Good friends ...

send you cards like this. :)

I hope YOUR fairy godmothers kick the crap outta anything or anyone that tries to get in the way of your happiness. Happy Tuesday!

Great advice from Dr. Joyce Brothers

Movie Night

Not much to report for the week, at least nothing too exciting! Cameron had been fighting something off most of the week. Hoarse, dry cough, headache, not much of an appetite, that sort of thing. He'd been waking up in the middle of the night asking for a hot shower because it made him feel better. So not much sleep for mama! He's had AIMS testing this week at school, but still had the normal amount of homework each night, and a book report due, so he was pretty burned out. Needless to say, there was no skate this week. Kept him home on Thursday, took him to the doctor and found out his left lung was a bit "crackly" ... on his way to bronchitis, but not quite there. So we got him in just in time. With the help of his antibiotics and some breathing treatments, he is MUCH better today, appetite is back, and most importantly, so is his pep.  :)  And to top it off, Bryan has been feeling crappy off and on all week. Think he had some sort of a 24 hour flu bug at the beginning of the week, chills, then sweats, and he slept ALL week. Honestly think I saw him for about 20 minutes or so each day. Always something around here! With all of the sleeping going on, I had plenty of free time to catch up on some shows and reading. Finished the Twilight series - FINALLY! The hardest part was the time in between finishing #3, and waiting to start #4. I was dying to find out what happened, and it didn't help knowing I was nearing the end. So I can scratch THAT off my to-do list! As much as I avoided reading them in the beginning, I'm glad I broke down. They were great books, easy reads, but very interesting. Definitely kept me hanging. I was never into fantasy or sci-fi type books, which I think is what I assumed these would be. But they weren't. Of course the vampire/werewolf stuff comes up, but in an intriguing and addicting way!

Now that everyone is much better, think we might even head out tonight for some fun... dinner and a movie. Fast and the Furious is out, and we are all over it! 

Reasons to like beer

... by 7 year olds.

A handful of 7 year old children were asked 'what they thought of beer'. Some interesting responses, but the last one is especially good ... :)

Tim- 'I think beer must be good. My dad says the more beer he drinks the prettier my mom gets.'

Mellanie - 'Beer makes my dad sleepy and we get to watch what we want on television when he is asleep, so beer is nice.'

Grady - 'My Mom and Dad both like beer. My Mom gets funny when she drinks it and takes her top off at parties, but Dad doesn't think this is very funny.'

Toby - 'My Mom and Dad talk funny when they drink beer and the more they drink the more they give kisses to each other, which is a good thing.'

Sarah - 'My Dad gets funny on beer. He is funny. He also wets his pants sometimes, so he shouldn't have too much.'

Lilly - 'My Dad loves beer. The more he drinks, the better he dances. One time he danced right into the pool.'

Ethan - 'I don't like beer very much. Every time Dad drinks it, he burns the sausages on the barbeque and they taste disgusting.'

Shirley - 'I give Dad's beer to the dog and he goes to sleep.'

Jack - 'My Mom drinks beer and she says silly things and picks on my father. Whenever she drinks beer she yells at Dad and tells him to go bury his bone down the street again, but that doesn't make any sense.'

Happy Monday ... a REALLY happy Monday!

IT'S VALLEY FEVER!
Officially.
For sure.
NO CANCER! :)

Ahhhh.. I can feel the stress leaving my body already!
The biopsy was conclusive for valley fever; the doctor was glad the biopsy was done, because the valley fever did not show in the blood work. He's on an antifungal regimen for 3 months, 3x a day. He goes back in 1 month for more labs. There are no restrictions, meaning he can do whatever he wants so long as he has the energy for it. The doctor did say that 20-30% of the patients feel a bit weaker from the medicine, so he's just gonna have to take it easy!

His blood pressure was great. They have an appointment with the PCP on Wednesday to go over the echogram results. Hopefully there won't be any more "updates" other than dad is continuing on his upward trek to good health!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU .... for all the prayers. I know they helped. :)