What a day!

Princess woke up throwing up. Great, now she has *THE* bug. Tootie has a few red bumps on him now, too. Had a chicken pox scare. Even if you have had the vaccine you can still get a mild case. San Diego had a measle out break, but we haven't been down that way really. The bumps still look the same tonight as they did this morning. I'm now leaning more towards a rash due to the flu. Breakfast this morning was dry cheerios & toast. Then we ventured out to the store to stock up on Jello, gator aide for Tootie & Pedialyte for Princess. Lunch was Jello & crackers. I went a little wild with dinner & we had baked potatoes & more Jello. LOL Princess barely ate anything today. She was happy with her liquid diet.

I came across a great find today while we were out. There were a few yard sales going on in the neighborhood. Driving out I saw a table & chair set. I have been looking for something for out back on the patio. I've been hoping to come across something that I like that also didn't cost an arm & a leg. We have a tall table out there now with chairs. That's under the covered part of out patio. I wanted a table to go out on the part that is not covered. I decided to go to the store first & then grab some money out of the ATM. If the table was there on my way home then it was meant to be. It was still there!! So I pulled the car over & checked it out. It's a Pier 1 dining room table that has a glass top & wrought iron legs. There are 5 chairs that are wrought iron with wicker backs & seats. I was expecting the owner to say price well over $100. I didn't want to spend more then $100. $70 for the whole set is what they wanted. SOLD! I know you couldn't buy 1 of the chairs at Pier 1 for $70. I'm still on the hunt for the vanity chair that I want. I'll stumble across it one day...

Power of the Letter - John Adams

Power of the Letter

I was on the USPS website last week ordering some flat rate boxes & custom forms. There is a banner up for John Adams. You can pick out a free greeting card. It's to encourage hand written letters. You can even load up to 2 photos on the card. They will print it out for free, send it to you for free with an envelope & stamp (to mail it to someone)... all for FREE. I ordered mine Wednesday & got it in the mail today.

Just wanted to share this freebie with you all! :)

Vomit, hurl, puke, throw-up, up-chuck...

What ever you call I can't deal with it. Give me blood, guts, baby spit-up & other bodily function & I can handle those. Tootie started throwing up yesterday. He fell asleep on the couch late morning time. I figured he had just exhausted himself from me having to wrestle him down to get a splinter out of his hand. He woke up around lunch time & I asked him what he wanted to eat. As I was about to go make it round 1 started. Sparing you all the details he spent the rest of the day on the couch napping next to a large tupperware bowl. Thank goodness this child can follow directions. Spared me from having a bigger mess to clean up. I can handle baby spit up but as soon as it starts smelling horrible & is chunky, that's the end for me. He lost everything he ate yesterday, but did good through the night. Much better than his teething sister who was up just about every hour. Tootie woke up this morning asking for oatmeal. I made him his oatmeal & he also requested cheese & marshmallows. LOL The marshmallows are hidden in my baking cabinet. His memory is way too good because it's been a while since he's seen those. I don't normally give him marshmallows to snack on much less for breakfast, but this morning I wanted to see if they stayed down. Might as well let him eat what he wants if it's going to come back up, right? ;) He ate all but 1 bite of the cheese, a couple marshmallows & few spoonfuls of oatmeal. He seemed ok & was even running around like normal. He barely ate lunch but I chalked that up to him being a busy boy. All good, right? Later this afternoon he fell asleep on the living room floor playing with Princess. I went about getting some things done. Princess eventually decided to take a nap, so I took advantage of the time to take a little nap myself. Tootie eventually woke up & crawled up on the couch with me. That right there should have told me something was up. I made us dinner & he sat on my lap to eat when his lunch made a lovely reappearance all over me. I was slightly traumatized. Needless to say he learned how to hug the toilet tonight. Oh & yes, we now have it coming out of both ends. Poor boy. Looks like the stomach flu finally caught up to him. I hope Princess doesn't have her turn.

Military wife

**I did not write this. It was e-mailed to me. This is for those of you who have said to me "Oh I could never be away from my husband. I just love him too much".**

I AM A MILITARY WIFE! My husband is currently deployed; he'll be gone for a while, and so far I am getting by. I long for the day of his return. I am a military wife. I hold no formal recognition with the powers that be; I am at the bottom of the chain. I hold only a Military ID card; I am a dependent. The man I love may face unspeakable dangers, and I am at the mercy of those who possess this recognition for news. I understand this and accept this. I am a military wife. I have promised to be here for him upon his return, no matter how long he is away. People may say I am insane for making such a commitment with no guarantees, but I hold onto our promises and have faith that he will come home safe to me. I know full well that my love for him fuels him in the worst of times. I am a military wife. I hope every day that he will be able to call because a simple 30-second phone call can bring the greatest spectrum of emotions-- smiling with tears in my eyes from so much joy and pain. Our relationship is based on a brief communication where 'I love you and I'm okay' speaks more than volumes and gives me the strength to keep going. I am a military wife. I take no moment spent together for granted. I hold onto every touch, caress, kiss, every word. I have memorized the feel of his skin, his smell, the sound of his voice, and I play it over and over in my mind so that I will not forget. I cry myself to sleep some nights because missing him hurts so badly, but wake up the next morning, brush myself off, and start a new day. I am a military wife.