Nov. 4, 2009 - August Cuddling

As I was uploading pictures I realized that we've been quite busy the past couple of months. So without further ado, here is a quick pictorial rundown of the month of August.

As you may remember, Christy came to help out shortly after Joel was born, so here's a picture of all our cutie-patootie kids, minus Joel:


And we spent some time cuddling the baby

Then someone turned seven years old


And my Mom was here to cuddle the baby

And we did some baking (I think this was oatmeal cookies?)

Then we cuddled the baby
Then another friend came to visit, and we spent the time musing about what life would be like with children who looked like us, but in the end we decided not to trade after all

And we ended the month by - cuddling the baby

Next time, we'll have September's pics - where we cuddled the baby in exotic locals

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Nov. 6, 2009 - Weekly Wrap Up

 From the Heart:

My nephew is home after completing basic training at Ft. Benning.  He and his girlfriend decided to get  on Tuesday.

On the Homefront:

Dh, dd, and I went to a 25th wedding anniversary on Sunday for some our friends, Sonny and Renita.    Sonny was the best man in our  over 21 years ago.

I was off Tuesday and got a lot of litte projects done.

• Refilled the baking soda container that I keep in the bathroom for my netty pot,
• Straightened up the bathroom closet while looking for a few needed items of which we had run out,
• Washed the kitchen counters,
• Took several boxes to the attic,
• Washed 3 loads of laundry,
• Removed a lot of my clutter from the kitchen and the chest in the bedroom,
• Got my work clothes ready for the rest of the week,
• Started making plans for a few activities next month,
• Organized my spices
• Got out my Christmas dishes so we can start using them.  (I figure if the merchants can start marketing Christmas before November, I can enjoy my own Christmas items for a few extra weeks.)  
• Paid a couple of bills, and a whole lot more that I just can't seem to remember right now. 

We also got our new air purifier on Tuesday.

My mom's side of the family has a gals' night out once a month to celebrate the for that month.  This month, we stopped by to get our favorite fast-food meal, then went to my mom's house to play games. 

Since I have the weekend off, I plan to get a lot accomplished Friday evening so that I can relax on Saturday and take a nice, long . 

 In the School Room:

Tuesday was a different kind of school day for us.  I heard the city trucks that remove the leaves.  DH and dd quickly ran outside to  our leaves to the street before they got to our street.  They didn't get all of them done, but they sure got a lot of them!  .   DD was glad to take a bit of a break to help her Dad.

She still had to do most of her school work that day though because she has fallen a bit behind in her science, and I am trying to get her LA course for this semester finished by  .  I'm not sure we will get it done though since I have 3 days in a row off that week.  We will be decorating the house those days for .  I doubt that much school will be done while the decorating is taking place.  I am getting to the place where I am letting dd do a lot of the decorating on her own since she enjoys it so much.

  To our health:

We got our new air purifier this week.  We are hoping it will help with my asthma issues.

Since I take so many pills (herbal stuff, not meds),   dh bought me one of those pill holders that holds a week's supply.  I bought 2 more -- one to take to work to use during my lunch break, and one for my evening herbs.  It has made taking my pills a lot easier.  I only have to distribute them once a week, as opposed to doing it several times every day.

 On the work front:

Monday was a rather odd day in the ER.  We had several patients coming in for the exact same thing (and it wasn't H1N1).  I asked if it was a full moon.  The doctor said the full moon was a couple of days prior to that.  I said perhaps people just missed it by a few days. 

On that same day, I saw FIVE different people I know, and I know ALL of them from the same social circle.  Isn't that just ?  Please don't  at me, but due to HIPAA guidelines, I can't give any other details. 

I was working in ER one day when they actually lost a patient.  I think this young patient was actually gone before the ambulance brought them in.  Very, very sad.  You can definitely tell when a family's grief is the kind when they have "no hope."  It was so heart-wrenching.

 Refreshing my Spirit:

I haven't had a weekend off for many weeks, so I am really looking forward to going to  this weekend and reconnecting with my church family.   (For some odd reason, I keep having trouble getting my last category to work on weekly wrap up.  Even when I try to change the categories around, it still doesn't want to work.)

Have a  week!

Nov. 3, 2009 - Danny Gokey