Last Minute Disney World Trip

Caribbean Beach Resort pirate room beds

We arrived home late today from a last minute Disney World trip. My husband, being the awesome man that he is, surprised me and Sammi with reservations at the Caribbean Beach Resort for Saturday night to Monday. We’ve been going through a lot of stressful days and nights worrying about Sammi, so he thought we [...]

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What Is A Nap Study

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If your child has to have a nap study, don’t think your doctor has gone off the deep end. There really is such a test. In medical terms it is known as a Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT). When we found out that Sammi is sleep deprived after her sleep study, the sleep doctor suggested [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – First Time Snow

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My Wordless Wednesday – Sammi’s first time seeing snow and touching it too (the first day of our trip to Kansas) -

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Sleep Deprived Children

Sleepy Girl

I’ve just learned that children can be sleep deprived. I thought this term was used for adults or for people who are being tortured, but children, especially tweens and teens, can have serious sleep issues that put them in the category of being sleep deprived. My daughter, Sammi recently had a sleep study done and [...]

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iTriage Health App Review

iTriage App

The iTriage app provides health information right on your smart phone.  Use it for every day medical guidance, for emergency situations and to keep track of your personal health information. The iTriage app is free and is available on iPhone and iPod Touch, Android, and Palm. It’s coming soon to BlackBerry. With multiple chronic illnesses and [...]

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Family Visit To Kansas

Wacky Family

We took a family vacation to Kansas over the holidays to visit my daughter, Alicia and my son-in-law, Scott. They bought a house about 2 months ago and wanted to spend their first Christmas there. Who could blame them? So my husband, Shawn, daughter, Sammi, my mother, Natalie and I decided to be with them [...]

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Happy New Year 2011

Happy New Year

Happy New Year! I wish you all a healthy, peaceful, prosperous 2011. I hope that you follow your heart and do what is meaningful for you, that you either find happiness and grow the joy you already have in your life and what ever needs you have are met. After taking time off to be [...]

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas winter scene penguin

Merry Christmas! I hope that you have a very special holiday with your loved ones. Be healthy and happy! I’ll be taking some time off to spend Christmas and a few days after with my family.  Enjoy!

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Wordless Wednesday – Still Messy After All These Years

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My Wordless Wednesday post – Still Messy After All These Years inspired by my daughter Sammi on her 12th birthday party

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Sammi Is Twelve

birthday cupcake

Happy Birthday to my daughter Sammi who turned 12 on Friday! We had a small party at home Saturday night with family because she was sick with sinusitis since Thursday. Poor thing was in bed all day Thursday – Sunday. She said that she was thrilled to be 12 but hoped that she’d wouldn’t be [...]

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Sinus Tachycardia Sammi Update

Sammi has been diagnosed with Sinus Tachycardia about a month ago. We don’t have an answer as to what is causing her heart rate to race and she’s just had a few episodes again Monday, Tuesday and today. We have the pediatric cardiologist’s cell phone number to call when an issue comes up. She’s able [...]

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Cooking With Tomatoes Is Heart Healthy

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I’ve learned from ConAgra Foods that cooking with tomatoes is heart healthy. Great news for my family as we eat meals with tomatoes quite often. If we don’t cook with them, we add them as a side dish, put them on sandwiches and just add a bit of salt and take a bite out of [...]

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