Where does my hubby get all his energy?! I wish I had even half of it..

Heartbroken

Sitting here heartbroken. I just don't know how these pet foster parents do it. Peanut, Nibbles, Stitch and Muffin I miss you and will always love you. I pray your new owners give you as much attention and love as we gave you. May God Bless those little kittens and keep them safe, happy and healthy.

Fabric Softner

I've totally been on this new homemade everything kick lately. I want to use less chemicals in my home. I want to help keep our planet cleaner. And I of course want to save money! So far I must say I've been very happy with the results of everything I have made. 

Here is the recipe and directions for making your own fabric softner. 

Ingredients:

• 3 cups White Distilled Vinegar
• 2 cups Hair Conditioner 
• 8 cups Hot Water

Directions:

Mix ingredients together and pour into a storage container.  Recycle used containers. Use about 1/4 cup per load in the rinse cycle.

Here is my recipe for homemade dryer sheets.

Whatcha need:

 

1. fabric (I cut an old towel up into rectangles.)

2. fabric softner - use your homemade version or store bought

3. some type of storage container - a rubbermaid bowl with a lid worked perfect for me

4. water

 

 

Directions:

 

I placed my cut up fabric pieces into my storage container. Then I poured 19 ounces of Ultra Downy into the container. I added water to the empty Downy container (half full) and poured that into the storage container. My little helper enjoyed taking a wooden spoon and squishing it.  Then we really had some fun and took each rag piece and squeezed it. Then we tossed the rags back into the container and closed it up. You certainly don't have to do this, we just wanted to have a little more fun in the process.

 

When it's time to dry a load of clothes I will just throw in 2 rung out rags and dry.  After your load is dry, toss the rag back into the bucket to soak up more goodness. Viola!

 

Since I'm new to this I'm still in the experimental phase.  I plan on eventually using my own homemade fabric softner instead of Downy but first I'll use Downy and continually add more water with each batch I make.  I'm really interested in how much money this can save me. I do love the Downy scent so it might be hard to break away from using it but I'll get there. I'll post again when I make another batch (with more water) to see if the strong smell stays as strong. Right now I'm sure it'll be nice and strong since it is so concentrated but I won't get as many uses as I should.  The whole idea is to not have to spend outrageous amounts of money on box after box of dryer sheets. This is especially bad for me because I am a dryer sheet freak. I never use 1 sheet. I must use two sheets, always. The smell is just so good.  There is nothing like wonderfully good smelling, clean laundry.

 

Stay tuned for price break downs as I start adding up the final results.

Ferritin

My afternoon doctors appointment went well. I guess I could have figured it out on my own but I must be in denial or something.  While most of my blood levels are great there's my sneaky little ferritin level that is critically low. 2.45 to be exact. So while my hemoglobin and other levels are good, having no iron to transport what I do have, does me no good. I cannot take iron pills because my small bowel doesn't absorb them. It only causes major problems for the small bowel I do have left.  And well iron infusions, ha, I'm allergic to them. 3 out of the 5 types put me into anaphylactic shock. Joy! Sadly I don't have much of a choice though. I need iron so four rounds of infusions here I come. I just need to mentally and physically prepare myself for the 2-4 days of reactions that I will undoubtably have following each infusion. I must stay focused on just how amazing I will feel after being refueled and how much more I can enjoy my family and they can enjoy me. I can do this!

Oh how I wish my hands would stop cramping up. At first it was annoying but now it's down right painful. :-(

Noon

Today has been one of those days where every hour feels like two hours. It's funny how some days I don't seem to have enough hours to do everything and other days I feel like I'm lost in a sea of hours. Honestly it's not very often that I have those extra time days but when they hit me it makes it seem as if all I know is a long day. The funny thing is I've been cleaning and playing with my little one and usually that makes time fly by. I only have two loads of laundry left to do and everything in my house will be washed and dried. I've already unloaded, loaded and ran the dishwasher and dusted the living room and foyer. I'm debating on taking a peak in the play room.  I better not since it's already noon and I can get lost in there for hours. I still must shower and pick up my first grader. Then it'll be time to run home, feed KayLee a snack and let her rest for a few before running out to yet another doctors appointment. I feel like I live at the doctors office now. :-( I would have assumed I'd be feeling super terrific with my blood level being 9 and my potassium pumped up. Too bad that's not the case. I have been suffering miserably with leg and hand cramps. I get cramps in my hands so easily lately. Just washing dishes today had me yelling twice because I could not stop my hand from cramping. As soon as it left it came right back. As far as my last blood test on Friday, all my leves looked good. I've been drinking all day and taking my vitamins. So what is the deal?  It's so frustrating.

Like right now, I feel exhausted just from typing this. How nuts is that?  Goodness I hope my hematologist has some answers for me today. I have an exciting day coming up Thursday and nothing is going to keep me from it. I'm a parent chaperone for my daughters class trip. We are going to see Cinderella!

Oh I need to blog about my newest interest but I better go get cleaned up and showered so I'm not rushing later when it's time to pick up KayLee.  Stay tuned for my blog about making homemade cleaners and detergents. Yes I know so exciting, right? Trust me if you like clean clothes and saving money, it is exciting. :-)

Bananas

So today I was feeling even worse.  How this was possible is beyond me. When my husband gets up for work I usually get up and pack him breakfast and lunch and walk him out. Today I couldn't move. Even after a full night of sleep I was still extremely tired. When my alarm went off I had to get up because I had to get Kay off too school. I struggled but made it.

With each passing hour today I just knew my blood was low. That could be the only reason why I felt so very tired. When I say it took everything in me just to stand up, I'm not kidding. Finally I gave in and hubby took me to the ER. Turns out my hemoglobin wasn't low. It even went up since coming home from the hospital. It was my potassium that dropped. It dropped by a lot. I'm barely above 2.0. Turns out I could have had a heart attack. After a couple of EKGs and some potassium they let me go home. I have to go back tomorrow but at least I'm home now with my husband and kids.

Oh and let me not forget to mention this killer steak my husband cooked tonight. Wow wow wow!!!  It was super fantastic!

Well I better go rest now. I feel wiped out just from sitting up.

Before I go though I want to say I'm on Day 4 of my marriage fasting. Again I cannot say how blessed this time has been. My marriage continues to soar. The Lord is really blessing both my husband nd I with renewed patience and love.

http://www.hausvater.org/prayers/180-prayer-of-a-wife.html.

Day 3

My energy has dropped today. A lot. That blood transfusion doesn't seem to have lasted as long as it should have. Struggled against tiredness and a little Crohns pain. Hoping tomorrow will be better.

I'm still holding strong to my fast. My marriage is feeling the renewed strength and glory from our awesome God. Thank you Lord for blessing my marriage. I think there comes a point in a marriage where we take one another for granted. I must remember a marriage worth anything takes work.

Day 2 of my prayer/fast and my heart is content and growing by leaps and bounds. :-)

Day 1 of my praying/fasting to better myself and my marriage. Success. :-)

And the insatiable prednisone hunger continues.