This ordeal put hospital stays into perspective for me. My heart goes out to all of those who stay in the hospital. I never want to have that experience again, and as result I have decided that I will sign a DNR to avoid ever having this experience again. It was thoroughly depressing. At one point, I called the operator and asked if there was a place with younger patients, and she told me pediatrics….

Last weekend we attended a couples cooking class with one of the church’s we’ve been visiting in Texas. We ended up there because of the lovely couple pictured above. I met Leslie while attending MLT’s MBA prep program. Leslie and I work for the same company and she invited to attend the woman’s bible study at her church. I enjoyed the experience, came back for more and signed Hubby and I up for the couples…

I’ve been working hard to teach Gadget how to make healthy eating choices. It has become a very black and white lesson. Carrots = good, pizza every night for dinner = bad. I was very impressed to realize Gadget had learned the lesson one evening after Hubby explained a dinner conversation between he and the boys. Hubby had made the boys Nutella sandwiches for dinner, and Gadget had never tasted Nutella before. He took one…

The Lion has a pretty big belly button. Actually, it’s a belly button hernia (the technical term is umbilical hernia). Unfortunately, hubby and I are directly to blame for this because we had them at birth as well. As it turns out, these hernias are more prevalent in blacks as well. Gadget had one, too, but his closed up before he turned two. The Lion’s did not close up, and it appears to be getting…