VERTIGO & uuuhhhh car show too!

I got Vertigo on Friday. Go ahead and google it. Ever heard of it? Yeah, me either... barely. The only reason I had heard of it was because my aunt recently got it post surgery a few months back. It was the strangest thing every. I went to my Pilates class on Friday morning (the trainer can kick some serious you know what).... and as soon as I was walking out of the class I told my friend I felt dizzy. For the next 3 hours I thought I was possibly on my death bed. Came home, ate a banana and drank some water - still didn't do the trick. Long story short - my doc was able to see me and she diagnosed me with vertigo. You feel as if the room around you is spinning and moving in circles. I could barely walk without feeling like I was going to topple over. Anxiety and nauseau took over at this point. Dan and I had our weekend getaway all planned out. Perfect timing. Capital Grille reservations at 6:15 and I couldn't even see straight. Come to find out - the doc thinks that putting my body (head) in those weird Pilates positions may have dislodged a calcium deposit in my ear. When this happens your equillibrium is all off balance. I thought I was either having a heart attack or stroke. Thank goodness it all ended about a day later. We stayed at the Doubletree by Galleria this weekend and slept and ate all weekend long.

Headed to the car show on Saturday night to debut Dan's new truck. I am so happy for him it is all finished. Goodness, this is the project he had just started when I first met him. So this has been going on our whole marriage. He swears he's not taking on any more project that are over a weekend long. We'll see how that lasts... :) The truck is beautiful.

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Putting it all together



Ta Da

Pics from Claire's Birthday Party

So many cute pictures, not enough space on here to post. See the link below to check out all the cute pics from the birthday party and pics of our new pool. Yipee!

The ups and downs of it all

So, I have absolutely everything to be grateful for. A healthy family by far is the most important and really all it boils down to. But I guess it's only nature to almost lose it at times. Yeah - that was me last week. I think kindegarten coupled with trying to finish out the construction in the house and backyard almost put me over the edge. Or shall I say it put me in an "overwhelmed" state. On Wednesday of last week, I forgot to meet Claire at lunch for our Wednesday lunch date (along with several other smaller things I had forgotten). She eats at 10:40am and I just totally forgot to show up. Later that day, I got a voice message saying it was 11:00 and Claire was still waiting on me. They were going to let her go through the lunch line if I didn't come soon. Ummmm.... that means she had probably 5 minutes to stuff her face. I could just imagine her sitting there by herself with no food watching all her classmates eat. I beat myself up for 3 hours. When I picked her up from school that day my eyes were all puffy and red and tears were streaming down my face. She said "no big deal mom - I'm so excited because I got to buy my lunch for 2 DAYS IN A ROW!" She was thrilled and I was relieved. The girl doesn't forget ANYTHING so I figured she would be scarred for life. She is so grounded and resilliant which makes me so happy. I am in a much better mental state now. I am happy to report that all we have left to do is a little landscaping and the sealing of our pool deck. At this very moment I have no camera. Mine got chunked in the pool by one of my friends little boy... needless to say the warranty I bought on the camera from Best Buy does not cover water damage... shoot! I won't ever waste my money on one of their warranties anymore.... matter of fact, I don't think there is any reason to buy from Best Buy anymore.

Once my mom sends me pictures from Claire's birthday party I will update with pics. She had a great time. The weather had been horrible the whole week before. It was a little chilly and rainy. I couldn't believe the morning of her birthday party the sun came out and the kids were able to swim. We had a Sponge Bob Pinata which Claire loved... it was a great time.