Hey there everyone...Sorry I haven't been on here. I took my computer for a simple repair & it turned out to be a medium sized overhaul! It been there since monday, I just got it back 4 hours ago. All is well with my trusty ol' computer now.

Well...Let me tell you about my week starting with sunday  This will probably be a VERY LONG BLOG just to warn ya'll. But what's new huh?

Well....Sunday morning I woke up & was fine for the most part, just a bit stiff in the back, but doing pretty good considering everything .
Well I was up for 1/2 hour, just enjoying my 2nd cup of coffee, when the girls yelled down to me.. "Mommy!!! There is a mouse in your bedroom!!!" .. I asked them if it was alive or did the cats get it? It was alive they yelled back. So I hobbled up the stairs & saw our lil' guest run under the little stand beside the bed. I went to grab it...It ran up along the wall between our bed, I crawled up onto the bed & it ran again! So here I am at 8am crawling around my bedroom floor chasing a mouse!!!! To make a long story short..5 minutes later.. I finally caught the BLIND mouse!! (seriously it was blind, It looked like it's eyes were matted shut) Anyways.. I started down the steps & my muscles in my back right near my ribs & down to my waist started these HUGE spasm!! I made it downstairs, threw the mouse outside & figured I just needed to sit down....Well.... I figured wrong!!!! Sitting hurt like you wouldn't believe!!!  soooo... since sitting wasn't even an option... I spent the next 7 hours on my stomach, laying on the livingroom floor just to get my muscles to relax! I couldn't get up off the floor without my hubby helping me up, & what was even more pathetic.. I had to practically crawl up the steps when I needed to go upstairs to the potty! All the muscles in my middle & lower back were spasming!!!!!! So I made it through that painful day! Needless to say... I couldn't wait to see my chiropractor the next day.

Well Monday.. We already knew was going to be a busy day, Our "to do list" consisted of.......10am Chiropractor appt, drop off the computer at the shop, drop the kids of at grandma/pa's & a court hearing...    
Well...The Chiropractor appt went well.. except that I found out I may actually have more than one herniated disc in my back & wouldn't know unless they did an MRI.  So they are going to treat me as if I do have multipule herniations from my mid. to lower back & treat it with traction & cold lazer treatments. As I improve...I will have more intensive  physical therapy/strength training. exercises.   As of today I feel sooo much better than I have, I almost feel like a brand new person.. Even though I am not near done with treatments & not close to being 100%. But man do I feel great!  I can walk & not gimp, last night I actually slept the whole night with out waking up in pain when I move! I can almost touch my toes, sit down & stay comfy for more than 10 minutes.  I still have to be very careful what I do for now. I know I can not do ANY heavy lifting, pulling, & such.. & still get stiff if I sit too long...
Well..... after my 1- 1/2 hour appt.... We were off to see the "computer Dr" 
Well we were just having problems with our CD drives in our computer. They weren't even showing up as our D & E drives in "My Computer"!?!?! So our computer guy & us thought it was  something simple & was going to fix it right there. Well turned out to be not simple.  So while we were there he started to scan our computer. Turned out that we had some Chineese incription on our computer that started up every time we turned on our computer!!!!! It rewrote part of our windows registry!!!!! He asked us if we have been doing any transactions online with our accounts. & wouldn't ya know...YEP we have been just recently I started doing online purchaces!!!!!.  Sooo the computer guy highly advised us to go to our bank & check on our accounts & make sure they also offer protection against someone stealing our debit/credit card info. So at this point I was totally spazzing out!
Sooo off to the bank we went.. I explained everything to them & Thank God they do offer protection for id theft/fraudulent purchaces!! I still have to keep a close watch on our accounts though.
So after leaving the bank we had to be going to moms & dads to drop off the girls so we could go to a court hearing..... Back in December we were witnesses to an "accident" & got a certified letter to appear for this hearing.(it's long story.. I'll save it for another blog) 
After dropping off the girls we were on our way to the hearing & well wouldn't ya know it..... "Scatter brain me "  realized that I forgot to grab the certified letter for the court hearing so we zipped by the house so I could grab it. I went into the house & I noticed that it felt a little chilly inside. So I looked at the thermostat & saw it was only 56 degrees in the house!!! We ran out of fuel oil !!! I called the fuel oil co. & they couldn't make a delivery till' the next morning!!! It was a very windy, cold 12 degrees outside & going to get down to 4 degrees or lower that night! So we grabbed kero cans & took them with us!
We went down to the hearing & we were there a whole 5 minutes! They got the guy to plea guilty for everything, so they didn't need our "reinforcment". So we went to get fuel oil ran to the store to grab a few things & went back home. Hubby dumped 16 gallons of fuel in the tank & waited 15 minutes for it to settle & then kicked the furnace on. Well the furnace wouldn't fire! So we had a plugged jet/nozzel  So instead of us both going to pick up the girls from ma & pa's, & visiting for a while, like we planned....I went to get the girls.....while hubby worked on the furnace. On my way to get the girls, there is this big hill we have to go up. Well I was going up the hill just fine & all the sudden the truck started to jerk & sputter!!! At first the jerking made me think that the transmission was slipping... until it started to sputter & almost died!!!
OH NO!....I WAS ABOUT OUT OF GAS!!!!! But the gas gauge read 3/4 tank!!!!
This was impossible & insane!!! What else could possibly go wrong today!!!! AHHH!!!!
I prayed & prayed  "God to PLEEEAAAASSSEEE just let me make it up this hill!" 
I was sooo upset/nervous.. my foot was shaking! The only houses near by are at the top of this hill, I was already soooo cold & knew I couldn't walk up this big hill with my back soooo messed up & the truck likes to kick out of gear if it is parked on an unlevel spot so I couldn't just leave it there if it did die on this hill & I don't own a cell phone!!!! Well.....THANK YOU GOD! I made it up that big hill!!!  I was going to pull over because it kept sputtering & almost dying.....but  it WAS still running  so I figured why stop....lets see if I can make it to the little gas station 1 mile away"!! Soooo I put on the 4 ways & sputtered slowly along & Thank God! I made it to the little gas station! I was never sooo happy to pay 2.56 a gallon for gas! LOL

Sooooo.... Thank  God, our furnace is fine, & the truck has gas, & is now going to get gas more frequently since we have a bad fuel gauge, Our computer works great, our bank accounts are fine, & my back is getting better! Even though this was one of the worst days I've had in a LONG time. It was a reminder to me to be thankful to God for our blessings & thankful to God for watching over us everyday!

Oh yea, Also even though my boss was giving me a hard time about my work related back injury, she did turn it into work comp & they did look into it & they ARE paying for it. So Thank God AGAIN!

See there is sunshine after the storms  
Just reminds me to be thankful & keep on keeping on
GOD BLESS YA'LL & tell me what ya think

Shannon