Olympic Swimming Trials

I haven't watched too much of the swimming trials because I've been so exhausted every night.  But I am seriously bummed about it.  You can bet I will be watching the Olympic swimming though.  Is anyone else super bummed that Aaron Peirsol retired?  Dangit...he was my favorite swimmer!  And seriously, hands down the hottest swimmer in my opinion!  I heart Aaron Peirsol! 

I have to admit that the women's swimming doesn't interest me as much as the men's....but really??  Can you blame me?  Dang these guys are not bad looking.  There is NOTHING like a swimmer's body!  Men are so much faster and stronger.  It's just so awesome to watch.  Maybe because I swam when I was in high school (and attempted to swim in college with this dang shoulder), I have a special place for swimming in my heart, but to me, swimming is the greatest sport ever.  It keeps me on the edge of my seat...it's just so exciting!  Love it!  I am so excited for the olympics.  Four years ago, they were on when we were on vacation.  I litereally sat up every night and watched them.  Seeing Michael Phelps take home a gold in every single event he swam in was history in the making.  Eight gold medals!  It was worth watching every swim.  I am excited to see him swim this year as well, but I have a feeling quite a few other swimmers have been preparing for four years to have a chance to best him....including a few of his own team mates.  Ryan Lochte is looking like he is going to be a major competitor of Phelps.  Gotta admit, I might just be cheering Ryan Lochte on.  Shake things up!



Forgot to Post Some of the COOL Crafts I've Been Doing....

I have done a few really cute crafts lately.  All of them are super simple and not too hard on my dumb bum shoulder. 

The first one is making suncatchers.  I got this idea from pinterest (where most come from....I am ADDICTED).  Seriously, this is perfect for smaller kids and is SOO easy.  All you need is translucent pony beads and a round cake pan (and an over of course).  So basically, you arrange the pony beads into any design (or non-design) that you like....make sure they are covering all of the space on the cake pan and they are flat (holes up), cook them in the oven at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.  As soon as you get it out of the oven, use scissors or something sharp to put a whole in the top and you have a beautiful suncatcher!  They are so cute!

Here's a few pictures....I will add more later and continue this later as well.......

I got in the mood to go old school- friendship bracelets.  I have always loved these little goodies.  So fun and relaxing to make!

I painted this birdhouse to replace my little wrens house.  The bottom of their current house is almost falling out!  Hopefully, the wren family will appreciate their new, updated digs! 

This is a rainbow sun catcher.  Gotta say this is one of the more fun crafts!  Endless possibilities!

Getting Back to Blogging....Losing My Mind.....

It's been a little over a month since I've blogged.  I'm gonna slowly be back up and running. 
Let's start with my surgery:
I had surgery on my right shoulder on May 23....fourth surgery.  The Dr. said it was a hot mess in there.  He released my bicep tendon (which he said was "all shred up"....yuck), found some knots from previous stitches that had moved themselves into my shoulder socket (these lovely knots were becoming inflammed every move I made causing me lots of my pain) and cleaned out some arthritis in the back (cause from a little bit of subluxing).  Apparently, the Dr showed my mom and A pictures of before and after and it was pretty drastic (I think I am going to ask if I can see them at my follow up...I am definitely interested!)  It's been a little over a month so far...I'm still smarting pretty good from the surgery.  I keep hoping that soon I will start feeling better.  This has been such a battle of mine and it seems unfair to be in more pain....that being said, I knew all along it was going to take more pain to get less pain, but it's been hard on me.  I just got back to work this week.  I am working half days all week just to ease into the groove.  I've also been doing physical therapy.  Great, hilarious story.....

Last week, at my last bi-weekly physical therapy appt, I made two more weeks of bi-weekly sessions.  Finally, we are starting some water therapy, which I've been really excited about all along.  Apparently, I was TOO excited!  Monday, I scheduled for my mom to come watch L while I went to my first water therapy appt at 2pm.  I get there, all ready in my bathing suit...a little nervous as well.  I go to the pool and one of the therapists said I might as well get in while I am waiting (I didn't really want to, but I did anyway).  As I sat in the pool, looking like a total fool watching the clock pass 2pm, I started wondering if I had my appt time wrong.  I asked and had about 5 people looking into it....here my appt isn't till Thursday!  Seriously, I could not get out of there fast enough.  I was totally mortified!  Hahahahahah!  It was hilariously awful!  Good grief!  My memory is awful anymore!  And being off work for a whole month has been really confused with days and dates.  Ugh....I seriously debating finding a new therapist after that!  The thing I do to myself! 

This forgetful stuff has been a trend lately and seems to be getting worse.  I don't know if it's my pain meds or just me being scattered or a combo.  I suspect it's the pain meds, though really I am not on anything different than I was before.  Just a tiny bit more (one or two more a day).  It's really frustrating though.  This morning I forgot to makeup on and when I went to get gas, I pulled up to the pumps on the wrong side....good grief!  I've driven that car for three years now! 

Here's another funny Maggie story...maybe I shouldn't even tell this.....

As we all know, or I've mentioned before....I think, L is a notoriously BAD sleeper.  I swear the child barely EVER sleeps a full night.  Anyway, last night he woke up twice.  Once was when A and I were still awake, but the second time was around 4 or 5....well, it was in the middle of the night whatever time it was.  Linc was up (AGAIN) crying that he was wet.  I felt all over the front of him and had no idea where he was wet, but he insisted....ugh, on his side.  I stripped him, threw on a SWIM diaper (it was all I had handy) and a big tshirt, grabbed a clean blanket and threw it over the wet spot on his bed and tucked him in.  All in a serious sleepy/ drugged haze.  I totally did the "bad mom" thing....putting a dry blanket over the wet spot!  Hahahah!  Hey, he was dry when he woke up later....that's all that counts, right?  I think I might have sprayed some Scentsy room spray in his room a few minutes later to rid his room of ghosts.  It's awful that I just don't remember.  What I do in my drugged/ three forth asleep state is always amazing to me! 

So instead of me writing all about my time off work and healing from my surgery, I left with you with a few hilariously awful stories of me losing my mind.  Hopefully, someone out there can sympathize with me!  :)