Random Things

Has it really been that long since I posted? Dang!

Well, skin issues are clearing up at our house :) WOO! Katie's skin looks almost perfect! yay! I hate that it takes such a strong steroid cream to clear up her skin. Let's hope we can prevent future eczema flares as much as possible!

I was covered in a rash for the better part of this week. Yep! I had an allergic reaction to something. Not sure what it was, but the likely suspects are the antibiotic that I was put on for my staph infection OR the glue on the band-aids that I wore for about a week. My skin is bright red and itchy where I had the band-aids and you can still see where the band-aids were. It's quite lovely. I'd post a pic, but I'll spare you!

My blood pressure is remaining higher than the doctors would like so they doubled my dose. It was 125/89 last time they checked. Too high? Not in my opinion! Sigh. The doc has scheduled a followup appt for a couple weeks down the road so they can try to determine the cause because apparently I am just too young to have high blood pressure. I said, "Well, it's not really a mystery...I am overweight and it runs in my family." He said, "True.....and true. But I would just feel better if we took a look to see if it might be something else." I wasn't aware that they could test for a cause for high blood pressure. Maybe too much salt in the diet? Too much caffeine? I bet they put me on a limited diet to see if that does anything. We'll see. I will oblige if that is the case. If you know anything about me and medication, you know that I hate to take it so if I can do something to avoid it - GREAT!

I had a nice Mother's Day. Brian and the kids let me sleep in. Let me rephrase that...I got up with Kasey at about 4:00 and put him back down for a nap at about 6:00. So I was able to sleep in after that :) I got a new Dooney & Bourke purse. Very cute! Pink with pink polka dots. Thanks, honey! I also got a few things from the kids and a set of noise cancelling headphones. I had asked for the headphones for when I go on plane trips. Not that I am expecting a lot of trips, but I know that I will probably head out to either Houston or Colorado Springs at least once yet this year, if not twice. And I will probably head out to Seattle again in January. Planes are loud.

Katie had her last day of preschool this week. It was very cute. They had a water day on Monday and got to wear their swimsuits to school. Katie was so excited! She got to go down the big slide. :) What a blast!

The big news since the last post is that Brian is staying in the Air Force! We are breathing a little easier having found this out. It certainly makes things easier.

My hydrangeas have bloomed and are starting to look nice. I am going to take a picture when I get a few more blooms. I am proud of my hydrangeas! My lilies look like they are about to bloom too! Hopefully we will get to see those in a couple of weeks. They are bright orange and they got really big this year.

I think that's all the excitement around our house since last post. OH...start the countdown...Brian turns 30 in 11 days!!