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Last night we sent our son downstairs to take a shower. He tends to get lost in his imagination so much that he can take an hour or more to accomplish the smallest task. So I bought a timer and we've started giving him time limits. Well the shower was limited to 20 minutes. At 20 minutes on the dot our dear little boy came upstairs, showered.......and naked and dripping wet. Technically he made his time limit. But really. Some things should go without saying.
It's so hard to keep a straight face sometimes. |
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We're home from our trip a day early. Nothing really went as planned. That wasn't always a bad thing, though. For example, we didn't quite make it to Cullman as planned for Wednesday evening Bible study and worship so we stopped in Hartselle where we saw the Old Man, Deanne, and Cindy. That was the first time I'd ever met quincysmom and it had been a long time since I had seen the others. So it was a delight.
Our planned stay at my parents' house was cut short by my son's severe allergic reaction to my sister's cats. After a day in the house, gradually getting worse and worse, he suddenly couldn't breathe. We rushed him outside and gave him some meds and for a few minutes I was thinking we'd have to go to the ER - not a nice way to spend Christmas night. But he got a little better. We had to spend the rest of our nights in a motel - boo for the hit on the budget. But the motel was nice and we made the best of it.
Then our planned trip to Meridian, MS to see my husband's family got canceled due to a health problem with his sister. That was a disappointment. If you have a moment to send up a prayer for her, her name is Shawnda. We haven't seen my husband's family in more than 2 years and they've never met our newest addition. I don't know when we'll be able to try to get together with them again. Mostly I hope her health scare turns out to be a false alarm.
We worshiped in Paducah, KY on Sunday morning and managed to get home for worship Sunday evening. It was a relief to get home and we were happy to see what my son calls "our people." We went out for ice cream with some friends after services and everything is returning to normal now.
I have to go unpack and do some laundry.
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The weather forecast said we would have a high of 55 today. It still says that - even though the current temperature is 65. We just got back from walking to the grocery store. In December. Nice! |
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My son was sick yesterday. He vomited twice in the morning and didn't even tell me. In fact, he was trying to conceal the fact that he was sick because he didn't want to miss Bible class. Well, eventually he came clean and told me but by then I knew something was wrong - fever, chalky white face. He said he was "feeling just a little bit bad but I'm better now." I'm guessing he mightn't keep that bravery in the face of illness when he's a grown man. Just a guess. Based on experience with men. You women know what I'm talking about. |
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Tonight the four of us went out and rode around (well, one of us drove) our neighborhood and looked at Xmas lights. Our neighborhood is VERY large so it took quite a while and we still didn't see every area. It's quite a festive neighborhood, although some of the houses looked like the Xmas Fairy threw up on them. (I think we saw her passed out in one of the front yards.) My husband said at those houses the wife sent her poor non-artistic husband out with a bunch of lights and told him to decorate. He seemed to personally relate to that situation :-\ .
Anyway, we had a delightful time looking at decorations and listening to Xmas music on the radio. Then we went to a restaurant and had dessert. My oldest son had candy cane cocoa - yum! The little one had a bit of whipped cream off his daddy's pie. It was a lovely, cozy, holiday night.
I hope other people had as much fun as us tonight. |
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Our weather forecast for tomorrow calls for flurry - singular. One flurry. Most likely I'll miss that, huh?
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Update: I saw it. It was more than one. And it wasn't really flurrying, more like pelting my head - suspiciously like sleet. Nevertheless, 'twas the first frozen precipitation of the season. Falalalala lalalala. |
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