Our Simply Crazy Life

{this moment} 9 years ago

 

mitzi - my wild child

sleepless nights

Last Thursday night I had to take Mitzi to the ER for an asthma-like attack. It was her third in the last 6 months or so and the breathing treatments at home were not helping. She was also vomiting and coughing. Many more treatments and a steroid shot and she was home 5 hours later.

Tonight, at about 2 am, Thomas is sounding the same. He doesn't have asthma - has never shown a symptom. He woke up ok but did start vomiting earlier today and just felt bad. He coughed but his breathing wasn't shallow and labored. Now it is. I gave him 2 breathing treatments and now he has fallen back asleep. He isn't coughing - in his sleep - but his breathing is still not back to normal. It isn't near what it was but still I will sit, watch and worry. If he wakes soon another trip to the ER will be inevitable. 

Now I feel like I am waiting for my turn. Sigh - welcome back to school and all the nasty little germs that come home. This one is particularly bad if it is the same thing that has sickened Mitzi and Thomas and attacked their lungs. 

Sharing swap-bot friends...

We are having a little fun on a few swaps at swap-bot.com and sharing our blogs. I have read some fun & interesting blogs from amazing people all over the world! Here are some:

The Quasi Hippie (funny escapade involving raspberries)

Agent Mermaid (need I say more?)

Dirty Girl Art Studio

Watercolors by Mimi Torchia Boothby

simplescrappy

In the Next Room (interesting book reviews)

Uncurable Bookworm (more interesting book reviews)

Delicate Eccentric

the happy honeybee

Mad About Pink

Ramble-Time Reinvented

Give Time or Money

Faith. Hope. Love.

Kelly's Place (check out the Barbies)

lil' miss polkadot

Just add Water, Silly.

Cricut Critter

sugar crawler blog - LOOK at these cupcakes!

this and that

Wendyvee's roadside wonders - LOVE THIS!

Henthorne Handmade

Crafty Carrie

Careless in the Care of God

Ms. Lovender

Birdy Love

Too Cute

Always Ariel

Homekeeping (I can so relate!)

Folie of Life

Esprit

I don't care if Monday's blue

{wordless wednesdays} - homemade bliss

 

{wordless wednesdays} - sisters

 

Simplifying

A dear dear friend lost someone very special to her this week and it just broke my heart to see her pain. I just can not imagine how that must feel. I am offering strength and friendship as needed and stand ready to help her in any way and all I wish is I could ease her grief. 

Since I found out yesterday I have been thinking about how precious life is. We had our own scare in July with our youngest daughter and we were fortunate enough to get relatively good news in her situation. Many other do not. We must hold dear to who we have when we have them - they are a gift.

Things - not so much. I have long wanted to simplify my life and have been working to do so by cleaning out the clutter. Physical clutter. I have made many trips to thrift stores and consignment stores to pass along many of our things and feel much better about it. There is still a TON to go but I can see progress. Work with what we have and thin out even more. I read a blog today about a young family that decided to sell their house and move into an RV for a while - for the freedom and financial ease of saving for their future. Brilliant. I really, truly, want to do this. If you know me, you may have heard of my obsession with vintage travel trailers.

I wonder...think we could all live in this? (yea, I didn't think so, but I can dream)

Stay tuned... 

Now I need to also work on cleaning out the emotional clutter. Life is too short, too precious, to waste any more time being unhappy and unfulfilled. 

friday link roundup

My link love this Friday - enjoy (or rather, one day late this week):

Crafty Nest has a series of links her time doing crafts at a girl's camp - Craft Camp! I love the projects they made - duct tape wallets, paracord bracelets, and fleece alphabet pillows.  I'm inspired to have a crafty camp day here before school starts.

Crafterhours has a tutorial for a CUTE pleated sundress for the little ones. I LOVE this - this is the type of dress Zoe and Mitzi will wear all the time! Matching?? Too cheesy for a 10yo and a 2yo to match??

Make it and Love it - first, love the name. Second, Ashley offers a tutorial for a big FULL pettiskirt. My girls love to swirl around in a good pettiskirt. Who wouldn't??

and lastly this week:

Brave Girl Camp - I need to go to one of these. Need, not want. Need.

American Thrift - Fabulous

**I plan to post about thrifting adventures on Tuesdays but was busy cleaning out the garage yesterday! So here it is! 

I was reading Apron Thrift Girl's post about Thrift TV this morning which mentions the History Channel's show American Pickers. I remembered that I recently saw an episode of this show while in the hospital with Mitzi. I loved it - and wanted to remember it to record it. And check out Apron Thrift Girl's site to see how she thrifts for a living. I read it daily!

The American Pickers website shows full episodes on their website - go take a look. If you love to thrift - either for a hobby or business - these guys are great. They travel around the country to look for those hidden antique treasures!

I would love to resell thrifty finds. I do find some gems now and then that I will list here.  1950s dish sets, children's books, pre-WWII Japanese purses, etc. Random things I just like - I need to develop a better eye and concentrate on specific things. Probably not drag my oldest along too - yesterday we were in a thrift store for maybe 15 minutes before the ol' "my feet hurt..." whining began. 

Thomas graduates

from preschool that is. Today we watched their graduation program. His teacher, Miss Nancy, always does such a great job. Zoe also graduated from Miss Nancy's class 5 years ago and today she got to watch her brother do the same.

I always waver on whether someone really needs to graduate from preschool. Do they really understand they are moving on to a different grade, school, etc? In his case, he goes back on Monday for one more week!

He was just SO proud of himself and that he behaved on stage, remembered all the lines to the song they sang and just did such a great job. :) Worth it all to see his proud face.

Mitzi wanted in on the action too.