Right Brainer

Yesterday (Wednesday) Miss A and I went to see Dr Miller AKA VooDoo Doc. I must say again I'm truly AMAZED by him! He it TOTALLY worth a day's drive to see him! This time he worked on me after Miss A who by the way, had very few 'issues'. But me?? I was interesting which is par for the course. After doing a variety of tests it was determined i am VERY right brained.

For instance, I can not start at 67 and subtract by 3's. Well i can it just takes me awhile. I could not name a farm animal every 4 seconds. Dr Miller would give me an order of numbers that if give in a little sequence i could repeat but not otherwise. It really was interesting and i could go in to greater detail but i think I covered the basics. What i need to do tho, is work on subtracting and getting a Where in the World is Waldo book and find Waldo. I need to work out my brain b/c in his exact words 'your left brain is mush'. The condition of my left brain leaves my body fighting off antibodies and other 'things' making me susceptible to Rheumatoid Arthritis, or Lupus. WHICH just happens to be what both of my parents are dealing with. My brain is not fighting there for creating a very weakened immune system.

Before you all think I'm crazy, i want you to try out some of the tests I found online. I have to say that reading characteristics of right brain people is totally me. I found this on the Internet:

People who are right brain dominant are usually good with these things. Here is some more characteristics of a right-brained person.

Prefer rock music -
Right brain controls left side of body
Prefer visual instructions with examples
Good at sports
Good at art
Follow Eastern thought*
Cat lovers
Enjoy clowning around
Can be hypnotized
Like to read fantasy and mystery stories
Can listen to music or TV while studying
Like to write fiction
Prefer group
Fun to dream about things that will probably never happen
Enjoy making up own drawings and images
Good at geometry
Like organizing things to show relation
Can memorize music
Occasionally absentminded
Like to act out stories
Enjoy interacting effectively with others
Think better when lying down
Become restless during long verbal explanations
Enjoy creative storytelling
Prefer to learn through free exploration
Good at recalling spatial imagery
Read for main details
Skilled in showing relationships between ideas
Preference for summarizing over outlining
Solve problems intuitively
Very Spontaneous and unpredictable
Dreamer
philosophical
Those of you who know me IRL (In Real Life) are probably going yep to many of these. Those that don't the following are/can be me:
Prefer visual instructions with examples
Enjoy clowning around
Can be hypnotized -boy this one for SURE is true. Can i EVER!! (right BFF-E and SML)
Like to write fiction
Prefer group
Fun to dream about things that will probably never happen
Like organizing things to show relation
Occasionally absentminded -HAHA see i can't help it!!
Like to act out stories
Enjoy interacting effectively with others
Prefer to learn through free exploration
Good at recalling spatial imagery
Read for main details
Skilled in showing relationships between ideas
Preference for summarizing over outlining
Solve problems intuitively
Very Spontaneous and unpredictable
Dreamer
philosophical
Are you shaking your heads yet saying yup, yup. I also read another website that said jobs for right brainers are
Forest ranger
Wildlife manager
Beautician
Politician
Athlete
Artist
Craftsman
Actor/Actress

Politician, how funny is that. This all is very interesting to me. Although the only job up there that appeals to me is the politician. A Forest Ranger? ME?? One who no way will camp in a tent, hates bugs, eww.

This all explains a lot!! Why i couldn't do math, why i often am standing in the store thinking i know that person just can't remember there name! Or being able to drive places once and remember how to get back there months, maybe even years later. I have 'hunches' about things and usually am right.

Are you wondering what you are? I found this test, take it and let us know what you are!
http://www.web-us.com/brain/braindominance.htm
Share with us how accurate you think this all is!

The other thing the Dr worked on was my endometriosis. That was quite something too!! I said well i guess if I call back in 6 weeks and say I'm pregnant we know it worked. JOKING of course!! Wouldn't THAT be scary!!

Go on try this out!!

Week in Review

Mom and dad, my parents, came down Wednesday to take us, the kids and I, out for supper (for my b-day REMEMBER). DH can't go b/c of course he's in the field. I waited ALL FREAKIN day for them to get here. For a couple minutes i thought they were coming at 430pm instead of 530. Not sure where i came up with that, but i was eagerly anticipating there arrival. You see, I NEED adult conversation. I need someone else to be entertained by my kids. The days are getting long, the weather has been less then ideal and I'm TIRED. Oh did I mention DH isn't around much either!? Out late and up early. Oh but wait, that up early part, that's EVERYONE in my house. WHY can the kids not sleep past 630!! WHY O WHY!! Just one hour of solitude in the AM before the house starts rocking would be nice. BUT i don't want to get up at 530 to achieve that, not yet anyway.

OK so back to the chaos. Mom and Dad get here and the kids and I were out swinging and playing race car. The kids have to show them there swing set, etc. Finally we get everyone in the car; diaper changed, potty break, wash hands, change clothes, you get the idea. To the restaurant where my kids are stinkers. Miss A spilled the container of ranch all over her plate. Dad had looked away to take a bite of his food. C'man wanted chicken only to see that G'pa (my dad) had hamburger steak! He ended up with the chicken only to have miss A decide SHE wanted it too. Stupid me gave her a chicken leg and all hell broke out with C'man. In comes g'ma. She tried to get her, or C'man, to take a chicken strip. Nope, plan B anyone??? Yup rip the leg out of Miss A's hand b/c it is after all, C'mans. Besides she ate noodle salad and ranch dressing how could she be hungry. At any rate i don't think i even ate 5 bites of my chicken b/w my parents and the kids. So then we go walk on a great new trail in our town. That was uneventful thank goodness b/c when we came home 2 cats were in the house. Trying to shew the cats prooved to be quite the taske. One retreats to the dining room and the other in the BASEMENT. Kids and g'parents scatter trying to get them out all with Miss A screaming KITTTIIIEEEE and C'man saying I got to go get the cat....and me?? I have GOT to use the bathroom. I got a moment of solitude while i pee'd before being tossed back in to the rat race.

Mom had brought cup cakes for all to enjoy and it was getting late, but first we had to get the cats out. While C'man when downstairs he screeched that there was 'pooters' on the floor. i found crap in the basement. I don't know if it was the dogs (dam things) the cat, (to big for them) OR was it the resident coon that is hiding out in our tree and it had also found it's way in the house. At that suggestion my mother instantly FREAKS. LOL So i yell for c'mans scoop (and a manure spreader) to get it out. All while my dad just shaking his head at all the drama going on around him.

OK so is your head spinning like mine it:) One cat is out and we're ready to enjoy cupcakes with candles. C'man was just SURE it was HIS b-day!! They each got to blow out a candle but not before Miss A tried to grab hers!! She'll never do that again b/c dad, mom and myself freaked out on her!! Following the cupcakes mom nicely gets the kids in there jammies for me, did i mention i was EXHAUSTED. My kids were like monsters not only this day but this entire week.

Bed time can not come soon enough. I can't seem to get enough adult conversation either. After garage sales this AM (SUCKED) i begged DH to not leave me in the house. I didn't know what i wanted to do but i knew i didn't want to stay home. But that's what i ended up doing! Oh the weather continues to be hot and the next day FREEZING!! In fact, on Thursday night, mom and dad had tornadoes up by them!! I think, and have heard, it's going to be a very active tornado season. LOVELY!!!

OK so back to the chaos. As i was 1/2 unconscious from exhaustion that night, i knew i had to tell DH there was a cat in the house. Well Thursday AM he says to me 'did you know cats were in the house??' TO which i replied, 'yeah you wouldn't believe all the events going on here last night and I forgot to tell you there was one cat in the basement' He then says 'no CATS there was 2, Apple and Ethel met me in the kitchen. I opened the patio door and the just walked out' WHAT they just WALKED OUT?? Oh that's right, the screamers aren't awake or they'd be huddled in the basement. I guess the 2 cats got to enjoy a night in the house then. Speaking of cats, Momma Mini MeMe had kittens. On my B-day!! I went to put food in the cat kennel and HELLO there were new born kittens, they look like rats! Will see if Mocha leaves these alone.

So yeah life in this house is crazy chaotic. B/w the kids, 3 dogs, cats (they are to stay outside and truth be known I'd like the dogs out there too), and DH who farms, cold weather, garage sales, committees I'm on, purses, purse parties, friends, always having 'ideas', things do get crazy around here. But you know what?? I LOVE it!! MOST of the time, i really do. I like my crazy life. I like having lots of things on my plate (even tho i may vent in frustration) I'm thrilled that even tho I'm not working full time outside of the home, i manage to stay so busy i wonder if i should cut back on something(s) (news flash, tomorrow night i tell the CCC board DH is taking my place I'm sure THAT will have drama in and of itself-i can't WAIT for the cat squad to come after me with there claws ready to tear me apart over the indoor garage sale and everything i didn't do right, oh and of course miss PERSONALITY herself is queen cat!!)

OK this has got to be one of the longest posts I've done. See I just get going and one word spawns an entire different route!! That is why for my sister to come visit me overwhelms her. She would have been frazzled by the cats and the kids running around, etc but it's my life and i love it!!

Know what it is in 2 weeks???

My BIRTHDAY!! Yup that's right another year older, and wiser I'll become. When i was working outside the home, I'd make a big deal out of my b-day. One of the other girls that I worked with, before she moved to Florida, we had fun planning our 'b-day MONTH' at work. Each year I'd come up with a different theme. Lets see there was care bears, strawberry shortcake, and actually that's all I can think of in my wind blown head (VERY windy here). I'd tell them i was registered at different stores and would make sure they had my invitation list to MY PARTY:)

Of course that was all in fun and games and to be honest, it gave us all something to laugh about and have fun with. But we would order lunch from the b-day persons favorite place and there would be treats and cake. Often years there were some little presents too.

I love presents. BUT i hate suspense/surprises. The biggest torture for me is when someone says 'i have a surprise for you' I kid you not, I will do whatever it takes to beat it out of you. My husband as realized it's best to say NOTHING if he has a surprise. I don't like suspense one bit. I like to be prepared. If you'd throw a surprise party for me and could get it past me, well then you're pretty darn good. Like the time I had a baby shower at church, before C'man was born, and my FF-L flew in from New Jersey and surprised the HECK out of me. Everyone but Jeff and I knew she was coming. It was the most amazing thing EVER. Even the ladies of the church were involved in it. That's probably the only time someone has surprised me like she has.

So anyway, yesterday I told DH I needed to get up to Sioux city to get HIS b-day present. His is the 22nd!! He wanted some ideas for my b-day, ok so maybe i asked him what he had in mind for me. So i obliged. My list consisted of:
Pedicure/facial/massage
a nice outfit like Capri's, shirt
blue tooth for my cell
jewelry (of which i just got it myself and it'll be my present to me)
someone to come in and give our house a 'deep cleaning'
picture frames

I told him that anything on this list would be fine but what he doesn't get, could then be given on Mothers Day (LOL) Now really does anything on that look to hard?? I think the first would be the easiest b/c that would just entail a call to a place and give them his credit card number and wala, done deal.

Want to know what HE wants to get me?? Lingerie. I said heck no, what a waste of money and time. Get me something I really want and could use.

So with that i have a b-day challenge for you readers. I want you to tell someone about my blog and you and them post a comment. Lets see if I can get some of you stalkers to come out and talk to me. Pleeeeaasseee it's my b-day wish from you, to me!!

Time to go finish getting ready for my in laws. They are coming over for supper tonight. Roast with veggies in the crock pot, homemade bread in the bread machine and waiting for DH to bring Vegetable oil so i can finish the cake:)

Am I loosing it??

Ok, don't really answer that question, but i SWEAR I'm loosing it. In my hair!! WHAT?? you're wondering. I feel like something is crawling on my head. Ok don't freak out here friends. It's only on the one part of my head where my lovely colic causes my hair to part. Here's what i think:

A. It's dry b/c that part of my scalp is exposed to the elements and I like HOT showers.

B. I have a piece, or many, hairs that are moving, you know like when the wind blows thru your hair.

B/c my hair is short, well I guess a combo of both, I think it's my hair moving. But it's freaking me out. Why?? b/c i watched to much Discovery Health where a women had like LARVA coming out of her scalp. I'm having DH squeeze my head, shine bright lights on it and yes I have just taken a picture of my scalp to see if I can see anything. I don't know if i thought something would jump out and wave at me or what!? But DH is like STOP it's NOTHING. I'm like the heck, it's SOMETHING b/c i feel something moving. What's not helping matters is now I'm paranoid. I have made a hair appointment and hope that buy cutting my hair, shorter, it will solve the problem.

In the mean time DH keeps looking and saying things like "oh wait", or "hmmm what's this" all while i scream and whine.

Can anyone relate? Anyone have wierd feelings like this? Or watched shows and been parnoid later b/c of what you saw?? Dont' tell me you see anything either b/c I've closely examed the pictures:)