What's up in our world (otherwise known as phone dump)

Here's what's been going on in our world:

We kept Ms. Ally a few weekends ago. When we went to get her we found out she'd (finally) learned to sit up! She's such a sweet girl with a great personality!

 

                    



Ally's favorite place to sleep is in your arms.  She fell asleep chewing on her finger...too sweet!

 

 

 



 

 One Saturday recently we hit the local resale stores.  I scored these 2 dresses to add to my costume closet

 

 

 

On Sunday we went and ate lunch with several of our Indian friends.  Appearantly eating Indian food makes you very sleepy....

 

 

 

 

And...to end...a few pics of the fur babies......

  

              

 

 

Mercy isn't much of a morning person

 

 

              Lily loves my red chair


 

I was trying to take a nap, but Lily kept putting her VERY wet toy on my face and licking me until I pet her....not a very restful time.



A New Thing...

 

So, it's January.  Alan and I had hoped to go to Ireland for Christmas, but it was expensive and we just couldn't see going in debt to go.  So, after much discussion, I have a new thing to do....


I'm the newest Pampered Chef consultant in Sherman.

 

 

About 5 years ago I sold Pampered Chef in Granbury and was highly successful -- just got into other stuff and didn't stick with it.  When we got to thinking about me getting an extra job and stuff, the hours are so unpredictable and would pull me away from home several nights a week and possibly church.  That just didn't seem like a good plan.  Then we talked about how Pampered Chef allows you to make your own hours and such so that you can work as much or as little as you need in a week or month.  We decided that for now -- this was the way to go!  So, last Saturday I signed up, and ordered the mini kit (I have sooo much product already, we decided I could go with the mini kit for now.)

 

Well, on Wednesday it arrived!  I was pretty excited to have it and just today (due to church and other things eating up evenings) I opened it!

 

 

It's so fun to get new things!  Some of these things I already had, but the bag to carry product in, the apron, and a few products have changed since last time.  I'm so excited to try them out! 

 

My Consultant Grand Opening is next Monday at 6:30.  I am excited to get to use these new things (along with the ones I already have) to show people how easy cooking can be!  If you are in the area, run on up Monday night!  If not - no worries!  If you love Pampered Chef products and want to support me, I have a website that you can order form.  It's as follows:

www.pamperedchef.biz/leanneduigan

 

I'm looking forward to seeing where this takes me...and to getting to Ireland this summer with the extra funds! :)

 

 

 

Figuring it out...

Thanks to Erica I now know that if you want to add pictures, you compose in the HTML screen and then it lets you upload like a charm.  That, or figure out how to use Picasa Web Albums.  I have done both.  Therefore, there are updated pictures in the first post...and there is about to be a 'sick' picture of me.  The picture I am adding is from last Thursday.  I was horribly congested, coughing, and still calling it a monster cold.  This was not one of my worst days, but you can see how sick I look...

The cutie in the picture with me is my sweet nephew Christopher.  We were having a ball on the carousel after lunch, before entering the madness that is LegoLand.  We talked about things like, how do the horses go up and down?  Why couldn't I ride in the tea cup.  Where's Gram?  Where's Mommy? Where's Thomas?  And then we flashed out brilliant smiles for his Daddy on the way around.  We were on the inside of the carousel (lesson learned...pictures easier on outside horses..), so it isn't the best picture...but as you can see...I don't look sick.  But I was!  And there you have it.  3 posts in one week...breathe people! 

Sick

First of all, I know that there are still no pictures.  When I go to upload them, it says I can only load them from the blog, my phone, Picasa web something or another or a URL.  Um...what happened to loading them from my silly ole computer?!

That said - to the topic at hand.  It would appear I'm sick...and I've shared it! (Yikes!)

Last Monday I started to feel achy and thought I was getting the flu, however, I never ran a fever and was mostly just congested.  Tylenol and Benedryl kept me going for the week as we ran around doing fun things (ie: ice skating, Trains at Northpark, LegoLand, etc).  Over the weekend I was still having a hard time with sinus stuff and coughing and a sore throat and all so I said that if I still felt bad Monday, I'd go to the doctor before the kids came back.  I have a student who has a compromised immune system so I couldn't be taking my cold in to him.  Just for the sake of my documentation (in case I ever have these symptoms again) here's how this cold thing went:

Monday night: achy and headache due to MAJOR congestion
Tuesday: achy and headache due to MAJOR congestion -- manageable with Tylenol every 4 hours and benedryl at night.
Wednesday: still a little achy, but not as bad; finally started draining so became stuffy - still just Tylenol and benedryl
Thursday: no more aches, but majorly stuffy!  Throat hurt due to drainage and coughing. same medicine as before.
Friday: no aches - super stuffy - sore throat - hacking cough.  Took some Tylenol with a decongestant in it - slept poorly.
Saturday: felt awful - so congested, lots of coughing, sore throat, etc.  Bought meds and finally slept.
Sunday: felt better, went to church.  COUGHING and some congestion.
Monday: COUGHING, some congestion, but finally felt 'better'.  Went to Dr.

Ok - so now you know....I went to the doctor, fully expecting her to say, "I'm sorry, you have a nasty cold...take whatever works...have a nice day."

She looked in my ear and said, "Oh, your ear is really red - I'd call that an ear infection.  I bet you have a sinus infection too."

"Yep, sinus infection too!  Looks like it's trying to move to your chest."

(listens to chest) "Oh!  It's already in your chest...you have bronchitis too!"

That's right friends - ear/sinus infection and bronchitis...which I have been hacking out into the public throughout the last week.  If you're sick and were in Dallas last week -- I'm sorry! :)  Anyway, I got a shot in the tush, some monster cough medicine (with codeine) and an antibiotic.  Oh, and orders not to work for at least Tuesday.  I can go back Wednesday if I want, but I don't have to go till Thursday.

I'm glad I went to the doctor today -- and I'm glad for a few days of rest! :) 

P.S.  I would show you what a sick me looks like - but again - pictures are not uploading...anyone have any ideas?

(Dad - this is blog number 2!  Aren't you super proud of me?!)

A New Blog

A New Blog. 

Why?

Alan and I got to talking about the old blog and decided that it was time to switch to a joint blog.  My other one was 'The Life and Times of Leanne..." and was very apporpriate for my single life...however, a year into marraige...it's time to start a 'family blog'.  My sisters have cool names for their familys: "Neal House" or "Team Neal" and "Hutchins House", etc.  Alan and I decided we wanted a cool new name for our family and we have chosen Teacht Duigan.  Before you get too tongue tied, you pronounce that as "Chackt Die-gun" (roughly).  Teacht is the Irish word for home...being Alan is Irish, we found it fitting.  We, however, wanted to spare you from having to memorize how to spell the crazy Irish word, so the url is just 'theduigans.blogspot.com'. 

For those who don't know too much about our family there is me...Leanne.  I am the wife of Alan and mommy of Mercy and Lily. (Don't get too excited, they're dogs).  I am a teacher of the hearing impaired.  I enjoy acting in both plays and musicals, as well as seeing them.  I attend 1st AG Denison, where I sing on the praise team.  I have become more of a homebody since getting married.  My idea of a relaxing night is me sitting in my big red chair with my puppies laying with me, while reading a good book on my kindle.  I know - I'm a wild child...

My favorite pic from Bridal Portraits...signature pose...framed in curtains...perfect for the theater gal!

Then there is Alan.  He's my husband.  He's from Ireland.  We met when I did a mission trip into his church in Galway.  We became friends, then started dating (thanks to Skype), and then decided to get married.  He moved here -- the rest, as they say -- is history.  He is an accountant by degree, but currently is working in debt collections with West Asset Management.  We look forward to the day he gets an accounting job!  He is involved with the Sherman Symphony Orchestra here in S-town, is a member at 1st AG with me and on the praise team as the accordion player.  He's kinda a home-body too.

The Irish honey...wedding day...isn't he cute?

Then we have Mercy.  She is a 3 year old, 5 pound puppy.  We used to think she was chihuahua/yorkie, but have recently found out she could be affenpinscher/brussels griffon....or a mixture of all of the above.  The bottom line is she is a sweetie.  She's our calm puppy.  She travels with us, sleeps lots, and loves belly rubs. 

Sweet Mercy girl...

Finally there's Lily.  Hurrican Lily, Monster Lily...you get the idea.  Lily is a 9 month old puppy.  We think maybe Manchester Terrior mixed with Jack Russel or the like.  She has ears that she will likely never grow into.  We got her as a 3 pound pup at 7 weeks old.  At 6 months she weighed 18 pound...at 9...I'm guessing over 20...but who knows.  She is part goat...she will eat anything...A.N.Y.T.H.I.N.G.! She digests toys, paper, cardboard, plastic, whole pecans (shells included), muscle relaxers, allergy meds....you name it...she'll eat it.  She's a mess!

check out the ears on that thing.....

 

So - that's us.  We aren't too exciting, but maybe sometime the puppies do will entertain you from time to time.  In the meantime...thanks for tuning in....


(Now that I can get some pics in -- here's the girls Christmas picture -- aren't they cute?)