For the week of 12/21-12/27/08
Weekly Winners is the brainchild of the wonderfully Sarcastic Mom, Lotus
I’m going to be a wee bit egotistical and ask you to pay attention to the girls’ skirts (& pettiskirts) – they were handmade by me and delivered by Santa!
Getting ‘into’ the spirit
Joy
Box of Wonders
Puddle of Skirt
Little Drummer Boy
(This is my nephew – unnamed and unseen w/o permission)
Action Shot
Opening Carefully
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And the chaos of the holidays is over.  It’s time to step back from the stress of cookie baking, present making (and wrapping, ugh), AND two weeks straight of sick children!!Â
I’m beginning to look to the new year. Not New Years (I hate that accursed ‘holiday’ almost as much as Valentine’s Day)…but the New Year. It’s becoming 2009. My girls will both be in school full time starting in April (well, until summer). My boy is turning 11 in 3 weeks. My girls will be 3 & 4 instead of 2 & 3.Â
I’m also looking at myself. I have changes I need to make. Two pregnancies followed by a hysterectomy and becoming a SAHM has wreaked havoc on my body. I now weigh MORE than I did when I was 9 months pregnant with either of my girls. I don’t like what I see in the shower. I don’t like habits I’ve obtained.
So for the new year I have not necessarily resolutions (blech), but goals. Over the next week I’ll be posting each goal in its own post as I work them out in my head. So that I have a record of them, and something to look back on, and something to note with progress (or failure).Â
What about you? Are you already looking toward the new year? Or are you already sick of it??
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As the holiday approaches, my concern grows. Will we manage to see a happy and joyous Christmas with my family?Â
Riley has healed, though she is once again PAINFULLY thin (she’s lost 2 pounds in the past 2 months – pounds she didn’t have to spare in the first place). She is joyous and rambunctious and pestering the HECK out of Mommy.
Angel is not yet out of the woods. Despite a brief respite on Saturday at Archie’s family Christmas thing…Angel has still spent much time like this:
Today, after a week of being sick w/ no fever…she spiked a fever up to at least 101.3 by ear (I do not trust our thermometer), and she had a rash. The rash started on Saturday on her face, appearing in such a way we didn’t realize what it was. Today it covered her upper arms and both cheeks. After nap her cheek looked bruised and swollen from it.
Now is when I start to worry. When panic creeps into my consciousness. When at the edges of my awareness is that occassional cough and the definite change in attitude.
Because as much as I love her, Angel is NOT the type to just lie still in your arms for hours on end…which she has spent the past 4 days (at least) doing with either Archie or myself. That’s what worries me most of all.
When will I get my baby back? Will she be here for Christmas? Or are we destined for this to get worse still?
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Well, you don’t want to know what I’m drowning in. Let’s just say that since I last left you (a WEEK ago! Holy cow!) I’ve done abut five loads of laundry a day…all bed clothes and towels.Â
Riley was sick first, waking up at 6AM friday in a puddle of puke. Since then it’s been a rollercoaster of up and down healthiness. Angel caught it next, and now Archie has been in bed since yesterday.Â
So far Brandon and I have escaped the wrath of the actual illness *knocks on wood*…but I’ve been so wrapped up in caring for everyone that a blog post just hasn’t been forthcoming. I have no tree. And last night was the first time I washed dishes in days. I’m behind and miserable about it.Â
Presents are not done being sewed. I haven’t been able to get to the store to pick up the last of the supplies for one of them. Brandon’s is done. Archie’s is bought, but the company I ordered from decided that my 3 day ship time was just a guideline…AND that one of the items ordered that was in stock when I ordered was NOW backordered. Who knows if they’ll be here in time.Â
I have a really awesome review and giveaway to post about…and I haven’t been able to do it…and I have plenty of other items to post about (like my evening of freedom to see the remarkable Lion King)…but again…just not able to.
Hopefully some day soon I’ll be able to sit down without a clinging monkey on my lap (Angel) that cries every time I put her down…and that a coherent thought will form.
Don’t ask why I haven’t blogged since Sunday (actually, technically late Saturday night). Because I can’t honestly say…well, I can…and you didn’t ask, but I’m going to tell you anyway 🙂
I spent the weekend baking approximate 750 cookies and candies. I got all but about 80 of them frosted by Tuesday. I love baking cookies for Christmas…so this wasn’t a problem to me…but it took a LOT of time.Â
I’ve also been sewing. I finished a skirt for Riley, and am about 3/4 done with the pettiskirt for underneath it (I scored a great deal on some organza to use for the pettiskirts). I have the fabric cut for a skirt for Angel, and have some amazing organza (also at a great deal) for her pettiskirt as well. So I’ve been sewing my arse off as well – because pettiskirts are awesome, but they take a TON of time and effort.Â
In between I’ve done some cleaning (although not enough…but I been busy), some laundry and occasionally cooking.Â
I have also for some strange reason, decided that after 3 months of non-activity I needed to get involved in playgroup again. And have attended two playgroup events this week so far (One I actually hosted), and I’m supposed to go to one tomorrow (though I might cancel that).
We’ve met with the psych this week, and had Angel’s annual appt for Early Intervention (including her transitional meeting).Â
The only thing I haven’t done yet is decorating for Christmas/Yule…and it’s killing me. This weekend I’m determined to get our tree up…Probably Sunday…because on Saturday I’m going to see Lion King with my Dad…and he’s taking me to eat at the Rathskeller – his treat since I bought the tickets.Â
I still have to make more felt foods for the girls for Christmas (on top of their skirts), buy shirts to match their skirts, get Brandon’s Christmas presents wrapped up…and then I’ll be able to breathe…
Unless hubby’s coworkers want me to make the cookies that I haven’t made this year. I made them last year and they were a huge hit…and when Archie took the cookie tray into work today everyone wondered where they were. I may have to make another type of cookis 😉
For the week of 11/30-12/06/08
Weekly Winners is the brainchild of the wonderfully Sarcastic Mom, Lotus
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Remnant of Summer
Silent Witness
Jack was Here
Laced with Chocolate
Creamy Sweet
Marbled Decadence
Reminders of the Past
Mountains of Flavor
Two Days Progress
 (It should be noted that I forgot to put the fudge in the last picture. I also have 2 8X8’s of fudge, one w/ peanut butter!!