Monday, November 22, 2010

So Thankful--Day 2

Today, I'm going to talk about my Mommee. Yup. That's how you spell her name!

Mommee is the best! I love that she'll talk to me on IM while she's at work, and that I can call her and chat almost any time and about anything. If I'm having a bad day, a good day, or just a day, Mommee is there. Even when my honey is in class and he's not available, I can at least tell Mommee "Hi!"

My Mommee is so supportive! When something bad happens, she's there for me. Even though she's in Utah and I'm in California, she's still there for me. (Hooray for instantaneous communication technologies!)

She's been there for me as I worked on losing weight and showed me a website where I could find nutritional information for just about any recipe! She cheered with me whenever I'd hit a milestone, and took me shopping for some new "skinny" clothes the last time I visited!

She also always makes sure that when I come to visit, I have everything I need (and more!). She feeds me and washes my clothes and EVEN IRONS MY SHIRTS for me! (I know--AMAZING!)

I love you, Mommee! Thank you for everything you do for me!

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Thanksgiving Week

My sister started a thing on her blog where she's talking about something she's thankful for every day this week. I'm a copy-cat, so I'm going to do the same thing. She can just deal with me stealing her ideas! (Love you, girl!)

Today, I am thankful for my little sister, who sends me tissues in the mail, makes me jealous of her cuteness, and sometimes gives me a hard time. She came to visit me earlier this year, and I loved it--even if it meant I got to be a taxi service part of the time! She's adorably cute and very intelligent, as well as a hard worker. She is the one I can get fashion advice from, because she always seems to know what's "in."

For my birthday, she sent me a CD of relaxing songs. (I guess she thinks I'm always stressed out or something? lol) I love it, and if I wake up in the middle of the night and can't sleep, I put on my iPod and listen to the music.

I also love how she'll call me sometimes just to chat or to sing "Happy Birthday" or to ask me a cooking question. Every time she calls to ask me something, it makes me feel special!

Love you, girl! When I visit in January, we should go shopping! I still need to work on my wardrobe!

Allergies...

So, I've been having some issues with allergies--mostly congestion--lately. As in, there are days I can't breathe through my nose type allergies. Since I didn't have as many allergy issues in Utah, I'm guessing it may be mold. Ah, the joys of humidity.

So, I talked to my doctor about it when I had my annual physical this last week. She gave me a prescription for Allegra-D (which has no generic), but the insurance won't cover the prescription and it would cost me over $140 for 30 pills. Insane. So, I tried Claritin-D (the generic version of it, at least) which is supposed to be similar in the way it works. I haven't noticed much of a difference. I guess my nose is a little less stuffy and a little more runny, but I don't know.

So, I guess I'm going to have to contact the doctor again and try to figure out what I should do next. I'm really tired of being stuffy all the time--and it makes people think I'm sick, which I'm not. (I've had it for about a month--no cold lasts that long!)