Camp 6/12/09

YAY! Another picture today...How exciting! He is still smiling. He can't manage to use the pre-addressed and stamps envelopes I sent with him to camp to write his Mama a letter...but that's ok:-) At leas tI know he is happy!!! Hope there are more of him tomorrow!

Thomas Camp - 6/11/09

YAY!!!!!!! I have been looking at the pictures everyday...and I was beginning to wonder if Thomas was still at camp:-) He is there and happy as a clam!!! It makes my day when I see pics of him:-) AWE! He is just too darn cute:-) I think he is already growing...gosh he is going to be 3 inches taller when I go to pick him up. It's amazing how quickly they grow up. Well,,, got to get back to work...I just wanted to post this really quickly....I will post more as soon as I see them!

Rained Out Rangers Game

We got all prettied up for nothing:-( We planned on taking the kids out tonight to a Rangers Game for some good family fun. As soon as we pulled up to park the sky started to get dark. Within 10 minutes of us being in the stadium a HUGE...I said HUGE Texas storm rolled in and mother nature obviously had other plans for us. We waited around for almost 2 hours hoping the storm would pass and the game would go on...but it didn't. We still managed to eat some good ballpark food and get the kids some souvenirs though:-) We can use our tickets at another game...so we will just have to do it all over again. Hopefully the rain will not come next time. Oh...and the pics I took of the storm were taken when is was still supposed to be light outside...the sky was amazing!!!

Camp 09 - 6/8/09 Pics

There is only one of him today...but at aleast he is happy. He would stay in the water the whole month if the camp would let him. He loves the water....just like his Mama! AWE! I can't wait to see more pics of him!!!

Thomas is off to Summer Camp

Thomas left for summer camp a few days ago. This is his 6th year at this camp. He looks forward to it all year every year. I am so glad that he has the opportunity to go to camp. It allows him 1 full month a year to go all out and be a "BOY". He can let loose....leave his shirt off....probably not brush his teeth every day (ugh...I don't want to think about that) and just enjoy himself! Here are a few pics of him heading off for the summer. I will be posting pics soon of him at camp:-)

Crank - bt: Ellen Hopkins

My friend Monica told me about a new series by Ellen Hopkins. My son loves to read and thought he might be interested in this series. My Mom bought it for Thomas to take the camp, but I decided I am going to read it before I let Thomas read it. The series is about drugs...sex....decisions...and the effects of doing them. I think it might be good for Thomas to read but I want to make sure I understand what the series is all about before I give it to him. I am almost through the first book and I must say it's pretty intense...and "real". I am interested to see what happens. I will keep an update about my opinion on the series in case any of you are thinking of letting your teenager read them.

Too Young For This!!!

So...my back has been getting sore for a while now. Every time I would clean house...take in groceries...or anything like that my back would hurt like heck.The next morning I would be fine. I figured I had just pulled a muscle or something. This past weekend we had a poker party...so of course...I was cleaning the house...by the end of the night my back was killing me...I made it through the night and assumed that by morning...once again I would feel better. Well...let's just say that's not what happened. When I woke up Sunday morning I could hardly walk and I was crooked...yes I said crooked...Joel thought it was pretty funny but I thought it was messed up looking!....throughout the day it got worse and wouldn't stop hurting. I called my Mom and she asked my step father if he could recommend a doctor for me to see. He said it was probably a spasm or pulled muscle and recommended me to a spine doctor. Monday I made it to work...but could hardly walk. It took until that afternoon for to doctor to get back with me because he was in surgery all day. He said that I needed to have an MRI and then he could tell me what the problem was. I went in Tuesday morning at 7:30am for the MRI...that wasn't too bad...I just layed there....then I went to see Dr. Gill. As soon as he looked at my MRI he knew why I was in so much pain. He said that I had two torn discs and that one of them was almost ruptured. If it was ruptured I would need back surgery. He gave me steriods, pain pills and muscle relaxers and told me to take it easy...and NO lifting for four months and that the pain pills would help me until the discs healed. I went to work and by 3pm I couldn't sit in my chair any longer and the pain pills had me so jacked up I couldn't work...so I went home and took it easy. The next morning I thought I would feel a little better but I didn't..and the pain pills had me so jacked up I couldn't stay awake...I had to take (2) 30 minute naps at work just to make it through the day at work:-( I came to work today and the pain was even worse...what is the deal??? I am all kinds of meds and they aren't doing anything about the pain...they are just messing me up! So, I called the doctor today and told him what was going on. He told me that I have to come in and get a steriod shot in my spine!! EEK! I have had plenty of shots in my days...but this one sounds like it's really going to hurt! They are going to call me tomorrow whe it's time to go get it. I know it's going to suck...but if it takes away the pain then so be it. It can't be any worse then what I am feeling now!! Oh and did I mention my skin it itching like crazy!!! Does medicine make your skin itch or is something else wrong with me>??? LOL So tomorrow I am hoping I will feel much better. I still have to remember that my back is still jacked up and I can lift ANYTHING for 4 months. Poor Joel....he is going to be doing dishes, laundry, groceries..making dinner etc.......Maybe he will realize how much I do around the house since he is going to have to do it all!