I hate being sick. I truly do. My husband would probably argue the opposite, but the fact is I hate it. The problem is, I feel sick or poorly a vast majority of the time. I never realized this until Jeff and I have been married. Suddenly it is quite annoying all of the times I don't feel well and have to lay down instead of play with my new husband. Itchy hives driving me crazy, headaches, tummy aches, body aches, etc. It seems almost like a daily thing anymore, and I for one am sick of it! (he he he) I have an appointment tomorrow with a rhumetologist to see if she can figure out what is wrong with me as far as my hives go - I've had them constantly for the last four months (except five weeks while I was taking prednisone), and I have terrible body aches and tiredness. I would say that I am sleeping about 14 hours a day these days mostly from pure exhaustion, and a little from boredom.
Anyhow, today I am having flu-like symptoms - nausea, vomitting, diarrhea, cold sweats, all that fun stuff. NOT. I'm lying in bed throwing myself a pity party that I don't even feel well enough to go downstairs to the kitchen to see if there is anything that is calling my name to eat (I'm finally getting hungry).
Thankfully my Jeff is so wonderful. He is going to pick me up some 7-up and soda crackers from the store on his way home from work tonight. He is the best. I love him so much.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Friday, March 7, 2008
Almost Six Months
Jeff and I have been married for almost six months now (six months exactly tomorrow), and my experience today in comparison with my experience after we'd been married only a month is like night and day. I think we have gotten a better understanding of each other, what our own little quirks are and what our specific BIG needs are as well. We have kind of settled into this comfortable routine and I am really enjoying being a newlywed. Jeff continues to be the most amazing and wonderful man in the universe - so kind, so gentle, so loving, so caring, so selfless, so perfect. Everyday I ask myself what I did to deserve such a wonderful husband, and he is so humble, he says that HE is the lucky one (HA!). Him - having to live with a stubborn, selfish, jealous, impatient, and all around slacker, he thinks he is the lucky one. Ah, my darling, if you could only see yourself through my eyes. If you could only see how wonderful and perfect you are to me. I love you.
Oh! Here are the important things I should say specifically about today (and one thing about yesterday).
1. The company I had an interview with yesterday called this morning and asked me to send over my references. (Yay! I know it's not an offer, but at least that means they're interested.)
2. My dad has had his first week of chemotherapy and radiation and says that he feels fine - no different so far. He had to spend all day at the doctor's office yesterday getting the week-long dose of chemotherapy hooked up and a 4-hour iron treatment, so he was bummed that he had to spend one of his days off doing medical stuff, but otherwise is in good spirits.
3. Yesterday I went to Old Navy and found the ONE (1) pair of jeans that they had in my exact right size in the entire store, which of course did not have a tag on it, so I headed to the register and the lady at the counter said "Oh, that's cause it is from online, how does $12.99 sound?" I was ecstatic! If I were to order the same jeans online they would have cost me $39.50 plus $5.00 shipping. I LOVE finding good deals!
4. Another good deal I found today - DSW Shoes. The shoes in the regular store are comparable in price to shoes at Famous Footwear, but they have a MUCH bigger selection. But the great deal is in the Clearance section in the back of the store where they have marked down last season's styles from 30-80% off the tagged price. For example, take a pair of shoes that last season cost $59.95. They are now marked $49.95 with a green sticker. A green sticker means 50% off, so the shoes now cost $24.98 + tax. (Yay! I LOVE shoes!)
5. Today is Friday, and it is 3:25 in the afternoon, that means that the weekend is starting in just about an hour and a half!
Loves!
Rachael
Oh! Here are the important things I should say specifically about today (and one thing about yesterday).
1. The company I had an interview with yesterday called this morning and asked me to send over my references. (Yay! I know it's not an offer, but at least that means they're interested.)
2. My dad has had his first week of chemotherapy and radiation and says that he feels fine - no different so far. He had to spend all day at the doctor's office yesterday getting the week-long dose of chemotherapy hooked up and a 4-hour iron treatment, so he was bummed that he had to spend one of his days off doing medical stuff, but otherwise is in good spirits.
3. Yesterday I went to Old Navy and found the ONE (1) pair of jeans that they had in my exact right size in the entire store, which of course did not have a tag on it, so I headed to the register and the lady at the counter said "Oh, that's cause it is from online, how does $12.99 sound?" I was ecstatic! If I were to order the same jeans online they would have cost me $39.50 plus $5.00 shipping. I LOVE finding good deals!
4. Another good deal I found today - DSW Shoes. The shoes in the regular store are comparable in price to shoes at Famous Footwear, but they have a MUCH bigger selection. But the great deal is in the Clearance section in the back of the store where they have marked down last season's styles from 30-80% off the tagged price. For example, take a pair of shoes that last season cost $59.95. They are now marked $49.95 with a green sticker. A green sticker means 50% off, so the shoes now cost $24.98 + tax. (Yay! I LOVE shoes!)
5. Today is Friday, and it is 3:25 in the afternoon, that means that the weekend is starting in just about an hour and a half!
Loves!
Rachael
Sunday, February 24, 2008
My new family
The whole reason I even have this blog is because of my new Mother-in-law. She has a GREAT blog, which inspired me to give it a try.
The last couple of weekends Jeff and I have been helping out at his parent's house with a room re-do. His parents live in this cute little historic part of our community and have a great house with so much character, but it is an older home, so what we anticipated would take one weekend has stretched to two. Understandably with plaster walls, adding crown molding, new base boards, bead board to one wall, a BEAUTIFUL shelf, and a window seat/bookcase unit around the front window. My Father-in-law is a genius when it comes to wood working and making a vision into reality. WOW!
Thankfully I got to do the easy stuff - caulking, brush painting and drinking Diet Coke. But finally it is a finished product with new furniture, and draperies, I absolutely love it! I love seeing my hard work turn into something so beautiful - I know it was hardly my hard work, but hey, I helped. :)
Anyhow, I got off subject, this is about my new family. I LOVE them! After all my years of hearing horror stories and watching movies depicting nightmares of in-laws, I was sure that with my luck I would get the worst of the worst, but I couldn't have been more wrong. Jeff's parents and grandma welcomed me into their home immediately, and I felt very comfortable with everyone (even the two darling dogs) from the very beginning.
Now, I know I haven't made my story with Jeff entirely well known, but let's just say that we moved pretty fast according to the worlds standards from when we met to the time we got engaged and then to the time we got married. My family, of course, had no problem with this as it is very common for this to happen in LDS (Mormon) communities, and my family is LDS.
Jeff's family is not LDS, (I'm still not sure what their religious beliefs are - I guess I'm still a little intimidated to bring up such a deep subject.) anyhow, they were not used to such rapid movement in a relationship. Now, I don't know what they might or might not have said to Jeff, but they were always very kind and non-judgemental to me. I'm sure it must have been a scary idea to let their son just marry an almost complete stranger, but they had some kind of faith in us, and didn't try to talk us out of getting married so soon.
Now, don't get me wrong, Jeff and I have had our fair share of struggles as we have been getting to know each other better and learning how to live with as husband/wife, but I imagine they aren't much different than most other couples go through when they first marry or begin living together.
Gosh, I keep getting off track! Anyhow, my in-laws accepted me into the family immediately and treated me like a daughter. I still don't know them nearly as well as I would like to, but the more I get to know them, the more I love them. Jeff and I live in the same city as his parents and grandma, so we get the chance to see them once a week at least - it is great to spend time together hearing them talk about old memories and family experiences, playing kings in the corner, eating MARVELOUS food and cakes, watching movies and just hanging around chatting. I truly feel that I have another family, and it is wonderful.
Loves,
Rachael
The last couple of weekends Jeff and I have been helping out at his parent's house with a room re-do. His parents live in this cute little historic part of our community and have a great house with so much character, but it is an older home, so what we anticipated would take one weekend has stretched to two. Understandably with plaster walls, adding crown molding, new base boards, bead board to one wall, a BEAUTIFUL shelf, and a window seat/bookcase unit around the front window. My Father-in-law is a genius when it comes to wood working and making a vision into reality. WOW!
Thankfully I got to do the easy stuff - caulking, brush painting and drinking Diet Coke. But finally it is a finished product with new furniture, and draperies, I absolutely love it! I love seeing my hard work turn into something so beautiful - I know it was hardly my hard work, but hey, I helped. :)
Anyhow, I got off subject, this is about my new family. I LOVE them! After all my years of hearing horror stories and watching movies depicting nightmares of in-laws, I was sure that with my luck I would get the worst of the worst, but I couldn't have been more wrong. Jeff's parents and grandma welcomed me into their home immediately, and I felt very comfortable with everyone (even the two darling dogs) from the very beginning.
Now, I know I haven't made my story with Jeff entirely well known, but let's just say that we moved pretty fast according to the worlds standards from when we met to the time we got engaged and then to the time we got married. My family, of course, had no problem with this as it is very common for this to happen in LDS (Mormon) communities, and my family is LDS.
Jeff's family is not LDS, (I'm still not sure what their religious beliefs are - I guess I'm still a little intimidated to bring up such a deep subject.) anyhow, they were not used to such rapid movement in a relationship. Now, I don't know what they might or might not have said to Jeff, but they were always very kind and non-judgemental to me. I'm sure it must have been a scary idea to let their son just marry an almost complete stranger, but they had some kind of faith in us, and didn't try to talk us out of getting married so soon.
Now, don't get me wrong, Jeff and I have had our fair share of struggles as we have been getting to know each other better and learning how to live with as husband/wife, but I imagine they aren't much different than most other couples go through when they first marry or begin living together.
Gosh, I keep getting off track! Anyhow, my in-laws accepted me into the family immediately and treated me like a daughter. I still don't know them nearly as well as I would like to, but the more I get to know them, the more I love them. Jeff and I live in the same city as his parents and grandma, so we get the chance to see them once a week at least - it is great to spend time together hearing them talk about old memories and family experiences, playing kings in the corner, eating MARVELOUS food and cakes, watching movies and just hanging around chatting. I truly feel that I have another family, and it is wonderful.
Loves,
Rachael
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