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Today my step-son Joe turns 26!  I literally cannot believe it.  He was 10 when I met him (okay – almost 11!) and he was this cute little chubby kid who I think at the time wondered who the hell I was coming into him and his Dad’s life.  Mind you, Tony and his ex-wife had already been separated/divorced for seven years, but it had...

Hannah and I are both feeling better, but it’s remarkable how much better Hannah is because she’s got so many medications, from prednisone – which was Tony’s favorite drug, well, right after dilaudid.   I remember the first time he took prednisone and he was walking everywhere, getting in and out of cars with no problem.  The only downside is that you can’t take prednisone as...

The only good thing about going to the hospital is getting the prized yellow envelope that says you can go home.  Hannah and I learned one at least one thing during this time – um, we maybe need to find her a primary care physician that isn’t her pediatrician!   They sent her home with antibiotics, an inhaler, cough medicine.  When she and Jacob came home...

I thought I posted before I went to visit Hannah this morning, but I must not have hit “publish.”   Hannah was having a hard time breathing yesterday morning, was having chills, sweats and coughing so hard so could hardly breathe, so Jacob took her to the ER.  First question they ask: “do you think you are pregnant.”  Answer:  No.  Second question:  “are you on...

When I was cleaning out my pantry this weekend I found a lone can of pumpkin leftover from last year.  I was wondering what to make with it so I just went to Pinterest (Hi, my name is Biz and I am a Pinterest whore) and just typed “pumpkin” and one of the first things to pop up was Dana’s Pumpkin Pecan Maple granola.  The...

This weekend was a low key weekend.  Still recovering from my bronchitis, so other than going to the grocery store, I was basically in my pajamas all weekend.  The problem with bronchitis is that I don’t necessarily “feel” bad, it’s just the nagging cough that’s so not satisfying.  I could go an hour without coughing, then I’d get up and start to do stuff around...

I still don’t have much of an appetite.  I brought stuff to make a smoothie for breakfast yesterday morning, but after drinking some coffee I just didn’t feel like it.  I wasn’t hungry, I was still coughing and the thought of having food in my stomach while coughing, well, made me feel sick to my stomach. Finally around 1:00 I knew I had to eat...

How Tony stayed home sick for all the time that he did.  Unable to do much but sit and watch t.v. all day long.  Day after day.  I got back from urgent care by 9:45 after stopping by the pharmacy.  I still have no appetite, but managed to have some toast and coffee.  They had me wear a mask in the waiting room since I...

When I first planned my trip to see my PIL, I had no idea that early September is pretty much the hottest time of year AND hurricane season!  The few days before I left I saw that Hurricane Erica was on it’s way and Hurricane Fred was right behind it.  Luckily it was perfect timing – we had great, yet hot, weather the whole time...

While I took a blog break this past weekend, I realized that my blog birthday was over the weekend.  Seven years!  My last post started a bit of a controversy, but in a good way.  I was overwhelmed with the amount of support you guys gave me by leaving comments, some of you coming out and leaving a comment for the first time. I literally...