Mia wants a vacation...

I think this is Mia's way a telling us she wants to go on a vacation. I hear ya girl! I have really been feeling the urge to go somewhere recently. I am talking hotel with a pool and loads of touristy things to do. I don't see a vacation anywhere on the horizon though. Oh well.
Sunday I decided to clean. Maybe the meds are kicking in. For those of you who know me well...you know that I don't do laundry well. Actually I am great at keeping the clothes CLEAN it's just the folding and putting away that I just can't seem to get a handle on. So Sunday I decided it was time to stop crawling over the pile of clothes in the laundry room just to get out the back door (NO, I'm not kidding) and put those clean clothes away. I spent all afternoon. I do mean ALL afternoon separating, folding, and putting away clothes. I even boxed up (2 boxes) of Mia's clothes that don't fit anymore. So sad. They will go in the attic. I just can't part with them yet. It's hereditary (keeping old clothes). I have a drawer in Mia's dresser where I put my favorite outfits of her's that I get out every once in awhile and look at. How sappy. She just turned one. I'm going to be a basketcase by the time she's a Senior in high school. I'll sit surrounded by piles of her old clothes the day she leaves for college and just cry. It's a good thing that the next step up of my thyroid medication increases tomorrow. I think I'm developing an immunity to this one already. I'm showing signs of crazy thinking. Which I have learned is a symptom. There have been several people who were originally diagnosed as Bi-polar and later actually found to have a thyroid problem. Interesting. Explains alot of things huh. Anyway, that's all for today. Not much going on here. My big plans for today include taking a shower and maybe going outside to get the mail. Speaking of shower I think I'll go do that now. Have a great LAST day of January 2006..........already.

Feelin' creative

Yesterday i was looking through my pictures and this one just kept speaking to me. I felt the need to create. It's weird (the need to create) it's like it takes over and you have to paint, cut, paste, doodle.....NOW!!!! This was such a fun page to make and I just love this picture of Mia. I really hope she loves art as much as I do. If not, I hope she finds the passion for some other hobby. Until then I can't wait until she is old enough to sit next to me at my scrap table and create along with me. I was in such a pink and red mood. I have been lately, can't get enough of it. It must be Valentine's coming up soon. The tag next to the picture is from a Valentine's shirt I got at Target. I fixed to say "what do you love". Very cute.

Budding artist.....

Mia has been very interested in pens and pencils recently. I noticed a couple of weeks ago that she has been trying to "write" on paper with them so I thought I would give crayons a try. She was really interested in them.....for about 10 mins. and then she decided to taste a crayon and that was the end of art time. That's o.k. at least she is showing an early interest in drawing. Saylor makes fun of me, but I just know that we have a budding artist.

At the park....

Mia and I went to the park last week to feed the birds. She really loved it. The birds get REALLY close if you have bread for them. Mia just laughed and laughed. It was fun. She also liked all the open space to run. She just starts off in a general direction and runs until she falls. It's really funny to watch.
Mia loved the swings at the park too. Even though it's hard to tell from this photo. She cried when I took her out of the swing. I think Mia and I will have to go to the park more often.


Yesterday was my first day taking my new medication and so far I didn't feel any different. I didn't expect too, since the Dr. said he thinks my dosage will be quite a bit more than what he started me on, but I did notice that my neck (where the thyroid is) was not anywhere near as swollen as the day before. It must be working!!!!

I put my Hall of Fame entry in the mail this morning. I am not sure if I really have a chance, but at least I tried and feel like I accomplished something just by entering. Also I have 10 new scrapbook pages that I love that I wouldn't have made otherwise.

I also went to the Dr. this morning. Starting tomorrow morning I will be taking Synthroid, a thyroid hormone replacement. My test results show that I have a mild case of Hashimoto's disease, which is an auto-immune thyroid disorder. It is also hereditary. The Dr. said that without medication it would slowly become worse and with a second pregnacy become extremely problematic. Good thing I got this taken care of now. Now begins the process of figuring out what dosage I should take. Could take up to 2 months. He has started me on a low dosage which I will take for 2 weeks and then we will increase it until we find the amount that works best for me. Can't wait to feel normal again......or maybe for the first time?????

Been busy...

I had a entry all ready to post a few days ago and my computer did something with it.
I have been busy working on my Hall of Fame entry. Would love to share but I can't or I'll be disqualified. I am so close to being finished!!!! So in the meantime I would like to share this page using my Christmas cards. Love the way it turned out!

Trying to find inspiration....

I spent about 2 hours at my favorite scrapbook store this morning. They were having a HUGE new year's sale. I exercised restraint, and mostly bought paper with a few goodies I have been wanting for a few months. 45 mins. of my time there was spent standing in line. It was crazy in that store!!!! Now I am home. . .FINALLY and trying to decide what to use all my new stuff on. I have been scrapping like crazy lately. I think it is because I am loving all the recent pictures I have taken. After looking at some of my Christmas pictures these three are the ones that keep screaming "use us, use us....we want to be on a scrapbook page!" Besides I can't look at them without laughing. We had a fun Christmas! Sorry mom and dad, but I had to share these!