CIRCUS!

We went to the circus!

What may not seem like a big deal to most families, was a HUGE deal to the Swizz family.

Peanut allergies can keep you from SO many of these types of events!

Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus came to town.

(Not bad for Bryan/College Station!)

I called ahead to get "special" seats...no PEANUTS!

That means we sat up one section higher than everyone else!

We basically had an entire LEVEL to ourselves!

Here is the event, in pics:

Swizz, The Rev, and JMonster!

Swizz's twin, "Flower", and "Bean"

"A" wearing G-ma's sweater.  Didn't manage to capture G-ma on film!

Yes, that IS a man under that board!

A favorite...and kinda scary!

These 2 were the running act...the MC kept trying to kick this guy out of the ring!

One of my favorite parts...the ELEPHANTS!

3 beautiful, happy ladies!

BIG FINALE!

IT WAS A FABULOUS AFTERNOON!

(And no peanut issues, whew!)

Does the Presidential campaign REALLY matter?

Before you blow your top at me, hear me out.

I do NOT mean

Does the Presidential ELECTION really matter.

What I mean is...

Can either candidate say or do anything between now and the election that will TRULY sway the final decision?

My opinion?

I think NOT.

Conservatives will vote conservatively, whether Romney is outed for something big, or not.

Liberals will vote for Obama, whether his tenure shows true progress, or not.

And those who say they are undecided?

They're big. fat. liars.

IMHO.

What do YOU think?

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

To all who are Mommy's,

Long to be Mommy, 

or wish they were still called Mommy.

May today be a day filled with family, friends, and lots of love!

Heard at Dinner...

As we were sitting down at the dinner table tonight

(to a bison steak over organic pasta with homemade organic pasta sauce...did I mention the herbs were home grown? and side salad, entirely organic of course!)

The Rev asked from the kitchen:

"What would you like to drink?"

To which I answered,

"Water would be great!"

Followed by JMonster saying,

"WINE would be great!"

To which I responded,

"I would LOVE some wine, but I have a meeting and I am driving...probably not a good idea."

To which JMonster responded,

"Not for YOU.  A glass of wine for ME!"

To which The Rev and I laughed and said,

"Not until you are 21!  Which is 15 more years!"

To which JMonster responded,

"15 more years!?!  

MAN, I wish we lived in England or someplace where they let kids drink wine!"

And that is at the age of 6.

borrowed from another blog...but too cute to pass up since he's drinking our favorite wine!  can you guess why it's our favorite?

 

 

Surgery!

Well, folks...

my shoulder surgery is complete!

Last Friday my amazing ortho surgeon removed the end of my acromion bone.

The amazing anesthesiologist inserted a 3 day nerve block 

which my sweet sister removed yesterday.

And now I am loopy on the good stuff.

Here are some pics from the surgery:

Sorry for the quality!  Scanner isn't hooked up so I took a pic...

Tomorrow is my follow up appointment.

I should hear about physical therapy, etc...

In the meantime I intend to go enjoy these meds!

(How's my one-handed typing?)

We interrupt this break...

I know, I know!

Where have you been, Swizz?

Sitting on my tush eating bon-bons.

(I wish!)

So, a little update for all of you:

I got my scopes done.

Check!

(I'll have to show you the pics someday soon.  

They're cool!  

And tell you how funny my sister thinks I was after anesthesia!)

Biopsies came back normal.

Check!

Had a follow up appointment with shoulder doc.

Check!

Scheduled surgery.

???

Yep, I am having shoulder surgery Friday morning to get rid of the tip of my acromion bone.

You see, it rubs on my rotator cuff.

This causes tendonitis.

Ouch!

We finished our Classical Conversations last week...thank goodness for homeschooling!

So I will try my best to post about:

Our ski vacation,

Cool pics of my insides,
EASTER "camping" trip,

Homeschooling updates,

and my general thoughts and feelings on the political state of our country.

In the meantime...

Please PRAY for my surgery!

I'm skeered of pain!

Santorum Stops Campaign and...

Santorum stopped his campaign and...

it made me (pull my head out of the sand and ) go look him up

to figure out who he is and why he needed to drop his campaign for his sweet little girl.

And DANG IT!

I like the guy!

I read his stances on the issues, and from what I can see I agree with him.

What!?!

I finally find a candidate I think I can truly stand behind

and now he isn't a candidate anymore.

You may resume your regularly scheduled activities...