My Poor Girl

Last week, Noel had the flu.  She was running a fever off and on for a few days and had a cough. She went without a fever for three days (Saturday, Sunday, and Monday). Then, yesterday when I was making her lunch and getting her ready for school, all of a sudden she had a fever again and the cough was worse than it was last week.  I took her to the doctor and found out that she now has pneumonia. I was quite concerned when I was told this and felt awful for not taking her to the doctor last week.  The doctor assured me that the wouldn't have done much last week because she had the flu, which is a virus, at that time. They gave her a nebulizer treatment to see if her oxygen levels could get up to a more acceptable level.  When that worked, they gave me prescriptions for two antibiotics and one for the nebulizer (thank goodness I still have one from 2 years ago when she was sick).  Last night was difficult, but she seems to already be perking up.  I am hoping that when I take her back in today, they will say that she is improving at the rate they want or better.

The fun part for Noel is the dinosaur mask they gave her for the nebulizer.

The End of an Era

When I was 16, my mom had a Toyota Tercel.  She bought it earlier that year brand new.  In October, she decided that she couldn't make the payments and told me that if I could pay for it, I could have it. I worked a lot for the rest of high school to make the payments on my little car. 
Now, here I am, 32, with my little car sitting in my driveway, not able to run safely. I have put about $2000.00 into it to try to get it to run properly (I have a suspicion that the mechanic may have something to do with that).  I gave up on trying to get it to run almost a year ago.  Due to my emotional attachment to the darn thing, I talked about selling it, but never did anything about it.

 Last night, a man came to my door to ask me about my car.  He said that he used to have one and would like another one.  I told him how long it had been sitting and the reasons why.  He still wanted it!  Before I knew it, my precious little car was sold.  I am more excited about that than I expected!  It is one big step to getting rid of more clutter.

Valentine's Party

Noel was sick today and very upset that she was going to have to miss her Valentine's parties in school and daycare.  I told her that we could have one just the two of us.  We went to Target and found pink frosting with Valentine sprinkles, went home, and made cookies.  It was a lot of fun!  I miss spending this kind of time with my kids.

More Fancy Noel

Eric Gets His Wolf Badge

Last month, Eric earned his wolf badge and enter the bear den.

Noel's Picture

Noel made me a picture this morning. She said that the one on the left is Daddy, the one on the right is Mama, and the one in the middle is Noel.

When Times Were Simpler

Eric was very excited to have a new sister in 2005.

Sean had the best "curlies."

Noel made a mess of everything she ate.

Super Bee, Superman, and Pebbles costumes were made with imagination.

Super heroes were often found in my kitchen.

Of course, the goofy poses for pictures is something that will never change.

Sean Wins

I didn't even know there was an awards ceremony until Sean got home from school last Thursday and showed me the awards he got with a proud smile.  I couldn't have been more excited for him though!