Good Afternoon Auntie Jan and OH Peeps~

This weekend has turned out to be THE PITS so far....and its almost over (good and bad points to that). I had such high hopes of getting some of the major things on my never ending list done-Like packing up more of Stephanies room-at least to get one wall exposed and get the shelving units moved in there-to get this whole stinking process started!~

Well, Mr. Jon was so sick yesterday. I almost took him to the Urgent Care. He had the worst migraine. Just his left side around his eye, temple and back to his ear....so, he was miserable and I felt so bad for him. Nothing was working on it. He was pretty much lifeless most of the day, but also very needy-which doesnt bother me, except that I feel so dang bad that I cant make him better. I had to spend a really good part of my day from afternoon on, just sitting where he could have his head on my lap, holding a cold compress on the side of his head and rubbing his forehead. I had to MAKE him drink-he wouldnt eat-and I even offered to make his favorite-pancakes and french fries. He fell asleep at 8 last night, but every time I tried to move him-he would wake up...so I got to move around 9 or so, and he slept the rest of the night on the couch. He did, however, wake at 3 am when Mike was getting ready to head off hunting-and sat and chatted with me for an hour! When he weighed with me this morning, he had lost a pound. He never did get diarrhea or vomitted or anything like that, but he did have that darn headache/migraine all day long-and kept saying he "felt" like he was going to throw up. Im just so glad that he is okay today. Says that his throat gets sore when he yawns real big-but other than that, he seems ok. Me, on the other hand, woke up with it. LOVELY! I had the worst tummy ache and headache I think Ive had in years. I dosed myself up with everything I had here that would work and went back to bed. Got back up around 12:30 and am feeling much better. Feel really warn out, but my tummy and head dont hurt. Just feel now like I got hit by a mack truck and it drug me for a bit.......I was suppose to have lunch with Stephanie yesterday (late lunch) and had to cancel and so we planned it for today and had to cancel again! Im so bummed. I was sooooo looking forward to "our" time!

Mid-day (yesterday), when it was evident I wasnt meeting Steph, I went and put sweats and Mikes comfy shirt on, and his big old Goofy slippers-cuz they are soooo warm! I did change sweats today-but what a sight I am today-pony tail with the squiggly hairs that have come out, sweats and same shirt and slippers-LOL... I dont care today, I just want to be comfy-and jeans arent gonna fit that bill today! I did manage to get most of my laundry done Thurs and Friday-but I just started Mikes dress clothes and thats the only load I HAVE to do on the weekends-so I felt good enough to get that started-and yesterday, I put a roast in the crock pot and its been cooking since-so not much prep for dinner. Will add some carrots and potatoes to it in a bit, and wa~la-thats done. I just put the onion on it a bit ago...so it should be nice and tasty. Was going to ask the kids to come this way so I could see Stepher doodle (my nickname for her) but I am so afraid of making them sick......

Will be doing some extra activities next week. Darrel and his art group are doing some extra projects for the winter parade and such in Diamond and his art club is making Christmas crafts to sell during that time-so we will be making Gods Eye (with the yarn and twigs/sticks) and some Ornaments for trees. Darrel volunteered us to get all the twigs/sticks for the Gods Eye projects and we are going to be making 24 of the glass bulb tree ornaments-Which Im pretty excited about-because we make ornaments all the time (not the past 2 yrs) but I have all the makings in my craft caddies to make them-we put fake snow in some and so on and so forth. I even have the stuff that looks like little snowflakes and other little goodies that you can get them in there and glued-they look like different things-like a tiny santa sitting in a lazyboy chair-reading his list and stuff like that. Im pretty excited. We should be able to contribute enough made ornaments and Gods Eyes to make a couple hundred dollars for his club and their big trip this spring to Illinois. I am going to sign up to be a volunteer for the trip to St. Louis this March. I know, unless the new doc can help-that I wont be going to IL, but IF I am better-my butt WILL fit in a school bus or their van and I can go....this was on my to-do list for when I lost the weight. Im pretty excited about it. We were going to get the twigs and sticks yesterday-but it was WAY TOO COLD! Besides the fact Jon was sick-I wouldnt let Darrel go get them. His common sense level is less than desirable-and so I knew, if I wasnt right there, his hat would blow off his head-and he would NEVER think enough to put it back on, so IF the wind slows down today, he can help and if not, I will be either waiting or doing it myself. We dont need them until Thurs., however, I was going to drop them off at school Mon or Tues while I was running errands-dont want to try and send him on the bus with a big old box of twigs/sticks.

My burns are looking a little better. Have been HAVING to keep them covered-the worst of em', because I seem to hit them on everything and man, talk about pain! Im gonna have some really nice battle wounds-was trying to think of a story more interesting than my dumb butt FELL into the door of the fireplace! That just makes me look like a clutz-something like saving a burning kitty or something is far more attractive-dont ya think? LOL.....

Well, I love my hunter.....bless his heart. He didnt get anything this weekend. He went up north with his adopted dad and brother. Well, adopted dad has one leg, and last year-when they went turkey hunting-dad was sooooo noisy-that Mike lost a couple of turkeys that had come up on them, because of dad (moving his wheelchair when they were coming up-causing noise-and that was it!!!)-and he was so upset about it....well-he had been really looking forward to the three of them hunting up north on the brothers 200 acres-they had been up there and the three tree stands were more than far enough apart-that dad being noisy or whatever-wasnt going to affect Mike OR Stein from getting their goodies. EXCEPT......dad kept calling Mike and Stein to talk to them!!! CALLING....and Mike was so afraid NOT to answer his phone, in case dad had fallen OR whatever-and needed help. Well, dad was calling like every hour or so-and TWICE, Mike didnt get his deer because of dad and the phone. He was so flustered. They were going to be out all day today too-but left about 11 am today and Mike said never again! This is WHY I only hunt with you OR Terry-his friend of many many years-who actually taught Mike everything he knows. They are two pees in a pod. Anyhow-I told Mike that what he did was a good thing. Nobody wants to go out with dad because of his wheelchair and such-and that God will bless you for it Mike. May not seem like it right now-but you put your own sickly obsession with hunting on the back burner-to do something good and that WILL be rewarded! He will go out later today, on our property and see what he can get. Its been sickly windy here too-and STILL is! We do have some really nice pictures of a 10 pt buck-down in our valley-right where our two man stand is-BUT...he is coming through every night between 2-5 am! We dont have any day time pics yet. Worth a try, I told him-maybe he will be "off" on his schedule, due to the opening of firearms! Which, I guess our poachers, now that its not illegal-went somewhere else-OR didnt hunt here because of the wind, cuz we havent heard a single shot all weekend long.

I have been praying that whatever phase the teen son is going through, doesnt last-cuz Im pretty much at the end of my rope. At least the girls-would get hormonal-and my girls will just flat out say they didnt want to-or whatever when you will ask WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? or WHY DID YOU DO THAT???? NOT DARREL! he will sit there-(just like Peggy said) and he will look at you, like he is TRYING to figure out what you are! ANSWER ME...Still-looking at you-OH SON, you BETTER figure out HOW to make your mouth move-cuz IF I GET UP....well, then he can answer you! That INFURIATES ME! Well, Friday....he was cleaning the kitchen. Right now, I CANT do the dishes because of my burns. I do clean most of it anyway...and when he was walking around the bar-said he was done, I said-did you finish loading the dishwasher, Darrel-cuz I still cant do it-and he said Oh no, and he kept walking towards the family room-and I said- HELLO???? Where are you going? He steps back and looks at me....just standing there... not answering... HELLO? Where are you going? The kitchen is the OTHER WAY....(he was going to go watch tv or play a video game IM SURE...) he said- Now, are you sitting down? Oh, Um....I was going to take my socks off because they get too wet when I am doing the dishes? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I said-Darrel? Im sorry-get your rear in that kitchen-and DO THOSE DISHES! DO IT WITHOUT GETTING YOUR SOCKS WET-and TRY that story on someone who HASNT LIVED WITH YOU ALMOST ALL YOUR LIFE! I would NEVER let him be barefoot in the winter-in the house OR otherwise-he does NOT remove his socks to do the dishes. I just wanted to smack him upset his head!~ I Just HATE STORIES! LIES! Whatever!!! He spends so much time MAKING something up-that he doesnt even know how down right STUPID the excuses are! A toddler can make up a BETTER story than him! ARGH!!!! We are just having to be on him 24/7 to do ANYTHING he is SUPPOSE TO DO! For instance, one of his job is to water the dogs, I do it in the morning (got sick of him FORGETTING OR running out of time before the bus got here) so-he has to do it when he gets home from school....and on the weekends.....guess what? He hasnt been doing it either. So, yesterday, I grounded him AGAIN....and I will be damned, if when I woke up at 1230 this afternoon, he wasnt sitting in a chair-doing nothing-and the dogs hadnt been watered-AGAIN!!!! He hasnt gotten his allowance in a whole month now-and been grounded from video games....and NOW, AGAIN, the tv. He is now-working on Christmas presents! He knows Mike and I well enough, to know that he better quit jacking around-or he will have slimmer pickings than he is already going to have this year! Jon is 5 and does his chores every single day-for a lousy $2 a week-but he sure loves to save his money up and buy something cool...He once saved his money-to the tune of $85- to buy an RC electric car-Mike paid the other $15 because of how long Jon saved-He also EVERY DAY....will ask Darrel-did you do this chore, did you do that chore? I told Darrel that IF we have ONE MORE issue on chores-he will be doing them for free, because he will be on probation, and if that happens-he has to go a whole two weeks of not having to be reminded once-before he can get it back- WHEN he does them-he gets $10 a week! I am tempted to give Jon a few more chores-and give him part of Darrels allowance. So, this next week will tell what will happen. Wouldnt be so bad-but there is a huge chore chart ON the fridge-ALL written down AND a big old dry eraser board, in case there is an extra-so this is pure laziness....NO MORE....

Well, I guess I better get off here. My lil' princess dog needs a doggie bath. Shes white-and living in the country-she tends to get soooo dirty. So, will bathe her here in a minute and get Mikes work clothes hung up and then just hang out on the couch....maybe I will feel even better and can get SOMETHING marked off my list. I have so much running to do tomorrow, I dont even want to think about it! I would LOVE to get it done first thing in the morning and be home before lunch time, but not too sure thats going to happen. Depends on how cold it is.

I hope everyone is doing good-Praying for everyone. So glad that Jeanine flew through surgery and praying the trip home isnt as hard on her as mine was on me....I was in the car for 8 hours-it normally only took 4-5, but we had just had that MAJOR ice storm that had shut down freeways and such (Dec 2006) and the roads were horrid! At least they didnt have to contend with that!! its still a rough ride without bad roads! Hope and pray everyone not feeling well will get better. Take care and as always-your in my thoughts and prayers. Love, Janet