Thanksgiving feast at preschool

They sang songs...

Then ate...

Then chatted...

Then played like wild monsters!

This was the Thanksgiving feast they had for the 4yr old classes, all the family members were invited so it was really nice. The little guy met another little girl who will be in his class when he starts here next year. I was shocked and happy when the little man took the little guy around and introduced him to his friends and then they all played together. It was really nice of him... and then we got home and the sibling rivalry immediately started! We were supposed to go to my parents for Thanksgiving, but I was too sick and exhausted, so they visited us for a few minutes. The hubby went out and got us food for a meal... it was very yummy! I was also supposed to work from midnight to 6am today... but when I woke up last night to get ready I was just too ill, my tummy hurt and I was dizzy, so I called in, now I'm dreading that I don't have a job. But really I had to work at the baby gap... and I really didn't want to throw up on any small children.

See the Grinch does have a tree...

... and it's already up and decorated. I figured Thanksgiving is usually the weekend that everyone christmasfies their dwelling so we started slowly over this week. The little guy and I got the tree "built" while the man was at school last Friday. Then over last weekend we added the lights and the berry garland. Monday we all helped decorate the tree. Everyone just loves it, the first thing the boys ask for in the morning is for the lights to be turned on. As a Grinch I have to admit it makes the room look very festive, I'm glad we put in the living room!

I'm 3

My little guy is growing far too fast. I had wanted to get pictures of his birthday up far before this but since sleeping seems to be the only thing I do in my free time besides visits to the doctors I've not had a chance. He actually ate quite a bit of his cake this year, usually he won't, so we were very pleased with that. We went to my parents and had pizza, the little guy had his side of fries and cake, then we took him to Toys R Us so he could pick out one toy... Bumblebee was his choice. Later that week he got his present from Ms Lisa, lookout I've got a mini me! She got him a tool set... he loves it!

John Lamb the teddy bear man

Friday was kinda busy for me with docs appts and work. I worked a shift that night at Borders... kinda weird there were customers in the store, I had to interact, dress to code, I HAD TO WORK. Actually it was a good time. We had an author signing and I was really looking forward to meeting this teddy bear loving dude. I was expecting the guy to be a little on the feminine side... I was wrong, very wrong. He looked like and acted like a teddy bear Grandpa. He is a ex-interrogator, and negotiator. He was very down to earth, very cool to talk to. He asked me if I was an aspiring writer and I told him I'm writing a book about my son. He was impressed, not because I'm an aspiring writer but because I said I was writing, not I'm trying to write. He also told me that right now is a good time for non-fiction, people aren't buying that much fiction anymore. All in all I really liked the guy, I can't wait for him to come back, which he has promised he will do.

Dr Mucus I presume.

So I went to the pulmonary specialist on Friday. The Dr was crazy... but very good. I think he and the boys would get along just fine. He introduced himself and his profession by explaining I like mucus, proctologists like poop, I like mucus. Yeah I got two boys that would play just fine with my mucus loving doc. Anyway 3hrs later and many home remedies ideas later I have to say I really like the crazy doc. He gave me a prescription to carry a water bottle around... at work I'm not allowed. This doc firmly believes that water is the best cough medicine. He actually put a Dixie cup full of water in front of me and every few minutes made me drink a sip. I hate water, but I guess it is my new best friend... and whether it is psychological or not it does work! I'm also supposed to go swimming in the ocean... okay just my nose. He believes that all of this horrible illness stems from a sinus infection gone horribly bad... so I've got to clean my sinus' out. I tried a Netty pot once but couldn't quite get the hang of it, so instead I've got to submerse my nose in salt water and inhale... I haven't had the guts to try it yet. Plus I've got to use a saline squirt bottle thing 4 times a day. He did give me two scripts for cough medicine to help me sleep but he practically begged me not to use them. I like a doctor who finds none medicinal help... it's encouraging, because I just can't afford much more of the medical bills... and I'm on the last antibiotic I can take right now.

must knock on wood

so I shouldn't even breathe a word of this but, while I'm still sick and coughing and hacking, the time intervals have became increasingly longer. I hack and cough every 10-20 minutes instead of seconds. I've been able to SLEEP! maybe I'm on the way to getting well... I can hope. All I want for Christmas is to breathe without pain! Maybe one cough free day would be nice too!

Let's see I've not given a book update in a long time, I'm reading at home In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner, only one chapter down, very much like the movie. At work for my lunch break I'm still reading the mournful teddy bear... I can't wait for the book signing on Friday night, gotta meet this guy. I just finished Kathy Reichs first "Bones" mystery in the series. I loved it... read it in like 2 days, of course it's not like I've done much else. I attempted to read No Country for Old Men... I was really sick that day so perhaps that is why I didn't get past page one... dunno. I hate to admit it but I've also been flipping through Martha Stewart's Dec magazine... quite a few yummy things I might try and a very cool wreath I'm going to make... so maybe she is not pure evil.

still sick but... here are the benefits

1 bill paying is caught up
2 I can eat in bed
3 I can sleep all day
4 if I'm not sleeping I can read... found two new authors
5 if it's cold I don't feel guilty about not taking the boys out to do something with the day
6 I can work on the handmade x-mas gifts
7 I can shop online... of course when I get that bill I'm gonna freak
8 I can write some pages of my book
9 I can draw... what did I say draw... yup I took up the old pencil set and finished one small drawing and have begun on the set for my friends father... hoping to have that done soon, really nicely done, bound in a book with his poem/song gonna surprise him so don't tell miss fuss fuss!!
10 and of course I can snuggle with boys!

sneaky devil

So yesterday while I was hacking and wheezing my day away... with the thermostat bumped up a bit I thought hmmmmmmmmmmmm... with all the crud that has been spilled on the living room rug, well it's seen better days to say the least, so I decided to strip my little guy and place the potty chair in the middle of the room. After about a half an hour nothing happened, and I got distracted in the kitchen... then joined reality by hearing a bunch of squeals, claps and general jumping around... guess who used the potty chair, and guess who was more excited about it then me. Yup the little guy had no accidents all day, that means he could have been doing this for us a long time ago... little devil, but the best part was the little man's reaction... jumping and clapping and hugging him... telling him how proud he was, that was awesome... I don't know what I should be more pleased about!

the evil thing about doctors

Okay so I first went to the doctors about 3 weeks ago. Our scale's batteries have been dead for about 6 months... can you see where I'm going. So I had noticed I was getting a little heavier, but I got a reality check when I got on that scale 3 weeks ago and found I weighed the same as when I gave birth to the little guy. I wasn't so happy. So I told a co-worker who recently had started dieting with some friends. They are all in this pool... whoever loses the most weight by percentage each month gets the prize of every one's weekly dollar. So I joined in. So far I've lost 7 lbs. I'm fairly happy! Not happy with my weight, but hey 7lbs while sick and unable to exercise is good. The first week I cut out snack foods like potato chips and substituted healthy snacks I like - rice cakes with sunflower seed butter, The next week I cut out fatty candy, like chocolate, and the last week I added veggies and yogurt, and switched to sweet-n-low instead of sugar. I've also been kinda counting calories just to see what I'm eating. I had planned to start exercising this week, but yet another trip to the doctors is putting that off. I'm still really sick, yesterday I got two really big shots, one in the butt... I couldn't sit straight for a long while. If I'm not doing better by Wednesday I get to go to a pulmonary specialist or possibly a hospitalization.

it's back

I've done a 180 on my health, then back again. For about 4 days I could breathe and I wasn't coughing... yeah 4 days... bliss. Now I'm back to not being able to sleep because I can't stop coughing... and the doctor's are just scratching their heads wondering what to do with me, obviously the antibiotics and steriods didn't fix the problem. I just want to stop coughing:(

What to do when one can not sleep at 3am

Well I got three pages of my book written... 50 or so more days of not sleeping and I'll have a book. On the down side I slept for 45 mins before I had to get up for a meeting. Well I took my daily meds prior to leaving for my meeting, then when I got home 2 hours later I forgot that little detail and took them again... so I got to sleep 17 hours straight after feeling very weird for a few hours. It has been suggested to me that I invest in one of those weekly pill box things so I don't do that again... I'm thinking until the x-mas season has passed that it might be a good idea!

The little guy got a few more gifts today, it's been more like a birthday week. He is so good at sharing even though he is the younger brother, he makes me proud!

Hmmmmmmmmm...

I got a package in the mail yesterday, and I now know what 13,500.00 feels like in my paws. It's kinda round, it rattles, and it has a lid... yup 3 months worth of the little guys pills. At least we got it in, now we just have to see how well it works. I should probably have him tested again for his milk allergy... he keeps begging me for yogurt, I actually have to take my yogurt to work to eat it because he cries so much when I won't let him have any. Hopefully that is something he is completely out growing, and with the new medicine he can probably eat it within reason.

Welcome to the dark side...

Yup in 23 years the hubby has never voted Democratic... until today. While I'm not sure Obama can do all the things he wishes, and I'm not sure I want all that he wishes, I am more afraid McCain would get all that he wants to do... I'm good with status quo, and the want for good change not bad change.

Better Late Then Never...

So we finally got to go on our trip to the Corn Maze yesterday. I think the boys really enjoyed the little tractor train ride the best followed by the big bouncy pillow, followed by the corn maze and coming in last was the hayride...it was too bumpy for some folks!
By the time we made it home I had two tired boys who begged to go to bed, but they were very happy! Since tomorrow is the little guy's birthday we have a few ideas on what we are going to do, if the weather holds we plan on taking the metro down to Union Station to see some trains, if the weather isn't so nice we may go and see Madagascar 2. We shall see, I can't believe he is going to be 3 years old. In other news I just got off the phone with the pharmacy company and we should have our first shipment of Kuvan by Wednesday... totally free!!!!!! We met the qualifications for assistance with the co-pays. His first appt is on the 18th... so everyone cross yours fingers that this works!

My Time Clock is Screwed Up

It's 3am and I'm wide awake... not good. Although it occurred to me that I can do many things quietly without interruption at 3am... such as blog, sneak candy, read, paint, watch an entire movie, do my nails, and write. I already read... I'm flipping through an artsy book right now... of course I can't remember the title, but it's cute; poems, blurbs, paintings about a lady who has settled down after many years of wandering. I'm also still trudging through Eldest, I did finally finish Eragon... it picked up at the end, I liked it over all but not something I would recommend. After I finished that I moved on to Darkly Dreaming Dexter... you know the TV show Dexter, well it's based off of these books. It was very similar to the first season. Dexter has a sister in the book and in the show... I can't stand either character... kinda funny, I thought it was just bad acting, but no the sister is just a bad character, in fact I may like the actress better for absolutely nailing the book sister. Now I'm reading The Mournful Teddy Bear. The author is doing a book signing this month so I picked up the first book in the mysteries series. It's kinda goofy, especially since it's a guy writer... very female readable... almost too girlie for me... on the other hand I keep on reading it at lunchtime so I must be hooked!