Friday, January 30, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Today has been a really good day. I spent my afternoon walking around downtown taking pictures. It was nice and sunny outside... a really good day for taking pictures. I started off towards Springwood Cemetery downtown and on my way back to the car got sidetracked and took some pictures of the Greek Orthodox church. I've downloaded a trial of Photoshop Elements. I'm curious to see if I like it. I love Photoshop but I've never tried Elements. It's sort of like the teaser version of Photoshop. Maybe I'll post some of the photos after I edit them... I don't know. I'm one of those folks who won't post photos if I'm not 110% happy with them.
I really enjoyed walking around the cemetery. I love photographing cemeteries. I always have. I had no clue there are 80 unknown soldiers buried in Greenville. They were soldiers from the Confederate States of America. Springwood is an OLD cemetery. One of the interesting things about old cemeteries is they often serve as reminders of the brevity of life. Losing babies is nowhere near as common today as it was then. There were so many small headstones for babies 2 years and under. Some lived more than a year. Some lived two days. Another thing is enjoy about the cemeteries is reading the headstones. I, personally, don't think as much is put into headstones these days as back then. Today you see a name and two dates and thats it. Back then folks still wrote epitaphs. They wrote of people's faith, their love for their children or their spouse and what they believed in. It makes me think... what would my epitaph say? What will I be remembered for?
I really enjoyed walking around the cemetery. I love photographing cemeteries. I always have. I had no clue there are 80 unknown soldiers buried in Greenville. They were soldiers from the Confederate States of America. Springwood is an OLD cemetery. One of the interesting things about old cemeteries is they often serve as reminders of the brevity of life. Losing babies is nowhere near as common today as it was then. There were so many small headstones for babies 2 years and under. Some lived more than a year. Some lived two days. Another thing is enjoy about the cemeteries is reading the headstones. I, personally, don't think as much is put into headstones these days as back then. Today you see a name and two dates and thats it. Back then folks still wrote epitaphs. They wrote of people's faith, their love for their children or their spouse and what they believed in. It makes me think... what would my epitaph say? What will I be remembered for?
Fun Fellowship
Today I had the privilege of hanging out and enjoying one of the most amazing women! I had so much fun and it renewed my spirit just to sit and talk about anything and everything... a lot about the boys. But she was so willing to listen and she offered me some much needed encouragement and some yummy coffee. I was able to walk away and say "Ok Lord you prompted me to e-mail her. I'm glad I did. That was just what I needed."
Cathy, thank you so much! Thanks for listening. I love your friendship and I look forward to spending more time together. :-)
cb
Cathy, thank you so much! Thanks for listening. I love your friendship and I look forward to spending more time together. :-)
cb
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
One of my many goals...
is to lose as much weight as is possible before we try to get pregnant again. I need to be in better health. I am currently about 18 pounds less than my prepregnancy weight which is good. I started my exercise routine today which is a four-mile walk. Its a dvd and you don't just walk in place the whole time. Its a very aerobic workout. Anyways... pray for me as I tackle this and hopefully get the weight off.
I'll keep you updated.
cb
I'll keep you updated.
cb
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Our Babies
I found this online and thought I'd post it... I had to change a few words for it to apply to two babies.
In a baby castle just beyond our eyes,
Our babies play with angel toys that money cannot buy.
Who are we, to wish that they had known this world of strife?
Now play on, our babies, you have eternal life!
At night when all is silent and sleep forsakes our eyes,
We’ll hear your tiny footsteps come running to our side.
Your little hands caress us so tenderly and sweet,
We’ll breathe a prayer and close our eyes
And embrace you in our sleep.
Feelings we will treasure, sometimes they’ll make us sad …
Because, our little babies, we are still your mom and dad.
In a baby castle just beyond our eyes,
Our babies play with angel toys that money cannot buy.
Who are we, to wish that they had known this world of strife?
Now play on, our babies, you have eternal life!
At night when all is silent and sleep forsakes our eyes,
We’ll hear your tiny footsteps come running to our side.
Your little hands caress us so tenderly and sweet,
We’ll breathe a prayer and close our eyes
And embrace you in our sleep.
Feelings we will treasure, sometimes they’ll make us sad …
Because, our little babies, we are still your mom and dad.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Ok so I'm here.
Christy... sorry there may be a delay on the pictures I promised. Maybe I'll at least post the living room so I'm not a horrible friend.
After I delivered our boys the hospital sent me home with prescription strength motrin and percocet. I never touched the percocet because pain medicines affect me so easily. I took the motrin pretty regularly in the beginning but about a week ago I decided to stop taking it. I knew prolonged use of ibuprofen can cause stomach bleeding. I had already had a stomach ache or two or five but I'd lay down and eventually I'd fall asleep. After a few of the stomach aches I began to notice that when I had them I also had pain in my upper back which just seemed to weird to me. Wednesday night I had one of these said stomach aches with back pain that was absolutely unbearable. So, I got online to do my homework. I was tempted to go to the ER but I thought surely I could suffer through it and go to our family doc when he opened. After my research I had concluded that I had a stomach ulcer. Between the ibuprofen and the stress I've been under it would have been easy to develop one. Now I also found a list of things you should stay away if you have an ulcer. The list included: milk, fruit juice, carbonated beverages, spicy food (and lots more). But on Wednesday I had consumed Diet Coke, a lot of grape juice, spicy taco bake for dinner, ice cream, and milk (if you know much about me you know that means like 3 or 4 cups of milk). So, lets just say I made my self-diagnosed stomach ulcer very very angry.
By 5:30 am I couldn't handle it any longer and I got dressed and went to the ER. I went in (no wait at the Village Hospital) and explained to the nice nurse my recent experience (2 weeks post partum, lots of ibuprofen), explained my self-diagnosis, and waited for a doctor. Two hours later (darn it for going in the middle of shift change) a nice doctor came around and (thank you very much) told me I had done good research and that my diagnosis was correct. So does this mean I don't have to pay you as much I wondered. They sent me home with an acid blocker, Nexium, and warned me to stay away from those things I shouldn't eat/drink that make the ulcer very angry.
So now I'm sitting here stomach growling because well quite honestly I don't know what to eat because I'm scared to eat. I waited until 7 pm to eat yesterday and then I had a grilled chicken sandwich on wheat. Maybe today I'll go for chicken noodle soup. yum.
cb
Christy... sorry there may be a delay on the pictures I promised. Maybe I'll at least post the living room so I'm not a horrible friend.
After I delivered our boys the hospital sent me home with prescription strength motrin and percocet. I never touched the percocet because pain medicines affect me so easily. I took the motrin pretty regularly in the beginning but about a week ago I decided to stop taking it. I knew prolonged use of ibuprofen can cause stomach bleeding. I had already had a stomach ache or two or five but I'd lay down and eventually I'd fall asleep. After a few of the stomach aches I began to notice that when I had them I also had pain in my upper back which just seemed to weird to me. Wednesday night I had one of these said stomach aches with back pain that was absolutely unbearable. So, I got online to do my homework. I was tempted to go to the ER but I thought surely I could suffer through it and go to our family doc when he opened. After my research I had concluded that I had a stomach ulcer. Between the ibuprofen and the stress I've been under it would have been easy to develop one. Now I also found a list of things you should stay away if you have an ulcer. The list included: milk, fruit juice, carbonated beverages, spicy food (and lots more). But on Wednesday I had consumed Diet Coke, a lot of grape juice, spicy taco bake for dinner, ice cream, and milk (if you know much about me you know that means like 3 or 4 cups of milk). So, lets just say I made my self-diagnosed stomach ulcer very very angry.
By 5:30 am I couldn't handle it any longer and I got dressed and went to the ER. I went in (no wait at the Village Hospital) and explained to the nice nurse my recent experience (2 weeks post partum, lots of ibuprofen), explained my self-diagnosis, and waited for a doctor. Two hours later (darn it for going in the middle of shift change) a nice doctor came around and (thank you very much) told me I had done good research and that my diagnosis was correct. So does this mean I don't have to pay you as much I wondered. They sent me home with an acid blocker, Nexium, and warned me to stay away from those things I shouldn't eat/drink that make the ulcer very angry.
So now I'm sitting here stomach growling because well quite honestly I don't know what to eat because I'm scared to eat. I waited until 7 pm to eat yesterday and then I had a grilled chicken sandwich on wheat. Maybe today I'll go for chicken noodle soup. yum.
cb
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Cleaning
Two posts ago I mentioned my preoccupation. I'm still VERY busy. I managed to get downstairs clean -- living room is good (we may even paint this weekend), cleaned up the dining room although I have to clean off the table, and the kitchen looks good (except I can't KEEP the island cleaned off... it catches clutter). For the first time since we moved in there is absolutely nothing laying on the stairs. So now I'm working on the upstairs. Bathroom is clean. Our bedroom is maybe 1/2 way done. I have a lot of "stuff" to go through and lots of mail to shred. Then its on to the man cave which is currently bombarded with Christmas decorations and its all sitting right in front of the door. So give me another week and I think I can have the house looking exactly the way I want. Then I need to week my flower beds and put new mulch out. I think I'm giving up on trying to get things to bloom. Ha.
So Christy, hopefully one of my next few posts will have you specifically in mind when I post pictures of the house. I know you've been asking for them for a year. I'll get there. Promise.
cb
So Christy, hopefully one of my next few posts will have you specifically in mind when I post pictures of the house. I know you've been asking for them for a year. I'll get there. Promise.
cb
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