Twas the Night before Thanksgiving

and all through my house

I could hear laughter and giggling

and the occassional shout!

From down in the basement

there arose such a clatter

I had to run down to see what was the matter

When what with my one good ear should I hear

but three teenage girls

squealing loudly with fear!

I saw a little old spider

So lively and quick

I knew in a moment

that the girls thought he was ICK!!

I groped around blindly for a shoe or a book

and that spider, he saw me and gave me that look

More rapid than gunfire

his eight legs started running

this creature had character

it was really quite stunning!

He got to the wall and up he went!

No looking back! His time here was spent!

The girls had settled little, they were restless in bed

with visions of spiders hanging over their heads.

Little old spider had caused so much trouble

Girls were laughing so hard they were all seeing double

I tucked them back in, gave each one a hug

and told them not to yell over each little bug!

With the little old spider still in the room

all other bugs would soon meet their doom!

The girls heard me exclaim as I walked away

Get some sleep girls,

tomorrow's Thanksgiving Day!!!



It's a good thing I like lemonade!!!

It's a good thing that I like lemonade!!  I've always heard that when life hands you lemons....  you know the rest.  Lately, life has been handing me lemons way too much.   You know, the really juicy, sour ones that always seem to squirt you in the eye!  Yes, those, that's the ones I'm talking about!!!

We've had a lot happening around my house.  Everyone of us have ended up fighting a headcold.  For some of us, it turned in to a sinus infection with fever that made us even more miserable.  Need another platitude here??  Think carefully, misery loves......  See, I knew you knew!!!

So, sick children, sick adults, active dogs, work and school... all stirred together in one big pot of "I don't wanna go to _______ today!  I don't feel good!"  The kids were almost as bad as the adults!!!

Now, we have used almost an entire bottle of ibuprofen between us, a whole lotta nyquil, suckers and throat losenges.  I think we may actually be able to drink that lemonade  now.  My throat has stopped hurting and my voice is almost normal again.  Btw...it was messed up for 9 days!  Boy did my family get a lucky break on that one!  ha ha!

I'm gonna get the pitcher out, add in a little sweetness, lots of water and all the lemons that I can find.  I'm gonna stir it all together until I've made the best tasting lemonade EVER! 

Don't mess with me again Mr Headcold... I'll force you to drink my lemonade WITHOUT SUGAR!!!!

I live with a bunch of sick people!!!

I live with a bunch of sick people!!!

No, really, I do!  We are all sick in the head!!!  Okay, maybe that's a bit harsh.  Maybe what I mean to say is that we all have head colds...hence we are sick in the head!  ha ha.... yes, I know, not worth the time you spent reading it but hey, head colds make me loopy :-) 

Okay, now that I've gotten that out of the way.  What are plans for the upcoming weekend?  Mine, well let's see...  Keep the kids busy and happy and fed and cleaned.  Keep the hubby busy and happy and fed and happy.  Keep the dogs fed and happy.  Keep the house , oh who am I kidding.... who would expect me to have time to do anything to the house with all of those other things staring down the barrell at me!! 

That's just the way life is.  Busy.  I've seen many kitchen "signs" through the years.  For example:
If you mess it up, you clean it up!
Too many cooks spoil the soup.
If you can't stand the heat..."

But, I have to say my all time favorite is one that my mom used to keep in her kitchen and now I happily keep it in mine.  It says:
Our house is clean enough to be healthy and dirty enough to be happy!!

That about sums it up for me.  It's late, I'm sleepy but I know that my kitchen is clean and the rest of the house is dirty enough to be happy :)))

Okay, to get back to my question...what are you doing this weekend?  I know for a fact that Saturday evening I will be glued to the television along with the rest of the BAMA NATION as we watch our beloved CRIMSON TIDE maul, yes, I said MAUL poor ole lsu.... 

So, that being said, I only have one more thing to add.

ROLL FREAKIN TIDE ROLL!!!!!

My sick family and I will be cheering you on, with the rest of the nation. :)