The JMB Family

I had my surgery Monday morning.. I woke up way too early, couldnt eat, couldnt drink and was scared beyond belief.. Joe and I got the kids up and ready to go spend the day at Grandma Lynn's and Grandpa Steve's house. Once I was checked in at the hospital I was given a room and was told to get ready.. they had way too many patients in for same-day-surgery and not enough staff on board.. it took the nurse a while to get back to me after she had me get in my gown.. they made me do a pregnancy test.. I laughed at the poor nurse when she told me I had to do one.. once she left to go get the restroom ready I sat there and prayed that God would make the test come back positive so I wouldnt have to go through with the surgery. I will admit I was very disapointed when the nurse and the anesthesiologist came back into the room. That just meant my test was negative and surgery was a go. The anesthesiologist scared me.. he talked about the breathing tube that they would put in and he ta...

THIS IS YOUR WARNING: I AM VENTING! I have surgery on Monday.. I have been stressed since my appointment on Tuesday.. The stress just keeps growing with each passing minute. First, I'll let you know that I am having a endometrial ablation done (the endometrial lining of my uterus will be removed to stop the pain and heavy cycle that I have been having since Nathan was born). The reason behind the pain and heavy bleeding is because of the cells, tissues, and blood that is growing into that lining and not releasing with my cycles. So, with this done, that means that I wont have that lining there for a baby to attach to if I were to get pregnant again. Well the baby would need that in order to be able to grow. I have had enough miscarriages! Not only would the baby not make it if I were to get pregnant, it could cause me a lot of problems. It could end badly for me! It will always end badly for the baby and could potentially kill me! So in order to prevent...

Yeah there really arent many things I am scared of but I can say I'm scared now.. I know I have blogged about my 'health issues' before and my nasty cycles since Nathan was born, but I finally took a much needed step in the the right direction. Today I went to see another new doctor about my concerns with my menstraul cycles. This doctor got right down to the point and wanted to take a sample of the insides of my uterus to test and culture them.. He mentioned that I have too much 'crap' in there for just having my cycle end last Friday.. That he seemed concerned about.. He also sent me to lab to have a few blood draws done.. He is checking for anemia (which I am certain I have), he is checking my platelets, my thyroid, and something else but I cant remember at the moment.. They needed 4 large tubes of blood for these tests.. Big meanies! I HATE HATE HATE blood draws! And IV's but mostly blood draws! Luckily for me, the lab technician that I got today knew wh...

I thought these looked amazing and will hopefully be trying these soon! I found this recipe at http://kitchenescapes.blogspot.com/ Along with the recipe is her comical story of how she finally ended up with these pictures :)   As a testament to just how good these rice crispy treats are, I'll admit I had to make them 3 times before getting a picture of them. Each time I made them we either ate them all or gave them away. I am in no way complaining about that though because these rice crispy treats are amazing. Brown butter and salt add an interesting depth of flavor to traditional crispy treats, making them irresistible to me. Honestly, it took some severe willpower to limit myself to one (or two) of these per day, and I could have easily eaten the whole batch. Now I just have to find an excuse to make them again...... Salted Brown Butter Crispy Treats Source: Smitten Kitchen Ingredients: 1 stick unsalted butter 1 10-ounce bag marshmallows Heaping 1/4 teaspoon coarse sea...

FINALLY! We have internet with wi-fi, cable tv, and phone service!!! I cant wait to upload pictures that I havent been able to post for you! eeekk! Kaylee and Natalie had a sleep over with Auntie V and Granny last night and just got home a few minutes ago.. I wonder if Kaylee noticed that she now has a working TV in her room.. We had told her that we were not going to set it up for her, but decided that with it being summer vacation it would give her something to do on a rainy day if I am busy or cant whip up a project. She has been told that she will loose it if she doesnt keep up good grades and stay on top of homework and keeps a clean room.. She also has to share with her siblings without arguing or asta la veesta baby! I have been trying to take care of myself on top of moving into the house and taking care of everyone else.. For the past few months I have been bruising very easily.. A simple poke will turn into a bruise in a matter of hours. And then that bruise lasts f...

We have been SO busy lately! We have cleared everything out of the farm and it's now in our garage! We have been living in the house since last Monday! We knew we wanted to be in the house last week to sleep because we had some record high temps. Last Tuesday we hit 103*! nuts!!!! We are so thankful to have a working air conditioner in the house. We have been trying to get cable, Internet and phone services set up. That has been a run around because the folks that used to live here had satellite tv and their satellite company cut the cables for cable tv right off of the house! Big jerks!! Hopefully when Joe gets home he will be able to put up the shelves in the pantry and the shelves in our closet!! I am ready to have a home for my clothes haha! I haven't had a working dresser since I was a kid! Right now my clothes sit on the floor so to have shelves and hanging space in the closet will be awesome! It has been quite the journey the past few months.. Such an emotional rol...

Yeah painting.. I HATE IT! I have always hated painting! But it has to be done so I did some.. We started in Nathan's bedroom. A friend of ours came to help us out for a couple of hours! Lance (Jewy) fixed my door knob, trimmed the paint in Nate's room and checked some outlets. If he hadn't shown up today, I don't think we would have started painting. Thank you Jewy!!! I went to the house around 12:30pm to start pulling nails out of the walls. I kid you not, there is a pile of nails and sinkers on my counter right now! The previous owners were nuts with how much they hung. Joe barked that I am not allowed to put nails into the walls to hang stuff, but little does he know I will be hanging stuff!! Once I buy stuff of course! We were not allowed to hang things in the apartment so I never bought home decor! Regretting it now though! And I have ZERO interior design skills!!! This could get messy haha! Tomorrow is Kaylee's last day as a second grader!! Man that makes...

So.. We closed on the house yesterday morning! Closing took about an hour. After the papers were all signed we went to pick up the babies from the school where grandma Lynn watched them while we were at closing. Natalie got to ride in the tractor with uncle Eddie so when grandma Candi came she stopped to pick up Natalie and they met us at the house. Candi and I cleaned while Joe went to get a lawn mower, the kitchen table and chairs, the patio set, and the fridge. When Joe got back I left to pick up some yummy papa murphy's pizza and cheese bread for lunch and I stopped at the hardware store to pick up weed whipper string too.. That was exciting (sense the sarcasm). Joe cut and trimmed the yard and then we all sat to eat lunch. Natalie either saw the mail carrier stop or was snooping in the mailbox. Either way, we ended up with our first pile of mail. No bills came! Phew! Haha! But we did get Joe's new debit card, new insurance cards, a utility consumer report for the past 12...