I so need to get back to blogging. I am still a little frustrated about Fred's desire for me to lock this up and I may need to go back and renegotiate that. Stay tuned.
I feel like life has been passing me by and although I have been an active participant I can't remember much of it. I have a TERRIBLE memory. I need to journal or blog of photograph things to remember them. I LOVE looking back at my older blog entries and I really want to get back on track with this. I know that when I was younger I would start many journals and looking back there are plenty of gaps through the years but I usually am able to get back to it. I'll try again.
So Thanksgiving 2009. Unlike any thanksgiving ever for me. We were all set to head to Indiana last Friday to spend the week with family and friends. We had a packed schedule and planned to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas in one trip. I was uncertain for the trip's reality at about 9 on Friday morning when Fred, who had gotten up and dressed to go to work, was back in bed in his sweats and announced he needed to stay close to home. By 10 he was worshipping the porcelain god and I went out to run some errands and leave him to suffer in peace. When I returned a few hours later with the boys in tow he was asking me to take him to the Dr. (Fred rarely seeks medical intervention, this was serious!) I had brought the boys home early so we could leave town around 2. Instead we headed to the Dr at 2:30. The results... Flu A positive. Ugh!
Well, by Saturday we had decided officially that the trip was off. Fred was fevering and miserable and would be contagious for 24 hours after the end of the fever, whenever that might be. My bigger fear was that one of the rest of us would catch the virus and end up sick once we got to Indiana. Who really wants to be sick and away from home to boot. We hunkered down, lived out of our suitcases for a few days and made some plans locally.
The week turned out to be really pleasant. We had all sorts of plans for up north but nothing on the calendar down here. We certainly filled it in with some shopping, chillaxin, movie watching, an impromptu dinner party, a trip to the Cowboy's game for the kids. The boys have spent some real quality time with friends and have enjoyed the mild weather this week. In the end, we managed to salvage it and make it a GREAT week. The only thing that could have made it better was a private jet to take us to Indiana or bring the Hoosiers south for a day or two.
So, here it is Black Friday and I am in the BIG city instead of the little town and I have not even left the neighborhood. The boys are proving to be VERY challenging when it comes to Christmas this year. Their wish lists are short and spendy and my wallet is slim and guarded. Stay tuned.
Ok, I think I'm going to do some laundry and think about a to do list that includes wrapping presents and perhaps baking cookies. I am really looking forward to baking spritz cookies this year since I did not make a single spritz cookie last year in the chaos of moving back into the house. This year I have two ovens, a Kitchen Aid Mixer, and a new cookie press. It's like Christmas.... Oh yeah, it it CHRISTMAS!
