Blinky 3/09

Roger called me while I was in AZ very concerned about Luke and the way he was blinking very rapidly and regularly. I had seen him do something similar before but it had never lasted very long so I was not overly concerned about it.

Until,l I got home that is. All day Monday he just kept blinking and blinking. I thought it might be a tick or hopefully just an allergy to Grandpa and Grandma's dog. As the day went on the blinking just kept going and I finally decided to call the Dr. As soon as the doctor saw him he said he had a tick.

Yup, I was right. I learned a couple of interesting things, one is that it can be caused by strep throat, they tested but he didn't have it and also that blinking is one of the most common ticks. They can be short term, under a year, or lifetime ticks. And the hardest part is that there is nothing that can be done about it. As I thought, it can be brought o by stress. i.e. Mom leaving for 10 days. So the plan of action is to just ignore the behavior and not give him attention so that it does not become a habit on top of an uncontrollable muscle tick.

My Husband

Here's a chance to see how well you really know your husband.

1. He's sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen? History Channel

2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad? Ranch

3. What's one food he doesn't like? Not a big fan of Chinese

4. You go out to eat and have a drink. What does he order? Diet Pepsi

5. Where did he go to high school? Burley ID

6. What size shoe does he wear? 11

7. If he was to collect anything, what would it be? Sail stuff

8. What is his favorite type of sandwich? Roast Beef and Munster wtih pickles

9. What would this person eat every day if he could? Cottage cheese, and does

10. What is his favorite cereal? Rice Crispy's with rasberries

11. What would he never wear? low rider skinny jeans

12. What is his favorite sports team? BYU football when he has a chance to watch them

13. Who did he vote for? McCain

14. Who is his best friend? Me

15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn't do? Get upset when he works late and doesn't call

16. What is his heritage? American also German

17. You bake him a cake for his birthday; what kind of cake? Chocolate

18. Did he play sports in high school? yes

19. What could he spend hours doing? watching History Channel

20. What is one talent he has? Work Ethic

Science Fair 2/09

Oh, the love hate relationship of Science Fair. I always did one when I was in school (I don't remember if it was because I wanted to or if it was required) and I thought it would be fun to help my kids with theirs.

The problem is that Science Fair always falls around the time that I go down to work in Mom's tax office in AZ. This makes for a lot of stress as I am always trying to finish the mail-in taxes I receive before I leave, plus get the house and laundry and shopping taken care of and then on top of things help with SCIENCE FAIR!

But everything always turns out OK.

So I guess it's all good.

This year we only had one child that had to do one. (Yea!!) Madisyn.

It was fairly simple in that she chose to see what temperature of water would melt sugar faster. She did all of the prep work and the experiments herself and then she also did all of the typing and printing. The only help she really needed was with the Excel spreadsheet input and layout ideas. I thought it turned out pretty darn good. Now we just wait to see what the judges think.

Geyser Anyone?? 2/10/09

Oh... that little Luke of mine!

As I was vacuuming yesterday he was playing with the water faucet in my tub. Well, as we found out, shortly after we moved into this house, we have VERY strong water pressure. If the hot and cold are turned full power at the same time the faucet flies off and the water flows full stream straight to the ceiling! Everyone has been warned to be very careful of this, but guess the 2 year old didn't get the memo.

Anyway, back to the story. As I was vacuuming my bedroom Luke comes running around the corner screaming. I rush into the bath alcove and find a full pressure stream of water hitting the ceiling and raining all over the room!

I quickly shut off the water and started mopping water from everywhere. Towels on the floor, water dripping from the ceiling, running down the walls, soaking in the new carpet!!!

The faucet!
Can you see the water on the glass?
Can you see the water dripping down the wall? The wet towels all over the floor?
The culprit!

The "not so happy" wet mama!

I'm not weird! I'm cute.- by Madisyn!

We all always tell Luke how cute he is. The other night Madisyn had to come tell me about the little conversation she had with Luke when she called him weird. He was quite taken back that he was not cute anymore!

Maddie's Own Words

I walked into my room and Luke was still up, of course, and he said something to me that made me laugh and say "Luke, you are so weird!" and he said "I'm not cute?" I replied "No, Luke your not cute" "I'm not?" "No" then he said "I want to be cute".

Walk the Walk

After all the talk I had to walk the walk. I have decided I'm not going to turn my laptop on until I get on the treadmill. So look, I'm on the treadmill on SATURDAY! It felt good.

Do I KNOW you? 2/3/09

So, I'm sitting here musing about life and people I know and people I really KNOW. What a wonderful thing communication is. Thank you all who put your lives out there for others to read about. Recently, I have found a number of new blogs (of people I know, since I have to keep my addiction under control) to add to my list of already favorites. I so enjoy to read and learn about these people and their lives. I really, really love it.

Sometimes I feel lonely and secluded even though I am often running, busy and even at times surrounded by people. There always seems to be someone who wants/needs something from me. I love to relax and have the chance to read about others lives and the things they find important, funny or interesting. I have truly enjoyed getting to KNOW people better that I just used to know.

Thank You for sharing, even if you don't know who you are sharing with!