I Should have a Colonoscopy more Often

Not really. It took me forever to drink the nasty prep drink and felt like I would vomit after every gulp. Then it was followed by horrible abdominal cramping and you can imagine the rest. I did manage to lose 2 pounds in one night...but gained it back the next day after I had lunch. Dang it!

On a positive note, as Tami mentioned it was like having colonics, flush out my colon to be healthy...no thanks...I think I'll be unhealthy in a colon kind of way. They found a bunch of hemmeroids and told me to eat more fiber. Okay, I can handle that. Then there's my sweet visiting teachers who watched my screaming kids and sent a yummy soup dinner that hit the spot. Recovery actually went quite well... thanks to great friends and a dear husband who helped me out. I can't complain...not that much anyway.

Can you say COLONOSCOPY???

Lucky me... I get to have my second colonoscopy tomorrow. And I'm only 35!! What's up with that?? I'm telling ya ..bearing children ruins your body...inside and out. I don't think it's anything serious, but my doctor wanted to be sure. Of course, she's not the one that gets a camera in her bottom either. Oh well...it is what it is. Maybe I'll get lucky and lose 5 pounds or something?? Hey I can wish right?? Now for the perplexing question...Does Lipton Onion soup count as a clear liquid lunch? It's kinda murky and has those little onion pieces in it. Later tonight I get to enjoy a clear liquid dinner. What is that supposed to be? Then guzzle a gallon or two of laxative. FUN! Wish me luck.

Ethan Helps with the Laundry

Yesterday, Ethan asked if he could help me do the laundry. "Sure," I said, eager to teach my son the basics of starting a load of laundry. He put most of the light colored clothes in the machine when he turns and casually says to me..."Mom, do you want to put your boobs in the wash?" I quickly turned and said,"WHAT did you say???" "I said... Do you want to put your boobs in the wash?" as he pointed to my bras on the laundry room floor. "Honey,those are called bras," I said with a smile on my face.
"So do you want to wash them or not?" he said. "Yes, please," I said,"throw the BRAS in the machine." Apparently, my son knows my secret...that the only boobs I have are the padded ones that get washed in the laundry.

Spring Break Slugs

Last week we took the trek out to Iowa to visit some friends we left behind and put a sign on some land we'd like to sell. I'd like to say our boys enjoyed the beautiful scenery...but there's not much you can say about Nebraska scenery if you know what I mean. So, they spent the majority of the 12 hour trip either sleeping or glued to the new DVD player we had installed just before leaving. Enjoy the pics of our little slugs that never even blinked during the countless hours of Dora the Explorer and The Wiggles.

To make matters worse, we misplaced our camera and later found it in our luggage. Thus, the grainy dark photographs of our dear friends, the Graffs. We are working on recruiting them out to Colorado to live next year. They have four adorable boys and we enjoyed many great times with them as well as other great friends while we were out there.

What's Grosser than Gross?

Yesterday, Carter picked up what he thought was a treat off the carpet in the family room. He walked over to us took it our of his mouth and said, "Yucky!" I picked it up off the couch and smelled it. It was HAMSTER POOP!!! How in the world did hamster poop get on our carpet? Well, a couple of weeks ago, our hamster, Nemo Macaroni, escaped out of Ben's hands as he was holding the little critter on the couch. An hour later we finally caught him and put him back in his cage. Well he must have left us an unwanted treat behind the couch because Carter found it and decided to taste it!! I have a feeling he won't be tasting brown little nuggets any longer!!