Where Have I Been…Good Question.

Oh my word!  I cannot believe it has been this long since my last post.  Let me just tell you I am still fighting this daggum cold!  After visiting the doctor twice, being on four rounds of prescriptions I still am feeling like crap and have been since the first of December!  

On another note, let me introduce you to my Saturday night…

My first Migraine. 

Lets look at the symptoms found here.

Moderate to severe, throbbing head pain 

Most commonly one-sided pain;

Pain located near the eye on affected side

Pain that worsens with physical activity

Sensitivity to light and/or sound 

Nausea or vomiting

Debilitating pain that hinders daily activities

Apparently I experienced the classic “auras”.  This is a visual auditory, or olfactory perceptions or other neurological symptoms known to occur 15 to 30 minutes prior to an attack.  My “aura” occurred by blind spot in my eye and then numbness in my arm.  Talk about scary…I was freaked out.  Once I finally had a full blown migraine it all started making sense.  Once I got in complete darkness I was finally able to shed that monster.

This weekend wasn't completely ruined.  

Friday night I helped a girl from my church get ready for her first Homecoming dance.  It was too cute.  I helped her by doing her makeup and then fixing her hair.  It totally took me back to high school years when all the girls would come over to the house and we would all help each other get ready.  After Bayley was all dressed, photos taken, and they left for her to go meet up with some of her friends I decided to stay in for the night. 

  

 I ended up rewatching The Help for the third time and Courageous.  Courageous was such a good movie and a terrible tear jerker!

Saturday morning my sister hosted a Pampered Chef party.  So after we checked out all the new latest greatest stuff and had a serving of hashbrown casserole and mango salsa which was so yummy, I head with my mom and sister to Teagan's birthday party.  This little girl turned the big T-W-O!  I had so much fun seeing all the little babies and toddlers in their own little world.  I think they all had a blast.  I forgot my camera but serve as photographer for a little with her mom, Rici's camera.  I'm sure the photos will be appearing on her blog anytime now, so check them out at Teagan Tales.

Christmas Recap

I hope ya'll had a wonderful Christmas!  My whole extended family agrees that this was the best Christmas yet.

I have been pretty busy, but I have enjoyed every moment.

We baked...

Wrapped....

Went Christmas caroling with the youth and then helped at their Christmas party...

I had to get a photo since we were all color coordinated.

Ate amazing food...

Got a TON for Christmas...

    

All of these along with so many new clothes I now have to clean out the closet for space.  

Also got a few charms for the Pandora Bracelet.  (seriously was not expecting all of this!)

Enjoyed spending time with my family...

(Somehow I managed to not get one photo with any of my family.  I know terrible!)

Got to catch up with old friends..

And got to cross off one more thing from the Bucket List.

I'll post more later this week about the Bucket List and catching up with friends along with some photos.

Top 5 Tuesday

Today I'm linking up with http://www.j-peachy.blogspot.com/  for Top 5 Tuesday!  This week the topic is Thanksgiving.

My favorite five things about Thanksgiving...

1. Spending Time With The Family

Jana, Dad, and Myself at the 100 year celebration for North Carolina Tarheel Basketball

Jana, Mom, and Myself when we visited Jana and Michael in Chicago.

2. Eating Amazing Food

I'm excited that this year my sister is hosting Thanksgiving at her house.  We have already pre-ordered our deep fried turkey from Bojangles.  (If you know my family, especially my grandpa, we have a little obsession with Bojangles)

3. Keeping a Tradition

That's right.  It is a tradition on my mom's side of the family that we all meet for breakfast on Thursday morning and then wrap things up with a trip to the local flea market.  This originally started because the flea market was only open on Thursdays, so the only time we would be able to go is when everyone was off work or out of school.

4. Thanksgiving Eve Service

Every year our church has a Thanksgiving Eve Service.  I love this service because it gives everyone a time of worship and reflection.  For me it helps me remember what I am most thankful for, my salvation.  We usually conclude the service by The Lord's Supper.

5. Relaxation

While I will not be on a beach or doing yoga, I will be off of work for TWO days for a total of a four day weekend!  I love getting time off so that I can catch up on all the things I want to do, but feel like I never have enough time.