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Wanna know what a frog has to blog about? Read on! |
I have decided to give this blogging thing one more shot. I had one but it was filled with random stuff, not focused and I'd go days and weeks without making updates. Well, I joined a blogging group called Take Up Your Cross and they supply daily prompts, which I've noticed has helped tremendously. Thus far, I've only made two late entries! Now, I've decided to up the anty, and I want to try the 30-day blog challenge. I've decided to create THIS blog specifically for that purpose! I think, getting daily prompts helps. It serves as a reminder to make a post and it also helps to focus my thoughts onto to something specific and not random things. ![]() ![]() I am a F.R.O.G. this did not happen overnight but was a gradual morphosis that happened over the last 45 years of my life. No, I didn't turn into a brightly colored reptile that hangs out on a lilypad. A F.R.O.G is someone who Fully Relies On God.
It is my hope that my entries in this daily blog will reflect my F.R.O.G personality and lifestyle and maybe, just maybe some of you will decide to become F.R.O.Gs as well! |
"Sis, you need to haave a serious talk with YOUR nephew!" When that's the first thing my brother says when I pick up the phone, I know its gonna be a doozie. Tonight, when they were in church. The children were in the Children's service while the main service was going on. In the middle of prayer no less, my 5 yr old nephew barges into the sanctuary bellowing at top volume MOMMY THAT WITCH WONT LET ME GET JAYLA'S BREATHER!! His twin sister was having an asthma attack and they had a new teacher who thought Kayla was playing around. When my nephew tried to leave the classroom to get the inhaler from his mom, the teacher grabbed him to stop him. Did I mention all my brother's kids take martial arts and self defense? Well. My nephew kicked her and head butted her busting her nose. It took both my brother and his wife to get everyone calmed down. Jayla and my sister went to the ER...Jayla needed a double breathing treatment and a shot. My brother had to talk to the teacher and Pastor sent my nephew to his room until he could figure out exactly how to deal with this. His answer......call me!๐ฎ๐ On one hand, his sister was in real trouble and needed the inhaler. On the other hand busting the teachers nose was a bit much. What is the right punishment for something like that? On one hand, I don't think the teacher should have grabbed him. He over reacted. But he's five years old. And he understands the inhaler helps his sister breathe. Jayla has a tendency to panic when she has an asthma attack which intensifies the attack so he understands you have to act quickly. I spent a good hour taking to my nephew. He feels bad he made the teacher bleed but not sorry. Funny thing is he IS SORRY he yelled in the main church๐ I told my brother sending him to his room was punishment enough. I think my sister plans to work with him on staying calm during one of his sister's attacks. Three of the children have severe asthma so they should all be used to what to do. |
My husband started coming down with a summer cold about four days ago. He had a sinus headache, a cough and just felt blah. I TOLD him to get some cold medicine from the store, to get some cough drops and vitamin C drops. Did he listen? NOPE! Each day, he's gotten progressively worse. I kept telling him, get the meds. Yesterday, I started coughing. He has been too kind in sharing his germs. This morning he woke with chills and fever. He finally got his butt to the store to get what I've been telling him to get! According to him, he's dying. He's never been so sick....like a good wife I reminded him of the time he was in the hospital for pneumonia and bronchitis. He just glared at me. Poor guy...he took his meds and is resting. I suppose ill make a pot of chicken and dumplings to help him feel better. If only he'd gotten those meds sooner...๐จ๐ |
๐Monday April 17 Fast Break: Black coffee, homemade biscuit with egg and cheese. Main Meal: cereal. Honey Nut Cheerios and milk. Slice of whole wheat toast with homemade no sugar added plum preserves. Coffee. ๐Tuesday April 18 Fast Break: bottle of Boost Main Meal:pasta salad with spiral noodles, tuna, peas, shredded cheese, bell peppers, green onions, mushrooms, corn, celery, creamy Italian dressing, parmesan cheese, red pepper flakes, and 8 Ritz low salt crackers. Iced tea Snack: medium apple ๐Wednesday April 19 Fast Break: one grapefruit, small bowl of corn flakes with one cup of milk. Main Meal: pork tenderloin pieces roasted with sliced turnips, onions, bell peppers and served with yellow seasoned rice. Unsweetened B angel iced tea. ๐Thursday April 20 Fast Break: cranberry juice, two slices whole wheat toast with peanut butter, one cup coffee Main Meal: Tyson breaded chicken patty , one slice tomato, 5 pickle slices, one slice of onion, two romane lettuce leaves, homemade ketchuo, baby carrots, bottle of water and one flavor packet, blackberry lemonade. ๐Friday April 21 Fast Break: 1 bottle of Boost, 2_ cups black coffee Main Meal: Asian inspired meatballs, rice noodles, and broccoli, cauliflower and mushrooms in a ginger sesame sauce. Snack: will drink a bottle of unsweetened cranberry juice. This concludes my tracking. As I look back over it I see I've slipped back into using some processed food items and I need to tighten back up on that. Time to plan out the rest of the month. Perhaps, for now, ill keep tracking to insure I stay motivated. I DO need to make those corndog fritgers soon! โ ๐ง ๐ญ ๐ โ ๐ง ๐ ๐ญ โ { |
Starting with this post, and the next 7 posts, will be in keeping with Andrea's April blog challenge. For this post, I'm going to share some exciting, great news! It is now official. I AM OFF DIALYSIS!!๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐Last fall I was going to the ER once a week for dialysis while waiting for .y insurance to find a clinic for treatments. Anyway, the good folks at the ER started acting like I was wasting their time. Then, blood tests started indicating I wasn't in emergency need of dialysis. Doctor insisted I still needed it tho. Then, when I actually did vet accepted back, I was told by the technician doing the dialysis treatment I was only borderline. Then, in October the non-emergency .medical transport I depend on to get me to the ER for dialysis came and the two parametrics checked me over as always and strongly encouraged me NOT to go to the ER. They said I didn't show signs of kidney problems and Houston had a spike in COVID and the ers were overflowing all over the city. I stayed home! Fast forward to December when I landed in ER for an infection and pneumonia. I mentioned I had not had dialysis for a few months. They tested my port in my chest and it had clogged from not being used. They wanted to replace it but I had them remove it. So far, my body has acted fairly normal! Of course, in January of 2021 I made some huge changes in my diet and health. I think between all of that, all the prayers and God's great mercy, my kidneys are healing! Its been 4 months the now since the port was removed. So far, everything is working as it should!๐ |
Never again will I tell my husband to "surprise me" when he asks what I want to drink. Normally, this isn't a problem. Normally he brings me a ginger ale, sprite or even an orange soda. I only allow myself one 12oz can of soda per week. So, its a treat. This morning however, my hubby returns and proudly hands me a 20oz bottle of limited edition PEEPS PEPSI. ๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐คThat's right someone actually thought marshmallow flavored Pepsi was a good idea. Against my better judgement, I took a sip. It was like drinking liquid cotton candy. I managed two sips and gave the rest to hubby who actually likes it. I married a weird man! ๐ |
Yesterday my husband was a hero and really worked his butt off for me. We completed the last bit of spring cleaning which included boiling water and scalding the floor, cleaning the windows inside and out, hanging my spring curtains, gathering up all my whatnots in the kitchen so k could wash them (dusting is good but every few .months I like to give them a good wash down), he took out the trash and scrubbed the oven. He even went to get groceries (probably to escape the cleaning) and helped make dinner. ๐ ๐ ๐ Today is reward day, only he doesn't know it yet. He knows I'm sending him to the store shortly when they open and I've given him a choice. Pizza or nachos...he is to get shat we need to make one of those. I discovered they are playing ALL THREE of his all time favorite movies today. Smokey and the Bandit one, two and three! While he's at the store, I'm going to set up the popcorn popper and Ive got a homemade banana pudding ready for him. All he has to do this afternoon is kick back in the couch and watch Burt and Sally with me๐๐๐ |