Oy cc--my goodness..my guy had 105 one time and it was pneumonia so I'm glad you didn't mess with it. That's brain damage time for a grown up. Knowing he was delirious was good but still I hate to hear those ramblings...I onetime had a troop get into a bad accident and in the ER (after I got there) he proceeded to profess his undying love for me. Good for me he didn't remember and good for my ego since he was half my age at the time [img]smile.gif[/img] .
Glad you guys are on the mend but DON'T miss any medications....

Gosh--happy thanksgiving huh? Hope the codene lets you get some rest...d

Gosh, we're all pretty slow to trickle back in here, aren't we? I think we've all just realized the short amount of time between Thanksgiving and Christmas and we all have tons to do!

I have five days worth of dishes in the kitchen, every piece of clothig my husband owns in the laundry room, dust/cat hair/??? on every surface. But I've been busy playing security blanket to an increasingly ill husband. Banging, clanging dishes hurt his head, noisy washers and dryers make him ache, the sound of the vaccuum sends him over the edge. Last night was the worst. His temp exceeded 105 degrees, he was in terrible pain and said he wished he could just die. Then he begged me to run down to the neighbors house and get a prescription for him. I said I'd drive him to the ER instead. He threw a full blown fit, crying, saying I don't love him, I'd probably be glad if he died right here, right now, blah blah blah. I knew it was the fever talking but that doesn't make it any easier to get a 225 pound man into his shoes and into the car when he doesn't want to go! So, I threatened to kick his @$$ and leave him to die in a sweaty pile on the sofa because the car was going to the ER with or without him. He must have believed me because he came out to the car about two minutes later with tears still on his face and a seriously pouty lip. An antibiotic, a cough medicine with codene (thank you, God!) and a promise from the doctor that he would not die but would actually recover eventually lifted hubby's spirits just a little. I hope and pray we're on the downward path of this virus - which it turns out is not the flu. A very uncomfortable nasal swab confirmed that. Seriously, why the heck does the flu get all of the press when there are 500 other equally bad if not worse virsuses plaguing the human race?!?!?!?!

Scott - I tyipically do not clean my house before an event unless it's just light cleaning. I have long learned that it's only going to get trashed from X amount of kids anyway so do the extensive cleaning afterword. Besides - most kids at young ages could care less how clean the house is just how messy they can make it before they leave.
This time of year is always hard for me as well. Mix the weather with crappy attitudes in the shopping centers and it's just a disaster for me. I have already made the executive decision that my children will only attend the day time version of their Christmas concert ... seeing certain parents once is just enough for me thank you.
Have a good day all ~

Silver, that was my family as a kid. Now eveyone knows why I love my husband's family so much.

I'm getting my Christmas cards ready and doing some laundry. Tomorrow my oldest turns 11. We're having a party Saturday, so I have to scrub my house-again. My middle child broke his glasses for the 2nd time this month, and I'm trying not to lose my patience, or my savings. We have to cancel our school shopping spree because the company never seemed to get our contract and they can't get us our stuff in time. I don't have a free spot on my calendar until January 4th. How does that happen? Oh, maybe it's the school events, 6 Christmas parties, 5 birthday parties, religous ed classes, fundraiser pickup, and doctor/dentist/optometrist appointments. All that on top of the normal cooking, cleaning, shopping, etc. And we wonder why it's so easy to get depressed this time of year! Hey, at least I got my tree lights working in a manner that doesn't make this OCD mom more crazy that she already is.

Sounds like everyone had a great Holiday. Same here ... no police showing up at the door, no knock down drag out fight between relatives, no one passing out from the drinks before dinner etc.

Had you there huh! We haven't had those types of events occur at a family event before but wouldn't that just make the event more exciting for once!

dlf - Can you send me the info for the military donations at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Thanks!