How’s Life

I’m so pleased to see that there are many people still reading my blog. Thank you! I’ve been busy with school and my new blog, but I thought I should write something in my old blog.

It’s been over a year since my “allergies”. Since then, I have been doing so much better. I had a lot of physical problems going on that are almost a thing of the past, like:

dizziness
heart palpitations
chest pain
swollen and pain in  knee and calf
headaches
congestion (still have that)
yeast infections (still get)
upper back pain
fatigue
eczema
swelling, redness, burning in the face
bumps that swelled up in odd places
dry skin
having a hard time breathing
throat closing up
forgetfulness
nausea after eating
ringing in ears
night tremors
chills
being overwhelmed
irrational thoughts
blurred vision

Now I can go a week straight and let me tell you how good that feels! I’m getting my energy back, I sleep better. Here are some things that I learned

If I can’t control it, so be it.
I don’t worry what others think (this is a big one which I accomplished)
I don’t worry
I don’t stress
C+ works (things don’t  have to be perfect)

Sometimes school gets me stressed, but I keep saying C+ works and then I go to bed. My study time is not always conducive because I fall asleep or just bored out of my mind. I surprised by getting an A- last quarter and my quiz grades were almost straight Cs, but I guess my photos, and presentations made up for it more than I know.

What a Way to Start the New Year

I’m procrastinating again. I hate doing the grocery list.

So while I was doing the grocery list, I came across a book that had things about avoiding corn. I would be on the internet for hours searching for products that didn’t have corn. I would be up until 2 in the morning. I can’t believe that I did this. This process made me more anxious.

You know what I did with the book? i chucked it!

Life is good. God is good.

New Blog

I’m creating a new chapter in my life. A new blog for my art. I’m really excited. I hope I have time to blog after Wed. Maybe it will be a lot of photographs in it since I’ll be taking a class.

The Baby Monitor Lady

I finally got a response. She said that hers included a battery when she bought is and it is in the manual (which I no longer have so I can’t verify), but she decided to keep the monitor because she has “no time to mail it.” Uuuuuugh! Well at least I get to keep the money.

We’re enjoying the snow by the way, but it’s time for it to melt. I start classes tomorrow!

I See a Glimmer of Light this Year

I feel hopeful and have a better outlook on life. Now that I have some goals to work on, life if more exciting.

What made me happy is reading Proverbs 13:19: A longing (or desire) fulfilled is sweet to the soul…

I’ve learned in the past that one should give, give, give. At least that is what the church tells me. I think the church is so busy preaching about what you can do for God and not for yourself. I always worried that I wasn’t doing the right thing. like just giving for others and not giving something for yourself. It’s not that I think giving is bad, but I’m glad to see that God wants us to be happy as well–doing what we are passionate about. It sure makes for a happy person and in turn you can give, which I won’t mind doing!

Life is good…

E-Bay Customers Are a Hoot

I just have to let some steam off big time. Whether I’m right or wrong I had to let off some steam. I really think God is testing me and see what I would do in this situation.
I sold Little Guy’s baby monitor on E-bay. The monitor is in good working condition so I wrote “no return on this item.” When I bought this monitor it cost over $50. The battery cost about $15-20, I believe. I sold the monitor without a battery for $20.
The woman I sold it to said it didn’t work if she took it off the charger and it doesn’t work (this is a week and one half later). I asked if she had bought a battery for it. I haven’t heard from her until today (13 days later).  Here’s her letter:
Actually I have been meaning to write you. The holidays have been a little crazy. I am actually rather dissappointed with the monitor I purchased from you. Noo where in the listing did you state that a battery was not included. I have the same monitor that I use in my home. This one was purchased for use at my sons grandparents house. Everyone knows that these monitors are normally sold with battery intact. I checked battery prices on line and with the purchase of a neew battery I should have and could have purchased a brand new monitor once the total monies have been spent. I really feel a battery should be sent to me or a refund issued for the price of a battery. Please get back to me at your earliest convenience.
Yes, I left the typos in her letter.  I really want to correct them, but I wanted you to see the letter as is.
So anyway, I called two different Babies r Us and they both said that batteries do not come with the monitors. I remember buying a battery initially for that monitor because I thought it was expensive battery. I will agree that I didn’t mention, and I didn’t think about mentioning it, that there was no battery, which would have to avoided this whole problem. But in my defense, I’m not spending more money to sell a used item. Otherwise the bidding price would have increased.  But you know what, it was a good baby monitor. Number two, if she had the same monitor, then she would know how much the battery costs. (Another fat lie.) Number three, she wasn’t dissatisfied with the monitor, but the fact that there was no battery. Even if I did buy her a battery, she would have to buy another battery and another one after that.

So God is testing my boundaries to see how I would handle this. I didn’t handle it too well; my throat started to close up. I will give Witchy Poo her money back and call it a day. How’s that?

Enough said…

Oh, one more thing, speaking of boundaries…I’m reading this book called Boundaries: When to Say Yes, When to Say No to Take Control of Your Life. It’s by Henry Cloud and John Townsend. It’s a good book and they have a series of boundary books.

The Holiday Blues

It’s been a minute since I wrote anything. I’ve been sick on and off since the last time I wrote. I had the runny runs the day after Christmas and then it went into the opposite direction, but know everything is ok. Hubby was sick on Christmas as well. Trying to get anything done around here was almost impossible. Hubby managed to make shelves in the computer closet room. It’s so much cleaner in there.

Here’s a funny story: I sent my mom Christmas photos, as usual, of Little Guy. She said they were really good photos. I told her, “Of course they were good, I took them!”

She replied, “Oh, you should start taking pictures [as a job]!”

I told her, “That’s why I’m taking photography classes!”

Oy vey!

I’m looking forward to the new year. I’m glad:

• I found out that I have no food allergies (we’ll knock on wood on that statement)
• I got a new car with the help of my mother in law
• I finally started making jewelry
• My husband earned his PhD
• Little Guy is making some small steps in eating
• I’m starting photography classes in January!

Have a great new year!

Great news to meditators

The Chronicle of Little Guy’s Eating Habits

I finally cleaned up the mess in the living room and made chocolate chip cookies for Santa. Little Guy was so excited about making cookies that he could hardly wait to eat one.  They’re not the sweetest cookies I’ve tasted, but they’re good.

Little Guy picks up the cookie and says that he’ll wait for it to cool off (they were already cool). Five minutes later he takes one and smells it. He looks disgusted and says, “Maybe I’ll have one later.” About 10 minutes later he picks it up and takes a bite. His face was full of disgust. I was sitting there holding my breath waiting for the verdict. He was taking too long and assumed he didn’t like it. I went back to doing what I was doing and he said, “Mmmmm, this is good!” I didn’t know what to make of that.

Little Guy ate about a quarter of the cookie and said to me, “Do you want this cookie?” Oh, well.

Today at the O/T he tried baked beans and a cheese stick. He ate the cheese stick and spit out the beans.

Lately he has been staring at my food because I think he is bored with toast and crackers. He tells me how good it smells. I ask if he wants to try it and he says, no thanks. He also has tried some new foods so maybe it’s a good sign. But when he eats his safe foods, he can’t sit still. He’ll walk around or start talking.

The other day Little Guy and I went to the diner and he had not one, but two Mickey Mouse pancakes! The only reason he had two was because he was hungry. He hasn’t eaten much in the past few days.

I think my mom finally believes me about his disorder because she heard it on the news. It takes someone else’s news for her to believe me.

More News on the Neighborhood

My instincts were right; I was thinking that those kids who were beating up on the one boy were gang members. It appeared to be an initiation.

It does make sense because there was gang activity at the nearby mall and everyone used to hang out there. It was ridiculous. Teenagers were just standing around doing nothing. I’ve also seen graffiti around the neighborhood and the next town over.

Little Guy plays with the next door neighbor. His mother is a single mom with 3 kids and going to school. The youngest gets home first and stays there by himself for about 45 minutes until his sister gets home from school. His mom can’t afford daycare. When he comes over he stays here well after dark and it gets dark early. No one comes to pick him up.

Today he stayed over late and Hubby walked him home. I told Hubby to tell his mom what I saw last week and maybe raise some concern about her child. It turns out that she knew about the gang activity which is in the next county over (a five, ten minute drive from my house). I was mad because we’re neighbors, although not close, but it would be nice to be informed of what is going on around here.

Sometimes I see her son wandering around. One day he lost (I guess) his key and he was walking around in the street. I know his mom can’t afford child care, but, I don’t know. I invited him in and called his mom at work.

Now Hubby and I get so nervous when Little Guy goes outside to play. Does parenting get any easier?

The Neighborhood Scare

Last weekend while driving home in my neighborhood, I saw about 20 kids in the street. I started to slow down and there was one guy on the ground getting beat up while the others were watching.  It took them awhile to realize that I was watching.

The guy quickly picked the one he was beating up and stood him behind him. They were waiting to see what I would do. Meanwhile I was fumbling around for my phone. I was almost home too. I got my phone wondering if I called the police they will be gone by the time the police arrived. I wasn’t close enough to describe the kids or get a license number either.

They started to line up as if they were creating a barrier not to let me drive through. Then they broke up the line, got in their cars and drove away. Why would they be stupid enough to beat up someone in broad day light in a residential neighborhood?

I saw a neighborhood girl (in her 20′s (the only way I knew her is because I used to walk with Little Guy in the neighborhood when he was a baby) walking down the street. Thank God those guys were getting ready to leave. I was about ready to pull her in the car. So maybe  it was a good thing that I was there, even though I was by myself because if anything happened to that girl…

I was upset about it wonder if this happens often in the neighborhood. Especially now that Little Guy has friends on the block with whom he plays. I informed his friends’ parents of the neighborhood activity.

I also heard on the news not too long ago about random beatings. Meaning that person or persons decide the next person who walks by will get beaten up! Sometimes I hate the world what it has become and what my son has to go through for survival.