Happy B-Day Big Daddy!

Thank you for all the laughs and the all the fun. You have strength and courage and a heart of gold.....
What more could I want in a husband?

Happy big double nickels, as Judy would say.

Hello, Dancing With The Stars

I almost forgot to talk about Dancing With the Stars concert, with Abe's illness. I loved every second. We were probably ten feet from the stage. We met very nice ladies, that were having their GNO, and it was was their third time experiencing the show. The stars were not that great, we only had Lance Bass, who I love, Marlee Matlin, who at first glance, I thought was Heather Mills,(and you all know how I hate her) and Maurice Greene. Toni Braxton sang, and that was cool, but she didn't dance. All the professional dancers were there, and I just got to say that Maksim was way cute. And he was totally into himself, but I loved it.I have watched this show so much and for so many years, I know these dancers so well, it sort of creeped me out. Just to let you know, the dancers are taller skinnier and so much better looking in person. It was a fabulous show. Brianne was very tolerant, and the ladies that we shared a table with were very nice and alot of fun. I know I worried Bri when I said I was going to join this other really exuberant table of ladies if they were asked to go on the dance floor. It never happened, but I totally would have done it. Thank you Rob for the great Christmas gift.

Winter Illness

OMG! I have never seen the hospital so busy. I don't know if it's flu or bronchitis or what. It's bad. I even had a terrible sinus thing going on. But that's expected, that's what I work with. All my co-workers are snotting and sneezing, YIKES! Very sick people. I swear I had RSV, cause I worked in Peds the previous week. But when Bri called me about Abe, I just wanted to cry. It's so hard for young'uns and elders. They just don't have the immune system like the rest of us. And the babe's can't tell you what's going on. He had an ear infection and pneumonia. That's nasty. When you are dealing with the terrible two's .....and a kid who's acting out....you don't know that they are sick. But the boy was sick. So Baba had to go and be with him.Yea, like it was a chore, twist my arm. Even sick, he is a joy to me.

All I kept thinking was, when I have a fever, and I ache all over, I'm a bear. He was nothing like that. Oh yes, he would have melt downs, but is that just trying to cope with how bad he really feels? Poor little guy. Also, Mommy and Daddy had been dealing with terrible two's Abe pushing the envelope for awhile. It was time for them to have a break.

Every day he felt better, ate more, as the fever melted. He was dancing and singing when I left. He's on the mend. Abe talked nonstop,

not that I knew what he was saying half the time. I know that frustrated him. Also my technical skills in videos and music were lacking, but he never threw a fit , he just rolled with my ineptness. When I couldn't get the DVD or DVR to work, we colored and made his Mommy a Valentine, that he was so proud of. We read books and I got to rock him to sleep for his naps.... just a-little. He's getting so grown up now. Which is fine, cause baby brother is a-comm'in fast. It was a precious time to spend with my young'un and to help him feel better before he goes back to daycare. I miss him already.

Happy New Year!

This is why I just love New Year's parties. Random guys getting in pictures with beautiful women. It's hilarious. The music kinda sucked, the DJ was smashed, he was "dancing" with his girlfriend instead of playing music, but we had fun...and decided to not do this again next year.

The place was pretty warm, even if you weren't hormonal, so I was told. I was not about to take off my jacket, which felt like cellophane on my body while sweating to the oldies. The ladies from left to right are...Me, Amy, Mary, Phyllis, Kathy, Angie, Deidra. The desperate houswives of Dubois County.