Good afternoon gals. Well, I am better, weak and awfully worn out, but stable. Jay and Alicia headed for home this morning so it is all quiet here at the Wilkinson household.
We had such a lovely time together even with me being sick all day yesterday. I thought it might be a food issue too, but I ran a fever of a 101 yesterday so who knows? I am just glad it is better. Just going to have to take it easy for a couple days I guess.
Jackson is so cute. His dad has a Wii and plays the sports package game that comes with it all the time. Well, when Thomas was here on Friday and was playing, Jackson would get the other Wii controller and swinging it like he was batting a ball or playing tennis. He was enamored by Thomas and followed him everywhere. Thomas was so good with him. He was patient and didn't get upset when Jackson would try and take the Wii controller from Thomas or stuff like that. They were so cute together.
Here is a picture of my boys visiting Santa. They took all our adult kid gifts that we exchanged to Salvation Army and they were so appreciative. This year it has been slim for people picking angels to help from the Angel tree so the toys and games will come in handy to give out to kids. My dd and sil gave me a cute, cute plastic little girl's handbag with all the stuff to go inside it. It was a learning thing where the bag talked to you when you would put like your wallet into it, etc.
We played a fun game of Thomas's called Apples to Apples on Thanksgiving and it was so warm we were able to sit out on their patio and have drinks and appetizers before dinner.
Susan: I don't know what photo program you have, but you may have to crop or resize your picture to show it if you can't get it to upload. You can't put a picture on bigger than 500 x 500. Sounds like you had such a lovely time with your friend and I am so sorry another of your friends passed away. That is so sad for it to happen over the holiday.
Maggie: We took Fortune to be groomed on Wednesday and I had a melt down because the idiot girl who took the appt wrote down 12:30 instead of 2:30 so they canceled him of course. It has happened more than once and I got mad so they worked him in. (Jack was a wimp and was going to just take him home because he was sure I was wrong but I had the time on a piece of post it note on my computer where I had written it when I made the appt) They did a nail grinding, which I didn't know they charged extra for and charged me $11 so it cost me $55 to have the little guy groomed. I could get a couple hair cuts out of that! I went and bought one of those pedipaws things to start doing it myself so they don't have to fool with his claws at all.
Jean: Hope Bob is up and around today and feeling better. I just couldn't believe I got sick so fast. I was trying to think what I had that no one else did and the only thing that it could have been if it was food is the catfish I had at Huey's on Friday. Jay and Alicia had both had the flu only a day or so before too so they weren't total better either. I cannot believe the catalogues I get. I got 4 of them just on Saturday alone. If you order something from some place you get their catalogues forever and if they pass your address around you get the off shoots of all that too. I pitch most of them, though I got a new Cold Water Creek that has some beautiful clothes in it that I glanced through.
Oh, I didn't tell you about my new bathroom decor mess. GRRRRR, from Target I ordered cute beach type shower hooks in bright pinks, limes, yellows and such and a pretty multi colored rug for under the sink and then from Penney's I ordered bright pink toilet lid and U shaped rug and a matching towel to go onto the back of the toilet since I don't like covering the whole tank. Well the orders all came on Wednesday, which I was thrilled with as then I could have it nice for Thanksgiving, only one problem. Instead of my U shaped rug, I got a package of 4x men's plaid boxer shorts!!!!!
The bar code sticker was correct but some moron had put another bar code sticker halfway over the top of it and it says, "power pink rug" on it! So of course, my kids teased me all weekend about putting my undershorts rug down in the bathroom. I emailed Penney's and got mad at them and they sent me a UPS label, but no response to my email. I wanted an apology that I have to send the shorts back and then reorder the rug so that I get the right thing and then who knows if I will get a rug or another bag of underpants!
Well gals, I am going to roll my computer chair over to the dryer and fold clothes and put another load in the dryer. I am kind of behind feeling badly and the family being here. Then, rest for awhile.
Faye
We have an artificial tree and it is still in the box. Bob mentioned putting it up today, but I could tell he really didn't feel like it. I don't think I could get it upstairs from the basement by myself so suggested maybe doing it some evening this week. 
I hope you get your bathroom rug and the right one this time! Sometimes I really think that companies hire the mentally challenged and then pay no attention to their training.
We have 2 1/2 days of final exams before CHRISTMAS vacation, but not every class meets every day. I am so ready to be done with the reading yahoos!!!!!!
from Iowa!
It can drive his parents nuts now! lol I didn't tell them I sent it. I was afraid they wouldn't want to take it! 
I am a bad Nonny!
