsablities to your family. It's clear from the teachings of the Bible that a woman's first priority is to her home (ie. her husband and/or children). It's also clearly necessary in this economy for the woman of the house to sometimes have a job that takes her away from that. So the natural thing to do would be to try to make an even split and balance the two, right? No. My first priorty is to my family - Husband first a

Handy

Here's a link to my Fabulously Healing Hand . Hopefully I will be down to a smaller bandage next week. It really feels good and I even caught myself trying to use my thumb to grasp something earlier.

Worthy of Note

I was just thinking about the whole saga of the hand thing and realized that I haven't had any wierd dreams with regard to it. No dreams about it falling off, rotting or gushing blood. No wierd dreams about the bandages turning into snakes and eating my face or ANYTHING! Wow, if I can come up with this stuff while awake, it's no small wonder that my dreams are twisted. I recently suffered with a series one night involving a crocodile chasing me while I stayed ahead of him by going through a maze of trailers in a trailer park. I distinctly remember going through one bathroom that had a carpeted floor, toilet cover, and counters...

No Photos Please!

Well, I won't bore you with more info about my stupid hand. It's healing - and made a miraculous turnaround on Monday. This weekend they thought maybe what we were doing wasn't working - even so, God was working on it! A little good news for your Thursday!!! Our adoption of the older kids is nearing completion. We started the process for my husband to officially adopt them and change thier last name right after the first of the year. I got an email from my attorney and it's all in order and we are closing in on the final days! I haven't posted much about it, due to the legal sesitivity. Trust me, things have transpired that I wanted so bad to tell you all about, but just can't yet. When this is all signed, sealed and delivered, I have quite the story to tell. Hooboy!!

Who the Son Sets Free

...is free indeed. I feel so rejuvinated from going to worship today. I was able to listen to Pastor for once, and really think about what he was saying. It's something I need to think about. When I admitted that I was a sinner and in need of God's grace, I enabled the Lord to help me with things that I had tried to do on my own. Now that I have this power - the power of the Holy Spirit in my corner - I should be able to overcome things, and not fall to sin and temptation as easily as before, right? Only if I let Him, can He help me. I have a problem that I still think "If I just think hard enough about something, I can ______ " I try to work things out on my own. I try to be self sufficient and self reliant, but wind up just being selfish and self serving. I can't, for one minute run my own life without screwing things up and for the most part I'm okay with that. But lately there has been one thing that I can't let go of. It's something really

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A Little Set Back

I thank the Lord for yesterday evening when I felt so great! I was able to spend some time alone with my beautiful, wonderful husband and we had such a great time doing next to nothing next to one another...sigh...isn't he great?! But, phooey. This morning I felt like I got hit by a mack truck. My hand was really aching. I cut my pain pills back dramaticlly in the last couple of days so I figured that was what was up with the pain. But I was also sick to my tummy and just overall blah. Sweet Husband made me some breakfast and I felt a little better. When I went to PT and my hand looked really swollen and icky today. I'll spare you and just supply a Link to Icky Hand Photo , if you are interested. The PA swabbed some icky stuff out of the owie and told me to keep an eye on the nausea today. I guess the new antibiotic is a real stinker and tends to make people feel wierd (or wierder depending on who you are). :) She also said that it bled a little, and that is good. She said t

Com-Tri-Ah!

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Today I feel BETTER! To be more precise, this evening I feel better. I did get up and go in to work around 6:30. Those darn hives spread out to make me look all sunburned yesterday and weren't much better this morning. I managed to scoot into work, get a dent made in the payables, organize payroll and scoot out of there. I felt like my skin was on fire! So I went home and pointed the fan on me and slipped into a Benedryl induced coma for an hour. Mom came and got the big kids yesterday (that woman really does love me) and hubby is off on Fridays, so I got to just relax and recover for once. Pulled myself up and went to Physical Therapy. When she pulled the dressing out of my wound, it didn't feel like she was pulling out yards and yards of it this time. The whirlpool bath still stung like crazy, but when she was packing the dressing back in there (cringe) it wasn't as bad. And...as you can see, she didn't wrap it as bulky, so I can type with the other hand a bi

Another Day, Another Horrible Allergic Reaction

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This is what hives look like. I am allergic to my antibiotic, or so they say. When it started yesterday they said it was the pain pills. So I quit taking them and it got worse. I'm on Benedryl but still feel like I'm boiling from th inside out! They said it should be better in 24 hrs and gave me a different antibiotic. On a good note, PT Tanya is smiling because my gaping wound has healed up 1/10 of a centimeter. Go me! And here's the exciting part of my day: Still typing one handed so pictures will have to do the talking for me!

Now What?

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It seems that I am newly allergic to pain meds. I had been taking heavies since the surgery, but today I tried work again so I decided to take just one of the lighter variety that were supplied at the onset of this adventure. I've aquired some lovely spots that are itchy! The nurse said that one can become sensitive to narcotic pain relievers at any time. She instructed me to take some Benedryl and warned it might make me sleepy. Yah, like being on narco for a week hasn't? So here's a pic before pt today. They measued and it seems to be closing up.

Where Have You Been?

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I miss my blog! Unfortunately, I am one handed at this point, so pictures will have to say most of it. WARNING GRAPHIC MEDICAL PICTURES WARNING Sunday July 6th - My hand was very swollen and sore. No visible bite or recalled injury. Went to the doc again - previously they had wrapped it and told me to stop using it so much. I got an antibiotic and some meds for gout. Went back, got some pain relief and a referral to an rhuematologist. That doc said that it could be a type of arthritis associated with the eczema on my hands. She gave me a shot of cortisone in the rear and this warning: July 10th : "If this is psoriatic arthritis the shot will help within 24 hours. If it's an infection in your hand, the cortisone is the WAY WRONG thing for us to do. Call me in the morning". July 11th I hand an appointment that day with a surgeon and had Surgery the next day to remove a large absess of infection under the skin. July 12th before surgery There were several complicatio

Turning Into My Mother

Well, it seems that my looks weren't all that are following some maternal instincts. Along with my tone of voice, my mannerisms, and my quirky little sayings, my body is following suit. I don't just mean the lovely shape that my 30something body has settled into. While the little extra around the hips and tummy does serve to give me such a "comfortable" look (as our 9 year old says) the transformation is seemingly internal as well. I've had some really nasty swelling and redness around my first knuckle on my thumb. I've been to me gp, got a shoulder shrug, some pain pills, and a referral to a rhuematologist. In talking with her it seems that this could be a form of arthritis that stems from having psoriasis. I knew I had eczema all my life, but now it seems that the psoriasis has found me too. She asked me about how I feel when I get up in the morning and how I move throughout the day. Headaches, swelling of the ankles, knees, etc. We'll see. Right now I n

Changing the World

What's Bugging You?

Mosquito bites. What can you do to keep from getting them, besides slather yourself and your children down with dangerous DEET? Take a look at that "Family Insect Repellant" you are using. Most say "keep out of reach of children". Scary. Here is a few facts about DEET from the website http://www.environmentalhealth.ca/spring03hazards.html DEET is a registered pesticide. DEET is short for N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (also known as N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide). It is a member of the toluene chemical family. Toluene is an organic solvent used in rubber and plastic cements and paint removers. DEET is absorbed through the skin and passes into the blood. The Medical Sciences Bulletin, published by Pharmaceutical Information Associates Ltd. reports, "Up to 56% of DEET applied topically penetrates intact human skin and 17% is absorbed into the bloodstream." Blood concentrations of about 3 mg per litre have been reported several hours after DEET repellent was applied

Hammond from Heaven

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Actor Don S.Davis passed away from a massive heart attack on Sunday morning at age 65. Davis was known for his role as Major General George Hammond on the Sci-Fi hit Stargate SG-1. As Commanding Officer for the Stargate Command, "Hammond from Texas" was much loved on and off screen. Always following orders and sending a strong message of obedience and love of country, Davis portrayed a beloved respected leader and family man. Davis retired from the series in it's 7th season due to health conditions that prevented his full time participation but continued to make guest appearances. The actor was also a very talented painter and sculptor. http://www.donsdavisart.com/ Hammond out.

Finding a Church to Love

Where do you start? If you didn't grow up in any particular denomination (or are stepping away from that teaching) you may not know how to pick a church. One way is to open the yellow pages. Run your finger down the appropriate column with your eyes closed and then stop. There you go! Call them up and see when to show up come Sunday morning. Done. Or you could take a more scientific approach. Follow these suggestions for finding a local church to plug in to. 1. Location, location, location. How far do you want to drive every Sunday, Wednesday and any other day there is a function or Bible study? Look around and pin point ones of interest in your area. 2. Theology. What does this church teach? What do they believe? Most have websites anymore that you can check out. Look for a link such as, "About Us" or "What We Believe". You want a church that teaches from The Bible and believes in one fundamental thing – salvation by grace through faith in Jesus