Life is a Movie

If you know me, you know I love movies and shoes. Sometimes I feel like life is a movie and I just watch it as it passes by. We have been doing so many things that I hardly remember any of them and that's pretty sad. Maybe by the end of the post I'll remember. I found a good deal on a skirt ($6.99) and it was different so I bought it. I also made a new one for Cara's wedding, which I'll post a picture later. I love it and can't wait to wear it. I also found some shoes for $2 that are awesome. I even call them "Shanelle worthy". Shanelle is my youngest sister and she wears some crazy shoes of which I think are cute, but would never wear. Mostly because they're high heels and I'd break my ankle. I can't pass up a good deal though and I love my new shoes.

Anyway, we did go to Venice and Glenwood over Labor Day weekend. I was feeling homesick for Venice for the first time since I moved down here. We were able to go to two family reunions and a baby blessing, so we saw pretty much all the family that lives there and some that live further away. We got there Friday night after Brax got out of school and we stopped in Beaver for curd and ice cream. Saturday morning Branden went golfing and then helped pick corn. We went to the Oldroyd family reunion that afternoon. After the reunion, Branden and Brax went back to the Anderson's while I went to Venice and helped with corn. It was a lot of fun to visit with everyone. On Sunday morning we went to the baby blessing and then to my grandma Spencer's for lunch. That evening we started the Cowley family reunion at my grandpa's. We ate dinner and played games. Monday we had breakfast and then helped clean out the old school house in Venice. It was interesting to go back in there. I even put on some roller skates with the kids and went down the halls. I almost fell and decided that was enough. We headed home that night to get Brax ready for school the next day.



Other than that, Branden has scouts and I have scouts and Primary. I'm in charge of Sharing Time this month and I hope it's going okay. Sometimes I just don't know. We have a Primary activity tomorrow night that should be a lot of fun. The whole family was able to go to the 100 year Scout celebration that was held here at the fairgrounds. I was with the Cubs and Branden and Brax were with the Boy Scouts. We all had a lot of fun, but were so exhausted that night. I think it's the first time I've ever fallen asleep when I hit the pillow. It was great! I didn't wake up until my alarm went off the next morning.

Brax still is always looking for a friend to play with. He is definitely a social being. He tries to get his homework done quickly so he can play. He is still practicing the piano and helping cook when it's convenient for him. He is in a reading recovery program at school and it seems to be helping him out a lot. He struggles putting the sounds the letters in a word make into a word. Usually it's some off the wall word that isn't even close to what the word really is. He is a good kid that loves to help and he works hard.

I went to the eye doctor and got enlightened a lot. I learned that flashes of light when you blink can be symptoms of migraines, which mine is because they couldn't find anything wrong with my eyes. Another thing I learned is that eye twitching is a sign of lack of sleep. He told me he'd even write me a prescription for more sleep, but I didn't think it'd help. My one eye has worsened a little, but my new glasses will help with that. We discussed contacts, but I have an astigmatism that requires certain contacts. My astigmatism in both eyes is 100 and they only make contacts in 75 and 125 so my eyes wouldn't get all they help they need because they drop down to the 75. Contacts would still work, but with that and the dryness and itchiness I have we decided all in all it wasn't worth it.

The doctor told me last time I went in that if I took 3 Clomid when the time is right that my cycle should start after that. Well, it didn't work and I need to call him, but am putting it off. I've decided I really like how things are right now and don't want them to change so I probably will hang tight for a while. This is the first time in a lot of years I've felt at peace with my life. I think I'm just ready to be done with it all! It seems to make life a lot easier for me to handle. Anyway, I think that's all that is going on with us right now. Keep watching to find out what happens next!