Tuesday Tell All ~ Summer is Sweet

My friend, Alida, told me about this neat blog called the Tuesday Tell All. Basically you have a weekly assignment to post about the topic they have selected. Just a neat way to add things to your blog about your family that you may not normally put. So here is my first Tuesday Tell All.

Today's Topic:

Summer is Sweet

It seems like all my careful meal planning gets thrown out the window during the summer. We tend to take a far more casual dining approach.

Which often means Popsicles and fruit for lunch or hot dogs and cookies for dinner.

What are your favorite summertime treats?

Does your family have a favorite summer recipe, favorite snow cone, ice cream or frozen treat....we'd love to hear about it.

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We also LOVE watermelon....well, everyone but Jordan (weird kid I tell you).



And always ice cream. It doesn't matter if it's from the store, the ice cream man, Dairy Queen or Coldstone. We love ice cream!



We LOVE summer time treats in this house!

Happy 33rd Birthday Jamie!

Happy Birthday baby! I'm so happy we got to be at our favorite place for your birthday. I hope we can spend many more birthdays there!



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Interesting Birthday Facts


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Your date of conception was on or about 2 November 1974 which was a Saturday.

You were born on a Saturday
under the astrological sign Leo.
Your Life path number is 1.

Your fortune cookie reads:
You were born with the skill to communicate with people easily.

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 3 & 9.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path number 8.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 6, 11 & 22.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2442619.5.
The golden number for 1975 is 19.
The epact number for 1975 is 17.
The year 1975 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/11/1975 and ending 1/30/1976.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Rabbit.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Salmon; your plant is Raspberry.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Paopy, the second month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 18 Av 5735.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 19 Av 5735.

The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.18.2.0.15 which is
12 baktun 18 katun 2 tun 0 uinal 15 kin

The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Saturday, 17 Rajab 1395 (1395-7-17).

The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 30 March 1975.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 4 May 1975.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 12 February 1975.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 18 May 1975.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 25 May 1975.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Saturday, 6 September 1975.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Thursday, 27 March 1975.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 11 February 1975.

As of 8/6/2008 2:15:38 AM EDT
You are 33 years old.
You are 397 months old.
You are 1,724 weeks old.
You are 12,065 days old.
You are 289,562 hours old.
You are 17,373,735 minutes old.
You are 1,042,424,138 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday:
Kate Beckinsale (1973) Sandra Bullock (1964) Kevin Spacey (1959)
Dorothy Hamill (1956) Roger Taylor (1949) Helen Mirren (1946)
Mick Jagger (1943) Stanley Kubrick (1928) Blake Edwards (1922)
Jason Robards, Jr. (1922) Vivian Vance (1912) Gracie Allen (1902)
Aldous Huxley (1894) Carl Jung (1875) George Bernard Shaw (1856)

Top songs of 1975
Love Will Keep Us Together by Captain & Tennille Fly, Robin, Fly by Silver Convention
Island Girl by Elton John He Don't Love You by Tony Orlando & Dawn
Bad Blood by Neil Sedaka Rhinestone Cowboy by Glen Campbell
Philadelphia Freedom by Elton John That's the Way (I Like It) by KC & the Sunshine Band
Jive Talkin' by Bee Gees Fame by David Bowie

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 4.72211350293542 years old. (You're still chasing cats!)

Your lucky day is Sunday.
Your lucky number is 1 & 4.
Your ruling planet(s) is Sun.
Your lucky dates are 1st, 10th, 19th, 28th.
Your opposition sign is Aquarious.
Your opposition number(s) is 8.

Today is not one of your lucky days!

There are 354 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 34 candles.

Those 34 candles produce 34 BTUs,
or 8,568 calories of heat (that's only 8.5680 food Calories!) .
You can boil 3.89 US ounces of water with that many candles.

In 1975 there were approximately 3.1 million births in the US.
In 1975 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
In 1975 in the US there were approximately 2,152,662 marriages (10.1%) and 1,036,000 divorces (4.9%)
In 1975 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

In 1975 the population of Australia was approximately 13,968,881.
In 1975 there were approximately 233,012 births in Australia.
In 1975 in Australia there were approximately 103,973 marriages and 24,307 divorces.
In 1975 in Australia there were approximately 109,021 deaths.


Your birthstone is Ruby

The Mystical properties of Ruby

Ruby is said to open one's heart to love.

Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)

Carnelian


Your birth tree is

Cypress, the Faithfulness

Strong, muscular, adaptable, takes what life has to give, happy,content,optimistic, needs enough money and acknowledgment, hates loneliness, passionate lover which cannot be satisfied, faithful, quick-tempered,unruly, pedantic and careless.


There are 141 days till Christmas 2008!
There are 154 days till Orthodox Christmas!

The moon's phase on the day you were
born was waning gibbous.

More Big News from Jazzi

Jasmine had gymnastics tonight and it was my neighbor's turn to take the girls. When she got home, she came running in to show me her loose tooth. This was approximately 8:15 and there was barely a wiggle. The kind of wiggle that you know you have a few good days of wiggling left before it comes out. What you need to understand is that Jasmine is one of the last kids in her grade to still have all of her baby teeth. She has been on a mission for at least a year to get a tooth out of her head.

So she's been walking around the house wiggling that tooth with her tongue, her fingers, showing James, Jenna and I how much looser it's getting. At 9:30, we were all getting our PJs on and getting ready for bed.

It's 9:40 and Jasmine is in the bathroom. With that, I hear "It's out! I got my tooth out!"

Here comes Jasmine, proudly carrying her tooth with her big bloody grin.

A few swishes of salty water later, she is one proud and happy girl. She also has won the award for "Quickest Extraction of a Tooth".

Vacation tomorrow!

I am LONG overdue for a vacation. The last time we went on one, Jasmine was a baby. We are off to the mountains tomorrow after I'm done babysitting. From Friday to the following Sunday! How great is that?! Jacob and Jamie left today since Uncle Frank was going up today too.

Jamie will be home Monday night to go to his retina specialist appointment Tuesday morning. We hope to hear some good news so keep Jamie in your thoughts and prayers.

I will have tons of pictures. We plan on going to a few places like Luray Caverns and the Natural Bridge. The Bergton fair is later in the week. Oma and Opa are also coming up next weekend. So be ready for lots of pictures when I get home next week... Well that's if Jamie can pry me away from a week of relaxing.

Jamie's eye update

He's doing good. The doctor is happy with how his eye is healing. That being said, he is still on complete bed rest the rest of the week and can't lift anything. We go on vacation next week so hopefully by then, he'll be able to return to work. He must go to a retina specialist next week as he did tear the retina away from the rest of the eye. OUCH!

He's doing really good at resting and not doing much. A few new computer games have provided him enough entertainment to sit in his recliner. We are still doing all the drops, 3 times a day.

While you feel like things are going well, it just seems like he has a long way to go. I'll just hold out the cheering and clapping until the eye specialist and retina specialist both give the all clear.

Seriously, what else?

It's late. I'm tired but wired. I'm worried about my husband. I can't sleep so I blog. Bear with me.

Poor Jamie. He sends me a picture text today. This is what I get. Excuse the quality. It's from his camera phone.



After a few text exchanges, I find out that Jamie got busted in the face with something while working. He is on his way to the ER by our house. *sigh* OK, so he'll go. They'll check him out, send him home and be fine. Well, I go up there with the kids and check on him. The doctor is checking him out when I get there and wants him to get a CT scan to make sure there are no broken bones around the eye. Well I think that's what he said. I was a tad freaked when I saw his eye. This is what I saw when I got there.



After the CT scan, it showed no other damage which is great. They send him to a specialist, right next door who will see him right now. Great. So I take him over and fill out his paperwork and leave him there. I have 5 hungry kiddos that are getting restless.

A bit later, he texts me to tell me he is still waiting. A few tests and hours later, he is home. The news isn't good. He is on complete bed rest with 3 different eye drops, 3 times a day. I can't mix them. I can't let them touch his other eye, my eyes or anyone's eyes. I have to scrub down my hands after each medication and make sure the kids don't get ahold of the paper towels that we use while doing this. He has to wear a patch while he sleeps. He can't take anything with aspirin in it. He can't lay flat. He can't risk any more blood being introduced into his eye or he can lose his sight permanently. He will be going back to the doctor tomorrow, Friday and Saturday. He can still possibly be hospitalized if the doctor doesn't like what he sees by the weekend.

Tonight, while doing his drops, the part of his eye that should be white is white, which I take as a great sign. He was diagnosed as having a hyphema.

So here I lay on the couch, trying to relax to go to sleep, while he sleeps in his recliner. I'm so scared and upset but trying to remain positive. The doctor did say he will have a lifetime of having pressure checks on that eye. Jamie must follow the doctor's orders to a T or he could loss his sight in that eye. *sigh* Right now, he said it's like a fog over everything he sees out of that eye.

Thanks to those of you that have prayed for Jamie or kept him in your thoughts. We appreciate the support. I'll post updates as the days progress.

Weekend in the Mountains

We went up to the mountains this past weekend. I know I say this all the time but I just love it up there! I can't wait for our vacation at the end of this month. YAY! Anyway, here are a few pictures from the weekend!



I have no clue what was up with this face but it cracked me up anyway.





The dirty mountain boy



Jenna playing Jasmine's DS ~ not sure what happened on the game but it was obviously shocking



With Daddy on the 4 Wheeler



She is running after the other kids.



When we got home, Jenna showed us she could cross her eyes.

Caution: Kids at Play

I'll let the video speak for itself. Enjoy!!!

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Happy 4th of July 2008!

As always, we had an awesome neighborhood cookout. This year though it was in front of Katie and Jason's house. The kids ran around and played. The adults sat around, talking, laughing and having a great time. It rained most of the day which it always seems to do. I hate that part. I didn't get one darn picture. I'm guessing it's because of the rain. We didn't go see fireworks like we normally do which bummed me out some. Despite the rain and no fireworks, it was a really nice day of hanging out with all of our neighbors.

Happy 30th Birthday to me!

*sigh* I'm 30. Happy Birthday to me!

Jamie hurt his back pretty bad the other day (and is going to a specialist on Wednesday) so he couldn't do too much for me. That being said, he recruited our neighbor, Katie, to help him out. He had her bake a cake and sent her out to get me some gifts.

Jamie got me a gift card to Spafinder.com to get a massage!! YAY! He also got me a gift card to Bubbles Salon.

He also called my parents and had them over for dinner. He even grilled which really hurt his back more but dinner was still great.

Katie and Jason brought over the cake, roses and a gift card to the movies. Not only that, they are going to keep the kids so Jamie and I can go alone!!! WOO HOO! I love them!

Mom and Dad got me a bunch of clothes! YAY! I love when my mommy picks out clothes for me.

So Happy 30th Birthday to me!!!

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Some Birthday Facts

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29 June 1978
Your date of conception was on or about 6 October 1977 which was a Thursday.

You were born on a Thursday
under the astrological sign Cancer.
Your Life path number is 6.

Your fortune cookie reads:
A secret admirer will soon send you a sign of affection.

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 3, 6 & 9.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 8, 11 & 22.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2443688.5.
The golden number for 1978 is 3.
The epact number for 1978 is 21.
The year 1978 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/7/1978 and ending 1/27/1979.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Horse.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Woodpecker; your plant is Wild Rose.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Paopy, the second month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 24 Sivan 5738.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 25 Sivan 5738.

The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.18.5.0.4 which is
12 baktun 18 katun 5 tun 0 uinal 4 kin

The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Thursday, 23 Rajab 1398 (1398-7-23).

The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 26 March 1978.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 30 April 1978.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 8 February 1978.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 14 May 1978.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 21 May 1978.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Monday, 2 October 1978.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Saturday, 22 April 1978.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 7 February 1978.

June 29th is the feast of Oggun (St. Peter).


As of 6/30/2008 9:19:05 AM EDT
You are 30 years old.
You are 360 months old.
You are 1,566 weeks old.
You are 10,959 days old.
You are 263,025 hours old.
You are 15,781,519 minutes old.
You are 946,891,145 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday:
Fred Grandy (1948) Richard Lewis (1947) Gary Busey (1944)
Robert Evans (1930) Slim Pickens (1919) Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900)

Top songs of 1978
Night Fever by Bee Gees Shadow Dancing by Andy Gibb
Le Freak by Chic Stayin' Alive by Bee Gees
Kiss You All Over by Exile Boogie Oogie Oogie by A Taste of Honey
Baby Come Back by Player MacArthur Park by Donna Summer
Thicker Than Water by Andy Gibb Three Times a Lady by Commodores

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 4.28923679060665 years old. (You're still chasing cats!)

Your lucky day is Monday.
Your lucky number is 2 & 7.
Your ruling planet(s) is Moon.
Your lucky dates are 1st, 10th, 19th, 28th.
Your opposition sign is Capricorn.
Your opposition number(s) is 8.

Today is not one of your lucky days!

There are 364 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 31 candles.

Those 31 candles produce 31 BTUs,
or 7,812 calories of heat (that's only 7.8120 food Calories!) .
You can boil 3.54 US ounces of water with that many candles.


In 1978 there were approximately 3.1 million births in the US.
In 1978 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
In 1978 in the US there were approximately 2,152,662 marriages (10.1%) and 1,036,000 divorces (4.9%)
In 1978 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

In 1978 the population of Australia was approximately 14,430,830.
In 1978 there were approximately 224,181 births in Australia.
In 1978 in Australia there were approximately 102,958 marriages and 40,608 divorces.
In 1978 in Australia there were approximately 108,425 deaths.


Your birthstone is Alexandrite

The Mystical properties of Alexandrite

Alexandrite can assist one in centering the self, reinforcing self-esteem, and augmenting ones ability to experience joy.
Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)

Pearl, Moonstone, Opal

Your birth tree is

Apple Tree, the Love
Of slight build, lots of charm, appeal and attraction, pleasant aura, flirtatious, adventurous, sensitive, always in love, wants to love and be loved, faithful and tender partner, very generous, scientific talents, lives for today, a carefree philosopher with imagination.



There are 178 days till Christmas 2008!
There are 191 days till Orthodox Christmas!

The moon's phase on the day you were
born was waning crescent.

Jasmine has exciting news!

Katie and Jason asked Jasmine something very special and wonderful tonight. They had Jasmine come over and had her open a present. It is a Barbie wedding doll....well, the Ken one. On it was a cute note that said "Will you be our flower girl in our wedding?" Of course, Jasmine said yes! We are so happy that they want Jasmine to be apart of their very special day. We love you guys!!!

Happy 4th Anniversary to us!

We've made it 4 years! We've made it 4 years! Ha ha. Happy Anniversary to us baby! I love you so much!

Jamie brought home the most beautiful roses. He even went to two places to get pretty ones! All with a seriously hurt back. He's the best. Oh and he found two great cards. He always finds the best cards.



A little bit after he got home, we had more excitement going on in the neighborhood. Our neighbor and dear friend, Jason, proposed to Katie, another sweet and dear friend. These are the people that I babysit for. Jason had Katie's friends and family there and he had the kids be apart of it. I video taped it and Jamie took pictures. We are so happy for them! Congratulations Katie and Jason!

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Then, the girls (Jasmine, Kaylee and Megan) had gymnastics. Kelly (Megan's mom) was going to take the kids since it was our anniversary and our friend's engagement. Unfortunately, Meggie Meg was sick all day and couldn't go. I took the girls. Jamie and I will have many more anniversaries ~ you only get one engagement. The kids met their new teacher, which we believe his name is Kirk. The girls knew it started with a K and one of the other moms there said she thought it was Kirk. He is so crazy and just a huge ball of energy. He called Jasmine "Jazzi Jazz" which if you know Jasmine, we do call her that. Kay-bug and Jazz had huge smiles plastered on their faces the entire time. Jasmine almost has her cartwheel too! She was so excited about that!

So that is how our 4th anniversary was! I wish Jamie and I could have done something special but he is in so much pain from his back. Hopefully he can go, er... will go, to the doctor very soon.

Happy Anniversary to us! Congratulations Katie and Jason!