Getting Back to Normal

Wow, it's been a while. I had to take a bit of a hiatus while all of us were sick. Jeff had RSV which was a bit scary and he's finally able to sleep now without coughing all night.

I'm beginning to get back into the swing of things. Spring Fever has set in and I'm anxious to take Jeff to the zoo, go for walks, plant a garden, do landscaping, and deep clean the house. My first task is to get the house in order. I started decluttering some hotspots tonight.

We finally got a check from the insurance company to redo the floors, ect.. but found out last week that they no longer make our flooring. Ya know.. the flooring that we have from one end of the house to the other. I called the insurance guy and he said that if our flooring cannot be found then they will replace all our floors.

Travis had his cast removed last week and he's extremely happy about that.

Alan brought home a wonderful report card, we are so proud of him.

Not much going on other than that. I've read probably 15 books in the last month so I'm anxious to write up some reviews. I'm really anxious to get back into the groove of blogging again.

It's good to be back.

M.I.A

It's never ending!

I've been absent this past week because sickness has hit our house.

My last post I mentioned about everyone's appointments. Well later that night Jeff & Rob woke up with 102 fevers. Rob got better eventually but Jeff never did. I won't go into all the specifics but today we found out he has ear infections and strep throat. We did get some meds so hopefully he'll be feeling better soon. - However, my throat began hurting today so I'm praying that I didn't catch it!

Anyway.... I should be back into posting action tomorrow. I've read a few books that I can't wait to give reviews on.

Have a great night all!

A day of appointments

Travis had a doctor's appointment today with the Orthopedic Surgeon. On the way over he was praying that they would remove his cast. When the doctor asked if Travis had any pain in his thumb Travis quickly replied, "No!" I don't think he would of said yes if his life depended on it. So the cast is off but the high tech splint is on. Travis is on cloud 9 because the doc said playing video games is great therapy for his thumb. Remind me to send a thank you card for the doc for that - Not!

Jeff was up next, he had a dentist appt. this afternoon. It went great - sort of. The great part is that Jeff loves his dentist and did not make a fuss about sitting in the chair and letting the doc look at all of his teeth with the mirror. I think it helped that they have flat screen tvs tilted so you can watch movies while they are looking at your teeth. I wish that was my dentist too!

Anyway, Jeff has to have 5 caps put on his teeth. Sad I know. It's from nursing him to sleep so many nights when he was younger. I had nursed him until right before his 2nd birthday and it damaged his teeth greatly. So next month we are going to take him to the hospital and they are going to put him under while doing all the dental work.

Next on the list was my appointment... with the girls! Paige & Jordan needed help with their Pearl Harbor project. I was exhausted from an entire day out but with a little help from Rob their project was completed.

After everyone left the house and all the boys gone to sleep I collapsed on the couch and watched the AI Wild Card Show. Who the hell let Tatiana back in the building? That girl needs a one way ticket back to crazy town.

Tomorrow is a full day of working and trying to get my house clean. Rob leaves for drill this weekend so just me & the boys again. Think I can send the boys to the Army with Rob and have a weekend to myself?

Few of my favorites

I seriously need to clean out my "favorites". I have at least 100 webpages saved and I probably haven't been to half of them in the past year.

So this is kind of a fluff post, mostly because I feel like I was hit by a mac truck today. But I thought it would be fun and be a way to share a part of my interests with you.

This is a new website I just recently added. I'm not sure if I like it yet or not. www.goop.com

One of my favorite celeb gossip sites. www.dlisted.com

Another celeb gossip site. www.pinkisthenewblog.com

Just a funny website with pretty pictures and good recipes (sometimes she even has great giveaways) http://thepioneerwoman.com/

Great website... if you like romance novels. www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com

You can find some great blogs on this site.. go check them out! http://2009.bloggies.com/

When you are feeling sick and want to find out what crazy third world country disease you have... www.webmd.com Diagnosis yourself and freak out until your doctor tells you it's just the common cold!

One of my all time favorite sites.. www.allrecipes.com

When you are in the mood for drink and need to know how to make it. www.webtender.com

When you are in the mood to find out how to do everything... www.soyouwanna.com

Enjoy web surfing and let me know if you find anything you like! BTW.. how many sites are saved under your favorites?

Antique Mystery Show

Right before we moved into this house I went to an estate tag sale and picked this up for about $200. I thought it was really unique and could make a great conversational piece. Too bad I don't know much about it so there's not much to the conversation!

Everything on it is hand carved and there is a glass overlay on the top. It came with the original lock and seems to be in perfect condition.

Please share with me if you know any information about chests similar to this piece. I know that the previous owners like to travel so I'm assuming this is something they picked up overseas.