Progressives

I took a trip to the eye doctor yesterday.  When she started the exam she said, "I see you're complaining that you're having more difficulty with your vision.  You're too young to need progressives.  Let's  take a look."

"You got that right,  sista!" I said.

Well, she was mistaken, my eyesight has gotten to the point where I now need progressives which, by the way, I know will make me car sick since everything else does!  I asked, "What about contacts?"  She laughed, "When they make contacts for astigmatism, near sightedness and far sightedness, I'll let you know.  Until then, you'll need progressives." 

"Crap."  And I mean it in the most upsetting way.

"Oh, and you have ... (big wordy word alert that I cannot spell nor remember) Something-Something Itis which is life long and will never go away.  You'll need to wash your eyes each day in the shower with a little bit of Johnson's Baby Shampoo.  Apply it directly to your eyes and rub gently."

"What?  Did you just say directly to my eyes and rub gently?!"  She's making things up now just to upset me.  I know it. 

"Also," she said, "you'll have to put these drops in your eyes 2-4 times a day....forever."

"Super."  And I mean it in the most sarcastic way.  Nothing like a cheery check up to brighten my day.

Cupcake Pop Heaven.

On Sunday night we celebrated 3 birthdays on the Tipton side.  This was the perfect occasion for me to try out these cupcake pops that I've been dying to try.  They're supposed to look like mini cupcakes, however, a friend told me to not go to the trouble so I didn't!

Through trial and error, I learned what to do and what NOT to do.  I think they turned out pretty cute and man did they taste fine!  Happy birthday to Tiffany, Adam and Jayden!

Exploration of the sea.

Cole painted this last year in response to NASA's announcement that they're scrapping their shuttle program.  Seeing as though the last flight is coming up, I thought I'd show Cole's idea of the last frontier, entitled  "Ocean Exploration".  You see it there?  Well, I did after he explained it to me.  Besides, just the colors alone are good enough for me.  This hangs in my little alcove above a sweet refurbished desk.  I think it's awesome!

Elder R. Cole Tipton

Emily, my daugter, made this video for Cole of when he left on his mission.  It's so sweet.  Click on the link below.  Do not click if you are in any way hormonal.  It will not help your situation!

Elder R. Cole Tipton [HQ]

Slippers

Have you ever had the kind of day that as you're walking into work, you look down and see this?  (Please see below.)

I have and I laughed and laughed.  I still laugh when I think about it.  Slippers can be funny.

Happy birthday mom!!

It's a beautiful day.

This afternoon I was driving Quinn over to his friend's home when I said, "It's so nice out!  72 degrees and sunny."  When Quinn remarked, "It's just beautiful."  I like how the 9 year old kid can still come out with heart melting statements even though he can't hug me anymore when I drop him off at school in the morning.  I've learned to take what I can get.  Trust me on this.

Weeds & Potato Chips

Did you ever wonder what weeds and potato chips have in common?  I know the answer.  You can't have just one potato chip and you can't (at least I can't) pull just one weed.  After all of the rain we've had over the past few weeks, the weeds have gone crazy in areas of our not-quite-finished back yard.  Yesterday, after an especially rainy weekend, I decided to get a weed or two.  Two hours later, I got a lot of weeds pulled and a hitch in my get along from crouching down so long.  Seriously.  I can't walk straight much less turn over in bed without a sharp pain in my lower back.  When I went to sleep last night, I dreamt that the sun was causing all kinds of damage to my skin.  (Probably because that's what I was thinking while I was pulling the weeds in real life.)  My forehead was blistered from the sun which made me sad that I didn't put on a higher SPF product!  Then, and this is the worst thing from my dream, I owned a cat.  I was so in love with this cat and I remember thinking, "This is strange, I don't even like cats" in the middle of it all.

Spring is around the corner and I'm getting ready for it!  I'm painting my hall bathroom, the one Cole vacated, and I've planted some tulips and other colorful flowers.  (See what I did? I don't know the name much less spelling of the certain flowers I planted so they get the description of 'colorful'.  Trickery.)