Today is a catch-up day

Even though I was busy yesterday doing a lot of stuff, today I have to catch up on finishing laundry doing the dishes and taking the ornaments off the Christmas tree. Then I have a PTO meeting and a Girl Scout meeting today is going to be so busy. At Thanksgiving I was in the bay area visiting family. My aunt had a persimmon tree that she let me pick a bunch of persimmons to take home. They’ve been sitting in a bag in my garage since Thanksgiving ripening. This morning I puréed the persimmons so I can make cookies. But I’m going to stick the purée in the fridge and do that tomorrow. And probably in a few hours I’ll have to figure out what it crockpot for dinner tonight. We shall see!

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I have been so sick….

My kids have been sick all month for one reason or another. My daughter came up positive for Strep Throat and the next day my youngest was in the doctors with an ear infection. Well my daughters medication had ended on Wednesday of last week and by Friday she was running a high fever and sounded like a barking seal. My husband and I were leaving for Las Vegas on Saturday morning but had to postpone a few hours so I could take my daughter to Urgent Care.

The Doctor told me she still had strep throat which would require her to be on a stronger dose of antibiotics this time around. AND that she also had croup and would have to have an oral steroid.

So my husband and I finally take off to Las Vegas while the kids are being taken care of by my parents. Las Vegas is a 7+ hour drive from where we live — 400+ mile trek. But we have a Prius so the gas alone is way cheaper than any flight we could had gotten.

We were there basically for 1 day literally and that was to see Jeff Dunham perform at Planet Hollywood on Sunday afternoon. However, by Sunday night I wasn’t feeling too well… I was having stomach issues. For our car ride home Monday — I was in full blown chills.

Tuesday my Father took me to Urgent Care since my doctor’s office was booked. I was told I had Strep Throat and a mild case of Bronchitis. Mild Case my ass… my ribs hurt so bad from coughing it is painful. So they put me on a z-pack I guess is what they call it.

By Wednesday the 17th my son’s are presenting symptoms now. So I had my parents take them to the doctors … and yep strep throat. My youngest still has a bad fever today.

And my daughter had ran a fever for at least 5 days after being on the new medication. So she missed this entire week from school.

And then there is me. I have been so sick that I was in bed for 5 days straight. This is literally the first time I was able to sit up and turn on my computer and type something out for my Blog.

I can’t remember the last time I was so sick that I was stuck in bed for 5 days if ever. My throat still hurts. My cough is awful and I am all congested — not fun at all.

I hope that we are all well enough for christmas next week. And knock on wood that my husband doesn’t fall ill to this nasty germ bug that is hitting my home hard.

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OMG the wind blew our swing set over (mind you it was staked into the ground!!!!!)

The whole thing landed on my garden fence! I can’t believe this, my kids are going to be devastated! Damn Pineapple Express Storm — I hate you and your 80 mph winds!!! MY Garden fence is TOAST!!! My kids swings and fort is shambles. AGHHHHH I want to cry!!

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Christmas Spirit has hit our home!

Christmas Tree

Yesterday, my husband and his friend Mark put up our Christmas tree. It sat there until the kids got home so the 4 of us could place all the ornaments on. Of course nothing went smoothly and a couple of ornaments got broken but nothing some glue couldn’t fix.

The stockings have been hung. And yes, I LOVE SNOWMEN! Everyone has a snowman stocking that I have collected over the years.

So i guess I am finally in the Christmas Spirit!!

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Joy to the World!

Wishing everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

This is always the time to reflect on what you are thankful for, but when you sometimes get family all jammed together for festivities like Thanksgiving it can be a little stressful. And with that patience tend to run thin, tongues wag and say things that sting, but stress can do that to you. So hopefully we can be more mindful of our feelings and move beyond the cattiness and truly be thankful for everything and everyone we have in our lives.

My family and I have driven to the Bay Area which is a typical 4 hour drive. But we stopped to go hiking after an hour in the car… to none other than to scout out a new camping place, of course.

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My Daughters outdoor “Frozen” Birthday Party in November

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Yes, my daughter wanted a “Frozen” Birthday like every other girl this year. I was informed of this decision about 6 months ago and have been working on this “project” for a couple of months now.

I held the party outside, but of course I stressed over it for a couple of weeks because I wasn’t sure if it was going to rain or snow especially since I had no idea how I would have 30+ kids and a bunch of adults in my little house if it did rain/snow.

But the weather held up nicely at 55º up until the last hour of our party — and then it started turning cold and breezy — a literal “Frozen” Party, LOL.

I used snowflake table clothes including and couple of Arendelle themed plastic table clothes for a couple of my little tables. I also decorated with Frozen themed helium balloons on the tables.

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Blue Glitter Slime

I wanted to make Glitter Slime for my daughter’s party on Saturday – to give the kids some extra things to play with. And what better fun than playing with slime!  I do however recommend playing around with water/Borax ratio until you find the consistency you prefer. The more Borax you use the stiffer the slime will get.

Glitter Slime

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