Not exactly swimming with the dolphins....

We arrived in Orlando on Sunday after visiting a most exciting place to eat. It's an old Sugar Mill at DeLeon Springs State Park http://www.planetdeland.com/sugarmill/sugarpage2.htm. The tables have a griddle in the middle and you can make your own pancakes...and eggs. They bring out 2 different kinds of batter, stone ground and all purpose flour. You order toppings as desired. We ordered bananas, blueberries, and chocolate chips. It was a fun thing to do with the family!!!!

Drew has spent the week at tennis camp at Heathrow Country Club where my Dad is a member. He's been the man to beat this week and I'm sure that's been great for his ego! He's sooooooo tan, and looks really great as he builds his muscle and "hot guy" status.

Ginny and I have been hanging out by the pool, swimming, reading, relaxing. I did get a manicure/pedicure.......ya like?????

What? What is that you say? It looks like a lizard on my hand? Well, yes....yes, it is. There are many, many lizards around my parents house. The baby ones are very cute and much fun to swim with. We named this one Maddie. We've caught her a couple of days in a row to take swimming with us. She seems to be responding to her name now.

CF Appt - June 2008

Well, we had another CF appointment today, as we do every 3 months. It's physically and emotionally draining even when it goes well. We were there for over 3 hours today, which led to the 3 hour nap I took upon arriving home. That will lead to me being up much of this evening......bad cycle to get in :).
The reason it was 3+ hours today vs. the regular 2+ hours, was due to the fact that it was her bloodwork and x-ray appointment. Bloodwork is once a year, x-rays are every other year.
Here's the update:
Height = 53.4 inches = 9th percentile (can't imagine why she's short!!!)
Weight = 72.25 inches = 21st percentile
BMI = 17.73
And here's the big info about this one. They've wanted her to be at the 50th percentile for BMI for a long time. Today, we hit that goal!!!!!!!
BMI PERCENTILE = 52% YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!!
PFTs= 115%
PFT means Pulmonary Function Test. While a 115% lung function sounds good, she was at 134 last July. She went down over the last 2 appointments to a low of 101% at her March appointment. So, she is up almost 15%!!!! That's great news!!! Now, we just need to stay on top of her nebs (Pulmozyme, Saline, TOBI) and her chest PT to get that number back up to her norm of over 130%.

Once Ginny went on the "hungry pill" (as we call it since the name is something I can't remember), she jumped from a BMI in the 29th percentile to the 46th. How great was that!!!!!

CONGRATS GINNY!!!! You are an amazing young lady!

Trump my birthday, would ya????

Leave it to my sister to trump my birthday!!!! I might as well have my party in the car in a mall parking lot......or in London, riding a London Taxi, or driving between Copenhagen and Brussels.....What a crock my birthdays are!!!!! (umm......that was sarcasm.....how many of YOU got to spend your friggin' birthdays in Europe......Me, I got 4!)

My sister, the Christian Author…..is FINALLY publishing her bible study. She’s wanted to do this Summer Bible Study for years, and has recently gotten her motivation to take it from paper (I mean, handwritten) to online. She’s posted it on her blog: http://www.thefairfax.blogspot.com/
Please share it with anyone you think may be interested! She’s so thought-provoking and interesting as an author, not to mention supportive, loving, annoying, and honest as a sister. Her evaluation of others’ questions has always been honest, open and great material to work with.
I hope you and others enjoy her work. I know I will!

I didn't implode!?!!!

And, there was no pain.......
So, turning 40 wasn't that bad after all.

What is this....the Book of the Face?

Facebook? MySpace? SecondLife?
Fer sure!
So, I set up an account on facebook as I prep for some of my online coursework. I'm hitting SecondLife next, but didn't have the "oomph" to do it this evening.
WHOA!!! Let me tell ya!!! I found peeps on facebook that I've been curious about over the years.
Here's what I found:
My nfrfvbf
A couple of exes
Stage fiance
College friends
Sibling of an ex that I didn't have the chutzpah to contact (although I'm dying to know about the ex)
High School memories............I won't embarrass them with what I remember :) hehehehehe
And a HOT GUY from high school that wouldn't remember me and I'd never contact :)

Wow! Rather interesting social experiment this "Book of the Face". How do different generations handle being thrown into cyber-contact whether they want to or not? Seems it can't be avoided these days unless you disconnect.....and, who wants that???? Well, not me since that's what led to my divorce :).

He's gone and done it now!!!!!

My baby....my sweet baby.....he went and graduated from 8th grade......from the school he's been attending since kindergarten!!! I can't believe he's growing up.
He's so smart, so cool, so quick. He's strong and is doing such a great job working on asserting himself.
He will go to high school in the fall. HIGH SCHOOL!!!!! That's so crazy! I feel so guilty for sending him to public school, but a public high school??? What kind of horrible parent am I? But, it's a really great school.....one of the 3 in the county that I would trust. South River High School is big and will be a culture shock. I think he can handle it, but can I??? We shall see.

Congratulations to my graduate!!!!!!!
(pics coming soon)