What a day!!!!!!!

Okay, so most of you probably know by now but for those that were not so lucky to hear. I had my hair done on Sunday afternoon. My hair dresser also asked if she could lighten my eye brows. I was a little apprehensive because I had never done that before. She asked me if I trusted her. Of course, I said yes. When all was said and done, I had blond highlights and lighter eye brows that were supposed to make my eyes pop. They really did make my blue eyes shine so I was told. That night I felt like the skin above my eye brow was going to break out. It became itchy and feeling irritated. I put some Benedryl Cream on them and went to bed. I woke up at around 5:30 am yesterday to look at the clock and I could not open my eyes. I thought that I must be really tired if I cannot open my eyelids. Much to my surprise it was because my eyes were swollen shut. Yes, completely shut. I could barely get them separated to try and see. I freaked out and started yelling for Wayne. He was around the corner in our guest bathroom. He is nice enough to try not to wake me when he gets up in the middle of the night. Anyways, I had to feel my way down the hall and around the corner. He immediately got me some Benedryl and applied some more cream to the affected area. I was terrified. I didn't know what to do. Wayne ended up going to the pharmacy when it opened and got some cortizone cream that the pharmacist said to try. I called my doctor once they opened and they told me as long as I was not in pain or having swollen lips or throat I didn't have to come in. My doctor told me to take benedryl, use the cortizone cream but to avoid getting it in my eye, and put an ice pack over my eyes every 15 minutes on and then off for 15 minutes. I had to miss a whole days work because I couldn't open my eyes enough to see or drive myself to work. It was awful. I thought that nothing could make my day better..................but here is the amazing part. I was entered into a grand prize drawing through a radio station here in town last week. I was a daily winner and won a digital camera and put into the running for a trip to Hollywood, CA to sit on the red carpet at the Emmy's. I really didn't think much of it and didn't expect to win the trip. I was happy with the digital camera. I had never won anything like that in my life so I was thrilled. Around 12:15 pm yesterday, my cell phone rang. I didn't recognize the number but answered it anyways. It was the radio station. They asked if I had been listening that morning. I told him that I hadn't because I had an emergency. I didn't want to bore (or entertain) this man with what I was going through. He said they drew my name and called it on the air. I was the winner of the trip to Hollywood, CA to go to the Emmy's red carpet!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!!! I first asked if this was a joke. He assured me it wasn't and went over the details with me. He also said he needed to know who I was taking and that we needed to come in to fill out the paperwork so we can get our airplane tickets booked and all that good stuff. We get two, round-trip plane tickets, hotel accommodations, $125 ground transportation allowance, transportation to and from the Emmy's red carpet, and $850 spending money. I must say that I teared up at the point. I told the guy that I had such a horrible day so far but that this news has made it so much better. He laughed and said that he was glad that I won since I needed a pick me up.

Well, there you have it. I went from one terrible, awful day to being able to experience one of my lifelong dreams to go to Hollywood. We will leave September 15th and get back on the 17th. We are going to see and do as much as we can while we are there for that weekend.

I will post a pic of my new hair and eye brows once the redness and swelling goes completely away. Until then, imagine me with a big smile on my face.

Until next time.......

Happy 4th!!!!!

I hope everyone had a great Fourth of July. I know we did. It was pretty relaxing. I must say that I did not go anywhere to watch fire works. I watched them on TV. I know that is pretty lame but I didn't want to get into all the traffic and my neighbors seemed to shooting some pretty nice ones also. However, around 1:00 am they were still letting them off. I was so tired. I don't even know if Wayne even heard them once he got to sleep. Phileo (our dog) was terrified and heard every one of them go off. In turn, he would wake me up if the sounds of cracks and pops already hadn't. We are looking forward to this coming weekend and week. On Sunday, July 8th, will be our 7th wedding anniversary. It is so hard to believe that it has been that long. Every day is such a blessing to spend it together. I often look back on our life together and laugh a lot. We sure have had some really things happen to us and we have had some really trying times. God has certainly blessed our marriage and I am thankful for that. I am just as much if not more in love with my husband today as I was when I first knew he was the ONE. I love you Wayne and look forward to many more years to come.

The day after our anniversary we have some friends coming to visit for about 5 days with their two kids. I always enjoy when they visit or we visit them. We have so much fun together and it also is good to be able to share things we might be going through. They are great friends that truly are part of our family. I thank God for them also.

PS. Look at his blog. He got a tattoo last Friday and it is so cool!!!