Sorry I didn’t finish the post below and add the photos. Bill and I will be headed to Kentucky in the morning because my Son is no longer suffering. He died tonight.
Well, Bill brought his cold home from work and even though he felt like death warmed over he still cooked Christmas Eve Dinner. We decided we would take it to Jodi’s home this year since she has more room. We normally do Christmas Eve so the kids can go to the other side on Christmas Day. We did Christmas Day breakfast with Billy last year and had planned on doing it this year, but of course Bill didn’t feel like it and now I’m sick.
We had also planned on doing some DIY projects since Bill is off 12 days, till we all got sick and Shadow is so miserable so we haven’t done anything and today is the first I have really felt like posting. I’ll post a few of the Christmas Eve pictures of the kids opening their presents at the bottom of this post. I am so tired of sneezing and coughing and taking medication. I have lots of pictures of some of our DIY home projects which I was planning on posting at a later date.
When we did some remodeling in part of the kitchen and bathroom I took lots of pictures of before and after and we couldn’t decide if we wanted Moen or Kohler sinks since we like them both we used both brands. I love looking at all the cool products and it’s easier to check everything out online. When I go to Lowe’s or Home Depot it takes me hours to get around because of my back and I refuse to use one of those motorized carts because I feel too conspicuous.
There are so many things we still need to do to this old house, like finishing the basement and the attic and putting up different fixtures and fixing the wiring. My list is so long that it’s scary to look at it, but at least we’re luckier than many and don’t owe a mortgage and we’re warm in the Winter and cool in the Summer and when we all feel better I guess we’ll get it done eventually I have to get some rest so again I’ll type at you next year. Happy New Year!
Bill and I are both sick so I really haven’t had the energy to take care of anything online. This holiday has been kind of sucky to say the least because not only are we sickly, but my old Shadow fell down a couple of steps and we took him to the vet. He can’t get up so right now I am diapering him and keeping pads under him. He’s on prednisone for 10 days plus I’m giving him doggy Glutamine flex or something like that. I’d have to go downstairs to look and I don’t feel like it right now. Just thought I’d throw in a short post…Type at you all later.
We made it through the 61st birthday yesterday. Bill had a birthday breakfast with his kids and was tickled to get one of those NuWave infrared cookers, but this one was on sale at the mall. It was different from the one I had ordered from online which was going to cost me double the amount and he asked me to cancel. I’m glad I did because this works fine.
We had planned to go out for a birthday dinner, but he was like a little boy with a new toy and wanted to play with it. So he decided on chicken and it was so moist and it turned out really good after he figured out the power settings. The good thing about this cooker is all the fat drops into a pan underneath and you can do just about any food on it.
When the kids asked what he wanted for Christmas he did tell them either the Jack LaLanne Juicer or the Nuwave so he wasn’t expecting this for his birthday. I guess we will be working harder in future to be healthier because we also watched Nate last night while Jodi did some shopping for him and when he saw the Nuwave he asked Pappy if that was the juicer so I’m sure we’ll be getting that for Christmas.
Bill loves to watch all of those products on television, but I know they don’t always work the way they show them. Any gadget for the kitchen though gets him excited and he loves those cooking shows. Personally I prefer watching the HGTV channel to get ideas on redecorating and changing things I’ve gotten way behind on my list of DIY projects, like a kitchen renovation.
I managed to bake his pineapple upside down cake and he said he liked it. I didn’t taste it so I don’t know if he was just being kind or if it really tasted ok. I know he told me to give some to Jodi when she picked Nate up and he took some to his buddy at work this morning so either he liked it and wanted to share or he just wants to get rid of it. That’s why I usually stay out of the kitchen and leave cooking to Bill.
Surely he wouldn’t want people to know how horrible a baker I am if it was bad. I did say I’m horrible in the kitchen, didn’t I? Yes, I can mess up even a cake mix recipe or even something from a can. I’m not good with the camera, but there’s a few photos below if you’re interested. I only put seven candles, 6 in a circle and 1 in the middle.
I’m sure everyone is having a busy time getting prepared for the holidays, but we can be thankful that they will soon be over then everything hopefully will settle back down to some kind of normalcy until tax time…yuck just thinking about self employment taxes chill me to the bone.
I’m planning on using turbo tax this year unless someone has a suggestion for something better. Paying 218 dollars unless you have a coupon like last year to bring it down to 168 is barbaric for someone like me to pay for not really making anything online.
Yes I know I am jumping way ahead since we didn’t even get through this year yet, but tax time will be here before we know it. I now remind myself of the department stores that jump ahead months before one season is even done to the next.
Tomorrow and the rest of this year seems to be full so I really don’t think I will be online very much till after the new year. I know for a fact I wont be dropping very many Entrecard credits and for that I apologize. Bill will be off till January 2nd so we will be busy, but I’ll try.
Happy Holidays To Everyone.
I finally received Bill’s gift card for the “Vietnam Memorial Brick”, but I had to come up with something to write on the inside. His birthday is Sunday and he’ll be 61 so we’ll have a small celebration I’m glad he wants something simple like the pineapple upside down cake since I am the world’s worse cake baker.
I don’t think I would like having my birthday so close to Christmas and especially on the 25th it seems like it kind of takes away from your special day or at least it does to me. I prefer having mine when it’s separate from all of the holidays and no one is as stressed and you don’t get those combined birthday/Christmas presents.
Of course he already knows what his birthday present is because he had to supply all of the information for me. He’s so difficult to buy for so this is the perfect present for him because now he will at least know he is being honored for the 2 years of his life he gave up to serve his country with no thanks from either side.
I’m not the greatest at expressing sentiment, but at least he will know it’s heartfelt and that I mean it. The short verse below is what I finally came up with I’m sure I could have done better, but too much is going on. He knows how I feel though so that’s all that matters.
You served your country valiantly when you heard the call
No parade or welcome home, protesters made you feel like dirt
I’m so glad I have the opportunity to honor you
with this “Vietnam Memorial Brick”
instead of seeing your name on “The Wall”
God Bless those that served in all of these stupid wars, but we know that they will never end because there can be no peace in this world because then we would stop aspiring for a better place or a Heaven. I’m sorry that makes no sense to anyone, but me. I honestly believe there will be no peace in this reality.
