Wow I've been away for quite awhile! I've decided to give blogging another try :)
Let'see, what have I been doing since we last talked? I think the last time I blogged was May :-/ Since then I went on a trip to our nations capital and got to see a childhood friend while I was there. I knew it was going to be hot there in June, but holy smokes who knew they were going to have a heat wave while we were there! On our last night in the little cottage we stayed in there was a huge ind storm and we lost power, talk about one hot night. I think my son was the only one who was able to sleep through it. Mom and I were up most of the night. When we went to leave the next morning there were tons of huge trees down all over the place. Sad to see all those old trees broken all over the place :(
August - of course means county fair time. Justin is one of the teen superintendents in his barn. He did great at fair this year. I believe he got a blue in all his competitions (I think there may have been one red ribbon on one of his posters he did) and Grand (1st place) in Showmanship, Judging, and knowledge bowl.
September - back to school and state fair. Junior year for Justin. Still can't believe he's almost done with high school! For state fair he qualified to do showmanship, type, and judging contest. He decided after last years fair to not take any of his animals. He wasn't happy with the way they were running the barn and didn't want his animals in there. I can't say I blame him. He did go and do Judging contest and got 3rd place overall! Those kids are tough to compete against. You would be surprised with all the cavy knowledge they know. September also marked the beginning of me getting sick. I ended up with Guillian Barre. It basically attacks the covering of your nerves. My legs were numb from my toes half way up my thighs, and my hands and wrist were numb as well. Thankfully I had a mild case. The more severe cases usually end up on a ventilator in ICU! Scary! I did a week of IV therapy in the chemo unit, and now only have numbness in my fingertips and my feet. My reflexes are starting to come back too :) There was something great that happened to me in September though. I got a job!!!! Well actually two of them. I now work at a vascular surgery clinic doing surgery, and I'm selling lockets for Origami Owl (I'll post more about Origami Owl at the end of this blog).
October, November, December - Just your normal every day holiday stuff. October and November were hard because I could barely walk. My dad had to build a handicapped rail for me to get up and down the stairs :( It's nice to have it there now - I don't need it to get up and down the stairs, but it's nice to have it to hang onto when it's icy outside.
January - I decided last week that I was going to start blogging again. Hence why I am here :) I'm going to try to do one post a week. Maybe I'll do more as time goes on, but I need to learn to not put so many things on my plate.
Future - March, Hot Chocolate 5k. At the end of the race they give you goodies and warm melted chocolate to dip the goodies in. Hey any race that is going to give me chocolate I am all for! I believe this one is to benefit the Ronald Mcdonald house (but I could be wrong).
http://www.hotchocolate15k.com/
Origami Owl
No I'm not making origami animals and selling them. This is a direct selling company that was founded by a 14 year old to raise money to buy a car when she turned 16. She is now 16 and has a very nice little jeep. How it works is you choose the charms you want and choose the glass locket you like, you can add other things to it like little dangles and back plates or just let the charms float around in the locket. It might be easier to show you. Here is my facebook page www.facebook.com/origamiowlbynanetteseevers
and if you are interested in ordering you can go to my website http://nanette.origamiowl.com
my email is locketsbynanette@gmail.com if you have any questions. If you are interested in joining please e-mail or fb message me. It's a ton of fun and there aren't the high sales numbers to have to meet each month like some of the other direct sales companies. There are less than 9000 Independent Designers (that's what they call us reps) nation wide, so you would be getting in on the ground floor.
See you next week!
Nanette
