Poor Mamaw!

Shawn's Mom is in the hospital!  She went to the doctor last week because she wasn't well and they ran lots of tests and determined that she is severely anemic.  Her levels were dangerously low so when they received the results back Friday morning, they told her she needed to immediately get to the Emergency Room.  She called me and the boys and I took her.  They gave her a blood transfusion - I believe she's up to 6 pints of blood so far - but her levels are barely rising.  They are definitely not up to "normal" levels.  To make matters worse, today is her birthday!!  The boys and I are taking her flowers and a balloon so all the nurses will be extra nice to her today knowing it's her birthday... And I'm bringing her some of my not-yet-famous homemade organic (except for the chocolate chips) chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. :)  Hopefully she'll be done with her clear liquid diet she's been on so she can eat them!

In other news... Our business isn't nearly as successful as we'd hoped it would be.  The only orders we've had so far are from my mom and my cousin.  I am starting to feel really discouraged and think maybe it wasn't such a good idea after all.  I'm going to try taking them to a Farmer's Market and maybe a craft fair to see if they fare any better there but I'm thinking maybe this was just a big waste of money and time! :(  Hopefully they won't all end up at Goodwill!

Other than all that, we've had a pretty normal weekend... Ria and a couple friends of hers went out Friday night while Shawn and Thomas played video games.  We had a good time, as usual, until Ria's friend passed out in a booth and we got kicked out of the bar. *ahem*  But that wasn't before Ria dazzled the owner of the place with her impressive personal PR skills and he gave us cards to get a free drink on our next visit.  We didn't get a chance to use them so we'll save them for next time.

Saturday, after visiting with Shawn's mom, Shawn headed to work while the boys and I went grocery shopping.  Tyler and I made cookies, which he loves to help with - mostly so he can lick the beaters! :)  We also squeezed in a few games of Uno.  Tyler's really into playing card games lately.  He comes from a long line of card sharks, so he gets it honest I suppose, from my side of the family.  That night we had our 3rd annual neighborhood block party.  It was a lot of fun - we put tables and grills and block off one part of the street and just eat and hang out all night.  That was why I made the cookies... Someone else made homemade sushi!  There were lots of other yummy things too.  It was lots of fun meeting new people and hanging out with my neighbors while the kids ran crazy in the streets.  Unfortunately, Shawn couldn't join us because he ended up not getting home from work until almost 3am!  It was a 14 hour shift!  They had some issues with software they were testing.  Poor guy :(  Luckily it's only like this once in awhile - most of the time his hours are pretty routine - but these occasional long nights are no fun...

Today we are not doing much... Catching up on sleep, cleaning the house, and of course visiting Mamaw in the hospital.   Keep your fingers crossed that she will get to come home today!!  And that they will make some headway in figuring out what's causing her blood levels to do what they're doing.