I'm here, I'm here...
Up to my neck in cranberries, but I'm here.
DS1 came home from school with the flu. Poor bug. He was walking like he had the weight of the world on his shoulders and shivering all over.
Thankfully there is no school tomorrow and he can rest without missing classes.
I had a so-so upper body workout yesterday. I noticed real pain in my shoulder so I backed off of my routine quite a bit. I came home and iced it the rest of the afternoon. This morning it felt good as new. There must be something to this RICE thing at the first sign of injury.
I had a major NSV this morning. A little background: DH and I have been invited to a holiday party downtown in early December. I really didn't want to purchase a gown for the party since it is only one evening. My mother, who has always been much more slender than I, had a couple of dresses that she offered for me to try on. When she bought the dress, she was a size 6, I was a size 18 .'Nuff said. I took a deep breath zipped it up and OMG it fit beautifully. It just needed to be hemmed. (Mom's a little taller... okay a lot) So, now the challenge is to keep the eating clean for the next few weeks. I see a cookie and I'm thinking, nope. It'll show on that dress.
FRU: Nice to see you back. I love the image of your DH carrying the chest of drawers home on the bus to his beautiful young bride. Ahhh. Newlyweds...
SUSANAM: Enjoy that new grandchild! We will have a new baby joining us at our holiday table this year as well. My sister gave birth to a beautiful baby boy two weeks ago. He is now the fourth grandson in the family. Actually, we only have boys in the family. Needless to say it is very NOISY in my parents home during the holidays. Little boys darting about in every direction. Great fun though.
SUSANB: Hello to you too. You a lurker?! Yeah, I don't think so.
MEL: MEEEOOOOOWWWWWWW! (Cat speak for let me out of here NOW)
Tomorrow will be cooking day for me. Mom hosts the meal in her home, but I make the dishes in my kitchen and cater it to her. It's a good deal really, she does the cleaning and preps for guests and I prepare the meals. No one gets stuck with the whole job. Besides, everyone in the family will tell you, I'm the cook. Mom, she has other outstanding qualities...