Weekend Update
This weekend has been long. I am sorry if I have not made it around to your journals yet.
Thank you all for the lovely comments on the previous post. Yes, I know I am very blessed to have the life I lead now but it wasn't always so. I don't take one minute of my time with Steven for granted and neither do the children. We love him completely, totally, beyond what I can put into words.
If you leave my journal with one thing let it be this: Love your spouse and your children as if today is the last day you will have to love them. Love each other well for in the end all that counts is how much you loved and were loved.
Now for the update:
Gracie has a problem with nose bleeds every so often. We don't know what sets them off or when they will happen. We may go for a week with a nose bleed in the middle of the night and then months of nothing.
Friday night she had a mild nose bleed. Saturday she had 3 or 4 which prompted us to agree we should see a doctor ASAP. Saturday night on the porch in the rockers she had a huge nose bleed. She said she felt the pop in her nostril and then it just poured. It hurt to the point she had tears. Saturday middle of the night another nose bleed. Sunday morning a small nose bleed, then another, then a huge one that lasted 30 minutes and she passed huge clots.
Off we rushed to the local Medical Center/Hospital. Outside a huge sign read NO EMERGENCY ROOM ... WTF? By this time her nose has stopped bleeding and we decide to go back home. She seems fine. We are home 30 minutes and another huge nose bleed and clots the size of your thumb. In the truck we go to the hospital in the next county. This ER is a triage. Most service is first come first served. We saw some gruesome looking people waiting in pain and injured and they were not taken right in -first come first serve!
After two and a half hours we were no were near to be seen by a doctor. Gracie's nose had stopped bleeding and we decided to take her home. It is 6pm and so far so good. I have the a/c cranked down low and she is not allowed to jump around and play rough. She is on the sofa upstairs in their TV room with a cold drink and a remote for the TV.
I will be making an appointment tomorrow with an ENT to check her sinus. My sister had terrible nose bleeds as a child and ended up having to have the capillaries in her nose cauterized. I seriously think it may come to this with Gracie.
In other news - children had told me they had everything clean and everything in its place upstairs. I go up and begin looking in closets and under beds and find huge messes. They have spent most of Saturday and Sunday cleaning. I mean deep cleaning. Every bed was stripped and every stitch washed. Floors have been mopped. Furniture is dusted. I doubt they will ever tell me something is clean and I find it is not. They do not like it when I stand over them and inspect every single thing. I know: I am a mean momma. So be it. Upstairs is clean.
I have read three books this week:
The Secret Life of Bees - This is a great book. If you have not read it you must obtain a copy and devour it for yourself. You will not be disappointed. I read The Mermaid Chair a while back by the same author and enjoy it as much. You really must read these.
Miracle - Short read. This one doesn't take much concentration. Simple story. Quick romance. This is one for keeping in the bathroom and just reading a page or two at a time. You won't get lost or loose the story line.
The Good Wife Strikes Back - This book is for someone more in a very late 40's - early 50's state of life ending one era and begining again, discovering a new self heading toward 60. I found that it took over two thirds of the book to get to the point and then it was lost and muddled in memories that had NOTHING to do with the current scene of the book. It is first person by an English wife and I struggled through it finding pieces and parts of other books and movies pulled into it. It almost made me feel as if I were reading something from a junior Red Hat Ladies reading list. Don't waste your money on this one.
With tomorrow beginning the first whole week of back to school I have planned and prepared for my current project. In order to have a safe nursery we are moving Gracie out of her bedroom and into the bedroom opposite of Colby. It has direct access to the bathroom and it also is nearest the stairs, front and back. The reasoning is I don't think a toddler would be safe in that room with a bathroom and 2 staircases nearby. Gracie has wanted that room since we moved into this house. So now she is getting it.
I have purchased the paint and will begin painting her room tomorrow (I hope). I have my white cast iron bed I brought up from Georgia ready to go in. I have ordered her a new set of mattresses. I have purchased beautiful bedding of white and cream with pink and raspberry roses -very pale and dainty. I need to find a large rug for that room. I have 2 weeks to finish up the big stuff before her mattress arrive. I am a woman on a mission with a deadline.
I want to give you a tip. I know alot of people have a real problem shopping at Walmart. I on the other hand am all about getting the biggest bang for my buck. When we have replaced mattresses for beds I have ordered them from Walmart.com. I have purchased Simmons Beauty Rest luxury mattress sets for far less than buying them in a local store. The freight is usually around $50 and they bring the mattresses to the bedroom and unwrap them and put them in place.
Seriously, be frugal and look for deals and you can purchase name brand top of the line items for discount prices.
Steven and I went to Lowes Saturday morning and we found they were putting most of the summer patio furniture pieces on clearance. I bought three tables and two lounge chairs for my pool area for next summer at below 50% off the regular retail price. We have stored them in the pool house (tobacco barn) until next spring. I really hate to pay retail for anything.
Last week our pool was dug. I have lots of photos of the process. This week the iron work should be done and ready for the gunite to be blown. I really hope we will get a week or two of use out of it before cold weather sets in.
And how was your weekend?
Oh, poor Gracie! I hope she's doing better.
Your pool sounds wonderful. I'd be swimming in December if that's how long it took! :)
I'm so sorry Gracie has had to go through all of this. I hope a solution is found soon. Poor kid!
I loved the "Bees" and am planning to read the "Mermaid Chair" as soon as my mom is done with it.
Getting a pool must be so exciting!There's no way to have one on this property but we all swear we have to have one at our next house.
This weekend we had my sister over and enjoyed playing board games and visiting with her. Today I took the girls to the park to rollerblade. Tomorrow is their first day of school! I'm off to read books to my 6 year old and tuck her in:)
Im sorry to hear about Gracie and her nose bleeds. I hope they can find something to stop them and what is causing them.
I love walmart and have no issues with it. I always find a deal there so I am happy.
Emma used to have a major nose-bleeding problem when she was Gracie's age. We thought we were going to have to do the cauterizing thing, but then she seemed to grow out of it. She still gets them but only occasionally. I hope Gracie does, too!
Wow, I hope everything is OK with Gracie.
Hi, Angie! I have seen your comments at Vicki's, Mary's, and Michele's (via MommaK!). So, I just had to pop over and see what all the fuss was about. Now I get it! You lead a charmed life and you write beautifully! I'll read on down! Get well wishes to Gracie!
Nosebleeds are so scary. Poor Gracie (and poor Gracie's family.)
Weekends at the ER suck. :-(
My goodness! I'm sorry to hear about Gracie... I have never had a nose bleed. My husband has them every so often too but nothing that bad. The thing that triggers his is the lack of humidity in the air. So it's probably good to turn the a/c down, smart mama!
My mom use to do that "cleaning inspection" with my brother and I when we were young. It really is a good thing to do. I say that now! ahahaha you would find me calling my mom every name in the book back then ;) But from that I have learned in many ways how to clean, what to clean, and so on. If she wouldn't have made me do "the works" then now as a married woman, how would I have ever known that when you clean the toilet you have to get down and go allll the way to the very back and around the floor. Or when you put too many clothes in the washer they just don't come clean. Well lucky for me on that one my hubby does the laundry heeheee.
And I'll never know why people have a problem with Wal*Mart!! It's an amazing store! Only wish I could buy things online. We don't have a Candaian site. Sigh
Hope you have a great week!
I had terrible nose bleed problems also, so I am sure Gracie is scared. Eventually a doctor tied off a vein in my neck that was feeding the weak area in my right nostril. No nose bleeds since!
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It is nice to hear something good said for WalMart. I was beginning to feel all alone.
I can't even imagine dealing with those nosebleeds. Blood is scary, even if you're pretty sure you know what's causing it isn't serious.
I never got nosebleeds in my life until I was at a college's cheerleading camp in 7th grade. Some guy threw a water balloon from the top of his dorm as we were walking by below- It hit me right in the nose. My nose bled every night that week and for years afterward- right where I'd been hit.
That a$#*hole.
I hope Gracie's nose bleeds go away. Poor thing. Her new room sounds like it's going to be beautiful.
How frightening! My DS2 can have terrible nosebleeds. I'll keep Gracie in my prayers!
PS. You've been tagged!!!
Oh no, those nose bleeds sound awful.I hope she is ok..Kinda scarey when you see your child bleeding profusly out of one of thier orfuses..LOL
I hate Walmart..but I am addcited to Target..To me Target is the Mecca of all shopping Gods..lol
But when u can get a bargin..go for it.:)
I am so sorry about Gracie's nosebleeds. My husband has them, mostly in the winter. I tell him he needs to be cauterized, but he is a coward.
Angie, you are so busy - I don't know how you manage to do it all and then write about it too.
paying full price sucks the big one thats for sure and it sounds like you have secured yourself some bargins for sure, i am lucky as i work in a store that sells furniture, bedding, outdoor furniture, electrical and computers and i get all that i want for cost price one a the few and I mean very few perks of working retail sales
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Poor Gracie. I hope she finds a solution soon.
Bedroom sounds exciting.
my youngest daughter actually went through a period where she would have alot of nose bleeds, but now that i think about it, it's been awhile since they've stopped. weird????
i love walmart, i'm in canada, we don't have target here, most of the blogs i read talk about target. i understand what walmart stands for and why people have a problemm with it, but i've got three kids and i go where the bargains are, and usually, that's walmart.
The thing I loved most about getting ready for babies was decorating rooms, not just for the baby, but for the displaced older child too! Now my daughter wants to re-decorate her room. It'll be exciting to see what she comes up with (perhaps I have a strange idea of excitement!)
Walmart, TArget and Lowes...my favorite places in the whole world!! No worries about visiting, I'm finding I either have time to post or read not both...so please forgive my long absences! I hope they figure out what's up with Gracie's nose. My sister used to have them frequently and it was the dry air and extra large capillaries...she had them cauterized too. Have a great first week...we're right there with ya!
Emergency rooms are frustrating places. Nosebleeds are worrisome but hardly ever mean much of anything. You did the right thing in my opinion, scheduling a dr. appointment. Better safe than sorry!
Have a good week.
Oh, poor Gracie! I hope you get some answers! Sounds so scary!
My 16yo has really sporatic nose bleeds. not nearly as often now as when he was younger. PTL!
Hope you get lots done this week!
~hugs~
You'll most certainly have better luck with the ENT- my guess is the ER would have just packed her nose and made the referral. It's frustrating when you can't get medical care when you need it.
I very much enjoyed the Secret Life of Bees; didn't think her next book, Mermaid, was as good.
I'm eager to see pictures of the pool in progress...