What does this mean for you, you ask? How will this change your life?! Fear not! It will change your life very little. As for me, it may make life easier. It means there will probably be more stuff you don't care about on here, and possibly more pictures. I'm going to start putting a weekly letter here on Sunday and add whatever else tickles my fancy during the week. We shall see how it goes and see if it works. To kick it off, here is this past week's letter!
Sunday Jan 6, 2013
Happy 2013. This week has not been all I hoped it would be. I was sick for most of it. It started out mildly- a little runny nose and sore throat. I thought it was probably allergies, since I am allergic to Arkansas and that's where we were. I'm pretty sure it was the allergies that tipped me into being sick. It didn't occur to me till too late that I am allergic to pretty much every tree in the world, and sitting by the wood burning stove, inhaling the very thing I am allergic to, might be a bad idea. Or at least I should have been taking my allergy meds.
So I ended up sick and miserable. It clogged my ears and gave me a massive ear ache and dreadful sore throat and I finally went to the ER at 2am Wednesday morning. They gave me a Zpak of antibiotics and a rather large number of tylenol with codeine. I discovered I am not a fan of the codeine. It didn't seem to do much. But the antibiotics kicked in and stopped the pain that went from my ear, down my jaw and neck.
Before I felt too horrid, there was some fun stuff happening! The kids had some cousin time before they all left and it was great to see them together.
Marian had a good time playing fooseball with Isabelle.
The kids LOVED the bonfires and I was so sad I didn't feel well enough to make s'mores with them. I only made it out to the fires once and not for long.
Delaney and Camden ran out of enthusiasm for the bonfire before I did and it was beyond adorable to see Delaney walking a teary Camden to the house.
The girls did a bit of "art" and when they got along, it was wonderful. I love having girls who help and take care of each other. Sadly, that doesn't seem to last very long before the fighting begins, so I'm glad I caught one sweet moment!
Because I am a good friend, I did make time to see my friends in Arkansas! Wendy came over with her 4 children and my kids were so happy. They had been asking all week when they'd get to see their friends.
How many kids can fit in Grandma's linen closet?! Quite a few. Plus a dog!
My friend Beth came over to visit as well. I wish I had been feeling better. I also wish the weather had been more cooperative. It was cold. And drizzly a lot.
You can't tell, but it is probably 28 degrees outside right here. Marian doesn't wear long pants and given the option, doesn't wear shoes. She took the dog out for a bit and just ran around, but she was chilly when she came in!
I had promised the kids we could go bowling. I wasn't feeling well, but with the yucky weather, they REALLY needed to get out. So off we went to the bowling alley.
The kids had a pretty good time. I really need to remember that next time, I should not let each kid play one game. I should set them up for 3 games, and make them share. Each of the 6 kids (Nephew Aaron was with us), had their own game of 10 frames. They were not that interested and we could have saved time and money. Oh well. They got out and ran around somewhere other than the house!
We headed back home to Louisiana starting on Thursday. It might have been wiser to have waited a day or two till I was feeling healthier, but I wanted to be home with a day or so to get back to routine and get my refrigerator loaded up. So Thursday we did the 8 hours to Andy's house where we reunited Aaron with his family. I have to say, Aaron was a seamless addition to our brood and he was great.
We stayed the night and I was so tired. I woke up fever- free and that was good. We stayed till mid afternoon so the kids could play with their cousins, and then we hopped back into the car and finished the drive home.
Crossing the spillway. Yep, this is when Delaney pipes up, "I have to go to the bathroom!" To bad, there is nowhere to stop!
We made it home by 6:30 and it was lovely to be together as a family again. Dan secured his position as favorite dad by producing popsicles for dessert and he re-won my heart by taking over scripture reading and herding them all to bed. I went to bed early and slept in till 9. It was the best sleep I'd had since leaving home.
I did not even think about putting on my running shoes. I did go out on some errands and I discovered, to my great delight, that the Exchange had their Christmas stuff at 75% off and they had (gasp!!) the very tree I have been coveting for years, but couldn't make myself pay full price for. Nor could I ever find it on clearance after Christmas. Yet, there it was! So I paid the grand sum of $62.50 for a 7.5' pre lit tree with multi colored lights, and my heart sang all the way home.
Today I was really happy that I had asked someone else to teach my Sunday School Lesson. I had somehow thought we'd be gone for 2 Sundays, and had asked for a sub 3 weeks ago. It sure made my weekend easier to not have to stress about a lesson! So today was great and I got a lovely nap after church. It is good to be home, and I think I am ready for life to begin again tomorrow as the kids go back to school.
Life is good!
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