Fridgid Remiders of Winter

Day 33 of 365

Mother Nature sure isn't letting up easily this winter. She keeps on throwing snowballs and spitting sleet and ice. Cabin fever is running rampant and I didn't even want to get outside today to get a picture of the icicles - so the shot was taken from the back patio door. It's been snowing all day today and isn't supposed to stop until tomorrow morning sometime. There's also supposed to be snow on and off all week. Hubby and I are ready for spring, as are the kids...

Tractors are Green

Day 32 of 365

There is just something about a bond that is formed between a mother and her son. I just adore my little man to death, as I do both of my girls. But the relationship I have with my little man is so much different than what I have with the girls. There are days (okay, many days) that he would rather have his daddy than he would have anything to do with his mom, but the days that he does want and need me, melt my heart. Another thing about having a little boy is the over abundance of trucks, tractors, cars and trains that consumes a little boy and fills the shelves in their room. Every time I trip over a tractor, or truck or train... it reminds me of the love my little man has for me, and the love I share with him.

Kids Go Bowling

Day 31 of 365

The cabin fever has been kicking in and the kids have been getting restless. So we took them bowling today, and they had a blast. A little pizza bowling party was just what was needed. I didn't bowl, however, I helped the kids out. :)

Stress Fracture

Day 30 of 365

It's been about two weeks that it has been aching, hurting and preventing any sort of activity that is vigorous. Walking is just perfectly fine. But anything other than a walk. Forget it. So, my wonderful hubby had convinced me to go see a Sports Medicine doc and go over what really truly is the underlying issue here. I can tell you that I was not at all impressed with the end result and am not at all looking forward to next Tuesday when I have to go in and see the doc for the results of all the tests today, and I sure as heck hope I can still run my 5k in April with my aunt Val.

The appointment started off with a wonderful bunch of pokes and prods and then I was sent to x-ray. Where they run some scans and then I went back to see the doc. The x-ray didn't show anything, but the doc said that only one out of three stress fractures actually show up on an x-ray so he sent me to get some bone scans. I was injected with this wonderful little radioactive dye and sent on my way with instruction to come back three hours later for a scan. I ran some errands, dropped off my car for an oil change and got taken back to the clinic by the wonderful little dealership shuttle. (the car is a whole other story - for another day, probably when I actually get to pick it up - see, whole other story).

The scan revealed some of the dye pooling in my leg and the tech was able to tell me that, indeed, there was something going on in that area. It looked to him like a stress fracture. Appointment on Tuesday will have the official reading and results but for now, I was told to keep from doing any high impact activities, ie. running.

Walk About

Day 29 of 365

The weather is really getting to be quite a bit tedious. Warm one day so the snow melts slightly, then super cold below zero with whipping wind and chills the next. I took advantage of one of the days where it was a bit warmer and there was some melt today to go out and walk about and shoot. I had quite a good time, it was relaxing, and it brought out some creativity that I had wabbed up in my head all winter thus far.

My Husband

Day 28 of 365

I love this man. More than anything I love him. He is my rock, my safe haven, my confident, my best friend. He is there for me when I need him to be and he knows when my boundaries are up and he just needs to leave well enough alone. He makes me laugh so hard that I cry. He has been there for me through hard times, always a shoulder to cry on. Always there to listen. He may not say much... but he is there to listen. He makes me feel safe, loved, cared for, and he is my rock. He is a wonderful husband and an extraordinary father.

I love this man!

I had him take his glasses off for the rest of these because of the glare on the lenses.

 His hat... this hat has been through so much - as you can tell by the wear and tear on it. But it is his favorite hat!

Evidence

Day 27 of 365

She is a child after he mothers heart that is for sure. I catch her SO often swiping my camera, running off with it and hiding so I don't see her and taking pictures with it. How do I know this? I find the evidence on my cards. And she is quite the little artist if I do say so myself. She tries, that is for sure. I am thankful for the digital format in times like this, I can only imagine what she would do if I was a film shooter. It's not just one or two pictures that she takes when she runs off with it. It is more in the couple hundreds. No two alike, so she has the shutter button down pat!

My little culprit - Vanessa, and some more evidence I found on my memory card. Here is only 4 of about 370 that she took this morning.... until she got caught.