I ask a lot of questions.

On occasion, I feel like my life could be television show. I have requested a camera crew. I encounter scenarios on a daily basis, that I wish I made up (not including work). The eye drops. I went for an eye exam, mainly because my left eye had been extremely blurry. I just thought that my vision had worsened and it was time for a new prescription. After attempting to read the eye chart, the doctor put these florescent yellow drops in my eyes. These drops detect any abnormalities. My left eye was covered in corneal abrasions. The right eye had some, but not enough to compare to the left. Doctor asks if I have dry eyes and I said no. Wells, apparently I did/do. He did not feel comfortable enough to proceed with the exam. So we stopped and I was advised to take OTC eye drops 5 times a day in each eye, with gel in both eyes at night, AND hot compress for 20 minutes each day. Who has the time? I did this for one week and went back to the doctor. It did not improve at all. So now in additio...

If you know me well, you know that I enjoy a good nap. Heck, I love good nap and despite my narcolepsy medication, I can still sneak a nap from time to time.This past week has been weird and on Tuesday night I was getting ready for bed and I felt the need to lay down first (because who really has the energy to wash their face AND brush their teeth). My sweet Sandy decided that she wanted to lay on my side of the bed, so being a good dog mom, I let her. Charlie was in the floor on his bed, as he had nudged the bed from the living room to my bedroom. Laying on the wrong side of the bed is weird. It is this unknown territory, yet it is still comfortable. It amazes how the scenery is different, even though I am only about 12 inches to the left. The angle to watch TV is better, (but I have cancelled my satellite and currently only have an antenna and Netflix access in the living room). Sometimes just a small move out of our comfort zone can give us a new perspective. Surgery related: I ...

I am: daughter, love, beautiful, wrecked, learner, friend, counselor, and most recently I am a post-op gastric sleeve patient. My life is pretty amazing, do not get me wrong, I have bad days too. The good days out way the bad. June 5, 2015 was the day that my new life began. I had Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (vsg) in Tustin, California. My mom and a dear friend, Shelly, were able to be at the surgery center with me {so blessed that Shell took a vacation day to support me and mom}. That day was about 18 months in the making. My cousin, Lauren, nominated me for a Humanitarian Award, through The National Obesity Foundation. The NOF had some office turnover, they are almost completely ran by volunteers, and my initial paperwork was lost. I can be assertive, but almost always for good. I called the NOF and after a few phone calls, I resubmitted my paperwork...and 6 months later I won the award and was boarding a plane to California. Mom was able to take off work and be my sid...

This weekend was jam packed! We were having an Easter carnival on saturday and a service that night, followed by 3 services on sunday. We had been praying for 1000 people to come to services over the weekend; the Lord provided... we had 1,077! We had also been preparing for 1000-2000 people for the Easter carnival, although final numbers will never be known, we had around 7000 people! 53 people accepted Christ! It was intense. Did i forget to mention that we were dropping over 15,000 candy-filled eggs from a helicopter? It was amazing to see so many people! More importantly to get to show them the love of Christ. We had games for all ages...three-legged race (there is an ambulance in the back.. a think a lady went into labor and we had a few people "pass out.") and 7 inflatables I was originally incharge of popcorn..until the machine broke, as the line was growing :( BUT, casey, me and steph still had a great time! So i ask, who are you living for? There are only 2 op...

who has the best friends in the world? i do. so, since my birthday is on a tuesday this year, we started my birthday celebrations a little early. of course i picked the resturant, and i chose Conner's steak and seafood, in Huntsville. we have been there on one other occasion. their steaks are simply amazing! joining me in this celebration were amy, amanda, ben, brett, jessica, and dave. so after this wonderful dinner, we walked and talked a while, which was hard because is was about 30 degrees outside. then we, mainly brett, wanted to take someout door photos, these are just a few that we took.   brett took this, i am almost positive that we were not ready when he took it. we look pretty amazing anyways. then it was time for a group shot, the first attempt...ehh the camera was prompted up on a coke machine... didn't work so well. ben looks as if he were smoking, it is actually a straw from dinner. after this photo, brett put the camera in the window seal behind ben...

so, if you know me, you know that i ask a lot of questions. i seem to wonder about things that no one thinks of.. i will share my most amazing thoughts on here. maybe if you have thoughts, you can respond; if not, it just feels good to get it out. example. why does nabisco continue to make "regular" oreo's, when they have double stuffed? i mean ,why would you not purchase the double stuffed, it's so much better!