OOOHHHHH what a day it has been!!!

hello to you friends. i have had quite the interesting day!

here was the original plan for the day...
wake up, sit around the house for a while, get dressed and come to a-town to meet scott, then go out to my parents' house, drop off lincoln, then make a run to DeLeon to sell some pecans (for those of you who don't know, my parents live on a pecan orchard with 70 trees)...

well, needless to say, only the first 3 things on my list happened.

Link and i were hanging out at my mother-in-law's house- i was actually, er, in the restroom... and he was watching tv. all the sudden, he runs in the restroom and say "OH NO! MY NOSE!" so i figured he has just picked a booger or something- he IS known to be a bit overly dramatic!
Lincoln: OH NO! MY NOSE
Me: What's wrong baby?
L: OH NO! I blow it!!
Me: You blow it? What's wrong?
it's about this time i hear a squeaky sound every time Lincoln exhales...
Me: Lincoln, did you stick something up your nose?
L: (looks up at the ceiling, looks down at his shoes, looks up at me with a very guilty look) yeeeeeah.
M: ok, ok, let's go-

so i drop everything, grab my child, head out to the car, call Scott to let him know what's going on and that i'm on my way to the Emergency Room... and the following takes place in the car:

L: OH NO! MY NOSE!
M: Lincoln, what did you put in your nose?
L: the itty nitty red ball
M: did you put it way up in your nose?
L: (again, very guilty) yeeeeeeah.

so, the itty bitty red ball is actually a small red bead that came off of an ornament on my mother-in-law's Christmas tree....

we get to the Emergency Room, go sign in, wait forever, Scott finally gets there- by this time Lincoln feels just fine and you can't even tell anything's wrong with him... we waited about an hour and 15 minutes... FINALLY we get called back to be admitted, they take Link's pulse, ask us a bunch of questions... then we find out we have to wait LONGER because we have to wait for the Ear, Nose, and Throat room.
we finally get to the ENT room, wait about 30 minutes, then a nurse comes in... her exact words "oooh, that's really up there! i'm gonna let the doctor tackle this one." so we WAIT another half hour or so- FINALLY a physician's assistant comes in, gets the dang bead out with this long pokey-thingy, and says "ok, you can go as soon as i get a Dr. to sign off on this"
We had to wait more than 45 minutes!!!! damn Dr.!!! we ended up spending THREE HOURS in the hospital today all over an "itty bitty ball".

HERE'S the culprit:

ah yes, friends- we KEPT the dang bead. it's got a place in his baby book for "First Emergency Room visit"

Lincoln is doing fine- his nose bled a tiny bit, and the Dr. said there was "a small abrasion" in his nose, but nothing to be worried about. Poor kid had the dang bead in his nose for about 2 hours!
One thing to be said- he was EXCELLENT. he was calm and behaved well for all the waiting (only about 15 or 20 minutes of our 3 hour visit was actually being helped- the rest was just WAITING), and he let 3 different people look up his nose. he sat in his Daddy's lap and let some man he didn't know stick something up his nose and get the bead out. what a little fart, though! watch your kids around the Christmas tree!

hopefully you all had a less eventful day than i did!

love to you all :)

it's the end of the world- er, musical- as we know it

so yes, my dear ones... the musical (uhm, the Clyde H.S. musical that i've been helping with) is now officially over. **wow i totally just sneezed 9 times** ANYWAY, last night was our last performance- and so yeah i'm pretty glad it's over. i mean, YEAH i had a great time and YEAH it was a good experience for me and YEAH i'm going to do it again next year (assuming i will be asked by my dear friend Ruth Knightstep to help out again- which i'm sure i will) but holy cow i will enjoy kind of just having my life back. little things like being home to cook dinner- or being home to watch my favorite TV SHOWS (though it IS holiday season re-run B.S. for the next month or two)... yay for my life. yay for HAVING a life. i'm somewhat boring, and i am not afraid to admit that... i look forward to returning to my old boring self :)

so, um, i really hate it when you write a check for a large amount of money and then the business to whom who WROTE the check waits almost a MONTH before depositing the check... yeah, so you TOTALLY had enough money to cover the amount of the check when you wrote it- and they take their sweet time- and YOU think that for sure that check has already gone through but NOOOOO- the evil business you wrote the check to really just wants to screw you over. THANKS A WHOLE HELL OF A LOT. for reals.

i don't think i like being a grownup. everything is uber expensive and GEE WHIZ i just want a HOUSE of MY OWN and i want to have another BABY before i'm 30 and i really dislike money.....though i won't turn it down as a gift in case you were already planning on that :)

i really haven't blogged in such a long time. so much has happened yet for some reason i am drawing a major blank on what i should blog about. i'm been sooo busy and all the sudden i've got time on my hands and i'm like WHAT THE HELL WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN..??

ok, ok, melanie- think of something.... something good.

so yeah fireworks season starts pretty quick. i'm not REAL excited about that one... y'see, in case you don't already know, i married into a family who owns a small fireworks business... it belonged to my mother and father-in-law... so we inherited it... not the whole thing- - scott's got 2 siblings and they're both married, so the 6 of us all own the business. basically we're only up and running about 2 weeks out of the year. but it's a mega painus in my anus. seeeeriously. it sucks. but, i mean, the end result is nice! so you guys are going to have to come and buy fireworks from ME this new years!!!! cuz i know you all like to blow stuff up- so why not help out your pal Mel in the process??? ....that's what i thought.

my sister has a boyfriend. yeah, you read right. Mitsi. has a boyfriend. and he's nice and we like him and that's all there is to this story. the end.

ummmm ok so i think my brain has been drained of all things interesting or even slightly worthy of typing. goody day to you all. and buy me a freaking christmas present!

tis the day to give Thanks

Indeed, my friends, it is one of my favorite days of the year... a day filled with turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, and TONS of desserts- but most importantly, it's a day for reflection.... a day to look at your life and see how BLESSED you are and even if things seem crappy, there's always good stuff to be thankful for....

*like umm.... family. the people who are there for you through thick and thin no matter WHAT YOU DO. the people who love you for WHO YOU TRULY ARE. the people you can actually LET LOOSE around and BE YOURSELF. the ones who will always love you, even when you do stupid stuff.
*speaking of always loving you even when you do stupid stuff.... on this day i am truly thankful for my Lord and Savior. i am so thankful that even though i'm a sinner and i'm not worthy of His love, i am loved... i am forgiven.... i am promised eternity- and i don't deserve it. God blesses me in EVERY DAY of my life. and i am so thankful to Him for it all.
*my son... this amazing, brilliant, gorgeous, loving, hilarious, full-of-energy little boy that has been placed in my life... he is such a huge part of who i am. every day as i watch him grow, i see so much of me in him. he make look like his daddy, but he's got my personality for sure! i love him more than i ever thought i could possibly love someone.
*my husband. this amazing man God put in my life more than 5 years ago. we met in October of 2001. and immediately i fell head-over-heels in love with him. we are so perfect together, and i couldn't have asked for a better man to share my life with, to have and raise my children with, to serve God with, to laugh and cry with.... i love him with all that i am.
*my friends. though it seems like my true friends are few and far between, i love them dearly. they are such a huge part of who i am. they love me even though i'm goofy, weird, and a bit annoying at times. you know who you are. and i love you.
*actually, everything in my life has a place in this 'thankful' list. every single thing. every stupid thing i've done, every hard time i've ever had to go through, every challenge in my life. everything that has been placed in my life has made me who i am today.
THANK YOU GOD FOR ALL YOU DO....
i'm singing a song for Rebekah's wedding in January- it's Psalm 139 and it says "even though You know, You will always love me. even though You know, You'll never let me go. i don't deserve Your love, but you give it freely. You will always love me even though You know."

I will praise God's name in song
and glorify him with thanksgiving.
Psalm 69:30

illness, Clyde High School, and other ramblings

welllll hello to you- you MUST be cool if you're reading my blog.... only cool people read MY blog. that's probably because I AM the COOLEST person you know.... ok, so maybe i'm a dang loser, but it's ok, i'm ok with that.

so yeah last time i was blogging i had been sick, then like a week later i got sick AGAIN- upper respiratory infection. i get one EVERY november. never fails. so that was fun, i was sick TWICE within 2 weeks. fun stuff. NOW, Lincoln is sick. which is GREAT becuase we have plans EVERY DAY of this holiday week since all of scott's family is in and all of my family is here (well, my sister is the only one of us who doesn't live here- but this year she brought a BOY with her!!!!!! WHAT?). today was the beginning of the festivities. dinner and just a fun evening together with scott's siblings, spouses, our niece, and scott's dad..... well guess who's NOT going to be at that gathering? that would be me and my son... yes, because Lincoln was up until 1am last night vomiting and now has a fever. funnnnnn fun! i only hope that this is a short 24-hour type of thing because tomorrow is dinner with scott's siblings, spouses, our niece, and scott's mom- and then FRIDAY is a day with MY family (plus my grandparents... and mitsi's boy friend. NOTICE that i typed boy friend and NOT "boyfriend" - there's a difference) then saturday and sunday are packed with more family stuff, so y'know, i don't need a sick kid on my hands.... this is my favorite time of year! i mean, c'mon, i LOOOVE food!

so you all know (because i blog about it often) that i am doing music direction of the Clyde HS musical... our first performance is a week from this saturday, which is scary because of course we're never ready until the absolute last minute. but seriously guys, i thought working with high school kids was going to drive me out of my mind... but it's just like old days for me, i mean, every day that i get to spend out there reminds me of how much i MISS the theatre life! being with my friends every day for rehearsal, being goofy, singing and dancing and getting to be someone i'm not with the spotlights on me- AH i miss it SOOO much! and it's been really fun hanging out with these high school kids- even though i really thought it would be horrible, i'm having sooo much fun. especially since i have allowed myself to let loose around them- i don't have to be some stuffy 'professional' adult around them, i'm being my goofy ass self- and it's been so fun. especially with the 4 or 5 main girls. we're hilarious. plus i get to be goofy and immature and get paid for it! WHAT WHAT?!

today, since lincoln is sick, i'm staying home and baking pies for the next few days of Thanksgiving dinners. my husband is going to go out and meet with his family this evening, because i hate for him to miss the opportuninty to spend time with them when i could easily handle lincoln by myself at home. y'know.

i feel like i should be more exciting.... but alas, i fail miserably once more.

ok so i'm stumped. i had more in mind when i started this blog, but have reached a SERIOUS blogger's block (ha, i crack myself up)... i hope you all have a FANTABULOUS Thanksgiving and ummm i love you all :)

Expect the unexpected!

so last night was Halloween. I'm not too big on Halloween, I just enjoy the fact that I get to dress my son up however I think he will look cute. HAHA. Well, last night he was Pablo the Penguin... You who have children know who I'm talking about... You who DON'T know who Pablo is, go Google "The Backyardigans" and you'll quickly find out. He was SO cute. This kid absolutely hates hoods or anything that fastens under his chin, but he wore his Pablo hood ALL night (well, at least while we were out and about, 2 1/2 hours or so) and I got some REEEALLY good pics of him, but alas, they will not be posted today as I had promised so many people.

Y'see, there's this annoying phenomenon known as the STOMACH VIRUS. ah, yes, fun indeed. Yesterday I felt excellent. Took Lincoln out for a good 2 1/2 hours, came home, hung out with my boys, stole some of Link's candy ;) , went to bed, felt fine... ah, come 5am and here's Melanie running to the bathroom. What a fun night it was indeed. INDEEEEED. So I am momentarily out of bed to explain to your folks why there will be no pictures today, you will have to wait till tomorrow... Assuming I am well then.

Scott and Lincoln have gone to my mother-in-law's house for the day (Scott had to take off work) so that hopefully they don't get sick. Our digital camera doesn't work with this OLD computer of ours, so I need my mother-in-law's computer... But alas, I will not be going there today.

I am about to go turn UP the heater (like crazy), curl up on the couch with about 15,000 blankets, and watch The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (which, btw, I have not seen since the LAST time I was sick...). Close beside me will be a bottle of water, and imaginary bottle of 7up (ohhhh how i wish i had one), and my handy dandy.... TRASH CAN!

....I hope you are all having a better day than I am.

What's not to love???

t has been an amazing past 48 hours or so. I love life. Yeah.

For those of you who never get out of bed and know nothing of what's going on in the world around you, the FREAKING St. Louis CARDINALS won the FREAKING WORLD SERIESSSS!!!! Seriously, honestly, I can't believe it. I mean, the 2nd half of our regular season- we SUCKED. we barely made it to the post-season... We weren't supposed to make it past the Division Series... we did. we weren't supposed to make it past the Championship Series.... we did. We DEFINITELY WEREN'T supposed to win the World Series- WE FREAKING DID! BUT, during the post-season, we had all our guys! We had SO many injured guys during the 2nd half of our season and we got everybody healthy, and we KICK ASS!!!! ...the end.

On another note, I GOT MY CAR BACK TODAY!!!!!!!!! A couple weeks before Christmas last year, my car messed up. My dad told me he would have it fixed after Christmas- but he didn't tell me HOW LONG after Christmas. he didn't tell me it would be 10 MONTHS after Christmas! But holy cow! i've been driving that crappy little Civic (i can't stress LITTLE enough- it's tiiiiiny!) for almost a year, and i finally have MY car back! My absolutely b-e-a-utiful Accord. it's shiny and the leather looks like new and it's fully loaded (love it!) and it's BIGGER and it RUNS like a freaking dream. it's like driving a freaking Mercedes after driving that crappy Civic. So I'm happy. I've got such a great dad. He fixed that mostly by himself, Scott helped as much as he could, but my daddy really did most of it. he bought the parts, fixed it- spent like a week on it... saved us about $2000. yeah, he's amazing.

I walked into a serious time warp today... I'm helping with musical direction of the Clyde H.S. Musical... today was my first day to have to go help (yes, on a Saturday). Before I walked in there I was thinking "this isn't going to be weird, it'll be just fine" well, i had to go in the side door (the door the cast/crew/students use) and when i opened the first door, as i was walking down a small set of stairs, it was WEIRD!!! it was like a freaking time warp! i felt like i should be getting up on the stage to do some acting myself. I can't believe it's been 5 years since i've been on that stage. gaaaaaah i miss it!!!!! FIVE YEARS. that makes me feel old. it was 2001, i was the lead role in SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS. that ACTUALLY wasn't the last time i was on it, now that i think about it.... OAP (One Act Play) was after that. gosh, that's the ONLY thing about high school that i even remotely miss. high school sucked, though.

and i've got a great husband and a great son.... i've got a great life.
it's just been a good past couple days.

mostly baseball, but other interesting things as well!

Do you watch baseball? No? How 'bout you? Still no? YOU?? AH, YES, you do! Well, I watch baseball, yes I do. And how about my freaking CARDINALS, baby!!!! Hell yes, we're going to the World Series. that's what i'm talking about! now, whether we WIN The World Series (which i see as highly unlikely, the Tigers kicked our pansy little butts earlier in the season during interleague play...) is up for grabs, but i a, just damn satisfied that we will be playing in the World Series... that's 2 out of the past 3 years.... Now if we can JUST do better than when we got swept by the freaking Red Sox!!!! ....pathetic...

So, we're all used to crap bulletins and junk mail - "If you don't post this in 10 minutes, you will be haunted in your sleep tonight" and annoying shit like that.... well, i got a crap mail AS A TEXT MESSAGE ON MY PHONE!!!! yeah i was rather unhappy about that. people are taking that annoying crap too far! my freaking CELL PHONE. AND, what made me even MORE mad, is that it was from a girl whom i haven't talked to in probably about a year. we used to talk all the time, went to high school together, our sons are the same age, but i haven't talked to her in like a YEAR, and does she ever call to say hi? NO. does she send texts to say hi? NO. but she sure as hell doesn't mind sending me a crap text message about some curse or some crap like that. it's just plain irritating- and RUDE! wasting my money to send text messages. they're not free, you know! ugh!

no more rattlesnake encounters, and that keeps me happy. even though i know the bastard is living under my house.... i look by the back door like crazy before i enter or exit my house. now i'm a paranoid loser. oh well, better than a snake bitten loser i suppse!

yay for cold weather. just..... yay.

i'm about to have a whole freaking lot on my plate.... way more than i had planned on having to deal with - especially during the world series.... there's the usual stuff, like garage sale-ing on saturdays and church on sundays, those aren't a big deal. but then there's church choir/praise team every wednesday from 7:30 till 9:30!!! i hate that it ends so late! i'm not home to put my son to bed, i'm not home to have dinner with my family (it's usually about 7:30 or 8) and i miss my FAVORITE TV show (LOST).... but i can deal, because i enjoy singing... but NOW, i've been asked to help with musical direction of a high school musical.... more specifically, the Clyde High School musical... wow, i used to star in those babies back in the day, now i'll be doing musical direction. so my job is to teach the kids their parts (like singing wise) and work with them on it... BY THE WAY, it's a musical i've never seen or even heard of, so i don't know the music, so i've got to learn the WHOLE play in like a week... and that will take up EVERY night.... Monday, Tuesday, (NOT WEDNESDAY cuz i'm at church), and Thursday.... *sigh* this is an awfully hefty workload for melanie.... now i'm hoping the scheduling of the World Series will be different than musical rehearsals.... we can all hope!

i'm going to head off and figure out something to eat... then i'll probably get link and me dressed and head to my mother-in-law's house.... i missed Grey's Anatomy last night because of the baseball game, so i'll have to go to ABC.com to watch it- but my comp at home is so slow i'll have to do it on my mother-in-law's cable internet... apparently you can just go to ABC.com and watch a show you missed. that's effing GENIOUS!!! LOVE IT!

hope you are all doing marvelously! Love to all of you, dear ones!