What's up with that?

I tried to fill a prescription today for my migraine medicine, Midrin. The woman I spoke with told me it's not available. I came home and Googled & didn't find out a whole lot. One site said the FDA had recalled 20 migraine medications, including Midrin, while another site said that the manufacturer had them on backorder.

Either way, it just plain stinks!

Oh my.

I can't believe it's been so long since I blogged.

*hanging my head in shame*

I've been busy. Doing what you ask? Chasing children. Losing weight. Running a 5k. Watching my brother in law run a marathon and wishing it was me. Helping out with my church. And so on.

I hope you'll give me another chance. I won't take you for granted again.

Wherein I subscribe to a stereotype

I'm the woman of the house. The kitchen and laundry room are my domain. The garage? Not so much. But I admit I was intrigued when I heard of Diamond Plate Garage Cabinets. Diamond? I'm there.

So I visited the website to see just what diamond plate cabinetswere, exactly. And here is something I never dreamed I'd say:

Those garage cabinets are pretty dang stylish. They almost make me want to hang out in the garage and I don't know, weld something. Or something.

I wouldn't dream of ordering them by myself and then giving them to my hubby for Christmas. Actually, I would dream of it, and did, but only briefly. Because I can pretty much guarantee you that what I buy will not be what he wants. It must be a man thing, and I haven't figured it out yet.

But if you're a smarter girl than me (not hard), or you know your man, or maybe you don't need a man because you know how to pick out garage cabinets all by yourself. If you fall into one of those categories, I suggest you check out these Diamond Plate Cabinets.

We loved Aspen Grove!

Remember when I told you about my vacation at Aspen Grove? I have to tell you, the place is pretty amazing. My kids had a blast and have asked me when we can return nearly every day since we've been home.

We stayed in a tiny cabin, just big enough for us to store our clothes and sleep. (We had 13 people sleeping there the first night!)

In the mornings we'd meet at the cafeteria for a buffet breakfast. Then we'd get ready for the day and drop the kids off at their groups around 9 am. Each age group had loads of activities planned throughout the day. We're reconvene at lunch time & spend time hearing what the different family members had done. There were crafts, swimming, a ropes course, fishing, you name it and they probably had it. After lunch the kids would go back to groups & the adults would choose from various activities. I had my nursling with me (she didn't want to go to her group) so there were some things that I couldn't easily participate in. Even so, I had fun sitting around and visiting with the other grownups. Dinner was served in the cafeteria and the food was pretty good. Each night there were various family activities: skits, programs put on by the kids, badminton tournaments, pool, the list goes on and on.

Aspen Grove is going to be a yearly tradition for our family. It was so much fun.

Positive thinking does the trick every time

I've been concentrating on keeping my thoughts positive lately. I recently read an interview with an athlete who makes it a point to try and focus on only positive things. If something negative creeps into his mind, he follows it up immediately with a positive thought. I thought this was a pretty good idea, and I've been trying to follow it.

At first I felt a little silly but I figured I'd "fake it 'til I make it" and I think it's working. The more positive I am, the better I feel. And the easier the whole thing is.

One thing I've learned is that it's important to appreciate the lack of bad things. LOL Today I got a blister from the new running shoes I wore to the gym. Yowch. I didn't realize how much I like my feet & how good walking blisterless feels, until I had a blister. Same thing for my headaches, which I get on a regular basis. After a killer headache, the days where there is no pain seem just a little bit sweeter. There does need to be opposition in all things.

The sweetest thing you'll ever know

My twins are one of the best things that ever happened to me. Make that two. Parenting them is a challenge unlike any other I've faced. There are many days when I'm struggling to hold onto my sanity, days like today when they've teamed up to unload the refrigerator and figure out how to escape the house. There are plenty of times when I realize why babies usually don't come in pairs. And then there are moments like tonight, when they're both asleep on the couch, holding hands & looking utterly kissable. Those moments are the ones when I realize that no matter how tough, it's all worth it.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

I have a love/hate relationship with the snow. Living near the mountains, we see our fair share of it each year. I think it's breathtakingly beautiful. Perfect, crisp, gorgeous to behold. I love sitting inside by the fire, and gazing through the window at the unbroken landscape extending out behind my home.

I am not so fond of driving in it. Slick, icy roads, low visibility, and cold that seeps in through the door cracks. It's even worse when the fuse that has it in for me blows, and the heater goes out.

I dream of exotic islands during the winter, but I don't think I'll ever call any other place home.

We saw The Pursuit of Happyness today. It was really good, heart rending at times, and it made me rethink my life and my expectations. I have a tendency to “give up” when things get really rough, and yet this guy had horrible, awful things happen to him and he just kept on going. Each time I thought his life couldn’t get much worse, it did. In the movie he talks about how the pursuit of happiness is not synonymous with always being happy.