Gas - it makes us go

I would never believe it if I didn't see it and experience it myself. For about a week gas stations in the metro area are bone dry. I keep praying that I will make it til there is more gas and wonder what I will do if I run out of gas. I hate being a gas watcher but for the past 2 days I was constantly checking websites and seeing if there might be gas anywhere and this morning I found it! Just down the road. I didn't even turn the lights off or anything just left the house and went and filled up - I've never felt so lightened before by filling up. When I got there I didn't have to wait but by the time I left there were at least 8-10 cars at each entrance waiting - I wonder how long that supply of gas is going to last. They say this shouldn't last much longer that the EPA has lifted restrictions and the governor has signed a waiver to allow truck drivers to work longer hours - we'll just keep praying that all goes well. A little reminiscent of days gone by.................not sure I like it to well.

Say good by to my little nest egg..........

So last night we were having a pleasant evening. I gave Kiersey a bath - Kaia's homework was done. They were fed. David came home from work took a shower and got cleaned up. Next thing we hear is water flowing - We thought it was the fridge filling the ice maker - no it wasn't that. Walk out to the garage where the water heater is and the sound is a lot louder. I open the front door and water is gushing everywhere! What a headache.

The plumber came this morning. A new water heater, pressure regulator and some lovely re-piping to get the new water heater to fit - my money for a rainy day is gone. I am not happy. But then when I think about all the damage we could have had, flooding in the house, a fire (you'll see from the picture below) I am thankful that it wasn't any worse.

It could have been so much worse.

International Night

The Spanish branch had international night. It was so much fun! There was food from Mexico, El Salvador, Peru, Belize, Costa Rica, and some other places. We ate and we ate and we ate. There food was so good and the girls loved trying the different foods as well. I was excited that they had horchata - I can never find it out here.

They had some great performances as well. Dances from each country and a mariachi band. Kiersten was mesmerized. She would dance in front of our chairs and was so serious about watching. The night was a lot of fun - it reminded me of something my mom and dad would love and I am glad my girls get the exposure to other cultures.

Twilight Fans

The majority of you who read this are - so just passing along this little tid bit. If you go to Stephanie Meyer's website she has posted a draft of Midnight Sun. I'll let you read why there - but if are you wanting a "Twilight" fix this might help.

End of Summer

It was a ho drum weekend. We did make it to the pool and Kaia was off but Kiersey stayed around.

Back to School

I'm not sure if I am excited or not. I kind of enjoy not fighting Kaia to get her homework done and to stay in bed after we send her there at night.


Kaia had an awesome first week of school. She loves her teachers (yes, she has 2) Hopefully that stays that way as the year progresses. Kiersten and I on the other hand had to deal with her being sick the later part of the week with what ended up to be Hand, Foot, Mouth disease. I felt so bad for her. She had sores all over in her mouth and she didn't want to eat and about an hour before it was time to give her another dose of Motrin she would get so irritable. It was not fun. By Saturday she was more herself and wanted to be outside all day playing.On to week 2. We'll see if the excitement continues.

Memories

Memories...I hope you will play along.Here are the directions:

1. Add a comment on my blog and leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot just do anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments!

The Color Purple

For Christmas David got me tickets to see The Color Purple. We finally got redeem those tickets yesterday. Danyell & EuGene watched the girls for us so that in of its self was a treat not to have 2 little girls vying for your attention constantly. I love this story - it is one of the only movies that I will watch over and over again - and learn something each time I see it so seeing the play just added to that. Now I know what I will be reading until Breaking Dawn comes out.


The only annoying thing was that there were a lot of people that were late and they kept letting them in so for the first half of the play I kept having to move up and down or side to side just to see the stage - I was starting to get really upset and was about to say something when someone behind me started complaining (I was glad that it wasn't me that had to make a stink and I know David was glad I kept my mouth shut).

I also discovered that Les Miserables (hey Danielle- that brings back some memories) and Wicked are also coming before the end of the year. I just might have to make this a habit.

Okay, let me get this straight.....

So much for going to the doctor. Now I know why I don't go - then you find out things that are wrong with you. What's wrong with living in abyss? I kind of like it.

I finally got in to see the dermatologist - not even 5 minutes the PA (not even the dr) came in took a look at me, asked me what my concerns were, wrote some prescriptions and was gone. Hey that's okay - I just want to get rid of my acne. Then I go to fill it. Ha Ha Ha - dealing with insurance companies and formulary charts, not my idea of fun. The first prescription I received was sulfa based - guess now is as good as any to find out that I am alergic to it - Good thing I figured it out sooner rather than when the hives were really bad. Then I had to get the dr to call in a different prescription. Go to pick it up and register reads $120 - I felt bad for the pharmacy tech because I was not about to pay that much money for a month of prescriptions. So I spent the next week trying to get a hold of the nurse to call the insurance company to get a PA (pre-authorization) for one medication and making sure they prescribed a medication that had a generic that was on the formulary list, what a mess.

Then my annual visit to the OB/GYN. When I told her my concerns about the acne and some other things I'd been experiencing she decided to do a blood test to check hormone as well as other things. 1st test came back with high insulin levels so she wanted to do do another blood test - oh great (I do not like being stuck) 2 1/2 hrs later and a bruise on my arm that just went away (its been almost 2 wks) I get my follow up visit. I am now insulin resistant. Still trying to understand it all - it's all a little overwhelming because a lot of times it is tied to PCOS or Diabetes but I don't have either one of those. I have a lot of reading to do.

4th of July

Jill and Ashley came to visit for the weekend. All us girls had lots of fun - luckily David doesn't mind being the odd man out. Kaia was in heaven having someone to play with all the time. Kiersten was trying to keep up with the big girls and I enjoyed just having Jill around. We went swimming and went to watch the fireworks. It was very pleasant - not hot and sticky (which made it even better).