Happy After Christmas

And Merry Before New year... Wait that's backwards.

So. Just a quickie update to the MacIntosh life. We had a fabulous Christmas, see the photos attached. We spent Cmas Eve with my mom and dad, then Cmas morning with Matt's mom and step dad and sister. Then we traveled to Miami and had our Cmas gathering there! It was tons of fun and all things considered we really enjoyed ourselves.

I started working (babysitting) on Sunday and am booked solid til I go back to school. (next Monday) I have a lovely family that has been an ease to sit for and is heavy handed on the tips! YAY. Its weird b/c its "night shift" from 8p to 2a every night this week. Matt and I are passing each other by like we did when we were first married!!

Overall we've been doing good. Matt developed a fever yesterday (103!!!) and has had it continuously since then. No other symptoms, just a fever and general fatigue. I'm hoping he didn't catch my brother's flu that he brought with him to Miami. He's been home from work the last 2 days and won't go back unless his fever stays broken. Which it has yet to do.

So that is all, just working and dealing with sickie. Typical days in our household! Here are some pictures in the next post. Have a blessed day in the Lord!

Christmas Pictures

OK so the pics are backwards and the posts are on a seperate page. Sorry blogger was being ODD. So here you go, enjoy.

Aunt Kathy earning the giant pair of underpants!!


















"The Kathleens" Aunt Kathy and Cody Kathleen














Aunt Kerry and Cody














Matt's Mom and Step Dad and then with his sis Liz




































Matt and Me and Matt, me and Liz




























My Parents and Us













Dad and Penny snuggling on a chair

SHOUT OUT TO BETH!!!

So my dear friend that I've know since I was a kid and now as an adult, gave us the blessing of our photos!! Lemme tell you. If you need your pictures done, and you live around here, SHE IS THE CHICK TO DO IT! As you can see with our new blog photo, that she did a fabulous job!! I'm so thrilled!! And I'm going to share some of my fave's with you!!

Beth, THANK YOU SO MUCH for this blessing!! Matt and I have been OOOing and AWWing for the last few hours, just trying to figure out who to give what to and where to put up more pics in our house!! It means so much to us!! Thank you! May God bless you abundantly for giving of your self and your gift to us!!! XOXO

OK pics to come but first an update. Not that there is much to update!! Outside of I'm now officially on my first cycle post lap. So let the "trying" begin. For those who follow us, your prayers would be appreciated, as we jump back on the wagon with attempting to make a miracle. I'm feeling good physically, FINALLY!! I'm feeling human again, and its a nice feeling. I'm officially off of work for the next oh 15 days!! YAY! Much needed break. Matt and I spent today having our pics done, shopping, cleaning the house, and relaxing. Tomorrow I'm baking with my friend R and mom. And then begins the Christmas festivities. Its hard to believe its Christmas time already!

Thankfully I have some work lined up already for the days I'm off. 5 days in a row after Christmas!! Money that will help with the bills! Thank you Lord! Times can be tough, but God is pulling us through. And for that, I'm feeling very thankful this Christmas season.

Well I'm off to take a shower and watch a movie with Matt!! Have a blessed day in the Lord!

Just a quick hello!!

Life is CRAZY! And when I say crazy, I mean C R A Z Y! I'm pretty much healed from surgery. Cleared for full duty as of next Monday, all tho I'm already doing all the "full duty" stuff. I'm finally beginning to feel human again! Its so nice. And my pain is so minimal! After several weeks of intense constant yuck pain, its nice to feel normal. My Doc is thrilled b/c during all this chaos, I've lost 12lbs. My pants are falling off!! I'm happy, its a nice head start to the remaining 60-something I want to lose!

So Wednesday, my lovely hubby and I and our dear friends J and R went to see Jeff Dunham. It was so much fun and have pictures I need to post!! I'm at work tho so pictures are not readily available. Anyway the humor was just what Matt and I needed after all the chaos this year. The only thing hard was the 2am bedtime and getting up at 6. Um not so good!! But last night I made up for it by going to bed at 8pm (with the help of a lovely sleeping pill!!).

Hmm, what else. This week at work has been nuts. Not bad per say, just really really busy. Here's an example for you of all the stuff I did, a print out of my week schedule:

Procedures; 20
Office Visits: 62
Medications: 16
Vitals Check: 3
Consultation: 10
Education/Screenings: 135

so break down, i saw tons of kids, had 2 dcf calls, 1 parent and 2 teachers almost pummel me, 2 911 calls and I taught/reprimanded 135 5th grade students about teasing/bullying (7 -20min classes)

So busy...but it was a successful week... Our extended family is still in need of prayers please, but we are holding each other up knowing that God is in control and it WILL be OK.

OK I'm off. we have a bday party tonight and I have a cmas party with some friends. oh, and I'm baking with my friend H tomorrow. Our 3rd annual Christmas Cookie Sweatshop!! Its a blast and I cant wait. So everyone, have a blessed day in the Lord!!!

When it rains, it pours...

SO, my lovely kids at work thought it would be nice to share with me a welcome back present. One of my special needs kids shared Roto Virus with me. Basically its the stomach bug from HELL!! GAG me. I spent most of yesterday in constant heaving and icky-ness. Thank the Lord we had some anti-pukey meds at the house and I was finally able to stop after about 3 1/2 hrs of constant puking! I lost 7 pounds SEVEN pounds in one day. Talk about being squeaky clean inside.

I'm feeling much better today, all tho every muscle in my body hurts, and my lovely post op areas are sorer then normal. But my gastric system has calmed down and i am tolerating gatorade, crackers, and applesauce! Sadly I missed another day of work, so our already scary lack of funds, has another day gone as well. Please continued prayers for our finances.

So life is just crazy as always! Also, our family is going through some crisis and could really use some prayers. For now it must stay between our family but we'll pass on the specifics as soon as I'm allowed to share. Just please pray for all of us!! Times are hard now.

That's it for now. Hope everyone is doing well! Have a blessed day in the Lord!

Hi Everyone!!

Sorry I've been out of the world of blogging. Really not much going on except recovery. I'm doing OK. Post op went well, all tho still another 2-4 weeks of really getting back to normal. My outside is healed quite nicely, but my insides need some more time.

I started back to work yesterday. Outside of overwhelming fatigue and some soreness, I'm doing OK. Work has been very loving and showing me how much I was missed! They even sent flowers to work to welcome me back!! Nice right?? I feel loved! Glad they missed me!! I sorta missed them too! HA! ☺

So not much going on, see? Just getting through the day so I can get home and go to bed!! My goal in life is to currently make it to BEDTIME. I'm on light duty at work for 2 more weeks. No lifting, excessive bending or standing. Which is honestly not a problem b/c I'm TOO TIRED!! But you know, I'm doing OK!

So that's it. I can't believe its Christmas time already! All tho I don't know if we'll get a tree this year. We are barely making bills, and there just aren't any extras. Thank God for a Starbucks gift card that I got my YUMMY coffee with this morning. ☺Please continue to pray for our financial situation. We are SAFE for December, but January is going to be EXTREMELY difficult! But God has provided so far, so I'm holding faith He will again!! Have a blessed day in the Lord my friends!