I got syndicated on blogher today. 2/2/12 my first publication. :)
02/02/2012
06/20/2011
Our CSA Farm
we were invited for dinner on Saturday, for dinner and a farm tour actually. it was fun and informative. they are struggling young farmers and i'm glad i can support them by buying shares :)
03/11/2011
Determined Tulips
I can hardly wait for sunshine and warmth and blossoms :)
03/08/2011
my first time outside in 12 days
i've got a long recovery, but i'm feeling stronger every day
03/03/2011
02/14/2011
Smoking Bench
Wednesday the 23rd of February, I'm going to major surgery to correct my back problem. I went to a neurologist for a second opinion after the orthopedic surgeon said there was a chance he might nick my sciatic nerve. no no no... my confidence in you has just vanished. So instead I asked for a referral for a neurosurgeon and thought he'd have more respect for my poor nerve. We really liked him, (important when someone is about to remove bone from your spinal column and fuse vertebrae together) and he seemed really confident, with an "i can fix you attitude".
He asked if I had been in an accident, or if I had fallen. No...nothing at the time of the first flare up anyway. There is a fracture in one of my vertebrae that my family doc missed, the pain clinic missed, the orthopedic doctor missed, and I wouldn't have believed it if he hadn't shown it to me on the X-ray that was taken in mid august when the first episode started. In September, when we were in Vegas for our honeymoon, I remember crying and telling hubby that something has to be broken in my back...it just hurt too much.
So now after bouncing around 4 doctors and trying every treatment except surgery, i have spinal fusion and laminectomy scheduled. seriously, i can't live my life like this. hubby says i cry in my sleep. I'm a drug addict now, living my life in 4 hour increments, with the last hour being hell sometimes, most of the time, until i can take my next dose. i'm going to have to break it to the doctor that i've had to double up on the prescribed dose sometimes.. but i am certain he will understand.
I have to quit smoking. I wanted to be quit before surgery, before i see the surgeon on wednesday, but my addiction is weakened with the pain. i'll be in the hospital for a few days after the surgery, so that will be my quit time. you see, there isn't proper bone growth at the fusion site in smokers. i'm not about to do anything to undo the surgery i am about to undergo.
i'm scared, excited to start healing, but scared scared, this is major major surgery. keep me in your thoughts.
Uploaded by KarenLynnn on 14 Feb 11, 7.33AM CST.
He asked if I had been in an accident, or if I had fallen. No...nothing at the time of the first flare up anyway. There is a fracture in one of my vertebrae that my family doc missed, the pain clinic missed, the orthopedic doctor missed, and I wouldn't have believed it if he hadn't shown it to me on the X-ray that was taken in mid august when the first episode started. In September, when we were in Vegas for our honeymoon, I remember crying and telling hubby that something has to be broken in my back...it just hurt too much.
So now after bouncing around 4 doctors and trying every treatment except surgery, i have spinal fusion and laminectomy scheduled. seriously, i can't live my life like this. hubby says i cry in my sleep. I'm a drug addict now, living my life in 4 hour increments, with the last hour being hell sometimes, most of the time, until i can take my next dose. i'm going to have to break it to the doctor that i've had to double up on the prescribed dose sometimes.. but i am certain he will understand.
I have to quit smoking. I wanted to be quit before surgery, before i see the surgeon on wednesday, but my addiction is weakened with the pain. i'll be in the hospital for a few days after the surgery, so that will be my quit time. you see, there isn't proper bone growth at the fusion site in smokers. i'm not about to do anything to undo the surgery i am about to undergo.
i'm scared, excited to start healing, but scared scared, this is major major surgery. keep me in your thoughts.
Uploaded by KarenLynnn on 14 Feb 11, 7.33AM CST.
01/08/2011
Forever nailpolish
when we went to pennsylvania for thanksgiving, mom and i went for a relaxing mani and pedi at her local salon in leola.
as we were getting our toes done she started talking about this new nail polish from opi that lasts just about forever.
do it karen, i heard over and over, and my gut said don't do it karen, but i let momma talk me into it and now here i am 6 weeks later with retarded fingernails.
hubby suggested polishing over it while it grows out, what do you think? a good route? nope. well i guess the ridges are hardly noticeable with my ugly fingers.
of course there are other methods of getting it (the polish) off, one of which read, "soak in acetone for 20 minutes" (that doesn't sound healthy) another was to wrap fingertips with aluminum foil after placing a cotton ball soaked in acetone on the nail. hmm...
i never wanted to get in on the acrylic fingernail craze and somehow i was talked into a thinner version of acrylic nails. MOMMA!!!
don't do it. it takes a long time to grow out!
Pajama Jeans review and iPhone 365/2011 day 8
i've had my pajama jeans for a week now.
on first inspection after opening package, they look like jeans, although the "fly" is a little dorky. but let's face it, most of us don't tuck our shirts in and show off the fly of our jeans anyway. to me, i was sold with the back pockets. they look as good as any demin jeans that i already own. pocket detail is important to me, i am a blue jean queen, however, i'm particular about certain criteria of what makes a good jean. the front pocket is deep enough to put my fingers in, they aren't very deep, but you can fit a credit card in there, or your phone, although the top portion of your phone will be sticking out above the pocket.
my next criteria of importance is fit. (i won't even get to the fit part if i don't like the back pockets). so i pulled them on and thought ut oh, should have ordered an xl. but, they immediately molded to my butt after a few pull ups on the waist. they fall a bit lower on the waist than i like, but they have a pink tie on the inside of the waistband that works really well after i yanked them up to a proper height. and the cool thing is, you can pull them up higher, there is enough give to get them below my belly button and above my hips. i can get them where i want them.
comfort is right up there in importance also, if jeans dig in my crotch i won't wear them, for sure! these pajama jeans are more comfortable than any pair of well worn jeans that i own, right out of the package.
but WAIT, i advise you not to wear them right out of the package, as the dye runs! i noticed that my hands were blue the other day and thought what the heck? ... then i realized that i was should have washed them before wearing. after the first wash, my hands were blue again (i often have my hands in the front pockets of my pants, nervous habit i guess), so i decided to wash them with vinegar, as that is what i kind of remember from my tie dye days as being an agent to make the dye set.
did not work. i had blue hands again today. so they are back in the washing machine on quick wash for another run through. i remember as a teen washing my jeans over and over, adding just a bit of bleach, (so dangerous when you are clumsy like me), to get them to be "worn in/broken". i'm guess that is what i have to do with these too, less the bleach.
so far as looks, i always ask for nikki's opinion to make sure i'm not looking to weird, and she liked them and asked for a pair! of course i've asked hubby over and over, "honey are you sure they look ok" and i've been in front of the mirror more often in the last week than i have been in the last 20 years looking at my jeans, and well my verdict is:
LOVE THEM! off to order another pair....
on first inspection after opening package, they look like jeans, although the "fly" is a little dorky. but let's face it, most of us don't tuck our shirts in and show off the fly of our jeans anyway. to me, i was sold with the back pockets. they look as good as any demin jeans that i already own. pocket detail is important to me, i am a blue jean queen, however, i'm particular about certain criteria of what makes a good jean. the front pocket is deep enough to put my fingers in, they aren't very deep, but you can fit a credit card in there, or your phone, although the top portion of your phone will be sticking out above the pocket.
my next criteria of importance is fit. (i won't even get to the fit part if i don't like the back pockets). so i pulled them on and thought ut oh, should have ordered an xl. but, they immediately molded to my butt after a few pull ups on the waist. they fall a bit lower on the waist than i like, but they have a pink tie on the inside of the waistband that works really well after i yanked them up to a proper height. and the cool thing is, you can pull them up higher, there is enough give to get them below my belly button and above my hips. i can get them where i want them.
comfort is right up there in importance also, if jeans dig in my crotch i won't wear them, for sure! these pajama jeans are more comfortable than any pair of well worn jeans that i own, right out of the package.
but WAIT, i advise you not to wear them right out of the package, as the dye runs! i noticed that my hands were blue the other day and thought what the heck? ... then i realized that i was should have washed them before wearing. after the first wash, my hands were blue again (i often have my hands in the front pockets of my pants, nervous habit i guess), so i decided to wash them with vinegar, as that is what i kind of remember from my tie dye days as being an agent to make the dye set.
did not work. i had blue hands again today. so they are back in the washing machine on quick wash for another run through. i remember as a teen washing my jeans over and over, adding just a bit of bleach, (so dangerous when you are clumsy like me), to get them to be "worn in/broken". i'm guess that is what i have to do with these too, less the bleach.
so far as looks, i always ask for nikki's opinion to make sure i'm not looking to weird, and she liked them and asked for a pair! of course i've asked hubby over and over, "honey are you sure they look ok" and i've been in front of the mirror more often in the last week than i have been in the last 20 years looking at my jeans, and well my verdict is:
LOVE THEM! off to order another pair....
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