Things are pretty much back to normal at the Eddins house. Kev went back to school yesterday and he’s already started writing his mid-term for his students. I have no idea why they give mid-terms after Christmas break, but oh well, I digress!
I am back to babysitting a couple days a week and being a stay-at-home wife. I told myself that I was going to just go out and get a retail job in January if I hadn’t found anything permanent, but I’m not sure about that yet. Right now, the picture below is my full-time job. Yes, it’s beadboard. It’s a tough job, but somebody’s gotta do it! 🙂
My house is in total disarray as I paint the new beadboard (wainscotting- whatever it’s called), so I should be busy here at the house for at least a couple of weeks.
I think it looks pretty good so far. So far, I’ve just painted the beadboard in the kitchen area (behind the refrigerator and then the backsplash). I’ll start on the dining area today. I used oil-based, high gloss paint and I think it turned out well. I hate the clean up of oil paint, but it goes on so nicely that I can’t seem to use anything else on “woodwork” or trim.
Here’s a picture of the beadboard backsplash. I’ll probably come back and hang some decorative trivets or something to break up all the white. I love white kitchens, so I couldn’t resist.
Call me weird, but I actually sort of enjoy painting. I love the instant gratification that you get after even just one coat of fresh paint! My mom tells me what I should start my own small painting business since I’m so detailed and nit-picky about it. She’s already got my first customer lined up – my grandmother! Ha!
I called this morning and scheduled my bone marrow biopsy for next week, Jan. 11th. I have to be honest, I’m scared to death! I made the mistake of looking on Wikipedia and was not pleased when I saw how huge the needle was! I joke with people that it can’t be any worse than contractions, but it still scares me to death! I was very torn about whether to do “conscious sedation” which would require me going to the hospital or just doing the local anesthetic in his office. I opted for the local anesthetic since we’re trying to conceive. I didn’t want to take any chances. If you think about it, would you please pray for me on Jan. 11th?
Can you pray that I would not be anxious?
Can you also pray that they would not find any major issues from this test?
I sort of brushed off my low platelet level during my pregnancy with Andrew since the doctors seemed to think it was caused by pregnancy. But since my platelets are still low, I’m not sure what’s causing it. I don’t think anything major is going on since I’ve had no symptoms, but after we lost Andrew, I am no longer as naive about health issues.
Thanks so much for your prayers. I’ll make sure to let you guys know how things go next week.
