Kiki was cleaning out her stuff and left me a little surprise in the cupboard last night. I really hated Teletubbies!
If you ever saw Once, then you will know who Marketa Irglova and Glen Hansard are. This is a preview of their follow-up to Once. This is good stuff, a whole half hour of feel-good music!
What we did on Veteran’s day:
Drive around Louisville to find the library. Found the library. Found it closed. Duh, Veteran’s day! Found a really fun park in Louisville, stayed for a little while and enjoyed the sunshine. It was unseasonably warm for November. Then we did some shopping, picking up supplies and eating Chinese food for lunch at a new place we discovered. Shanny and Kiki tried Sushi, Kiki hates it, Shanny can go either way.
So the biggest deal of the day was Ty getting his hair cut. Why a big deal? Because I usually cut it. For his whole life! I didn’t want to clean up hair today so I took him in. He protested vehemently. But I finally cajoled him and it turned out better than I hoped. The girl who cut his hair, had electric blue hair. Not kidding. It was cute, actually. It was a nice day off for the kids. We had planned on doing some museum runs but most of the ones we wanted to visit, were closed because of the Veteran’s day.
We are going to visit Rachy this weekend. We are pretty sure she had swine flu. Oh joy. Hopefully she will be over it by the time we get there on Saturday. We are bringing her a box of supplies and goodies. We haven’t seen her in over a month. She has a boyfriend that was really sweet and brought her soup when she was sick. I like him already!
On Friday I went to the funeral of a man that goes to our church. The outpouring of love for this man was simply amazing. I think funerals can really get you thinking about your life and how you are living it.
My daughter Kiki was sleeping over at friends house and also stayed after school to help out with a fundraiser. She called me at 1:30 in the morning to say she was sick. I was expecting this call, because in the past, she always gets sick at this certain friends house. It could be her dog allergy. They live about twenty minutes away, so I put on something other than my pj’s and headed out. When I arrived, she came outside and told me she had vomited in their bathroom just a few minutes before. Ugh….I was thinking, here we go. We made it home without incident. I am wondering when the rest of us will feel cruddy.
I get to have gum surgery in January. A good excuse to eat ice cream, I guess. The dentist appointment on Monday was just one disaster after the other. I should have gotten dentures when I was twenty. I am just thankful that my kids got some good teeth genes from my husband. He has never had a root canal in his life. I am the queen of crowns. I just wish our dental insurance was decent. As it stands, we will be spending a small fortune on this piehole of mine.
We worked on the driveway yesterday. It was starting to look like a jeep road, with all the summer rains, it has gotten terribly washed out. My back and arms are feeling it today. My husband says, ” it let’s you know you are alive.”
It’s true. I am alive, despite my teeth, arms and back hurting. And my life is a gift from God, which I am so thankful for.
When Shanny got off the bus yesterday, she showed me her finger and I thought she had purple marker or ink on it. But it was actually an injury she received in P.E. playing basketball. She did not want to call me at school and tell me about it because she did not think I would think it was all that bad of an injury. I was mad at her for not calling. I admit, I got a little panicky. But, we did not know if she had broken her finger or not. We drove down to Boulder and finally found the Urgent Care and waited several hours for an X-ray and a doc to take a look. Let me tell you about the doctor. He was extremely chipper, wore a pink shirt and khakis and kept referring to Shanny as ”sweetie pie” and “honey-bun” and talking really fast. It was all I could do to not crack up laughing at my daughter’s reaction to him. He told us that her finger was NOT broken and she needed to wear a splint for 10 days and let it heal. A lot more info was given but it was mostly to the effect of “growth plates” , “orthopods” and ”arthritis” . My short attention span brain is a sieve. We finally got home around 8:00 P.M and ate some soup and toast, since we skipped dinner. Shanny noticed I was having some discomfort while waiting for the doctor to see her, and I have to admit it was really bad gas. Later on she said something that I am still gigging over: ” You should eat some of that spanish herb that helps with inflatuation.” She did not even know why I was laughing so hard.
My little maid, Kiki. She made this costume all by herself.
Halloween Cookies made by Kiki and I. She did most of the decorating. And this is a photo of Ty in his Calvin and Hobbes “costume.”
Halloween was a bust this year. With the two drivers in the house suffering migraine, not a great time. We stayed home and watched a scary movie while the kids bemoaned their loss. I bought some tricks and treats today as a surprise for them when they get home from school.
Shanny the Pikachu
