Good News, Bad News

It is Monday. I am here. I survived the weekend. Barely...

I got the Tamiflu on Friday about 6 and took the first pill immediately. At that point I was taking two aleve twice a day and it was not making my body aches and head aches even SLIGHTLY better. I was ready to curl up and give in. Then sometime during the night that little pill must have started working its magic. The headache and body aches ended and just that made me feel 100% better. Today I am still coughing and have a sore throat but for the most part I feel okay. That prescription was worth its weight in gold, or the 80 bucks it cost, despite what my husband may tell you. (We haven't met our deductible for the year yet.) Just wait until he gets the flu and then I will laugh as he whines at me. Muhahahahahahahahaha!

A very good blogging friend, Thrice Blessed Momma, has unexpectedly passed away this week. Some of you may have seen the comment her cousin left on my blog. Here is part of the email she has sent me:
Helena, left us on Thursday, February 21st. But now she is with peace and her husband Andrew. She had told us that the people she had met blogging were like a family to her. Please keep Madison, Zoe, and Jonathan in your thoughts and prayers.
Doctors are unsure as to what the cause of death was at this point. They think possibly an aneurysm. Helena's husband also died a few years back and so she was raising her triplets by herself. They are five years old. I cannot imagine the pain they must be in after losing their dad and now their mom in just a few short years of each other. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers. ***Update: There is more info about Helena on The Dairy Wife's Blog.***

We went to the movies yesterday (with all 7 kids) to see The Spiderwick Chronicles. It is a good movie. I really enjoyed it. The ending is a bit scary for the younger kids (half of mine had their hands over their eyes) but it was well worth going to see. I do think this is a movie we will be purchasing. I always can tell when it is a winner when the kids spend the next week or two quoting lines from the movie.

My sister is coming to visit us this weekend. I think the kids are going to burst out of their skins waiting. I get to cuddle my niece and nephew too. It makes the week ahead a little easier to face. Of course I will spend the week scrubbing the house down. Well, if I ever get off the computer that is. :)

Mourning

The weekend is over. What a bummer. We had a really good weekend.

Here are some random bits about our weekend:

~We didn't touch the attic. Not one little finger. Darn!

~We did spend most of the weekend playing with our kids and having a good time.

~My husband beat me at scrabble for the first time ever. Becca came in second.

~We took out rummikub that we bought 2 years ago for Christmas and had a blast playing it.

~We are no closer to any conclusion with our newest boys. Hopefully it will come in the next few months. It will involve a court date, that much we are sure of.

~I never did find my important papers. I just had to find a way to get new copies. I think the dog ate the old ones.

~I am 99% done Christmas shopping. I just need a few more gifts.

~I didn't touch my book all weekend. So that means another marathon writing day. Hopefully I will squeeze in some writing each day to get my numbers back up. Only 20,000 words left and I win NaNoWriMo this year.

~My dryer bit the dust over the weekend. So I now have a clothesline strung all over in the upstairs hallway. Hopefully we will be getting a new dryer in the next couple of days. I want to upgrade to the larger front loading ones instead of buying another regular one. But the price difference is quite large.

~Two of my kids appear to have pinkeye. Their eyes are all red but there is no oozing. Please don't let this be pinkeye. Please!