Staring at the Ceiling

Two kids down, one adult almost down. We're spending the day on the couch watching movies. There's a big storm set to arrive on Tuesday. Is there another "snow day" in our future? Say it ain't so! We've all had enough togetherness!

Could This One Have It Too?

I don't think there's any question.

Another Sick Day

Calvin stayed home from school on Wednesday. He had a bad headache (it hurt to move his eyes), a slight fever, sore throat, and a bit of a cough. By noon, though, all was gone (except for a mild headache) and he seemed fine. He went back to school on Thursday. This morning (Friday) he woke up with the same symptoms as on Wednesday, only a higher fever. Normally I wouldn't take him in for this, but the headache thing bothers me. I don't want to mess with vision or brain issues. So we headed to the clinic, had a negative strep culture, and were sent home. I'm told the headache is most likely part of a sinus infection (and by definition, that means a cold). If it's still bad on Monday, though, we're supposed to go back in.

I wish we had Star Trek medicine where we could be scanned with a wand, told exactly what's wrong, how long it will last, and, "No, it's not a tumor." I'm just sayin'.

***UPDATE***It's nearly 9am Saturday. We just got a call from the clinic. While yesterday's 15 minute strep-test came back negative, the 24-hour version gave us a positive result. We're off to the pharmacy for meds.

Strawberries on Angelfood Cake

Here is yet another effort on my part to make it feel a little more like spring around here. We're having hotdogs on the grill for dinner...and this will be our dessert. Well, not exactly THIS one. It was my appetizer.

Let's Go Fishin'!

This is the portable ice fishin' shack Paul received for his birthday back in January. On Monday, he took it out of the box and began putting it together. Let me tell you, it was no easy task! It took several hours to complete...and he finally wrapped up this afternoon. He assembled it in the garage, but was kind enough to pull  it out into the driveway so I could take a picture of it. (You know I might never see it actually being used, right?)

So he's out on the Lester River right now, he's got a hole in the ice, and he says after 15 minutes he's already seen a two-foot "looper" (whatever that is). Sounds like he's having fun!

Shhh...Don't Tell Kanye

I was just loading my new "Kaiser Chiefs" CD onto my iTunes account in my computer. I grabbed my iPod to see where this group would "fit" and thought this was a pretty funny list.

So, music buffs, am I missing any significant K's? (my two other K's not seen here are The Knack, and KT Tunstall) 

Blur

Mason got new Rollerblades yesterday. I suggested that we hold off on new Rollerblades until it's REALLY spring (June, maybe?), but Mason can be very convincing when his father takes him shopping!

I'm not completely opposed to the idea of skating in the house. Really, it's hard to skate when there's ice covering the driveway. So until something gets broken (a piece of pottery, a lamp...an arm) I'm OK with it. But for my sanity, I need to limit the speed and the length of time he skates. Rollerblades can be very noisy, but they really don't seem to hurt the floor at all.

Steak on the Grill

Paul is out on the porch grilling...and even though we have a below zero windchill, I know it will taste like summer! Yum!