Sickness and Card, oh my....

Our house has been boggled down with sickness. Two weeks ago my son, Jonathan, came down with sore throat and fever and I kept him home from school for three days. Then just as he was getting better, I came down with the sore throat, fever, ache everywhere and had to spent practically a four day weekend in bed. Most frustrating thing about the sore throat was that eventhough it was painful and inflamed, the doctor said there was nothing wrong with my throat. I took a throat culture and when the results came in three days, it was negative, no strep which was a good thing. My throat was hurting for seven days and I was told that I was congested so therefore I was given some congestion medication. As the pain was easing up, the incessant cough started...I practically spent a whole week coughing non-stop. It was ok during the day, but when nighttime fell, it was torture. I think I only have a total of 48 hours of sleep in one week so I spent most of my days, walking around the house like a zombie...nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing got done around here. I was sleep deprived.

While I was still feeling sick, my little girl Kaitlin was sick also, her fever was constantly on a roller coaster ride. Along with that, she was vomitting all over the place and running in and out of our bathroom, she had diarrhea..poor thing. Just as we were getting better, both Joey and Daniel came down with the same thing. Three days after they got better, my hub came inherited everything else everyone has had for past week or so. Gosh, it felt like a never ending cycle. As I'm sitting here writing, my Kaitlin is coughing, she's moved on to coughing while my daughter Stephanie is in here room with the same thing we've had so far. She's been sick all weekend so she's been sleeping most of the time. Oh yeah, for some reason, the sore throat has affected the taste buds of anyone who has contracted it. I think I literally went on a four day fast during the time I had sore throat. I was literally shaking on the fourth day that I decided to make some chicken soup and slurp on the broth. It did the job.

There are still two members of our household who haven't gotten sick for far and I pray they don't get sick too. Seeing how misery seems to love company, they probably might come down with something over the weekend. My son Chris announced last night during FHE that this Friday he's taking a girl to the school dance so I cross my finger he doesn't get sick by then. It's so cute, it is going to be his first official date..awwww.

So yeah, that's what's been happening in our household right now. I'll be glad when everything gets back to normal again.

On a brighter note, being sick sometimes has its advantages. Being sick frees up a person from his/her usual chores or duties for the time being, yet said sick person can still enjoy or do something fun for a change. So that's what I did, I took advantages of my break and play with papers..our card group had our meet last week so I made some cards. I wasn't able to take picture of the card I made for our swap but I made a card for a challenge that I participate every week and had my daughter take picture of it. It's actually going to be my valentine's day card for my hub. So here it is:

I know, that's a lot of red. And it looks simple enough. I love this image..it's become my signature image when it comes to my hub and I. I like using this image when I make a card for my hub...when we were dating, we were poor poor students so most of our dates were either at the beach or ended at the beach.

The next image is the surprise part. Everyone who knows me, especially when it comes to card making, knows I love 3-D or pop up cards. I would say I am obsessed with pop-up card. The picture you see above, that was what the card looks like laid flat. If you look closely, you will see that there's a little indented area where you pull on it and once you pull it, viola!!

It pops up and stands on its own. And of course, there's a greeting that was revealed. I wish I can say that this is all my idea but no...some other very clever and creative person came up with the idea. Like I said, there's a challenge that I participate in each week...the coordinators come up with a technique, give us the instruction on it and then challenge us to create one. I don't usually do all of them. I usually like to tackle the 3-Ds or pop up ones and the complicated the technique the better...as far as I'm concerned.

So there you have it folks. Hope you all are having a good week and that you're all healthy.

God bless and ♥ always,

Friday Funny

A man in Scotland calls his son in London the day before Christmas Eve and says, "I hate to ruin your day but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing; forty-five years of misery is enough".

"Dad, what are you talking about?'" the son screams.

"We can't stand the sight of each other any longer", the father says. "We're sick of each other and I'm sick of talking about this, so you call your sister in Leeds and tell her".

Frantically, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone, “Like hell they're getting divorced!", she shouts. "I'll take care of this!!"

She calls Scotland immediately and screams at her father, "You are NOT getting divorced. Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my brother back and we'll both be there tomorrow. Until then, don't do a thing, DO YOU HEAR ME?” and hangs up.

The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. "Done! They're coming for Christmas and they're paying their own way."

This was sent from a friend, and I couldnt resist sharing as well. ☺ Hopefully whoever is reading this finds the humor in it...I couldn't stop laughing when I read it.

(When I read this to my kids, they told me not to use this on them when they move away from home, they will not fall for it.)

Later,

Just Rambling again

I've been thinking about resolutions since this is a new year and all. Seems like that is the thing to do, the new year comes and everyone is writing up a new resolution. So I thought about writing up one for myself on here but then I got to thinking....

Does anyone actually accomplish any of the items they listed on their resolution? It seems I never seem to accomplish or even touch half of what I listed on my resolution. Seriously, I get so excited about the new year and I start imagining all the new things I'd like to do, for example, new talents I want to develop, or a bad habit I want to get rid of or new good habit I want to work on, blah blah blah.

See, every year, I put on my list, read my scriptures more faithfully, get at least thirty minutes of some sort of exercise workout into my daily routine, lay off the caffeine, again, blah blah blah...then come at the end of the year, I usually notice I've only done part of my list.

The first of this month, our family got together and toasted our last bottle cider to everything each of wish for the new year and then we gathered around in a circle and knelt in prayer. Usually when we do a prayer in circle like that, it means that someone would start the prayer, say something, then squeezed the hand of the person on their right and that person added something to the prayer and then squeezed the hand of the person next to them, so on and on til we get to the last person and that person say what she/he wants to say and then close out the prayer. The kids were very thoughtful in their part of the prayer, they each pray for each other, extended family member, parents and friends.

When it came for my turn...know what I prayed for? Only thought that stuck in my mind...P.A.T.I.E.N.C.E., yep, I prayed for Patience. So I've decided that will be my number one goal for this year. I will learn to have more patience. I have noticed that the older I get, the less patient I become. You would think that someone who has kids and are constantly around kids would be the most patient person in the world, but no, not me. I get impatient with my kids, my hubby, friends, even strangers. I seem to have little patience any little thing, even traffic light especially when I'm dropping my kids off to school, or when my kids are not moving fast enough in the morning to get ready for school...or if I tell one of the kids to do something and they seem to be moving too slow for my taste.

So yeah, Patience is definitely my resolution for this year. I figure if I focus on this one aspect of my life and actually master it, I just might be able to accomplish some of the other things I've been trying to accomplish for years, who knows. Maybe, just maybe, if I've become more patience, I might be able to get some of my mental list of things to accomplish for this year crossed off too...I think.

What about you? Do you write a resolution each year and do you actually accomplish what you listed? I would love to read what you have.

Anyways, today is Cub Scout Den meeting. I will be having at least four nine-year old over at my house this afternoon and I'm going to try my hand at some simple wood working activity. This should be interesting. Did I ever mention that I am actually loving being a den mom?(well, they don't call it that anymore...it's Den Leader, now). I do..it's actually more fun than I thought it would be. These nine-year olds are such fun to work with, no whining, complaining and they are so NOT picky when it comes to activities.

♥ always,

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