I went to the eye doctor for my yearly check-up (that I probably haven’t had in about four years) and found out I have histoplasmosis. Before the doctor told me what I had she asked me if I had ever lived on a farm or had grandparents that had lived on a farm. No and no would be the answers to those questions. She said that often people who raise chickens get it. So now I am totally grossed out. She said that I had it a long time ago and that it is totally healed, but it still grosses me out. I can’t figure out where or how I would have gotten it either. Weird.
Archive for July 2009
This is the book we are reading for book club this month. I really liked it. It was more of a beach read, I think you might call it, but it definitely had some substance as well. Three women spend the summer in Nantucket to try and recoup from what’s going on in their real lives. They get a little help from a local college boy and a little help from each other.
Tonight was BV Rec night at the T-Bones game, so all the BV Rec baseball, softball and T-ball teams were invited to come. They got to parade around the field with their team before the game, say their team name into the microphone and then Colm’s team was picked to be “buddies” with the T-Bones players. They got to run out with the players at the beginning of the game and their names were announced over the loudspeaker along with their T-Bones player’s name. It was pretty cool. Of course, I didn’t have my camera and the iPhone camera doesn’t have zoom.
Sunday-Fajitas
Monday-Ham, Corn on the Cob, Watermelon
Tuesday-Enchiladas
Wednesday-Crockpot Chicken, Roasted Potatoes, Tomatoes with Salt and Pepper
Thursday-Mijas
Friday-Date Night
Saturday-?
Colm had his last game tonight. Here are some cute team pics.
Liam tested for his green belt tonight and got it! We were so proud of him. I think it is pretty funny that he got points taken off for not being loud enough; they should hear him at home. I told his instructor that he was quiet because he was nervous which he said was good….if you’re nervous then you know it’s important. His instructor also asked him, after he broke his board, how he makes it look so easy. 🙂
Taking off his orange belt.
Getting his green belt.
He now gets to be in a different class. That is all fine and dandy, but now he is at the bottom of the pack. When he was an orange belt, he was at the head of the class with all the yellow and white belts below him and he liked that. There are certain benefits that go along with being the highest belt in the class and now he has to start all over.
My brother and his family were in town the week of the fourth. They live in New York and we don’t get to see them very often, so the time we do spend with them is very special. We had a lot of fun with them while they were town. We went to at least a couple of Mexican restaurants (they don’t have any where they live), watched fireworks, went swimming a couple of times, went putt-putting and just hung out and enjoyed each others’ company. The boys had a great time playing with their cousins, too. Colm is still asking about “those girls”. 🙂
Monday- Farewell Dinner with the Tepesch/Paterson Clan
Tuesday-Cabbage Rolls and Cantaloupe
Wednesday-Farewell Dinner for John
Thursday-BLT Rigatoni
Friday-Date Night
Saturday-End of Season T-Ball Party
Sunday-T-Ball Team to the the T-Bones Game
It doesn’t look like I will be cooking much this week.
I have been meaning to make strawberry freezer jam for a while now and just hadn’t gotten around to it. So today I added all the necessary items to my grocery list so I wouldn’t have any more excuses and because if I didn’t do it soon strawberry season would be over. I made the first batch and I don’t think I mashed up the strawberries enough and it called for A LOT of sugar. A LOT. I don’t think I would have made it if I would have realized how much sugar was going to go into it. So, I ran back to the store and bought the goods to make another batch with a different recipe. Both batches are now setting up in the frig and will be transferred to the freezer tomorrow. I hope at least one of the batches is edible.
There was no yelling or screaming today. He did it! I was so proud of him. They even took X-rays. As long as I held his hand, he was fine. At one point he did have one little tear running down the side of his face, but he let them do what they needed to do and no one got bit. 🙂 The big news, however, is that we discovered that Colm has a LOOSE TOOTH!!!! He is SO excited! He is such a big kid, it kind of makes my heart ache a little.
He did such a good job, he got to put his handprint up on the wall. That’s a big deal, folks.
One thing I will never understand is how Colm got through having an appliance in his mouth without much trouble, but he would pitch a royal fit when it came time to have his teeth cleaned. I would MUCH rather have my teeth cleaned than have to get metal brackets cemented to my teeth and then have them stick wires in my mouth that have to be tightened. But that’s just me. To each their own, I guess. 😉