April Photo A Day - 14

Day 14 - How I Feel Today

These thoughts are from a message from a church leader in September...I try to focus on these things when I feel overwhelmed or frustrated....which, unfortunately, is often.  I beat myself up alot about the things I don't/can't seem to get done for various reasons...sometimes I just need to stop and take a moment to reflect on the important things.

April Photo A Day - 11

Day 11 - Something I Found

This is a very loose interpretation of the subject, but I'm nothing if not original. 

This is a picture of the xray report I had of my back last week....I "found" what has been wrong with my back all these years...and it's NOT arthritis or bursitis or any other itis....the primary cause is a SI(sacroiliac) joint injury, likely occurred in childhood before the growth plates closed, then they close...and here I am some 20+ years later with chronic low back pain.

(BTW....the sacroiliac joint is the area where the spine connects with the pelvis.)

P.S.  I also have spurs, degenerative changes, reduced disk height, and scoliosis.  Nice.

No "cure"....treatment, that thus far has provided little relief.  

April Photo A Day - 12

Day 12 - Stairs

(that's my son in the plaid, climbing up)

April Photo A Day - 11

Day 11 - Where I ate breakfast (I actually drink my breakfast, usually in one of 3 places--here at my computer, in the bathroom while putting on my makeup or in the car. Today was a good day...no rush--so I got to sit and drink...lol)

April Photo A Day - Day 10

Day 10 - Cold

Mt Hood WA, March 2010

We left the beginnings of what was a pleasant day...up the mountain to snow and below freezing temps.  Back down, after lunch, temp was in the 60s.  All the same day.  Unreal. It was awesome

April Photo A Day - 9

Day 9 - A Younger Me

(Senior High School pic)

April Photo A Day - 8

Day 8 - Wallet

Six Word Saturday

Easter treats makes one tired mom

But look at all the goodies....cookies, cupcakes, and of course, the obligatory boiled eggs.

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!

"...Why seek ye the living among the dead?  He is not here, but is risen..."

Luke 25:5-6

April Photo a Day - Day 7

Day 7--Shadow (NOTE: pic was not taken by me, but is of my dtr and her bf when they went to visit her father over New Years...he took the photo)

Day 6 - Lunch

It's what's for lunch...peanut butter and sugar.  

Photo A Day --Day 5 -- Tiny

Join the photo a day challenge!

(This is by no means a current pic, but I was having brain lapses everytime I tried to think of something tiny.) This is my son 4 days after he was born....he weighed 1 lb 13 ozs at birth.

Day 4--Someone who makes me happy

Day 3--Mail

April Photo a Day--2nd (Color)

April Photo a Day--

 Day 2--Color--our mini Easter Tree

April Photo a Day--1st (Reflection)

I tried doing this in March....with predictable lack of completion.  I'm trying again this month....

Day 1--Reflection

A couple months ago, I curled my hair in an effort to do something different.  I don't do it often due to the time it takes, nor does it last long when I do...hence the photo.  :)

A friend of my son's was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer with liver metastases..he is a sophomore in high school.  My heart aches for he and his family.   Prognosis is not good...3-5 months without treatment, 11 months with.  So unfair.  (It seems we have other mutual friends even though I don't know them myself.  Life in a small town I suppose.)

Sunday Stealing

Sunday Stealing: The Eve Was Framed Meme

1. Why is your favorite color your favorite?

No idea...I just like it.

2. Do you prefer dogs or cats or do you just hate animals, and want to kill baby seals?
prefer small dogs...not the large dogs currently residing in my home

3. How much time do you spend on the computer?
alot

4. Not including porn, what do you do on the computer?
no porn happening here....during the day I work (that's what electronic medical records are...computerized) and in the evening...I blog, i facebook, i pinterest....and work some more

5. Are you a clock watcher?
depends on if I have to be somewhere

6. What do you/did you look for in a partner?
not looking...so doesn't really matter at this point

7. What type of clothing do you prefer?

casual

8. What is your favorite type of music?
I have pretty eclectic tastes...a little bit of everything....it's probably easier to say what I don't like, which is rap 

9. Do you believe in the paranormal, Ghosts, ESP, levitation, spoon bending?
I believe that spirits co-exist with us...beyond that..not so much

10. The most important question: Do you have a inie or outie belly button?
innie

11. What kind of car do you drive?
mercury sable

12. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun or The Boys Are Back in Town?

13. Camping or the Ritz?

if those are the choices...camping, as long as there is running water

14. What food are you craving RIGHT NOW . . . did you eat it?

none

15. The most thrilling place you've ever visited. Why?

probably washington state...because my best friend lives there...and we went to Forks

16. If you could slip into the skin of one public figure--celebrity, artist,--who would it be?

I like my own, thanks

17. Look up from your computer. What do you see first?

my closet

18. Sum up your philosophy of life in one sentence. You can borrow it from someone else, if you'd like.

It's a scripture from the Book of Mormon:  "Adam fell that men might be, and men are that they might have joy."

19. Name the one thing you just don't understand about kids today.

just one thing?  really?  the entitlement they feel to things not earned

20. If you could steal one work of art from a museum or gallery, which would it be?

none come to mind....

Six Word Saturday

being a mom = greatest blessing ever

Friday Follow Four Fill In

1.       If I could meet one person living or dead, I would want to meet my grandfather (technically, I did meet him, but I was very very young, and remember nothing of him, except what has been told to me by family).

2.       I find it hard to finish things.  I have so many things to do, both that I want and need, that I seem to seldom finish any one thing.  Sigh.

That's all I've got...I blanked on 3 and 4.  Sorry.  I've been sitting here for a good 15 minutes trying to think of something that makes some semblance of sense.  Nothing.

3.       The last time _______ and _______ then _______

4.       Where are the ________________ when the ______________ are here?