Still here...

It's been a week since little brother's wreck. We are still hanging out in the same chairs of the ICU waiting room. Visits with him have been very roller-coaster. Some days he responds well, and then he'll throw us all with a non-responsive day. We have learned that he's blatantly honest while sedated, and has made comments that have had us rolling. The part of the brain that suffered injury in the wreck is the part that influences behavior/personality, so we are waiting to see what this will mean. He will speak to us, but usually just a yes or no answer. He told the nurse on more than one occasion that he couldn't sleep cause "those people were messing with him." Today he has been much more responsive, asking for his BoSox hat, and for allergy medicine (but not too much). When his wife told him she couldn't wait for him to open his eyes and give her a big kiss, he replied, "you can wait." He hasn't opened his eyes since the wreck, but the Drs have assured us this isn't unusual with a brain injury. While it will be a long slow road, he is expected to make a full recovery. Thanks to those that have stopped by and offered comments and prayers. I would never have imagined spending my Thanksgiving in a hospital waiting room.

life comes at you fast

My younger brother was injured in a head on collision yesterday morning while driving to school (he's a teacher). He was air-lifted to the nearest head and trauma hospital. He had to be cut out with the jaws of life. He has a bleed in his brain, a cracked vertebrae and a compound fracture in his leg. He is still in intensive care today. He is currently in surgery to repair his femur and try to stop the bleeding. I drove in to be with my family and friends and have a somewhat spotty internet connection. If you visit my blog, please keep us in your prayers.

grumble grumble grumble

I hate washing dishes. despise. would rather stick sharp things in my eye. Truly abhor it. As a result, the sink and counter typically look like this.

Maybe if I had these.

Photo from casasugar

Or these.

Photo from Mark Concrete

Is there anything that can make dish washing a pleasant experience?!?

P is for Panthers

I spent all day Saturday (15 hours!) filming the season finale of Friday Night Lights. Unlike our usual shoots, this one involved nearly 2000 people and some pretty windy weather. We arrived at Memorial stadium bright and early for our 8:00 A.M. call time and proceeded to wait in line for nearly 45 minutes to check -in. We made a mad dash through wardrobe, grabbed breakfast and headed out to the very bright, very chilly morning.

The first hour or so was spent waiting for the cameras to be set up and for everyone to figure out what shot they wanted. You can see from the picture, we were pretty bundled up. I'm sure the Starbucks inside the stadium had one of their best days ever! After the entrances were filmed, we changed seats to start the game. I was lucky enough to sit along the 50 yard line, just down from Connie Britton, who plays Tammy Taylor on the show.

For the next 12 hours we watched the same plays being filmed from every possible angle. We cheered, we booed, we tried desperately to stay warm.

At the end of the night, as the lights went out on Panther football for another season, all that remained was a little blue paint.

Linking it Up

With the holidays rolling on in, I am all about winning some fabulous prizes to lighten the gift load. Two of my favorite blogs are holding giveaways this week, and I am here to spread the linky love.

Laurie at Tip Junkie is hosting her 12 Days of Junkie to promote the Mom-prenuer Shop-a-thon. She has some fun treats, so be sure to check it out!

Skip to My Lou is having a just in time for the holidays giveaway. Up for grabs? Some seriously funky Digitial Christmas Cards and Postage. She's picking 5 winners, so I'm ok with sharing this contest :)

Good enough to eat

You know how I feel about candy corn. I'm sure there's some type of amphetamine ground up in there. Well, I found the perfect way to carry candy corns from Halloween to Thanksgiving. Last year we made the sugar cookies found in the header. This year (thanks to a random night at Chick-fil-a) we're trying these bad boys.

It takes 2 Oreos, 4 candy corns, one whopper and a little bit of icing. Pull one oreo apart and use it as the base. Stick the other oreo into the icing and stick it to the base. stick candy corns in the creme filling of the oreo to make feathers. Dip a whopper in icing and place it touching the oreo tail. Break off a piece of candy corn for the beak. You can also use some icing/gel to make eyes. Chick-fil-a had red gel which resulted in a very demonic turkey! Super simple. Super tasty!

P.S. Tonight's cheeseburger joes & sweet potato fries turned out great! the picture, not so much

Rainy Days and Tuesday get me down

I know. We need the rain. The yard is slowly dying becuase of the drought-like conditions in which I live. But do you know how hard it is to get student's to stay awake when it looks like this outside?