Happy 4th Birthday Josie

Today is my neice Josie's 4th Birthday! I hope she has a awesome birtday at Chuckie Cheese's tonight. Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Josie, Happy Birthday to you!

Photo taken 7/08 Josie and her Daddy (Charles).

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No we have not fallen off the face of the earth! We have been busy with the yard, garden, and summer itself. We hope that everyone had a safe and Happy 4th of July. We started vacation on the 4th and will return back to work on Monday 14th. This week has gone by way to fast! We enjoyed a neighborhood picnic and fireworks on Saturday the 5th. The fireworks were awesome! However the grand finally did not go off as one of the workers was injured. Please keep Chris in you thoughts and prayers. He has a broken hand and a banged up face from his hand flying back and hitting himself in the face.
Wed. and Thur. my parents were here from the east side of the state. It was to short of a visit but it was nice to see them. We enjoyed Wed. out with the Brown's (neighbors) at Rick's fathers house out at Gun Lake on his pontoon boat. We had 7 adults, 1 child (my nephew Liam) and 1 dog! It was a awesome day! Liam enjoyed himself so much. His sister Josie had surgery on her tear duct that day so he spent it with us and got a lot of one-on-one attention. Josie did well through her surgery. When Charles and Mandie stopped to get Liam after Josie surgery. The twins were proud to show us that they are starting to stand and let go and take a few steps. Wow! How they have grown in the last 10 months.
Thursday Mom and I played in the scrapbook room with her Cricut she brought with her. What a cool machine. Andy and Dad went fishing, caught some but not keepers. They worked on the boat we borrowed from Randy and got that up in running. So maybe I will try my hand at fishing this weekend.
We picked our first green pepper from the garden on Tuesday! Not much planned for the rest of vacation, just enjoying the time off!

Drink it. Feel it. Share it.

Many of you know I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia a few months back. Which explains a lot about why I have been so sick in the past. Fibromyalgia is a syndrome that affects the muscles and soft tissue. Fibromyalgia symptoms include chronic pain in the muscles, fatigue, sleep problems, and painful tender points or trigger points at certain parts of the body. Fibromyalgia pain and other symptoms can be relieved through medications, lifestyle changes, stress management, and other fibromyalgia treatment.I have been following a sugar control diet and cutting out most processed foods. I have decided not to take prescriptions for this and have been working ever so hard on the natural way to feeling better. A family friend recently introduced us to Mona vie. Have you heard of this? Mona vie is a delicious and healthy blend of 19 fruits. We have been taking 2 ounces in the am and 2 ounces in the pm. Wow! What a difference! I have so much more energy, less pain, and my husband is now back to sleeping through the night!
Drink it. Feel it. Share it.

This has been one rough week! Tuesday I was under the weather with a migraine. Wednesday started out okay but turned into another one by late afternoon. Today so far so good! I had a Dr. appointment this morning for my ears and my shoulder. Well the ear issue is from my allergies, and the shoulder issue, is going to put me in therapy. I had a x-ray today and just waiting on therapy to call and schedule my first appointment. Something is going on in the joint of the left shoulder. I was so happy to find out it was not my rotator cuff!
We are getting some booming thunderstorms today, raining hard and looks like it is dark outside with the street lights on. I am not a fan of storms and looks like it will be doing this until next week! YUCK!
I soon will have to go to work so I guess I better get some house work done.

Busy Holiday Weekend...

Wow! Summer has officially started with Memorial Day weekend now over with. We had a very busy weekend helping the neighbors split and stack wood, working in the yard and planting our first garden. I have planted some flowers in pots around the yard and in the garden we have planted tomatoes cucumbers, zucchini, cantaloupe, and peppers (red, green and yellow). It will be fun to watch the plants grow and produce vegetables and fruits.
June will be a busy month for us with graduation open house's,starting this Sunday with my nephew Michael's and continue through the end of the month. Not to mention my birthday and our 1st wedding anniversary :)

Home from the Vet's Office

On Friday May 16, Ace had a appointment with the vet. I had not taken him to a vet since leaving my job in Kalamazoo in 2006. Many of you know he is often sick after he eats. I had test done on him shortly after i got him to see what was wrong. Basicly I was told he had a narrow esophagus and there really wasn't much I could do. Well the new vet seen him Friday and kept him till Monday night to examine him and placed him on some antibiotics with steroids. So far so good! I did not realize till late Friday night they were keeping him! Not only keeping him for the night but through the whole weekend. The first night was very rough and Monday could not come fast enough for me. He was very cautious when we first got home. He didn't eat much till yesterday evening, but this morning he is starting to act like his old self. Waking me up so he could eat. I have the next two days off and believe there will be many hours spent holding him. The house was not the same without him here!

Fibromyalgia

The primary symptoms of fibromyalgia include widespread musculoskeletal pain, severe fatigue, and disturbed sleep. Fibromyalgia means pain in the muscles, ligaments, and tendons – the soft fibrous tissues in the body.
Most patients with fibromyalgia say that they ache all over. Their muscles may feel like they were pulled or overworked. Sometimes fibromyalgia symptoms include muscle twitches and burning sensations.

Above is info on what I haev been diaganosed with. This should help those of you who were looking for info about it.

On a brighter note Ammi & Eliora are now 6 months old. They sit up, and scootch everywhere. Eliora has 2 teeth and Ammi has 0. They were here last month when I took these pictures .