Boycotting Tanning Beds

I will be the first to admit that I like getting my tan on every year before the summer heat makes it's debut cause let's face it, fat looks better tan.  Now I've tried the sunless tanners and they either leave you orange and streaky or smelling for days.  I did however find one sunless tanner that I like although it still makes you smell a little.  It's called Fake Bake and it leaves you with a fairly natural looking tan.  The down side to this is that it recommends you wear gloves while applying, wait 30 minutes before dressing and no shower for 6-8 hours.  And let's not forget the time it takes to rub it all in and make sure you're not leaving yourself looking like a zebra.  The up side however is that you're not risking ruining the look of your skin and skin cancer. 

I guess you could say that I'm lazy cause I don't like to use a sunless tanner, I would much rather go to a tanning salon and spend about 15 minutes cooking my flesh.  Stupid I know.  I know the risks of using a tanning bed and I should be ashamed at myself for using them because not alot of people know this but I have had probably 25-30 moles/nevus removed from various parts of my body over the period of about 12 years and the last 8-10 biopsies I have had have come back dysplastic or pre-cancerous.

I had my yearly dermatology appointment today, she removed another 4 spots and I should know the results within a week. 

It finally hit me today that I should stop tanning.  One of the previous biopsies she did last year has come back so I will have to have it cut out and stitched instead of just shaved off.  She said it's not a good sign when a dysplastic nevus comes back in the same spot.  I'm really nervous about having this done and even more nervous about the results.  We will set up another appointment to have this procedure done after she gets the results from todays biopsies.

I'm praying that everything will be ok.

Alabama vs. Georgia Baseball

Wednesday night the boys got the priviledge of going to an Alabama baseball game at the Hoover Met.  I was a little concerned about them going since it was SO cold outside but Eugene went and bought some essentials and they were on their way. 

Had to make a pit stop to Guthries Chicken for dinner.  The thought of spending $6 for a ballpark hotdog makes me sick to think about it even though they are OH SO GOOD.

Pop and his boys trying to stay warm

Don't you just love the snuggie, especially in crimson and white ; )

The Bowen and Stancil Boys

Getting their pic made with Josh Rutledge, former Cullman Bearcat!

Indiana Jones

As a mom of 3 boys I have prepared myself mentally for alot of bumps, bruises, scratches, stitches, broken bones and all the other things that boys can get themselves into, but NOTHING prepared me for the event that occured this past Friday...


Friday afternoon around 2 o'clock my motherin-in law calls me and this is the conversation we have

MIL: "Hey, what are you doing?"
Me: "working, is everything ok?"
MIL: "well I have a little bit of an emergency, You see I picked up Hayden a little early from school since it's so nice outside so he and Landon could play a while before you came to pick them up, and they were in the back yard digging in the garden"
Me: "Who cut their finger off?"
MIL: "Oh, no, everyone has all their fingers and toes, but umm, they've cut a water line and water's going all over the place and I'm trying to figure out how to cut it off.  I've call the water dept and they should be here shortly but Carson's crying and sleepy and I'm trying to get the boys in the house and get them dry.
Me:  "I'll be right there"

Friday was a light day for us so I decided to go ahead and leave in order to help her out.

The whole time I'm driving I keep thinking "How bad could it be right?"  I mean Hayden is a 57 lb. 6 year old and water lines are USUALLY buried at least 2-3 feet deep.  As I pull up to ther hous this is what I see in the back yard

Seriously, what was he using, an ice pick?!!!!!

This is the story I got from Hayden...

Me: "Hayden, what happened?"

Hayden: "Well me and Landon were outside digging and I saw this blue thing and I told Landon that I found some treasure, so when I tried to dig it up one last time it started shooting water everywhere.  I'm so sorry mama, I didn't know it was going to shoot water everywhere"

Precious.

Luckily neither one of them got hurt.  Although I think my MIL needed a zanax by the time it was all over.  : )