2462 out of 2808

2523

2550. The mods are working hard. :)

2572 out of 2797

Cool. Making nice progress.

In other news, the fever is gone, but the sniffles remain.

The kids are having great fun with a couple of oversized jigsaw puzzles.

Production has begun on a series of heraldic banners to decorate the feast hall for a 14th-century reenactment event for the birthday of Edward the Black Prince of Wales. I have most of them hemmed, and will begin painting them soon.

Only one of the kids' dolls is still lacking clothes, a situation that should be remedied by the end of the day. Sewing teeny, tiny pants and shirts for the male fashion dolls is hard on the fingers, but the boys appreciate it.

Getting there: 2622 out of 2748.

Ticket #414229 is currently in place 2793 out of 2793.

And so the waiting begins again. I just uploaded 12 dragons and 5 older drawings to the queue.

Yes!! My Elfwood ticket has been published!

I'm putting together my next ticket as soon as I submit this.

Story:

Driving home this afternoon, we were listening to the local country music station. "Ten Rounds of Jose' Cuervo" came on, and Tommy, age 4, started singing along. He was really getting into it. His aunt, who was sitting in the back with the kids, asked him if he'd go six rounds, just to see what he'd say.


Tommy's eyes got big. "NO WAY!" He said. "I'd be way full after five rounds!"


We all started laughing, then Tommy said, "I had one round today. I got marshmallows in it!" The laughter redoubled. He was thinking of the tiny cup of hot chocolate he'd had at playgroup, of course.


He was just so serious!

(I also posted this at ESYC.)

Story:

Robby, age 3, came to me with his hair and shirt soaked. I asked him why he was wet.

He said, "Tommy peed on me."

Tommy, age 4, perked up. "Yep, I did."

"Why?" I asked.

"I just wanted to."

AAAARGH!!!!! LOL

Pictures of the kids at last week's Valentine party (I added the scan of their crafts to that day's diary entry):

*wimper, pout, sulk* My fever is back. I was afraid the busy day would set me back. :(

I'm in place 431 out of 2776. Getting there.

It's been a busy day, though not as bad as last week. We were up earlier than usual, so I'm extra sleepy now.

The kids had a great time at library story/play time. This week's theme was Snow. After stories and songs, they each made a snowman head out of a small plastic maraca. When crafts were done, they had a snack, including hot chocolate with marshmallows.



We spent some extra time at the library after the group ended. The kids took turns pulling each other around the children's room on plastic sleds.

We had Tommy's therapy session after that. I hope the plan we worked out for getting him to clean up better will work.

Lewis had bags of McDonalds when he picked us up, and we came home to have lunch.

Hmm. It doesn't sound like as busy a day as it feels.

Place 455 out of 2769. Moving right along.

Well, I got through the day. I kept the soup down, and some gingerale. Not wanting to push my luck, I had noodle soup and gingerale for all three meals today. 

I'm up to place 511 in the queue. Am I impatient? I sure am! But look: the mods processed 61 tickets today! At that rate, it should only be another week or so.

Can I die now? I'm so sick.

Somewhere around 1 AM, I realized I had a fever. Just when I thought I was getting over the flu. In the time it took to swallow some Advil and get to the bathroom (en route to bed), I had the chills and chattering teeth. I put an extra quilt on the bed, but nothing helped. I shivered and chattered the entire night. I finally gave up and moved, quilts and all, to the livingroom recliner. Then to the couch. The fever has finally - finally! - broken, but now I feel totally crappy. I threw up on the way to the livingroom this morning (made it to the bathroom). I'm finally keeping ginger ale down. I think I'll get a little noodle soup in a minute, and see how that does.

The kids are being nice to Mommy, knowing I'm sick. They got me ginger ale and a straw, and my bottle of Advil, and brought me my pillows on the couch. They're so cool.

Over at Elfwood, I'm up to 572 out of 2790 in the queue. It's progressing, albeit slowly. We'll get there. I'll upload my new dragons, and maybe my old phoenix, when I get through.

*sigh* I'm still waiting for my art ticket to clear the queue at Elfwood. I'm in place 643 now, which is serious progress, but I'm not good at being patient. I submitted the ticket on Jan 26, and I have a bunch of pictures ready for the next ticket. I know the mods are volunteers, and they're doing their best. I just really, really hate waiting. </whine>

I just found these missing photos from Halloween, 2003. They were taken at the safe Halloween party at one of the professional buildings where we were living in NC. Tommy was 3, and Robby was 2. 


This is Tommy, dressed as a wizard. 


This is Robby, dressed as a king.

Here's more of his writing. 

I'm very proud of Tommy's progress. He did this during the sermon at church this morning.

Yesterday was exhausting. 

First, I took the kids to their weekly story/play group at the library. That turned out to be a Valentine's party, with cookies, juice, and goodie bags full of candy. They had a really good time, and made a cute Valentine craft.



Then we met our pastor for lunch at McDonald's. Several other folks from church were there, so it was like a little party. Some of the kids' friends showed up, too, so they all played together in the playplace while we grownups visited.

From there, we went to Tommy's therapy appointment. That went pretty well, though he didn't get to play in her sandbox because he hadn't kept up his end of their bargain during the week since his last appointment. That upset him.

After that, we went to my doctor, so I could get antibiotics for this flu I've been fighting. That was fine, except I hate the smell of the waiting room there. I went out on their porch to wait in the fresh air, directly under the NO SMOKING sign, but then three people came along and lit up right there. The porch is enclosed on three sides, and has a roof, so the smoke just sat there, and triggered my asthma. I was disgusted with the whole thing. I did get the antibiotics, though.

Then we went to Walmart to fill my prescription. There was a 45 minute wait at the pharmacy, so we went to the snack bar. The kids wanted cotton candy and lemonade, and I wanted a hot, salty pretzel with cheese sause, and lemonade. The kids ate aboiut half of my pretzel, so I went back to get another one for me, and one to split between the kids.

We finally got home about 6. The kids had the leftovers of their Happy Meals for supper, by their choice, and had some of the candy from their party bags.

It was a good day, over all, but exhausting.

We're just at home today, but I need to get more stuff packed for our move in a little while.

Okay, I've been surfing random members in Elftown, since I don't know how else to meet people here. Are there ANY other ADULTS in Elftown??? I'm feeling a bit outnumbered.

It's another day. I've spent most of the morning packing for the move that should happen this afternoon or tomorrow (depending on how late we get the key to the new place). I hate packing.

I finished another dragon last night, and made a good start on yet another one. If Elfwood stays down much longer, I'm going to have a full ticket to put in the queue when it comes back up.

We're still fighting the flu. I don't feel like death warmed over anymore, but I don't feel well, either.

This is my first day in Elftown. I suppose my diary needs an entry.

Real life is really busy right now. I'm supposed to be moving this week. We're just waiting for the house to be ready so we can move in.

I homeschool my two sons, and today's special project was making Valentines for them to give to their Sunday School teachers this weekend.

I started another dragon this morning, as I do nearly every day lately. I don't know exactly what this one will be yet, except that it's another one with only vestigal wings. I think this one will be friendlier than the last few.

That's it for now. I'll try to remember to update here often.