tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356965372024-02-07T05:01:48.942-08:00Welcome to The House of Big CheeseRantings and Ramblings, keeping calm and carrying on one day at a time.....~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.comBlogger349125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-44305987691433037572011-09-30T14:02:00.000-07:002011-09-30T14:11:33.936-07:00I am a liar , I admit it.Okay, I said I was going to not disapper I did. Lie number 1.<br />I said I was going to keep up with a new blog I started... Lie number 2.<br /><br />See, I am a chronic liar.<br /><br />I like to blog. But I feel like my life is a wee bit dull to blog about. I mean I realize treatments, medicines, hospital stays and bills aren't exactly riveting stuff. My blog is like one big sleeping pill. I realize I don't live a super exciting life. ;)<br /><br />I was ATTEMPTING to start a new blog, because I figured...New life...new blog....but big failure. So here I am again....LOL hey it's to hard to teach a old dog, new tricks.<br /><br />Lets see recent RIVETING updates ;)<br /><br />Been okay healthwise....meaning, I am on the right combo of meds, but still have issues....like that's news to anyone ;)<br /><br />Had surgery 2 months ago, went well, my gallbladder was full of stones and had attached itself to my intestine. Sounds super fun and not painful right? Really it was a prettty easy surgery to recover from...hardest part is trying to figure out what foods I can no longer eat. Plus side I have lost about 35 lbs of my almost 50 lbs of predisone weight, yes you read that right....I was a hoss ;)<br /><br />Divorce wise, still divorced. I haven't ran off and got married or anything. We are still friends which is good for Houston. I am now dating again. Dating a great guy, so my life is pretty happy.<br /><br />I will update more later, I promise. I like blogging for myself as well, because it's almost like a diary... but hey I am scared of commitment ;)~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-74725365380545789912011-08-07T12:56:00.000-07:002011-08-07T13:02:44.857-07:00I am sorry I have been such a slackerLife has just been busy. Had surgery last week, so I got some down time on my hands ;) So I thought I would blog.<br /><br />Houston is about to start school, should be interesting. Looks like they got a great group of kids in his class. It should be a fun year.<br /><br />We have done lots of fun things this summer like disney world. Houston loved it, 10 days of fun!<br /><br />On the weekends I don't have Houston, I try and fill with live music and water of some kind, usually the lake ;)<br /><br />I miss the little booger so much while he is gone.<br /><br />I will update more later with pictures and stuff just wanted to let you know i was alive ;)~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-3389148922279235662011-01-27T23:16:00.000-08:002011-01-27T23:26:22.290-08:00Circus time.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHMVBMUVpbkFJSD60a4R1AT5LQlqNgawEoiX2x6OIkC2jVTyRQcZ8UTHuBoXBi9YwNdFbX82m73Zqb3CpiJ5N3sqqlbamfvA6Km3Ba7H525Rrw2WI8cxfm-RhfTcqBtvFGyDzhQ/s1600/cir23.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHMVBMUVpbkFJSD60a4R1AT5LQlqNgawEoiX2x6OIkC2jVTyRQcZ8UTHuBoXBi9YwNdFbX82m73Zqb3CpiJ5N3sqqlbamfvA6Km3Ba7H525Rrw2WI8cxfm-RhfTcqBtvFGyDzhQ/s320/cir23.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567133946209331378" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5qQL5ioMVoq9kHbtVG2QZ5Pr4JO_X0L2J7KSI3RXyk4Q-YYPQnwrcZtrFg7PtHePhnQEZK1o_sf7_gphaVk5Kxy5aiF6MwsIoBrvFMl6GiZs7Z5pcVcO5z3nBacgNVy0XfnZYA/s1600/clowent32.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5qQL5ioMVoq9kHbtVG2QZ5Pr4JO_X0L2J7KSI3RXyk4Q-YYPQnwrcZtrFg7PtHePhnQEZK1o_sf7_gphaVk5Kxy5aiF6MwsIoBrvFMl6GiZs7Z5pcVcO5z3nBacgNVy0XfnZYA/s320/clowent32.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567133949507989474" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxYceqhhcRLcMjx18SmX0X0aPVD7jOh4P-96Q8uwPg9WAD2rmH0sRTgAEW5pq1Xndn4Fbn26Z1xgzeQd0ScmqAChX7drjneh22rptQOBMzmtas6eL11wG1lXVw1ylmRy6B8IiLw/s1600/clownie.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxYceqhhcRLcMjx18SmX0X0aPVD7jOh4P-96Q8uwPg9WAD2rmH0sRTgAEW5pq1Xndn4Fbn26Z1xgzeQd0ScmqAChX7drjneh22rptQOBMzmtas6eL11wG1lXVw1ylmRy6B8IiLw/s320/clownie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567133943181222546" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEqmK0WWvHbhP2Zex0235-XXkIct-rJJKGu0DQ1D1FFnFwOmYk8STBSPp1cw99S6TlVSGFPUvsNc9lUz3PAqdTCHDeuaWReoJf0_Ze_hkW87tU7sap00VxHxphWcW7IEpXt8JgCw/s1600/clown.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEqmK0WWvHbhP2Zex0235-XXkIct-rJJKGu0DQ1D1FFnFwOmYk8STBSPp1cw99S6TlVSGFPUvsNc9lUz3PAqdTCHDeuaWReoJf0_Ze_hkW87tU7sap00VxHxphWcW7IEpXt8JgCw/s320/clown.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567133945722371090" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf7MSMfCp00E969dnFaYlsnXXrdVZubdg7MWUZDRQwP8KW5KsfqDHN_Bi-wTm4nsAxfq6-iwMNJDx4E1izSp3gmvG5iB8D0BKDhlLH2VGrZYrQRlVCMdsLTLeJ-vxIsEW2zdNZHQ/s1600/cir.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf7MSMfCp00E969dnFaYlsnXXrdVZubdg7MWUZDRQwP8KW5KsfqDHN_Bi-wTm4nsAxfq6-iwMNJDx4E1izSp3gmvG5iB8D0BKDhlLH2VGrZYrQRlVCMdsLTLeJ-vxIsEW2zdNZHQ/s320/cir.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567133940516296914" /></a><br />I love the circus, even though I am SCARED to DEATH of clowns, but I love my little dude so much...I bit the bullet and we got front row tickets..WORTH EVERY PENNY.<br /><br />Here are a couple unedited snapshots. I wanted to enjoy not be obsessing over pics.<br /><br />We were so close :)<br /><br />Pics at listed ```<br /><br />Scary Clowns...I was having heart palpatations.<br />Dancers<br />Houston trying on circus clothes :)<br />Houston and a VERY NICE, kinda scary clown he was flirting with ;)<br />Lady on an elephant I feared was going to trample us :P<br /><br />Soooo very fun. We had performers talking and signing things for us all night. I didn't have that much fun as a child :)~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-14941438272746910972011-01-27T23:10:00.000-08:002011-01-27T23:16:37.760-08:00I am going to start blogging again, pinky promise.Just had a ton on my plate with the divorce and all. We also moved back to where all our family is, I am actually living in an apartment off my parents house, super cool I know.<br /><br />But it is great because <br />* I can save money<br />* I have help when I am sick, which I have been having some issues with.<br />* Houston gets to see his family often.<br /><br />Not super cool, but it was the best choice for us.<br /><br />Houston is doing great in school. He loves it most of the time, and has a girlfriend he is sure he will marry.<br /><br />Weekends without Houston are hard but I ususally go watch my little brother play or go watch a movie, or just destress.<br /><br />They are putting the finishing touches on the apartment and as much as I love the parentals, I need a little more "me" space. Excited to decorate it. It's not huge but enough. A huge wall in closet, a bath, kitchen area, living room and two bedrooms. Not fancy fancy but hey, I am so blessed to have parents whoe were willing to help me out with everything from a place to live, to helping with Houston, and just loving on us :)<br /><br />Lately, I am just working on making me the best I can be. Houston has adjusted as well as can be expected.<br /><br />I love my little dude !~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-72652722690148288992010-09-14T11:34:00.000-07:002010-09-14T11:39:34.659-07:00I am alive just computerless...I am alive. Just don't have a computer. I have moved and don't have Internet yet. I am in the process of a divorce, don't want to elaborate any more than that, luckily Jeremy and I are able to remain friends during this time. Houston is the priority. We are trying to make the transition as easy as possible for him.<br /><br />He has done pretty well so far. There have been a few meltdowns and man are they terrible :*(<br /><br />Just wanted ya'll to know healthwise, I am pretty good,all the new lupus meds are somewhat doing the trick. Had a bad cold, ear infection and upper respitory infection last week, but I am getting better.<br /><br />I have my parents to help me as well so that helps, and it helps keep their mind of my grandmother's passing :( She will have been gone 2 months on the 17th :(<br /><br />Been a crappy last couple of months. Keep us in your prayers.<br /><br />Hope you all have been well.~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-45422463452426160052010-06-24T19:23:00.001-07:002010-06-24T19:33:37.395-07:00*Waves* I am a liveSorry I have been MIA, I didn't disappear on on purpose. Just spent way more days than I could ever have wanted too, almost 2 weeks in the big house, otherwise known as the hospital, or Brookwood Medical Center. <br /><br />I had been feeling bad for about a week and then totally stopped tinkling, bp through the roof and swollen like a macy thanksgiving day float. Miserable.<br /><br />Went and and of course was promptly detained. The first days were filled with lots of pain meds for the bone pain, that was making me want to hack my legs off amoung other things, with a chainsaw.<br /><br />The first day I was puking my brains out from pain *tmi* but hey,I am being honest.<br /><br />Then my doctor came to my rescue and the pain pump was a life saver. Literally kept me from wanting to perform surgery on myself.<br /><br />Had to adust to lots of new meds, never fun and have even more to start after a whole 'nother shebang of testing.<br /><br />My kidneys are working a little better but still have some issues, they are leaning more towards a lupus flare than anything, as to what started to snowball rolling down the hill.<br /><br />I finally was pardoned and am still in some pain and still have issues but resting at my mom and dad's. They are closer to the doctor, they have a pool and they can help so it's a win win situation.<br /><br />Just wanted you to know I was alive and will try and keep up to date on you all's comings and goings!<br /><br />Missed ya!~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-58296489551721328922010-06-10T13:29:00.000-07:002010-06-10T13:57:48.878-07:00100 random bits part THREE and FOUR51. I would wear vintage clothing every day if I could.<br />52. I would also wear a fasicinator in my hair every day, but I may get looks around her.<br />53. I don't really feel "at home" in Alabama though I have always lived here.<br />54. I would love to photograph the birth of someone's baby, or even just be in the room.<br />55. I have a crush on Maks from Dancing with the Stars.<br />56. I almost want to get plugs in my ears, the smallest gauge but I think people would flip out.<br />57. My grandmother was an identical twin, and I am married to a twin, have an aunt that was a twin, and they actually even heard two heartbeats when my mom was pregnant with me at first...tons of twins.<br />58. I love baby names, but don't like anything super common.<br />59. Jeremy and I had both said prior to even dating that we would have a son named Houston, so it was easy not as easy to come up with a middle name....the other contenders where Houston Champ, Houston Taylor, Houston Ace, Houston Atticus, Houston Jameson and the list goes on.<br />60. If I had another boy he would be named Atticus or Phoenix.<br />61. If I had another daughter I love the name Pippa, Penelope, Tallulah, Lucy, Cora,Lola,Elfie, etc. like I said I like "different"<br />62. I have a great aunt peaches and a great aunt banana...what can I say but there parents didn't speak english well when they named them.<br />63. I did beauty pageants as a kid, and one some :P The last one I won was Miss Yuletide, at 18....I like to refer to it as Miss Muletide ;)<br />64. My dream car would be a land rover but considering they cost a small fortune to work on per hour, it probably will never happen.<br />65. I had almost a perfect 4.0 in college.<br />66. I hate math.<br />67. I am not a patient person.<br />68. I miss having a baby around.<br />69. I used to love Pizzera chips and wish they still made them.<br />70. I go to the movies by myself.<br />71. One of my favorite shoes ever, still was "My So Called Life".<br />72. I still think Jared Leto is cute ;)<br />73. I can't drink sunkist or grapico because it reminds me of all the nasty stuff they make me drink in the hospital.<br />74. I wish I had a cool accent.<br />75. I wish I had known as a teenager what I know now.<br />76. I realize now how young I was when I got married, had Houston etc. I was a baby ;)<br />77. I started dating Jeremy at 18, he had turned 25, wth where my parents thinking ;)<br />78. I don't have many friends my age, they are ususally about Jeremy's age.<br />79. The hospital is my second home.<br />80. Good nurses make ALL the difference.<br />81. I was in labor with Houston for 3 days and because of an issue with the epidural they pressured me to get I could feel EVERYTHING from the waist down but made me not able to breathe and made my arms have muscle spasms...so it was natural which I could handle but DIDN'T like not being able to breathe.<br />82. I don't think Tom Cruise is cute.<br />83. I wish I was a size 6.<br />84. I love netflix.<br />85. I would love to live in London for a while, it will never happen but it would be cool.<br />86. I would love to visit Greece.<br />87. I hate the humidity here.<br />88. I love to read, anything but bodice ripping romance novels. <br />89. I got in trouble in 2nd grade because I brought a true crime book to school to read in "book time" It was called " A Death in White Bear Lake"<br />90. I had lost all my teeth by 8.<br />91. Got my first set of wisdom teeth at 11.<br />92. I don't care for "trendy" names :O<br />93. I had a vintage bedroom complete with a plug in sit down hair dryer in high school.<br />94. J and I were born on the same day of the month and so where my parents, both grandparents I lost died on the same day of the month as well.<br />95. I am not a good house keeper, I get overwhelmed. <br />96. I love anything catholic related.<br />97. My mom got me the coolest vintage Mary and Jesus picture, can't wait to get it and hang it.<br />98. I have to spell my name daily they get all confused on the last name, and think my first name is Jane or Jada.<br />99. I was named after Brooke Sheilds in the movie "Endless Love" my parents hated the movie but loved the name.<br />100. I was almost named lexi ( from ice castles) or scarlett ( gone with the wind) apparently my mom was watching a lot of good with the wind.~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-5856133813649057262010-06-09T08:39:00.000-07:002010-06-09T08:56:46.702-07:00100 random facts --second installment26. I am so into foreign movies I have a region less dvd player, meaning I can play dvd's from all over the world.<br /><br />27. I am fairly liberal in a lot of my views.<br /><br />28. I loved college,the only classes I didn't care for were math. I loved anything science related and loved the history classes.<br /><br />29. I watched this video yesterday, and think it is hilarious.( Just going to post the link so you don't have to listen to it playing) I love adam lambert but it is so dang funny!<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEDgmgbXm-E<br /><br />30. Tim James ( a local politician) totally rubs me the wrong way. He is demanding a recount, I hope it stands as it is and he isn't in a run off for the republican ticket.<br /><br />31. I am not republican nor democrat...I am more of a libertarian.<br /><br />32. I gained 89 in three months when I was pregnant with Houston, got to love toxemia and GD.<br /><br />33. Houston was on track to weigh almost 12 lbs if I had went full term.<br /><br />34. I think Ellen Page is hilarious.<br /><br />35. I used to want to marry Adam Sandler.<br /><br />36. I am horrified yet can't look away when any child pageant show comes on.<br /><br />37. I love cheese dip from a Mexican place...any Mexican place.<br /><br />38. I don't like fast food but if I had to eat anywhere it would be zoes.<br /><br />39. I craved zoes chicken salad the whole time I was pregnant with Houston.<br /><br />40. I love Jane Austen.<br /><br />41. I have loved No Doubt since literally middle school, even before tragic kingdom.<br /><br />42. I think tattoos are cool.<br /><br />43. I had a 2 lb tumor in my chest, around my heart.<br /><br />44. I grew two sets of wisdom teeth.<br /><br />45. I hate the dentist!<br /><br />46. I won a statewide contest about seat belt safety when I was in third grade, you had to come up with a slogan and a picture. Mine included the state of Alabama with a seat belt across it and you can still see it on some signs...all I got was a 100 savings bond.<br /><br />47. I read Little Women in first grade, the book was as big as I was.<br /><br />48. I started reading very well at three and still love to read!<br /><br />49. I have a collection of baby sitter's club books, what can I say they aren't printed anymore and I loved them as a kid, maybe there will be a niece of something I can let read them one day!<br /><br />50. I have broken more bones than I can count.~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-59881965473075600852010-06-08T13:53:00.000-07:002010-06-08T14:08:00.115-07:00100 things you didn't know about me--- Part UnoInspired by Brooke at Too Many B's I thought I would share my facts...<br /><br />1. My middle name is Marie, it is a name that almost all the females on my mom's side of the family share.<br /><br />2. I have one son but have been been pregnant 4 times, in 5 years. The last pregnancy was a little girl, and I was a few months pregnant and I still think about "her" all the time.<br /><br />3. Her is/would have been Lillith.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMODWDlWjy1kLevp64iMxtE5NiXdbBD8UV_HWSAAEsHqN0myu7MZNTSElhOfBxitvL1hETo4WWUYwWQvB4b_bb1Da5Q4Dh9hB9-OgrlzZ9AJeDhJ8q-_E67sn8mARbpJxDxNQZbQ/s1600/lily.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMODWDlWjy1kLevp64iMxtE5NiXdbBD8UV_HWSAAEsHqN0myu7MZNTSElhOfBxitvL1hETo4WWUYwWQvB4b_bb1Da5Q4Dh9hB9-OgrlzZ9AJeDhJ8q-_E67sn8mARbpJxDxNQZbQ/s320/lily.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480512174150250034" /></a><br />4. My moms side of the family is middle eastern, lebanese...I went to school and told my kindy teacher that my mom's mother was a lesbian.....hey it's an easy mistake to make!<br /><br />5. I love anything british, totally addicted to british tv.<br /><br />6. I have a tattoo on my stomach that will never again see the light of day.<br /><br />7. I am catholic, I love being catholic :) I love all the tradition and order as well. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOirzhSRFCNCWRGT294GS5z4exj3_w2dG5BkR_JZTjfCIAYTFSfKPYPEzLd2UtfI1HL_10A1V8giIOanc-BefPYZi5BzfvS9po_g-lUdMh9EyZ8iY3geZKeq5lut71A-yQjv9xrQ/s1600/john+miller+032-1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOirzhSRFCNCWRGT294GS5z4exj3_w2dG5BkR_JZTjfCIAYTFSfKPYPEzLd2UtfI1HL_10A1V8giIOanc-BefPYZi5BzfvS9po_g-lUdMh9EyZ8iY3geZKeq5lut71A-yQjv9xrQ/s320/john+miller+032-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480512169338786866" /></a><br /><br />8. I am obsessed with Adam Lambert.<br /><br />9. My hair has been about every color you could think of, the last was purple.<br /><br />10. I have lots of scars.<br /><br />11. I set off the metal detectors at the air port ;)<br /><br />12. I would love to be a roller girl!<br /><br />13.I am OCD, like seriously diagnosed. Thank god, for anxiety meds.<br /><br />14.I love the the color green.<br /><br />15. I collect vintage pyrex and corelle.<br /><br />16. I love sour patch kids.<br /><br />17. My birthday is dec 4, jeremy's is nov. 4 and we got married on jan 4, houston tried to come way early on aug 4 and they stopped my labor and he was born after 3 days on august 31...3 plus 1 equals....you get it....4! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikwnz5sNhy9lh9yzRS1Pf2idmkpBUggofrRPIr_-seJQ2elLiPJsqE-uFlNHJXGD7aS-7J5rrvvYSmqMEXIqBVN7Gpn2or8bD86oZseHUrLBiFqfYV0P6pI6WO3oKB9ebqTIH6ng/s1600/wedding-2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikwnz5sNhy9lh9yzRS1Pf2idmkpBUggofrRPIr_-seJQ2elLiPJsqE-uFlNHJXGD7aS-7J5rrvvYSmqMEXIqBVN7Gpn2or8bD86oZseHUrLBiFqfYV0P6pI6WO3oKB9ebqTIH6ng/s320/wedding-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480512193163665330" /></a><br /><br />18. I am in perimenpause.<br /><br />19. I will be turning 29 this year.<br /><br />20. I love photography.<br /><br />21. I love any kind of craft.<br /><br />22. I have made houston about 20 scrapbooks....**hangs her head**<br /><br />23. I love british fashion magazines.<br /><br />24. I am obessed with learning about different religions.<br /><br />25. I would love to travel overseas.~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-85908208868830814432010-06-02T10:46:00.000-07:002010-06-02T10:52:22.345-07:00A whole lot of nothing and headed to big school.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXKfU1NUrROBt8QnF1ItcOmDwVcz83hbrUAYJ_KnIYi7fTCOK_tajQXK5Kt17g4Pq9oAhROjZUQLzDt-cqor9YIzg35uLv6p29uWgKjYReeQ4fnD9ARQshvZu5CBmwNcCK52Tng/s1600/grad+6.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 87px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXKfU1NUrROBt8QnF1ItcOmDwVcz83hbrUAYJ_KnIYi7fTCOK_tajQXK5Kt17g4Pq9oAhROjZUQLzDt-cqor9YIzg35uLv6p29uWgKjYReeQ4fnD9ARQshvZu5CBmwNcCK52Tng/s320/grad+6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478235045937806146" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvFzOUonU5K7xogdOaX5GxiCiZs3MfgS8Hh8rfm7eM-eIQw9tQmvpJFz-mxhkiCOS1c-6zAUOOk9qdkETGY5RfBLUbrcjsyg-YIMc0RCj9LuPRwJZu_sSlbkNMomGkgtFRLh0kSA/s1600/graduation.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 87px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvFzOUonU5K7xogdOaX5GxiCiZs3MfgS8Hh8rfm7eM-eIQw9tQmvpJFz-mxhkiCOS1c-6zAUOOk9qdkETGY5RfBLUbrcjsyg-YIMc0RCj9LuPRwJZu_sSlbkNMomGkgtFRLh0kSA/s320/graduation.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478235034328438914" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicCGA12UGwjYlhqSJv8BAtfvpYihvZpTng7URBMrBi5kN4S6wPiGLPrj62A3Cv92Sglj8cwANP30bgwG-nJ_7cbeLREVEKggJQOQHEVTMD6osPUlZCBG7_mcYMBjNTO-ISsYVL2g/s1600/graduation2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 130px; height: 87px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicCGA12UGwjYlhqSJv8BAtfvpYihvZpTng7URBMrBi5kN4S6wPiGLPrj62A3Cv92Sglj8cwANP30bgwG-nJ_7cbeLREVEKggJQOQHEVTMD6osPUlZCBG7_mcYMBjNTO-ISsYVL2g/s320/graduation2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478235033617904738" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKjkKCy82gTaDKmBrbmuXhKShPDgaPJUU7j6ypwZUWJL99X7T21pbDK7Qxjg2naZ-h8k3kyGLxoo4uv8CAL4Vep8XcjcU5xcDvztipO-8sz56YLxl6tbyU5D52URb6ybgsuhqHQ/s1600/grad1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 130px; height: 87px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKjkKCy82gTaDKmBrbmuXhKShPDgaPJUU7j6ypwZUWJL99X7T21pbDK7Qxjg2naZ-h8k3kyGLxoo4uv8CAL4Vep8XcjcU5xcDvztipO-8sz56YLxl6tbyU5D52URb6ybgsuhqHQ/s320/grad1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478235023865524386" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPFnSTjvWUMQQ35LnkJg6JDliS5AeHCb3d0Gs5KJa4VsZSaC1SPiW5enpnIynxvOaVGOHjnT2Oyvv7PXr-pNqHj2mcynVCtmn2tw49vcn1mFctEpmI9S1UoXeGad71XxRCnkgkQ/s1600/graduation4.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 130px; height: 127px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPFnSTjvWUMQQ35LnkJg6JDliS5AeHCb3d0Gs5KJa4VsZSaC1SPiW5enpnIynxvOaVGOHjnT2Oyvv7PXr-pNqHj2mcynVCtmn2tw49vcn1mFctEpmI9S1UoXeGad71XxRCnkgkQ/s320/graduation4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478235020780199138" /></a><br />The big cheese, Houston Chance is offically headed to big school.Not sure when he went from the cute little baby on the slideshow to the little boy in the cap and gown. But he has grown up. Seems like yesterday and forever ago that he was that small.<br /><br /><br />Other than that, and me feeling under the weather not much has been going on, he has been home from school so we are playing and doing some school stuff so he retains everything , or most of it :)<br /><br />Man, he is hyper :P~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-30501758247418510252010-05-26T08:38:00.000-07:002010-05-26T09:05:18.564-07:00Probably the longest post ever....First off I am not a hermit I promise.<br /><br />Just feeling NASTY.<br /><br />I had been feeling pretty yuck, but was bound and determined I was going to my 10 yr reunion, ( yes, I will add pics later in this post) well was having some issues with swelling in my face especially.<br /><br />Which only got worse after consuming a couple of "adult beverages".<br /><br />Well on Monday I was feeling way way way bad, was way swollen and wanted to cut my joints off with a hacksaw.<br /><br />So I was just trying to hold out until my appt on Wed., where it looks like my kidneys have been the major culprit all along. As I only have one that works that is a problem:P<br /><br />So got get a few more tests to see what all is going on, not really pleased with the first one where my levels or all the nastiness where so high it couldn't even be read :P So we shall see! I'll keep you posted, mention this on facebook and I will hunt you down ;)<br /><br />Anyway, in other news everything around here is breaking and it is driving me NUTS. It was the washer last week, then the dishwasher and now the air conditioner?? Serisously, you are 5 yrs old. So I am sitting her typing with no air, needless to say I am about to go run errands!<br /><br />Please forgive the swollen face ;P<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6nyrI5GsUvdIfDyCakgr30WirZmmCeM5MSWAtkYkuWuDBpKYmd2PISqcTleX3WplyRXSUsZPJfKkqt8HF59WZ8hLr92aMGQbnWpWSWAjtaUCMQjvfCbr4lfz-GDzfleQdSryRTw/s1600/reunio.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6nyrI5GsUvdIfDyCakgr30WirZmmCeM5MSWAtkYkuWuDBpKYmd2PISqcTleX3WplyRXSUsZPJfKkqt8HF59WZ8hLr92aMGQbnWpWSWAjtaUCMQjvfCbr4lfz-GDzfleQdSryRTw/s320/reunio.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475609044629849026" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVocMDQf6puLfD0zvciewAobAojQ5YEvAuN8K6X0GV00dLUc1pom8z0Pjde8cgYEVzNuQqB53uHAbHo7HJDC5LSbeo-XNkRrR4RCcRd9yfvL7zSRRrtZGj6Gn2_Zc_wFvpRrx1Eg/s1600/clasgril.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVocMDQf6puLfD0zvciewAobAojQ5YEvAuN8K6X0GV00dLUc1pom8z0Pjde8cgYEVzNuQqB53uHAbHo7HJDC5LSbeo-XNkRrR4RCcRd9yfvL7zSRRrtZGj6Gn2_Zc_wFvpRrx1Eg/s320/clasgril.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475609042736744482" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY90Y11HNdg3byNeFIxhJbHDq3q_hVsiWeydOdLEB6F6fI1k9Oy_vKO87mHf6LHfE1HmuNaWsdjUfIWrUDj7anzvfdH8WhKF4L3pZT59NOBfLGgwyzNd59WDi_f3AOvqQETrmaBw/s1600/top+p.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY90Y11HNdg3byNeFIxhJbHDq3q_hVsiWeydOdLEB6F6fI1k9Oy_vKO87mHf6LHfE1HmuNaWsdjUfIWrUDj7anzvfdH8WhKF4L3pZT59NOBfLGgwyzNd59WDi_f3AOvqQETrmaBw/s320/top+p.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475609035768200162" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOdSu-y1VrbjF89ObIcKkE47ue-oKwXG99J47-Q3KUkSGr38FV4DlUWN709eJv06hJIkmipAYEQG8MIRhh03WQX-Urn_BUEHYZuAsAxRjmuguZ369RBZJG83WLdpBVnTeN-Qcn5Q/s1600/class2000.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 148px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOdSu-y1VrbjF89ObIcKkE47ue-oKwXG99J47-Q3KUkSGr38FV4DlUWN709eJv06hJIkmipAYEQG8MIRhh03WQX-Urn_BUEHYZuAsAxRjmuguZ369RBZJG83WLdpBVnTeN-Qcn5Q/s320/class2000.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475609034031058466" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5CaUpdiAhi2wndpbKn6dzIuIyiwzjfrPw_r_bRPeBcmBFuQtLBK-EgPrjF6OXHd1kxCGpzRMndcOA7sGZ_-gD0z9Me6V1cmFDoCr6FPZl2nEHS5w9lCbsh6TpynG7B_bJkH50dA/s1600/classe20.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5CaUpdiAhi2wndpbKn6dzIuIyiwzjfrPw_r_bRPeBcmBFuQtLBK-EgPrjF6OXHd1kxCGpzRMndcOA7sGZ_-gD0z9Me6V1cmFDoCr6FPZl2nEHS5w9lCbsh6TpynG7B_bJkH50dA/s320/classe20.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475610135001606050" /></a><br />Alot of us that are in the group picture are also in the older group picture...can you match us up??~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-70114777609630409422010-05-14T22:24:00.000-07:002010-05-14T22:29:41.508-07:00Breathe...I had a mild freak out today when I was informed I may have to get my treatments, which I get at least every 21 days in the hospital again. Such the pain in the butt, and it cost so much more. They already cost anywhere from 10,000-12,000 a treatment(every 2-3 weeks)Depends on shortage etc.<br /><br />I literally felt sick to my stomach.It is so much easier to have it done at home.Yes there are times when I am barfing or my joints are hurting that I wish I was in the hospital but it's rare.<br /><br />Keeping my fingers crossed that my wonderful homehealth nurse can keep giving them.<br /><br />I hate having to go in the hospital for things like that because it also brings me in contact with so many more germs and I stay so much sicker :(<br /><br />All seems well now, praise god, lets hope it stays that way.~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-23741112066269203592010-05-13T22:30:00.001-07:002010-05-13T22:32:04.037-07:00And other blast from the past...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAjsrzmhTnKV2ilSpcDKo9NgYdceRlcd-vJl25sZ18u0ic2RaAKlBHv2qrZBjYeMc6kH-clmAs_1CoCu5ZWE7o_UskM2qGntMJejdCOu3eAvTE08cGFMwCDWjiByukAr5BGnkyhg/s1600/haircrazy.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAjsrzmhTnKV2ilSpcDKo9NgYdceRlcd-vJl25sZ18u0ic2RaAKlBHv2qrZBjYeMc6kH-clmAs_1CoCu5ZWE7o_UskM2qGntMJejdCOu3eAvTE08cGFMwCDWjiByukAr5BGnkyhg/s320/haircrazy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470994234906724642" /></a><br />Me before I discovered hair straighteners. I was almost 17 in this pic...and I can remember thinking that was the "coolest" sweater ;)~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-35245779672073683272010-05-13T22:04:00.001-07:002010-05-13T22:28:07.187-07:00I seriously can't believe I have been out of school 10 years!And I am one of the older kids in the grade. I will be 29 this year, only one more year left in my twenties. When did that happen.<br /><br />In some ways because of the health stuff it feels like I was in school 200 years ago, but I sure as heck don't feel a whole lot different than I did I 21,25,and the list goes on.<br /><br />Sheesh.<br /><br />My reunion is Saturday, the bright side is my husband graduated 6 years before me, so he was been out 16 years! LOL<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZNRTkUhO2J8WqPVfkl18lN28gjIQn7PUsv_4v2kftfDIS4G3zEmnHQNrbeb2i9norpqExlMqQjNpp7i4Jkof4dCr6A1quI_0Aq9CCzrISLuLz4OATxPwbosL4VX18fhdc84ftg/s1600/weirdojade.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZNRTkUhO2J8WqPVfkl18lN28gjIQn7PUsv_4v2kftfDIS4G3zEmnHQNrbeb2i9norpqExlMqQjNpp7i4Jkof4dCr6A1quI_0Aq9CCzrISLuLz4OATxPwbosL4VX18fhdc84ftg/s320/weirdojade.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470993080467273026" /></a> <br /><br />As you can tell I was just as weird then ;)~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-70450511933681637372010-05-11T11:02:00.000-07:002010-05-11T11:07:35.093-07:00Another day, another doctorI swear I am just going to move into a hospital. This time it wasn't actually for me, so that was a plus in some ways, but it was for Houston, big minus :(<br /><br />He had been having allergies for the last day or so, just sneezing, basically hay fever, started back giving him his singular and all better.<br /><br />Well yesterday afternoon he was itching his ear and it looked red, after playing outside.<br /><br />Well I put hydrocortisone on it and gave him Ibpropuen and he went to bed. Well, I went to get the booger out of bed this morning and his ear was so swollen it looked fake. The inside part looked like thw world's biggest shrimp both in color and size and the rest just looked like wax. <br /><br />So I took him in and after they all got over the sheer size of the fake looking ear, they decided,he had gotten bitten my something and had an allergic reaction, then it started to swell within the canal etc and now the skin and ear are infected, in literally less than 24 hours :(<br /><br />So lots of fun, nasty tasting medicines for the little guy.<br /><br />Only us, and of course I have NO IDEA what he was bitten by :P~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-27376912346437410142010-05-09T13:36:00.000-07:002010-05-09T13:48:47.539-07:00I am alive...just laying lowJust wanted the one or two people who may still read this thing, know that I am still ticking.<br /><br />This time of year is just tough for me healthwise. So I can venture out and wear a Michael Jackson mask or stay home, so a lot of the time I stay home.<br /><br />Sometimes, I just say forget about it and go out but often pay for it later.<br /><br />Just gotta be careful this time of year because a lot goes around.<br /><br />Breathing issues have been the issue of late as achy joints have been. Man, oh man, there is a reason I have went through like 4 heating pads in the last year. I <3 them!<br /><br />Anyway, that was just my poor attempt at excusing myself ;)<br /><br />Seriously, I need to make it a point to update this thing, daily or at least a couple of times a week.<br /><br />But I mean how fasicinating could you find treatments and doctor's appointments?? Not very.<br /><br />I just know that today, I am super grateful for a blessing I don't deserve...being a mother to a sweet boy.<br /><br />I can remember being in the hospital after they had removed my heap of a tumor( otherwise know as Fred) and coming out of the fog they had had me in for about 5 days....and feeling so sick and holy crap this hurts....and what are all these tubes coming out of my body...and one of the first things I remember Jeremy saying was hopefully one of the next times you are in the hospital, it is to bring a baby home. And I can remember thinking, no way, as the doctors had already threatened me body harm if I got pregnant within the next 18 months...well wouldn't you know, I got pregnant with my little guy 6 weeks later, and then he was almost 6 weeks early so people seem to think Jeremy snuck into ICU, I promise he didn't ;P LOL<br /><br />Being Houston's mother is such a blessing, and one I often feel I don't deserve. He is pretty great :)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGb7c5Z63m6laucBnYwmBMuMuFVm5EinovxSBCLStCaekBD4U_NBkFHkWPT9NqJRUVG7coaow2zQ-_WV7PD7vL8gr91UrI7K0l_VIBYFeNO2wge8QON01pX8q204n2EGo2Ev1_OQ/s1600/Picture630-1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGb7c5Z63m6laucBnYwmBMuMuFVm5EinovxSBCLStCaekBD4U_NBkFHkWPT9NqJRUVG7coaow2zQ-_WV7PD7vL8gr91UrI7K0l_VIBYFeNO2wge8QON01pX8q204n2EGo2Ev1_OQ/s320/Picture630-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469374843780376306" /></a>~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-74357571073277623712010-04-28T18:22:00.000-07:002010-04-28T18:38:29.248-07:00I worked the pole like a pro...Sadly, it was an iv pole so no money was involved ;)<br /><br />I swear I would love to calculate the hours I have spend hooked up it would be like a million hours...or so it seems.<br /><br />It is kinda funny and kinda sad that Houston thinks it is normal.<br /><br />He thinks everyone has their own nurses, all mommies have their own scarfs (scars) and that every day is treatment day.<br /><br />He even tells the nurses he can give me my medicine, he probably could...LOL<br /><br />Well week before last I was sick, like I wanted to run into traffic sick, they tried to force my hand and made the hospital not seem so bad, they know all to well how I try and weasel out ;) Well I decided instead that because Houston was going on Vacation the next week that I would just go to my docs office everyday for the IV meds, because the home nurse couldn't do them because what they were.<br /><br />It seemed like a good idea.<br /><br />For the first day.<br /><br />Then it was a little more suckage everyday. It is a yuck drive even when you feel good so it was not fun, but the nurses are the best port accessers ever, I almost want to kiss em' hardly anyone gets in in good the first time, because the port is so old, and trying to go bad , pesky thing!<br /><br />So they used a lovely 1.5 needle , after I about had to go change my pants...it was all uphill from there :)<br /><br />Then figured out that one of my favorite nurses from my floor at the hospital is now working at the office...win, win :)<br /><br />Anyway, I felt a little better last week and the childlessness helped, to be honest. <br /><br />Then start feeling way yuck again so I wanted to form tackle my nurse in a good way when she got here.<br /><br />Then she told me one of my meds was being no longer made..so I preceded to panic but then calmed down when I realized their was a comparable med.<br /><br />Yay, me.<br /><br />I know this is probably like the most boring blog post ever, but hey just need to get it out every now and then.<br /><br />Lets pray for feeling "my" normal :)~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-33673979117695998562010-04-22T08:44:00.000-07:002010-04-22T08:50:34.881-07:00Haven't had much to write about...Was sickly last week.<br /><br />This week I did get to visit some with friends which was lovely, not lovely because my baby was going to the beach :(<br /><br />Today I get to ....hold on wait for it.....CLEAN.<br /><br />Fun Times.<br /><br />Speaking of fun times, can you guess who we saw this Sunday while waiting on the grandparents...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihVdS59wfsLXlky38Yd_kg6Sq1yYLFfjlCNPyzyuxuP3wZ_hsoF_DX-edLVNcEbS4UDX7crH9mZwyE0GEu2GcWc5HBW6sZqH1e3tvDNoRVIQZoucEnVidsW_Uts3Qa4P0pfAXa4A/s1600/thomas.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihVdS59wfsLXlky38Yd_kg6Sq1yYLFfjlCNPyzyuxuP3wZ_hsoF_DX-edLVNcEbS4UDX7crH9mZwyE0GEu2GcWc5HBW6sZqH1e3tvDNoRVIQZoucEnVidsW_Uts3Qa4P0pfAXa4A/s320/thomas.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462989521182870322" /></a><br /><br />Houston was in awe of meeting his idol. He could barely speak and if you know him you know that is a big thing ;)<br /><br />Can't wait until I see the little guy again, Houston not Thomas ;)~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-65591528998013269972010-04-14T20:42:00.001-07:002010-04-14T20:44:02.529-07:00sick puppy sick puppy.I am a sick puppy yet again. Having lung issues and bronchitis :P<br /><br />So I have been traveling to Birmingham everyday for IV meds...oh the fun, I tell you.~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-30519226469643187952010-04-12T13:04:00.000-07:002010-04-12T13:08:38.640-07:00I want a photography mentor *pout*I want someone I can ask things, that can teach me things, critize me etc.<br /><br />Not easy to find there is like a 10 page thread on ILP, not seeing that happening. A photog was taking some mentorees and I wasn't in that bunch :P<br /><br />I know I am not going to go in business. I won't trust me. I just want to be able to take the best pics for my family...and maybe some friends...no money exchanging hands...which I think put some people off.<br /><br />Also, I have no desire to do studio stuff...I am a lifesytl'er' all the way.<br /><br />Any ideas on how to get a mentor???<br /><br />I feel bad bothering people because I know they are busy.<br /><br /><br />Just kinda thinking out loud.~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-38452439218599225272010-04-06T14:43:00.000-07:002010-04-06T14:56:29.580-07:00A little piece of meIf you're readmy blog , I want to know 36 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, or if we already know everything about each other. Short and sweet is fine ... you're on my list, so I want to know you better!<br /><br />01) Are you currently in a serious relationship?<br /><br />Yes<br /><br />02) What was your dream growing up?<br />That I would be able to travel the world.<br /><br />03) What talent do you wish you had?<br />I wish I could do math well, seems stupid but my brain doesn't work that way<br /><br />04) If I bought you a drink what would it be?<br />water or diet mountain dew<br /><br />05) Favorite vegetable?<br /><br />squash<br /><br />06) What was the last book you read?<br /><br />Hard to say, I am always reading more than one...<br /><br />07) What zodiac sign are you?<br /><br />Sag<br />08) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.<br /><br />Butterfly on my stomach....the piercings have all grown up<br /><br />09) Worst Habit?<br /><br />procrastination<br /><br />10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?<br /><br />if i knew you sure <br /><br />11) What is your favorite sport?<br /><br />too watch..I love girlie sports or extreme sports<br /><br />12) Do you have a Pessimistic or Optimistic attitude?<br /><br />both<br /><br />13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?<br />talk your ear off<br /><br />14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?<br /><br />getting sick<br />15) Tell me one weird fact about you.<br /><br />hm.... my husband was born on 11.4, me 12.4 and we were married on 1.4<br /><br /><br /><br />16) Do you have any pets?<br /><br />two dogs and a fish<br /><br />17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?<br />you would have to pardon the mess ;)<br /><br />18) What was your first impression of me?<br /><br />Can't answer this one generically<br /><br />19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?<br /><br />Scary as heck! I hate them!<br /><br />20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?<br /><br />i would be prebaby weight other than that, i am fine<br /><br />21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?<br /><br />Conscience, most of the time<br /><br />22) What color eyes do you have?<br /><br />gray, houston and i have the exact same eye color<br /><br />23) Ever been arrested?<br /><br />Nope<br /><br />24) Bottle or can soda?<br /><br />I'll do either. A can is better because it has less quantity.<br /><br />25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?<br /><br />travel overseas<br /><br />27) What's your favorite place to hang out?<br /><br />I don't have one....i like to go to the bookstore to decompress...<br /><br />28) Do you believe in ghosts?<br /><br />yeah<br /><br />29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?<br />read,browse the net, and take pics<br /><br />30) Do you swear a lot?<br />more than i should<br /><br /><br />31) Biggest pet peeve?<br /><br />judgemental people<br /><br />32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?<br /><br />Quirky<br /><br />33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?<br /><br />I can appreciate it. <br /><br />34) Favorite and least favorite food?<br /><br />Favorite: anything ethnic Least Favorite: greasy stuff :P<br /><br />35) Do you believe in God?<br />for sure<br /><br />36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?<br /><br />Sure~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-71807632335834634532010-04-06T09:16:00.000-07:002010-04-06T09:22:33.283-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXgH6DK54uTH3N7AWc1azaeNB9aE9cdpKaA56IRtp6Um-G0QWhLRNjLY55jaiK6ZAA9bsBriAPWvEDBBvz3q4fPeHrFO7edsWKOBp_yraVGugrum_VV8KaFB3jQ7e0JttpGZmnuw/s1600/easterhouston2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXgH6DK54uTH3N7AWc1azaeNB9aE9cdpKaA56IRtp6Um-G0QWhLRNjLY55jaiK6ZAA9bsBriAPWvEDBBvz3q4fPeHrFO7edsWKOBp_yraVGugrum_VV8KaFB3jQ7e0JttpGZmnuw/s320/easterhouston2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457060507762031362" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizIsye4vGXUfox1uMwNMGJSEqCCc__91qfhe0els2UyhyphenhyphenY0-OXyIrxM4L_4tjRCeh1tCUlMyS51xXFOaE1fE2Pn9MtbLym7PM-ENlLo0KBfsEeFs5yEgp8adE_AwiFkpPAvzAoXA/s1600/easterhouston.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizIsye4vGXUfox1uMwNMGJSEqCCc__91qfhe0els2UyhyphenhyphenY0-OXyIrxM4L_4tjRCeh1tCUlMyS51xXFOaE1fE2Pn9MtbLym7PM-ENlLo0KBfsEeFs5yEgp8adE_AwiFkpPAvzAoXA/s320/easterhouston.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457060502830033170" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqX_4Fdz10uqjmG7gnwffuMRBnlEJJb1ZsEksuqiJwGj5uxC0k8aKihdODhrb7h_Ji7VLqwbntqR4h8CHTHnUBZVOwwMOhLVBCsHasGHblEW0jyComhwFINWkJOnDbdPQrFfGvog/s1600/easterbunny.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqX_4Fdz10uqjmG7gnwffuMRBnlEJJb1ZsEksuqiJwGj5uxC0k8aKihdODhrb7h_Ji7VLqwbntqR4h8CHTHnUBZVOwwMOhLVBCsHasGHblEW0jyComhwFINWkJOnDbdPQrFfGvog/s320/easterbunny.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457060492845101074" /></a><br />Hope everyone had a great Easter ours was nuts. We originally were going to go up to visit my parents/grandma on Saturday so we could do mass and the egg hunt on Sunday and then J's family on Sunday.<br /><br />Well went to leave on Saturday and my car water pump was out...so I was carless all day. Still wasn't done by Sunday so J had to drop us at church and go work on the car some more :(<br /><br />Got it working and we made the rounds with the family yesterday.<br /><br />Houston got some goodies and then my parents bought him a nintendo DS. He is spoiled rotten.<br /><br />He got a big boy haircut and he almost doesn't seem like the same kid...he has had the bowl cut for so long I barely recognize him ;)<br /><br />These pics aren't the best but you get the idea ;)~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-56737761812954351952010-04-02T19:20:00.001-07:002010-04-02T19:27:56.421-07:00Houston's easter duds...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmHyBTIUF8fmSlzf2BiaeaVy8PhO6mIMd-AV8PQxcNR1h0vBk3ofHJEHoH441Z9IdoFC1nwzFFbxcO9juHj5UVvubGxW7mdy8parAoUYwRYBJcNyIcugMTIlVvE2-hiG8v6nRNg/s1600/easteroutfit.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmHyBTIUF8fmSlzf2BiaeaVy8PhO6mIMd-AV8PQxcNR1h0vBk3ofHJEHoH441Z9IdoFC1nwzFFbxcO9juHj5UVvubGxW7mdy8parAoUYwRYBJcNyIcugMTIlVvE2-hiG8v6nRNg/s320/easteroutfit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455730881207539394" /></a><br />Figured I would go appliqued....I resisted the smocking..it was hard but he is too old. Sad but true.<br /><br />He has lost alot of weight and could honestly wear the size 3 but I got him a size 4. I think preschool is about the limit to wear it though.<br /><br />The thing about the south is monogramming, smocking and appliquing is huge.<br /><br />He is the ONLY kid in his class that doesn't have his name on his backpack ( only because it wouldn't fit ;P )<br /><br />Everything is very"cutesy" for lack of a better word...here is his little backpack<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvYJBvBscFX1iyBjFetsAvtYYafO96bpO3V8pY00-PwENAcIWiF9phE_IfXyBP4w-1lkzT1SMbcjaStQYjMrOZLjd17v4s5f8_ucPBIqDgbCEyHQFYH_GUP4HCQT4xVWSOd1B-w/s1600/back+pack.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 245px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvYJBvBscFX1iyBjFetsAvtYYafO96bpO3V8pY00-PwENAcIWiF9phE_IfXyBP4w-1lkzT1SMbcjaStQYjMrOZLjd17v4s5f8_ucPBIqDgbCEyHQFYH_GUP4HCQT4xVWSOd1B-w/s320/back+pack.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455731736935517362" /></a><br /><br />All you non southerners are probably cringing...definately regional!If he was a girl he would have a bow the size of a softball on his little noggin'~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-70611277720127301582010-04-01T19:50:00.001-07:002010-04-01T19:51:11.598-07:00Is this thing on?Seems a little dead.<br /><br />We are still trucking along.<br /><br />Hope you are too!~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35696537.post-85754484622445297142010-03-29T09:57:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:41:20.133-07:00My friend had her baby!Lucas was born at 8:25 on Palm Sunday.<br /><br />Here he is...<br /><div><embed src="http://widget-52.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=288230376172731986&site=widget-52.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=288230376172731986&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-52.slide.com/p1/288230376172731986/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=288230376172731986&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-52.slide.com/p2/288230376172731986/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=288230376172731986&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-52.slide.com/p4/288230376172731986/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div>~~~~~ The House of Big Cheese~~~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066923575699914noreply@blogger.com0