Playing Around...

With a new app on my iPod. It's called instagr.am. I downloaded it yesterday while waiting for the shuttle to pick me up from the airport, and am just now playing with it.

Oh, the places we go

C and I made our way to Virginia last night. It was a great trip, with minimal traffic until we got outside Richmond. The weather is nicer down here than at home. Rainy today, but still nicer! I cannot drive a manual car, so he was the driver and I was his faithful passenger/sidekick. We joked abut a lot of things, talked about rings (woot!), and just had a great time together.

“Sexiest Women of All Time”

http://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/hottest-women-all-time

That’s the article declaring the list of women, who are the sexiest women of all time. Apparently.

See, I feel this is a misnomer.

If you happen to look at the list, it’s women from the past 100 years. So Men’s Health really cannot claim they are the sexiest women of all time. Because we will never know.

Just my 2 cents.

And yes, it is bugging me.

Headache City

I started out about 6 years ago with a nasty headache every so often. I can remember one particular time that it was literally on one half of my head. Over the years, the headaches began coming monthly. I attributed it to a surge in hormones. I have read that it can trigger headaches.

When these headaches would start, it was a dull ache. Over the past few years, I have recognized the signs and to take something right away if it was available. If not, the headache would become a horrible pounding. I would get nauseated, but not sick. Whenever these headaches occur, all I want to do is sleep. Usually, sleep will knock out most of the pain.

I remember a hot, sunny day last October, and I got the start of a headache. I attributed it to being I. The sunny weather, and drank as much water as I could. I didn't have anything on me to take for my headache, so I just took on the pain. I was camping with my family that weekend, and had to drive 2 hours by myself that night to get home. It was so bad that I prayed that I got home safely.

I can usually predict when the next headache will occur. Like clockwork, it has been pretty regular. Last month, I noticed I did not get one at the regular time. So I was doing a happy dance on the inside, celebrating the fact that I didn't have a headache.

I spoke too soon. Not only did I get one within day's of me noticing, I also got 3 more. Plus nausea with it. Those 4 days were awful.

So, then last week, I ended November with a nasty headache and started December with one. This time, dizziness accompanied the headaches. I finally decided I needed to call the doctor to make an appointment. C asked what took me so long. I was hopeful that I could take care of them on my own. But I can't anymore. It's affecting my life.

Yesterday was the latest headache. I was fine until 6 last night and then BAM! It knocked into me, made me feel funny, get dizzy, and have nausea. I felt like I could collapse at any given moment.

I've had a couple of nights where I wish I didn't live alone. Last night being one of them. I was scared that something would happen to me. I called C and cried on the phone to him , because I was so scared. Eventually, I calmed down. We talked about things, kind of took my mind off if it. When we got off the phone, I fought the nausea/dizziness, rolled over and fell asleep until 5 this morning.

I am scared. It's hard not to be when the headaches are getting worse. But hopefully I have some answers Monday afternoon.

So Incredibly Thankful

It's hard to believe that about 6 months ago, we had no idea if/when C was coming home. It was all up in the air, big time. As I reflect on what I am thankful for this Thanksgiving, he is one of the most people I am thankful for. This is his first Thanksgiving home in about 3-4 years, let alone his first holiday on the actual date in just that many years.

If he wasn't here, we would have made it work, like we always have. But given everything that has happened, I am so incredibly thankful he is here to share it with us. My goal was to go down there for Thanksgiving, and his family got on board with it. We are all going to spend time with him, which makes me so happy.

I am so thankful to have him in my life. He is everything I never knew I wanted.

Christmas Wreath

I am posting my wire hanger Christmas wreaths. I found it on pinterest and thought I would do my own.

Step 1: get a wire hanger and bend it into a circle.

Step 2: hot glue all the ends of the caps to ensure they stay in place.

Step 3: untwist the hanger part to put the ornaments on. You can use different sizes of ornaments, but I wanted them all the same size.

Step 4: put the ornaments on how you want them, sliding them on the hanger via their little hook.

Step 5: hot glue the ornaments to your liking.

(this is where I am so far.)

Christmas

This year, I am giving homemade gifts. I just cannot afford to go spend lots of money on people. I feel better about giving homemade gifts. So far, I am working on a ceramic tile and a candle warmer. Both are being zentangled using paint pens. I have been wanting to zentangle on ceramic tiles for awhile now, but didn't know what to use. I hit the idea from a blog post of a CZT last night. As of now, this is what both projects look like.

*update*
I messed up on both, but fixed the candle holder.

Update 2: I finished a DIY dry erase calendar using paint chip samples, tape, some tacky glue, and a 16x20 frame. For the first one ever, it's okay. There are things I would do different for the next time.

I also am getting ready to make a n ornament wreath. So I have included pics of that so far.

Update 3: I have hot glued 18 ornaments to the wire hanger. I am all out of ornaments until I get more.