I realized today that I finished Blog 365 for 2008! All the way, baby!

Phoebe is feeling much better today. She still is coughing and that in itself if bothersome and somewhat painful for her (chest, belly and throat especially). However, as of this afternoon, she is no longer considered “contagious” and can therefore mix amongst the population again.

Ray mooched in on my doctor’s appointment this morning (yes, I did call ahead first and it was ok). I have a sinus infection (big surprise) and Ray has something similar so we are both being treated for that. Ray did have a strep test (negative), but I did not (have the test).

That leaves Alex as the only one not currently on an antibiotic for an infection of some sort. I’m not sure if I am counting the inhaler that she now uses before basketball practice (and games, and other sportish activity) yet. She has that icky, goopy, guncky cough still, but it is moving around and she is still coughing it up and out (yes, how very ladylike of her). She has been feeling great otherwise AND she has none of her telltale signs of it becoming a sinus infection (most notably, the black eyes like she’s been fighting). I am thrilled she is feeling well, but paranoid all the same. This has been her healthiest autumn EVER and I am fearful that it will spiral downward to make up for it. (She did not get the slightest hint of illness until after school basketball ended!).

Personally, I am feeling better at this hour. I’m taking a different allergy/decongestant than I had been. I feel less dried out and it is actually helping my sinus headache significantly more (as in at all…and the head is just about gone) which is great considering I’ve had this headache constantly for about two weeks…maybe longer. Combined with the nasal spray, I am seriously feeling better and only hours into the new meds.

I hate taking medication, or anything for that matter. Even a daily multi-vitamin is more than I can sometimes bear. However, in cases when it is not only important, but really does make you feel better, I will take it.

Besides, who wants to be sick for Thanksgiving. And the Christmas season is stressful enough even when you are healthy. With only 39 days until Christmas Day, the stress countdown is well underway.

As if I need yet one more thing to waste spend my time online doing!

I came across this tonight:

Phoebe really REALLY loved the part where you pick the shoes…..

Go on… click on it, you know you want to! Make your own.

Alex has been after Ray for a couple of years now to “coach” a team for the First Lego League Robotics competition.

The two of them have been working on the basics of robotics and electronics and controllers and the like to “educate” Alex so she has more than a clue to the whole thing. Ray (and I too) want her to understand why and how things work, not merely just accept that they do.

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So, Alex and I are in the car on the way to an appointment.

I turned the radio on and its display read: “Adult Hits.” (I like it mostly for the traffic reports close to home…)

She then asked if “adult hits” meant “old and lame?”

Silly silly girl…. Making me feel old and lame…. with gift season upon us!

If you did not see my blog before, then welcome!! If you have, you may know that I was using this kickin’ Halloween theme for about a week and a half or so. After Halloween was over going back to my “regular” theme seems so boooorrrring. *snore*

Thus, I am auditioning new themes and will probably change them up daily for a while (perhaps several times a a day). I apologize for the confusion it may cause while my blog gets a face lift.

Here are some of the themes that I have been looking at:

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