Slicing and Dicing!

Good Sunday morning....

Not only did I get up late for church, I got up late even with the time change! Now that is bad....but I feel so cruddy today. My ears are now plugged. Dang it. So, I drug my sorry butt out of bed (after a morning prayer!) and made a delicious breakfast for my family. Dh made coffee, and I made homemade biscuits, scrambled eggs with bacon and crescent rolls to which I added cinnamon chips and frosting. I have to say, it was pretty dang good! The family loved it. And as a bonus, since I don't feel good, and cooked while sick....dh is doing the dishes! Oh yeah....now there is something to be thankful for!

Later on I have to help wee one carve her pumpkin. Back home this would have been done a few days ago, however living here I have learned that: Pumpkins + Humidity = MOLD!!!! I told her that we would do it this afternoon....she wants to do it right now, but I need to rest for a while. We are going to my Mom and Dad's to trick or treat. We go to my parent's every year, and my mom makes chili. Good thing too because tonight it is supposed to be a *brisk 85! Brrrrrr! *enter sarcasm here.

Okay, I had better go get a shower and prepare for an afternoon of carving and gutting. How exciting! Have a wonderful and safe HALLOWEEN!!!!

 

**Warning**

**This is what happens when you send your daughter to the mall with $60 of her birthday money. She comes home with a Build-A-Bear dog, accessories and $3 in change!

Sick on Saturday....

Only one more day till Halloween....yippee! I love Halloween. Although it just isn't the same trick or treating in 80 degree weather. Oh well.

I've really been complaining lately, haven't I? I need to stop focusing on the negative and start being positive. Okay....here goes....I'm POSITIVE it stinks trick or treating in warm weather....lol.

I feel rather cruddy today. However, (trying to think of something positive) my husband did make me some coffee this morning and it was delicious!

Wee one is at the mall with a friend. She had spent the night at her house, and called to ask if she could go with them. I told her yes, and asked if she was going to stop by and pick up her wallet. She said, "Yes, I am....and make sure there is A LOT of money in it!" I tell ya, that kid is hysterical. I have a feeling she is going to come home with yet another build a bear. She had over $60 of her own money in her wallet....so here's hoping she doesn't come home with three of them!

I'm taking Betsy and her friend to a Halloween party today. A boy from drama is hosting....and they will be playing improv games. Actually, I would enjoy going to a party like that! However, I highly doubt I'm invited. Dang. 

Although I'm basically a loner, I do envy those with a tight circle of friends, who do things together. I'd love to throw a party with good food, drinks and games. I'd love to have a group of gals to go out to lunch with and chat and gossip with. There are a few women who I am very close with, and would trust with my life....but they are hundreds of miles away from me. All I can say is, Thank God for the internet, and AOL journals in particular, as this is where I have met them. It's funny how you can talk with someone from a far, and feel closer to them than someone down the street.

Okay, I'm off to do bills, then help dh with typing up some homework. Have a lovely Saturday!

 

 

I HAD to write about this....

I know that I've already posted an entry today, but after watching the last Dr. Phil segment, I just had to say....I think I've found my long lost sister! This woman is obsessed with vacuuming! She vacuums 4-5 times a day, and says everything is okay as long as the lines in the carpet are straight. I live by this rule! She came home from vacation and was so tired....yet needed to vacuum before resting. She is irritated when she sees footprints and feels the need to suck them up immediately. Dr. Phil said that her need to see order helps her to cope with things that she cannot control....which is so true. I might not be able to control certain situations in my life, but cleaning is an activity with a predictable outcome....it's calming....almost zen-like.

Anyway....I just thought it was interesting. And now you know just what kind of clean-freak you are dealing with here!

T-G-::sneeze::-I-F ::cough::

Have you ever had one of those days when you are sick, but you get up and get ready and actually feel okay....so you go about your business and do what you have to do. Then when it's over, and you are heading home, the good feeling seems to wear off the closer you get to home. It's like, as each house passes by you feel your muscles begin to ache, your nose gets stuffier, your clothes seem too restrictive, you can almost hear your bed calling? Well, that was my morning.

I got up early and was ready by 7:30 to take wee one to school, along with the cupcakes and treat bags. We got there and the other mom and I went to the cafeteria to put the bags together. They turned out really cute! A group of kids were in there eating breakfast and asked us if we were making them for the whole school....I'm like, nooooo, these are for one class. We took them back to the room, and I helped her to her car with a box of books she had to sort, since she had her hands full and her two year old in tow. We chatted for a bit, and then dh called, so I went back to my own car, which was across the campus. By the time I got into the drivers seat I was so dang tired, and ready to lie down. I drove home in a daze (you know where you are driving and then when you get to your street you are like, "How did I get here?"), went into the house, changed into my "sick" clothes and headed straight to the couch.  It's 1:30 now, and I just got up! This is so unlike me....especially on FRIDAY, my day-before-the-weekend cleaning day! I was resting on the couch, then went to my room....but I couldn't sleep, thinking that I should be cleaning. So, I let the dog out and came in here! LOL....

My mom just called to check on me....awwwww. How sweet. She said she feels bad because she should have cooked something and brought it over....jeez louise! She has enough on her hands! She's like that though. Her house could be burning down, and she would stop to check in on a neighbor before calling 911. When I was a kid, the thing I remember her always making me when I was sick was black cherry jello with canned black cherries suspended in it. I used to get strep throat a LOT, and she would make that and I remember it feeling so good going down my throat. Funny how you remember things like that.

Well, I should get up and do a quick pick up around the house. At least I'll feel better knowing it's not a total mess!

 

 

Breakfast in bed....

Ahhh yes, this morning wee one provided me with breakfast in bed....literally. She spilled half her bowl of soggy cereal all over my sheets! I knew what happened as soon as I went in there, as the smell of milky "Finding Nemo buy-one-get-one-free cereal" hit me when I walked in. Right now my sheets and favorite pillow (which is most likely ruined being that it was a feather pillow) are in the washer. Nothing like waking up to a hearty breakfast....all over the place....

I took Betsy to the doctor last night and he said that he isn't sure weather her infection is viral or bacterial, being that she's had it over two weeks. So, he gave her an antibiotic just to be on the safe side. I couldn't believe it; I almost fell out of my chair. For some reason here in Florida, they absolutely WILL NOT give you an antibiotic unless you have a bacterial infection, and they can proove it. Back home, they would give you medication when you needed it, and a refill "just in case" anyone else got sick. Not here boy....they want you to pay those co-pays! I've had to take wee one to the doctors twice in two weeks then they give me, "Hmmmm, I guess it is bacterial. Let me prescribe something." Well DUH....make her suffer and then give her something. Anyhoo, this was a new PA that just started at the office. He is wonderful! I prefer a woman doctor, but he has a teriffic bedside manner, and Betsy really liked him. She took her first dose last night, and a second this morning, so hopefully she will be feeling better soon.

I, however, feel like crap. But, I will not dwell on that, as someone who regularly reads this journal has told me I was complaining too much! (pmsl) So, I shall put on my "Pleasentville" face and not mention that I'm tired and achey, and that my throat hurts and my head, and that I need to be taken care of for a day!

Wee one went to her fall festival party with her friend last night. They had a ball. The church rented one of those big air slides, and wee one said it was as tall asthe sky! LOL....she also won a door prize, which was two Veggie Tales coloring books and a huge box of crayons. She was thrilled. She dressed as a hippie and looked really cute. I keep thinking, only a few more years and then neither of my kids will be dressing up for Halloween. It's so dang depressing! I think I'm having some sort of Mommy Crisis lately. I am so sad that the girls are getting older. It seems like just yesterday they were babies or toddlers....*sigh....

I'm not sure what I'm making for dinner. I have a taste for something really comforting and homemade....and prepared by someone else! LOL....I somehow doubt that will be happening. Maybe I'll make chicken and dumplings....yeah, that sounds good.

Okay, I've got to get going here. The washer is done and I need to check on my beloved pillow....here's hoping!