Monday, October 25, 2010

This Too Shall Pass...

What a week! Ally was sick and missed school. Amy is still not better... it's been over a month with pneumonia, tonsillitis, and who knows what. My back went out for a few days. Chris had to get a crown for his tooth and couldn't drive because he has to take valium before dental appointments (long, drawn out history there... but suffice it to say he and dentists do not get along, and it's better for them both if Chris is on something...). All of these things were going on at the same time. However, Ally is doing much better, my back is at 98%, Chris has his temporary crown, and Amy (poor thing) is just going to have to have her tonsils out. We met with the surgeon today and after discussing several options, one of which was to stay on a low-dose antibiotic for another two months to see what happens, we decided to just get it over with. Amy is not happy with that, but I think she will be once it's done. The longer it goes on and the older she gets, the more traumatic the surgery will be. We are waiting now for the surgery to be scheduled.

We did make it to the pumpkin farm over the weekend with Ally's friend Bree.



And I made these rice crisp white chocolate candies.


Finally, here's a couple pics from Ally's birthday dinner we had earlier this month. Amy wasn't feeling well even then.



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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Cool Cat

Love this photo of Tigger taken in Amy's room. Her "Tart Apple" paint brings out his eyes. I'm sure he appreciates the angle this was taken, as the camera takes off five pounds... ha!



Amy was diagnosed with pneumonia (finally) and has been on four different types of antibiotics at the same time. She is feeling better and is back at work and school. We think she had it for a month before being diagnosed (or it turned into pneumonia in that timeframe).

Ally turned 16 -- I don't have the photos from our dinner yet (they are on her camera). She got a new cell phone from us and splatter painted her room with five of her friends. It turned out good... but what a chore. I was exhausted and AM NEVER DOING THAT AGAIN! It was basically an excuse for six teenagers to get together and throw paint. I felt like such a nag, I was so worried about my other walls and carpet, etc. But it's finished now and no damage done. We remodeled a few things in her room -- took out the acoustic ceiling, had a ceiling fan installed, put in new base moulding, and got all new sheets, curtains, etc. But she has to make do with her furniture -- that's just not in the budget right now. She loves the new look!


Before...

After...

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