the end of the week? already?

ha. as if. this week has kind of drug (dragged?) on and on for me! mostly just b/c the headaches have been bad — a storm is coming in tomorrow, but it has been *trying* to come in all week. soooo you know that means my headaches have been acting up.

but i got an amazing award today from my bloggy friend denise! she gave me THIS today;
ah!! i’m so fabuous! what a pick-me-up. now i just have to get my husband to put it on my sidebar! hahahaha.

and now for the requisite headache moment; one thing i have been trying lately is pomegranate juice. i read about it on one of my migraine forums, and some ppl. had had some success with it. soooo of course, i’m willing to try anything, and went out and bought some. it does help! not for very long, (an hour or two), but i can tell the difference! during my worst headaches, it doesn’t seem to help. but the rest of the time, i can feel and improvement. so i’m drinking a glass at every meal this week, to see if there’s any cumulative effect. b/c let me tell you, pomegranate juice ain’t cheap! lol. i’ll keep you all updated about this ‘development’. also, monday morning early early is my next neuro appointment. i am going to try and convince him to refer me to one of his colleagues…..probably this will be touchy, but it needs to happen!

well, for dinner today we had a pot pie. like, from the microwave. my headache was at record highs, and once i woke up from a nap, i needed to eat SOON! so we microwaved one of those big marie callendar’s potpies and split it.

good times.

what did you have for dinner tonight?

on an unrelated topic, i added someone new to my blogroll on the right; Terri at Wind Lost. terri is an engineer who lives in canada and blogs about her chronic daily headache (like me!). in reality, our headaches have some similarities and some differences, but what’s the same is the gist of the health issues we’re dealing with right now. she’s a pal and i love to read about her efforts to learn more about her headaches and find answers. she is able to understand the struggles of life with migraine, and i am so appreciative of her presence. please go visit her and say hello!!

so much to say, so much to say..

have i mentioned lately that i LOVE me some DMB? just wanted to be sure that is clear.

the birthday was fabulous — my sisters came (also my older sister’s fam) to have desserts and hang out. it was good times. my husband got me a fabulous present, but it ended up being shorter than it looked — mainly b/c my ample behind made it ride up weird in the back. SOoooooo we had to return it. that’s ok, b/c that means i got to go birthday shopping tonight! hurrah!

just for reference, here’s the fabulous dress –

totally cute, right? right.

wellllll, i went to Old navy, they’re having a spend $50, get 10 off deal, so that was just perfect! and i got this,

this,

these

(yes i got those khakis for $6.97. try to contain your jealousy, please)

these

and finally, these:

ah, shopping. how i love thee.

happy birthday to me
happy birthday to me
happy birthday dear emily
happy birthday to me.

thanks for all the happy birthday wishes; just wanted to let you all know it was a fabulous day, and the celebration is continuing!

dah!

quilting! i’m at it again. it’s (once again), not going well. BLECH~~!~!!!!! i’m seriously about to go insane.

ok. deep breaths.

the good news: my hubby helped me so that i can consistently thread the machine and bobbin correctly. (the problem was actually that the bobbin wasn’t the right height for the machine).

the bad news: after ripping out all the seams for the square and re-sewing them so the seams were SMALLER, only *some* of the squares are the right size. ACK! so there are 4 squares in the one actual quilt square. and they are not the same size!!! this is bad. very bad.

my husband has reassured me that he’ll help me figure it out when he gets home, but i am so irritated!!! how hard can this be? how annoying can this be? why did i think i could do this? clearly, i cannot!!

aaaaaaaand we’re back

i promised you a picture of our dressy date night last week, and here it is~! hubby claims this is the one that flatters his figure best. i asked him, ‘what about me and MY figure?’ and he said (brilliantly), ‘your figure doesn’t need flattering!’. those of you who know my husband are laughing, b/c he has a slender physique. it’s not like he’s got a pot belly or anything, lol.

camp was good – i felt bad — i came home on wednesday night. i wish there was more to tell. but there just isn’t!
i think i’ve caught up on all my blog reading. another date night for the husband and i tonight; my birthday dinner at red robin. can you say YUM?!

this is a strawberry shortcake a made a few weeks ago; thought i’d share it with you all.

date pictures are still forthcoming….we’re really building the anticipation here, right?

i’m going camping tomorrow; the trip is supposed to last till friday sometime. so if i’m feeling good, i won’t be back till then. if i’m not feeling well — and honestly, we all know this is the more likely scenario — i’ll be back sooner. ta ta for now!

it’s friday, it’s friday

and i am resting. more on that later. spencer and i went out last night on a fancy date; my parents got me tickets for my birthday to see the 5 browns in concert. in case you don’t know who they are, they’re 5 brothers and sisters (total of 5, not 5 each) who all play the piano – really really well. they all 5 went to julliard and are, in short, amazing pianists. i have both their cd’s (given to me as gifts), and enjoy them thoroughly. given my love for music and piano specifically, you can see why this was pretty much the most perfect gift ever. (my birthday’s not till the 25th, p.s.) still plenty of time to get those gifts in the mail. no, j/k. the concert was amazing, and the only drawback was that (of course) i had a migraine, which by the third piece was raging towards unbearable levels. so i took a zomig, which kept it under control the rest of the concert, thankfully. i was worried i’d have to leave, which would have been totally LAME. the 5 browns are all (i think) in their 20s, so to be touring and recording is pretty amazing. they played a few 5 piano arrangements (rhapsody in blue, west side story, firebird, simple gifts/hope) and some trios and duos, and there were also solo pieces! it was such a fabulous time. my favorite 2 were the solo called gargoyles and the 5 piano arrangement of scenes from west side story. of course it made me ache for my days of playing the piano, but not in a sobbing, hopeless way (this has happened before), but in a good way, like hoping that’s in my future still.

pictures will be forthcoming. not to worry.

today my husband’s work friends are getting together for a BBQ; our assignment is drinks, and everyone brings their own meat (or vegetarian dishes in the case of their two hindu friends). so i had to go to the store today and pick up the soda, the juice, the meat, etc., etc., etc. and for some reason this took me forever. my body feels totally worn out. possibly a side effect still hanging over from last night’s zomig. it just wears me out and makes me SO tired. in any case, so i’ve got about one more hour to lay down and rest until it’s time to leave.

i think i’ll take full advantage of that.

a quilting update

for those of you who read this blog regularly (ha! who am i kidding – i know who you are! hi mom, hi edge, and hi my dear husband!) in any case, i mentioned last week i was going to go work on some quilting. my husband’s aunts met with me and my SIL up at my SIL’s place. they taught us all we needed to know about quilting. unfortunately, that doesn’t instill talent…..or, let’s be honest, any kind of ability whatsoever. i know how to do what i want to do….but i am completely stupid when it comes to sewing. i’m an idiot! i sew things closed that are supposed to be open, i catch pieces of fabric underneath and sew them to …. well, whatever, and i spend much more time ripping out than i do sewing. soooo it’s not my favorite thing in the world, but i’m learning to quilt. why? you might ask? good question, fair reader. my husband’s family is having a reunion in july, and most all of the women in the family are making a quilt square (8 1/2 inches square, they’re very particular about that). ok, actually 33 quilt squares. then we trade, and have the makings of our very own heirloom quilt. say it with me, ‘aaaaaaaaaw’. yes. it’s going to be great. if i can just make the first square, i know it’ll get easier from there! instead, i get this;

huh. must not have threaded the bobbin right. seemed right. obviously NOT. let’s try again, on a scrap this time:

yeah. same. i need a bobbin intervention, here people! help me! ………anyone? anyone? ……..beuller?

in case you’re wondering, the finished product is supposed to look like this;

if you weren’t laughing before, you are now, right? i’m thinkin’ what i really need to do at this point is skip the sewing thing and just cut out some 8 1/2 inch squares. what think ye?