My Daughter and Saving the Polar Bears-Click here

My 8 year old daughter is raising funds to adopt a polar bear through the World Wildlife Fund. She is doing this to help save the polar bears. So, I have agreed to give fifity cents from every of my Etsy orders to saving the polar bears. She is also starting a section on my Etsy shop for save the polar bears things she is making. Some of those things should be going up soon. Her goal is $250. So far, just starting she has raised around $3. If anyone can raise the funds, it's her. I am one proud mama.

RA is going and continuing. I am now dealing with hypertension. I start my blood pressure med tonight. I hope it will work. I am taking an upped dosage of prednisone for the chest pain. They think the chest pain is more related to the RA. I hope things get better in this area. Definitely don't want to mess around with my blood pressure. Oh the joys of the never ending medical adventures. ;P

I hope everyone is doing extremely well. May God bless you.

The Fun Shop Is Up and Running (click here to see it)

Anna, my 8 year old daughter, has started crafting. She has recently learned to crochet and has made some little things. She has posted them on my Etsy shop under The Fun Shop section. You can click on the title to see her items. She sure has had fun making them and is making other types of crafts too for her shop. My little entrepreneur. ;) If anyone has special requests for things she might could make, let me know. She is enjoying her little shop.

Here is a pic of Bo, our 9 month old rescue. I am thinking he is part redbone coon hound and lab. Who knows for sure though. He is just cute. Lots of work too. He is completely untrained but, he wants to please. He just loves to be loved. Ok, somehow I ended up with Bo's pic up top. But, there he is. :)

My Little Kitty

I have had my kitty, Grasshopper for about 18 years. She has seen me through so much in my life. I love her so very much. Yesterday, she died. I believe she had a heart attack after being grabbed by our new rescue pup, 9 months old.

We are still keeping Bo, our new guy. He is a sweetheart. He is completely untrained but, he wants to please. We have a long road ahead of us with Bo. He is most certainly worth the effort.

I am, missing Grasshopper so much. Yesterday was my full day of tears. I am a little better today. It just doesn't seem real somehow. I am so thankful to know that God takes care of His critters. I miss you, Grasshopper.

I Finallly Did It! Etsy Here I Come! (click on this title to go to the shop)

Hi and Howdy! I finally opened an Etsy shop. As you know, I have been trying to find ways to help bring in some money to help my family out finanacially. Things are tight and with my little one getting ready to test for her black belt, Tae Kwon Do is getting costly. (Quite worth it) So, my hands have finally eased up on the RA and I have been able to start crocheting again. I heard about Etsy and opened up a shop. So far I have had two sales! I am excited. Every little bit helps. I have met a wonderful lady who has helped me quite a bit with Etsy. Her shop is ttlgdesigns, http://www.etsy.com/shop/ttlgdesigns. She has some really pretty jewelry.

My daughter, 8 years old, has started to learn to crochet. She is making little items to put on her Etsy section. We haven't gotten it on there yet. Hopefully we will tonight. I am thinking of calling it Fun Shop. She is so much fun and her little things are cute. Half of her money will go to Tae Kwon Do, to raise money for testing costs, and the other half is hers to keep. I am so proud of her. She has really been trying to raise money and be apart of all of her Tae Kwon Do experience. She is an awesome little girl. Proud Mommy Moment! ;)

I hope everyone is having an awesome day. May God bless you. :)

Happy 4th of July

Hi and howdy! I hope everyone is having an awesome 4th of July. We are now 234 years old as a country. A big huge thank you to all who have fought, continue to fight, and protect our freedom. I can never thank those who serve in the military enough. May God bless you.

We had a great time at a fair yesterday. We even got to see a tiger cub, Sasha. Look at those big paws! Too cute! My daughter fed the cub and held a huge python. It was great! The fireworks were incredible. We even ended up buying two hermit crabs at the fair. I am such a sucker for critters.

Happy 4th of July!!!!

The REAL First Day of Physical Therapy

OK, so I had my first REAL day of physical therapy last Thursday. Wow!!! They really worked me. They had me doing all sorts of stretching and exercising. I could really tell how out of shape I am. lol I was glad to have my daughter there to entertain me and take my mind off of it a little. By the time I was done, I was all sweaty, red faced, my muscles were shaky (for about an hour after), and my back hurt. However, I made it through. I am just thinking 3 days a week...YIKES! I think I will survive. I do think this will help me in the long run.

Now for the really cool news. My daughter did awesome on her end of grade test. She scored in the 99% for her overall score. Then, she passed her pre-test for black belt on Wednesday night. Last, but not least, she won first place in forms and first in sparring at the Tae Kwon Do tournament today. I am one proud Momma. :D Now, if I could just borrow some of that energy from her, I would be okay. ;)

I hope everyone is doing well. May God bless you.

The Physical Therapy Adventure Has Begun

I went to my first physical therapy appointment on Tuesday. It was much better than I was imagining it would be. My therapist is a very nice young lady. She looked me over and told me that my left hip was out of place, I had posture problems, and muscles issues. I couldn't catch everything she said. I am just too big of a mess to catch it all. lol She did some exercises with me and pushed on my back. Boy did that hurt. Then she gave me some exercises to do at home twice a day. They aren't too bad. In fact, my daughter does them with me. Oh, and the dogs have been having a blast having myself and my daughter on the floor. I get all sorts of doggy kisses to help motivate me along. lol Actually, they have bad breath, time for teeth brushing, and it encourages me to hurry up. ;) My back has been hurting but, I do think this will help. The goal is to get my core stronger to help with my back. Also, to work the muscles around my hip to get it back into the right place. I am scheduled to go three times a week for the next 4 weeks. Then we will re-evaluate to see where we are.

I did miss yesterday's appointment. I had a big time brain toot. I knew my appointment started at 3 PM. However, I arrived at 4 PM and I knew it started at 4 PM. So, I knew it started at 3 and at 4. ????? I don't know how my brain worked that out. Anyway, I missed my appointment. It really started at 3 PM. All I could say was....duh. (so embarrassing) I still don't understand what in the world I was thinking. lol

On a good and wonderfully happy note, my daughter passed her pre-test for her black belt last night. Only the instructor and the students were allowed in the building. That about killed me, not being able to watch. However, she did great, I hear, and she passed. So, she will be testing for her black belt in September. Now, we just have to figure out how in the world we are going to pay for it. The test is $350, the new top is $115, and then there are other expenses too with it all. Yikes. My daughter has decided to help raise money for it. (proud Mommy moment) She has drawn a picture for a friend who paid her for it, watered plants for our neighbor, and washed Grampa's doggies. We will keep on trucking to see what we can do. So, if anyone has any cool ideas on fund raising for something like this, please let me know.

I hope everyone is doing very well. May God bless you.