Evoking my patient rights

Yesterday as I was getting admitted...this very nice older nurse was taking care of me...she handed me a pamphlet on patient rights....basically I can leave if I want to at any time.....well folks I am evoking my patient rights and busting out of this joint....no fear....I am feeling well....they just moved me to a new room....they are not monitoring me at all...no medication...and it looks like the oral steroids are starting tomorrow...so no need to stay here tonight.....also the oral steroids...I have been on them before....I had no reaction to them.....my appointment with the specialist is set for next Thursday which will coincide perfect with the the steroids since I will be off of them by then............if I stay the night then Dylan gets to try to sleep with me in this tiny twin bed...poor Collin on the Couch.....it will be more stressful and more work to stay here than to go home....I live 5 blocks from the hospital....and I have a very talented Fireman husband that will make sure that if I need to that I will get here immediately......
by the way it has been a good day with work...I actually wrote a contract in the hospital bed :) and I think we are going to get a offer on one of my new listings :)

Air is awesome

Right now I am going a little batty...right now I am sitting in hospital bed hoping that the doctor will be releasing me here shortly.....I had a severe asthma attack yesterday afternoon and ended up in the emergency room and they decided that I needed to stay overnight....so needless to say it has been a long 24 hours or so.....yesterday was a real eye opener.....I guess I never realized how serious asthma can be....I couldn't walk or talk by the time I got to the emergency room....I guess I assumed that they would give me a shot put my on a nebulilator and I would be fine in like 30 minutes or so.....but that's not how it happened...my oxygen level was extremely low and my bronchial tubes were swelled almost shut initially they thought they were going to put me on a ventilator.....thank goodness they didn't it was touch n go the first 30 minutes or so....then my oxygen level began to rise..though I didn't receive any breathing relief for almost 2 hours...but the oxygen they were giving me was getting my oxygen level up enough so they didn't have to put me on a ventilator.....it was my first night away from Dylan I got about 4 hours of sleep....poor Collin and Dylan...Dylan woke up every hour crying so he didn't get much sleep either....we are so bonded at night time when we sleep it is tough for either of us not to be together....so we are hoping that I get to go home today....the doctor that came thru this morning during the morning rounds didn't think that they were going to release me today they are really worried that I am not stabilized and that I could have relapse....it is obvious to me that my asthma has gotten worse over the last 3 months or so...so I will be going to a pulmonary specialist and they will be getting me on stronger medicine and more of a full regimen that will need to be followed daily to keep my asthma in check and to hopefully keep this from ever happening again...............breathing and feeling air in your lungs is awesome.......

another update....they are keeping me one more night.........the doctor wants to make sure that I respond as well to the oral steroids as I have to the injected steroids.....she said yesterday was pretty scary and they want to try to avoid any chance of that happening.....well with that I am done blogging for now...............

Who would have thought........

Who would have thought that a new washer and dryer would someday cost approximately the same amount as a nice used car...........well that day was yesterday....I am some what embarrassed and uncomfortable for spending sooooooo much money on a new washer and dryer.....the darn things are fairly intimidating with tons of cycles, alarms, settings, digital read out, special child locks, steam stuff, sanitizer things, you name it....it can probably do it.....the big question it can we figure out how to use all these gadgets...part of me is scared to touch the wrong button and I think the darn thing is going to yell back at me with sirens and alarms....I am really not sure why we took the leap and purchased these shiny silver monsters....of course we got the top of the line washer and dryer with every bell and whistle...perhaps it was because we were so confused by comparing all the features we decided that we might as well get them all.....really the main reason we got the top of the line washer was because it had the largest tub capacity......so that when we wash our king comforter it actually comes clean...won't that be nice for a change....with all the water and energy the new washer and dryer will save us we figure that they will actually pay for themselves by the time we retire........it will be interesting to see if we actually read the 200 page manual that comes with these super machines I am sure that we will have to read at least the first 30 pages or so just to figure out how to put the soap in and to turn them on...............I can't wait to see how much cleaner our clothes are...I know I am going to be sick to my stomach as soon as I wash the first load and dry it....and somehow I already know that I am not going to see a difference.......oh well............I will say that when we purchased our kitchen appliances we bought top of the line and have been thrilled with our purchases so I am hoping for the same with the new washer and dryer.....by the way they are so commanding when you see them that I think I am going to name them.....with that I need to go............

Our little wrangler

Here is a quick picture of Dylan earlier this morning right before the parade started....we were so lucky....Daddy got to drive the fire truck and Dylan and Mom got to ride in the front seat.......lots of fun...............

Wednesday Update

Dylan had so much fun swimming on Saturday that we went back as a family on Sunday to do a little swimming.........good times but more people and I think Dylan might have been a little tired....we have the big parade tomorrow so tonight I will get Dylan's outfit all ready for him for his grand entrance in the parade tomorrow...today we enjoyed the air show out at our community college The Thunder Birds were completely awesome.....we also watched the local gunslingers gun show.....this evening we will make our way downtown for a little pizza and take in some live music at the Train Depot.......tomorrow is the parade and then Friday we will make it to the pancake breakfast and possible a quick bike ride back thru the fair grounds this evening.....and will find a couple of other Frontier Days Events to take in........well that's about it for us

on a side note please keep my sister Cheri in your prayers and positive thoughts ..her breast cancer was finally staged yesterday as stage 3....keep her and her families in your thoughts and prayers.......

Our very own Nemo

I decided to take Dylan to the swimming pool today.....oh my goodness....he went absolutely nuts in the kiddie pool.....I was envisioning a packed pool and Dylan floating around in his floating....eyeing and flirting with the other kids...me taking it easy as I guided him around the pool............well it didn't quite work out that way.....as soon as we step into the kiddie pool...Dylan is off....literally running thru the pool...diving forward with no fear....going under water....the pool was pretty empty so that was kind of nice....but Dylan literally ran from one end of the kiddie pool to the next.....he would literally take 3 or 4 running steps and then just dive into the water face first.....the child had absolutely no fear and somehow knew to hold his breath under water...I would pull him back up out of fear and he would break away from me and was off again....then he would go to the edge of the pool and prop his leg up and pull himself out of the pool.....it really was exhausting but pretty cool.....I think the pool will be added to our weekly events....since Dad is a city employee when Collin takes him it will only be $1.75 for both of them...........until tomorrow

Friday night at the Moody's

Wow we had a wonderful Friday night....it has been way to long since we have had a relaxing evening at home as a family...it was great to be able to take in the summer evening at home with my 2 favorite guys.....we worked in the yard a little bit...played a little bit....and had a great dinner of grilled rib eyes, fresh sweet corn, greens from our garden topped with Parmesan, thick cut grilled pepper bacon, cucumbers all lightly tossed in a creamy balsamic dressing and I also made biscuits with honey butter.......yummy

Dylan has way to much confidence right now...he is all over the place...for some reason he thinks he can run....well he really can't run ...he loses his balance and crashes....last night he crashed and has 3 nice big bruises on his eye....after a quick kiss he was back to running full speed...his bumps and bruises don't seem to slow him down one bit....

Most mornings Dylan wants to be cuddled and held for literally a hour or so after he wakes up.....most mornings I am happy to do so...I treasure our quiet mommy and baby time together....but days like today when we had no choice but to get moving our treasured quiet mommy and baby time doesn't quite work out that way.....Dylan really doesn't understand why I have to sit him down in order to brush my teeth, get dressed, wash my face....in Dylan's world this is just not acceptable....he immediately begins to cry as soon as I sit him down in the morning...it is now quickly followed by him throwing himself on the floor and crying such a sad and painful cry......as if he is in total despair....I call him to come to me....but it is just to much work....he looks at me and then collapses again crying even louder....as it to say....Mom you don't understand....you just don't understand.....I quickly go to him pick up my little guy....he immediately stops crying and feels immediate relief.....I guess I should probably read some book on how to handle this situation but for the most part we really do have a perfectly happy and easy going child....and I find that I don't always agree with alot of the parenting advice that is out there.....we really want Dylan to know that his feelings are valid and important to us and right now I am sure this is how he expresses his frustration....and if he is manipulating us which we will figure out here sooner rather than later....its not like it's the first time I have been manipulated in my life....at least it is by my lovable and adorable son

How much were those boots.......

We found out yesterday morning that Dylan would be riding on the Fire Truck during one of the Frontier Days Parade......so I debated most of the morning if we were going to get him a cowboy hat.....I finally decided that yes he needs a cowboy hat....we made our way into a local cowboy clothing store.....and left with 2 cowboy hats....1 black felt, 1 brown felt, a true cowboy shirt with pearl buttons stiff collar and long sleeves, a casual plaid cowboy short sleeve shirt, a pair of darling roper cowboy boots that have flashing blue lights in the heal when he walks, and a pair of blue and black fringed chaps just like the professional bull riders wear..........I would have got him a little baby pair of wranglers but they didn't have any......I felt guilty for a moment.....then I was over it and very happy with our purchases......the boots are a little big but extremely nice quality and have zip up on the side for easy wearing and a good flexible heal...of course ropers are known for good quality comfortable boots so he should have those most of the winter and maybe even next year....the felt hats were on sale and designed to fit for the next 3 or 4 years they have a elastic band inside the rim of the hat that allow them to adjust to different size heads.........so cute..... and we needed one of each color for his different outfits so that he would match.....the 2 shirts will be only for this year but the chaps are a little big and will probably work for a couple of years.........I can't wait to get him in his outfits............:) for those of you worried about how Collin is handling all this spending on such unnecessary items.........with pride and excitement I laid out all of our purchases this morning for him.......his comments were as followed pretty much in this order

You couldn't find any wranglers (as if we needed to find wranglers....I will work on that)
How much were the boots........................
I'm glad you got those boots over the other boots( less expensive no zipper hard to get on)
you did great...............
Yep We only have one son.............

and with that have a great day...

Frontier Days have Begun

The neat thing about having a child is that you find yourself lining up to do all the local events....so that your child gets to experience all of these different events...and because your child gets to experience them that means you get to also.....this year we are going to do our best to take in more of what Frontier Days has to offer....every year it starts with a cattle drive from out on a ranch north of town the cowboys go out......rustle up the cattle and drive them into town....so we got up early on Sunday morning rode our bikes down to the park and watched as the cattle ran down the street with the cowboys guiding them the whole way......it was pretty cool....this week they have like trials thats not the official cowboy lingo....but anyways the cowboys and cowgirls are trying to get qualifying times for the rodeo next week.....so this is free and we will be going and watching some of that this morning....we are also going to be attending the free parades next week...infact one day I think we get to ride on the fire truck in the parade....they also do a free pancake breakfast downtown a couple of times next week so we will also make sure that we take that in also....last year we bought Dylan a cowboy hat but he never really wore it.....so I am hesitant this year to get him one.....but can you imagine the cute pictures at all of these events................Collin found a black felt one at Sierra so perhaps we will make our way our their to pick him up one...........nothing cuter that a little boy in a cowboy hat and boots..........I am going to make a quick trip into the office this morning.....a couple of phone calls then I am off for the day......we will do a little bike riding and running....working in the yard and the garden.........wow the garden is looking awesome...I will try to take some pictures today......until next time

Windows Salemen.....give me a break....

We are so lucky....look at this cute kid................

Anyways......we are planning on new Windows and started getting quotes from different companies....part of the reason I didn't want to get new windows this year is that I didn't want to have to deal with the window salesmen...............after visiting with the first two....I don't know if I can handle anymore pain....and have pretty much decided to go to Lowe's, Home Depot, and Sutherland's and price out what I need myself...and then we can hire a handyman to install them.....the nonsense that comes out of Window Salesman mouth truly makes me nauseous and frankly I have no patience for their low skill, high pressure, completely tacky, fear based selling styles.................the first Salesman comes in and is hell bent on selling me $20,000 in premium aluminium clad windows.....lets see most 1/2 million dollar homes in this area don't have these nice of windows....so lets put them in our 1922 if we are lucky $200,000 home....sounds like a wise investment to me......I clearly told him on the phone that I was interested in a single hung, middle of the road Vinyl window.....so after I remind him that we are only looking for a single hung moderate priced and quality Vinyl window.....he lets me know that he does carry a vinyl window but that he wouldn't recommend it....but he advised me that of course anything that I buy will be better than what I have...............no shit Sherlock......and don't let the door hit you in the ass....why would I ever buy a window from you.....when you are clearly telling me that your vinyl window is lousy......go away.....only 95% of the windows in our immediate area including new construction are vinyl................he also thought Dylan was a little girl so a definite no on him.....

the second window salesman comes to the door....I had high hopes for this guy.....he is actually a contractor that works with one of the big box stores.....my understanding was that he was going to measure and give me a price on installation only.....see then I can go pick out the windows I want and have him install him.....I must have SUCKER TAKE MY MONEY written on my forehead...he proceeded to take the measurements...and then let me know that he will price the windows and get back in touch with me with the full cost.................so disappointing.....I am hiring you to install the windows.....make what you want on the install.........don't try to make money on me on the cost of windows...........your not Lowe's......and your builder discount....stick that up your ass.............you idiot....I can get my own builder discount......so with that I don't think I can stand another idiot window salesman in our home....we have one more appointment on Friday but I think tomorrow I am going to go pick out my own windows......and Collin found a nice handy man that will charge $22.00 a hour and thinks it will take hime approximately 2 hours to take out and replace a window...........very affordable............

Updates

Once again the only excuse that I can come up with is that......we have been busy busy busy....so something must give when we are this busy...it is our blog that tends to suffer.....well lets see so much has been happening since I last blogged....so we will just take it one subject at a time...

Most important-----Dylan is now 1...we had a wonderful birthday party for him 2 Saturday's ago....he got lots and lots of wonderful gifts and we enjoyed the day with family and friends....I made him a ice cream cake for his birthday....it turned out pretty good....next year I promise to take a cake decorating class so that it turns our really good....as strange and silly as it sounds it just seems like it is a mom's duty to bake her child's Birthday Cake....of course by the time he is 4 he will be begging for a fancy cartoon character store bought cake...Collin built Dylan a awesome sand box in the back yard....it is huge with a big red umbrella right in the middle...we also splurged and got Dylan a top of the line with all the bells and whistles....Kettler trike....he really loves his trike.....and we love it to.....it is very cool and he goes everyone in it.....this first year has been truly amazing and we are so lucky to have such a wonderful little boy to call our son....Dylan truly is the light of our life....

Collin has been extremely busy with mowing lawns....and has over 20 lawns to mow every week.......when he is not mowing, building sand boxes, or finishing yes dear projects he tries to get away on a quick ride on his new Motorcycle......it is a well deserved indulgence for him

Real Estate.........has been crazy....the last couple of weeks have been exhausting....I have put 4 properties under contract in the last 2 weeks.....have another listing this coming week that should go under contract very quickly....am working on a large commercial lease for the FAA and after 4 months of working on this lease I think we are now within weeks of getting a signed contract...........and several clients that I am working with on building customs home for....so I can't complain but I am thinking that I don't want to get much busier....right now we are able to balance work and home and I still spend alot of quality time with Dylan but we don't have much free time to spare....we truly are blessed

Home improvement..........a never ending story at the Moody house....we are now getting bids to get all the windows replaced.....with the government $1500.00 rebate we decided to move forward and get windows replaced this year....we were going to wait until next year....but with the rebate we just couldn't pass it up....the veggie garden is doing well and we have already started eating salad from the garden.........so much fun....we are going to work on our rental this Friday and get the front yard landscaped .....I also think Collin is going to put in one more flower garden for us at our home....it will be a shade garden on the back of the house....otherwise we will call it good for this year...................well I think we will............

Grandparents.........have been awesome....Nain...Collin's mom has been a huge help and often come up to take care of Dylan.....the two of them get along just fine....it is fun to watch memories being built between these two....as a mother you always hope to have a Grandparent be able to be so involved in your little ones life...we are truly blessed that Dylan and his Nain get to spend so much time together....Grandpa Moody and Grandma Joy made a special trip from California to be here for Dylan's first Birthday....he is such a lucky little boy to have such wonderful Grandparents that love him so much....it was amazing to see how close he got to his Grandma Joy and Grandpa Moody during their visit......he loved sitting on his Grandpa Moody's lap as Grandpa would sing to him......Grandpa Hill might be making a trip out here in the next couple of months to see Dylan and help us put in Windows.....we are keeping our fingers crossed.....we will also be making another trip back to Rapid City here in the next month to see Grandma and Grandpa Davis......we try to make it back to Rapid as often as we can.....it seems like every week Dylan is doing something new......and we don't want Grandma and Grandpa Davis to miss any of the baby milestones......................

well I am tired and ready for bath and bed.................hope all is well and will do my best to write more often..............