This and That... Odds and Ends... Random Thoughts

This has been a long week for our family. I think I blogged about getting sick with a cold last week. I started feeling better by the end of the week, but then the boys starting coming down with it. Josh got it, then got over it pretty quickly. Kyle got it, and didn't get over it quickly. By Tuesday he was complaining of a sore throat, which I chalked up to drainage, and by that night he was complaining of a an ear ache... which i chalked up to lots of sinus pressure. He thought he had strep and an ear infection - turned out he was right. I had to take him to the doctor on Wednesday morning when the white pockets showed up on the back of his throat. So, I got his meds, put him to bed, and headed back to work. (As a side note here... can I just say that work has been really stressful for the past few weeks. I don't want to complain about it too much, but sheese! Can we get a break yet, or what??) Anyway... Kyle was out of school until Friday, so off on our own Meg and I headed on Thursday. At the end of the day she came to the office looking awful! Not that she still wasn't cute, but she looked like she didn't feel well. She had a slightly elevated temp, her throat was killing her, she was flushed, and she had a massive headache. I checked her throat, called the doc, and thankfully they called us in some meds. She went to bed, and I had to wake her up to take her meds both that night and the next morning. She pretty much slept solid from 5:00 Thursday afternoon to 10:00 Friday morning. I woke up feeling great on Friday morning, but then had strep hit me like a ton of bricks by mid-morning. The headache and fatigue were something else. And once again, thankfully, the doctor called me something in. I came home, went to bed, and have pretty much stayed here since Friday. I'm feeling more like myself today, but still really tired.

And, if all of this weren't bad enough... Kyle woke up yesterday morning with pink-eye! Yep, you read that right. The poor kid hasn't been this sick with this many different things in a LONG time. He was always my sickest baby... ear infections, pink-eye, stomach viruses, fifth disease... you name it, there was one winter when he had it all. Thankfully we still have plenty of eye drops around from the last round of pink-eye in the house 2 weeks ago.

So, can you tell that I am MORE than ready for spring to hurry up and get here? I want to open up the house, get rid of all of the yuckies around here, and get life back to normal. Please? Can we do that?

Which brings me to another sore spot... what is up with the forecast for snow this week? I'm so over it already!!

While I have been in bed the past few days, I've been doing research on some different topics.

1. We need a new washer and dryer. We have had our current units for 13 years now... we bought them right before Megan was born. They have been good to us, but they are ready to retire. I've been reading up on the differences between front-loaders and top-loaders. What I really want are the way impressive Electorlux models that can wash and dry a load in 36 minutes! What?! That's just crazy! Sounds sweet, and would be loads of fun to have (no pun intended!), but have you seen the price on those things? CRAZY! So, needless to say, I will not be getting those. I do love the red models, though. They are so pretty! I think, though, that I will stick with a top-loading model. I've just really heard some negative things about front loaders, and I'm not up for the hassle. But, which one should I get? I guess when it boils right down to it, I don't need a super fancy model. Something that gets the job done with as little fuss as possible will be just fine. This is when it's really nice that I have a BIL in the appliance business. He sold us our last set, and we'll get our next ones from him.

I've also been drooling over furniture at http://knockoffwood.blogspot.com/. Have you checked her out? I want the farmhouse bed (or as DH calls it, the barnyard bed! He's so cute!), nightstands, and a super cute bench to put under my lr windows.

And, last but not least, I've been researching square foot gardening. I know what size I want my beds to be, and where I want to put them. I want to do 3 - veggies, flowers and herbs. Or maybe 2 veggie and one herb... then flowers around the house. Hmmm... maybe I still don't know exactly what I want. I dream of growing tomatoes, peppers - bell and jalapeno, carrots, spinach, green beans, peas, rosemary, basil, thyme, italian parsley, oregano. Can't you just smell it now? Yummy!

I am a great-aunt, again!! My nephew and his wife welcomed their beautiful baby boy into the world on Friday night. Tupou Steven Boyd made his appearance, weighing in at 8 lbs and he was 3 weeks early. Bet you are wondering about that name, huh? The beautiful mother is Samoan, and the name is a family name. Steven is my nephew's first name, which is also his father's name. I can't wait to see pictures of him... I'm sure he is quite handsome.

I'm a bit bummed that the weekend is pretty much over. I didn't get to do anything on my list due to being laid up in bed, but there is always next weekend, right? And, only 2 more weeks until Spring Break!! Woohoo!!