The Return of the Mighty B

Saturday was the Michigan State Cheerleading competition in Kalamazoo.  Emma’s competition started at 8am and she had to be to her coach by 7:30am.  Having lived in Michigan long enough to know

Med centers, ER’s & Dr’s offices

Dan- It started about a month ago… our string of random oddities that has left us seeking the council of a physician.  Dan had been working on a dealership and had a terrible reaction to the epoxy grout.  When I say terrible, imagine sores all over his arms, legs and his face.  They itched, were very painful and looked horrible.  Dan used every over the counter product available but nothing worked.  Finally, 2 days before Christmas, he noticed that his knee was swollen, looked red and felt hot.  I had just started us with a local doctor for situations like this, trying to avoid the high cost of med centers/ER’s since we basically have no insurance to pay for it.  I figured we would rather pay a Dr’s office than a hospital bill.  I call the new

My new toys

This year, the kids & Dan surprised me with a new camera & a new video camera!  Since I was expecting a sweater or shirt from Target, this was a shock.  Our camera/video camera before was an all in one deal and that meant that it did everything sub par.  It’s nice to actually take pictures that turn out!  A new camera is a great reason to just go nuts with snapshots and that’s what I’ve been doing.  These were taken yesterday