Dum Dum de Dum

What a wonderful weekend we had. Andy finally proposed to Antoinette, (Peanut). I have been keeping this a secret for almost 2 weeks and let me just say it has been hard! They have been dating for not quite a year and I could tell that things were progressing along. A few weeks ago he told me that he had asked Jerry, one of her dads, for her hand in marriage.

He finally got the ring and this past Saturday he went to her work, Papa Kelsey's, and took his friend Nathan and his sister Jessica with him. These two can play and sing just about anything. Nathan has a band and the song Andy asked him to play was "Wait for the Moment". Andy was a sport and said I could go and take the pictures.

Peanut didn't know we were coming and Andy positioned himself so that she couldn't see the door. We walked in and Nate and Jessica started playing and singing.

They sounded so great and the song is such a pretty song and perfect for a proposal! Peanut was trying her best not to cry, and so was I!

The restaurant wasn't too busy, but they definitely had everyone's attention.

The proposal and the placing the ring on her finger.

This is the hug after the kiss. I missed the kiss because I couldn't get around to the other side of the wall fast enough.

The ring is gorgeous and goes with the pretty girl!

Thanks to Jessica and Nate for taking time out of their busy day to make this event so special. I think they both could start a career doing this for others.

I am so happy to get a daughter so I am not the only female in my little family. She is great and I am so happy that she will become a part of our family!

My Tongue...Ouch!!

Well you are probably wondering why I am posting about my tongue and I am too. Maybe my life has gotten so boring that I am starting to post really strange things. Anyway, here goes.
I have had a small lesion on the tip of my tongue for almost 2 years. Underneath the lesion is a taste bud that every so often gets inflamed and then the lesion swells, and bugs me. A few weeks ago I was at the dentist and mentioned it and he suggested I get it removed. Well first thing this morning I went and had it cut out. I wasn't quite sure what to expect. They numbed my tongue with Novocaine, and I have to say, it was not a pleasant thing. But once it took affect, I felt nothing. The strange part is having a very numb tongue! Can't talk very clearly and the stitches feel very strange, but so far it doesn't hurt. I am sure once all of the numbness wears off, it will be pretty tender.
Well here is a before and after picture. Sorry, but the after picture isn't very clear, but you can see enough. I know, no pictures at all would be enough!

Before
After

I'ts Time

A few days ago, I thought to myself that was time to make some changes in my life. Not big, huge, "I'm having a mid life crisis" change, but just some simple things to make life a little easier and not stressful. I know that I retired from work about 3 years ago and that I shouldn't have stress in my life, but somehow it just creeps in.

1. I need to do something about my lack of hearing. I am constantly riding Tommy about his snoring and not breathing when he sleeps, so we made a deal that if he had that checked out, I would have my hearing checked out. Well he has the appointment for the sleep study, but I have yet to make the appointment to get the hearing checked. It is really frustrating because I can't hear people when they whisper, and it is especially bad when there is a lot of background noise. I also have to have the TV up really loud in order to hear everything. I was thinking I would wait until October, but I guess I should go in a little sooner than that.

2. Maybe try to cut back on my TV watching time. I watch way too much TV! I am a HUGE procrastinator and the problem is because I tivo stuff and then I have to make the time to watch it, and I really want to watch it. Monday through Thursday there is always something, 24, Lost, NCIS, NCIS Los Angeles, The Good Wife, Grey's Anatomy, Fringe, Bones, Law and Order SVU, The Gilmore Girls, and the list goes on. This list doesn't include any great old movies I can find. Anyway I have noticed that I will sit and watch and a thought will come to me to go buy paint for my spare bedroom, but I just ignore the thought and I never get it bought.

3. Cut back on my carbohydrate intake. Now I am not going to try to do the Adkins diet, but I really think it would be beneficial for me to cut way back on the sweets, breads, crackers, pasta, rice, potato carbs. I started this because I noticed my eating was getting way out of hand and I was feeling really crappy. I've done it for 3 days, and thought I was going to die the first 2 days, but today wasn't awful. I even went to lunch with some friends and stayed cleared of the carbs. Hopefully I can keep with it.

4. Say something nice to my family everyday instead of being my sarcastic self. I really noticed that I don't say thank you as much as I should and nit pick and stuff that is really not very important. I have to say the life at the Campa household has been so much better the last few days.

5. Not be so hard on myself. Of course, we are all our worst critics, but seriously, why? Life's too short to not be happy with who we are. Yeah, I do want to make changes, but just changes that will make me happy with myself. Not like I'm going to go out and do liposuction, but feel better mentally and physically. Tommy got a wake up call from the doctor the other day and I think it made us both want to change a little.

Well that's my list. It's not too long, and it's not too hard to do. Who knows, by next month you could all see a newer and more improved Marilyn!