Good news!

I saw the doctor today (and yes, she saw me) and she said that I'm healing well and they got all the bad, nasty cells out of me.  :) Life can go on as normal. A pap in 4 months and then another 6 months after that and if they come back clean, I can go back to the regular annual exam!

Thank you for all the positive thoughts and prayers. They helped a lot!

I hate to blog about me

But, I know some of you knew I was having surgery on Monday and I wanted to let you know that everything is going well. I have a follow up on Monday so the doctor can feel better about my recovery. Mostly sleepy - and hungry!

Speech Class

Patch had his 3rd speech class today. He got homework today! The first day, the teacher made it sound like she would do it all and we wouldn't have to help him. I guess that's changed ;-)

I'm still not impressed with public school. I've heard them use a couple expressions that I'd rather my boys not know - telling him that he has no excuse to not listen because we know he can hear great - after his hearing test. Yeah, I need the boys to have something new to try to get out of doing stuff - they just haven't thought of some of this stuff on their own!!

At the meeting with me to determine if he was eligible, the teach (I'm calling her that because she calls me 'mom' ;-) ) asks and then looks at me very expectantly if I was going to enroll him in PS. Oh wait, let me rethink my plans here in 5 seconds and change everything I do. Umm, no, I'm not going to enroll him.

Today, I found out that if the kids raise their hands and behave, they get sand dollars that they can cash in for candy. One of the boys misbehaved so he didn't get any today but then neither did Patch. 'Why' you ask? Didn't he behave himself? Of course, he did! This is Patch we're talking about! He didn't get any because he doesn't attend school. I'm not thrilled that they bribe the kids with candy but I think I would be crushed if I were in Patch's shoes. :(

Needless to say, Patch is pushing to attend PS next year :(

Update on Monday

Patch LOVED his first class. Even if it was too short. They have smart boards in the school now (from what I hear.) It looks like a dry-erase board but the teacher can program it with different things. I guess the teacher pulled up various pictures and had the kids pick out rhyming words. If they got it right the pictures did something fun. I wonder if I can get something like that for homeschooling  - yeah, if something like that was in my budget. HA!

The Dr. found something that she could have biopsied yesterday. Now I have to wait patiently until next Thursday to get results. And, I'm sure you all know how patient I can be. Not very. Please continue to think good thoughts for me. tyvm!

A little nervous...

I'm a little nervous about tomorrow. First, we have Patch's first speech therapy class. I'm nervous about him behaving well and not disrupting the class and him saying something that makes me look like a terrible teacher ;-) Like the time he told Ms. Chanda in our nature class that I once told him that if he ever saw a snake to run away as fast as he can. Umm, what?? Lord knows what I'll be accused of when he's in a class I'm not around at! So, yes, I'm worried about putting him in public school even for one specialized class and what influences he'll get from the other kids or the teacher that I won't know that I should be correcting!

Then, I get to go to an ob/gyn that hasn't made a great impression on me during my first visit. I was referred to her for an abnormal pap and I expected to get the 2nd procedure done the day I met her. Then the scheduling person tried to schedule it out four months from that day. Don't tell me I might have a problem and then make me wait four months!!! I corrected that the next morning and she scheduled it for tomorrow (a week and a half later?) So, that's tomorrow and then I have to wait how long to get those results? I can tell you I won't wait four months for that either!! LOL

So, tomorrow will be over before I know it, right? Think positive thoughts for me, please!

BzzAgent & Makeup!

I know some of you know that I'm a BzzAgent. It's a really great concept where manufactures or sales agents anyhow ask us to try out a product and then tell our friends about it. We just hope it's something good to say about the product. ;-) If you'd like to find out more, check out the BzzAgent site here: http://www.bzzagent.com/

I haven't done a lot as a BzzAgent lately but they offered me a chance to try out some makeup and I know you're all thinking... Wendy? Makeup? This does not compute! But, I have on occassion worn makeup. Every once in a while, I think I should wear it more often but it's something I'm not very good at. (Just don't tell those people who still think I'm perfect - a certain 8yo and 11yo that are all near and dear to our hearts.)

So, anyhow, I received my samples today from L'Oreal - because I'm worth it!

The eye shadow looks pretty cool, one fell swoop and I have three colors on my eye. The mascara on the other hand looks a little scary. What's with the round ball on the bottom end?? I never saw such a fat mascara container before. A two step process sounds like twice as much clumping and getting black stuff all over my face - very dangerous in my thought process... But, I will try them on later and maybe give you a before and after shot and let you know what I think.

In the meantime, check out this video of our silly puppy. She WILL get this red dot some day! I have faith in her ;-)

Rental house is DONE!

Well, except for the appliances but there's no big rush right now. But, it's soooo nice to have all that painting, painting and more painting behind us!

We didn't have to do too much work outside this time. (It needs work but later, much later hopefully!)

 There was soooo much junk left on the property, included a truck (broken) muffler left under the house. We made two large trips to the dump - one shortly after we started work and the 2nd one, this weekend. The muffler ran the entire length of my van.

Both bathroom sinks needed to be reseated as they were popping out of the counter and that led to plumbing work below.

The entire inside needed to be painted, we stuck with white throughout the house. One of the renters had left thousands of pin holes in the walls. Dart board or push pins, we're not sure but they're gone now.

This tub was disgusting! But, I finally got it mostly clean.

 In addition to the sink in this bathroom, we had to replace the light fixture.

 The wood floors took a beating from the renters too. I don't know what they kept dragging across the floors and along the walls but this looks better too.

 The sub floor needed to be replaced in the laundry room. It seems like they had a freezer that leaked? Anyhow, we couldn't have a mushy floor so the guys worked hard to tear up what was there and replace a lot of wood below and then covering the entire laundry room and kitchen floor with new linoleum.

 The kitchen was just nasty, dirty. And, they not only ran off with the stove but left a broken dishwasher too. Thanks, renter people!

 They did replace the counters near the stove though. We had to finish them so they'd be easier to clean up after the next renters though.

We couldn't have done all this work without the help of some friends. Thank you Pat & Jan for putting in so many hours in helping us get this ready. It's a good thing I married such a handy guy and we have such handy friends :)

We listed the house on craigslist and had two people interested within the first two hours. When we were working on Saturday, a couple stopped by and fell in love. I think we'll have renters as of April 1st - they put a deposit down anyhow.

Cross your fingers for us!!