Hallelujah

So, my bloodwork came back normal.  But, for some "odd" reason, I had a decent day yesterday.  And it wasn't just the wonderful date that my amazing husband took me on(more on that later).  I actually felt better.  No headache, more energy, and my thoughts were actually making sense.  So, I was thinking back to what was different, and the only thing that I could come up with (that was relevant) was that I took my half iron pill way late the day before, and then another half pill before bed and then another half pill when I got up.  So, my thinking was that I had boosted my iron up enough to make me feel normal, which was confirmed more when I started feeling a little worse later in the evening.  So I stopped and got some higher dose iron pills and this Royal Jelly vitamin.  Never heard of it, but it's supposedly the natural, high energy stuff that queen bees eat.  I don't know if it's helping, but I felt like a normal human being today.  I actually had enough energy to vacuum, clean the den, play with R, clean the kitchen, clean out my inbox, and clean up our room, and scrapbook my date night without too many breaks.  I still don't quite feel 100%, but I feel much better than I had been feeling.

Now, onto my fantastic date!  Now, my husband is not a romantic man, by normal standards.  Last year for Valentine's day, he got me my 20 inch computer monitor.  Which I LOVE.  Since I am a graphic designer of sorts, it was very thoughtful.  But again, it's not the typical romantic gift.  For our anniversary, he got me more memory for the computer, so Photoshop would run faster.  And it does, and it has lessened my frustration enormously.  But this year, he planned a nice date.  He even planned the babysitting.  He let me pick where we ate, but then he had made a reservation at The Melting Pot for dessert.  We ate a Zio's in Bricktown for dinner.  We are Italian people, all the way.  At the Melting Pot, we got two of the small portions.  We ordered Chocolate Smores Fondue and Bananas Foster Fondue.  I could have died in that moment and been fulfilled, at least with what I had eaten in my life.  Both were to DIE for.  I haven't done it yet, but I WILL find a recipe for both of them so I can make them at home.  We went through 2 1/2 plates of dippers, and still had about 1/3 of the fondue left in each pot.  Oh, it was so good.  We totally gorged ourselves, but once in a while it's fun.  

In other news, have you seen SwapTree ?  I have gotten 3 items from them, only costed me $2.50 per item.  I've gotten two moves (little mermaid and a veggie tales movie) and 1 book.  It's cheaper than blockbuster, and you can keep the movie if you want or relist it and get something else that you want.  No monthly fee, no signup cost.  It's AWESOME.  Check it out.  We had a few movies and books that we knew we wouldn't watch or read again, we we're trading them.  Right now, i've gotten movies that I plan on keeping, but there are several movies and books (they also offer CDs and video games) that I'd like to just watch one time and relist them.  Anyways, I just like to pass on good sites for families.  Enjoy!