I’m Back! It’s been 15 days since my last post. I promise I’ve not been a slacker. I’m continuing to recover from my surgery and I was gone for a week on a mission trip. Yesterday was 4 weeks since my surgery. I’m feeling better everyday. I tire easily and sleep hard. This road to [...]
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Long Time No Post
Posted in Blogging, Health and Wellness, tagged builders for christ, camp, lake, mission trip, pool, recovery, summer, surgery on June 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Post Surgery Days – Part 4
Posted in Health and Wellness, Uncategorized, tagged chores, Family, healing, post surgery, spank on June 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
……………………………………………………………………. That is how I feel today. Just ………………………………………………………………………… Ya know what I mean? I deserve a spanking and I’m getting it! I did all kinds of chores on Monday that I was not supposed to do and now I’m hurting; still two days later. I can make up excuses for my rebellious behavior but [...]
Post Surgery Days – Part 3
Posted in Health and Wellness, Uncategorized, tagged friends, HULU, nothing, post surgery, self pity, surgery on May 28, 2010 | 5 Comments »
WWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That describes how I feel today. I just want to lay in bed, waller in my own pity, cry a self-pity cry, and HULU the day away. This is the first day since my surgery that I have felt like this. I don’t know if it is hormones (I still have my ovaries) or just [...]
Post Surgery Days – Part 2
Posted in Health and Wellness, Uncategorized, tagged medication, pain, post surgery, surgery on May 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This sitting around and healing business can be boring! I’m completely dependent upon my family for food and such. I can’t just get up and fix myself something to eat when I get hungry. There is only so much I can do while sitting on the couch or lying in bed. Boring! I’m socially deprived! Though [...]
Post Surgery Days – Part 1
Posted in Health and Wellness, Uncategorized, tagged hospital, medicine, nap, nurses, pain, post surgery, pre-op, scrabble, sleep, surgery, uterus on May 21, 2010 | 3 Comments »
6:15 am, Wednesday, May 19th We arrived at the hospital for registration and pre-op. My surgery was the first one of the day. The Hubby and I settle into my little pre-op area as the nurse preps me for surgery. She gives me an IV and starts fluids. She puts compression wraps on my legs. [...]
Can I live without that?
Posted in Health and Wellness, Uncategorized, tagged adenomyosis, doctor, hospital, hysterectomy, ovaries, pain, uterus on April 26, 2010 | 5 Comments »
The past six months I have been in pain. Lots of it. Physical pain. My uterus hurts. Alot. Last month, I went to see my doctor about all this pain I was experiencing. It was getting worse and I was becoming an emotional mess! I needed to know what was wrong. I was hurting and [...]
A Giveaway…. Cloth Menstrual Pads by Crea8tive Mama
Posted in Giveaways, Health and Wellness, tagged Cancer, Crea8tive Mama, Etsy, fluff, Giveaway, health, menstrual pads, Random Number Generator, tampons, Toxic Shock Syndrome on March 18, 2010 | 34 Comments »
WELCOME TO THE VERY FIRST GIVEAWAY ON 12 HATS AND A SOMBRERO! Did you know that disposable tampons and menstrual pads are believed to be connected with cases of Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) and contain horrible toxins like dioxin? There is a lot of information to be found about the health risks involved with disposable menstrual products. [...]
Special Packages Make My Day
Posted in Health and Wellness, tagged fluff, laundry, menstrual pads, natural cleaners, packages, soap nuts on March 16, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Here is the link to my “FLUFF” supplier: She is based out of Pennsylvania. http://www.etsy.com/shop/Crea8tiveMama Here is the link to my soap nut supplier: They are based out of Canada. http://www.buysoapnuts.com/ Happier than yesterday, The Milk Maid P.S. I washed a urine soaked sheet (thanks to my bedwetter) with soap nuts and you can not [...]
Am I Crunchy?
Posted in Health and Wellness, Homeschool, Marriage, On the Farm, Parenthood, tagged breast feeding, crunchy, eco-friendly, green builder, Parenting, semi-crunchy, urban dictionary on March 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The terminology used to describe tree-hugging, enviromentally friendly women now a days is “CRUNCHY”? Urban Dictionary** describes it as “persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, [...]
Everything we need God has provided in nature.
Posted in Health and Wellness, tagged cleaning, God, Maggies Soap Nuts, natural, nature on February 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My awesome sister in law is hosting a give away on her blog. She is reviewing a product for Maggies Pure Land. The product is Maggies Soap Nuts. They look amazing. I’m eager to order myself some and give it a try. God provided everything Adam and Eve needed in the Garden of Eden. I [...]
