This past weekend was not all fun and games, we were supposed to clean the whole house for our cookout and that did not get done. So you would think we would have had a little fun but NO, well I guess I did. I went out with friends a couple nights later in the evening for a few drinks. But even then my night not only took a turn for the worse I lost sleep too.
Paul and I both are finishing up with chest colds and his seemed to hit him harder than it hit me. When Paul's was finally clearing I decided to go out and have a few drinks. returning home around 2:30-3 I lay in bed and he begins to fidget with his hands. I am thinking another work dream but NO. Come to find he was scratching uncontrollably. The bright lights at 4 in the morning revealed a rash covering his upper body and swollen hands (twice the size of regular hands). at 5:45 after about 45 min of sleep he can no longer stand the constant itching so I brought the tough man up to the ER.
There they said he had an allergic reaction to something (what we may never know). They gave him a shot of steroids and Benedryl and sent us on our way, but not without a parting gift of one sore butt, one whining mouth ("I need a numbing shot for my butt"), and a great incident to pick on him for.
He is getting better now for all of those who found sympathy for him in this story. Although he will never live down the conversation had at the ER.
Paul: "which arm do you need?"
Nurse: "We need to put them in your butt."
Paul: "OK!?!?!"
Nurse: "Drop your pants. And FYI these steroid shots can be painful."
Paul: "OH I am tough I don't mind shots/"
Kristen: "Paul, really they do hurt, I have had one they ache."
Nurse: "Yup they sure do"
---and then the shot---
Paul: "That was not so bad."
---the nurse leaves---
-----5min later-----
Paul: "oh my God my butt hurts. I need a shot to numb this pain. It feels like there is a knot in it. It really hurts."
And that is about when the pacing started for him and my uncontrollable laughter began.
Great trip!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Some days.......
Some days I want to sleep in till noon.
Some days I want to eat until I explode.
Some days I want to watch CSI re-runs all day.
Some days I want to cuddle with Paul on the couch while we both doze off.
Some days I want to lay in the sun all day long.
Some days I want to go shopping with intent to buy everything I like.
and then there are the days of my actual life where I spend 7am-6pm watch 4 children who on some days (most days) I would like to ........well we won't go there. During that time I also try to sneak in studying for a math exam, planning my wedding, planning practices for varsity volleyball. Than from 6-8 I usual work out while I think about my wedding, my math exam, volleyball, and why I can't win the lottery and never work another day in my life. If I am not working out I am at volleyball thinking about how my body needs this work out because I not only have a lot to do before the wedding I also have a lot of weight I want to lose.
My day ends with going home and taking a bath while planning more wedding stuff and or trying to catch up on my cousin's blog and or planning volleyball crap. I usually make it to bed around 1am and then back up to do it all over the next day.
Fridays I have a day off and sure you say well that's nice you should get a lot done. NOPE!! Volleyball open gym 10-12, training session, 1-2, and softball 6-8 and my house needs clean. I need a clone or just a reality check and someone to slap me in the face and say
"STOP you are too busy, don't add on planning a cookout, picking up another day of volleyball (other than Mon open gym, Tuesday at the Y, Thursday bar league, and Friday open gym), or anything else I like to pile onto my already hectic life. I know this is all my fault, I am just venting/giving myself heck for being so busy.
All the things I wish I could do on my "some days" I never really get to do. I am too busy to sleep all day, watch TV, cuddle, lay in the sun and shop (plus I need the money so I can't shop) and I can't eat until I explode because that is no where to be found on my diet plan.
Some thing needs to go but what?????
Some days I want to eat until I explode.
Some days I want to watch CSI re-runs all day.
Some days I want to cuddle with Paul on the couch while we both doze off.
Some days I want to lay in the sun all day long.
Some days I want to go shopping with intent to buy everything I like.
and then there are the days of my actual life where I spend 7am-6pm watch 4 children who on some days (most days) I would like to ........well we won't go there. During that time I also try to sneak in studying for a math exam, planning my wedding, planning practices for varsity volleyball. Than from 6-8 I usual work out while I think about my wedding, my math exam, volleyball, and why I can't win the lottery and never work another day in my life. If I am not working out I am at volleyball thinking about how my body needs this work out because I not only have a lot to do before the wedding I also have a lot of weight I want to lose.
My day ends with going home and taking a bath while planning more wedding stuff and or trying to catch up on my cousin's blog and or planning volleyball crap. I usually make it to bed around 1am and then back up to do it all over the next day.
Fridays I have a day off and sure you say well that's nice you should get a lot done. NOPE!! Volleyball open gym 10-12, training session, 1-2, and softball 6-8 and my house needs clean. I need a clone or just a reality check and someone to slap me in the face and say
"STOP you are too busy, don't add on planning a cookout, picking up another day of volleyball (other than Mon open gym, Tuesday at the Y, Thursday bar league, and Friday open gym), or anything else I like to pile onto my already hectic life. I know this is all my fault, I am just venting/giving myself heck for being so busy.
All the things I wish I could do on my "some days" I never really get to do. I am too busy to sleep all day, watch TV, cuddle, lay in the sun and shop (plus I need the money so I can't shop) and I can't eat until I explode because that is no where to be found on my diet plan.
Some thing needs to go but what?????
Friday, June 20, 2008
I have been out of the loop
I have been so busy trying to plan the wedding, we took a trip to Alabama for my cousins wedding (which was a blast), I have been sick all in 2 weeks. I think I need a vacation. Is it wrong for me to be looking forward to the honeymoon almost more than the wedding, when me and Paul are finally going to get to spend time by ourselves and actually relax away from the tuxes and the dresses and the loud parties.
Don't get me wrong I can not wait to become Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schnipke but I think all the stress that goes into planning a wedding makes anyone long for a much needed break to the beach and/or remote cabin in the woods. We are lucky and actually get both of those things the day following the wedding we are headed to Hocking Hills and then after our volleyball season is over we are going to Mexico, Riviera Maya to be exact. I am looking forward to both trips.
I now have 2 1/2 months left and am semi lost I started thinking about all the details that need done such as napkins for the bar and times vendors need to get into the hall and when the tent is going to be set up and..... and..... and..... Ahhhhh------HELP!!!!!!
So ya still freaking out but wanting it to be here and over with so we can start our new life together as husband and wife. We have our first kick off the wedding parties party next weekend so getting back into blogging is a way to keep me out of cleaning for now. Most of our wedding party is coming over for a cookout and some cocktails. It will be fun and then a month later my shower will be here and then 3 weeks later my baccalaureate party and the 2 weeks after that is the big day (I think my timeline is right anyway).
Alabama was a great get away and a beautiful wedding; free wine, you can't go wrong with that. Well one can, if they drink too much which was my case and it went really wrong that next morning. Enough that the thought went through my mind of a dry wedding.......ha.......putnam county ya right nobody would show, especially our wedding party!!!
Don't get me wrong I can not wait to become Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schnipke but I think all the stress that goes into planning a wedding makes anyone long for a much needed break to the beach and/or remote cabin in the woods. We are lucky and actually get both of those things the day following the wedding we are headed to Hocking Hills and then after our volleyball season is over we are going to Mexico, Riviera Maya to be exact. I am looking forward to both trips.
I now have 2 1/2 months left and am semi lost I started thinking about all the details that need done such as napkins for the bar and times vendors need to get into the hall and when the tent is going to be set up and..... and..... and..... Ahhhhh------HELP!!!!!!
So ya still freaking out but wanting it to be here and over with so we can start our new life together as husband and wife. We have our first kick off the wedding parties party next weekend so getting back into blogging is a way to keep me out of cleaning for now. Most of our wedding party is coming over for a cookout and some cocktails. It will be fun and then a month later my shower will be here and then 3 weeks later my baccalaureate party and the 2 weeks after that is the big day (I think my timeline is right anyway).
Alabama was a great get away and a beautiful wedding; free wine, you can't go wrong with that. Well one can, if they drink too much which was my case and it went really wrong that next morning. Enough that the thought went through my mind of a dry wedding.......ha.......putnam county ya right nobody would show, especially our wedding party!!!
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Long Weekend
"I can not upload pics right now (not sure why) as soon as I can I will upload the pics."
It has been a wet and windy weekend here in Putnam County. A tornado swept through the Glandorf area on Friday night/Saturday morning at 12:30 am (about a mile away from my parents home and 1-2 miles away from ours) and around 1:30 our basement flooded due to lack of power.
Paul and I spent from 1:30 in the morning till about 3 bucketing out water (approx. 750 gals). Then at 3 my dad finally arrived with a generator and it was a bit easier to sit around and drink beer while the pump did all the work. So we made it to bed at 6 am and were supposed to be up around 7 to have our engagement photos taken, needless to say we canceled our pictures and are now preparing to take them this weekend.
The tornado did quite a bit of damage as it ripped through an area deemed Schroederville, due to the amount of families who live there and have the last name Schroeder. I believe in total 8 houses were damaged one being pretty much leveled, another lost the roof, one lost a garage, many trees were up rooted, and many barns were damaged.
The pictures I took do not due the devastation justice. To see it in person looks horrifying and the pictures only give you a minute idea of what it looks like. My heart goes out to all the families that had destruction done to their property and I hope Putnam county has seen the last of its natural disasters for years to come.
It has been a wet and windy weekend here in Putnam County. A tornado swept through the Glandorf area on Friday night/Saturday morning at 12:30 am (about a mile away from my parents home and 1-2 miles away from ours) and around 1:30 our basement flooded due to lack of power.
Paul and I spent from 1:30 in the morning till about 3 bucketing out water (approx. 750 gals). Then at 3 my dad finally arrived with a generator and it was a bit easier to sit around and drink beer while the pump did all the work. So we made it to bed at 6 am and were supposed to be up around 7 to have our engagement photos taken, needless to say we canceled our pictures and are now preparing to take them this weekend.
The tornado did quite a bit of damage as it ripped through an area deemed Schroederville, due to the amount of families who live there and have the last name Schroeder. I believe in total 8 houses were damaged one being pretty much leveled, another lost the roof, one lost a garage, many trees were up rooted, and many barns were damaged.
The pictures I took do not due the devastation justice. To see it in person looks horrifying and the pictures only give you a minute idea of what it looks like. My heart goes out to all the families that had destruction done to their property and I hope Putnam county has seen the last of its natural disasters for years to come.
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