luxe chandelier

Last week while we were making dinner I noticed that the floor was a little bit dirty so I decided to clean the floor using Arm & Hammer (new & improved!) with a paper towel. Not even 30 minutes later, Tyler started complaining of numbness feeling on the bottom of his foot and it started swelling up. He took Benadryl and rested his foot on the couch for the rest of the night. We thought Benadryl would do its job overnight so we went to bed.

Tyler woke me up at 4:30AM with this horrible & scary look on his face like something bad really happened. All kinds of bad things were running through my head: house’s on fire? someone die? an intruder broke in?! and quickly enough he told me he had to go to the hospital because his lips were swollen and possibly his tongue too.

We get to the hospital and thankfully no one else was in the waiting room so we knew we didn’t have to wait long. We finally got checked in and waited for a nurse or doctor to come in. All within 5 minutes, he broke out quickly and it spread to his whole body.

I was starting to get restless because no one was seeing us yet and it was getting bad. A nurse finally comes in and as Tyler is getting checked out, I started explaining to the nurse about what happened with cleaning the kitchen floor.

He immediately interrupted me and asked, “What’s wrong with your voice?”

UM, REALLY?! No one has ever asked me that question before. I told him maybe it was because I’m deaf? and he continued to ask Tyler more questions. I wonder if he felt embarrassed for asking me that. I know that sometimes my voice is quiet because I’m afraid of speaking up and possibly being too loud. Whatever, I’m over it now.

We were released from the hospital with 3 days worth of medicine and was told to go to the doctor if he broke out again. Around 5PM that day, he broke out again…just when the doctor’s office closes for the weekend. I made sure I kept the epi-shot nearby so I could be prepared to stab it in his leg if he stopped breathing.

On Sunday we decided to get out of the house because maybe it was something in the house that he’s allergic to. We went to see Inception which happened to be open-captioned…FINALLY! The last time we saw a movie in the theaters was probably in 2008 – way too long.

Just when we thought the worst was over with Tyler’s allergy reaction, he woke me up again on Monday morning at 6AM saying he had to go to the hospital again. His face was swollen up!

Again we were fortunate that no one else was waiting in the emergency room. We felt that we were getting the proper care we needed this time rather than the first visit. A doctor came in and asked Tyler all kinds of questions and did blood work. Tyler was drugged up on steroids and fell asleep.

I tried walking around his room because I was so exhausted and cold. So I had this brilliant idea to go outside for a while because it was 90+ degrees. A while later, Tyler woke up and smiled at me and said, “I’m on steroids. Are my muscles any bigger now?” while flexing his muscles for me. I thought it was so funny and Tyler doesn’t remember saying that at all.

This picture proves how bored I was at the hospital and how crappy I look. Seriously I need to get my hair done. It’s been months since I got it colored & cut.

Anyways, finally the doctor came in and said his blood work was fine and gave him more meds for the week. He also gave us a doctor’s name and phone number to call and make an appointment to find out what he’s allergic to. We called and made an appointment for today later this afternoon (hopefully we’ll get some answers).

Off we skipped (not really) to the car together hoping that was our last hospital visit for a long time.

We were driving home on the freeway and I came up next to this school bus and I had a feeling that it was my dad. Sure enough it was him!

He looked over at us and was surprised to see us. We rolled down our windows to briefly update him on Tyler’s hospital visit since he didn’t know we went to the hospital again.

I love how seeing my dad just brings a smile to my face and makes all my worries go away. Just the kind of medicine I needed for the rest of the day and week.

Now it’s Friday & I’m ready to enjoy the last weekend of August. I hope you all will too. Also Tyler and I wanted to thank you for all your awesome thoughts & prayers this week through Facebook and Twitter. You’re all amazing!

Our good friends, Haley & Chase, were in town this weekend. They were stopping in to see us on their way to begin their new chapter in Austin, Texas from California.

I posted a status on Facebook that we were getting ready for their arrival. A friend commented saying, “With all the entertaining you’ve been doing, perhaps you should make a sign for your house, The Bed & Breakfast”.

While on the road, Haley saw the status & commented, “I expect to see the sign tonight. Make it happen.*waves wand*”

It was up for me to decide if her wand was working or not.

So I immediately told Tyler that we had to do this! I was up for the challenge to make it happen. Tyler looked through the garage and found two scraps of wood so we spray painted them.

The hardest part was thinking of a name when being rushed! Tyler suggested “The East Wing” and “The West Wing” right above both of the guest bedrooms. Um, very creative?! Ha!

I was looking around at words for inspiration and then my eyes wandered over to the dandelions that we have in our kitchen. There it was!

The Field of Dandelions

I was feeling rushed when painting it since Haley & Chase were minutes away from arriving. After I was done, I didn’t like my handwriting and wish I had done it in cursive. (I heart cursive!) I think I might re-paint it again later. For now it’ll grow on me.

I’ve been discovering new recipes and want to try at least 1 new recipe every week. We started with Grilled Chicken & Pineapple Quesadillas from The Pioneer Woman.

I’m so embarrassed of my recipe book that I created in college. White ring binder with a scrap paper inside from a magazine. I barely have any recipes inside and they’re all horribly written on lined sheets. Also I need to stop filling up the dessert section, enough of that!

I’m going to wait a few more months when all the new recipes start piling up before I create a new recipe book or have them on index cards and get a cute box for them. I could design my own cards & have them printed. Decisions!

Do you have recipes? Do share how you have them organized.