Jalapeño peanut butter quesadilla
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Friday, April 24, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Monday!
It's Monday! Wooo! Why is this exciting, maybe you're asking? Because it's Bright Monday and that means I have the day off. AND, since I have the day off, Jamie took the day off, too.
People I would like to see in jail:
1. CIA interrogators who allegedly waterboarded two people 266 times.
2. The Bush administration
3. The school officials who strip searched a 13-year-old honors student with no prior disciplinary problems because she was accused of handing out prescription strength Advil
4. That one banker who spent bailout money on a $6,000 trash can. It's true, I can't seem to get over that. I would have been awesome during the French Revolution. Viva La Revolucion! (I don't know any French at all. Maybe they wouldn't let me work on posters).
People I would like to see in school:
1. Claudia. The poor baby went to a church youth convention in Michigan this weekend and woke up Sunday morning with the flu. Which sucks for her, especially due to the fact that she's the only person in our family that had a flu shot this year.
People I would like to see in a poodle skirt:
1. Sammy! She needs a poodle skirt for her school choir performance on Thursday night so Jamie and I are in the process of making her one. The only problem--we don't sew so it's kind of slow going. It's really fun, though, and she's super excited about it. I think it looks cute so far! Now where the hell is my black thread?!?
People who are super tired and have had a headache every day for a solid week:
1. Me. ME! Claudia had a band thing on Friday night so she couldn't travel to Michigan with the rest of the group so I drove her to Kalamazoo on Saturday and that was an 8-hour round trip. Tired!
Also, I'm so sick of my head hurting. Here's the deal. My doctor says take the migraine medicine the minute you feel that you're getting a migraine because if you don't, everything gets inflamed and the medicine doesn't work as well/doesn't work. So, I do this and the insurance company just flat-out doesn't want to pay for it so they say, no, you can only have 12 pills in a 25 day period. Why? Because that's the manufacturer's guideline and we don't want you to sue us. Even though my doctor says otherwise. Even though, it's on my doctor if anything happens to me (and me, of course). So whatever, just say you don't want to pay for it. Even though, doctors prescribe drugs all the time off-label. And it's not like this is a painkiller or narcotic. It's just medicine that enlarges blood vessels in the brain.
Anyway, I have an appointment (first available--end of MAY) with my wonderful friend, J.'s, neurologist. J. went from having migraines just about every day to NEVER. J. strongly encouraged me to get an appointment with her because she told me right now I'm at increased risk of stroke (she's a nurse).
People I would like to see in jail:
1. CIA interrogators who allegedly waterboarded two people 266 times.
2. The Bush administration
3. The school officials who strip searched a 13-year-old honors student with no prior disciplinary problems because she was accused of handing out prescription strength Advil
4. That one banker who spent bailout money on a $6,000 trash can. It's true, I can't seem to get over that. I would have been awesome during the French Revolution. Viva La Revolucion! (I don't know any French at all. Maybe they wouldn't let me work on posters).
People I would like to see in school:
1. Claudia. The poor baby went to a church youth convention in Michigan this weekend and woke up Sunday morning with the flu. Which sucks for her, especially due to the fact that she's the only person in our family that had a flu shot this year.
People I would like to see in a poodle skirt:
1. Sammy! She needs a poodle skirt for her school choir performance on Thursday night so Jamie and I are in the process of making her one. The only problem--we don't sew so it's kind of slow going. It's really fun, though, and she's super excited about it. I think it looks cute so far! Now where the hell is my black thread?!?
People who are super tired and have had a headache every day for a solid week:
1. Me. ME! Claudia had a band thing on Friday night so she couldn't travel to Michigan with the rest of the group so I drove her to Kalamazoo on Saturday and that was an 8-hour round trip. Tired!
Also, I'm so sick of my head hurting. Here's the deal. My doctor says take the migraine medicine the minute you feel that you're getting a migraine because if you don't, everything gets inflamed and the medicine doesn't work as well/doesn't work. So, I do this and the insurance company just flat-out doesn't want to pay for it so they say, no, you can only have 12 pills in a 25 day period. Why? Because that's the manufacturer's guideline and we don't want you to sue us. Even though my doctor says otherwise. Even though, it's on my doctor if anything happens to me (and me, of course). So whatever, just say you don't want to pay for it. Even though, doctors prescribe drugs all the time off-label. And it's not like this is a painkiller or narcotic. It's just medicine that enlarges blood vessels in the brain.
Anyway, I have an appointment (first available--end of MAY) with my wonderful friend, J.'s, neurologist. J. went from having migraines just about every day to NEVER. J. strongly encouraged me to get an appointment with her because she told me right now I'm at increased risk of stroke (she's a nurse).
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Word of the Day: Awesomeness!
It's spring break in suburban Indianapolis!
Animals
Jamie boarded the dog on Tuesday so we could go to Chicago on Wednesday.
When we got back from Chicago we noticed that one of three mice was without a head and the other one was completely missing except maybe a forearm or something. The last mouse, a blond mouse with pink eyes has made himself and his overly-large stomach a nice nest and is enjoying the wheel, food and water all to himself. O-K. I think we're all a little afraid of that mouse now.
In Laws
Jason, is awesome! We rolled into Chicago rather too late on Wednesday night and Jason was up waiting and even parked our car for us. Nice! And Leah, OMG, Leah! We had to have Claudia to the airport at 4:30 on Thursday morning and Leah took the day off from work and stayed home with the littles so they didn't have to get up when we left. Then when we got home she told us to go back to bed and she took Sammy and Jordan out on a Chicago adventure, complete with breakfast and lunch out, the zoo, botanical gardens and public transportation. It was AWESOME! And also, speaking of AWESOME, Andy took two days off work and I suspect Lysa cut her own vacation short to host Claudia in Philadelphia and they are taking her to do the coolest things!
Children
Claudia flew by herself for the first time (meaning, without an airline employee escort) and she did great! She sounds like she's having a fabulous time in Philadelphia with Andy, Lysa and Baby C. We're heading back to Chicago in the morning to pick her up from the airport.
Sam and Jordan were telling us they're planning on moving to Chicago when they grow up. They LOVED being in the city.
Sammy cracked me up--she told me that she felt that clothing is a girl's best friend. I told her no, fashion comes after a good education, prudent decisions, and smart money management and I think she thought that was kind of boring, but oh, well!
Sammy had a pretty fun day on Saturday. I took her to Ulta and she got a beyond fabulous haircut. Then we went to Macy's and she spent a pretty large gift card my parents gave her for her birthday and it was really fun for me, too. She was spinning and skipping and her smile couldn't have been any bigger. She had such a blast (I wish you could have been there, Mom and Dad!!)! She bought skirts, and she LOVES skirts, and a really cool shirt and an AWESOME pair of shoes. Then we went to Claire's to accessorize because my Awesome parents also gave her a gift card for that store for that purpose.
A teary thank you!
Our family--Don, Anita, Andy, Lysa, Jason and Leah--in their awesomeness have made our kids' lives bigger this weekend. THANK YOU!!
Photos
Thursday afternoon we went to Millenium Park to meet Jason after work.
Sammy in the Macy's dressing room and her new haircut!
Animals
Jamie boarded the dog on Tuesday so we could go to Chicago on Wednesday.
When we got back from Chicago we noticed that one of three mice was without a head and the other one was completely missing except maybe a forearm or something. The last mouse, a blond mouse with pink eyes has made himself and his overly-large stomach a nice nest and is enjoying the wheel, food and water all to himself. O-K. I think we're all a little afraid of that mouse now.
In Laws
Jason, is awesome! We rolled into Chicago rather too late on Wednesday night and Jason was up waiting and even parked our car for us. Nice! And Leah, OMG, Leah! We had to have Claudia to the airport at 4:30 on Thursday morning and Leah took the day off from work and stayed home with the littles so they didn't have to get up when we left. Then when we got home she told us to go back to bed and she took Sammy and Jordan out on a Chicago adventure, complete with breakfast and lunch out, the zoo, botanical gardens and public transportation. It was AWESOME! And also, speaking of AWESOME, Andy took two days off work and I suspect Lysa cut her own vacation short to host Claudia in Philadelphia and they are taking her to do the coolest things!
Children
Claudia flew by herself for the first time (meaning, without an airline employee escort) and she did great! She sounds like she's having a fabulous time in Philadelphia with Andy, Lysa and Baby C. We're heading back to Chicago in the morning to pick her up from the airport.
Sam and Jordan were telling us they're planning on moving to Chicago when they grow up. They LOVED being in the city.
Sammy cracked me up--she told me that she felt that clothing is a girl's best friend. I told her no, fashion comes after a good education, prudent decisions, and smart money management and I think she thought that was kind of boring, but oh, well!
Sammy had a pretty fun day on Saturday. I took her to Ulta and she got a beyond fabulous haircut. Then we went to Macy's and she spent a pretty large gift card my parents gave her for her birthday and it was really fun for me, too. She was spinning and skipping and her smile couldn't have been any bigger. She had such a blast (I wish you could have been there, Mom and Dad!!)! She bought skirts, and she LOVES skirts, and a really cool shirt and an AWESOME pair of shoes. Then we went to Claire's to accessorize because my Awesome parents also gave her a gift card for that store for that purpose.
A teary thank you!
Our family--Don, Anita, Andy, Lysa, Jason and Leah--in their awesomeness have made our kids' lives bigger this weekend. THANK YOU!!
Photos
Thursday afternoon we went to Millenium Park to meet Jason after work.
Sammy in the Macy's dressing room and her new haircut!
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Wednesday
Hello, Internets! So super busy no time to blog, lately! Plus, headaches. Lots and lots of stupid, stupid headaches.
I was thinking yesterday of my poor Grandmother Hinson. I think, like me (or actually that's vice versa) she had migraines. She spent almost her entire life out on the farm near Waco, which is located on the tail end of the Great Plains. It's flat, sparsely treed, and brutally hot in the summer. My father tells me nights were often so hot they couldn't sleep when he was growing up. So I think of how much she must have suffered with her headaches, especially during the day with the cooking and all the other chores she had to do.
Jordan's school musical was *fabulous*! She was awesome and I will post some short videos soon. Here are some pics in the meantime.
Walter and Beverly drove down from Ft. Wayne for the play and we had a great time seeing them!
Sammy had an 11th Birthday (aww, look at cute weency Sammy!)
We have a tradition in the Hinson-Rieger family where the Birthday Child wakes on Birthday morn to find a gift hanging outside the door that they are allowed to open before school. This year, Sammy's morning gift was too large to hang.
Then Sammy had an 11th Birthday Slumber Party.
Jordan's writing down gifts for her sister because that's what sisters do!
Claudia's school band went to contest and won a gold medal. I don't have photos because Claudia didn't allow it!
What else? What else? Jamie's studying for (I think 2!) exams in November. I'm working on the upcoming Pride Parade (this year--we have a float!). I'm going to be in glamourous Muncie, Indiana this Saturday for a district church meeting where I'll learn lots of valuable social justice stuff.
End of School Crazy Time is almost upon us. Sam's going to be having a choir concert (she'll be wearing a poodle skirt), Claudia's having a band concert, Claudia has a band trip coming up and I forget whatall else, but we have a very packed calendar.
Oh, and Spring Break is next week. We'll be staying overnight at Jason and Leah's in Chicago on Wednesday night, dropping Claudia off at the airport Thursday morning to fly to Philadelphia to spend a long weekend with Andy and Lysa and Baby C. and then we'll probably take the littles to do some fun Chicago stuff.
I was thinking yesterday of my poor Grandmother Hinson. I think, like me (or actually that's vice versa) she had migraines. She spent almost her entire life out on the farm near Waco, which is located on the tail end of the Great Plains. It's flat, sparsely treed, and brutally hot in the summer. My father tells me nights were often so hot they couldn't sleep when he was growing up. So I think of how much she must have suffered with her headaches, especially during the day with the cooking and all the other chores she had to do.
Jordan's school musical was *fabulous*! She was awesome and I will post some short videos soon. Here are some pics in the meantime.
Walter and Beverly drove down from Ft. Wayne for the play and we had a great time seeing them!
Sammy had an 11th Birthday (aww, look at cute weency Sammy!)
We have a tradition in the Hinson-Rieger family where the Birthday Child wakes on Birthday morn to find a gift hanging outside the door that they are allowed to open before school. This year, Sammy's morning gift was too large to hang.
Then Sammy had an 11th Birthday Slumber Party.
Jordan's writing down gifts for her sister because that's what sisters do!
Claudia's school band went to contest and won a gold medal. I don't have photos because Claudia didn't allow it!
What else? What else? Jamie's studying for (I think 2!) exams in November. I'm working on the upcoming Pride Parade (this year--we have a float!). I'm going to be in glamourous Muncie, Indiana this Saturday for a district church meeting where I'll learn lots of valuable social justice stuff.
End of School Crazy Time is almost upon us. Sam's going to be having a choir concert (she'll be wearing a poodle skirt), Claudia's having a band concert, Claudia has a band trip coming up and I forget whatall else, but we have a very packed calendar.
Oh, and Spring Break is next week. We'll be staying overnight at Jason and Leah's in Chicago on Wednesday night, dropping Claudia off at the airport Thursday morning to fly to Philadelphia to spend a long weekend with Andy and Lysa and Baby C. and then we'll probably take the littles to do some fun Chicago stuff.
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