Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving wasn't the same this year because my parents were gone. This was my first Thanksgiving ever that I didn't get to spend it with my parents. They left on Monday to go to West Virginia to help my grandma get her house and stuff in order and then bring her back with them for the rest of the winter and possibly the summer. I'm not quite sure how long she is going to stay this year. Last year she stayed until the beginning of May. I'm hoping that she will stay long enough to celebrate Mason's birthday at the end of June. I'm also hoping that she will be here long enough that we might be able to go to possibly Seward this summer with her.

Even though my parents weren't here for Thanksgiving it was still pretty nice. Wednesday when I got home from work I got started on making my pies. We had pumpkin and apple. It took me a little longer to make them than I had anticipated mainly because I didn't feel good and because I left for a couple of hours in between pies. I woke up Wednesday morning with a head cold which I still have but it's almost gone now. So I really wasn't in the best shape for Thanksgiving but I had invited my best friend and her daughter over to join us so I had to follow through. I went to bed around midnight after finishing my apple pie. I slept until 8:30 the next morning only because I had to get up and get the turkey in the oven. I went back to bed after that and slept until around 1:30pm when I had to get up and start getting everything else prepared since we were suppose to eat around 3:00pm. I ended up making turkey, stuffing, gravy, corn, green beans, candied yams with marshmellows, mashed potatoes, and rolls. I didn't realized until the day of Thanksgiving that I had forgotten to get one of the most popular things at every Thanksgiving meal besides the turkey and that is cranberry sauce but no one said anything so it was ok.

After dinner I still wasn't feeling well so I ended up laying down on the sofa and taking about an hour long nap. I woke up had a snack and realized that I hadn't heard from my parents yet so I called my grandma to wish her and my parents a Happy Thanksgiving only to find out that I hadn't heard from them because they went to visit my dad's family the day before and wouldn't be back until Friday. My grandma and I ended up having a nice little chat and Michael said hello to her also. I couldn't get Mason to get on the phone. He doesn't like to talk on the phone much. I hope that continues when he becomes a teenager. LOL.....

I had to work Friday so I got the kids ready for bed and got them tucked in, took my shower, and headed to bed myself. I took some Nyquil before going to sleep which I really regretted around 2am. Mason woke up crying complaining that his right ear hurt and he was running a fever. I stumbled from my bed and almost tripped over the cat on the way to the kids' room because I was still half asleep. I ended up giving him some Motrin and around 2:15am after Mike and I both were up with him the Motring started to kick in and his ear was feeling a little better so we went back to bed. Around 2:30am I was still awake so I went to check on Mason and see if he wanted to sleep with us so I could keep an eye on him. He said no that he was feeling much better and he wanted to stay in his room and watch cartoons. I said ok and went back to bed. I of course wasn't able to fall back to sleep until way after 3am only to have to get back up at 7am to get ready for work. Work was slower than normal. We only had one no show but there was quite a few gaps in between appointments which made for a long day but I was glad since I was somewhat tired and still battling my cold. I was glad to get home when work was over. I had talked to my doctor that I work with and asked him about Mason and he suggested that I go ahead and have Mike bring him in to be seen. Neither the kids go to my clinic but since Mike had both of the kids it was so much easier for him to bring Mason there then try and get an appointment with their regular clinic mainly because I wouldn't of been able to take off work to run upstairs and help him with the kids. With them coming to my clinic I was able to get Mason an appointment with my doctor and I didn't have to take off work and I was still able to do my job. Turns out Mason was starting to get an ear infection but because he's to that age that most kids are able to fit it off without antibiotics he gave us a prescription for some but told us to wait a couple of days and see how he's doing. If he's still complaining of it hurting then get it filled if not then it means it's taking care of itself and we don't have to worry about it. So far we haven't had to fill the script and he's not had to take anymore Motrin

My best friend and I ended up going out last night. Friday is usually my night to unwind and let my hair down as Mike would put it. Since I work all week then have to come home and take care of the kids Friday night is the only night he doesn't mind watching the kids if we have them both. He normally works on Fridays but he took this Friday off because I had to work and it was easier for him to get it off than me since there was no school and my parents were out of town. Usually when he works Mason goes over to my best friends house with me and her daughter watches him while we go out then Mike picks him up on his way home from work and they have a little daddy and son time before heading to bed.

Well I hope everyone had a very Happy Thanksgiving and that you are thankful for all that you have. I know I am. I have a wonderful family, a great job, and the lord in my life.

Two week curse is officially over

I am happy to announce the the Street 2 week curse is officially over! For those of you that don't know what the curse is I will tell you. When Mike and I met and started dating about 10 years ago he bought the trailer we currently are living in from his mom who was moving to Delaware to go to graduate school. Mike told me that it should take 2 weeks for him to do the renovations he had planned then we could sell the trailer and buy a house. So he took 2 weeks off from work and began the job. We have now been married for 9 years and the trailer STILL is not completely finished. It seems that we have this 2 week thing going with our family. Anytime someone says it will take 2 weeks it always seems to go longer. Just like with Michael casts. About 4 weeks ago when Michael went in his doctor told him to come back in 2 weeks and the casts should come off then. We went back 2 weeks later and the casts still remained and we were told another 2 weeks. Well Michael went in for his appointment yesterday and I'm happy to announce that he FINALLY got his casts removed. We are so happy and relieved.

The first thing I did when I got home from work last night was feed him dinner then he took a very long and much needed bath. He soaked in the tub for almost an hour. I think he was very happy to finally be able to get into the tub and sit instead of having half his body hanging over the side since he couldn't get his leg wet.

Everything looks great. His doctor said he can bare as much weight on his leg as long as he can tolerate it. There is some swelling going on but that is expected. It should go away in a few days. Michael seems so much happier now that he doesn't have his cast on anymore. Now he is going to have intense therapy going on to try and get him back to where he was before he had his surgery. He's not going to be happy about that. Just like any typical 8 year old he doesn't want to work unless he really has to and even then he will protest about it. LOL

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Halloween was pretty mellow around our house this year. We were going to a Halloween party that a friend of mine was having. It was a kid friendly kind of party so Mason was going to go with us since Michael had therapy. Well I got home from work and found that the house was empty of kids. I guess Mason decided that he really wanted to go home with grandma and grandpa for the weekend and not go to the party with us so we ended up going to the party by ourselves. We had fun though. Mike is rather anti-social so he didn't dress up but I decided to wear my old wedding gown from my first marriage and go as a bride and my best friend Rhonda went as a female devil. She was going to go as a gesha but her costume that she ordered didn't arrive in time so we had to come up with a costume rather quickly for her.

Mason did do some trick or treating at my parents house. He wore his Bateman costume and went to 3 houses with my dad before he decided he was too cold and wanted to go back to the house. He had fun though and he got to spend quality time with his grandpa.