1848 out of 2506

There's some really nice progress. :)

2319 out of 2792

Moving along very nicely.

Ticket #414229 is currently in place 2364 out of 2827

2430 out of 2822


I think I'll go work on material for my next ticket while I wait for this one.

*impatiently checking the extranet again, knowing I have weeks of waiting ahead of me*

2455 out of 2814

Well, it's always improving. :) Those mods deserve a lot of credit for the number of tickets they process!

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.