We had the best
Thanksgiving week aside from a sick kiddo for the last two days of our break! We had some gloriously lazy days, we watched
movies, we finished our puzzle, I was able read almost an entire book, we got
to see lots and lots of family, we ate way too much yummy food and indulged in
way too many Manhattans, we watched a TON of college football, we slept in
every.single.day., we managed to get a lot of stuff done even though it didn’t
feel like work, and best of all, this year I felt so on top of things going
into the week that I was truly able to rest all week, physically and
mentally. Mental rest rarely ever
happens when I’m at home… I seem to only get a mental break when traveling for
vacation because when I’m at home, there’s always so much stuff that
needs to be done.
But last week,
there was hardly any blog work hovering over my head, there was no house
cleaning that needed to be done (aside from everyday cleaning), there were only
a few tasks that needed to be crossed off a to-do list (even though I ended up
doing a few extra things because I wanted to), our house shockingly
stayed very tidy all week so I didn’t have to spend tons of time picking up
things and putting them away, and I didn’t feel frazzled for the first holiday
season in forever. I was able to be
truly present all week, and it was just the best thing ever.
I’m heading
into this week with a full heart, zero anxiety (for now… hahahaha), and I’m
just feeling very grateful for such a wonderful week. I’m praying for a repeat of all this for our
upcoming Christmas break, minus the sickness, of course. ;o)
Settle in,
friends, I can’t wait to share our week with you!
Monday, November 24
Monday morning was the only day that Brian had to work, but he worked
from home, so he slept in until seven, and I slept until 8:45. Amen.
The kids were already up when I got up, so we all ate breakfast
together, and then the kids had some screen time while I put the finishing
touches on my blog post for Tuesday.
That was the only blog work I had to do all week (until the last
day of break) because I had already completed and scheduled all posts to
publish automatically for the rest of the week.
Since it was Black Friday week, I thought it would be a good idea to try
to sell some things in the private Facebook group that I belong to since I knew
people would be shopping. Sure enough, I
listed Olivia’s Barbie camper, Barbie car, Barbie clothes and accessories, and
my old DSLR camera, and all sold within minutes. I packaged all the items, transferred the
money we’d made from Venmo to our checking account, and I put everything on the
front porch so everyone could pick everything up. Easy peasy, and we made a couple hundred
bucks to put towards our Christmas shopping and Olivia made some money, too!
Mid-morning, I got dinner in the slow cooker, and then I got back to
listing more items to sell. Jacob had
some old STEM kits that I listed, and then we all had lunch together. We did have laundry to do Monday, so the kids
did theirs and I worked on Brian’s and mine, and then I threw on some clothes
so I could put gas in my car and grab a few items that we needed from the
grocery store. Walmart didn’t have milk
for the sixth week in a row, so I had to stop by Publix, too, and then I headed
home.
Brian spent the afternoon putting up our outdoor Christmas decorations. The entire inside of the house has been done
for a while, so there was nothing for me to do indoors… I usually have to spend
a good chunk of Thanksgiving break decorating inside, so it was nice to have
all that done and just be able to soak up all the décor all week!
I spent a few minutes catching up on my end of the year blog post. I’d been wanting to do that for a while
because I’ve gotten behind on it these last few months, so it was nice to start
catching up on that. After a few
minutes, I headed outside to put up my portion of the outdoor décor – the front
doorway. That only took a few minutes,
and then I hung out with the kids outside for a bit. They decided to rake leaves and make a giant
leaf pile to play in, and Olivia had waaaay too much fun. My girl loves a leaf pile!
About 30 minutes before dusk, I headed out for a two-mile walk, and when
I got home, Brian was just finishing up with the outdoor decorations and the
kids were still playing in the leaves… well, Olivia was playing in the leaves
and Jacob was taking pictures and videos of her. Haha.
I headed upstairs to shower and get back in pajamas after that, and Brian
and the kids finished up outside.
When I was all clean and snuggly, I headed downstairs to boil the noodles
and steam the broccoli for the ranch chicken pasta that had been simmering in
the slow cooker all day, and I also made some cinnamon muffins to have for the
rest of the week. It was so nice to just
be able to focus on cooking rather than having to multitask and do all the
other stuff that usually needs to be done when I cook on weeknights. Cooking can actually be enjoyable when you
have the time to do it. Haha.
Brian made Manhattans for us to enjoy with dinner, and we had a nice
leisurely dinner all together. We
cleaned the kitchen while the kids showered and got ready for bed, and then we
all snuggled up in the living room for a movie night.
We popped some popcorn and then settled in to finish the movie Meet Me
Next Christmas that we’d started Sunday evening, and then we introduced the
kids to Christmas Vacation since they’d never seen it. We figured they were finally old enough
now! They both LOVED it, and it was so
fun watching them watch it for the first time.
They went to bed around 10, and then Brian and I watched two more
episodes of A Man on the Inside before going to bed.
Tuesday, November 25
Brian was off for the rest of the week, so we all slept in Tuesday. Brian and I were up by 8:45 and Olivia was
already awake, but Jacob ended up sleeping until almost 10 which is unheard of
for him. He’s been going through a
growth spurt, so he’s been eating more and sleeping more recently. We measured him the other day and he’s grown
a full inch in just the last couple of months.
We all ate breakfast separately, and then I grabbed a cup of hot tea and
snuggled up in my office to do some blog reading. A lot of the time, I read through blogs quickly
since I have limited time, so it was nice to be able to linger and savor every
word. I love reading blogs, and it was
nice to be able to take my time on Tuesday.
I had some laundry to finish on Tuesday, so I got that started
mid-morning, and then I hung out with Olivia while she painted her nails. Brian blew some leaves out of the yard, and
Jacob played the piano for a bit. It
never gets old hearing those piano notes drifting through the house.
Late in the morning, I actually wanted to be productive and get a
few things done, so I filed some of the kids’ paperwork into their keepsake
bins that had been sitting in my office for a while, and I watered all the
plants inside the house and outside. I
also took some time to deep clean and sanitize my desk, keyboard, and
mouse.
Jacob requested grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch, so I made those and
we all ate together.
After lunch, I went into the playroom and moved a couple of things around
since we’d gotten rid of Olivia’s giant Barbie house, and I bagged up the items
that she’d cleaned out recently. That
barely took any time at all because Olivia had already gone through and tidied
the whole playroom the previous week. We
have so much extra space in there now that all the Barbie stuff is gone. It was bittersweet getting rid of all her
Barbie stuff – I’m sad that she’s growing up, but I have to admit, it’s nice to
not have all the clutter. The Barbie
clutter was something else… so many tiny pieces everywhere.
Brian spent a while outside getting the last of the decorations up for
Christmas, and he set up our new snowman inflatable. We had to get rid of our Santa Clause inflatable
because he was on his last leg after years of standing in front of our
house. The kids are loving the snowman,
though!
After that was done, I got the laundry put away, I started one last load,
and then I sat down in our bedroom and started a new book. I’d hoped that my library holds would be
available for the break, but sadly, none of them were, so I grabbed this book
that’s been sitting on my nightstand forever just waiting to be read.
I worked some more on my end of the year blog post later in the
afternoon, I did my quiet time, and then I headed outside for another
walk. It was dreary Tuesday, but it
wasn’t terribly cold and it never rained, so I was able to do my full
route. On my way out the door, Jacob
called me over to see what he’d built in Minecraft… he has been working on a
Minecraft version of the inside of our church, and y’all, it looks EXACTLY LIKE
IT. Haha. I couldn’t believe how much detail he
provided and how good his memory is.
Even the scale looks pretty accurate.
I was so impressed.
When I got home, I showered and got back into my pajamas, and then I got
the last of the laundry put away.
We had leftover ranch chicken pasta Tuesday, so there wasn’t much to
cook, but I did steam some fresh broccoli.
Our kids are so picky about vegetables and broccoli is one of the few
that they tolerate, so we eat a lot of broccoli in our house. Haha.
Brian whipped up some Moscow mules for the two of us and then we had
another leisurely dinner. We cleaned up
the kitchen, and then I settled on the couch to read some more while Brian
showered and the kids hung out.
Once everyone was in pajamas, we settled in for another family movie
night. We’ve been trying to get the kids
to watch Mrs. Doubtfire for years, but there’s always been something
else that they’ve wanted to watch instead, but we finally convinced them to
watch Tuesday evening, and it was the best thingggg. I love that movie so much – it’s one of my
favorites from when I was a kid – and I hadn’t seen it in decades, but I could
still quote almost the entire movie from start to finish because I watched it
so many times when I was little. The
kids LOVED it as we knew they would, and it was another cozy evening in.
The kids went to bed sometime after 10, and then Brian and I watched two
more episodes of A Man on the Inside before going to bed. On my way downstairs after meditating, I
walked by Olivia’s room and I saw her like this… love it!
Wednesday, November 26
Wednesday morning, Brian left to get donuts for breakfast and I got up at
8:15. The kids were already up, and we
all enjoyed pumpkin spice donuts and cinnamon rolls and all other flavors that
he’d picked up.
I spent a few short minutes in my office after that, and then I got
showered and ready for the day because after two days at home, we finally
decided to get out. Haha.
We headed to Target because Olivia needed a dress for her guitar recital
/ Christmas Eve Mass, and we found a variety for her to try on. She ended up finding the perfect one, along
with the most beautiful cardigan to go over it, and she got an off the shoulder
sweater that she had to have. ;o)
While she and I were in the dressing room trying on clothes, the boys
stood in line for Pokemon stuff because Target just happened to unload a bunch
of new stuff while we were walking by that area. Jacob had his mind set on a particular item,
but the person in front of him got the last one, so he ended up purchasing his
second choice. He was excited,
though.
We had to grab a few more items while we were there, and we also walked
through the toy section because when in Target with kids…
And the kids also picked out gingerbread house kits to build at some
point during the next few weeks.
By the end of our shopping trip, I was feeling extremely unsteady and
dizzy because – surprise! – my body is still going through withdrawals
from the vertigo meds that I tapered off of even though I’m still on a small
dose. There is something called
protracted acute withdrawal syndrome (PAWS) which is where someone experiences
withdrawal symptoms longer than average.
They can last for weeks or even months, and the symptoms can come and go,
which explains why I had a week where I felt good and thought I was past
it.
The day my hormones changed my withdrawals came back, and although I’m
mostly able to function, the unsteadiness has gotten really bad a couple of
times. My eye strain is also back a
little bit and I’ve had a few more “brain zaps” while trying to fall asleep…
that’s how I knew it was withdrawals again and not my actual vertigo dizziness
coming back. Because I’ve never had a
“brain zap” in my life until I started tapering off my medicine.
Anywayyyy, I felt pretty awful by the time we got home, but after I ate lunch,
I felt much better. I’d only eaten
donuts for breakfast and no protein (which never happens) and I think that
blood sugar can affect withdrawals as well, so I think that’s why eating lunch
helped a little. Lesson learned.
Since the withdrawals had come back unexpectedly, it made me a bit
anxious, so I felt off the rest of the day, but it wasn’t unbearable like it
was the week after I first tapered off.
I was able to work on updating some of my blog pages for a while, but
then I did decide to lay on the bed for a bit to see if that helped. Thankfully, resting did help a bit, but I
just felt “off” the rest of the day.
Again, I think hormones were the main contributing factor, though. Unfortunately, there’s not much I can do
about that. Sometimes it sucks being a
woman. Haha.
Late in the afternoon, I made pineapple casserole because we had our
first Thanksgiving get together Wednesday night with Brian’s dad. While it baked, I read my book for an hour,
and then it was time to freshen up and head out.
Meanwhile, the kids were taking silly pictures, and they’d made this
Jacob Rudolph picture with Olivia’s red fingernails. Hahahaha.
We hung out at my father-in-law’s house for the rest of the evening with
both of Brian’s sisters and their families (well most of their families… our
niece and one of our nephews didn’t come to town for Thanksgiving because they
were working) and we celebrated two of my nephews’ birthdays.
After we wrapped up there, our fam headed home and I did a stair stepper
workout while the kids showered and got ready for bed. We watched the end of the Macy’s
Thanksgiving Day Parade Preview and the beginning of the Saturday Night
Live Thanksgiving Special with the kids, and then we got them into
bed.
Brian and I finished season two of A Man on the Inside and we
liked it. I enjoyed season one better
than season two, but the second season is still definitely worth the
watch! After that, we finally started
season four of The Morning Show.
We’re way behind on that!
Thursday, November 27
Thursday morning was Thanksgiving, one of my favorite days of the whole
year! We were all up by 8:15 and we had
leftover donuts + scrambled eggs and bacon for breakfast. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
started at 8:30 and we were all locked in for the next 3.5 hours. I have watched the parade every single year
of my life as long as I can remember and this year’s was by far my
favorite.
Millennials clearly planned the whole thing as we got to hear music from
Busta Rhymes, Lil Jon, Shaggy, Ciara, Jewel, Colbie Caillat, and Gavin DeGraw…
it was a 90’s/early 2000s music lover’s dream!
And of course, Cynthia Erivo kicked the whole thing off which was a
dream. There was also so much diversity and
inclusion in the parade this year and Macy’s did a great job of representing
our country in such a beautiful way!
During the parade, the kids printed coloring pages to work on while they
watched, and I thought it was hilarious because I did that ONE TIME when they
were little to add something fun to their day, and here we are with a 14 year
old and an 11 year old requesting to print coloring pages to continue the
tradition every year. I LOVE IT SO MUCH.
It was freezing Thursday, so I wrapped myself up in Maui’s old electric
blanket and I relaxed on the couch aaaallll morning watching the parade and it
was just the loveliest time. The only
thing missing was Maui, so I was a bit sad about that, but surprisingly I handled
it well. We had 15 years with her, and I
knew last holiday season that it would be her last, so I soaked up every single
second with her which, I think, allowed me to have closure.
Towards the end of the parade, I did get up long enough to prepare the
chocolate chip bundt cake that I needed to bake for our Thanksgiving
celebration with my extended family Thursday night, but once it was in the
oven, I sat back down on the couch. Ha!
After the parade, we watched the dog show as we always do, and we all had
a light lunch. I headed out for a
freezing cold two-mile walk after lunch because walking outside helps with my
withdrawal symptoms, and sure enough, the unsteadiness that had settled in
right before lunch again tapered off a bit.
Olivia wanted to wear her new off the shoulder sweater for Thanksgiving
dinner, so I popped a small load of laundry into the washer and then Brian and
I spent all afternoon working on our fall/Halloween puzzle that we’d started in
September.
Meanwhile, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade came on again after
the dog show, and yes, yes, we did watch it a second time while we were doing
our puzzle. Haha.
Late in the afternoon, I jumped in the shower and then I headed
downstairs to peel eight pounds of potatoes since I was in charge of the mashed
potatoes for Thanksgiving dinner this year.
While they boiled, I finished getting ready, and then I went back
downstairs to add a boatload of butter, milk, salt, and pepper to get them
fluffy, moist, and tasty! I learned from
the best – my Momma!
Brian and the kids and I also finished the puzzle… just in time to say
goodbye to fall and Thanksgiving and HELLO to the Christmas season and a new
gold foil Christmas puzzle!
We headed to my Aunt Joy and Uncle Greg’s house for Thanksgiving dinner
with my mom’s entire extended family, and we had a super full house – over 30
people, I think? And that wasn’t even
everyone as quite a few of my family members didn’t come to town this year. We were missing at least 16 people, maybe
more?
We all ate way too much, drank way too much (Brian made double Manhattans
to go for us – haha), and talked a ton.
We ended up staying until nearly 9:30, and then we headed home.
The kids got into bed right away, and then Brian and I finished the
episode of The Morning Show that we’d started the night before and then
we started the final season of Stranger Things that had premiered the
night before. That show is not very
Thanksgiving-y, but I knew Brian was dying to watch, so we did. I, however, am not a fan. Haha.
Friday, November 28
Friday morning, we all slept in until 8:30 and had leftover donuts for
breakfast yet again. We ate so many
donuts last week, y’all. Lol. I spent some time in my office after that
reading blogs and doing my quiet time, and then I went to get showered and
ready because we were heading to Atlanta for the Georgia vs. Georgia Tech
game!! Georgia always plays Georgia Tech
the Saturday after Thanksgiving which is always the day that we do Thanksgiving
with my mother-in-law and step-father-in-law, so we never get to go to that
game. We always record and watch it
later after we get home.
Since the game was a special one on Friday, and it was at Mercedes Benz
Stadium instead of Georgia Tech’s field, we thought it would be a fun one to go
to. Plus, it was a 3:30 game which meant
we could drive up and drive home in the same day and not have to stay
overnight, which is always nice.
We ate a light lunch at home and then we took off right after lunch. We were worried about traffic being bad since
it was the day after Thanksgiving, but shockingly, we had no issues getting to
Atlanta with zero delays. And if you have
ever been to Atlanta you know that is quite a feat, even on a regular day!
Since we’d added in a bunch of cushion, we ended up arriving really early
for the game, so we had a lot of time to kill before the game even started.
We walked around the stadium to scout out food options for dinner later,
and then we purchased snacks for the kids and me to have in the meantime. The game ended up being a close one, but
thankfully, Georgia led almost the entire time, and we ended up winning. Georgia Tech is pretty good this year, and
they haven’t beaten us in quite some time, so I was a bit worried they might
get us this year. Thankfully, they
didn’t and we finished our regular season 11-1!
Now we go to the SEC Championship game this weekend! Woo hoo!
Although, we have to play Bama AGAIN, and we all know how that goes 99%
of the time we play them. Sigh. Lol.
During the first half of the game, Olivia started complaining saying that
her back was hurting and that she was really tired, so the alarms started going
off in my head. She never complains
about anything like that, so I feared that she might be coming down with
something.
She and I went in search of dinner for her thinking that maybe she just
needed some real food since she’d eaten a good bit of sugar, and I also gave
her my puffy jacket to put behind her back.
She was a happy camper for the rest of the game after that, although,
she didn’t seem quite as bubbly as she usually is.
We got home around nine – no traffic on the way home either! – and the
kids got straight into bed. Brian and I
had been watching the Texas vs. Texas A&M game all the way home, so we
finished that game and then went to bed.
Saturday, November 29
Saturday morning, we all slept in and when I went in Olivia’s room, she
looked at me with teary eyes and said she didn’t feel good at all. I took her temperature, and sure enough, her
fever was nearly 102 degrees. Poor
girl. We gave her some medicine to try
to take the fever down, but she felt awful, which was so sad because our elf,
Cheek, had set up our North Pole breakfast along with ornaments for all of us
and Christmas pajamas for the kids.
He always comes the Saturday after Thanksgiving, so Olivia had been
talking about it all week and she was so sad to be feeling bad that she burst
into tears because she didn’t even feel well enough to push through and eat
breakfast. I promised her that I would
take all the treats and set them up again next Saturday so we can have a redo,
and she immediately went to curl up on the floor with a pillow and a blanket
where she remained for much of the next three days other than to get up occasionally
and sleep in her bed at night.
I hate seeing her so sad like that, though. The same thing happened on Christmas Day last
year… she woke up feeling awful, she got upset because she felt bad on her
favorite day of the year, and she immediately lay down on the floor because she
was too weak to do anything. Bless her. And I didn’t get many pictures of the
breakfast either – none of the kids :o( - since Olivia was feeling so bad.
Jacob, Brian, and I ate breakfast and Brian surprised me with the most
beautiful glass ornament of Maui. Each
side has a picture on it, and they are my two most favorite pictures of her
ever. I cried, of course, and then we
hung it on the tree next to her little paw print ornament that we made earlier
this year after she passed away.
Once breakfast was cleaned up, I used one of our at-home flu and Covid
tests to test Olivia, and she was negative for Flu A, Flu B, and Covid. So strange.
She only runs a fever when she has the flu, so I thought for sure it’d
be that.
The rest of the morning was spent snuggling on the couch watching ESPN
College GameDay and drinking hot tea, and then later in the morning, I got
up to make pineapple casserole for Thanksgiving lunch with Brian’s mom and
step-dad. Unfortunately, since Olivia
was sick, she and I had to miss, and I was so sad to miss seeing all of them,
especially since Brian’s step-sis and her family were in town.
We missed so much last year during the holidays due to sickness (Usher
concert, Straight No Chaser concert, Christmas with my extended family, and
lots of school events), so I learned to roll with it after that… although I am
still devastated that we missed Usher since he rarely tours.
Brian and Jacob went, though, so I made the dish that we were going to
bring, and then they ended up bringing a nice big plate of all the goodies I
missed home for me so I could eat it for dinner.
While Brian and Jacob were gone, Olivia’s fever meds kicked in and she
was feeling good enough to get up for a bit, so she and I painted our nails
together and then played a billion games of Mantis. It’s a card game by the same creators of
Exploding Kittens and it’s so much fun!
Super easy to learn and each game is very quick, so you don’t get stuck
playing forever.
After that, Olivia was exhausted and her fever was creeping up again
(sigh) so I gave her some more medicine and she lay on the floor watching TV
while I went in my office for about 30 minutes to get a few things done.
After that, I joined her downstairs and we watched college football
together until the boys came home. When
they got settled back in, I took off for a walk, and then I got showered for
the day.
I was starving by the time I was done getting showered (and back into
pajamas – haha) so I warmed up my plate from Thanksgiving lunch. Everything was delicious and I was stuffed
when I was done. Olivia didn’t have an
appetite at all while she was sick since her fever kept getting so high, but I
was able to coax her into eating some Spaghetti-O’s from a can. Haha.
She loves those things and they were the only thing that sounded good to
her. I was just happy she ate something.
After dinner, we watched the Alabama vs. Auburn game, and I did some
Christmas shopping on my phone while we watched. Olivia was exhausted and wanted to go to bed
at 7:30, so I gave her some more fever reducer and tucked her in. Jacob stayed up with Brian and me and watched
the game until halftime, and then he went to bed, too.
Brian and I finished the evening with Manhattans and more college
football.
Sunday, November 30
Olivia came in our room around 2:30 AM Sunday morning saying that she
felt awful, and her fever was 103.8.
Ugh. I hate when the kids get
high fevers like that because it scares me to death. I gave her some Ibuprofen and Brian filled
her water bottle so she could get some fluids.
I tucked her back into bed after that, scrubbed my hands, and then went back
to sleep.
Two hours later, she came back in our bedroom, and I panicked because I
was thinking that her fever had gotten higher, but she had a bad nose bleed
that woke her up. We helped her get that
under control, and I took her temperature while she was up. Thankfully, the medicine had taken it down to
98.6 so that made me feel much better.
I got her tucked back in, and then I got back in bed, but I lay awake for
a while, not able to go back to sleep.
The rest of the morning I slept fitfully, and then I think I finally got
a couple of decent hours just before I woke up for good.
Olivia came in our room just before 9 AM again because she wasn’t feeling
well, and I’m glad she came in, because after being up some of the night, I
might have slept on through until really late.
Sure enough, her fever was back up to 101.9, so we gave her some more
meds, and then we all got up.
We all ate breakfast separately because Olivia wasn’t hungry, Brian
didn’t eat, and Jacob only had something small because he and Brian went to a
birthday brunch for our nephew at 11 AM.
Olivia and I had to miss that, too, but I had a lot to get caught up on
Sunday, so I didn’t mind staying home with her.
I got her settled in with a big water bottle, her blanket, and pillow,
and then I headed to my office to work.
I watched my weekly sermon while I got my planner ready for December and
for the week ahead, I placed a Target order for some items that I’d been
waiting to go on sale, and I downloaded some new music that I’d been wanting.
When Brian and Jacob got home, we gave the kids their Advent calendars
and both of them were ecstatic! That was
the first real smile we got out of Olivia since she’d started feeling bad. We bought the Sephora Advent calendar for her
weeks ago, and a few days ago she told me that she really wanted a beauty
Advent calendar, so I was thrilled to hear her say that.
When she got hers, she was shocked that not only was it a beauty Advent
calendar, but it was a SEPHORA beauty Advent calendar, and that just made her
day.
Jacob was thrilled with his Pokemon Advent calendar, too. Pokemon cards are one of his favorite things
these days… he might even love them more than Lego now?!
After that, I headed back to my office to tackle a few more things – I
transferred all the pictures from my phone to my computer and got them
organized (which always takes a while), I edited my blog post for Monday, I
worked on my blog post for Tuesday, and I listed more items to sell.
After that, I got out into the chilly, rainy weather, and I walked as
long as I could before the rain got too hard.
I had a snack and worked more on my blog post for Tuesday, and then it
was time to get ready for church.
Jacob and I went together since Olivia’s fever had spiked again, and the
drive was rainy and yucky. My Momma,
Mama Cass, Aunt Joy, and Uncle Greg all ended up being at Mass, too, so we sat
with them.
After church, we stopped by the local pizza place right across from
church and picked up the order that Brian had placed for dinner, and we brought
that home. And boy, was it good to have
something totally different to eat after all the traditional Thanksgiving
foods!
Brian made Moscow Mules for us, and we were able to get Olivia to finally
eat her leftover Thanksgiving meal that she’d missed from Nana and
Poppie’s.
Brian had tested her again while we were gone, and she was still negative
for flu and Covid, so we’re assuming she just had a bad cold. Tis the season, I suppose.
After dinner, Brian cleaned the kitchen while I made a meal plan and a
grocery list for the next two weeks, and then I finished my blog post for
Tuesday, got ready for bed, prepped for Monday, and did my quiet time while the
kids showered.
Olivia was still running a fever at bedtime, so we gave her some
medicine, and she wanted to go to bed early again. Jacob sat up with Brian and me for a bit next
to the fire, and the three of us chatted for a while, and then he went to bed
around nine.
Brian and I ended our week off with more Stranger Things, and I
worked on our Christmas cards while he watched!
And that was our (mostly) wonderful Thanksgiving break!!
Happy Wednesday, y’all!
