Getting Better

Well my day has somewhat improved.  I think all I really needed was a little, "it'll be alright, you'll make it through, just keep praying." 
Sometimes we keep looking for solutions to our problems when really we just need to be looking to God.  God gave us good common sense to use, but we have to be faithful and pray too! So while i've got a plan...I've got my faith too.  Plans can fail, no matter how good they are, but my faith will not fail. I need to remember to keep focused on what really matters.

Good Morning Sunshine

Waking up with some sunshine makes for a much better wake-up.  The only problem is that I don't want to open my blinds before I go to bed...because then it would get very bright in my room before 5am...and I am not ready to get up that early...I'm VERY much not ready to wake up that early.  In fact I don't even want to get up when I do!  Regardless...as I was driving to work it was nice to have the sun shinning!
So today I am feeling kinda down in the dumps emotionally.  Igot a call about some past debt that I am going to have to pay off within two months or they are going to garnish my wages...so that pretty much set my day up for greatness. Exactly what I needed...really.  Just makes me sick.  I know that I screwed up with money and credit cards when I was in college...I realize that and am much more careful with money now, but that doesn't pay back my debt...not at all.
My husband has an interview this morning...PRAYING!!! He would really like this job...so it sure would be nice if he would get it!  It would also give him a FULL 40 hours a week...which we currently really need if we are ever going to be able to pay off a little debt!
Only 9 more days till summer vacation...it's one of the delightful parts of being a teacher!  I can't wait to spend time with my little buddy this summer! For now...I'm super tired.  I would guess this super low Iron has something to do with that...and the fact that I'm feeling like an awful person right now.  It's just not a good day.

Thanks for the well wishes!

Thanks to everyone who sent the well wishes during my unexpected hospital stay.  Here's what happened...in a nutshell!
I was having bad stomach pain on Wednesay night.  I went to Mercy in CR.  They did some tests and said they didn't have anyone who specialized in Gastric Bypass(which I had done in 2007) so they didn't feel comfortable analyzing my test results.  They did however inform me that my Iron level is at an all time low.  So...they sent me to the U of I hopsitals and clincs at 3am...where they admitted me.
They surgeon came in...told me to stop taking ibprofine for the rest of my life, then told me they were going to do an endoscopy to determine if it was the same thing that I had problems with last time(which was a gastric ulcer).  They did the endoscopy on Friday and said they didn't see any problems with the ulcer except that ya know...I have one.  They told me as long as I got my pain under control I could go home...so I stopped taking what they were giving me for pain and said I felt fine (I was starting to feel better...so I guess it was okay for me to say I felt fine). So they put me on some meds to reduce the acid (omeprazole) and sent me home.  I am supposed to check in in one to two weeks. and set up a doctors apt with my family doctor about my low Iron.  I am guessing that this low Iron deal is what's causing me to feel so tired.
So that was my past few days.  I've got bruises all over my arms from the IV's and I feel totally drained! But back to work I go! Hope everyone else had a much better past few days!

For my Ladies! Free Nail Polish!

Do you want to get a nail polish for SUPER cheap...pretty much free? You can use both of these coupons at the same time at Target and get a nice nail polish for almost free!  The price on the nail polish is about 2 bucks...and then you get two bucks off if you use both of these coupons!  So it's summer ladies...get yourself a fun summer color!
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So I had to get gas this morning.  I put 20 bucks worth of gas in the tank...and it only got me a quarter of a tank!  Really!?  It's not like I'm driving around a Hummer people...it's a regular, average size car! So to gas prices I say...please stop going up...I can't handle it anymore!

On another note....my husband got his licence renewed, and they don't give them to you anymore!  Now they send them too you! Well, he got his new one in the mail yesterday and I must say...it's ugly!  The only thing I find neat about it is the fact that it has an actual texture to the signature!  You can feel it, it's weird! It has one of the new giant windmills on it too...very odd...I didn't realize our state is known for this!

Tuesday...but it feels like Monday

Good Morning!  So it's a Tuesday but it feels like a Monday.  I posted the newest professional pictures of my little man!  He's such a cutie if I do say so myself...and I do! He's our future Hawkeye for sure! I saw some pictures of when he was little come across my electronic photo frame today...I can't believe how big he's gotten.  I am aware that this will just keep happening each day as he gets bigger.  I will look back on these pictures and think to myself...wow, look how small he was then!  Pictures are a great way to remember these days that pass by all to quickly. 
My first mother's day as a mother was great.  Well, technically I was a mother last year...but Hayden was in-utero!  At this point last year we had not even decided on a name!
The end of the school year is getting closer.  I am really looking forward to spending time with Hayden!  I can't wait to take him to the pool, to the park, on walks, and just play in the back yard!  And of course we'll be working on all those new fun skills like crawling forward, walking and saying MAMA! 

My Future Hawkeye!

My little buddy loves to clap!

He has this tounge thing right now...I think he's teething...it's just so cute!

 He just can't wait to get his hands on that football!

My little buddy...7 1/2 months old!

What a day, or should I say night?

So today is our 2nd year anniversary of marriage!  I'm thrilled, but having trouble showing it!  My little boy turned 8 months old last night and decided to wake up every 20 minutes till 3:30am...when my husband finally gave him a bottle and he still stayed awake a bit longer...then finally went to sleep.  I would say I am running on about 2 hours,maybe a little less, of sleep. My goodness I am tired!
Positive things for the day...
1. It's my second anniversary!  So what are you supposed to get for that anniversary? I read cotton or straw...socks it is!
2. Hayden turned 8 months old yesterday...he's getting big way too fast!
3. I had my first mothers day yesterday!  I love being a Mommy...even when he keeps me up all night long!