Nothing like getting woke up at 6:50 AM by somebody walking all over your roof!!!
Today we are getting a new roof, so it will be noisy the ENTIRE day!!
Good-bye woodshake shingles, I will miss you, but not the silverfish that you let lay eggs in your wood. I will not miss them crawling down my walls and in my house.
Yes, I am sentimental, even about my shingles. I am kind of sad to see them go.
Hello really fancy asphalt shingles.
I think it's amazing that I have lived in Omaha for 13 years and this is the first time I need to replace my roof.
(Actually the night we moved from our old house, the roof got totaled, but we had already sold it, so we didn't replace it.)
Our insurance loves us this year, first they payed out to replace our camper from the hail storm and now they are paying out to replace a roof!! Yikes!
I kind just want to sit outside and watch them pull our old roof off....
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Sunday, August 18, 2013
So that is what is wrong!
Courtney was having quite the time last night.
She was outside riding her scooter, she tripped over the sidewalk, and fell on her chest and face on the sidewalk right into a puddle of water. Poor thing was wet! It was time to take a shower, so lucky for her, she got out of it!
She decided instead to go to bed. She was complaining that an area beside her nose and an area beside her eye hurt. I gave her some ice, but really didn't notice anything, but she kept complaining like it hurt,I didn't think it was a big deal.
I read her some books and tucked her in, but soon after that, she decided she had to go potty. Once she came back to her room, she said, "Mom, it feels like I still have to go, what if I pee in my bed?" Oh Courtney! I told her that if she needs to go again, then get up and go and if she doesn't make it, there is a water-proof mattress on her bed. (Honestly, I didn't think this was a big deal either.)
Matt read her some more books and eventually she went to sleep.
Fast forward to 6:30 this morning and Courtney arrives in my room! (She is NEVER up at 6:30 am!) Now she was telling me that whenever she swallowed, "it" doesn't go down. I had to ask her a few questions to figure out what she was telling me, but in the end, Matt and I thought she just had a slight sore throat. She then went back to bed.
8:00 am I wake up again and see Matt bringing this very sad and crying Courtney into my room. I ask her what is wrong and I finally I know what is causing all these ailments. She said, "Mom, I don't want to go to Sunday School by myself!!" sob, sob sob!!!
Ah, the truth has been told! Now that we homeschool, she does about everything with her sister or her friends. It is very hard for her to go to something by herself and I totally forgot that she had to go today by herself. It is "move-up" Sunday at our church, so everybody moves up a grade level and they will have new classrooms. Once she does something by herself for awhile, she is fine, it's just the initial adjustment. I told her about all her friends that will be there and that didn't seem to help any!
Hopefully there won't be too many tears when she goes to her classroom today!
She was outside riding her scooter, she tripped over the sidewalk, and fell on her chest and face on the sidewalk right into a puddle of water. Poor thing was wet! It was time to take a shower, so lucky for her, she got out of it!
She decided instead to go to bed. She was complaining that an area beside her nose and an area beside her eye hurt. I gave her some ice, but really didn't notice anything, but she kept complaining like it hurt,I didn't think it was a big deal.
I read her some books and tucked her in, but soon after that, she decided she had to go potty. Once she came back to her room, she said, "Mom, it feels like I still have to go, what if I pee in my bed?" Oh Courtney! I told her that if she needs to go again, then get up and go and if she doesn't make it, there is a water-proof mattress on her bed. (Honestly, I didn't think this was a big deal either.)
Matt read her some more books and eventually she went to sleep.
Fast forward to 6:30 this morning and Courtney arrives in my room! (She is NEVER up at 6:30 am!) Now she was telling me that whenever she swallowed, "it" doesn't go down. I had to ask her a few questions to figure out what she was telling me, but in the end, Matt and I thought she just had a slight sore throat. She then went back to bed.
8:00 am I wake up again and see Matt bringing this very sad and crying Courtney into my room. I ask her what is wrong and I finally I know what is causing all these ailments. She said, "Mom, I don't want to go to Sunday School by myself!!" sob, sob sob!!!
Ah, the truth has been told! Now that we homeschool, she does about everything with her sister or her friends. It is very hard for her to go to something by herself and I totally forgot that she had to go today by herself. It is "move-up" Sunday at our church, so everybody moves up a grade level and they will have new classrooms. Once she does something by herself for awhile, she is fine, it's just the initial adjustment. I told her about all her friends that will be there and that didn't seem to help any!
Hopefully there won't be too many tears when she goes to her classroom today!
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Dentist Visit
I ended up going in to the dentist yesterday to get my root canal evaluated. They took an xray and sure enough, there was an abcess on the root of my root canal that was done 2 1/2 years ago!
They referred me to a root canal specialist and hopefully I can get in before we leave. They also gave me a prescription for antibiotics. I then asked them why they didn't pick this up last November when I was in (I had the xray done at the orthodontist about the same time.) They showed me my xrays from that time and you can see those teeth, but you cannot see the root of the root canal. The picture is cut off right when my roots start! If only!!!
So now to call the specialist, which I didn't get done yesterday because I was too busy giving a birthday party to Courtney!!
They referred me to a root canal specialist and hopefully I can get in before we leave. They also gave me a prescription for antibiotics. I then asked them why they didn't pick this up last November when I was in (I had the xray done at the orthodontist about the same time.) They showed me my xrays from that time and you can see those teeth, but you cannot see the root of the root canal. The picture is cut off right when my roots start! If only!!!
So now to call the specialist, which I didn't get done yesterday because I was too busy giving a birthday party to Courtney!!
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Tooth troubles!!
I tell you, if it's not one thing, it's another!
Maybe you don't remember, but way back in February 2010, I cracked a molar. I was pregnant with Christian at the time, so I couldn't get it fixed until my 3rd trimester. April 2010, my dentist put a crown on my tooth.
Soon after that, I developed an abcess on the same tooth and ended up having a root canal in November 2010.
Around this time, I started to have TMJ pain in my jaw.
Fast forward to summer and fall of 2012, I visited three orthodontists and all three said I would need my jaw broken for my TMJ pain to go away. (One said to break my top jaw, one said to break my bottom jaw, and one said to break them both).
After 9 months, I was ready to visit an oral surgeon and talk about surgery. Today I visited one who has a great reputation and is known for honesty and integrity. This is the same one that pulled my wisdom teeth out when I was a sophomore in college.
Guess what he told me?
1. That tooth with a root canal and crown from 2010, well, it appears from an xray taken 9 MONTHS AGO that there is ANOTHER abcess on the root of that tooth!!!!
2. Even if I had jaw surgery, this oral surgeon would not guarantee that my pain would go away. He said that I do need my top AND bottom jaws broken, but there are many, many risks (like blindness and nerves everywhere), thousands and thousands of dollars in costs, 2 1/2 -3 years in braces, 8-9 hour surgery, bones not healing properly, and not chewing for 6 weeks, etc, etc. He made it sound like the risks are too high and the results would not necessarily be the ones I wanted.
He said I should 1. get my abcess taken care of 2. get on muscle relaxers (which I already take every night) 3. Lower my stress so I don't clench as hard at night 4. Get a splint to wear at night.
He said that there is definitely degeneration in my jaw joint and I have osteo-arthritis there, but the damage is already done. My bite is terrible and that is causing all my pain. He said that he sees this quite often and I fit the profile, but he said to try all these conservative efforts first and come and see him again if I have to in the future. He said most of the pain is muscle tension and the key is lower the tension. So pretty much, keep doing what I have been doing!
As I was leaving, the nurse said she would get ahold of my dentist and tell him everything that we discussed. If I hadn't heard from him by the end of the week, I was supposed to give him a call. I thought differently. I gave my dentist the call about an hour after I left the surgeon's office and set up an appointment to get my abcess evaluated. The receptionist got me in tomorrow! I told her that that tooth had been bothering me this last week or so and I was ready to call in anyway!
We are going on a trip in a week and a half and I would really like this taken care of before then.
Maybe you don't remember, but way back in February 2010, I cracked a molar. I was pregnant with Christian at the time, so I couldn't get it fixed until my 3rd trimester. April 2010, my dentist put a crown on my tooth.
Soon after that, I developed an abcess on the same tooth and ended up having a root canal in November 2010.
Around this time, I started to have TMJ pain in my jaw.
Fast forward to summer and fall of 2012, I visited three orthodontists and all three said I would need my jaw broken for my TMJ pain to go away. (One said to break my top jaw, one said to break my bottom jaw, and one said to break them both).
After 9 months, I was ready to visit an oral surgeon and talk about surgery. Today I visited one who has a great reputation and is known for honesty and integrity. This is the same one that pulled my wisdom teeth out when I was a sophomore in college.
Guess what he told me?
1. That tooth with a root canal and crown from 2010, well, it appears from an xray taken 9 MONTHS AGO that there is ANOTHER abcess on the root of that tooth!!!!
2. Even if I had jaw surgery, this oral surgeon would not guarantee that my pain would go away. He said that I do need my top AND bottom jaws broken, but there are many, many risks (like blindness and nerves everywhere), thousands and thousands of dollars in costs, 2 1/2 -3 years in braces, 8-9 hour surgery, bones not healing properly, and not chewing for 6 weeks, etc, etc. He made it sound like the risks are too high and the results would not necessarily be the ones I wanted.
He said I should 1. get my abcess taken care of 2. get on muscle relaxers (which I already take every night) 3. Lower my stress so I don't clench as hard at night 4. Get a splint to wear at night.
He said that there is definitely degeneration in my jaw joint and I have osteo-arthritis there, but the damage is already done. My bite is terrible and that is causing all my pain. He said that he sees this quite often and I fit the profile, but he said to try all these conservative efforts first and come and see him again if I have to in the future. He said most of the pain is muscle tension and the key is lower the tension. So pretty much, keep doing what I have been doing!
As I was leaving, the nurse said she would get ahold of my dentist and tell him everything that we discussed. If I hadn't heard from him by the end of the week, I was supposed to give him a call. I thought differently. I gave my dentist the call about an hour after I left the surgeon's office and set up an appointment to get my abcess evaluated. The receptionist got me in tomorrow! I told her that that tooth had been bothering me this last week or so and I was ready to call in anyway!
We are going on a trip in a week and a half and I would really like this taken care of before then.
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Starting school...
Everywhere I look, people are talking about starting school next week. If my girls were to go back to their school, they would be starting on Monday. Yesterday at the zoo, we ran into one of Megan's old classmates and of course her mom asked, "Are you ready to start school?" They had no idea that we homeschooled! This girl was in Megan's class for the two years! (This is one of the reason we pulled our kids out- too many kids in one class!)
It just made me realize how thankful we are that we homeschool our kids. I remember the first year that I did not send Megan back. I was very nervous about not being a part of the first day of school activities and I almost felt like we were being left out. A part of me just wanted to go up to the school on the first day and hang out anyway! Two years later, stuff like that doesn't bother me anymore.
I like that I can buy school supplies whenever I want and I can start whenever I want. I totally love being in control!! When I was at Walmart the other day, the school isles were just packed with parents and their kids. Do you know how much shopping for school supplies bothered me? I hated it that you bought everything and then you took it to school and put it in a community pile. Megan didn't get to keep anything we bought! Now, we buy it and I know she is using it!
I also keep hearing, "I can't wait for my kids to go back to school." Ugh, another huge pet peeve of mine! Why don't you enjoy the time you have with your kids? Cherish the time with them before they go to school for 8 hours a day! I love it when parents actually say, "I sure will miss my kids when they go back to school." It sounds so much better! I sure missed Megan and looked forward to when she was home on breaks! But honestly, it was quite an adjustment having her home our first year of homeschooling! It was an adjustment for everyone because I was used to sending her back to school every fall. Now I can't imagine sending her off for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week! (Honestly, I don't think I will get her to go back, ever!)
I feel bad though that we will not be having school for awhile around here. I always feel obliged to follow the public school schedule, but we don't necessarily have to follow their schedule. As long as we fulfill the hours (or in my case, get 36 weeks of school done) we are following the law. People out in public just expect kids to be back in school and if I took the kids out in public next week during regular school hours, I might get some stares. If they ask, I will politely say that we homeschool our children.
Off to more camping. I am so glad I don't have to worry about school on Monday. :)
It just made me realize how thankful we are that we homeschool our kids. I remember the first year that I did not send Megan back. I was very nervous about not being a part of the first day of school activities and I almost felt like we were being left out. A part of me just wanted to go up to the school on the first day and hang out anyway! Two years later, stuff like that doesn't bother me anymore.
I like that I can buy school supplies whenever I want and I can start whenever I want. I totally love being in control!! When I was at Walmart the other day, the school isles were just packed with parents and their kids. Do you know how much shopping for school supplies bothered me? I hated it that you bought everything and then you took it to school and put it in a community pile. Megan didn't get to keep anything we bought! Now, we buy it and I know she is using it!
I also keep hearing, "I can't wait for my kids to go back to school." Ugh, another huge pet peeve of mine! Why don't you enjoy the time you have with your kids? Cherish the time with them before they go to school for 8 hours a day! I love it when parents actually say, "I sure will miss my kids when they go back to school." It sounds so much better! I sure missed Megan and looked forward to when she was home on breaks! But honestly, it was quite an adjustment having her home our first year of homeschooling! It was an adjustment for everyone because I was used to sending her back to school every fall. Now I can't imagine sending her off for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week! (Honestly, I don't think I will get her to go back, ever!)
I feel bad though that we will not be having school for awhile around here. I always feel obliged to follow the public school schedule, but we don't necessarily have to follow their schedule. As long as we fulfill the hours (or in my case, get 36 weeks of school done) we are following the law. People out in public just expect kids to be back in school and if I took the kids out in public next week during regular school hours, I might get some stares. If they ask, I will politely say that we homeschool our children.
Off to more camping. I am so glad I don't have to worry about school on Monday. :)
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Crazy Life!
I realized that other day that life is getting a lot busier lately. Busy life means that we are not doing school for the moment.
We are going on a trip at the end of August (don't worry, somebody is watching our house!) and life is planned out until then.
We have 2 weeks of school done. I was hoping for 5 done before we left. It doesn't look like that is going to happen! But I am ok with that, I can only do so much and the nice thing about homeschooling is that we can always make it up.
We are not going to take school along on our trip, so we will probably be going to school at our house into June next year. The law states that you need to fulfill your 1032 hours between July 1st and June 30th of a year and I think we can do it. (There was actually a case that went to court about this last year, so even if I don't exactly follow the public school calendar and am able to get my hours in, I am following the law!)
We did finish some school up yesterday morning (we finished week 2 work), but today we are going to the zoo and tomorrow we are going camping again until Sunday. We still have a bunch of reading to do, so may try to finish some of that up this morning, but I hate to start all new stuff (week 3 work) and then not have school for 4 days.
Next week is Courtney's birthday. We are having a party with her homeschool friends for her on Wednesday, which will take some preparation as in getting items ready for the party and cleaning the house! We are then going to have another family party (I know, call me crazy!) on Sunday, so I get to do it all over again. We may be able to get some school work done next week.
The following weekend, we are camping at Mahoney State Park on Friday and then heading east on vacation on Sunday. This week will be busy getting things ready for our trip. I already have a list of things I need to purchase or find (fall clothes, umbrella stroller, ponchos, umbrellas for everyone, tennis shoes, etc.) Again, we may be able to get some work done.
If we get 3 weeks worth done, it is still something! I have noticed lately when my kids do have free time, Megan will sit in one place and read a book (or two) and Courtney and Christian will sit on the floor and play legos. This is what they enjoy doing! But when we were having school, I could tell we were in a good routine. Since we have not had school this week, the kids have not been doing their chores and they have been sleeping until 9 am! There is just not as much structure, which is also fine for the time being.
I am also trying to get over a cold that is going on a second week, so I am still coughing and blowing my nose all the time, it does not work so well for me to read at the moment. Another bonus about homeschooling- when I need a sick day, I just take one!
We are going on a trip at the end of August (don't worry, somebody is watching our house!) and life is planned out until then.
We have 2 weeks of school done. I was hoping for 5 done before we left. It doesn't look like that is going to happen! But I am ok with that, I can only do so much and the nice thing about homeschooling is that we can always make it up.
We are not going to take school along on our trip, so we will probably be going to school at our house into June next year. The law states that you need to fulfill your 1032 hours between July 1st and June 30th of a year and I think we can do it. (There was actually a case that went to court about this last year, so even if I don't exactly follow the public school calendar and am able to get my hours in, I am following the law!)
We did finish some school up yesterday morning (we finished week 2 work), but today we are going to the zoo and tomorrow we are going camping again until Sunday. We still have a bunch of reading to do, so may try to finish some of that up this morning, but I hate to start all new stuff (week 3 work) and then not have school for 4 days.
Next week is Courtney's birthday. We are having a party with her homeschool friends for her on Wednesday, which will take some preparation as in getting items ready for the party and cleaning the house! We are then going to have another family party (I know, call me crazy!) on Sunday, so I get to do it all over again. We may be able to get some school work done next week.
The following weekend, we are camping at Mahoney State Park on Friday and then heading east on vacation on Sunday. This week will be busy getting things ready for our trip. I already have a list of things I need to purchase or find (fall clothes, umbrella stroller, ponchos, umbrellas for everyone, tennis shoes, etc.) Again, we may be able to get some work done.
If we get 3 weeks worth done, it is still something! I have noticed lately when my kids do have free time, Megan will sit in one place and read a book (or two) and Courtney and Christian will sit on the floor and play legos. This is what they enjoy doing! But when we were having school, I could tell we were in a good routine. Since we have not had school this week, the kids have not been doing their chores and they have been sleeping until 9 am! There is just not as much structure, which is also fine for the time being.
I am also trying to get over a cold that is going on a second week, so I am still coughing and blowing my nose all the time, it does not work so well for me to read at the moment. Another bonus about homeschooling- when I need a sick day, I just take one!
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Ballet Shoes, part 2
Those brand new ballet shoes I bought last week, they are already coming apart!
Can hardly believe it myself! I guess those are going back to the store!!
Can hardly believe it myself! I guess those are going back to the store!!
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