Friday, March 17, 2006

Random Friday Bandwagon

I've decided to jump on board before the "Band" wagon got going to quickly and I couldn't catch up.

I have a bunch of little things I want to write about but none of them are strong enough to stand on their own as an individual post.

1. The nasty winds, freezing temperatures, and two inches of snow we got last week didn't seem to hurt the plants and trees that were starting to show that its spring time around here. My day lily seedlings are bouncing back from the freeze, and we have muscari starting to bloom. The ornamental flowering trees around town are in full force blooming now. Everywhere you look there are pink and white trees.

2. Wednesday afternoon my back went out. I don't know what happened, or what I did, all I know is that I stood up from sitting and my lower back was in intense pain. Thursday morning instead of going to tennis I went to the chiropractor. She agreed that my lower back and pelvis were totally out of alignment. She adjusted me and I was immediately feeling better, but the muscles were so tight and sore and inflamed that I was and am still a bit uncomfortable. I spent the entire day yesterday with one of those icy-hot patches on my back. I gotta tell you those things are amazing!

3. Two people had called me yesterday morning to see if I was going to tennis. They wished me luck at the chiropractor and hoped that I would be able to go to volleyball today. I told them I hoped so too. I wasn't able to go to tennis, I better dang well be able to go to volleyball or I might just go into withdrawals. I was feeling good enough this morning that I decided to go. But I told myself I would take it easy. Today was pretty easy to do that. The other regulars that know how to hit, set spike and serve over-hand didn't come today. So it was a very low intensity game. I'm disappointed because a little because those games are boring to me, but at the same time I'm glad because I didn't get too active so I'd have to worry about hurting my back.

4. I seem to have chronic lower back pain. Its even worse when I'm pregnant. From about 16 weeks on. Throughout my second pregnancy I went to a chiropractor. It was so nice, but after every adjustment the problem I had in my lower back/pelvis area never really went away. The dr. suggested that when I'm not pregnant I should have an x-ray done before I get pregnant again. I reminded the dr. of that yesterday, since I'm NOT pregnant right now its the perfect time. I'm going to have my first ever x-ray in my entire life this afternoon as soon as my husband comes home.

5. My daughter I fear, is becoming a girly girl. The best way to keep her occupied at the store or at church is to give her my chapstick. She loves to take the lid off and pretend to put lipstick on. The other day she got my eye shadow brush out of my makeup case and was pretending to put makeup on her eyelids and cheeks. Lately, she's been carrying the stuffed animals around the house like little babies. She asks for a baby wipe which she then carries around with her all day and pretends to wipe the stuffed animals noses and faces. Its really very cute. Even more recently I've caught her trying to share her drinks in her sippy cup with the stuffed animals, and even share her food with them. I caught her trying to make Goofy eat a chocolate covered cranberry. Today while we were at volleyball she was playing in the nursery. I never realized how many baby dolls are in there. She was carrying them around, giving them bottles... Crazy! I don't ever remember playing with baby dolls. Ever. She loves to try to walk around the house in my shoes too. It's very funny, but at the same time it makes me a little scared for the future. What do I do with a prissy girl?

6. Wednesday we didn't go to playgroup. It was too windy and cold. Thursday we didn't go to tennis. I've already told you the reason for that. Because I haven't really gotten out of the house this week, my son W has had horrible cabin fever. He's seriously driving me crazy! Oh and not to mention that two mornings in a row this week he woke up at 5am! Today was better, he didn't wake up till 6am and we got to go to volleyball.

7. We had a guy from our ward come over to look over our bathroom plans. He's a contractor/builder. He liked our plans, and gave us a few suggestions. He confirmed to us that our plans are legal and are actually really cool. He even gave us referrals to companies around town to call. (Or have his office call) so we can get anywhere between a 10-20% discount. This weekend will be spent framing and renting a cement chipper to knock out some of the cement floor for the plumbing for the tub. Should be interesting.
Posted by ABQ Mom :: 3/17/2006 01:35:00 PM :: 8 Comments:

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