Hiiiii.
I kind of fell off the face of the earth internet for a while, didn’t I? To briefly catch up:
- John was out in the field for a weekish after Valentine’s day.
- I didn’t sleep for a weekish after Valentine’s day.
- Allie’s cath was rescheduled because I’m a moron and forgot to go into her room to take her sippy cup away at midnight. After driving alllllll the way up to Seattle and getting allllll the way through pre-op I finally had the chance to talk to the anesthesiologist about it and he said we could just push it back to 10 am instead of 8 am, to work with the potential drinking after midnight. The doctor doing the cath said that he had a pretty complicated one to do before Allie’s and would probably not be able to start on hers until 1:30. It was 8 and she was yelling “Bye-Bye! Mommy! Walk! Leave! Fish! Food! Milk!”. So we opted to reschedule.
- Her new cath day is tomorrow, so all forward all of your prayers and positive thoughts to 8:30 am Pacific Time, please and thank you.
- John and I are working through some stuff and would also appreciate your prayers.
- My Dad donated a kidney to my Mom’s cousin, Michael on Thursday. They are both doing great and (last I heard) the kidney is working like it should. My Dad is my hero. It’s no easy thing to “just go donate a kidney”, especially to someone he doesn’t really know. But the need was there and he was willing, because Jesus is alive in his life.
I posted a picture on instagram of a Lemon Ginger Tea that I made, and my friend Kylie asked for the recipe. My mom gave it to me, and a friend gave it to her. I don’t know where the recipe originated and I am in no way claiming this as my own. If it’s your original recipe, let me know so I can tell the world how awesome you are.
Lemon Ginger Tea
Boil 8 cups of water. After it reaches boiling point, turn off the heat and add 1/3 cup honey, 2 cinnamon sticks, 5 slices of lemon (about one whole, big lemon), and 10 quarter size pieces of fresh ginger. Steep for 10 minutes, take out everything you put in (minus the honey, because it’s all melted and fabulous) and drink hot or cold!
Lemon and ginger are SO good for you. I pinned a great article about it a few weeks ago, but the blog server isn’t working and I don’t feel like waiting for it. So read this for the benefits of lemon and this for the benefits of ginger.
Drink up, yo.
praying for Allie. <3 and you and john. that is SO awesome about your father — bravery and selflessness. wow.
That tea sounds delicious!!! Perfect for spring time :)
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Cool. That’s my recipe! I am so glad you wrote about it, now I can pin it to my “Fighting Germs” board. The cinnamon works as a nasal decongestant.
Bummer, I can’t pin it. I get the “We can’t find any big images or videos on the page” error.
Oh really? That is a bummer! My friend Lindsay didn’t have a problem pinning it! I didn’t realize it was your recipe – mom said you gave it to her but I wasn’t sure if it was your creation :) you are brilliant with food. Please, please make a cookbook!
Weird. Well, I just went to Lindsay’s board and repinned it, and starting following her health board. Some good stuff there. Thank you for your compliments. Some day we will make a cookbook, but who knows when that day will come!