Ruth - good idea. What with your surgery and all, Lucy probably is bored, as you say. I remember you talking about how happy they were to play with your cousin, too.
Mama - if it's the floor, the most likely thing is that the joists have warped or shrunk or something, and there is a gap between them and the floor. You can try tightening it down, like Tammy suggested, or slip in some shims. If it's not the floor...what is it? The fan?
Schatzi - you're quiet this morning! Are you out of cawfee?
Christina - We have a similar situation here in the Seattle area, except instead of 10 months of stifling heat, humidity, and hurricanes, we get 10 months of rain, clouds, mists, thunderstorms, and the odd earthquake in exchange for 6-8 weeks (give or take a bit) of divine weather!
BB - Hooray for getting your shopping and decorating done! Have fun baking!
Barb - sorry to hear about the fudge - enjoy your party! I'm escaping scot-free this year, as I'm a SAHM, DH's office dropped the ball and had to resort to an in-office, staff-only party, and we aren't terribly sociable people. So that just leaves a couple family gatherings to get through, and I'm hosting one of them!
kyemom - You sound much better today - I'm glad! I for one am in good spirits, but not especially holiday spirits. I just don't feel holidayish and Christmassy until we have our tree, and that won't be until next week sometime, probably. DH has Tues and Thurs off, so I'm hoping one of those 2 days we can collect DS from daycare a bit early, go pick out our tree, and then spend the evening decorating it. I still have to try to find some plastic ornaments, though, since I don't want DS breaking all my pretty glass ones!
Tammy - that sounds like a reasonable goal - good luck!
Anchor & Skybluepink - howdy!
me - I got my grades today - straight A's, no A-'s even! So now I can relax for a bit (DS and his molars permitting...). We had a terrible night last night - DS woke screaming bloody murder every 1/2 - 1 hour or so for the first several hours; no idea why, either. Finally we moved him into the big bed and he fell right asleep, so apparently he really wanted some cuddles or security or something. After an hour or two, DH moved him back to his crib, where he slept until DH got up this am.
Day one of ph1 repeat went just fine, although after I plugged my foods into Fitday, I found that my calorie ratios weren't all I could desire (too low in carbs). I did eat a lot of vegs, but even a cup or two of broccoli just doesn't have that many calories! Still, I stayed pretty much OP except that I didn't get enough water - I was too cold to drink cold water most of the day, and I just can't stand plain hot water.
I made some homemade chicken stock yesterday and used some of that to make Mamacita's nummy veggie soup - even though DS hasn't had much appetite with these molars coming in, he ate up 2 bowls of the chopped up veggies and about half a cup or more of the broth in a sippy cup. He ate so much of the veggies and broth, in fact, that he hardly touched his dinner, and even left most of his jello and cool whip untouched - just ate a few bites (mostly the cool whip, I noticed). So how's that for a testimonial, Mama? Your soup has the Squeal of Approval!