Familiar Feelings and Random Semi-Thoughts

It certainly does feel like Christmas over here! I never before realized just how MUCH I connect the Christmas festivities with illness. And not just my own. If it wasn't that I love where I live so much and have high hopes of NEVER having to move again, I would consider relocating to some country that has Christmas in the summer. New Zealand seems lovely...

So, as you can guess, all I have is random thoughts. This is not news.

If the video I am attempting to download presently actually appears, you will see how I spent yesterday. I sat on the couch, under a quilt, while Jonge, Famke, and Kado entertained me with musical parades. Seriously, I'm not so sick that I cannot sit up but if I DO anything, well, I cannot DO anything. Anyway.., I love the video above, as it shows how Kado, who was bringing up the rear, has turned it to his advantage and ends up as the leader! This skill will serve him well his entire life.

Many things have transpired in my neck of the woods. I'll try to note them here. Because if I don't, I won't remember them.

The Binky Fairy made a trade with Famke and she no longer has her binkies! This is big news here. She was soooo attached to them, especially at nap/bed time. The Binky Fairy brought her some gifts. The flip side to this is she has been having trouble napping here. But, it's a small price to pay along the road to becoming a 'big girl'!

It seems like the Binky Fairy just came for Jonge's binkies. But, that was a very loooong time ago. Just last night the Tooth Fairy had to make a second appearance at his house. He is now missing his two bottom front teeth.

And Kado? The Binky Fairy will never need to come for him. He's tried binkies, but just cannot seem to figure out what the draw is. No special toy or blanket for him either. He just likes to pinch a small amount of soft cotton fabric between his thumb and index finger.

I have the nicest husband. Saturday, he snuck out and returned with Egg Drop soup from Hunan for me. Nothing has ever tasted better to me. There was enough for me to have it on Sunday too. One of the nasty side effects of diabetes is that even when I don't feel good, I still have to eat. Hmmm. I'm wondering if he just might get that for me again?

Oh! And not only did he pick up soup for me, he also took a quick trip around my favorite thrift store on the off chance that something I could not live without had come in. He assures me that nothing had. I'm not one to doubt him, but I do wonder...

More than likely I have mentioned this before, but we have never gone crazy with gift buying over here. Some years I deal better with that than others. I can hardly stand to go to the mall when it isn't busy. My worse panic attack EVER happened when I was alone in a mall in another state. Just thinking about that time makes me break out into a cold sweat. So, as one could guess I enjoyed buying gifts for the grandkids on-line. No lines. No crowds. Found exactly what I wanted - and the last gift just arrived at my door, delivered by a girl wearing all brown.

We didn't get around to having the Teddy Bear tea party yesterday. Maybe tomorrow. I used to have Christmas bows for all the bears who live here, but I don't think I brought that box up this year. I'm thinking that the 'people' at the tea party just might use the vintage Boutonniere dishes that Kado is so enamored with (this is about the deepest thought i can muster today).

On my desk I have had a clump of green moss sitting inside of a roll of blue duct tape for so long now that I'm starting to think of it as a Christmas decoration. I was going to use the moss for something (it came out of my orchid that i watered for months before realizing that the orchid part was over and all that was left was some plastic grass). Not sure what the blue duct tape was for.

As usual, I have a bunch of home made stuff that seemed so appropriate at the time I made it, but now just looks sad. Sad like the duct tape encircling the moss, which now has a white pompom in it (because it was there).

Oh! And I should probably mention that I DO NOT have a headache! This is SUCH a joy to me, that I hardly can call how I am presently feeling as 'sick'. Coughing up a lung is sooo not fun, but not having a headache while doing it is, well, PRICELESS. See? I can find the silver lining in my clouds.