Update for November!

I haven't written in awhile. Here is the latest!...

Pneumonia - or something like it - has infected me. I'm on prednisone, some sort of 'cillan, an inhaler and some kind of cough syrup that has oxycodone in it. The end result is that my symptoms seem NO better - but I could care less! LOL! I'll ride out the Thanksgiving weekend and then it's back to the doc if I'm not doing any better. I feel ok - but as soon as I work on something - I'm wiped out!

Lake Geneva - was awesome. I posted the pictures where we saw the most awesome sunset AND a rainbow that was so brilliant. The pictures don't do it justice. I got 42 pages of scrapbooking done! That is a record for me. I'll be posting some pictures soon of my pages.

Family - they are awesome. Scotty was also struck by this bug - but it came to him as an ear infection (and then another one immediately after the first). So he's finishing up his antibiotic and he's 100% again. Brett has congestion - but nothing major.

Brett has been Mr. Awesome lately. I'm so impressed with that kid. He worked at a soup kitchen last week, then ran a youth activity at church and then ran another activity on Sunday night. He's involved in an engineering competition at MSOE and also is doing well with his violin. He's doing pretty well at school and he's been a huge help at home. I think I have the best teenager in the whole world. And yet, he still remains to be so "cool" to his friends. How did I get so lucky?

Scotty has REALLY started to "click" with school. He loves it! He's doing an excellent job! His reading skills have gone through the roof! He is my poster child for the optimistic. His favorite phrase is "Look at the bright side..." no matter WHAT we are doing.

Of course Eric is always fantastic. He's the best dad and hubby a girl could ever ask for. He's been so sweet with me being sick and all. He's in Indiana this week for work - but he calls in at night so we can do speaker-phone family prayer. :D Too cool. It'll be good for him to have a few days off this weekend. He deserves it.

News from home is that a dear friend of ours, Sister Genge passed away. She was an amazing woman who enjoyed genealogy more than any one human being on this earth. And I know some VERY avid genealogists!! She's going to have quite a reunion on the other side of the veil! Including my Mom greeting her with open arms and having stories to tell. I have so many Sister Genge stories - she was honest, knowledgeable, and a gem of a woman.

So I am thankful. We're off to Hayward this weekend for some turkey, family time, shopping and likely a funeral. But it's all good. I'll enjoy all of it! (The funeral because it will be a celebration of a wonderful life and I'm glad I'll likely be there for it.)

*Hugs everyone*

Weird stuff...

Weird. That's the past few days for me!

I got all ready for my Stampin' Up! class and I get to my conference room only to find out we can't go in. There was some burglary of equipment and it was pending an investigation and "sealed" off to police access only. Ugh! Weird!

I have a class Tuesday night there - and apparently it's supposed to be clear for that.

Then we have this strange illness in my house. Obviously, we aren't contagious because Eric isn't sick. Scotty went in for an earache 3 weeks ag0 (I think 3 weeks) and was put on amoxicillan. He took it all and was still sick - although his ear was better. Now he has another earache - and he goes back into today.

I've been sick for 3 weeks also... and it seems to have settled into my chest. I went to the doctor and was put on amoxicillan - which I've been on since last Wednesday and it's not working for me either.

Weird. We usually don't get sick like that. Actually Scotty was never on medication in his life until now! He's home today... 102 degree fever. But he's still so stinkin' happy. He's such an awesome kid.

Scotty is watching "A Year Without a Santa Clause"... we watch it all year round. It's been on our DVR for 3 years! He never gets tired of it.


I, for one, never EVER get tired of Heat Miser and Snow Miser!!

So there is my weird post. :)

Lake Geneva Scrapbook Weekend

It was really wonderful! I was able to go on Thursday and we traveled to Delevan to Memories from the Heart scrapbook store. On the way back we saw the most VIVID rainbow! It was pretty amazing. And then the SUNSET - which was equally awesome.

I've posted a few pictures. See the slide show on the right - but wait for a bit and you'll see more pictures (it takes awhile for the slideshow to load). Once you start seeing the sunset pictures - you probably have all of them.

Despite being sick - I had a great time. I got the most pages done in a weekend than I have EVER done before! I got 42 pages done! I still need to add journaling to some of them. I'll post some of them once I take pictures of them.

Yesterday I went to the doctor and I have bronchitis and sinus infection. Oy! So I'm on drugs and my hubby is taking care of me. (He's awesome.) Today I feel better! I'm so glad... but I can't wait until I'm done with the coughing!

This weekend is my Stampin' Up class! I love class weekend... It sounds crazy - but I have so much fun and enjoy sharing stuff with everyone. This weekend is Christmas cards and ornaments. :D I will probably over do it. I should make those calls tonight to remind people!...

On a SUPER positive note: My dad's surgery went really well and he's already home. Wahoo!

A new day... (a.k.a. post election stress disorder)

It's a new day. I'm not bitter about the election anymore. I'm actually excited to see a black man in the White House (that was never my issue).

I'm excited to see people not hating the country anymore - that was getting a little old. I'm excited to quit hearing people blame everyone else and ready to get to work to DO something instead of complaining all the time.

It's a new day... And don't worry - I explained to Scotty that Obama isn't going to give our money to a hobo. :) I told him he deserves our respect and that the country has spoken. He really is an awesome man and father and I have to believe he wants the best for his kids too.

:D
Besides - I get to go scrapbooking this weekend in Lake Geneva! So it can't all be bad!

"He's going to raise taxes and give it all to a HOBO!"

Those are the words of my 8-year-old Scotty about our new president. I laughed myself silly. I think he should be a politician with a slogan like that!

Well Obama is our president after January and we have a Democratic House and Senate to match. We'll have change, alright... but not in our pockets. More on that over the next 4 years. *shudder*

Just remember - I didn't drink that Obama koolaid! :O

;)

Halloween 2008

Halloween 2008 has officially come to a close!

Actually we really enjoy this time of year because we make it fun. This year we went to the "Harvest Festival" at the school where they had a ton of activities for the kids, including a jail they set up. You could pay to take out a warrant and have someone arrested. So, of course, we took a warrant out on Scotty! Brett was asked right away to help at the warrant table. He did an excellent job.

Then last night was our Trunk-or-Treat at the church. They had a Primary activity for the kids at 5pm. Then at 6pm we had a ward dinner of chili and desserts. I brought chili and it worked out really well! We had several crock pots of chili, corn muffins and then 2 tables of desserts. At each table they had apple juice, water, saltines and butter. It was REALLY nice! And a TON of people came!

After dinner - we went out to our cars and handed out candy from our trunks. We didn't dress up our trunk this year :( -- I should have taken the time to plan that out a little more.

Brett taped a large quarter to his back (a novelty we picked up at Mount Rushmore this past summer) and wore a football jersey. He was a "Quarterback" *groan*.... And Scotty went as Eric - a Crane Mechanic. It was a costume he looked forward to ALL year! He couldn't wait to be Daddy. He thinks Daddy has the best job in the whole world. So of course I had to paint a beard on him! :)

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We had a blast! And it was so well organized because we were done by 7:30! Perfect! Of course we talked in the parking lot sitting in our trunk to missionaries and Paul & Esther. Elder Salls is a new missionary and showed me a misspelling (an ACTUAL misprint) in the Bible. I can't wait to use it on the Seminary kids.

I have to say - I really missed Donna and Karissa this year. They counted the days and really looked forward to spending that time together with us! I really missed them this year. (I know they were thinking of us too!)