Wisdom Teeth Mak You Wiser?

Okay, so as you may have already read, I had to have a wisdom tooth removed last week. I was having a great week, and was getting ready for my Great-Grandmothers 100th birthday on Friday. (That's right, I said 100!!) She is such a firecracker, and if you ask me, I say she has a good 20 years left in her! I am not sure what her secret is, but I sure hope that I can be as lively and vibrant as she is at that age!!

On Thursday it snowed here, enough to keep me from going to work, so we all got a snow day. I was hanging out at the house, and enjoying my day and started to have a little annoying pain from my bottom wisdom tooth. Now mind you, I had my top 2 wisdom teeth pulled by my dentist a little over a year ago. He wasn't able to pull my bottom 2 b/c they were impacted, but they haven't been bothering me. Anywho, they would have their moments where they hurt me, but it usually went away; but that annoying pain on Thursday kept getting worse, so I braved the roads and ran to my fave store (Target) to go get some max strength Tylenol, Orajel, and Orajel antiseptic wash to try to relieve the pain. I was working on it all day, but it just wasn't helping. So I finally gave up and attempted to get some sleep. Well let me just tell you that my wisdom tooth was not about to let me get sleep at all!!! I swear to you it had a mind of it's own, and at that point, all I could do was play it's game.

At around 2 in the morning I was in a full blown case of hysterics, crying from lack of sleep and pain. I knew my dentists office was closed on Friday, so I was going to be at the mercy of my pain threshold, to either make it to Monday to see the dentist or just go see an Oral Surgeon and be done. Well I obviously opted for the later option, and thus I was able to get an emergency appointment to get it removed. After attempting to work for a few hours on Friday (on no sleep might I add) I knew this wasn't going to work-out for me. I went home and waited it out for the appointment. My kind and loving brother was ever so gracious to take me and pick me up as my mom wasn't able to make it to town (due to the snow) and my dad had a meeting at work. Apparently, I was quite the comedic relief that night, although I remember nothing at all after the IV. (Oh the joys of pain meds!) The only souvenir I have left from my eventful day is a horrible bruise from having a vein blown out! (Very painful might I add, and very unsightly!)

So Saturday I was better (enough to ride in a car, not drive) with my parents to my Great-Grandmas 100th birthday party. We even got to take "Baby T" with us, so I just had a blast. It was seriously amazing to be able to see 5 generations of people gathered in one place to celebrate an amazing woman. Definitely memories I won't ever forget. I will be sure to post some pics later that show my adorable Great-Grandma! I was in a "crafty" mood this weekend, so as you can see in the background of the above pic, I have begun working on quilts again. Now, I know that many people may think that makes me old to quilt, but I just love it!! There is nothing quite like the feeling of accomplishment that you get when you finish a quilt, and then the feeling you get if it is a gift and you get to give it away. There will never be anything quite like a homemade quilt. I will have to post some pics of all the adorable quilts that I have made over the past 2 years that I have really started to get into quilting. I definitely have added my own "young" touch to quilting, so they don't look like "old granny" quilts, (not like there is anything wrong with granny quilts), I just like my more modern take on them!

Have a great day, and I will get back to work!

Single Life

So Kelly is doing a Show Us Your Life Singles day, and I decided to get in on this party at the last minute......Although I had a rough and crazy weekend (with an emergency surgery late Friday afternoon to get my wisdom tooth removed) I have recovered from the pain meds and will be joining in on this fun! LOL

Although I don't know Kelly personally, I read her blog faithfully, and have had for a little over a year now. She is such a great woman, and you can help but feel like you know her personally when she posts! She definitely gives me the courage to keep going forward in my search for "the one", as she talks openly about her struggle with the "single life". I know that one day I will find the man that God made just for me, and maybe today is that day! :o)

Well more about me, I am 26 and live in Tulsa, OK. I am a Ne-Ne (aunt) to the most amazing niece and 2 nephews!! They are my world and I LOVE to spend time with them!!

I am also a huge Oklahoma State Fan, and you can usually catch me sporting my orange on any given day. I love to cheer on the Basketball teams and Football teams every chance I get, and love to spend my Fall Saturday afternoons in Stillwater, bleeding Orange with the rest of the Poke Fans!!

I am currently finishing up my Accounting degree at Oklahoma State, while working full-time as the Accounting Manager for a very fun and successful toy manufacturing company. I also enjoy photography, and do that as a hobby/side business. I love being outdoors, and playing sports, and am VERY competitive! I would say that I am probably more of a home-body b/c I don't go party all the time, but would rather do something more low-key.

If you want to know more, please feel free to let me know!

Back in full swing.....

So this week has been rather tough. School started back on Monday, and it is now "show season" at work, so we are busy, All. The. Time. (not that we weren't busy before, but it is just more busy now.) It also doesn't help that it is tax season on top of that, so what fun, what fun.....LOL I am going to have to definitely try something new to help me stay calm and relaxed, as I would hate to not be able to keep it together. (As if I already do keep it together, that is a joke!)

On the home front, everything is going fine. (I am being a bit sarcastic here,) but it is definitely issues that I chose not to disclose for any of the "public" to see. (This could definitely be a great lesson for many others I know to learn......hint, hint) Any who, baby "T" is doing well, and although we didn't get the news we wanted about the extent of his brain injury, we are definitely hopeful that he is just a "calm baby" and that the tests are going to turn out okay in a couple of months, and that he won't really need as much physical therapy as they are thinking currently. I had a pretty amazing weekend, and had "A" (my nephew) over to stay the night last night. I sure have missed the heck out of that little guy ever since I have moved out of my sisters house, so I just LOVE being able to spend time with him. (I also enjoy seeing "L", my niece, as well, I just didn't spend as much time with her this weekend as "A".)

I do have to share though just how amazing God truly does work. I am a firm believer that their are Angels. I am also a firm believer that these said Angels will make their appearance at certain times in our lives when we may need them, or just would like for their presence to be known. On, I believe, Wednesday of this week, my sister called me and told me that "A" had a story to tell me. He gets on the phone and proceeds to tell me that Grandpa has been at his house to see him to give him his "dollas" and "too work on his car." Now for those of you who may be wondering, Grandpa, is "Grandpa D", the grandfather who passed away 15 days before "A" was born, and 3 days before "L" was born. We actually buried Grandpa on "L's" birthday, so it is a very bittersweet day every year. Grandpa was the Diesel Mechanics Teacher at OSU Tech, and was a very avid mechanist (if that is even a word....) Grandpa was always working on cars, whether for his own enjoyment of fixing up an old car, or working on a car for a family member or friend. So it is very shocking to hear "A" tell these stories of Grandpa "living in his garage" or "working on his car" as these are hitting unbelievably close to home. Now "A" is Grandpa's namesake, which is what is making it that much more unbelievable. When my sister first told me what "A" was saying I was definitely skeptical, but after witnessing it first hand this weekend, I have to say, that I know that "A" has a guardian angel that has been coming to spend time with him. And while "A" hasn't said that this same guardian angel has met "Baby T", I know that both Grandpa and Grampy Art were the 2 angels that were with "Baby T" just a mere 6 weeks ago when he was brought into this world. Isn't it crazy how life works???

Well I hope everyone has a great night, and I will be back later......toodles!

New Year, New Me

So this year is going to be my best year yet, I just know it. I made a New Year's resolution to pretty much get healthy and be fit again, and I have to say, I am well on my way to making that come true. I started working out on Tuesday, and haven't missed a day yet!! I am to the point that I am tired of looking like I do. I literally "let myself go" and now I am going to take control back. I am not quite sure when I let this happen, but I am going to attribute the first part to college. I gained the typical freshman 15, then I got my heartbroke, so I just kept letting it go from there. Every once in a blue moon I would attempt to work out and try to do something about it, but then I let that fall by the wayside......I am finally done with that. I know that no one can change me but me! I have to have the want/will to stand up and do something about it myself, and I am!!! I am very excited to see what this year has in store for me, but I am even more excited to keep the good updates coming that I am not falling off the wagon, and that I am continuing to strive to better myself!!! So, here's to the new and improved me!!!

2011

Okay, it is finally here, the New Year. It's not that I have been dreading it, but I am tired of things just happening in my life while I sit back and watch them go by. I feel a lot like a loser at times b/c I am such a bore. I don't ever go do anything anymore, and I don't have fun sitting at home by myself, ALL THE TIME. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE living alone, but I am tired of not having someone to share my life with, someone that will be there for me no matter what, someone that I can enjoy life with, travel with, spend time with, and introduce to my family and friends!! So that brings me to my New Years resolution. I have had enough of this getting fat stuff......it is for the freaking birds!! I have gained (sad to admit this) 90 pounds since I graduated H.S. Is that not disgusting???!!! I don't know how I let myself get to this point. I kept telling myself I would work out, or that I didn't look "that bad" but then one day you just have to stop with the non-sense and do something about it. Maybe if I wasn't so disgustingly overweight then little things would be easier and more fun for me. I know I need to lose weight b/c I want to be able to keep up with my niece and nephews and be able to take them to do all sorts of fun things and be able to breathe/fit on these things with them. I don't want to be the fat Ne-Ne for the rest of their life, that is not how I want them to remember me. So the time is now. It starts today. I will no longer allow myself to sit around and eat myself to death! I am going to make some big changes in 2011, and you guys watch out, b/c by the end of this year you will get to meet the leaner and more energetic Amber!!

Watch out 2011 here I come!!