Spring Break is turning out to be awesome! We got to spend a lot of time with our best friends Jenn and Jonathan over the weekend (and we were little girl free)! I love the girls, but it was nice to do some shopping without taking them along.

Speaking of shopping….Jenn and I went to Lakeshore Learning yesterday, and the stars must be in alignment. They had just received a shipment of clearance items from their warehouse. They said that they normally on get this two or three times a year. Oh the deals! I’ll post a pic on 365 soon of all my loot.

We also did some shopping on Saturday. We found the most perfect jug. Here’s what ours looks like, but it’s bigger and has a glass top. We decided that since Hobby Lobby had it on sale for fifty percent off, and we were going to share the cost, that we had to have it.

It’s beautiful and makes us both so happy! The possibilities of what we are going to put in here are endless. We spent time looking at it lovingly and discussing the possibilities.  Our first use will be for Faith’s Tea Party birthday later this month. We will serve pink lemonade with lemon slices like those in the picture.

I was able finish the first coat of paint on the spare bedroom yesterday too. It is going to look so pretty. I’m kind of particular about paint colors, but I’ll post a more detailed explanation later this week about that. I always feel good when I am able to accomplish things on my to do list. Ryan and I will be working to get the house ready for Faith’s party, Easter get together, and a new church Life Group meeting at our house. I’m so excited.

The good energy continued into today. I had an appointment with my nephrologist (kidney doctor) this morning. In the summer of 2006 they found protein in my urine. That basically means that my kidneys were not doing their job. I went to several doctors with the prognosis possibly being lupus. A kidney biopsy found several areas of focal segmental glomerosclerosis (scar tissue formed in my kidneys).

They eventually ruled out lupus, and my course of action was to take medicine daily for my kidneys to help keep the scar tissue from spreading and keep my protein levels down. I would follow up with my nephrologist in November. My appointment has been rescheduled twice since then, so I finally went in this morning. He reviewed my lab work and said that everything looked good.

Then I told him that I had been out of medicine since November. He said that since my body was not producing protein even off of the medicine that, “You’re cured, and I [the doctor] didn’t have shit to do with it.” WOOHOO!

No more meds for me. I will have follow up blood work in 3 and 6 months. If nothing shows up then I can just have my regular physician check my levels yearly. This is great news, and I have been cleared for pregnancy (ironically I would have not been able to take the medicine anyways if I got pregnant)!

A great day and good God! I can’t wait to see what the rest of the week holds. I hope yours is just as good!