Last night was the belt award ceremony, in which we found out what kind of upgrades our test results translated into beltwise. (I did mention Ryan, Rachel, and I are all taking Tae Kwon Do classes at some point, right?) I wasn't sure we'd even get to test this go round cause we lacked one requirement, but they said come in on Saturday and they'd ( Read more... )

The longer I avoid posting, the longer it gets, so I guess I should delve in and start ( catching up. )

If this is any indication of the amount and quality of drugs my husband was getting in the days immediately following the operation, his response on reading the first part of my recounting of the tale was "You need to do the next part, I want to know what happened!"

So, we ( return to Oz? )

Hubby's been having headaches and neck/shoulder/back problems for about a year. We assumed it was latent problems from a car accident he was in before we met. But numerous trips to the doctor and an MRI of his neck and upper back hadn't turned anything up. Then he started to get numbness in his legs, so yet another doctor appointment was set up ( Read more... )

Ah, I've been terrible at updating recently. So the last we left, we were looking forward to attending Zing Zang Zoom - Ringling Brothers Barnum & Baily circus was in town, and

Hey, there was a holiday in there. During the holiday, before the holiday, and continuing currently most or all of our household have been sidelined by any/all of: neck problems, colds, flus, ear infections. It's been like the plague house, really. I have high hopes that maybe we are finally on the upswing. But I've not felt up to doing much ( Read more... )

So after sending out the round of e-card invitations, we had 15 RSVP's by party time. I called the place to downsize to the medium size party (cutoff of 16 kids) I had a big halfsheet cake with a roaring dinosaur on it. I ordered six pizzas (half cheese half pepperoni). And, the big day ( arrived. )

So tomorrow is the big day. Remember the last post? I sent out a round of e-card invites. I love Jacquie Lawson cards because they are so nice, even if they are NOT e-vite. (I used those cause I thought the actual kids might like to see those cards) So we are now at 17 children (15 of whom aren't mine) signed up. Maybe even most of them will ( Read more... )

I thought, you know, I haven't done a big party for them that we invited classmates to, maybe it's time. Right? I'm not prepared to host up to 40ish kids and parents at my house for the Dreaded Combined Birthday Party, but you know, they have whole businesses dedicated to the art of not having your house trashed by cake hyped sugar addicts. I ( Read more... )

Every year starting around November, the world conspires to try to kill us with a combination of food and holiday events. My office kicked it off early with a chili contest to send October out. (Hmmmm, yummy chilis!). The office struck again with a baby shower in mid November, and then again for our Thanksgiving pot luck. Next at bat was my ( Read more... )