What took me so long

I have a new LOVE.

Not sure why it took me so long (maybe it is the crazy price tag) But I finally broke down and got one of these.




It has changed my life. I only thought my house was clean until I saw what this baby picked up the first time I used it. All I can say is WOW. I'm now obsessed with it and spend my evenings looking for new places to clean. Dyson, I think I love you!

Dear January,

Dear January:

I’m over you.  You can proudly  exit 2011 and bring on anew month.  I want my happy healthy family back and it just isn’t possible to do this with you.  Let me re-cap the state of the Miazga family health to you just in case you forgot.

January 3 was my first day back at work after a great 2 week vacation over the holidays.  I was excited and ready to kick some work but.  Instead I  was hit with a terrible sore throat and by 2pm I had to give up and head to the doctor.  I was diagnosed with Strep Throat and a respiratory infection. Nothing that a little rest can’t handle.  However after 4 days with no improvement I started to feel worse.  Back to the doctor I went and added a sinus and ear infection to the mix.  A full cycle of some stronger antibiotics and a steroid should do the trick.  (2 trips to the doctor , 2 trips to the pharmacy)

Just when I start to feel better Harper and Chris catch my cold. Harper is miserable and so we tough it through 4 sleepless nights and 12 breathing treatments.  No improvement with Harper so we head back to the pediatrician and get some new meds.  Chris tries to tough it our but 3 days in he claims defeat and head to the doc as well.  (3 trips to the doctor 3 trips to the pharmacy). They start to feel better and thins seem to be normal again then “poof”  Nanny. goes down. She is smart and heads to the doctor immediately.   Two days later she is on the road to recovery.  (1 doctor, 1 pharmacy)

I think to myself awesome! We will finally have a healthy house.  Then I woke up this morning to a terrible feeling and tonsils that are the size of gold balls.  I head to the local CVS for a visit with the minute clinic only to be told they can’t help me so they send me on my way to Care Now.   Were a have a POSITIVE Step Test!  Now this doctor doesn’t mess around he gives me two shots, some serious antibiotics, a pain reliever called “magic mouthwash” that seriously is magical.  (2 doctors visits, 1 trip to pharmacy)

So this month the Miazga family has made 8 trips to the doctor and 7 trips to CVS.  I think I have already used at 50% of my flexible spending account .  I need my happy, happy family back.  So long January….. I’m done with you!

Merry Christmas

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Classic

The picture says it all.  I will remember this one forever.  I promise she was a perfect angel 2 seconds before this was take.

The end of my love affair

All things must come to an end and on Saturday I ended my love affair with my Blackberry. For the last 8 years we have been inseparable. Here are a few of the things we did together:

1. From 2006 - 2008 we boarded an American Airlines flight 143 times and logged over 300,000 miles in the air.

2. We traveled all over the Caribbean and Hawaii together. Even though Chris made me turn you off I was still able to sneak a little time with you while he was asleep.

3. I dropped you in the toilet when I took a little potty break at happy hour one night and to my surprise you came back to life.

4. I left Blackbeery #9 in a rental car in San Francisco in 2008. Or as I like to say "I left my heart in San Francisco".

5. You entertained me while i spent countless hours in the airport and at doctors appointments over the last few years.

6. You were the first thing I woke up to every morning.

7. You froze your butt off with me in Ottawa, Canada one February when I was locked in a hotel room with the flu you rang every time Chris called to check on me.

8. You were a great alarm reminding me when to feed Harper.

9. You got me through at least 2,986 boring Marriott meetings.

10. You were a great companion.

I will miss you Crackberry but I had t trade you for an IPhone because they are awesome and I can read an excel spreadsheet much better on them.

RIP little friend!

Perception

As I was leaveing for work yesterday I ran into one of my neighbors. It was great to see her so I stopped to chat. She is a single Mom who teaches elementary school and has great personality. Super fun girl and is always the life of the party.

As I got out of the car she complimented me and said that I looked pretty in my business suit and how much she liked my hair. I'm never one to accept compliments very well so I laughed it off and told her thank you. She mentioned how she thinks my job must be so much fun and told me that she would love to have my life. It was a great compliment but made me a little uncomfortable. The entire way to work I thought about her comment and couldn't help to say... "If she only knew how my life was going". Guess her perception is much different from my reality.

Kimmi this blog is for you. Did you know this....

My hair looked different because I overslept and didn't have time to wash it. It was very dirty a little greasy and may have even smelled dirty. I was worried all day that someone would notice. Thanks for making me feel a little better about it.

On my drive in to work I spent half an hour on the phone with one of my sales people having a very uncomfortable conversation that I'm still not sure I have let go of yet.

My daughter cried so hard when I left the house that I started to cry and that was the exact moment that I saw you. I wiped my tears away before I got out of my car to say hello (bet you didn't see that).

I love my job and I work for an amazing company but in the last 6 months I have been at a stress level of 236%.

My lovely suit is one size too small so I had to pour myself into Spanx to so it would fit right making it difficult to breathe all day.

The cute trendy sunglasses you complemented me on are the ones I got off the sales rack at Dillard's during the summer clearance sale. I bought 4 pairs that day and they are the only ones that have not broken yet.

My point here is that perception is always different then reality. Yesterday morning you thought I had it all together when in reality I felt like I was just hanging by a string. So I ask my bolg followers out there (all 4 of you) what do you think people's perception is of you? And how does it differ from your reality?

Kimmi - I think you are an amazing Mom and teacher. You are able to bring great amounts of joy into the lives of those around you and are tons of fun to hang out with. You are always happy and willing to help anyone out. That is my perception of you.

Thank God for perception.

Ho Ho Holiday

Can't beleive it is already that time of the year. here are a few things I love about Christmas:

1. Wrapping Paper - I've never been a fan of gift bags. I love to pick up pretty wrapping paper and wrap all my gifts. I think there is more excietment in tearing off wraping paper then just pulling tissue out of a bag. I love the sound of the paper as it crinkles and the anticipation of what is under it.

2. Christmas lights - I could drive around every night and look at them. There is even a house in my neighborhood that has one of those awesome light shows set to music. It makes me happy everytime I see it.

3. Starbucks Red Cups - They make me happy and my skinny pepermint mocha taste better when it comes in one of these.

4. Christmas Dresses - I could buy haper 100 of these. I LOVE them all. Of course she only has a few places to wear them so if you see my kid up at Market Street wearing a beautiful silk plaid holiday dress to do a little grocery shopping. It's not beacause she is going anywhere her Mommy just couldn't resist.

5. Peppermint Bark

6. Christmas Ornaments - I buy thousands of them every year. I also collect the Whitehouse Christmas ornaments and have a tree dedicated to just them. They were handed down to me from Chris's Mom and I have continued to add to them every year.

7. Christmas Vacation - Best Christmas movie ever.

That's all for now. I'm sureI'll add more to the list.