I think I will post these at home!!

What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
- Aldous Huxley
If you can find something everyone agrees on, it's wrong.
- Mo Udall

much better.....

Ahh I feel a little refreshed and I have 'filled my cup back up'. I feel like ME today..... :-) Hope that's still a good thing!! :-)

I made peanut butter fudge and chocolate cashew yesterday. Today I made peanut butter n jelly cookies, peanut butter, I am working on million monster cookies, brownies and regular chocolate fudge!

Steve went out again this morning to try to fill the rest of the freezer...he saw fresh tracks but no luck!! Maybe tonight?
The boys stayed the night at Jody and Bryan's - XBOX360 wars. Today they are going bowling!

My week at a glance....

• complete and total craziness at work tomorrow and Tuesday!!
• New phones for all staff on Monday
• and HUGE computer upgrades for all staff on Tuesday!!
• Kids are out of school
• Dad goes to the U of M on Tuesday - thanks Aunt Shar and Uncle Dick, they are taking him.....he goes for another MRI and to see the surgeon about the mass they discovered.
• Hoping to hear from the doctor about Koda's PFT - he does seem to be a little better since I decided to add Delsym into his meds.
• I am off Thursday - Sunday!! Steve has to work Thurs and Sat which puts a kabosh to any travels.
• Looks like we will have wither a white or soggy Christmas....we will see.
• Plans to go see Sherlock Holmes on Christmas day!

Do you have BIG plans this week?

what a start....

to my weekend with NO plans.....cup of coffee in bed with raspberry chocolate creamer, Steve went hunting, fresh blanket of snow....still snowing....aahhhh!!
and THEN.....Jake went to the basement freezer for me......WATER in the basement....NO!!

*pipe = shower drain leaking and is actually separated. We were scared...it is Christmas by all means.....we have no handy man funds...lol. Thankfully my hubby is a handy man .....it is fixed and didn't cost us a penny! The ring was warped and it just pulled apart!! YES, I am singing praises and thanking the Lord!! I need a break...seems the past 2 weeks have just plain been an overload of negative and my shoulders are SOOOOO heavy!! Time to shed some of the grief.
Lucky enough to have an awesome friend that checks in on me routinely and keeps me looking up and reminding me that I am strong!! Thank you !!

Now on to the fun stuff.....Jake and I made a double batch of creamy peanut butter fudge and now I made a single batch of chocolate cashew fudge. (Thanks Gram for the cashews!!)
and then I ran out of sugar!! OH well. Minor issue. I will make way to grab some more in a bit!!

Steve just took the kids to his sister's so the boys could hang out and play with their cousins for a couple hours...they love to have huge XBOX 360 tournaments together. We have all been so busy no time to get them together....today was perfect!!

The foot is SORE! I have been on the GO a lot this week and not been caring for it as much as I should and surely cannot sleep with the boot on all night long! It is hot and bulky!!

Koda had his pulmonary function test yesterday....he hopes to never have to go through that again....he says he now believes he is claustrophobic.....they closed him in a capsule and did several breathing tests and some made him panic.....felt like he was out of air and was suffocating!! Scary!! We should get results back this week.

Dad goes back to the U of M on Tuesday.....they have determined he has a mass on his spine which has been his issue all along. Looks like surgery soon and they are pushing for VERY soon!!

McKessy Christmas

Here is the entire crew!! Minus a few puppies.

Part of the ride up was a bit crazy....we saw 4 cars go into the ditch near Coopersville....but we stayed on the road and made fairly good time. Forgot 2 things ....napkins and part of Gram's gift. Not bad. And we all left home without a house key. My hubby the outlaw had to break in and scary enough, it took about 3 minutes....either he is a PRO or my house is not very secure...lol.

All in all a good Christmas with family! Starbucks giftcard and Warm Vanilla Sugar set from Bath & Body Works......made me a happy girl.

Off to watch Bedtime Stories with JT!

new boot for Christmas?

Yes, just one BOOT.....and it isn't a cute UGG boot either!
I slipped 2 weeks ago on the basement steps...I knew something was not right....I felt a pop and burn when I did it!!
I finally got in to see the ortho dr on Monday....I have a torn Achilles tendon! it is 2/3 of the way torn...trying to let it heal now without tearing the rest of the way.....if it tears the rest of the way ....surgery for certain. I had 2 choices...a cast or a walking cast. I chose the walking cast which means I can take it off to shower.
I am in the boot for 6-8 weeks.....depending on how I am healing......
No laundry duty for me!!

Christmas photo fun

I had fun this weekend with the boys.

SENIOR YEAR

OUR FIRST MEET TONIGHT FOR J HIGH...A WIN WITH A PIN. HOWEVER, ONLY ONE MATCH FOR HIM TONIGHT IN HIS WEIGHT CLASS.

HAVE HEADACHE...NIGHT ALL. PEACE