I know it has been a while, so here are the main points of the past week or so:
My best friend Daniel came up on Sunday, the 9th. I ended up renting a car so that I could spend the few moments I could with him, which was very much worth it. His visit was by far the best gift I've had in a very long time. Abigail absolutely adored him and asks every morning, even after he has left and gone back home, if she can see "her Daniel".
Last Wednesday night, after we got home from Cherub Choir and Mission Friends, Abigail's chronic cough that she's had since her pneumonia turned into a new, deeper, nasty cough. I kept the kids home on Thursday, hoping the rest would be good for them, but by Friday morning, Aiden developed a bilateral ear infection (again!) and Abby's cough was ridiculous. Off to the pediatrician we went Friday morning to find out that my little fairy princess has developed walking pneumonia. Both kids are on antibiotics, again. Aiden is scheduled to have a consult to get tubes in his next month. Ab is doing better on the antibiotic, but it still makes me a little nervous.
Friday, along with bringing a cold front, miserable rain, and child illnesses, brought the return of my dad's mom. She was terrible. Terrible enough that my dad actually saw how nasty she is to everybody. Usually she behaves around him for the most part, but she was so bad this time that my dad was blown away by her rude, crass mouth. Wes, the kids, my parents, Oma, Jason, and I met her for dinner on Saturday night. It lasted just over an hour, and that was bad enough that I flat out told her that she did not need to come back until she learned how to treat people with respect. I told her that she was a terrible example in front of my kids, that she only thinks of herself, and that none of us appreciated her obvious manipulations, guilt trips, and insults. She can just stay in Mass from now on. Just watch: she'll be here in the Spring.
Anyway, I really am not in a bad mood. Abigail was well enough today to have her very first ever swim lesson. She was a little nervous on the way there, but she was quite the brave trooper once we were inside. She did very well. She blew bubbles in the water, floated around with the teacher, kicked her feet...and loudly announced that "pool water tastes kind of like soap, just yuckier". Yeah. That's my kid! We'll be going each afternoon this week, so long as she continues to be doing better on her medicine.
Oh, and Wes, the kids and I went car shopping on Saturday. We think we may have found our new car. It is an '05 Nissan XTerra, 4WD, fully loaded, just not leather seats. It has abot 50K miles on it. It is a V6, so it is a little less power than the Jeep, but hopefully will be a little better on gas. As long as the flippin' thing runs, I don't care about the specifics. We are getting things in order before we make our final decision.
I also am going to start writing...a lot. I have three book ideas. Yeah, three. One of my clients is an accomplished author, and she has promised to hook me up with her editor and publisher, so we'll see if anything actually comes of it. I am excited to at least write, even if it goes no further than my home. I have really missed it.
Well, I hope you all are doing well. Let me know what's going on in your worlds. You all are in my prayers!
Blessings in a Simple LifeThere are tiny glimpses of miracles everyday in life; I am writing this blog as a way to keep track of the simple joys that God has given me in an ordinary day.
Monday, September 17, 2007
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