The world is a mess, and everyone is just trying to survive. That seemed to be 2025’s theme, but it didn’t start off that way. Logging back into this blog, I see 4 draft posts for 2024 that I never finished. They need photos and refinement. Maybe that’ll happen this year, maybe not… Despite that,…
This Summer has been a medical nightmare. Our budget will definitely shift this Fall when we start receiving bills! On July 6th, the husband thought he may have gotten bit by a spider on the back of his head. This wasn’t brought to my attention until 2-3 days later, when he asked me to take…
As a family with 4 kids, it was inevitable that someone would need braces. Unfortunately for our budget, 4 out of 4 need them. And on top of braces, they all 4 need upper frenum clippings. Kid #1 had “junior braces” on the top before a full set, because she lost her canines early and…
Every year for at least the past 5 years we’ve been the country folk that head to the big city so kiddo #3 can get an annual x-ray of her legs with the Orthopedic Pediatric Surgeon. She is an anomaly, with her left tibia being bowed, causing knock-knee and a little over 2cm difference in…
Today I was supposed to go back to work. It’s been six days since the last positive test, and the CDC recommends testing 5 days after. Well today, daughter #2 says she might have caught covid, because her head hurts. One test later, and she’s positive. One test later, I’m still negative. So here I…