It's me, Charity

 It seems like just yesterday we were hanging out at St E and begging Emboz to get a move on pushing out Madi so Jboz and I could go home and go to bed. (In our defense it was late and we had to work early!)   I n reality it has been FIVE yes FIVE years! Crazysauce!  Madi pants turns 5 years old today, last night we gathered to have a small family birthday dinner/movie night to celebrate her! Side note, can I just say that how amazing it is to have friends that view you as family? I love these peeps and I'm so thankful to do life with them! I got no pics of the food but check out that pink plate in the picture above. Her Grandma Lisa made this FABULOUS oreo ice cream cake. Sweet Mercy it was good! Madi was sitting across from me while we ate it, and she kept stopping to say Mmmm... This is good! Wow, oreos, Mmmm... I was dying. I couldn't argue with her, it was AMAZING!  My present was a hit! She loved my little pony and was hard at work drawing them

It's no secret that I have a lot of sinus, respiratory and allergy issues. 4 years ago this July I had sinus surgery. Earlier this year I started on Allergy shots. And while those have helped, I have been having some ear issues for about 6 months. I had to switch to a different ENT, because of Insurance, but it has turned out to be great as I really like my new ENT and wait times are soooo much shorter than my old one! And he never makes me feel like he's rushing or that I'm asking stupid questions. He explains things Great and I love that! So all in all I really like my new ENT and I'm thankful my stupid insurance made me change! Last week I had my first apt with him, to get established and shared my ear issues with him. He had me come in today for a hearing test. Not because my hearing is bad, but apparently hearing tests can gauge ear issues and show things that might be having a problem. So I had my hearing test, and long story short, I have more than excel

For awhile now I had been thinking that I wanted to replace my large entertainment armoire in my living room with a Sofa Table. Only those things are EXPENSIVE. Even on craigslist, they were more money than what I wanted to pay. It sounds crazy but I began praying that I could fine one for a decent price. It wasn't something I desperately needed, so I knew that I couldn't justify spending much on it. Until one day in August I was driving home after an Allergy shot, and passed by a wooden stand out for trash by the road. I turned around and came back for it, because even though it looked bad at the time, in my head I had a vision! I am SO glad I stopped and got it! My Vision went perfectly and it was even easier than I thought! Let me tell you, trying to get it into the back of my truck was slightly awkward! I took these pics after I unloaded it to show to Mom and Audra. I had to laugh when my Mom emailed back with something along the lines of it's going t