While I was Sleeping...

"You must be dying because you haven't posted since Monday." I've been tired. I made it through Monday and Tuesday but worked half day on Wednesday... Sleeeeeeep.

Then, I (TMI) had a nice vomit incident on Thursday afternoon.  Aside from the drama of (1) vomiting; (2) vomiting at work; (3) standing 'nekked' in the third floor ladies room wandering if I could just lay down on the cold tile... there was also the frustration of ALMOST working a full day.  Arg.  So close.

I'm so glad I took a vacation day today. Rest, relax... no embarrassing vomit situations. (Although Caitlin did give me that "you are so gross" look this morning... but that's just bonus baby!)

Time is ticking while Kathleen is sleeping. (I really wish I could have rhymed something with "ticking.") Anyway, it's spring break and the girlies and hubby have not been wasting a moment! Well, hubby has taken some moments to cuddle me and make me feel better... but that's in between the fun stuff!

Tuesday

Mostly fun stuff... I was a crabby pants when I got home on Tuesday.  I threw a hissy fit because Honey had a graphic of a gun on her shirt.  "Pick your battles," I know, but in my weakened condition and having a gun "pointed" at me really... set me off.  Electronic freebie night to make up for that...

Caitlin's masterpieces using Hubba Hubba:

Caitlin, Hubby, Kitty, Hubba Hubba

Siobain, Spartacus, Me

Siobain worked on this animation on her NintendoDS.  It's not done yet, but it's awesome... even though I don't like the music...

Wednesday

Goin' to the Drive In!  Hubby and the girlies checked out a new (to us) drive in on the other side of town.  They reported back that it is better than the one we usually go to.  Siobain was awesome and made sure there were photos taken.  I think she did a really great job.

Apparently there is a mini golf course there too... with a Sponge Bob... I do love photos with statues. No really, I do.  Hubby makes fun of me.

My favorite photo is of the girlies playing with the speakers.

Thursday

Grrr... Hubby played at open mic. No one took pictures.  There will be punishment especially since everyone was laughing about what a great time they had.  Cruel.

Friday

And that brings us up to today.  Caitlin made this wheel, it says "horn" in the center, and made Hubby be the car.  No major crashes but I think the blue book value for the hubbymobile suffered today.

Honk if you're adorable!

They just got back from the museum... 

They only took a couple of photos... but they brought me ice cream, so we're good.

Bed Haiku

Bed, how I missed thee

whistle, nay cough while I work

home to you I run

It was a long day at work.  This is hard to believe, but it was the first time in 7 days that I had really spoken more than a couple words at a time.  Talking makes me cough.  All the coughing gave me a head and stomach ache so I skipped lunch and took a nap on the nurse's bed.

Yeah, we have a bed at work. Love it!  And I snoozed for an hour.

There were several bright spots in my day, including a birthday present waiting for me!

My pictures don't do these gifts justice!  I love handmade cards and Robyn's are so beautiful.  I don't know if she knows that buttons are my very, very favorite embellishment or if it was just birthday luck that she gave me this card!  (I already told her that I was probably going to re-use in my scrapbook because it is so fantastic!)

Plus, a goodie bag of MORE scraptastic embellishments.  So excited!

Dear TOA

There is a great little Asian restaurant in my neighborhood.  And it delivers sushi!  So, they've got me on file for when I'm home alone and no one can veto dinner, like tonight. (No one else in my family likes Asian cuisine, sigh.)

I have no complaints about their service or food. In fact, the Mongolian Beef with extra scallions I had tonight was delicious.

BUT... they need a new script writer for their fortune cookies. (I know, they buy them from a company, so  THAT company should get some new writers.)

This....

... is a little creepy.

"Someone is watching you from afar" is not gonna sit well on Mongolian Beef.  I'm just saying. And then if you are playing any of the fortune games it just gets worse... "in bed"... "behind you"... "going to the bathroom."  Okay, I made up those last two... but it segues to my next photo (screen grab, what-evs).

I'm playing DrawSomething with a friend and this is the 1st of three drawings I received for this word.

The next one was of a man urinating and the third was of a dog urinating.  It took me forever to spell out p-e-e because I am soooo high-brow.  Tehe.

It's a fun game.

Crabby Pants

I was/am a crabby pants today... I think because I had to go out in the rain.

Do you know who is NOT a crabby pants? Me beautiful Caitlin!

Puppet Master

Hubby is the puppet master.

The king of all wacky, tacky and true hilarity in our household.

He recently decided the family should watch the Muppet Show and ordered the first DVD from Netflix. Here is a photo of them watching the show...

Couple of things... but first I have to say that this is a SOFA.  Like, it fits three 200lb men comfortable, I assume, because I have home invasion issues. Anyway, there is plenty of room for everyone to spread out... but these three always sit like this... all crowded up.  I don't get it.

Second... Muppet Show, ain't "haha" funny.  Clearly demonstrated by the photo above.

Third... Even if it isn't a "haha" show, these three look like they are watching Bambi lose his mother.  Except Honey, she's got an evil smile. 

Fourth... Caitlin reminded me of the iconic Les Miserables poster.

Do you see it?

After they watched some good old Muppet fun I was visited by some old friends...

(Hubby and Caitlin)

Lucky! I caught their second act on video!

Geographic Tongue

Back to the doctor this afternoon... for the last time, yea!!  I've been given a "much better" bill of health.  Get it? Not a "clean" bill of health 'cause I'm still sick... anywho. I can return to work on Monday.

I sound better and look better. Ya know, on the inside.  'Cause I am a great big give-up on the outside.  You see the bottom of this photo?  What should be the top of a shirt? Or dress? Nope, those are my pajamas.  Yup, I went there. Well, I put pants on. And a jacket-y thing.  But still. Pajamas.

I'm really looking forward to feeling better.

You can tell I feel better because I took photos :)

(instead of lying down and whimpering)

So even though I don't have to go back for another check up, unless something doesn't feel right, I still have to do another month of breathing treatments. Well, 25 more days anyway. 

I found out a fun fact during this illness episode.... I have a geographic tongue!

I have always been self-conscious of my tongue... cause it's ugly.  Not only is it weird looking (geographic) but I also have scars from a nice big bite when I was little.  But know that I am one of the 2% of people on the planet with a geographic tongue I feel... still self-conscious.  But I have buddies out there somewhere.

The geographic tongue would explain why I have immediate reactions to some foods (jalapeno incident with Beth) and why my tongue looks different from day to day.

So I came home and told hubby that I am not a complete freak of nature... 2% of the population are freaks with me!  And do you know what he said? "I think I have that too!"

Dork.

38!

Pneumonia won't keep this birthday girl down... okay, it will.  But lucky for me, my family brought the party to the bedroom!

My three best presents ever!

Long ago Michael started a tradition of using the wrong occasion card for all occasions... sometimes this can be awkward.  I think he learned his lesson about using bereavement cards.

Caitlin spiced the card up with some Backyardigan stickers.

The theme of the birthday was...

Wedding Shower card

Backyardigan stickers

Dora the Explorer plates

St. Louis Blues Hockey napkins

and

Winnie the Pooh cake

Caitlin gave me a Disney Lemonade Mouth CD... hmmm, I've always told the girlies that when selecting a gift for a friend, if it's something they like then their friend will probably like it too...

A backscratcher!

Seriously, I asked for this for Christmas and didn't get one. Yahoo!

 There was an extra sheet of stickers in my card... for me to put wherever I want.