Sweet Life in the City

Prayers needed please! As you know from my little tantrum on Thursday I have been having a rough time. For the past ten days or so I have not been feeling great. I have had a sore throat, headache , extremely tired ( more than normal), and a touch of lockjaw. Every morning I can only drink coffee or some other beverage because my mouth cannot open wide enough to get a spoon in my mouth. It has been popping and my whole face has been hurting. I took another three house nap today and when I woke up I just felt horrible. I thought about trying to get in to see a doctor tomorrow. The more I thought about it I thought I probably should go today. So I went to a local walk in clinic that we usually go to when we do not want to wait to get into our doctor. I get to the clinic and the sky is turning black and a tornado warning is being issued for our county and the county I am in at the doctor. I am terrified of storms so it was a antsy time at the doctors office. Jeremy and the kids got in the...

You know your day is not going as planned when the first three people who see you say "You are not feeling well today, are you?" I woke up this morning with a sore throat. Thankfully it has not gotten any worse so it is probably just allergies. It is rainy and just yucky today, so my fibro really doing a number on my body. I told someone this morning I just could of stayed in bed but then I remembered that staying in bed tends to make me hurt worse. My kids at school have been high strung this whole week and I love them dearly, but they were getting to me today. There is a possibility of severe storms and flooding tonight and I have to go to Nashville to class. My house is a complete mess even though I have cleaned it a million times in the past week. I have about a months worth of work to get accomplished in the next 8 days!!! So, I am struggling today! Ok. Thanks for letting me vent:) It has been a rough week on me. I really do feel so overwhelmed that I could burst into te...

I know, I know, I have not blogged in two days and I totally missed my next ten day check  in.  On top of being swamped with EVERYTHING my computer is acting all weird. It has been hard to post on here. It freezes up every few seconds so please over look any thing that does not make sense. I will be typing along and not even realize that the little pinwheel is just a turning. So there is not much to report on my next ten days. I only lost 1 pound and I only exercised 4 days. I have done really well since Saturday about making wise eating choices. I am actually all about eating yogurt these days. I know it will not last but that is what I like eating. I told my sister maybe I can be like that girl on that commercial a few years back where she fit into her little poke-a- dot bikini just by eating yogurt:) Well I will skip the bikini, but it would be nice not feeling like a beached whale this time when we go to the beach:) Saturday was spent cleaning the house and getting some school work...

Oh wow, I cannot believe it is already Friday.! This week has been some what of a blur. I am not sure the last time I had such a busy week. Tuesday night I had class so I did not get home until almost 10:00. Wednesday was Emma's Gotcha Day. I went to Curves after school and then we did some special things with Emma and the other kids. After the kids went to bed I started working on my stuff that was due for my Thursday night class. After school yesterday I came home and grabbed a bite to eat and then I headed back to Nashville for my Thursday night class and then had a full day today. I am trying to get my house cleaned up so I am not spending all weekend cleaning. I also need to get tons of things done for my class and for my students. I also need to get things ready for my trip (which is in two weeks). Man, are you tired yet? I am exhausted:) Anyway, in all my craziness I did not eat so great this week. I did not eat a lot but I just did not make the best choices. It was easy to ...

Happy Valentine's Day! This has been an extremely long day. We were only in school for half a day last week so it was difficult getting back in the swing of things. To make matters worse we had  our Valentine's party today at school. My kids were so sweet and I got so many cards and even got some balloons from one of my boys. Well I could not let this day go by without thinking about my favorite Valentine memory. Three years ago on Valentine's Day I finally got to see and hold my sweet Emma. I wish I could say that it was all hugs and smiles but it was not. Emma did not want anything to do with us. It was difficult loving and waiting for little girl and she did not return  the feelings. It is still my favorite Valentine memory:) Well, I have not slept very well for the past few nights. I am exhausted and praying that I can sleep tonight. I also need to report that I did horrible with my eating yesterday and not so great today. I am hoping that tomorrow I will get back on tr...

[caption id="attachment_2377" align="alignnone" width="360" caption="Seoul Korea from the taxi."] [/caption] [caption id="attachment_2378" align="alignnone" width="360" caption="Emma at her foster mother's house"] [/caption] [caption id="attachment_2380" align="alignnone" width="360" caption="Emma finally fell asleep in daddy's arms."] [/caption] February 12th is one of those dates that will forever be a part of my life. Those of you that have been reading my blog/know my story have heard this before, but I like to take a minute to talk about the significance of this day. We have to go back to 2004. Ten months prior to February 12, 2004 I was diagnosed with endometrium cancer. I was 25 years old when I was diaganosed so the doctors were hoping to treat me rather than have a hysterectomy. So, I went through 10 months of treatments. It was the worst time in my l...

We are once again enjoying a snow day here in Middle TN.  I am hoping this is the last round of snow until next winter. It is supposed to get to 40 degrees today so the snow should be leaving us soon. It is supposed to me in the 60's by Wednesday! I have had a pretty productive day. I finally can see the bottom of all our laundry baskets and my laundry room floor is completely free of dirty clothes. I worked on my class some and worked on stuff for my classroom. I am hoping to get out later and go to Curves but I am not sure if the roads are 100% yet, so I may wait and go tomorrow. Well, neither one of my things were cancelled last night:( I did get the information about the Guatemala trip today and I am getting so excited. It is crazy to think that I will be leaving three weeks from tomorrow! Well, that is all there is to report from the Riggs' house today. Here are some pictures I got of the kids playing in the snow. [caption id="attachment_2371" align="alignno...