The Neti Pot

Dr Oz was on Oprah again Thursday. He has very interesting topics when he is on. Well this show was no different & it was very helpful too. But the most intriguing part of the show was the Neti Pot shown in action below & a blurb from the show. But the Neti Pot is a nose bidet. For more info click HERE

Before you try pouring water into your nostril, Dr. Oz offers some neti pot pointers.

First, mix warm water with a quarter teaspoon of salt."You never want to wash [human] tissue without having saltwater in them," he says. "Your own cells like it more."Dr. Oz says washing out your sinuses with regular water can be irritating. Cold water may make you feel like you're drowning in a pool.

Amy, an audience member who suffers from sinusitis, demonstrates the proper way to use a neti pot. "I thought it would feel like drowning, but it feels good," she says.It may look strange, but Dr. Oz says this treatment may be more effective than medication. "The [ear, nose and throat] doctors who are specialists in this area will often say this is a better treatment than a lot of the other drugs that we try to offer folks, because it mechanically cleans out the problem," he says.

Neti pots are available at health food stores and most drug stores.

Have you ever used a Neti Pot? Have you ever seen a Neti Pot before?

Hello recycling car

I parked next to this car the other day & I have several questions for the driver of this car:

Why do you have so many papers in this car?

How do you drive with papers falling in your lap?

Are you taking those somewhere?

How long did it take you to load those papers in your car?

OR how long did it take you to accumulate those papers in your car?

How long will you keep those papers in your car?

Where did you get all of those papers?

Do you ever have passengers? If so where do they sit?

Inquiring minds want to know. If you could, what would you ask the driver of this car?

Sunday

The Suitor says that in the past 6 months we have had 6 jobs: investors, loan officers, lawn care professionals, marketing gurus, investment consultants and most recently realtors. A couple of months ago The Suitor and I bought real estate together. Not having an exact plan about the homes except to sell them. During the winter we sat on the homes and did not do a whole lot to market them. Since March, we have spent countless hours marketing & brainstorming on what to do with these homes. Sell them, rent them, lease them on a contract for deed? all possibilities.

This has not always been a fun process for the two of us, but so far we are still talking to each other and actually able to laugh still during the process.

This past Sunday we held our first open house. It went ok – we had our first and only looker. One of the houses that we have, we refer to as the “big house” is the one that we held the open house in. It was too big for the people looking and most of the people that call on it. BUT we are not discouraged to the contrary we are encouraged by the one looker. So we move forward to next Sunday – our next open house!

Anyone want to relocate to Ozark, MO?

Recreational Hazards

This past weekend was just full of excitement. But let’s concentrate on one day at a time here. On Saturday The Suitor and I went bowling. He explained to me about how these girls next to us were doing these fancy bowling moves where they started swinging the ball before they even started walking and in some smooth long motion release the ball at the line. Contrary to us walking to the line and then starting our release of the ball.

In an effort to improve my not so great score, I tried this technique. The results are below. As I swung to release the ball, I hit myself in the leg with the ball. Apparently pretty hard. It hurts as bad as it looks. On a brighter note, The Suitor would like it to be know that he bowled one of his best games ever. I'm going to blame my poor score on fact that it was dark in there & only black lights were on.

Where do I sign up for a league??

Next post : SUNDAY!

What the ---?

So there is this guy on my radio station that has this segment called What the Fotsch? Fotsch being his last name, which I do not find the name of the segment clever at all. In reality it makes no sense. ANYWAY, the segment used to be on in the afternoon at the same time that I picked up the boys from school and after hearing this 3 or 4 times I avoided that station at that time. I hate the segment because all he does is chose something small and insignificant to complain about. I do not think that I have ever really heard a legitimate "complaint" on his segment.

To make it even better, now he is on in the morning and seems to have multiple 5 minute segments to whining about life. Not only does he whine and complain about the littlest things he seems so judgmental of people that are "annoying" him. What a way to start the morning on such a negative note.

But that is what I get for listening to the main stream radio - so to complaining about every little thing in life "what the (insert last name here)?"

Life

I have nothing TOO exciting to post about but here are some highlights since the last time I posted.

1. Cody turned 12
2. We went to see Meet the Robinsons which I really liked & compared to Premonition which I also saw recently & Meet the Robinsons is better
3. Cody has been sick
4. Brayden has been sick
5. Cody started doing scripture reading at our new church of Union Hill Church of Christ
6. I'm working more & business is starting to pick up for me.
7. My poison ivy did not go away & I was not on the medicine long enough, so spots are still breaking through, but I am not going to do anything about it.
8. Cody mowed his first lawn last weekend. He said it was harder than he thought.
9. I got my hair highlighted & it's ok but I have decided not worth the money
10. We went to mom's for Easter & had a nice meal, the boys colored eggs nothing too eventful.
11. I drove 3.5 hours to Kansas City today for a 3 hour meeting and then drove back in the same day another 3.5 hours!

That's it in a nutshell.

I love a good deal!

So I had to buy a mower this weekend. Mainly for the investment properties that The Suitor and I own. I’m not expert on mowers but I knew that I wanted a self propelled with that mulched & bagged. Easy start would be nice. So we headed off to mower shop. We went to the usual places Lowes, Home Depot and Sears. We found the one that we wanted at Sears.

After mowing all 4 lawns, the mower seemed to be having some problems. So we took it back. Well while looking around and being my nosey self, I realized that at 6 PM Sears was having a sale – 10% off. But they had a coupon for the weekend for 20% off that no one told us about the day before. It was 4:30 at this time. So we returned the new/old mower and hung out until 6 PM and got a new mower (upgraded even) for $70 LESS than the day before!! NOW that’s a good shopping day!

Workshop Weekend

Went to Tulsa this past weekend to hang out with Mr.T and some old friends. Had a good time catching up with all. I had lunch with some friends from church that I grew up with. Also our youth minister from the day.

This is Ericka and I. She and I have been friends since 4th grade. We used to live by eachother and walked to school together every day until 8th grade when I moved. We have stayed in contact off and on since then.

This is another friend from youth group days Jeff. His wife Cheri & their almost 1 year old twin girls. They have had a rough year with the girls but they are doing great now & looking so cute!! This was my first time to see them & they are adorable!!

Random

I have poison ivy again. 2nd time in my life & I hate it. I tried to just wait it out, but I went & got a shot today & oral shots. I asked the doctor when I should & should not go to the doctor. He said based on my condition that I should always go to the doctor. Mine is really bad, blisters and leaking and gross.

But for a more random story, I was heading to Tulsa today for the workshop. I tried to make it to Joplin to get gas, but I did not. I had to exit 19 exits from the one that I wanted to, because my light came on. So I had to stop at this random small gas station/town. The gas was really expensive. So I decided just to get $10 worth. As I am leaving I see my dad sitting in the car. My mom apparently was using the restroom. They had just left Joplin. So bizarre.

One time when Cody was a baby, I locked him in the car with my keys. I was at a Target in Tulsa. Cody was on a heart monitor too. I was freaking out & starting to run back into the store. As I was running in, I was thinking that I wish my mom was there because she would know what to do & she's locked her keys in her car several times. And who comes walking out of the store? My mom. I will never forget that. I was so happy to see her!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Saint Patrick's Day (Irish: Lá 'le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig), colloquially Paddy's Day or St. Patty's Day, is the feast day which annually celebrates Saint Patrick (385-461), the patron saint of Ireland, on March 17, the day on which Saint Patrick died.
The day is the national holiday of the Irish people. It is a bank holiday in Northern Ireland, and a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland, Montserrat, and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. In Great Britain, the United States, Australia and the rest of Canada, it is widely celebrated but is not an official holiday.
It became a feast day in the Roman Catholic Church due to the influence of the Waterford-born Franciscan scholar Luke Wadding, as a member of the commission for the reform of the Breviary [1] in the early part of the 17th century.

Wedding Extra

This picture is up by the request of Katie. This is the man with the hawk. NOT falcon - HAWK. He was very nice & let the boys hold the hawk.

He even sang a special song for the Lord & Lady.

Bridal Party

Introducing Lord & Lady

My brother got married this weekend. This is his Medieval Wedding. Many things taken from Lord of the Rings to my understanding. The first picture is of me with my cute little nephew (my brother's baby). Then a picture of my parents with their grandkids. The top right picture is groom and baby. The bottom two show some customs of the time. The first, the best man is laying down the sword for the bride & groom to cross over. The 2nd is the groom/Lord cutting the bread with his sword for his Lady.

Although themed, the wedding was very nice. The weather was great & everyone did a really fab job putting the wedding together. My new sister-in-law's mom made all the bride's maids' dresses & the wedding dress. She did a fab job.

The reception was really great too. We had a 9 course meal. The 9 courses included:
1. Veggies - carrots & celery
2. Deviled eggs
3. Bread & cheese
4. Salad
5. Rabbit Stew
6. Main course of Pork Loin & barley
7. Fruit
8. Cake
9. Mead & sparkling cider

Mead is a wine of the times made out of honey apprently. Kind of tasted like sweet beer.

After the reception, we did pictures & then there were Bride's "games". Most of the family left before the festivities which included me. I am sorry now that I left. I should have stayed for the sword fighting.

Happenings

The boys started Spring Break today. And on their first official day of SB 2007 we headed south to Oklahoma for my brother's wedding. His medieval wedding that is. The boys will be in the wedding, so they will be dressed in theme. I made their pants and Sara (my soon to be sister-in-law) made the cloaks. I the "conformist" sister that I am, will not be dressed in theme, but instead will go in my current century White House Black Market dress.

We will be heading home after the wedding feast tomorrow, so we came into Tulsa early enough today to meet with my friend Sommer, she has the pictures. We went to the park, did some shopping and ate at PF Changs. All in all a good day. Made it an early night so the boys are plenty rested for the festivities tomorrow.

The Suiter Revealed???

I love to download ringtones on my cell phone. I love music so I like to hear my fav tunes when people are calling. My top 5 people have their own ringtones. Starting with the Suiter. His ringtone is My Love by JT.

The other day when I was at the cleaners. The Suiter called me. The girl at the counter commented that she liked my ring tone. I told her, "thanks, that's my boyfriend." Her response was a very perkie, "HE'S MY BOYFRIEND TOO!!" Her reaction caught me TOTALLY off guard. It took me a minute to figure out what on earth she was talking about. When I did, I gave her a puzzled look, smiled & shook my head yeah as I left.

Do you know me?

I mean really know me - find out, take the quiz on myspace.

V Day

The Suiter and I celebrated Valentine's Day the weekend before. I know for many people, Valentine's Day has become too commercialized. I agree, but it does not take away from the day for me. I still like Valentine's Day.

So we spent Sunday celebrating by getting a couple's massage. The idea started with the Suiter wanting to get me a pedi & mani. Well I went online and saw that this spa did couple's massages. The Suiter was NOT happy about this idea. He had never had a massage and never really wanted one.

Needless to say, he really enjoyed it. He thought the time went by WAY too fast. Did is mention that he enjoyed it? He really did. As much grief that I got over the idea, I then got thank over the idea. So many people thought that it was such a great idea, that he started taking credit for it. Which I was ok with I found it very funny & ironic!

The Receptionist

A couple of weeks ago, Brayden asked me why he had not lost any teeth yet. Which it is not uncommon for 6 year-old boys not to have lost any teeth yet; however, but I decided to look in his mouth anyway. And to my surprise I saw two adult teeth coming in on the bottom. But sure enough the bottom baby teeth were still not budging. So I made an appointment with the dentist. Well last week one of his bottom teeth started to come loose. And over that weekend he lost his first tooth.

Well, he still had his appointment Tuesday with the dentist and we found out that he has a cavity. A cavity on a baby tooth, but the dentist said it was on a back tooth that he would have for awhile, so he wanted to fill it. So I looked at Brayden and told him that he was going to get a shot next week when we come back for the follow up appointment. He got a little scared & said that he didn’t want a shot. The receptionist gave me a dirty look and told him that it would not hurt. 1st of all, why the dirty look & 2nd of all, yeah – it does hurt. So then, I told him see, you need to brush more. The receptionist gave me ANOTHER dirty look and told me that sometimes it is not the kids’ fault! What is this lady’s problem??? I told Brayden’s teacher this story just to see her reaction & she agreed with my tactics (thank goodness). She agreed that sometimes you just have to scare them a bit. And yeah it probably is Brayden’s fault since I will tell him to brush his teeth & he says but I did a couple of days ago!

Wonderful World of Winter Weather

For the most part we missed the last two big snow/ice storms that hit the area. They have both hit Springfield harder than us. This last big ice storm didn’t even bring us anything but rain.

But today we did get snow, earlier than they anticipated. They estimated around 5 for Springfield. It hit around 11:30 here. They canceled school earlier. And they already called off school for tomorrow and it is only 5:00. I love the snow. I like snow days.

The only problem is that one of the three of us has been sick every day for the past two weeks. I have had enough “home” time. I had just convinced myself it is time to get back to work!

I'm on detox

A fruit detox that is. I try to be healthy person, I exercise and I try to eat right. I like to try some of the latest diets to see if they work. Not necessarily because I need to but it becomes a challenge for me. I did the Atkins - hated it. But I did lose 10 lbs on it. I've done Weight Watcher (through friends), Slim Fast, etc... So now I am doing the fruit detox. I like it. I like it because you only do it 3 days a week. For someone trying to lose weight you do this 3 days a week for 12 weeks. Then you do it 3day a week for 1 week every month for maintenance. Another reason I like it is because I like fruit. So eatting fruit all day is cool with me. But I have felt better every time that I have done it. Not just weight wise but I lose all my water retention & helps with my other female issues. So there you have it. Due to the fact that I tend to eat pretty poorly on the weekends I do this Mon - Wed, eat ok on Thur & Friday. And cheat all weekend. So I do not lose weight with this, but I do feel better.