Busy and Cold Life

Life has a way of keeping one busy. Just some general updates here today.

*So glad to get a break from family birthdays for the next couple of months now. Though I love to do it, it's lots of work and we didn't even have any "friend" birthday parties this year. We do those every other year. That is even more work.

*Our yard. Laren quit working on the interior stuff (except for that darned ceiling fan) to work out in the yard. He loves to be outside and will take any opportunity to get out there to be in the soil and the sun. But two things are preventing him from making any more progress, the weather which is turning snowy and cold and too many other things going on. He has worked extra, he went to the Temple to Stake Temple night on Tuesday and then last night he had Church Meetings.

*Soccer. Kayla is being bullied by a girl at soccer who is on her team. It is so frustrating. We finally had to call the coach last night and have a little chat. He is onboard with us and aware of this girls tendencies. In the meantime I gave Kayla a Pep talk and researched some solutions to dealing with those who bully and went over those with her. And still soccer but different issue, I think the weather is going to prevent Kayla and Rilyn from playing this weekend. We are expecting anywhere from 5-12 inches of snow tomorrow.

*Housework. I'm getting to where I need to be, but I'm having to spend less time online. Message boards and blogging will be taking a backseat to my husband, my kids, my house, my day to day life. That is hard for me because I love my online time!

*Exercise and Eating. After my insomnia post, I resolved to do better with both and have been successful for the most part. I have chosen to just keep up with the elliptical in my basement for now because of the dreary, cold weather outside. (Notice a pattern with the weather?)

*My Mom. She had an MRI and it did not show cancer. But it did show some abnormal striations in her breast tissue. The doctor attributed it to her being overweight. He told her to go home and eventually her body would clear things up on it's own. WHAT? You cannot tell me that all the swelling causing her breast (just on one side) to be almost double in size and swelling in her arm (on same side) and back are nothing to worry about and to just sit and let them go away.

She has had this swelling for months now and instead of getting better it is getting worse. I told her to get another opinion. I still worry about IBC (inflammatory breast cancer). I have done a lot of research and feel that she needs a surgical biopsy in addition to the MRI. The question is, whether she will push her doctors to get it done or not?

*My trip to Kohls. I scored some awesome deals on clothes for my husband and kids yesterday. I did not really even look for me. But they all need it much worse than me and usually I will buy what I want whenever I see it. We got some much needed pants. The kind that go to the ankle and a little beyond for growth. They are all either Candies, Union Bay, Chaps, etc... and I don't think we paid more than $8 per pair! So today we are clearing out all the pants that are too short. We also got some cute shirts and a dress and shrug for Rilyn.

I did pay more for the clothes for Laren ($20 for the pants instead of $40 and up). He was not with me so I felt I could take a few liberties to update his wardrobe and actually get some fashion going on for him. He would be totally content to stay wearing a pair of Levi's or khaki's and an old worn out shirt if it weren't for me. Thankfully he liked what I got him and even wore a couple of the shirts, layered to work today. But even with all the great deals, I still spent way too much money on clothes yesterday. It was needed, but still, we're supposed to be saving for our kitchen cabinets and so this really throws a wrench into those plans!!