Only in the South
So- On Friday I took the kids to the doctor because Mary was sick. More on that later. Anyhoo- we were done at the doctors around 10am and it was gorgeous- sunny, blue skies, 70's.... So I decided to take the kids to Bicentennial Gardens to walk around for a while.
There was this little old lady there- maybe in her early 70's?? She had on her coordinated sweat suit and her tightly curled permed hair. She was pushing a baby stroller- similar to the one we have for Savannah. In it she had her little dog. Some kind of fluffly little thing, just sitting in the stroller, taking a walk through the park. But the BEST part was that she has a beautiful, dainty, floral, china tea cup full of water on the tray of the stroller for the dog to drink from- ohmyword it was my amusement for the week!
ok- so it just occurred to me that maybe the title is offensive. I hope not- just really- the china floral teacup- I can't imagine seeing this anywhere else.
This is NOT funny...
I know- I shouldn't laugh. Really, and I call myself a cat lover?
THIS story about a cat named AND BITS (as in Kibbles And Bits) just hit my funny spot for some reason. I mean I know it's not funny, really, it's not. But just the name, And Bits, is amusing.
Poor Mary... And Savvy too....
MY girl woke up crying around 12:30am on Friday morning and then again at 3:30 am saying her ear hurt. We all know what that means. I got her an appointment with the pediatrician Friday morning and they said she had a *nasty* ear infection and that her eardrum had already ruptured! I felt so bad for her! There were NO indications on Thursday that she was in any way sick, not feeling well, her ear was bothering her- nothing. The odd thing is that most kids get ear infections when they are babies and grow out of them about the time they hit their first birthday. Mary never had ear infections, not one. Suddenly, since January, she's had three, all in her right ear. I find this to be very odd.
Savvy has been sick since last week. JODY was visiting her Mom in Salisbury so we met at Cracker Barrel on exit 91 for dinner on Sunday night. I took Savvy with me because she is delicious and I can't bear to leave her and because Jody hadn't seen her yet. You know how Cracker Barrel has a smoking section? I find this to be so irritating- as Jody said, it's kind of like having a peeing section in a pool. Grrrrr.... Savvy was her normal, cheerful, happy self when we got there and by the time we left she was sick. My first thought was that she was tired but as I was driving home and thinking about it I came to the conclusion that I think she's allergic to the cigarette smoke. I thought she would surely be better by Monday morning once the smoke was cleared out of her system. No- she's been sick ALL week. My sister is a respiratory therapist and she said that if Savvy is allergic to cigarette smoke and if she's inherited my asthma (Mom and Sarah have it too) that the smoke would create an inflammatory response in her respiratory system that could then turn into a cold or even bronchtitus. Poor Savvy- I feel so bad! Sarah has bronchtitus twice this year from cigarette smoke. So now I'm thinking- hmm- Savvy's allergic to oatmeal, she's got some kind of pollen allergies and now probably cigarette smoke. I spoke with the pediatrician about it on Friday while we were there and the doctor agreed with me- it appears that she may have some allergy problems and I need to be especially careful about delaying any peanuts or seafood. ugh. poor baby.
OTHER GOOD STUFF
I love this very short post entitled NOTHING
LESS IS MORE is so well said-
Planned Parenthood Craziness
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