The (Un)Fantastic Flu

Starting Sunday at bedtime, I feel some chills. I think the house must be cold. But no...it was the evil flu. He came and visited for three days. Chills that couldn't be comforted with five blankets to sweating so hard I changed shirts twice in two hours. And when I thought I finally got over it, the vomiting started. Good god! Let me tell you (if you didn't already know), I am not a patient person. I am not a good patient. I cry and whine when I'm sick because I don't have time to do that. I was so sick, I missed two days of work. The last time I missed that much work for an illness? Dec. 31, 2002 when I had an 8mm kidney stone. Yeah, I don't get sick much.

But there were two good things that came out of this illness. The first, I woke up this morning feeling GREAT and got caught up at work and cleaned up the house this evening. I love the extra energy. The second...tomorrow's FRIDAY! Woohoo!

Dance class video

Here's a little clip of L's ballet class.

Dance Class

This week was parents week at L's dance class. She's in ballet and tap again. She's doing really well and I'm glad we kept her in dance. I took several pictures and videos (will try to upload those sometime). She loves tap the best. I think she'll be a clogger when she gets older.

L is the girl with the blue ponytail. She jumps so high!

The ballet portion: they run and jump over the puppy.

She was proud to have us watch her. Her teacher is very energetic and fun. There are 10 girls in her class. We also got to see the costume for spring recital. It is SO CUTE!! It's hot pink with a tutu. Very girly and conservative.

Christmas prep

The family is gone, I've shopped for my Black Friday items, so now it's time to move to Christmas. L and I spent yesterday afternoon on this craft (thanks to Betsy!). We took pine cones, put Modge Podge on the tips and glittered them. What a fun craft and what a mess! We both had lots of fun and laughs.

We also decorated the Christmas tree today. It didn't seem to take long to put up the tree. I did that part and the lights and L put on most of the ornaments (when she could peel herself away from iCarly). We had a good time discussing the ornaments and what was special about them.

Here are the two ornaments my mom made for us. For 15 years, she has been stitching ornaments for me every year. When Jeff and I got married, we'd each receive one. Now that L's here, she gets her own and Jeff and I get one together. I love the ballerina ornament she made for L.

This is my favorite ornament that my mom has made for me. It plays music and reminds me of my childhood.

More pictures to follow, I'm sure. We're trying to finish up the decorating this weekend.

Thanksgiving Day

This year, we hosted Thanksgiving. We usually go to my grandparents, but they needed a year of rest so I offered to cook. It was my first time cooking a turkey and I have to say it was very easy and the turkey was delicious! Grandma helped me with the gravy and stuffing and pies, while I made green bean casserole, mashed potatoes and cranberry salad.
Jeff did an excellent job of carving the turkey (another first). He saved the drumsticks for his leftovers.

Look at that spread. No one left the table hungry.

L was a little under the weather so it worked out well that we were home. She took an extra morning nap and that seemed to get her through the day.

Grandma and I headed to Michael's after the others left to do a little shopping. And I headed to bed relatively early to get ready for Black Friday. It was a wonderful Thanksgiving to have everyone over to see our new home.

Week in Review

This week was a busy one. Too busy to really take pictures, so I'll just chat.

Sunday: beautiful day. L and I went for a walk and then to two parks to play on the equipment. It was also a great day to watch some football and take a nap.

Monday: My 35th birthday! I took the day off. I slept in, then went to my Favorite scrapbook store, Scrapfunattic and shopped a little. The next errand? A mani and pedi. Ahhh....luxury. I had a nice piece of salmon and salad at Dillon's and grabbed a few items for supper. I scrapbooked and watched TV for a few hours, then fixed supper for 12. That evening, Trans Siberian Orchestra was playing in town. The show was awesome! My day was great!

Tuesday: I got the dreaded phone call from school. L had a temp. Bummer. So she hung out with me at the office.

Friday: we went to the South-Heights football game. South lost, but we still had a good time.

Saturday: L's friend has been over and Jeff and I have been chilling. Love those kind of weekends.

Halloween at Work

This year at work, the staff decided they wanted to do a group Halloween theme. So they decided to do Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. I was asked to be Snow White. Kristine was the wicked witch. She was the best!! I loved her makeup. And the nose with the wart was perfect.
Here's a group picture. The girls did such a nice job of adding their own flair to the dwarf ears that everyone wore. It was a great day!