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We worked on our bedroom this morning. Mark the painter who likes to drink beer came over today to hlp us finish painting it. While I worked on our curtains. I don’t believe in buying things full price if you can do a little bit of work on it to save up to $50 bucks. So I bought the fabric at JoAnn’s for half off and a little Liquid Stitch and waa-lah!
We still have a lot more to do on it. But I LOVE how it is turning out.
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Today marks two years that Craig and I have been married. Two years ago today the bottom fell out of the sky, I felt the prettiest I’ve felt in my life, some AMAZING people were laying hay to cover the soaking ground, I married my best friend, and spent the day surrounded by all the people we love. I wish Craig and I could get married all over again each year. I will never forget our wedding day. It was perfect.
We have done a lot of growing and changing the last two years. The first year we were figuring things out and learning how to live together. We went through a lot of changes and a lot of adjusting. This year has been amazing. We have grown so much together and in our marriage. He has been such an amazing support system. He pushes me to do what I love and follow my dreams. Never doubts what I am capable of doing while I second guess my every move. We balance each other out so well. In a lot of ways, we are so opposite and I honestly think that’s why we work so well together. I don’t know what I’d do without him.
We spent the weekend at our neighbors’ cabin in Blue Ridge. We are trying to make a habit of at least sticking to a weekend trip every year to get away together for anniversaries. So far we’re two for two.
On our way home, pulled over on the side of the road to try and get one before leaving.
On our way to dinner at Longhorns in Ellijay. Around 7 o’clock and the light was gorgeous!
Sun workings its way down. Had to take a picture of my happy thought.
Once he spotted the pond there was no way of getting him out of it.
As our anniversary gift to each other this year, we are slowly but surely trying to redecorate our bedroom. The photo below is our color pallette. We’re trying to do it right this time so we don’t have to redo it later like we’ve been doing since we’ve moved in. The off-white color will be our walls. The dark brown will be similar to the color we will paint our furniture. Craig is building us a headboard so we won’t be practially sleeping on the floor anymore. The curtains will be the green color. The bedspread will be the tan color. And we’ll accent with reds, greens, and oranges. Hopefully it turns out as good as I see it in my head. Definitely need something different in there. Something besides the color Bullfrog green. Not sure what I was thinking
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Craig is doing well. He had his surgery yesterday, came home around 9 o’clock last night, and has been taking it easy today watching T.V. and playing video games. He went to bed around 9 o’clock tonight. I’m glad because normally he fights going to bed early and his body needs the rest.
He has to go to the doctor again on Thursday for his post-op appointment. And he also has to make an appointment for a sleep study. While he was in recovery and kept falling back asleep they noticed his breathing wasn’t regular and think he might have Sleep Apnea.
Craig and I feel really lucky to have the kind of friends and family that we have in our lives. We have felt so taken care of the last couple of days. It has been nice not having to worry about what to fix him for dinner, to have our refrigerator stocked with juice for him, bendy straws, turtle platters as my reward for being a brave wife, the company we had at the hospital, and calls to check on how he is feeling.
So anyways, I’m up watching Stomp The Yard and staring at a paper that I’ve been meaning to write all day. I’m such a procrastinator.
Thought I’d post some pictures from our night at the Gladiators game with Greg and Katie. Need to get back to “working” on school. Two more weeks before finals. I can’t believe I’m almost done with five classes. I think I only have 16 more to go. Thank goodness.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_FCifobqWU&NR=1
Completely addicted to this song right now. Love it. I love that YouTube gives artist the opportunity to put themselves out there. With or without a record label. I’ve found a couple people on there now that I love. This girl is definitely higher up on the list.
Craig’s surgery is scheduled for Friday. He is having his appendix and gallbladder removed. The doctor said he thinks the initial problem was his appendix, based on where he is hurting, but when he had the CAT scans they found the gallstones on top of it. I freaking love my husband. This is the conversation that went on with the doctor:
Dr. Schmidt: Well while we are in there we’ll just get both your gallbladder and your appendix. Sound good?
Craig: Yeah, I mean that’s what I was telling Kristen. It’s kind of like getting the oil changed in your car. If they tell you you have to get more done to it, you might as well get it done while it’s in the shop.
Dr. Schmidt after the blank 5 second stare: What is it that you do for a living?
Both Craig and I: Works on cars!
Dr. Schmidt: Are you comparing my doing surgery on you to an oil change in a car?
Craig: Well, I mean, hey, everybody’s got a skill.
As we’re checking out and scheduling the appointment…
Dr. Schmidt: Would you like me to change the oil while I am in there?
Craig: Sounds good.
Dr. Schmidt’s nurse: (to Craig) No you don’t. (turning to the doctor) Do you evn know how to check the oil in your car?
Dr. Schmidt: I can check it, I just can’t change it.
I think Craig can really appreciate the fact that his doctor is as sarcastic as he is. Julie and her mom definitely led us in the right direction. He seems like a really good guy.
Lot to get done this week. Two more weeks of school before finals. Can’t believe it’s almost over and I almost have five classes out of the way. Wahoo! I have the opportunity to get three A’s and hopefully two A-’s. My favorite class of the semester has definitely been Accounting. I made a 99.8 on my second test this past weekend. I’m loving it. Still.
Please keep my sweet husband in your prayers this weekend. That his surgery goes smooth.
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Seriously. I have written more on my blog this past week than I think I have all last month. Craig got his test results yesterday. He has gallstones. So he has an appointment with a surgeon on Tuesday to see if he’ll need to have his gallbladder removed. My friend Julie’s mom used to work with him and reccommended him. That always makes the situation better, when your doctor is someone who you know – knows. Did that make sense?
I’m just glad they found out what was wrong with him. This week has just been kind of funky for us. I’m a worrier by nature as much as I try not to be and so it is nice to know what the cause of it is.
I have an Accounting test today at 12:30. I have studied like a mad woman for it. 8 hours yesterday and then my brain was fried so I went to bed. Now I’m about to go take a shower and head to school so I can cram in another 2 hours before the test starts.
Never go to Georgia Health Imaging off Lawrenceville Highway in Lilburn, GA.
And I am hoping that by putting all of this information in my blog post that someone will do a Google search and my blog will come up with their information in it. Wishful thinking but if that’s how you end up reading this—choose someone who knows what they are doing and isn’t lazy. Craig got his CT scans done on Monday and was told they should be to Dr. Mahon’s office by Tuesday evening. Today they are still not over there and we still haven’t heard anything. I called today and “Oh we were just working on that. We’ve been having some problems with it but we’ll get it over to them now.” REally!? Why now? Because I’m calling you out on not doing your job today? What about Tuesday and Wednesday when you drug your feet and didn’t do your job? Meanwhile, Craig isn’t getting any better. Nevermind that something is going on with my husband’s body and you’re being lazy and not doing your job correctly!
I can take being jerked around all day long and keep a calm head about it. But the minute you mess with my husband (or anyone I love for that matter) I become a crazy person. I think everyone’s jobs are important. I don’t really care what you do, you serve a purpose. But if you choose to go into a health related field you should really have your crap together. I was a cashier in a pharmacy when I was sixteen. We would get busy and I would help count pills or stock shelves. I had a lot of different tasks. One of them was being nice to sick customers though. I was chewed out a couple times by them and apologized to as well. And even in my really bad mood, fighting with my boyfriend, tired from softball practice or school, PMSing days, I still tried to go above and beyond what was expected of me and be KIND to people. Which in general is a nice thing to do for everyone because everyone is fighting some sort of battle, but when you are dealing with sick people you should times your niceness by 153! And you should really times your effeciency by 237 when you are dealing with results concerning my husband’s health and internal organs.
It could very well turn out to be something so small. And I am praying for that. But not doing your job correctly, effeciently, and with a KIND attitude is only holding up the process. And you holding up the process can only be hurting him even more than he was a WEEK AGO!
Thank you for letting me vent. And if you choose these people as your location for receiving CT scans in the future just know that you may be waiting a hell of a lot longer than if you had chose someone else. Do yourself a favor.
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Another example of hurting a loved one:
This is funny now and we can laugh about it. It will make me smile now and as fired up as I am I need to smile before class. I was about eleven or twelve and Mom and I were on our way to a softball tournament. It was for travel ball so we were at least an hour plus away from home and had everything we needed for a day spent at the ballpark. We would get there at 8 and stay until 10 when it came to softball tournaments. We show up at the break of dawn and we’re walking to the field. Mom has the cooler full of goodies, her chairs, etc. I’m behind her a few steps with my softball bag and all my crap for the game. This man starts backing up and isn’t even looking in his rear view mirror because he’s about run all over my mom. She can’t get her feet moving fast enough and she falls with the cooler, chairs, everything. We’re all screaming and he stops and gets out to see if she’s ok. I don’t think anything else has ever made me more mad. It was a simple mistake, yes. It could have happened to anyone, yes. But it was MY MOM and that totally changed things. I went off on him telling him he needed to pay attention to what he was doing and learn how to drive. Which were really big statements for my eleven year old self.
Mom, maybe this is why I always worry about you falling when I’m not around? I bet that is where it stems from.
When I was little, mom and I were walking to our car in a parking lot. And I was small so this guy couldn’t see me in his rearview mirror and started backing up and my mom kicked his rear bumper with her heeled shoe. If I remember the story correctly it pierced his bumper she kicked it so hard.
Oh, the things we do for love.
I never want Craig to feel like I don’t think he’s able to take care of himself. I totally know he is. He is a grown man. But I think he’s come to understand me when it comes to things like this. Maybe one day he’ll even find it a little endearing. Right now he tolerates it well though. I guess that’s all one can hope for.
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22.4 lbs to go
2.6 lbs closer
It definitely isn’t coming off fast enough but I’m determined to stay patient. It is only week 2. I blame the .8lb loss on being a woman this week. I haven’t really changed my eating habits much. So I guess I can’t complain too much. Working out has become a routine and it is actually something I look forward to doing. I told Craig I would be happy not to lose weight as long as I kept working out and felt this good. I just FEEL better about myself. Which is all I really care about. But being 25 pounds lighter is always a plus, I suppose. I’ve been walking/running at least 2 miles every night except Thursdays. Thursdays I’m in class until late so I take that as my day off. On to my third large print book. It’s working out pretty well. If I don’t make it to my goal by my 25th birthday, I’m definitely sticking with it until I do. It just feels different this time. I’m so focused. 
