Shopping Trip

November 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment

We finally decided it was time to upgrade our TV.  Jesse has been campaigning for a long time to get a new TV, but I didn’t see the need to get rid our TV that was working just fine.  But then it started not working fine.  Something was going wrong with the speakers.  They started making this popping and crackling noise even when the sound was off.  And when the sound was on, it would just get louder as the volume got louder.  So, of course, Jesse decided this was the perfect reason to finally get rid of it.  I’m not so sure Jesse didn’t do something to it to break the speakers… just kidding! 🙂

Anyway, we found a great deal on on a big screen.  Pretty much the biggest TV that could fit in our entertainment center.  We got to the store and told the Sears man the one we wanted.  I was kinda annoyed that he immediately tried to talk us into a different one that was $50 more.  We thought about it for a while and decided to go with our original choice.  We again told the guy the one we wanted and he said “Okay, but I don’t even think we have any of these in stock.”  Maybe he could have told us that before.  I’m thinking it was a little too convenient that the one he was trying to talk us out of was all of a sudden out of stock.  Especially since we saw online that they had several in stock.  He called around to several of Sears to see if any other stores had it in stock… they didn’t.

The purchase

Of course, the sales guy suggested we change our mind to the slightly more expensive one he was trying to sell us in the first place.  Jesse did some last minute research on his phone and determined that one would be just as good.  However, we didn’t want to pay more for it.  Jesse told the guy if he gave it to us for the same price, we would take it tonight and give him the sale.  We win!!  Jesse calculated that with the sale price and the bargaining we got it for 36% off normal price.

Big TV

Jesse is more than happy with his purchase. He was practically bouncing out to the car with excitement. I’m glad he’s happy, he totally deserves it with how hard he has been working the last couple of months.

TV

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The Silver Lining

November 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Last week Jesse had his annual CF clinic visit. For the most part, he got a great health report! His PFTs were down a couple points, but the doctors said that a small fluctuation like that was nothing to worry about. Jesse was also very encouraged to hear that his lungs sounded perfectly clear. He said it has been years since he hasn’t had “snap, crackle, and pop” when he takes a deep breath.

But the part that I found most interesting was the results of his blood work. One aspect of CF is that nutrients from food are not well absorbed by the body. This is part of the reason many CFers, like Jesse, struggle with weight gain. However, it seems that our recent switch to the caveman diet had an extremely positive outcome on the amounts of essential vitamins Jesse is absorbing. Not only are we both feeling so much better eating this way, but I think this is the first time in a long time that his blood levels for almost everything was in the normal range. How awesome is that? I guess eating healthy food does make you healthy. It’s nice to have proof that this is helping him to, since it SO much work!

Now we are half way through yet another busy weekend. The days fly by so quickly. Jesse has been super busy working so many hours on all the websites he needs to have done before Thanksgiving. But we’ve had a good weekend so far. We had my Mom over for dinner last night. We talked about food planning for our holiday meals and about how neither of us is allowed to eat these foods anymore. She has just found out that foods and other products high in nickel is what is giving her so many skin irritation problems. We went back and forth over whose food allergies were worse. In the end, we mostly decided not to change anything on our holiday menu and pay the consequences later. All those recipes are too yummy to miss out on! Jesse fell asleep on the couch, I guess he is tired of talking about allergies… don’t know why?

We did get a little break today though, between errands. We stopped by Village Fest for a while. It was just a little community event with food, music, and craft booths. We got to hear the church worship band play, which my brother is a part of.The Oakwood BandWatching the band

Then on the way out Jesse got a caricature done of himself, which turned out great. I had one done years ago, so no we both have one. Now we just need to get frames.CaricatureOur caricatures

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Rules Are Made to be Broken

November 17, 2010 By 6 Comments

There has always been this “rule” in our house.  It started from the time I was young, living with my parents and now it’s become my rule.  No Christmas before Thanksgiving!  It’s really not that it’s that bad to decorate before Thanksgiving, but I just don’t like when Thanksgiving gets overlooked.  People go straight from Halloween to Christmas.  They forget all about Thanksgiving!

I promise I wont forget Thanksgiving, but for whatever reason this year I couldn’t wait to decorate for Christmas.  Besides, I’m only one week early.

Christmas storage binsMess

I was very busy today turning our house from fall to Christmas.  The house feels so cozy with Christmas decorations.

TreeFinished roomKitchen

My nativity is my favorite part of my Christmas decorations. I really like this nativity. I got all the basic pieces as a Christmas gift years ago, and then I’ve added a few extra pieces through the years.

Nativity

We are also very excited that Jesse’s parents will get to be with us for Christmas this year. I realized while I was decorating that they come in exactly one month!

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