Girl moment

So this week I noticed that the light in my truck was staying on when I turned my truck off...

And I had no idea why! Then I noticed the cargo light on the back stayed on too!

So I called josh, he googled it and thought the door latch was stuck so at lunch I went to a parts store and bought wd-40 and sprayed it in, it didn't fix it. So I called my brother, and together we tried to figure out what relay might be bad on the truck and looked at the fuse panel... But the. I had to go back to work...

Then after work I called my dad and as I was talking to my dad it saw the dimmer switch on the dash, and it spun it downward... And shazam... Fixed...

Who knew?

What a girl moment...

Oil pulling

How many of you saw the trend going around about oil pulling and all the benefits?
I did and thought, what could it hurt to swish oil around in my mouth for 40 minutes?
So I did it...
And now I really regret it...
Even though I only did it once... I think it may have helped this problem get worse... And after doing further research it sounds like other people had an adverse reaction too...
So I swished for 40 minutes and when I spit it out I was happy to be done because the oil made me gag during the whole time, gross... But my teeth did look whiter... But the next day I noticed once tooth was slightly achey and as the week progressed to hurt so bad and reacted to jot and cold, I called the dentist and made an appointment...
I had to have a root canal :( keep in mind, I've never had a cavity...
I've now had my root canal and my tooth is on it's way to recovery, but will never be the same...
Was it oil pulling, or bad timing? I don't know... But either way it sucks

Where have you been?

A fair question,
I've been here all along, not reading posts or logging any of my own,
As it seems I do when top secret life changing events come around.
This time, yes another move,
So I've abandoned my "to do list" and just about everything else I had planned in life, and packed it up.
And now the waiting begins, for our house to sell
For our visa paper work to come in, and for life to settle into something resembling a normal family again

Treasures

So as you know I keep track of the change that I collect, total since my last update I have found .41. I found .28 at walmart (two separate trips), .02 in the mammoth cave campground. and the rest somewhere else.
this brings my total to: 6.63

However, I have also acquired a metal detector :D

So I thought, PERFECT! and I took it to my parents house on my last trip. Why you ask? Because where my parents live is a very historic place. No not like President Lincoln's boyhood home

but they live on a piece of property that used to house a church, the Church was originally built in the 1820s ot 1830s and was around until the 1950s then it was an apple orchard. 

So I started scanning the ground near the barn my parents built a while ago, because my mom found an Indian head penny there years ago.

I did find some interesting things!

A thing that used to hole music, some house numbers and assorted nails, one is from a horse shoe

I also found this stamped metal ring with a glass bead for the stone. The print is so delicate!

Where did the time go?

Seriously I feel like it was just April, and now its June, 1/2 way through June.
And I do not have a free weekend between now and the end of July!

So in an update:
we found $5.17 more! Josh found a $5 at Home Depot! I found a penny on the train to charlotte, 2 at walmart, 10 cents at sams club... I dont remember where I found the rest but I was so impressed with the $5 bill find!
$6.22 total.

i've stalled on the mending, but I NEED to get it done, I have some time this afternoon and perhaps I will be able to get it done. probably not because I'm a slacker.

The vitamins I was doing really well on taking them, but then mother nature came to visit and I seriously thought I was going to die... that has not happened in a couple years, not since Josh and I moved out of Jackson... I think that apartment was killing us, literally it was scary there. so I have been taking them sporadically since then, but trying to be better about it, to see if its the vitamins that had the effect or something I was doing.

not much progress on anything else.

our bushes in the backyard are getting bigger this year! which is great!

We finally got our wedding pictures printed and hung

6 years later

My family reunion is this weekend, and my cousin's kids are gluten intolerant. So I am in charge of cookies, so I bought gluten free flour and oatmeal and tried out my hand at making cookies...

they turned out super crumbly... so I resorted to bar cookies...

Dear Lord, I am thankful I am healthy and not allergic to anything. Thank you.

House Wife Week

Last week I went and picked 2 gallons of strawberries.
And then I made 4 batches of jam

This is about 1/2 of the jam in the freezer

However we had to go to 3 stores to find more of the freezer jars, and then we couldn't find the kind with twist on lids, only the snap on lids... which I do not prefer.

Then I also tried out a pintrest recipe that I had at my sisters house for fruit rollups.

Josh is unsure he wants to eat them... more for me!

also I had some strawberries left over for eating and our neighbors were nice enough to drop by with another court of strawberries!!! how thoughtful! :D 

Hope you enjoy your strawberries too!

Home Work

So Josh and I have been working on some stuff around the house.
Since we have moved in there has been a horrible wire shelving unit in my laundry room. I HATE wire shelves... EVERYTHING falls through or does not stand straight because half of it falls into the empty hole.

So finally we bought some shelves. however we had a heck of a time finding one that would accommodate the water valves and cleanouts and plugs. and fit in the corner.

Work in Progress

It only took 3 trips to Lowes and 2 to home depot to get it put up :D

Then I filled the shelves

I didn't know I had so much cleaning stuff!