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Saturday, December 27, 2014

sick times

Today is Saturday the 27th and I am sick. I've been sick since Christmas. Before that time I had been so busy and then tired...now sick. So I haven't blogged lately... but I have my hristmas pictures on my facebook if you want to look at them. I will post more later. Sorry so short!

me sick with influenza on Christmas Day

My faithful Christmas dog by my side.

Our family Christmas Day (which was Saturday the 20th) Riley girl was really sick. She didn't even stay for the sleepover. And Joshua got here really sick the night before. Brad got sick Christmas day, Tara is sick, Jordy got sick. Papa was sick but he went to the doctor. He told him he had the flu and the shot he had didn't work. Because of Lanny's past health issues he gave him medication to treat it early. No pneumonia for him! The flu is really going around... and it can turn into bronchitis or pneumonia. Not cool. I am so tired, achy and done with this. I'll post more later.

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Last week was busy!

This has been a week and I haven't been blogging! Crazy. I had an awesome week. Very tiring. My blood sugar is down. My weight is down. Feeling pretty good but tired. Wile E Coyote looks like I feel. haha!

I'm going to go backwards because it helps me to remember! So last night we went to Riley's concert at school. She did amazing singing and playing those bells. We got there SO early. Before when we went to her school we had to park a ways away and Tara warned us to bring a flashlight and it was muddy around the school. So we got there at 5:30. It started at 7. We got rock star parking and we had great conversation while I reclined in the seat half asleep the whole time. It was weird.... I felt spaced out for the concert. Of course, I was so very stressed going to the concert. I HATE traffic. I am always afraid of getting in an accident and how quickly it changes your life. I cannot believe how much traffic there was and it was raining off and on. So I was very stressed by the time we arrived and exhausted. And I wasn't even driving!!! My battery on my camera was dead but tara took pictures. She hasn't posted them yet.

Tuesday we went shopping and bought all our stuff for our Christmas dinner. And we went to the dollar store for gift wrap and tape. It was pretty tiring.

Monday night we went to Lauren's concert. My pictures didn't turn out. :( I won't see any Amanda took. But she did so well! The 6th grade band was amazing. As we were leaving Santa showed up in the fire truck. I made a little red headed 4 year old friend named Oliver. He was so cute and funny. We made friends quickly.

Andrew and his friend Annie had been out taking pictures and down the canal so they stopped at our house for cookies. There were no more Christmas cookies except Kevon's so they had brownies instead and visited for awhile.

Sunday I was a bit tired. Lauren went to church. I worked on the pictures from the party we had the day before.

Saturday was the big day! We had our party. On Friday we picked up Lauren at school and we went home and started baking cookies. A bit difficult with her on crutches. She hurt her ankle at basketball practice the night before. But we got a lot of cookies baked. She was tired after we finished!

The next morning we got more cookies made! Papa went and got some pizza and we served it at the party! We made a punch and there were tons of homemade cookies!!!

I cannot believe everyone invited came! Only one missing was Amanda because she had to work. But we had a great crowd of 14 and a blast!!!

L-R: My niece Denice, granddaughter Jordy, daughter Heather, sister Lois, niece Jessica, daughter Karla, niece Alyssa, niece Kara, me, and sister Libby. Bottom right to left: Grand daughters Lauren and Riley, daughter Tara and grand daughter Madi! Beautiful ladies!!!!!

Papa told us to cover our faces. funny guy

We had tried picture from here but Lois didn't get in it

Picture in this location didn't work so much either because you can't see Denise!

It was fun trying to get a group picture. Poor Lanny. No where worked!!!! Here are some more pictures of the people there.

The three new ones invited this year!!! Lauren, Riley and Madi!

Dylan stopped by with Karla's ornaments and to steal a cookie. Scruffy was happy!

Ornaments first.....

Alyssa... I ended up with this ornament!

Denise

Heather, Jordy and Libby

Jordy and Libby

Jordy, Libby, Lois, Alyssa and Jessica

Lauren and Heather

sisters Libby and Lois

Tara, Kara and Madi

Pictures and cookies!

Heather looked so good...she has lost 75 pounds! So proud of her!

Madi

Alyssa

Jessica

Jordan

Riley

Aunt Libby with Aly and Jessie

sisters Heather and Karla

sisters Jessica and Alyssa

Sisters Lois, Joyce and Libby

sisters Tara, Heather and Karla

Mom and daughters; Jordy, Tara and Riley

Mom and daughter; Karla and Madi

Mom and daughter; Libby and Kara

Mom and daughter; Lois and Denise

Didn't take one of me and my girls. hmmmm. And Lauren didn't have her mom there and Heather doesn't have a daughter so they teamed up!

Heather and her other niece Riley

Finally...there are ALWAYS bloopers, goofiness and strange pictures....here they are!

Have a great day!!!! This Saturday is our family Christmas so I may be busy until then!!!!

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Busy weekend coming up. A harder quiz!

Thursday already! Shopping and baking Friday. Party Saturday. Seahawks Sunday. Lauren's band concert Monday! Better relax today.

Only 14 days until Christmas. I need to figure out a church to go to for Christmas Eve.

Thinking about things today. Possibly overthinking is a better term.

However, I am not in the best mood today so I am going to just put out another Christmas Quiz.

I hope you find it fun. Answers are at the bottom of the post again.0

Here's a Christmas Quiz with 20 questions for you to try!
All the answers are somewhere on the site!

What's the name of the period leading up to Christmas?
How many Wise Men brought gifts to Jesus?
How does Good King Wenceslas like his pizzas?
What was the name of John the Baptist's Mother?
Who brings presents to children in Holland on the 5th/6th December?
How many letters are in the angelic alphabet?
In what town was Jesus born?
How many presents were given in total in the 12 Days of Christmas?
In what decade was the first Christmas Card sent in the UK?
What country did the family escape to?
How many of Rudolph's eight companions names start with 'D'?
What country did Christmas Trees originate from?
Who was the 'King of the Jews' who ordered the babies to be killed?
What's the second line of "I'm dreaming of a white christmas"?
What was Joseph's job?
Who started the custom of Wassailing?
Who were first people to visit the baby Jesus?
What's lucky to find in your Christmas Pudding?
What Angel visited Mary?
Where did the baby Jesus sleep?

I am not in the best mood. I didn't sleep well last night. Not sure why. Just really emotional today. Do you ever get that way? I will just chill the rest of the day. We put a pot roast in the oven and will add yellow potatoes and carrots in awhile. It is pouring rain again. The wind is suppose to pick up tonight. So who knows if my mood will get better. lol If there is no power outage and my dinner gets done it should improve.

Tomorrow I will be busy making cookies for the party on Saturday. I need to go to the store first. Got my meals planned for the party, Christmas day and our family Christmas. And my shopping lists. So I feel I am ready. Now I need to get gift wrap and wrap gifts. I know Parkers (last gift) is suppose to arrive on Friday.