Comfort Healing

Issue: I suffer from boughts of panic attacks. Not very often, but at least once, sometimes twice a month. And though they don’t come that often, they still kick my booty.

Cause: I haven’t figured out what causes them completely. But I have noticed things that set them off.

1. If I am totally stressed.

2. If I have had something tragic happen.

3. If I have an unexplained sudden pain (in my chest, stomach, head, arm, leg, back…you get the idea!).

Symptoms: My stomach starts hurting, I start feeling all clammy, I get lightheaded, and I literally feel like I am going to die. I think that if I fall asleep, I’m never waking up.

Cures: Anything that helps me relax and/or get my mind off of things. I can read a good book or magazine, watch a funny movie, take a nice warm (not hot, that makes it worse), or sometimes I just MAKE myself go to sleep and turn things over to God.

Well last night, I felt one coming on. My stomach started hurting and I started feeling lightheaded. I was laying in bed with Sissy when this started and I told her that Mommy’s stomach hurt. My 3 year old had done something that my momma used to do when I was little and got a stomach ache. She rubbed my belly. Oddly, it helped. The thought of her comforting me the only way she knew how, calmed me enough that I could relax and go to sleep.

Oh how I love my little girl!!!

My NEW best friend!

I am a salt girl. Always have been.

In fact, when I was pregnant with Sissy, I ended up with pre-eclampsia because I ate so much salt! (Okay, well not quite, but that’s what I chalked it up to anyways.)  I suffered from horrible morning sickness and anything salted helped. Working next door to Mickey D’s didn’t help either. I would constantly be walking across the parking lot just to get an order of fries to settle my stomach. Or I would come in to work with TWO bags of sunflower seeds. Salt was my best friend.

3 years later, I still like to eat things that are salted, but not near as much. Now, I maybe eat MD’s only twice A MONTH!! I realize now that not only did it help my pocket book but probably my cholesterol as well!

A couple of weeks ago, we took the kids to see Hubby’s dad and stepmom. She had just cooked some supper before hand…fried chicken, potatoes, spinach, and chicken gravy. Of course, I am a huge chicken eater (odd seeing as I was raised on a chicken farm…)and I will try just about anything that has chicken in it! (Eggs, not so much. But chicken, yes!) Her fried chicken was delish! I asked her how she made it. She told me (like it was how everyone made chicken) that she simply dipped it in flour that had some seasoned salt, pepper, and some of this

in it! Mrs. Dash Table Blend. I am now addicted to this stuff! I bought a bottle of it shortly after, and I add it to everything I need seasoned. From chicken, to potatoes, to steak, and hamburger meat. It seems to have also made me eat a little healthier. I have made fried potatoes twice this week, but I have fried them in EVOO instead of vegetable oil, and used Mrs.. Dash instead of salt. And honestly…I think I liked them better than the other way.

I will definitely be buying more of this stuff in the future….I maybe even venture out and try some different blends. Not sure how adventurous I am though. Yep, Mrs. Dash is my NEW best friend. (Other than Stacy, RB, SA, and LR!!)

Easter and such..

So I’ve been a little self absorbed lately. Hubby was on vacation for 9 days this past week, and we truly enjoyed it.

We Hubby started remodeling the bathroom. He changed out all the hardware (cabinet door handles and knobs, towel racks, and toilet paper holder) the first day of his vacation.

On Tuesday, the 30th, we went out of town to Lowe’s to find some stuff for the house. (That is actually what started the whole remodel). We enjoyed spending time together as a family, not working on the house!

The rest of the week, we didn’t do much of anything, except Hubby worked on the bathroom.

Sunday was Easter (duh), and what I thought was going to be a miserable day turned out to be a quite nice day. Hubby and I fought for the previous 2 days, and Sunday morning, about where everyone was going to go to church and lunch. It was between his family’s church and house for lunch, of mine.

He was adamant about going with his family and was okay with splitting our family apart for the day…which I was NOT okay with. I gave in, in the end, and went to church with him and we did lunch with his family. As much as I thought the day was going to be horrible because of it, it was a fabulous time for us!

Hubby went back to work on Monday, and the kids about drove me crazy! I didn’t realize that Dad being home for 9 days would make the next day he went back miserable… me and the kids! They screamed and cried, and acted out all day!!

Today, thankfully, is last day of work before he is off for his 3 days. So far they have been doing good..so far.

Church is tonight, and tomorrow is MDO. Of course, Hubby is off tomorrow, so he will probably want the kids to stay home. We will see…

House Pics

Well, here it is! The house post!! Pictures of our new house before we bought it, and pictures of the house now. We are currently remodeling the master bathroom, so there will be updated pictures of it…at some point.

 

Living Room Before

Living Room After

Living Room Before

Living Room After

Living Room Before

Living Room After

Sissy’s Room Before

Sissy’s Room After

Sissy’s Room Before

Sissy’s Room After

Bubba’s Room Before

Bubba’s Room After

Bubba’s Room Before

Bubba’s Room After

Kitchen Before

Kitchen After

Dining Room Before

Dining Room After

And the creme’ de la creme’, the view out my back door!!

I know that I didn’t post all of the rooms, but I didn’t want to go to picture heavy in one post.