Just Call me Gimpy

Sloan & Omri

I'm so grateful that tomorrow if Friday. I'm looking forward to catching up on some artwork that has been haunting me. Something exciting happened this week. I finally got my cast off on Tuesday. 11 weeks in a cast has left my wrist & hand swollen, bruised, numb on the lower part of my hand, and all around sore beyond belief. I'm no wimp but I will tell you that my hand hurts like heck. I can't grip much of anything. I can hardly hold a paper plate. I tried to hold my fingers up to form the number three tonight & my whole hand shook. It is pretty pathetic. The Dr. warned me that I would probably have some muscle atrophy, I just had no idea it would look and feel as awful as it does. Thank goodness it's fall & long sleeves are needed. I can hide my shrunken arm until it plumps back up. I was given a Spica splint to wear for now & I go back in three weeks for a followup. At the moment I'm taking my splint off twice a day to work on movement. This weekend I'll try to do more. I think I have a long road ahead of me. It could bum me out but I'm not going to let it drag me down. Just forever grateful it wasn't my right hand.

Although I have a list of things I need to get done, I also have a list of fun things to do with my little ones. I bought the girls some beautiful books at the thrift store today & we are looking forward to reading all of them. I also found a brand new cribbage game & I can't wait to teach Sloan how to play. We have a couple thank you cards to make & a few get well cards as well. I'm looking forward to snuggling up my little Oblio. He woke up this morning with a goopy eye. So I'll be watching to make sure it doesn't turn into something worse. 

Last but not least I don't think I've laughed this hard in a long time. This is honestly how I feel when I use my left arm these days. Too funny. Hope you all have the best weekend ever!

Therapy

My  beautiful sisters costume this year.

I was angry. I sat down & typed out so many different things, hit delete & now I feel so much better. Thank goodness for keyboards.

Tear it Down!

 I think I've mentioned before how much I HATED the super icky wallpaper that was up on the walls. Halloween night I packed up all the decorations & got to work peeling the first layer of wallpaper off.

It looked 100% better. Then it was time to take off the second layer.

Dean showed me how to wet down the walls and then I went to work.

I spent the better part of 5 hours peeling paper off of this tiny entryway. Look how yellow it was!

The end results were so worth it though. Now its ready to scrape the ceilings, remove that hideous light fixture, add can lights, rip up old flooring & add in new flooring, replace the trim & paint the door & walls. We have also discussed adding an arch to make the entryway look a little more finished. So much to do in such a tiny space but it will look amazing when we are done. 

I've been working on a few other projects & can't wait to share them with you tomorrow!

Halloweeners

In a galaxy far far away..............

Lived a princess & her adorable ewok.

 And right next door under the sea...........

lived a little mermaid.

They went trick-r-treating with an aristocrat & her flapper friend. I hear they had a howling good time. Hope you had a Happy Halloween too.

P.S. I made all the girls costumes (except Abbys) & had the best time doing it :)

Hello 5!

Guess who turned 5 yesterday?

So we headed over to the Andelin Family Farm Pumpkin Patch

For a little pumpkin picking.

& we visited these guys

We might just have a cowgirl in the making.

The girls had a blast holding the new kitten

Even though it was freezing outside (Omri was wearing pants, they just kept bunching up) I think it's safe to say we all had a fun time. My little Zoe girl I love you more than all the stars in the sky. We are all so glad you came to our family to fill it with such laughter, compassion & love. Hope 5 is the best year yet!