Liam got his yellow belt today. I don’t think I have ever been so proud of him. It was awesome and he did it ALL BY HIMSELF. There was no one else testing today, so he was a one man show.
Defense
 |
| From February 2009 |
Form
 |
| From February 2009 |
Breaking the board which he got on the FIRST try
 |
| From February 2009 |
Taking off his white belt
 |
| From February 2009 |
Putting on his yellow belt
 |
| From February 2009 |
My neighborhood has started a Bible Study. I am excited about it because it is a pretty large group of women and we represent many different denominations. We have a reading assignment each week and then when we get together we watch the video that goes with it and then have time to discuss it and ask questions. We are doing Beth Moore’s Living Beyond Yourself. It’s a study on the fruit of the Holy Spirit. I just got the book today and have a lot of reading to do. The group met yesterday, but I was at home with Colm since he was sick, so I am already behind!!!
Sunday-Rotisserie Chicken, Cole Slaw, Bread
Monday- Rotel Chicken with rice
Tuesday-out to eat…busy night
Wednesday-Pulled Pork
Thursday-Liam’s Birthday-out to dinner
Friday-Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy and Corn
Saturday-Salmon, Green Beans, Rice Pilaf
That was Colm’s temperature last night. I don’t think either one of our kids has ever had a temp that high. I think I cursed and prayed at the same time when I saw those numbers. I remained relatively calm and collected on the outside, but I was freaking out on the inside. He was on fire and his eyes were all crazy and he just wasn’t there. I gave him some Motrin and it went down a little, but then went right back up after an hour, even with a cool washcloth on his head. Off to the hospital we went. We didn’t have to wait too long and Colm slept the whole time we waited anyways so it wasn’t too bad. They tested him for pneumonia, the flu and strep and all came back negative which is good, I guess, but we still don’t know what he has. His still has a temp today, but nothing like it was yesterday. He is still lethargic and wants to do nothing but lay on the couch. So, the doctor gave us a list of symptoms to be looking for and if any of those happen we need to take him back ASAP, otherwise it just needs to run its course. We are now stocked up on Motrin and Tylenol so at least he will be relatively comfortable while his body does what it needs to do to fight those nasty germs.
****Update…The hospital called this afternoon and decided, after looking at his X-ray again, that he does have pneumonia. So we have antibiotics now which I am very happy about.
All of the Above is the last book I am reading for Battle of the Books, unless, of course the librarian asks me to read another one. This was a really quick read and was also very easy to write questions for. It was not my favorite of the three I have read for Battle of the Books, but it was still a good story. It is basically about middle school kids in an urban area who try to get into the Guinness Book of World Records by completing a huge tetrahedron project. It reminded me of the tetrahedron project I did with my 6th graders one year, but ours wasn’t going to break any world records. Anyways, good book, fast read, but not my favorite.
Some of my fondest memories from childhood are of me, my oldest brother and our cousins running around our grandparents’ house on Sundays. We always sat in the living room during family meals and ate on card tables while the adults sat at the big table in the dining room. (We still talk about Mark and his ham and olives…that’s all he would eat.) 🙂 Since they lived on a farm, there was always plenty to do. We jumped on the hay bales after crawling through the electric fence (once I got shocked-ouch), went exploring the fields, stepping over cow patties to get to the creek at the back of the property, we shot BB guns at aluminum cans and played on the swing set they got for us (which is now a big pile of rusted junk). We also had Easter Egg hunts outside and played hide and seek. I think the big propane tank outside was base. If it was too cold to go outside we would play endless rounds of LIFE and there was another card game that I remember playing a lot with them, but I can’t remember the name of it to save my life. (It had a bell that you would ding and cards that had picture of various grains on it.) Anyways, I feel so lucky that I got to share those memories with my cousins and I am even happier that my own children have cousins that live close so that they, too, can remember Sunday dinners, birthdays, Christmases, Easters, etc. playing with their cousins. Even though there aren’t any cow patties or BB guns involved, they can make their own memories.
 |
| From February 2009 |
 |
| From February 2009 |
 |
| From February 2009 |
 |
| From February 2009 |
Honestly, I didn’t watch that much of the game. I was busy chatting with the women and playing board games with the kids. The kids spent most of their time playing board games and running around with their cousins. They were exhausted by 8p.m. I think they had too much fun, but I love it that they have cousins that live so close.
