Sorry - I can't believe it's been OVER A MONTH since I last posted. I should really be ashamed of myself..."should" being the operative word. Here's what's been going on in our lives for the past month.
1. Amy diagnosed with
pseudotumor cerebri. It's non-life-threatening which is good. It also explained the pressure I was feeling behind my eyes and the reason my face looks like this:
HOLY
PUFFY
PUFFY
PUFFY
PUFFY
FACE,BATMAN!
P.C. is basically an over abundance of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain. It causes pressure on my optic nerve thus presenting like a tumor...but in the word of Ahhhnold Schwartzenegger, "It's not a tumah." I also scored a trip to North Memorial for a very unpleasant lumbar puncture and an MRI to get a CD of images of my brain that are ever-so-lovely. Here are a few of my googly-eyed faves:
Looking at the top of my head. I seem surprised about something.
side view of the side of my head. Again, bulgy eye.
#2. We built a large house out in the country for ourselves. Nope. Curt finally finished the remodel he's been working on all summer and fall. He did a wonderful job and is very proud of how it turned out.
3. I actually decorated the house for Christmas. It has been 2 years since we last decorated.
Here are some highights...
Yep, the tree leans. It's a hand-me-down from Mom. Why yes, it is the 6' fake tree that she used to put outside on the deck lit up. Yep, I got the outside tree.
Madi even helped decorate. Here she is washing the dust and dirt off a Swedish troll doll with her water bottle. She calls the troll a baby even though it's a doll of a 200 year old-ish white haired woman. Oh well.
We've also made Swedish potato sausage, saurkrout and Christmas cookies. Man, we really are becoming domesticated.
See you in another month! Just kidding.
Grandma June shows off her wad of cash!
