chicken what ??? and .... what??

This weekend we went to dinner at a Brazilian BBQ restaurant for dinner .. Nicole was very adventurous ... She even eat the chicken heart and the alligator .. Ryan on the other hand, didn't eat much at all .. except the steak ...

Ferratin

I am strong,  life will not beat me, i can handle anything!!!

As I sat in the doctors today with yet another IV hooked up, I spent a lot of time thinking about me,

in the words of my dear friend

it's time to take a deep breath, pull my self togther and stop spiraling..

this comes on the heals of a hard weekend and a time of pure vulnerability with Mark on Saturday...

This won't take me down... just empower me to enjoy more!!

Control i'm going to try to release you and i'm going to continue to strive to get better...

Even the doctors telling me my ferratin levels dropped again ... isn't going to break me....

Damm!!!!

A poke for hope ....

If the asprin isn't helping and it is beginning to hurt ....

we are turning to alternatives...

a visit to Dr. Suny Kim...

She told Nicole her insides are very hot, her body is very tense and she needs to cool down!!!!

After 45 minutes ... accupuncture needles in her feet, ankle, wrist, arm, stomach,

toes & head ... lots of singing, some Jesus Christ & an order to

stay away from pepers, eat lots of cucumbers and praise Jesus...

Nicole tried to sit up and put on her shoes.. tried..

she was so relaxed she couldn't function (it was actually pretty funny)

If this woks ... wow !!!!

We may help her headaches and her ulcer, along with taking a new look at stress..

I love it so much ... I want to be next !!!!

We have 3 more appointments over the next 2 weeks.. stay tuned!!!

 

 

My "First" attempt ....

I hate to admit this .... but

I've NEVER cooked a turkey before, yes I'm 45 years old and never cooked a turkey

(i think wow how lucky my family has always done that).

The other day a friend was cleaning out / selling her garage freezer and had a turkey in there.

She was going to throw it out, then thought well maybe someone may want it.

She called me (not knowing my little secret) as said ..hey want a frozen turkey??

My immediate response was NO .. then i thought well what better time to try to cook a turkey, then

when it was going in the trash anyways ..

So, with a call to mom for advice, some time spent on the internet ..

2 days defrosting time... in the fridge...

it was time!!!
I pulled out the bird, removed the wrapping, stuck my hand in the god awful hole to pull out

a gross looking neck and a baggie of who knows what (all went straight the trash)

and washed him good...

I  seasoned him and put him in the oven..

Listening to my mom (who always makes a good turkey) not the internet or my friend

I proceeded to cook and cook and cook my turkey.

By the way this whole process was started at 2pm, i don't know why...

Finally at 10:30pm he looked done, it had been the right amount of hours and according to

my thermomter was the right temperature, so out he came. He actually looked pretty good.

So becoming very proud of my self, I let him set for another 1/2 hour to cool..and admired my first turkey.... It's now time to carve...I cut into this turkey and juice ran everywhere..

I didn't know what to cut or even what parts to cut .. Mark was no help either..

After 10 minutes of cutting and inspecting ..not sure if it was done or what to do,

didn't want to my family to die of poisening if it wasn't done and juice still everywhere,

Mark pulled out a large green trashbag and with in 5 mintues our mess was gone!!!

Don't think i'll ever try that again...

It looked good, may have tasted good, may have been done, may not have been done ...who knows,

to much stress over a damm turkey!!

I'll stick to eating them not cooking them...

A what ????

Nicole as we know has suffered from headaches for years and years

they have  been getting worse which increases the need of asprin

Well over the last 5-6 months she has been experiencing stomach aches now ...

lots and lots of stomach aches and nausea

Well she is in for a huge battery of tests, but Dr. Lener's fears and mine

is an Ulcer!!!

Picked up a new persciption,made appt for blood tests and more ...

keep you posted...

oh ... an stress doesnt help

Nicole is a high school freshman with all honors class, friends, boys and lots of crazy..

so stress, it comes with the territory

My sweet little girl  doesn't quite fit on the dr's bench like she used too!!!