My Only Sunshine

The Neverending Headache

I'm going to start my post with my most serious issue of the moment.  I have had a headache for two weeks without a break.  The pain is mostly over my left eye and is minimal when I am sitting still.  When I strain, bend over, turn my head, lift anything (like my kids) I feel like my brain is exploding.  I've taken tylenol, advil, my migraine medication, and codeine.  I went to the doctor and she prescribed Midrin, but it didn't help.  I went back to the doctor and she gave me a toradol injection (it actually helped a little, for a few hours) and some muscle relaxers to take at home.  Those pills don't help me either.  My headache is getting worse and I am starting to freak out.  I don't know how long I can deal with this pain, it is starting to really wear me down, mentally and physically.  Buster is in Wyoming for this entire week so I don't have help with the kids and the house.  I've got another call in to my doctor and I hope she can help.  Something has got to give.

If anyone who reads this has any ideas, I'm willing to try anything.  Do you have any home remedies? Ever had a headache that was hard to get rid of? Please help.

Now on to some pictures to make this a better post.
I made a sweater!!!  That's not the best part though.  I made it for my cousin's new baby. Isn't she beautiful?

I don't get to see my cousin, her husband, and their 6 kids nearly enough.  This weekend they were in town from Amarillo and we got to spend an entire evening with them.  It was wonderful.  I don't know how it is that she is able to just keep having more and more amazing children, but she does.  You wouldn't believe me if I told you about all of them.  Beautiful, talented, and just wonderful to be around.  Bug and Bit love being around their cousins just as much as I loved being around mine when I was a kid, it's great.

I've mentioned Coconut & Lime here before.  This time I made the most wonderful blackberry clafouti from this amazing foodblog.
The texture of this dessert is so hard to describe that I think you will all just have to make it for yourself.  I can hardly wait to try it with cherries, blueberries, or maybe even peaches.  Yumm.

Ok, I was going to post more but I am just not feeling up to it.  I hope everyone is having a better week than I am.

Bug's and the party we threw for one

This weekend we had Bug's birthday party.  It was a little late, and a lot rainy but I think everyone had a great time.  The theme for Bug's birthday party this year was BUGS.  Isn't that funny?  She picked picked it and we had fun finding a bug cake at Target and bug plates and party favors at a party store.  It hasn't really rained in months in Frisco but it rained all day the day of our park party.  We had a big pavilion though so everyone had fun playing bingo and busting open a pinata.  Then the kids went out to play on the playground in the rain and that was the part they enjoyed the most.  It's not every day that a kid gets to play in the rain with all of their friends.

When we got home from the party we found a different kind of "bug".

In the area we live there is so much new development that the critters, particularly scorpions, are having to find a new place to live.  This one wanted to live at my house.  At the time of this photo he was not being successful, my husband hates scorpions and this fella had been pounded to death.  Yesterday I found another critter but this time it was outside.

14 years

I've been talking about dates quite a bit lately.  Bit had a birthday, and then it was Bug's turn.  Today it is about the parents.
I've mentioned my Buster here before.  That's him with Bug when she was a newborn.  14 years ago today Buster and I became a WE and the world has been better ever since.  We marched in the band together.  We went to college together.  We moved from city to city and then state to state together.  We've even had two daughters together.  I love him more every day.

Happy Anniversary, Buster, I love you.

S E V E N

When she was born I called her my "Angel Baby" because I worked so hard to get her.  My first pregnancy didn't work out which was hard on me.  I lost my innocence when it comes to pregnancy.  We had a hard time getting pregnant the second time and I was a nervous wreck when we finally did.

My Buggy was born the day after labor day.  Pregnancy had been HARD, but labor and delivery were easy.  I was so excited to have my Angel Baby in my arms.  What a perfect little bundle she was.

Now, at 7 years old, she fills every person she comes across with joy.  People tell me all the time what a delight she is and all I can do is nod.  She's warm and bright and funny, wonderful.  Yesterday was her birthday and I am so thankful for every moment I have been able to have her in my life.

Happy Birthday, Doodle Bug, I love you.