In my opinion (and that's the ONLY one that matters here, right!) LOST is the best show in the history of television history. ANd those of you that never jumped on the bandwagon just don't know what you're missing! The season finale was Thursday night and I finally got to sit down and watch it yesterday while Mason was napping and OMG, WHAT an amazing season finale!!!!!!! I laughed....I cried.... I gasped in disbelief....and even screamed in shock and horror!!!!! yes you can say I'm just a bit of a fan....atic! HAHA!
All I can say is....
I now heart Ben. (i think!)
I still heart Desmond.
Sayid can kick ass.
Sawyer is still H.O.T.
I'm totally intrigued with Charlotte.
and I CANNOT wait until NEXT SEASON!!!
LOST totally ROCKS MY SOCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Allergies officially UNDER CONTROL!
Thank you LORD!
SO yesterday on my way home from work I stopped off at the Healthy Approach store thats right down the street from us. I have to say their groceries are not the cheapest, but for Mason's snacks and foods they are a blessing (not to mention right down the street) I do love Sprouts, but its a little far for us to drive for groceries *gotta save on Gas when you drive a YUKON!* (but they do have the best produce for sure!) For Mason's everyday snacks Healthy Approach has worked out great for us, and after all my research and educating myself in label reading (not to mention thanks to Sara for googling certain ingredients for me while I do my grocery shopping! LOL) we've found some great tasting and nutritious snacks for Mason! I think I've finally found some relief (still not happy about how much our grocery bill has increased though!) The cookbook "deceptively delicious" has also been a HUGE blessing and help me figure out some alternative ideas (helps alot with cutting out eggs, etc.) Yesterday i found a GREAT thing- its called Meredith's Marvelous Muffin/Quickbread mix by 123Gluten Free (123Glutenfree.com) I found the mix at Healthy Approach & decided i'd give it a try for Mason (i've been struggling with new ideas for him for breakfast) so this afternoon I made muffins and on their website they had directions for Carrot Cake Muffins well I have a ton of carrots so I shredded some up, substituted the egg with Bananas, added a little milk to help thin out the batter a little and added a little cinnamon and brown sugar and WOW I'm overly impressed with this mix! You'd never know they are Gluten Free, Egg Free, Soy Free and Corn Free, and they're so nutritious! I couldn't be more thrilled that Mason LOOOOOVED them, lets just say within about 3 hours time tonight he ate 4 muffins! LOL SO I guess we found a great new brand that is going to be a staple in our house- next we'll try the pancake mix! AND now that I've really been able to nail down the soy (finally i've nailed down all these ingredients that disguise the soy) Mason's itching has stopped, in fact in the past 4 days we've only given him his itchy medicine ONCE, and havent used his steroid cream since early this week! We continue to treat him with Zyrtec every morning because that really helps with his outdoor allergies, but his skin is looking SO SO much better, his excema hasnt flared up and looks like his excema spots on his feet are really fading! HORRAY! Finally we've got some relief- thank you God!!
SO yesterday on my way home from work I stopped off at the Healthy Approach store thats right down the street from us. I have to say their groceries are not the cheapest, but for Mason's snacks and foods they are a blessing (not to mention right down the street) I do love Sprouts, but its a little far for us to drive for groceries *gotta save on Gas when you drive a YUKON!* (but they do have the best produce for sure!) For Mason's everyday snacks Healthy Approach has worked out great for us, and after all my research and educating myself in label reading (not to mention thanks to Sara for googling certain ingredients for me while I do my grocery shopping! LOL) we've found some great tasting and nutritious snacks for Mason! I think I've finally found some relief (still not happy about how much our grocery bill has increased though!) The cookbook "deceptively delicious" has also been a HUGE blessing and help me figure out some alternative ideas (helps alot with cutting out eggs, etc.) Yesterday i found a GREAT thing- its called Meredith's Marvelous Muffin/Quickbread mix by 123Gluten Free (123Glutenfree.com) I found the mix at Healthy Approach & decided i'd give it a try for Mason (i've been struggling with new ideas for him for breakfast) so this afternoon I made muffins and on their website they had directions for Carrot Cake Muffins well I have a ton of carrots so I shredded some up, substituted the egg with Bananas, added a little milk to help thin out the batter a little and added a little cinnamon and brown sugar and WOW I'm overly impressed with this mix! You'd never know they are Gluten Free, Egg Free, Soy Free and Corn Free, and they're so nutritious! I couldn't be more thrilled that Mason LOOOOOVED them, lets just say within about 3 hours time tonight he ate 4 muffins! LOL SO I guess we found a great new brand that is going to be a staple in our house- next we'll try the pancake mix! AND now that I've really been able to nail down the soy (finally i've nailed down all these ingredients that disguise the soy) Mason's itching has stopped, in fact in the past 4 days we've only given him his itchy medicine ONCE, and havent used his steroid cream since early this week! We continue to treat him with Zyrtec every morning because that really helps with his outdoor allergies, but his skin is looking SO SO much better, his excema hasnt flared up and looks like his excema spots on his feet are really fading! HORRAY! Finally we've got some relief- thank you God!!
Friday, May 30, 2008
Girls Night Out!
I have to say i am SO excited for tonight! 10 of my girlfriends and I are going to watch the Sex & The City Movie! We're making it a girls night with Dinner, the movie and then dancing at the Glass Cactus! I can't wait, I know I'll be tired tomorrow, but I'm sure it'll be worth it! :-) Pictures to follow tomorrow!
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Allergies suck.
so while we were in CA we were really lax on what Mason ate (bad bad parents!) it was too expensive to buy everything to be able to make all of his stuff from scratch, so basically we let him eat what we ate. His excema flared up and he had more congestion. So we've gotten back into the grind and feeding him what's right. I think I've just been really down about all the food allergies. If it was just wheat or just soy, but BOTH are in everything and I'm just getting frustrated. We FINALLY got back the extensive blood work results and Mason is allergic to just about every tree possible, Soy (being the highest of the food allergies), Wheat, CORN (thats a new one to us! and sadly Mason's favorite veggie, but corn products are in alot of things, so SOMETHING else to cut out), the egg whites are lower on the scale and considered a moderate food allergy, and also CATS. I was in tears thinking i would have to get rid of the beloved cats I've had for almost 10 years. Thankfully the allergist said no need to get rid of them, there's precautions we can take to lower the reaction to pet dander.
Anyway, I just feel beaten down about the food allergies. Its the soy that gets me (and Mason too apparently!) its in literally everything (except fruits and veggies thankfully!) but trying to cut it out is SO hard!! I just pray that he out grows that one REALLy quickly. I can do with the wheat allergy, its not easy, but its SO much easier to cut out than Soy! I've been struggling with things to be able to feed Mason for breakfast- basically he gets his Rice crackers for breakfast with blueberries & "Pirates Booty" not exactly the breakfast of champions, but its the one time of day that he doesnt want all fruit. I can't make him oatmeal because of hte chance of cross contamination with wheat. The last possible thing i thought i could make him was grits (ew) but that has corn in it-cant do that one now! So i think I'm going to have to play around with all these alternative flours and such and see if I can come up with a combination to make him some kind of muffins. I've used the gluten free all purpose flour and its just not right! YUCK! i tried some rice flour in stuff today and it seems better, next I'll try Buckwheat flour and see if its any better.
So enough of my vent, Mason is clearly not starving, but I've just been having a hard time, and I'm acutally getting tired of cooking so much!! (thats a first!) even though I've been back stocking meals for him, its been taking along time and not to mention EXPENSIVE!!
So please say a prayer for Mason that he grows out of these food allergies at a young age and doesnt have to deal with these thru adulthood! I sure don't want to be making these meals for him while he's in college! LOL
Anyway, I just feel beaten down about the food allergies. Its the soy that gets me (and Mason too apparently!) its in literally everything (except fruits and veggies thankfully!) but trying to cut it out is SO hard!! I just pray that he out grows that one REALLy quickly. I can do with the wheat allergy, its not easy, but its SO much easier to cut out than Soy! I've been struggling with things to be able to feed Mason for breakfast- basically he gets his Rice crackers for breakfast with blueberries & "Pirates Booty" not exactly the breakfast of champions, but its the one time of day that he doesnt want all fruit. I can't make him oatmeal because of hte chance of cross contamination with wheat. The last possible thing i thought i could make him was grits (ew) but that has corn in it-cant do that one now! So i think I'm going to have to play around with all these alternative flours and such and see if I can come up with a combination to make him some kind of muffins. I've used the gluten free all purpose flour and its just not right! YUCK! i tried some rice flour in stuff today and it seems better, next I'll try Buckwheat flour and see if its any better.
So enough of my vent, Mason is clearly not starving, but I've just been having a hard time, and I'm acutally getting tired of cooking so much!! (thats a first!) even though I've been back stocking meals for him, its been taking along time and not to mention EXPENSIVE!!
So please say a prayer for Mason that he grows out of these food allergies at a young age and doesnt have to deal with these thru adulthood! I sure don't want to be making these meals for him while he's in college! LOL
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Random Ramblings
So I've got a big project in the works. Once everything is official, I'll let everyone know what's going on! In the mean time, just say a prayer for us that things work easily for us!
For some reason Mason has started waking up again at night--right around 4 am (UGH.) and so we've been having to let him Cry it out again (he wants to sleep in our bed) but we're not having any of it! Hopefully, (cross your fingers) last night was the last night of it. I am TIRED today!
I officially love Craig Fergusen. not really, but I just adore him. I have finally found my late night show that is meant for me! You all know my sense of humor, well I have discovered the Late Late show and OMG, he is HILARIOUS! I have almost peed my pants several times in the past few nights during his show. I have to remind myself to take care of that before his show comes on . ;-P
Sara and I might make a trip up to Oklahoma next weekend to see his stand up comedy act. Good stuff.
Its been so stinkin' hot here. I cannot WAIT until July until PT08 (parents trip 2008) and to be back by the beach! i think its like 50 some days left. its too far away!!!
For some reason Mason has started waking up again at night--right around 4 am (UGH.) and so we've been having to let him Cry it out again (he wants to sleep in our bed) but we're not having any of it! Hopefully, (cross your fingers) last night was the last night of it. I am TIRED today!
I officially love Craig Fergusen. not really, but I just adore him. I have finally found my late night show that is meant for me! You all know my sense of humor, well I have discovered the Late Late show and OMG, he is HILARIOUS! I have almost peed my pants several times in the past few nights during his show. I have to remind myself to take care of that before his show comes on . ;-P
Sara and I might make a trip up to Oklahoma next weekend to see his stand up comedy act. Good stuff.
Its been so stinkin' hot here. I cannot WAIT until July until PT08 (parents trip 2008) and to be back by the beach! i think its like 50 some days left. its too far away!!!
Monday, May 19, 2008
Less than 2 months and counting down!
Less than 2 months (but WHO's counting!!) until we're back in CA (parents only trip!) and I'm back on my working out kick (vacation kinda put me on a delay and strep didn't help kick me back into gear at all!). I just gotta pray this motivation stays strong! I am devoted to losing weight and looking way BETTER in a swimsuit (usually thats an idea that makes me cringe!) So I have decided that one way to throw myself back into gear is to devote myself to "Total Conditioning" class twice weekly (really that's all that my schedule allows- most of the classes are during my work schedule, but at least I know I can devote myself to 2 of the classes weekly.) and yes you read right, I'm going back to the Total Coniditioning class! What am i thinking? I guess I'm looking for a good ass kicking. SO wish me luck, motivation and pray that I survive!!!
My nose!!
How can you tell if your nose is broken besides the obvious (see a dr, black eyes, swollen nose?) I was on the floor playing with Mason this morning, when of course I get knocked around. Mason busted my nose, and boy did it hurt this time (I've gotten head bonked many many times before) well, almost 12 hours later, my nose STILL hurts. No black eyes thankfully, my nose is slightly swollen but dang does it hurt still! ( and not just my nose, but the inside of my cheek bone and even my top lip) If its not broken, Mason sure tried hard at it! :-(
Friday, May 16, 2008
Crawfish Boil!
We went to our first Crawfish Boil tonight (or Crawdad Massacre- as I called it! haha!) our friends the Delins have some property out in Roanoake and John got a great deal on some crawfish- so they invited us and friends out for a crawfish boil. This was my first crawfish boil (and Mason's) but Gavin has been to several when he was younger.
So we get there and for some reason, it never dawned on me....they'd be ALIVE when you cook them! HA! Mason and I had fun sticking our heads into the coolers of crawfish and yelling at them, all their little claws would go straight up in the air in defense, it was kinda funny looking when they would all do it. Mason liked pointing at them and yelling too, but he wouldn't go any closer than that. He did really enjoy eating some though! Kudos to the chef John for our yummy delish dinner!
Mason partied hard into the night, and this was one of the things that kept him going!
A piece of our dinner just before he met his Maker.
Crawfish trying to eat Mason!
So we get there and for some reason, it never dawned on me....they'd be ALIVE when you cook them! HA! Mason and I had fun sticking our heads into the coolers of crawfish and yelling at them, all their little claws would go straight up in the air in defense, it was kinda funny looking when they would all do it. Mason liked pointing at them and yelling too, but he wouldn't go any closer than that. He did really enjoy eating some though! Kudos to the chef John for our yummy delish dinner!
Mason partied hard into the night, and this was one of the things that kept him going!
A piece of our dinner just before he met his Maker.
Crawfish trying to eat Mason!
Loungin'.
I was taking a picture w/my camera on my phone tonight and I found this pic I snapped in CA of Mason lounging on the chaise on the patio. Just thought it was too cute not to share!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Home too Soon...
Our trip out to CA went WAY too fast. I could move there in a heart beat. But then again, who wouldn't with a house like Dad's to stay in???? We're definitely spoiled by his beach house! Its an AMAZING house (we're talking cream of the crop upgrades and an absolutely amazing view within just seconds walking to the sand) one of the big bonuses of the house (besides all those things!) is it is down in this great cove area among less than 2 dozen other houses with 2 small beach areas. The beaches are considered 'public' beaches, but there isn't any public parking in the cove, so accessing them unless you live down there, isn't easy, so needless to say, they are VeRy quiet beaches! Anyway, enough about the house-- we had a GREAT trip, it was too quick, and I really enjoyed hanging out with my 3 boys! I think I've had my fill of testosterone, I need a girly night!!!!!!!!
On to the photos you've been waiting to see!! (and YES, there ARE photos of MOMMY in here!)
Mason yelling at the big fish at the Aquarium of the Pacific
Colorful Jellyfish at the AOTP
Me looking at the couple of Lorikeets that landed on my arm, i would have liked them better if one had not pooped on my foot! (thankfully it was just clear liquid...and thankfully for wipes!)
Mason and I shopping in Laguna Beach
Mason on his favorite spot in the WHOLE house!
Mason on his beloved Chaise Lounge (he would have probably slept here if I let him!)
Gavin and his Mini Me
Daddies on Duty (Gavin with Mason and Roman with Maddy and McKenna) notice our loaded out get up/stroller from when we were at the Aquarium! I took our big stroller, but it wouldnt even fit in the BMW trunk (oops!) THANKFULLY Cathy brought one of her many double strollers, we loaded it up with bags, sweatshirts and kiddos!) HOW did I ever miss taking a picture with Cathy????
Mason on the Beach
Amazing sunset last night
On to the photos you've been waiting to see!! (and YES, there ARE photos of MOMMY in here!)
Mason yelling at the big fish at the Aquarium of the Pacific
Colorful Jellyfish at the AOTP
Me looking at the couple of Lorikeets that landed on my arm, i would have liked them better if one had not pooped on my foot! (thankfully it was just clear liquid...and thankfully for wipes!)
Mason and I shopping in Laguna Beach
Mason on his favorite spot in the WHOLE house!
Mason on his beloved Chaise Lounge (he would have probably slept here if I let him!)
Gavin and his Mini Me
Daddies on Duty (Gavin with Mason and Roman with Maddy and McKenna) notice our loaded out get up/stroller from when we were at the Aquarium! I took our big stroller, but it wouldnt even fit in the BMW trunk (oops!) THANKFULLY Cathy brought one of her many double strollers, we loaded it up with bags, sweatshirts and kiddos!) HOW did I ever miss taking a picture with Cathy????
Mason on the Beach
Amazing sunset last night
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