Got Patch?

It is becoming more evident to me lately that my left eye likes to stop working, and let my right eye do all of the work. Sometimes for no reason at all I'll realize that my left is shut as I'm walking. (Don't you dare call it a lazy eye either or I'll make you pay).



Anyway upon self diagnosis I have decided that I should wear an eye patch on occasion to help my left eye learn to work again. Ben agrees, mostly due to the fact he is afraid of my eye doctor bill. And NO by the way I won't be wearing it in public. But, if you ever pass the baby room at PDO with the door closed, please just keep on walking.



I have been wearing my sleep mask all cockeyed so it just covers my right eye. But that lethargic lefty has realized that I can still see out of the bottom of the mask when I do this, and it makes my right eye do the work anyway. My right eye works so much it thinks it is in training for the eye Olympics.



So all this to say... I don't know where to find a patch. Any clues?? I thought about waiting til Halloween and finding a pirate costume with a patch. How is that for double duty? I just know Ben would be pumped about getting to be Tinker Bell since I'll be going as Captain hook buying a complete pirate costume for a $2 patch that will break in a week.



Oh yeah, if you see a pink bedazzled patch I'd prefer that one.



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On a side note: Ben once convinced me that I had a lazy eye, and told me all his friends called me the "girl with the lazy eye" behind my back. I was crying by the end of our conversation. To which he graveled and said he just made the whole thing up.



When mentioning this to a friend (before I told the part about him joking) she goes "Well it only does that if you've been drinking"

WhatTheHeck???



Not to mention I did really and truly have to wear a patch for a while when I was younger, to help prevent my eye from being lazy. Pretty sure it was lefty.



Paranoia has me wondering if Ben really did think my eye was lazy.... surely not. Right?
Will be getting right to that Dr's appt. ASAP...

The TRUE stress test

Yesterday I had to go take a stress test.
They took me to a quiet room.
Let me lie back on a fluffy pillow.
Gently put the skin probes on.
Had me walk at whopping speeds of 1.2-4.3mph on the treadmill.
Took my blood pressure about 53 times (the only unpleasant part)
All the while watching the rain out of a picture window.
Afterward they gave me cheery good byes and sent me on my way.

Now let me ask you this: Shouldn't they have followed me around my house earlier in the day to test my blood pressure? I am sure they would have caught a spike...

7:02 a.m.
(right before I have to get up during my sacred snooze time)
Madelyn, "Mommy my covers fell off my bed can you fix them?"

7:o5 a.m.
Nestled back in and warm.
Ellie, "EET(get) UP MOMMY, EET UP"

7:09
Madelyn, "My forehead hurts Mommy"

7:12
Madelyn has a fever of 100.6

7:30
Phone calls made, Movie on, Cuppies fixed, Back to rest for a moment
"Eet Up Mommy!" Ellie is now hovering over me prying my eyes open.

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10:35
"Ellie you need to go tee tee"
"NO"
"Ellie go tee tee now"
"NO"

10:42
Still coercing Ellie to go tee tee

10:47
"Mommy I go tee tee"

10:51
Madelyn, "Mommy my bathroom smells like poop"

10:52
I notice a very backed up toilet. Must not have ever gone down from earlier. What the heck did Ellie flush down there to make it THAT bad?

10:53
Plunge, plunge plunge ... flush
"Oh no, it's now coming out of toilet... ick with some poop :("
I stop and see if it settles

10:57
Still not any better

11:13
Plunge, Plunge, Plunge
No Avail.
Texts to Ben about the stinky situation.

11:31
The water is all down, so I give it one more flush to fix it.
Flush causes it to back up again.

Plunge 46 more times... Voila!

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12:27
Ellie throws a fit about not wanting to take a nap for about 45 minutes.

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2:05
Ben shows up 5 minutes late to let me go to my to my stress test. (At UMC)
He make me take his big-o-hard-to- drive-truck in the rain

2:08
Someone blazes past leaving me without driving visibility

2:13
I get in the wrong lane and have to turn a way I don't need to go

2:23
I am now going the wrong direction on the Marsha Sharp freeway

2:26
I am on 4th street. Getting closer.

2:31
I search for a spot that is big enough for the truck.
Pull in, reverse, pull in, reverse.
Give up.
Keep looking.
Bingo, two spots...I park in them!

2:33
On my way up!

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Compared to all that, the stress test was a piece of cake!

My Ellie

My attempt at blow drying Ellie's hair straight. Isn't she cute?

Answers to your questions regarding the Chikin

Yes, we did actually dress up like cows

Yes, even me Yes, I am THAT cheap (I wanted my free Chikin too)

Yes, we did ask that cow to sneak up behind us so Ellie could unwittingly get a pic with a cow
Yes, Ellie caught on and now has a greater cow phobia than ever before
Yes, Madelyn loved and laughed at every funny cow moment, only exasperating E's cow fear. Yes, Cows need reading glasses!

No, I don't know why all my words above are underlined! (and why these are not.... crazy blogger)

Save a Cow, Eat a Chikin!

What could be better than a chubby gal dressed in cow print??
A chubby gal dressed in cow print that is getting free food!!! And that is just what I'll be doing on Friday.
Humiliating??
Perhaps.
But...
Chick-fil-a on slide will give you free food all day Friday if you come in dressed like a cow. From 5-8 they will be having special events for the kids. Face painting, pictures with the cows, and a sundae bar!

Here is Ellie's shirt... hoping to find a "cow" bell and a tail!

Here is a pic from when we got free kids meals for dressing like a princess! Madelyn LOVED this cow. I think she(the cow) got weary from all the hugs Madelyn wanted. Ellie was to scared to take a pic with the cow. To this day she still whimpers "Cow gonna get me" when we pass Chick-fil-a, but we are going to give it a try anyway.

Freedom

M: Why do we have stars on stuff for July?

S: Because it represents our flag, and how our country won freedom, that is why we celebrate 4th of July. (Proud of my sweet mommy daughter moment I go in to further depth feeling as if she has learned some deep life long lesson)

M: (after blank looks and thought) What is freedom?

S: Ummm.... uh... (I don't think the dictionary definition will do) It's when you are free. (and some other garbled not know what to say explanations)

M: (Satisfied with my half hearted answer.) Oh.

My mom later gave her a great analogy about being locked in a car seat for a long time and then being let out. Then she got it!

Ellie and Ben had similar attitudes about the parade, and since it is cuter on her, you can draw the inferences on Ben's parade outlook! My friend Kristy and I on the night of the 4th!