Finding Joy in Snarkville

I have spent half my weekend in bed.  Seems I have veritgo (which is completely different than ‘being dizzy’ according to Dr. Google).  Techincally, I had an inner ear infection, but after 24 hours in bed praying for the world to JUST.STOP.MOVING.   (and oh, since nothing else was really wrong with me, I was HUNGRY, but couldn’t face food since it is oh, so very hard to eat while laying on your side.)

So, late afternoon Sunday, I called my doctor, my doctor who has his home and cell phone numbers on his office voicemail.  (I think he needs a service, but I also know that the majority of his clients are older and he is more of the old fashioned family doctor.  I really like him, but not enough that I want to chat with him on Sundays.)  I called, he told me he didn’t think I needed to go to the ER (YIPPIE.) and come see him at noon the next day.  I woke up at 5am Monday morning, NOT dizzy. Natch.  So, I go to the doctor and I’m diagnosed with “something that was probably an inner ear infection, we should watch for more episodes to see if we need to look further.”  (Oh, and I was told that while he was thrilled I cared about my health, perhaps Dr. Google wasn’t the best place for me.)

So, since I’ve been down for a bit (and yes, I’m better now, but still afraid to stand up, since I’m just not convinced it won’t come back), I offer you randomness…

• All of you kids who grew up with the REAL Sesame Street (without Elmo), the one that the retro DVD has a PARENTAL warning on it, will also remember the Electric Company.  Duke is in LOVE.  He calls it the “Power Show” and is really learning the pre-reading skills from it.
• Based on the previous point, it is a wonder that any child born from 1965 through 1975 ever made it to adulthood.  How was it that OUR children’s programing is now (a mere 30 years later) unsafe for kids.  I seriously doubt that the children’s programing of my mother’s youth (Howdy Dooty, um, what else?) is unsafe for kids — was there a blip in programing that happened and suddenly we didn’t care about the difference in children’s programing and adult programing.  I’ll grant that I firmly believe much of the kid’s programing today is CRAP.  But I also am hesitant to say that I watched “un-safe for small children” Sesame Street.  Seriously?
• We are out of marshmallows.  The homemade ones last a week, and we finished them up exactly a week after I made them.  Now, I cut my marshmallows larger, but the recipe I made says it makes 96.  I think Duke might have eaten 90ish.  I think I want to make fudge with homemade marshmallow cream.  I’m hungry for fudge.
• Week one of “Purge the Palace” project went well.  If by well, you mean that we filled our garbage can and recycle bins on the day they picked up last week’s trash.  If by well, you also mean that you really can’t see that we cleaned all that much out.  So, I spoke to the Queen of Cleaning/Purging, the Queen Mum, and she gave me the much needed pep talk. I’m sharing, lest any of you need this support too.
  •  The first stage is going to be frustrating like this.  You have to get through the top layer of the trash and the obvious junk before youcan even get to the harder decisions.
  • If you are a “we may need this later and I don’t want to re-buy it” person, set yourself a dollar amount, like $5 to $10 that you are willing to replace it.  However, keep in mind, if you have it and can’t find it, it is as good as not having it in the first place.  I need to talk to Prince about this one, he’s worse about it than me, but I think we can help each other with that part of the purge.
  • This is a process.  You gave yourself a year, which means it doesn’t have to be done this weekend.  You are going to have weeks of full garbage, then weeks of full charity bins.  You will get there, but dedicate a little time each week to your goal and it will happen.
  • Keep in mind, there is a large part of this is not bringing it in the house to begin with.
• Don’t we all love the Queen Mum?  She’s so supportive.  And you know the best part?  She’s purging too.  Just when I think she can’t possibly purge more, she can.  As she told me, “Oh, we have stuff — ours is just packed away.  You’ll get there.”
• In fact, my desire to purge, live and use what we have first, is catching on.  I’ve spoken to others who having gotten the bug.  I’m hoping the outside support will go a long way to keeping me going in March or even July.  Which is awesome, because of my knit night girls is having a wee one and I don’t stock baby yarns — instantly a friend says, “I have tons, I want to knit from stash too, we can share.”  I’m waiting until she finds out the gender before I begin knitting — though I know exactly what I’m making.
• While I was sick, Duke couldn’t have been better.  He’d come check on me and ask, “Mommy, you still not feeling good?”  I’d finally get the courage to stumbled to the living room and he cuddled (he calls it ‘nuggling) with me while we watched Shrek.  I could not have asked for bigger help from either of my boys.
• Everyone is home tonight (pretty much the only night this week), I need to make dinner and I have no ideas.  I’m hoping for inspiration before dinner time.

I’m sure there’s more, but the day must begin.  I really ought to write my ideas down.  I have four posts that need photos coming — I need to do that.

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