Thursday, October 28, 2010

Allison Wonderland

Ally told me not to post this pic on Facebook until after Halloween, so I'll sneak it in here for now... shhhhh. When she was little, she thought the name of the book/movie was "Allison Wonderland." Like her name, Allison. We still laugh about that. My cell doesn't take the best pics in low light, better pics will come after Halloween.


Amy is having surgery to remove her tonsils on Friday, November 5. We meet with the surgeon for a pre-op appointment tomorrow morning. We had an option of trying a low dose antibiotic for two months to see if that would finally kick out whatever she's been dealing with for the last couple months. Since she's already missed so much work and school, and who knows if that would even work, we opted for the surgery. Well, I should say I opted for the surgery. She's not too keen on it -- I told her to quit looking at stuff on the internet about it, it will just freak her out more. The doctor said the germs are hiding in her tonsils, and everytime she goes off antibiotics they take over again. I think that the longer she waits, it will be even more traumatic to have the surgery as she gets older. Better just to get it all over with. We will see if I feel the same way next weekend. Plus whenever she gets sick, which is more and more lately, her tonsils are so huge they close up her entire throat. Glad the surgery is on a Friday, though, so I can spend the whole weekend waiting on her hand and foot. Oh boy! In the meantime, though, she is back at work and school while on antibiotics, so that's good.

We are planning to go to Sedona for Thanksgiving. We wanted her to come, but she said, "Mom I can't miss a month of work and school and then be like, oh yeah, I need Thanksgiving weekend off, too." Well, I didn't think of that... so Chris, Ally, and I will be off to Arizona for that weekend. Looking forward to it!

I made caramel apples this week. Tried to make a batch of home made caramel that turned into a mini-disaster... happy I had some store bought stuff in the cupboard. I made 15 of these! I thought, wow if I sold these gourmet apples for $5 each like in the stores... woot! But, no, I gave them away at work, to friends, and at women's Bible study. Oh yeah, I ate almost two whole ones over two days. I mostly don't each much of the candies I make, but these... oh my goodness, are they good! Granny Smith apples, dipped in caramel, then in white chocolate, then add graham cracker crumbs on the outside. Mmm... could go for one right now!



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  1. You know what's funny is kids teased me in school calling me "Alison Wonderland". When I went home and cried to my mom she said "You correct those children and tell them her name was Alice NOT Alison." Also, met a girl in college who's name was Lisa. Her entire childhood she thought USA spelt her name. LISA

    Those apples look amazing Connie!!!!

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