here's the news...Aidan does not have a relapse of the flu. He has pneumonia. The only good thing about this is that it is not as contagious as flu. Molly has a bad ear infection in each ear. So they're both pitiful, sick, feverish, nauseous, but not contagious...which was wonderful news despite all the yuck.
We were up all last night. I could fall asleep right this second. Let's pray for a better night, why don't we?
thanks for your sweet comments. they really, truly mean a lot.
i want to post a thought provoking quote like April does...but in light of all we've been through all that comes to mind is "Doctor, doctor! Give me the news. I've got a bad case of lovin' you!"
pathetic.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
on and on and on...
aidan is sick again. 2 days back in school, and when i got home tonight, the fever and chills were back. then he got sick all over his bed and floor. now he's got 104 fever, molly has 103.
if you read this, pray for my children. it's killing me to see them miserable. they're hurting, and i can't fix it. michael and i are exhausted.
thanks.
if you read this, pray for my children. it's killing me to see them miserable. they're hurting, and i can't fix it. michael and i are exhausted.
thanks.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Sick day
Paiz dayz
Monday, January 28, 2008
the neverending story...
molly has the flu now. i'm at the end of my rope. the rope has been pretty long, if you ask me. but i'm worn out. luckily, she's my sweet one when she gets sick. she just curls up in the recliner with her blankie and snuggles. she said, "mama, i'm not feelin' too good. i need you." my rope magically extends another 20 feet or so.
it will be amazing if michael and i remain unscathed. i don't think the flu will be our problem. our problem will be our attitudes from lack of sleep.
going to fold clothes. it never ends.
it will be amazing if michael and i remain unscathed. i don't think the flu will be our problem. our problem will be our attitudes from lack of sleep.
going to fold clothes. it never ends.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
date night!
Michael's folks called today...they offered to come keep the kids so we could go out. This was the best thing that's happened all week. The anticipation was thrilling. We cleaned up and put on our cute "hip mom and dad" clothes. I fixed the mass of stuff growing from my head. The kids took naps, everybody was so pumped up about the evening.
They got here at 4:30. Brought supper with them. We grabbed our coats and got the heck outta dodge. We went first to Academy sports. For my bday, i wanted a jogging suit. The first one i tried on was way too "mom" looking. The second one was just too tight...i looked like a teal sausage. I was ready to get out of there so I grabbed some knit capris to hang around the house in and we left. Then we went to the mall...i wanted to see if maybe i could find a pretty dress for my bday instead of a jogging suit. i don't jog anyway. no dresses in the short run through dillards. michael said, "sweetie, this is fun, but i'm getting hungry". so we went to bonefish grill. i was so excited. we never are that extravagant...but getting out after a week with sick kids, we were ready to celebrate! we put our name on the list, they said 30 minute wait. okay, it was still early. we sat and waited with a couple that i've known all my life from awbc and pinelake. so that was fun. but eventually, we realized that it had been an hour and we were running out of time. so we checked and realized we weren't going to eat anytime soon, so we left. soulshine pizza was our next destination. so excited about the pizza. got there...20 minute wait, no empty tables at all. i'm not standing around anymore. so we left again. drove back to main street and thought, hey bbq would be tasty, let's do the haute pig! got there, remembered that we had been before and didn't like it. so we had to make a fast choice. we only had about 45 minutes to an hour before we had to be back. so...on our much waited for exciting date, we ate at....ChicFilA. yep. we ordered 2 number 1s...one coke, one lemonade. no wait whatsoever. we sat FAR away from the playground and ate our sandwiches in peace.
i was disappointed, yes. who wouldn't be? but you know, michael is so great. he is so patient and kind about everything. he laughs and makes it okay. he wants me to have the best, but also has a sense of humor about when that doesn't quite pan out. one of our favorite quotes is "when life gives you dilemmas, make dilemmonade!" so that's what we did. last night we stayed up till midnight playing "guess that movie quote" with online soundbytes from movies. so much fun. i'm so blessed to have him. i've known him for so long, and he's still the best person i know. so perfect for me.
so i'm going to go sit by our fire with my best friend and talk to him and maybe play another round of guess that quote and be thankful that less than perfect is always just right for me.
-thanks God, for giving me my husband. there is just nobody better for me. our relationship comes straight from you, because you knew what i needed and you provided it for me. thanks so much that the head of my home is a strong, kind, funny, Godly man who loves us so much. i'm in awe of what you can do through our marriage. please bless our children with loves like this one day. we don't deserve it, but we praise you and give you the glory for it. amen.
They got here at 4:30. Brought supper with them. We grabbed our coats and got the heck outta dodge. We went first to Academy sports. For my bday, i wanted a jogging suit. The first one i tried on was way too "mom" looking. The second one was just too tight...i looked like a teal sausage. I was ready to get out of there so I grabbed some knit capris to hang around the house in and we left. Then we went to the mall...i wanted to see if maybe i could find a pretty dress for my bday instead of a jogging suit. i don't jog anyway. no dresses in the short run through dillards. michael said, "sweetie, this is fun, but i'm getting hungry". so we went to bonefish grill. i was so excited. we never are that extravagant...but getting out after a week with sick kids, we were ready to celebrate! we put our name on the list, they said 30 minute wait. okay, it was still early. we sat and waited with a couple that i've known all my life from awbc and pinelake. so that was fun. but eventually, we realized that it had been an hour and we were running out of time. so we checked and realized we weren't going to eat anytime soon, so we left. soulshine pizza was our next destination. so excited about the pizza. got there...20 minute wait, no empty tables at all. i'm not standing around anymore. so we left again. drove back to main street and thought, hey bbq would be tasty, let's do the haute pig! got there, remembered that we had been before and didn't like it. so we had to make a fast choice. we only had about 45 minutes to an hour before we had to be back. so...on our much waited for exciting date, we ate at....ChicFilA. yep. we ordered 2 number 1s...one coke, one lemonade. no wait whatsoever. we sat FAR away from the playground and ate our sandwiches in peace.
i was disappointed, yes. who wouldn't be? but you know, michael is so great. he is so patient and kind about everything. he laughs and makes it okay. he wants me to have the best, but also has a sense of humor about when that doesn't quite pan out. one of our favorite quotes is "when life gives you dilemmas, make dilemmonade!" so that's what we did. last night we stayed up till midnight playing "guess that movie quote" with online soundbytes from movies. so much fun. i'm so blessed to have him. i've known him for so long, and he's still the best person i know. so perfect for me.
so i'm going to go sit by our fire with my best friend and talk to him and maybe play another round of guess that quote and be thankful that less than perfect is always just right for me.
-thanks God, for giving me my husband. there is just nobody better for me. our relationship comes straight from you, because you knew what i needed and you provided it for me. thanks so much that the head of my home is a strong, kind, funny, Godly man who loves us so much. i'm in awe of what you can do through our marriage. please bless our children with loves like this one day. we don't deserve it, but we praise you and give you the glory for it. amen.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Funny conversation with Molly
Last night, amid all the sickness in our house (Paisley has the flu, too!) Molly and I were perusing the MS Magazine 2008 Wedding Register. I don't know anybody in there, but i spend my 7 bucks every year to be amazed at how elaborate weddings have gotten. Anyway, Molly began to tell me what she wanted in her wedding. She just turned 3 in November. She wants "a pink dress, and a big pink cake with 'spahkles'". She wants one big candle on the cake...and her bridesmaids can wear black, but some can wear white. She told me I look good in blue, so I can wear blue. She said that the song would be "Twinkle, twinkle little star," which is her favorite. I asked if we were going to dance and she said, "yes, mama, we're going to boogie down!" Then she said, "who's the prince?" and i told her i didn't know, but I was praying for God to bring her someone who would love her so much and want to get married God's way. She said, "what's God's way, mama?" i figure 3 is a little young for the abstinence talk, so I told her God's way was living the way God wants us to and trying to honor and please him in everything we do. She told me "I live God's way, but Aidan doesn't." Then she said she wanted to marry Aidan. I told her we don't marry our brothers. I explained how uncle John was my brother and I didn't marry him. I told her daddy was not my brother. She was very upset by this, and told me that Aidan was the only person she wanted to marry.
I changed the subject.
Paiz went back to the doc today. The antibiotics were not working on the ears, so she got a shot. Then they did a flu test...positive. And she's had the flu shot! But she just has been too exposed to it, I guess. So now we're waiting on Molly to get it. Molly's taking Tamiflu like Michael and I, but I think she'll get it anyway. Michael stayed home from work today, to help out and because his coworkers don't want him there! I think he'll be here again tomorrow. We're going to hang out at home all weekend and get over this yuckiness.
Michael and I have had NO date night in a long time. Since the end of December when we went to Memphis for a night...which was fun till he started running fever and getting chills. So the whole month of January, I've been nurse mom. I really could use a date with my husband. We even have a PF Changs gift card that's just collecting dust.
So much i could ramble on and on about. like how much I love my husband, and how good he is to us. or what colors i'm going to paint the inside of my house. or how much i could use a pair of brown dressy shoes. or how i'm really praying about where aidan will go to school next year. or worship. that's my favorite subject. we found out yesterday that the sanctuary renovation will not be finished for sunday. i know a lot of people are disappointed. and yes, it is a little sad, because we had planned a big to-do over it. i think God appreciates our efforts, but what he really wants is our hearts to be right. i don't think (and this is just my opinion...you can have your own) that he cares where we worship. i think he wants us to come together to worship him corporately, but that could be in the walmart parking lot. the state of our hearts is the issue here. i spent the last year at our "other" church spending my worship time in the choir room watching the service on a screen. or in a high school cafeteria, watching the service on a screen. God was there each and every time, because i looked for him to be. i'm so glad they renovated the sanctuary. it needed it! most folks in madison would never go that long without redoing their house...there's nothing wrong with wanting God's house to be the best it can be. but the church building is not the church. we learned that in elementary school. just like the pastor is not the church, either. the church is a body of believers that come together to worship and learn and serve. and we should be able to do that anywhere...with or without a pastor...with or without a music minister. our worship should be a direct result of what God has done in our lives and not something that we can only do under certain circumstances.
again...as i said in my first post on this blog...i'm sure i need a filter on my fingers telling me what to write and not to write...but i feel strongly about this. and i'm very okay if people don't agree with me. this is just how I feel.
i'd better stop...i'm only on the "B" section of the wedding register, and it's huge this year!
I changed the subject.
Paiz went back to the doc today. The antibiotics were not working on the ears, so she got a shot. Then they did a flu test...positive. And she's had the flu shot! But she just has been too exposed to it, I guess. So now we're waiting on Molly to get it. Molly's taking Tamiflu like Michael and I, but I think she'll get it anyway. Michael stayed home from work today, to help out and because his coworkers don't want him there! I think he'll be here again tomorrow. We're going to hang out at home all weekend and get over this yuckiness.
Michael and I have had NO date night in a long time. Since the end of December when we went to Memphis for a night...which was fun till he started running fever and getting chills. So the whole month of January, I've been nurse mom. I really could use a date with my husband. We even have a PF Changs gift card that's just collecting dust.
So much i could ramble on and on about. like how much I love my husband, and how good he is to us. or what colors i'm going to paint the inside of my house. or how much i could use a pair of brown dressy shoes. or how i'm really praying about where aidan will go to school next year. or worship. that's my favorite subject. we found out yesterday that the sanctuary renovation will not be finished for sunday. i know a lot of people are disappointed. and yes, it is a little sad, because we had planned a big to-do over it. i think God appreciates our efforts, but what he really wants is our hearts to be right. i don't think (and this is just my opinion...you can have your own) that he cares where we worship. i think he wants us to come together to worship him corporately, but that could be in the walmart parking lot. the state of our hearts is the issue here. i spent the last year at our "other" church spending my worship time in the choir room watching the service on a screen. or in a high school cafeteria, watching the service on a screen. God was there each and every time, because i looked for him to be. i'm so glad they renovated the sanctuary. it needed it! most folks in madison would never go that long without redoing their house...there's nothing wrong with wanting God's house to be the best it can be. but the church building is not the church. we learned that in elementary school. just like the pastor is not the church, either. the church is a body of believers that come together to worship and learn and serve. and we should be able to do that anywhere...with or without a pastor...with or without a music minister. our worship should be a direct result of what God has done in our lives and not something that we can only do under certain circumstances.
again...as i said in my first post on this blog...i'm sure i need a filter on my fingers telling me what to write and not to write...but i feel strongly about this. and i'm very okay if people don't agree with me. this is just how I feel.
i'd better stop...i'm only on the "B" section of the wedding register, and it's huge this year!
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The BOTTOM of the barrell!
should i tell this? i don't think i have many readers yet, so i will. this morning, aidan woke up with high fever (he has the flu). yesterday michael brought home some FeverAll suppositories, which are awesome for breaking the fever. it was 6 a.m., and aidan felt awful, and then realized...the medicine goes in the other end. he lost control. screaming, thrashing, kicking. i just sat there, holding the suppository wondering what to do and he yelled, "put it somewhere else, PLEASE!" i got so tickled, i couldn't do it. then he kicked me in the neck. the fun was over and he got the meds. within 30 minutes, the fever broke and all was well.
tomorrow, molly is staying home from school, because michael has to fly out very early to houston. so we're having pajama day at our house. nobody's going anywhere and i even promised the kids that i won't work. they think i cook and clean too much, which is funny, because it's always a mess here. but not tomorrow. we're watching movies and playing games all day till dad gets back.
tonight was the canton chamber of commerce banquet. the keynote speaker made lots of sex jokes, and made us all very uncomfortable. but it was fun to dress up and rub elbows with canton's finest.
michael needs the computer to install a new sound card so i can listen to my 146 song playlist that i worked so hard on. i love that guy.
tomorrow, molly is staying home from school, because michael has to fly out very early to houston. so we're having pajama day at our house. nobody's going anywhere and i even promised the kids that i won't work. they think i cook and clean too much, which is funny, because it's always a mess here. but not tomorrow. we're watching movies and playing games all day till dad gets back.
tonight was the canton chamber of commerce banquet. the keynote speaker made lots of sex jokes, and made us all very uncomfortable. but it was fun to dress up and rub elbows with canton's finest.
michael needs the computer to install a new sound card so i can listen to my 146 song playlist that i worked so hard on. i love that guy.
font-sy that!
i really don't like the font options for my header. if anybody wants to show me how to make it cuter, please feel free!
i can take that picture off...i know it's a billboard. but i like the picture...anyway.
i have to go with michael to the canton chamber of commerce dinner. this may be the only time this week i get to get out of the house. i'm so excited, even though the dinner will be "rubber chicken and a boring program". time to go pull out the spanx. i'm so not ashamed.
i can take that picture off...i know it's a billboard. but i like the picture...anyway.
i have to go with michael to the canton chamber of commerce dinner. this may be the only time this week i get to get out of the house. i'm so excited, even though the dinner will be "rubber chicken and a boring program". time to go pull out the spanx. i'm so not ashamed.
Monday, January 21, 2008
7 things...let's make this good...
i've been tagged. now i have to come up with 7 things about me? hmmm...i'm an open book, so there's not much nobody knows. and if nobody knows it, there's a reason!
1. i seriously love country music. and i'm so "anti-redneck", but i love country music! i just finished a playlist on yahoo! music and it has 135 of my "favorite" country songs. i wanted to be a country singer when i was growing up. now i can't imagine living that life, but if Brad Paisley wanted to duet, i think i'd have to give it a whirl!
2. i get highly emotional about children being mistreated. if i read a news story about a mentally ill parent hurting a child, or anything about britney spears, it causes my stomach to seriously knot up. children don't get a lot of choices, and they have to pay for their parents bad choices. it's such an awful fact of life.
3. i love hats. i wish i could wear them more. if we lived in a more pedestrian society, i'd wear a hat every day from november through february.
4. if i had extra money right now, i think i would spend it on dance lessons. i really want to be a good tap dancer. gosh it feels weird to say that in public, but i do! i hate regular exercise, but i would love dancing.
5. cooking is cathartic for me. my kitchen is like my office. i can go in there and do my thing and produce good food and "get away" from the rest of the house. my latest is homemade tomato sauce. i'm addicted!
6. i keep clothes for a really long time. michael has no problem buying me nice stuff for holidays because he knows i'll have it in 10 years. i'm not trendy. i wish i was! but i think only really skinny people can truly be trendy.
7. (wow! almost done! this was easier than i thought!) okay...here's my serious one. i have several things about me that are not quite right. my elbows and knees are congenitally malformed. aidan is like me. we're seeing a geneticist next month. anyway, i'm okay with all of it, because God is teaching me that "fearfully and wonderfully made" doesn't mean perfectly formed. and nobody is perfectly formed. i'm learning to accept and love things about myself that i've spent 30 years hating. it's a big deal in my little heart to get over it. but i love and serve a perfect God who does not make mistakes and created me to worship him above all things and when i am critical of me, then i'm critical of him and that directly impacts my worship. so, i'll raise my imperfect arms and stand on my crazy feet and tell him how wonderful he is to have given me life.
okay...now i have to tag? do i know enough people to tag? jennifer williams...and oh i don't know.
aidan has the flu. 103.7 fever last night. today he's had all the symptoms and the flu test came back positive. we're all on meds to try not to get it. what will i do if i get sick?mama's don't get sick days!
so i'm off to bed now to try to sleep this queasiness off. i think it's just the tamiflu that makes me feel yuck. but i need the sleep anyway.
1. i seriously love country music. and i'm so "anti-redneck", but i love country music! i just finished a playlist on yahoo! music and it has 135 of my "favorite" country songs. i wanted to be a country singer when i was growing up. now i can't imagine living that life, but if Brad Paisley wanted to duet, i think i'd have to give it a whirl!
2. i get highly emotional about children being mistreated. if i read a news story about a mentally ill parent hurting a child, or anything about britney spears, it causes my stomach to seriously knot up. children don't get a lot of choices, and they have to pay for their parents bad choices. it's such an awful fact of life.
3. i love hats. i wish i could wear them more. if we lived in a more pedestrian society, i'd wear a hat every day from november through february.
4. if i had extra money right now, i think i would spend it on dance lessons. i really want to be a good tap dancer. gosh it feels weird to say that in public, but i do! i hate regular exercise, but i would love dancing.
5. cooking is cathartic for me. my kitchen is like my office. i can go in there and do my thing and produce good food and "get away" from the rest of the house. my latest is homemade tomato sauce. i'm addicted!
6. i keep clothes for a really long time. michael has no problem buying me nice stuff for holidays because he knows i'll have it in 10 years. i'm not trendy. i wish i was! but i think only really skinny people can truly be trendy.
7. (wow! almost done! this was easier than i thought!) okay...here's my serious one. i have several things about me that are not quite right. my elbows and knees are congenitally malformed. aidan is like me. we're seeing a geneticist next month. anyway, i'm okay with all of it, because God is teaching me that "fearfully and wonderfully made" doesn't mean perfectly formed. and nobody is perfectly formed. i'm learning to accept and love things about myself that i've spent 30 years hating. it's a big deal in my little heart to get over it. but i love and serve a perfect God who does not make mistakes and created me to worship him above all things and when i am critical of me, then i'm critical of him and that directly impacts my worship. so, i'll raise my imperfect arms and stand on my crazy feet and tell him how wonderful he is to have given me life.
okay...now i have to tag? do i know enough people to tag? jennifer williams...and oh i don't know.
aidan has the flu. 103.7 fever last night. today he's had all the symptoms and the flu test came back positive. we're all on meds to try not to get it. what will i do if i get sick?mama's don't get sick days!
so i'm off to bed now to try to sleep this queasiness off. i think it's just the tamiflu that makes me feel yuck. but i need the sleep anyway.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
worth a thousand words...
On the Wagon
the bandwagon, that is. Everybody is blogging, so here I go. I've got to find a way to make this prettier, and to set up a page for Michael to post his thought on...but I'll learn.
My biggest struggle, i think, with blogging will be putting a filter on what i say. i struggle with that in everyday conversation, so i'm sure this will get me in trouble at some point. maybe if i give my parents this link and know they're reading it, then i'll have to watch it!
the kids were great today. we spent the whole day at home. normally, i would hate this. i like being out in the world! but it was freezing cold and even snowed a bit this morning, so home was where we all wanted to be. we got clothes put away, toys picked up, dishes washed. i can start my week tomorrow with some order around here.
i think this may have to be it for a first post. i want to spend some time making it pretty...
My biggest struggle, i think, with blogging will be putting a filter on what i say. i struggle with that in everyday conversation, so i'm sure this will get me in trouble at some point. maybe if i give my parents this link and know they're reading it, then i'll have to watch it!
the kids were great today. we spent the whole day at home. normally, i would hate this. i like being out in the world! but it was freezing cold and even snowed a bit this morning, so home was where we all wanted to be. we got clothes put away, toys picked up, dishes washed. i can start my week tomorrow with some order around here.
i think this may have to be it for a first post. i want to spend some time making it pretty...
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