Life has been very fruitful lately.... I must say indeed. The Mister and I have spent the last two weekends working very hard to get our home and yard into shape. I haven't worked this hard since we made the initial move over 4 years ago! I have scrubbed, sanded, painted and dusted, vacuumed and planted non stop. I'm tired and sore but it feels great! Matt has been working over time to complete our screened in porch... which is coming along amazingly! I can't wait till it's finished and we have patio furniture out there to perch on. I in vision many summer nights spent relaxing with the Hub's and Lucy.We also decided a few months ago that we wanted to re-vamp the interior of our home and simplify it and go with a Mid Century look. We both adore Mid Century design and furniture etc.....I was really inspired by this past months Atomic Ranch issue. I'll admit, our home is usually full of clutter. I like to call it "creative clutter".... full of toys and trinkets that we've picked up along the way, yarn and Lego sets. You know... the usual. I have packed and stored away all our toys , deciding to focus on key pieces. I have a kick ass camera collection just waiting to be put on display. More on that to come!!
So Matt and I went to The Home Depot and picked up some interior paint. I wanted to paint an accent wall in our bedroom to draw attention to some wood wall art that I am going to be making! I was totally inspired by one of my all time favorite blogs.... Oh so Lovely Vintage. They have the best tips on how to redecorate vintage. Check out the wooden wall art that I'm planning on making! So i painted the accent wall behind our birch colored head board.... it looks pretty amazing I must say. I love vibrant colors. I liked it so much that I painted our downstairs half bath the same color. It's called Go Go Lime! Matt scored some awesome sputnik lights for our home too. They are gently used from a neighbor that is re decorating!
We also finished up planting our fabulous garden as well. We planted squash, zucchini, cucumbers, green beans, corn and tomatoes. I have my own little herb garden as well. Tending to our garden brings us so much joy. I love watching our little seedlings grow, it gives us such pride.
There is even BIGGER news! Matt and I decided to go ahead and buy some chicks! We have been talking about it for at least 2 years now and have been putting it off. We finally went to Callahan's and bought two Java chicks... they are so cute. We had a little tragedy on the second night. One of the chicks (Olive) died. It was sad but it happens a lot with these lil' guys. Matt buried her in our backyard. That makes 3 dead birds in our pet cemetery. The other Java chick (Penelope) is doing just great. Mandy and I went back to Callahan's the next day and bought 2 more baby chicks to keep Penelope happy and warm at night. We bought a different breed which is supposed to be "exotic". Mandy and I are still trying to figure out the name of the breed. Lol, we happened to walk in Callahan's right before they closed and picked out two lil' guys based on their coloring and egg type/color. We rushed out only to find out we couldn't remember what kind they were when Matt asked us. The are brown little beauties that lay dark eggs. It's amazing how different the breeds are in weight, body build and coloring. The 2nd kind we got.... which I will figure out here soon are so chubby and heavy in your hand compared to Penelope which is a Java. They are just adorable and are doing very well. More pictures to come! Here's a little teaser....
Besides working hard on the house and the garden I've also been crocheting quite a lot lately. I am going to be attending First Thursday again coming up here in April and need to get my stock built up... not to mention I'm still making animal heads for Parts & Labour and SXSW is keeping them busy! Whew... I've been a busy bee lately. I've been trying to get my online business up and cracking. You can find my store here on Big Cartel. I've been crocheting animal heads, hair bows, cupcakes and much much more! I also started a new store for my gently used clothing and accessories... which is still in the works. There isn't any images uploaded yet. You can shop my closet here at The Pigeon Post.
Health wise I've had some issues. I was torn on wether or not to share this information on my blog and talked to Mandy about it and she thought it was a good idea to mention it and just "get it out there". This weekend I'm having surgery on my lady parts once again! The procedure's are called Laparoscopy and Hystroscopy. Basically my Uterus is not a very friendly place... I have had this procedure done about 3 years ago to remove a grape sized polyp from the lining of my uterus and when they got in there they saw that I also had scar tissue built up from Endometriosis and burned all that out as well. It was painful and emotionally draining on both Matt and I. I knew that the disorder could come back but I didn't think it would be so soon. See, The Mister and I have had issue's conceiving. We've been through the tests and all the hormone shots and even went as far as to have IVI performed with no such luck. It was rough on us and our marriage so we decided together that we would be fine being a "childless couple", which interestingly is harder for other people to understand than it is for us to accept. We always get bone head comments from people about how their distant cousin or a friend of a friend was told that "She couldn't Conceive" and then when she was least expecting it she got pregnant. Wow! Great story, but that's not making me feel better and "those people" are the exception.... not us. I really have to hold myself back from hurting people when they say things like that.... I know they think they are comforting me and giving me a sense of hope but it's false hope. Matt and I have come to terms with it and are closer now as a couple than we have ever been. So this surgery is just another reminder of how my "junk" doesn't work. Nice.
It is a day surgery and I will be in and and out with no concept of time. The hard part is recovering and I'm starting to remember how bad it was. I was however going to get a Hysterectomy but last minute Matt and I decided to wait. I'm really just prolonging the inevitable but people say "I'm too young".... whatever does that mean.... too young for what? I'm not able to have children and my plumbing doesn't work, just get rid of it right? But for some reason the thought of me parting with my beloved uterus frightened me. So it's here to stay until it pisses me off and I decide the time is right. I know this is a heavy story.... it goes way back. I tried to explain it in a nutshell.
On a happier note.... I have hardly had an seizures or severe migraines recently. I, without doctors concent (I don't recommend anyone doing what I did without talking to their Doctor first) decided to take my health into my own hands and slowly tapper myself off Lamictal. Lamictal is a common drug used to treat Epilepsy. Since being diagnosed over two years ago with Alice in Wonderland Syndrome life has been less than. I have been on loads of different types of medication in order to prevent seizures and other symptoms that come with Todd's Syndrome. I have suffered the most severe side effects and have watched my body slowly change from a healthy weight with an active lifestyle to a squishy, dowey inactive body. The side effects make it nearly impossible to be active the way I used to be. My appetite and metabolism have changed as well as my libido. It's not that I'm lazy, I want to do hike, swim, play and run around. I recently came to the conclusion that I may not actually have Epilepsy... that I just have a bunch of symptoms that make up a syndrome (which is what a syndrome really is). I DO think that I have real seizures, however I think that through meditation and other methods other than drugs I can learn to control my stress which seems to cause the migraines and seizures. I have successfully weened myself off all my medication and am jogging and meditating like a pro. I haven't shared this news with anyone beside Taryn (sister) and Matt. I want to wait a little while and then present the news to my Neurologist that I'm sure will be less than thrilled. I feel that if I learn to control my stress by staying active, eating right, getting good sleep and meditating that everything else in life will fall into place.
Whew! Well this has been a long post. I hope you guys are digging our new Mid Century vibe we have going on in our home...there will be more pictures to come.... including the Garden and chickadees!
xo
