I thank all of you for your prayers and concern.  I have to give a shout out to my friend who is a pharmacist and my other BFF who’s husband is a Doctor and she actually put me on the phone with him.  I told him I had a photo on my blog and he said he would check it out.

He was the third Doctor to confirm I had shingles.  I didn’t think I was that old:)

We postponed my amazing table setting for two weeks from now since it was not in my Father In Law’s best interest..  As my Mother has done before me some dusting of dishes might be involved!

I have a high pain tolerance.  Shingles felt like I had hot oil dumped on my face!!!  It is awful but I am going to go there and say a full blown migraine is worse.

I did catch it and started medication in under 24 hours.  I cannot thank my Charlotte friends enough.

I woke up last night with a horrible pain below the eye that I almost stabbed out a few weeks ago.  After a quick check in the bathroom I applied Neosporin to what appeared to be a vicious spider attack during the night.  We had horrible rains storms yesterday so I called to see if the tennis courts were playable and hoping they were flooded.  Nope!

I dragged my sorry self out of bed hoping that my sunglasses would cover this latest issue.  Nope!

One of the ladies I was playing with is a Pharmacist and she suggested I stop by an Urgent Care sooner rather then later.

I stopped by the local Doctor to see what they thought of my spider bite and did I diagnose this correctly.  Nope!

I have shingles on my freaking face!!!  Oh and the info they sent me home with said I could go blind in that eye and possible lose hearing in my ear.  Sweet!!!

I am now on antibiotics and antiviral meds.  Awesome!!!  And in answer to your question???  Yes, it is extremely painful and swollen.

Yes, I know it’s only Thursday but I had way to much fun with this table setting.

Bow Tie Napkin Fold

Board Table Runner, wooden tools and Dad’s Root beer

I will probably add fresh flowers but I’m kind of liking it without.

We are thinking about making this to go with the table setting

http://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/smoky-root-beer-brisket.html?cm_src=RECIPESEARCH

Our home phone went down with the deluge of rain we had on Monday.  It is completely dead but somehow managed to call 911!!!  As luck would have it two officers showed up at my door at 7:30 aka “crack of dawn”.  I greeted them at the door in my pajamas holding my guard dog.  They questioned me several times if everything was OK and if it was possible someone else in the home called 911.  Awkward.

I played tennis this morning and the club where I play tennis still has no water but continues to let people use the restrooms (a water main broke by the swimming pool yesterday).  Let’s just say that the situation has not improved in the past 24 hours.  Each toilet now has at least a couple rolls of toilet paper along with other “stuff”.  I’m not sure how you fix this problem once that water is turned back on!!!  This could be the next premise for a scary Halloween movie in my opinion.  Something along the line of “Friday the 13th the toilets strike back”.  Oh, and I did not take any “party pics”

This makes me laugh and happy.

 So Winston has googled multiple churches in the D.C. area.  His criteria was lights, sound and general technology.  Basically it would be are they on the cutting edge of technology like Elevation Church?

He then listened to sermons from the Pastors after he had narrowed it down to three Churches.

Wow!!!  The technology age and choosing a  Church is a total game changer for the younger generation.

He has narrowed it down to one but I will let you know when all is said and done.

It’s like when we moved to Charlotte.  What home looked amazing on the internet had a freaking electrical pole in the front yard!!!

Fortunately my pup does not fall into the category of “Helping Older Dogs Enjoy Life”!!!  She does however get parched and I am not fond of her walking through goose poop.  I end up carrying her most of the time!!!  The five pounds in a polo shirt  tends to get a bit heavy.

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Hi Jennifer, I hope all is well. I wanted to update you on the status of our Dogger production. We take quality control very seriously which is why throughout our production process we have several inspections to ensure we end up with perfect Doggers. It is this commitment to quality that has helped make the Dogger the best stroller on the market. Unfortunately, in the final stages of our current production we detected an issue with the front fork assembly. We did not feel it was balanced perfectly and since this is a key component to the Dogger’s alignment, we made the decision to have every front fork remade. This decision was necessary to ensure that the Dogger you receive is perfect, but unfortunately it has caused a delay in the completion of the production. As a result, we are now expecting our shipment to arrive July 15th, 2013 and upon its arrival, we will be working around the clock to ensure we get all orders out as fast as is humanly possible. I am sincerely sorry for this delay. I know how difficult it is to wait for something you are so excited for and how disappointed or frustrated you must be feeling hearing this news. To be honest, the manufacturing process is the most challenging part of running our business, but I assure you that taking the time to make each Dogger perfect is well worth the wait. I believe in this product with my heart and soul. It has helped me tremendously with my own dogs and I am excited for you to have yours so you may experience the same. I also understand that you may not be able to wait, so if you would prefer a refund please let me know and I will process it right away for you. Again I am very sorry for the inconvenience this may cause you and I thank you for your patience. If you have any questions please let me know. Yours truly, Ann-Marie Fleming, Founder & CEO www.DogQuality.com Helping Older Dogs Enjoy Life

It was hard to listen to our Pastor tell us that his Dad is on Hospice Care.  He has rarely spoken about his Dad’s battle with ALS.  His parents are not that old and I completely understand losing a parent at a young age.

http://instagram.com/p/aMEmmNs5qV/

I actually posted a video of him with his Dad a while ago. Very sad, but I love our Pastor’s message as always.

It would appear that we are not the only fan’s of Oklahoma Joe’s in Kansas City.  There is nothing in Charlotte that we have found that could compare to their BBQ. Every time we see another restaurant go out of business we comment that “we should open a Oklahoma Joe’s”.

I’m not a big fan of ribs but all of their food is amazing.  Congrat’s to them for having the best ribs and being “The Manliest Restaurant in America”!!!  That’s a pretty amazing accomplishment.

My friend and I had a graduation party on Friday.  I cannot tell you how excited I was about ordering fresh flowers again.  I have done fresh flowers for friends but we needed massive flowers that needed to be ordered wholesale.

Our basement smelled amazing!!!

I also was able to make posters (11).  My second love!!!

Pretty awesome week from a creative standpoint