I'd write something but I don't really have a ton of stuff going on here. The kids have had a lot of school off because of the cold and snow. They have a day off tommorow for Presidents day and they are pretty jazzed about that.
Emma had a sebaceous cyst removed from her scalp, looked way bigger than it palpated. But she's happy because it's gone. But she was sad because she lost her cell phone. And since we had to replace a phone and since she is still under the two year contract we got hosed on buying a replacement phone. Over two-hundred bucks! Ouch! Guess I won't be getting a new camera anytime soon. :eyeroll: And that is for a pretty basic phone with camera. The phone she lost ( Sliver) I didn't even look at how much that would have run for me to replace. She was depressed over her less than perfect replacement. I explained that it was better than my cell and digital camera together and she should look at this as a character building experience. C'est la vie!
Ernie had his lens replacement done last Monday and he is pretty much back to his usual activities. I'm glad, I was feeling badly for him because of not having sight in both eyes must have been a real bitch. Aside from having to put eyedrops in and having a day or two of being sore the whole event was a total success. 
Now if we could only find as miraculous a cure for his Father, we would be really happy!!
FIL is doing as well as can be expected. We have to give him really soft things to eat or puree things as he is starting to have real trouble with swallowing. I have to sit with him and make sure he doesn't wolf his food down as is his way. He is fine as long as he takes his time. He can still manage regular liquids pretty well at this time. I can get Thick-It at our local Rite-aid if I need to start thickening his liquids. He sounds as if he has some tracheal congestion and a sore throat right now. His voice sounds deeper than normal. No fever though, just a loose non-productive cough. So we are keeping an eye on him.
Chase is doing ok, he really needs to be urged to not play video games with all of his free time. Hard to resist them since they are so much fun! He and George really helped out and shoveled snow this past week. They did a fabulous job of it too. George's cold is much better now. The kids all have residual coughs, but that's all. Nothing really holding them down.
I've just been taking things in. I'm thinking about doing better with my spending habits and want to reward myself with a trip somewhere if I can control my spending. Like put the money I would have spent on something into a bank account and do a long weekend somewhere I haven't been before. I've also been helping my sweetie with his eBay listings. That's fun for me. I like to take pictures edit them and write the text for the listing. If only I could work up the same enthusiasm for my nurse's notes at work, lol.
Speaking of work, I have to go in tonight so I must close this open letter to the world. Hope you are all doing well!
Hugs and lots of love,
Please forgive me if I don't have the names of the flowers and plants. I usually like to get them and keep track of them. I was trying to keep up with my friend and we also had someone with us that was handicapped and I was looking out for her also. These were sooo blue in person! The floral aroma and fresh smell of plants and dirt was everywhere!!! It was soooo awesome!
And after it was all said and done, we went across the street to the Reading Terminal and had a wonderful midafternoon lunch! Mexican! It were yummmmay!!
New batteries for the camera and I'll be set!
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