Who's 'Enza???

Influenza...My poor, monkey Katie has the real flu bug.
She is feeling rather yucky right now.
I picked her up from school yesterday and she was feeling tired and achy, with a sore throat. Not a good sign.

She got a fever...102 this morning.

To the dr we went.

I thought that it might be strep, but....that was negative.

Influenza was the diagnosis (thanks to a nasal swab).

So...we are at home, keeping warm, medicating fevers and aches and pains.

My poor girl.

On a lighter note, Emily is feeling better. Just about back to normal. Normal enough to want to bug her sick big sister. Yup, just about back to normal. :)

Allison? Well...we have her in a bubble, trying to keep her away from all germs. But she insists on breathing in the air inside the house and touching things that her sisters have touched. The soap and water is flowing here.


And we are expecting 6-9 inches of snow tonight. Hmph.

Cowgirl v.2008

I had to share.
Grandma Brooks will especially like this one!!!

These are for you, mom!!

A blog give-away!!!

Catherine Matthews-Scanlon is giving away a copy of her new book on her blog!!
Art from the Heart looks beautiful and I cannot wait to see a copy of it!


Click here to check out her blog and her book!!!

http://cmscanlon.blogspot.com/2008/01/giving-away-two-copies.html

You will have to copy and paste the link. I cannot get the click and link thing to work...

I actually just bought one of those little sewing machines to try a little sewing on my paper!!! (Thanks for the GC, Erin!!!)

Have a great day!

btw...Emily is doing much better. She is off of school til Monday, to try and catch up with her rest and get back some of that famous ENERGY of hers!!!

New-monia.....

Emily is sick. She is a sick little girl.
She was fine on Friday, after school. But on Friday evening, she just started feeling yucky. Our weekend was spent battling between feeling better and "worser".

By Monday morning, she had had enough. We went to the dr. Her temp was 103.8. She was feeling plain yucky (and quite a bit dehydrated). She had to get a breathing treatment at the dr's office. The diagnosis - pneumonia. My poor girl.

She is so active and full of energy ALL OF THE TIME...it is awful to see her lethargic and down.

We had to go for xrays. And the diagnosis stuck.

Now we are home - with antibiotics and an inhaler.

24hrs later...we are thankful for antibiotics (even the YUCKY tasting ones). she is on the path to recovery. But no school for a few days. Today is the 100th day of school and she is devastated that she cannot go. But, I think that she understands that she needs to get better.

Sweet Emily...get better SOON!!!!!!

Method Playground Entry - Bling in a shape...

Here you go.
This is a layout of the girls, playing in the backyard.

The bling is in curly shapes, but connect the girls to eachother - just a bit of symbolism!

Rock the Vote!

http://glassbooth.org

This is a link for those who ned a little help deciding who is the best candidate for you.
If you are like me, you really want to be up on the issues, but your brain freezes when you try to decipher it all.

Apparently, I am a Mitt or Mike gal. I thought I might be.

Check it out.

Happy Birthday to me!!!!

not really my cake...

Happy Birthday to me.
I won't tell you how old I am. well...ok.
I am 38. I can't believe it.
I remember when 38 was so old. And I really don't feel my age.

Here's to a great day.
Eric and the girls are making me a cake.
I got breakfast made for me - a bowl of rice krispies, a waffle sandwich with jelly and a glass of milk - thanks Katie and Emily.
We shall see what the rest of the day holds.