Stop Being So Sensitive Over Sensitivity!

Are you one of those people who feels like everything bothers you and you swear up and down that you aren't trying to be picky, it is just that you are sensitive to so many different things? It can really become overwhelming and almost demoralizing. Sometimes it feels like every product out there is made for "normal" people. Well the good thing about living in the year of 2010 is that "normal" almost doesn't exist anymore, so we "sensitive" people are finally getting the help we need to live "normal" lives!
I had the opportunity to review Crest and Oral-B products through MS&L (for free!) and to be transparent, my sister works at MS&L but please know that this in no way affects my personal opinion and honest review. I can't wait to tell you about my great experience with these great products!
In my package I received a tube of Crest Pro-Health tooth paste witch has a sensitive shield! It also protects against cavities, gingivitis, plaque tartar while it whitens and freshens your breath! Now I don't know about you but I usually never like the texture of the sensitivity tooth pastes (I guess you could say I'm sensitive to texture too lol) but the Crest Pro-Health feels nice and smooth and is easy to brush on and rinse off.
I tend to have really sensitive teeth, from hot and cold, and from what I hear that can happen while you are pregnant. Well I just had a baby less than five months ago and it hasn't seemed to go away yet... until now! This tooth paste has brought me back to where I was before my pregnancy. My husband has been using it along with me and he doesn't have very sensitive teeth. He usually hates the sensitive tooth pastes that I buy and will go out and buy his own but he has been using this with me for the past couple of weeks and said he has no problem sharing this kind of tooth paste with me. So it doesn't matter what your teeth type are, anyone can use it and enjoy it.
The next most important part of cleaning your teeth is cleaning them with the right tooth brush. I've tried other electric tooth brushes before and it felt like my brain was going to vibrate out of my head, but the Oral B Vitality Sensitive Clean does not have the over the top vibration that feels like you are brushing your teeth on a washing machine. The extra soft bristles are gentle on the gums and still removes plaque and gives your teeth a great cleaning, like you just left the dentist chair! I love going to the dentist so I love having that feeling every day.
The thing I have always despised the most was flossing my teeth!!! My gums are so sensitive that just even thinking about it makes them want to bleed. With the Crest Glide Pro-Health for sensitive gums it makes that horrible little job not such a big deal anymore. It slides through my teeth easily and my teeth are very close together. The texture of the floss feels nice and smooth, not like string which I have noticed with some other brands! 
I guess the lesson here is that even with all of our sensitivity needs we can still be "normal" eat what we like and not have to worry about the effect it might have. We can accomplish healthy teeth and gums just as easily as anyone else can by using these products as directed and seeing your dentist on a regular basis. Having a healthy smile has never been so easy... Especially for us sensitive people!

Can't Move

You gotta love a really good night's sleep, waking up and having one of those big stretches that feel great and then --------- OUCH! I pulled something in my neck, how freakin convenient, I can't move! Seriously, not a good thing with all that we have going on. My poor husband is trying to renovate and take care of the baby this morning while waiting for the building inspector to come and look at our plumbing. I feel so bad but I can't move and wow does it hurt!!!
I guess the only good thing about this is that I won't have to feel guilty today about staying in bed reading the last of the Twilight saga lol. Those books are seriously addicting, however, they don't beat out my love for the Harry Potter series.
So the renovations are still going... after the inspection today we can call and have the contractor come in to do our dry walling, that is as long as we pass our inspection... we passed our electrical already though! So once that is done we can really start pulling the pieces of the bathroom together. I'm getting pretty excited to see the end result, and I really hope I don't decide I hate something that I picked since there is no way we are changing anything at this point! Oh the joys of turning a house upside down!!! lol... well it isn't over yet... still have the hardwood flooring to install through out the livingroom, hallway and master bedroom. How am I not bald from stress? lol...
Well this is becoming more painful for me the longer I try and type, so bye! lol

Back Order!!!

Why is it everything we want for our bathroom is on back order? I can't even get the mirror that I want until the end of March! It seems a little retarded to me. One friend wrote me today and said "It's a dirty move, but some companies reduce inventory levels to up sell on-hand stock. Hopefully you two didn't get put in that position".
It seems like back ordering is everywhere I look now though, we went to inquire about a bedroom set and we are looking into the middle of April before they will have any in. So what's the deal? Why offer products if it takes so long to get them to the customer. I can understand that some things take a week or two but I've been waiting 6 weeks for my bathroom sink and I still don't have it. I have looked other places to see if I can find something else that I like but no luck. We also don't have many stores up here to choose from and we don't exactly feel like finding a way to get something else from a further location all the way up here. Oh the joys!!!
I just hope the kitchen goes much smoother for the ordering process... but we won't be doing that for a while. Next on the list is the flooring in the master bedroom, hallway and living room... Still have yet to pick something out but I do know there is a big sale coming up for flooring at home depot 15% off... maybe I'll find my bathroom floor as well? 

Reno Hell

So the bathroom is on its way, finally! It was been gutted and new sub floor is down. We've (of should I say my husband with help from my dad) put in the new toilet and got the new tub into place. So much work is ahead it is making my head spin! I seriously hate the dust flying around the house, it is giving me a bit of an anxiety attack!!! I know this is only the start to it too since the new dry wall isn't even up yet... lets just hope my husband does a better job of confining the bathroom when he is sanding than he did with the kitchen lol.
The good thing is at least we can have a bath in the tub, no shower yet... that is still days away. I need to start looking into tile for my floor and pick out the baseboards as well. No rush I know that! My poor husband is working his heart out but things are still coming very slowly. I was pretty excited yesterday when our sink went on sale for $100 cheaper! It should be here next week...
I am so excited to see the end result, but seriously not loving the war zone going on inside the house. It is a good thing the baby still isn't walking or that would be a big addition to the stress. Liam is loving helping with whatever he can get his hands on but still wants Morgan to spend all his time taking shots on him in net lol.
Well I guess I shouldn't complain too much, the worst is over... by that I mean by getting all the old bathroom out... that is a dirty job! and believe me I'm not going to miss anything about that old bathroom... seriously a pink toilet? Shouldn't there be laws against that? lol

Husky = Hair and lots of it!

Here we are the middle of February and my husky has decided to blow his coat! It isn't spring yet!!! Grrr... People who don't have a northern bread dog seriously have no idea to the amounts of hair that is shed. I pulled out enough hair out of my dogs back leg to build a golden retriever! I wish I was exaggerating but sadly it is the truth... and the truth is a rough thing to deal with when I had to groom him inside my house and get fur all over the place... and all over myself. I'm scared if I venture outside looking like this the SPCA will pick me up as a stray! haha...
Dealing with the hair is a hard thing but dealing with my dogs insane behavior while he gets groomed is a whole other thing. He goes mental... and I mean mental! He is usually the sweetest, funniest, kind hearted dog but when he sees the brush he turns into a vicious wolf!!! It takes minimum two people to brush him and the person at his head needs a pair of thick gloves on to hold down the beast! lol. I can understand why he hates it so much, it is simple, his last owner was abusive to him. When we adopted him from the rescue his hair was totally shaved off of his body! Umm are we retarded? You NEVER shave a husky! They can control their body temperatures, it is a very uncommon gift that they have and other K9s don't!
I know some people are of the opinion that dogs don't hold grudges but I'm going to have to disagree on that one. Dogs are not stupid and they remember past traumas.
Just one last quick note to people who read this, please support your local rescues/humane society/SPCA... and when you get a pet make sure it is a forever home... don't take on the responsibility if you can't handle it. No matter if it is a cat, dog or anything, animals deserve respect and love and nothing but!!!  
 

Cabin Fever!... Crazy Going, Slowly Am I?

I am really starting to feel the craziness set in! I am so not a winter person and am seriously sick of this cold weather that you can't do a thing in. The spring weather better not take its sweet ass time getting here this year and we better actually have HOT summer weather this year or I'm moving to Miami! Last summer's weather was tedious but with dealing with this cold the crappy summer weather of 2009 is very welcomed at this point!
So just over a month ago we bought new snow tires for our car (which it was in desperate need of), well Sunday afternoon it was pointed out to us by a friend who stopped by that our left passenger tire was totally flat! We took a look, pumped it full of air and believe me the air was coming out as fast as we were putting it in... well almost! So the boys got the spare tire on and Monday morning we got the flat tire to the place we bought it to see what was going on. It turns out that a nail did the damage and it was so bad that the tire was garbage! Like where do these nails come from? So anyway, we bought a new tire and when we went to put it on the key for the rims was lost! Still don't have a clue where it went, but oh well. My husband had to take the car to the dealership to get all the locks off the rims, new ones put on and a new key or else we weren't getting the new tire put on. Luckily the dealership was kind and didn't charge us for the parts!
I'd just like to ask people out there to please be careful with your nails, some of us can't afford to be putting tires on our cars every month! But seriously, how do the nails get on the road??? Anyone have any thoughts?  Anyone???

Happy Birthday Liam!

Today we had Liam's birthday party for him at Boston Pizza in town here and boy am I glad that is over with! I've been worrying about it all week... think about it, 6 kids in a restaurant plus two babies... and then my husband and his friends! Oh geezeeeeee! lol. So for some strange reason that I don't think I will ever fully understand my husband decided to buy a whoopie cushion for the kids to play with... why? Is he nuts? After about 10 minutes of it I had to be the bad guy and take it away, it was starting to drive me mental! The kids weren't too bad but I did have to keep reminding them they needed to stay in their seats and not run around the restaurant... fat chance of them listening to me eh lol. According to our lovely waitress they were very well behaved and she has seen and dealt with much much worse, so I guess that is good to hear : )
So for the party we bought these spider man masks for the kids to wear, well they were a big hit for Morgan and his friends! They all decided that while we were all driving back to our house that they would wear the masks... and they did. You wouldn't believe the looks we got as we were driving through town... 3 cars in a row with people wearing spider man masks lol good times!
Overall the day turned out to be really fun, not only for Liam (who got spoiled with all kinds of presents!) but for us big kids. It isn't often we all get together anymore to hang out and have some good laughs. We are planning for a round 2 in a couple of weeks... but this will include the 6 of us cooking dinner together haha, should prove to be interesting!