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Did you figure it out? If you live in one of the “fun” states like me I’m sure you know.. that would be today is Daylight Saving Time.    Back in 2007 they changed it and Daylight Savings Time now happens every 2nd Sunday in March @ 2:00 am!   So at 2:00 am you are to “spring ahead”  your clocks to 3:00 am!  

Because of us springing ahead last night we tried getting the kids to bed an hour early and thankfully they went down to problem, the only thing is they actually slept in to 9:00 (which used to of been 8:00).   Today it wasn’t a big deal if they slept in, but I can’t help but wonder what Tuesday will hold when they have to wake up early for school.  (They both go to school on Tuesday & Thursday)   Most mornings Kevin complains of having to wake up early those days in the first place, I can’t imagine him waking up on Tuesday.    I’m thinking tomorrow I’ll make sure we wake up early and I have a feeling he will be getting a hard work out at Karate that night as his instructor went to a seminar this weekend and already wrote saying he can’t wait to show and teach the students everything he’s learned.   Maybe, just maybe, if that happens Kevin will go to bed no problem when we get home!

Is there anything you do to get your little ones ready for Daylight Saving Time?  Just think.. November 7th we will get to “fall back” again so we can sleep in!

Even though I’m not sure what Fat Tuesday is, (I know it’s revolves around Mardi Gras and not around what the best fat burning supplements are) I hope you have a fun filled day!  I know us northerners don’t get to enjoy the parades like the southerners do (That’s one reason I enjoy being in Orange Beach this time of year) but you can still eat the fatter/richer foods with us down here!

Updating the post to say in an hour the Mardi Gras parade will be starting down here! If you are ever in the Orange Beach, AL area around Mardi Gras time, you could check out their parades. They are all family orientated as there are no women flashing things they shouldn’t be!  If you are really lucky you can attend the kids parade in Farehope!  All their kids get out of school in the afternoon and instead of riding on floats they walk down the street throwing beads to everyone.  That was the first ever Mardi Gras parade we took Kevin to when he was a baby and it was so cute putting the beads on him as he was only 3 months old.

Next year is going to be so boring for us as I highly doubt we will be down here for the parades as Kevin will then be in 1st grade and I really can’t see me taking him out of school for a week.    Of course if we get a snowy, cold winter I just might have to change my mind.

Every year I always think how it would be fun instead of passing candy out for Halloween to pass out something fun for the kids instead. For example have you ever gone to those sites that sell promotional products? Even though a lot of the times they are selling pens, key chains, letter openers.. etc. They sometimes have some fun things like sports bottles, stress reliever balls, and bubbles. I don’t see anything today unless I wanted to buy some Christmas stuff, of course maybe that wouldn’t be bad getting something in that for Kevin & Katie’s class next year?!? (Yes I like buying stuff early if it’s on sale) Hmmmm I think I have to think about this a minute. While I think about it, I hope you have a great day!

From my family to yours… I hope you have a fun and safe Christmas this year!

In case you a have a guy you need to buy for (I guess you could get them for a lady as well, but Paul uses them way more than me) a practical Christmas gift that wouldn’t be so costly would be to get them some cable ties.  I know you’re probably wondering why in the world would you want to buy someone some cable ties, but my parents ended up getting Paul and my brother-in-law some for Christmas a couple years ago and both Paul and my Brother-in-law ended up liking it.

At first Paul thought what am I going to do with these, but before long he realized how useful they were!   What Paul used them for was… hanging Christmas lights outside in the trees, working on cars, wrapping up excess cords, attaching tree branches to his tree stand… etc.

Paul’s advice though… when buying some, find a container with all different sizes in it like my parents did because you never know which size you will need.

All I can say is our Thanksgiving of 2009 was so not what we expected.  Usually my extended family will meet over at my aunts house for a potluck dinner.  I always bring the snicker salad and this year I also was going to make some meatballs.  Unfortunately due to the illness in our house earlier in the week I had decided we wouldn’t be attending the Thanksgiving dinner just in case we were still contagious even though I didn’t think we were, but I would rather be safe than sorry.

So for our small Thanksgiving meal here at home we decided we would have Venison wraps, snicker salad (hey.. I had the stuff to make it, I might as well right?) Sweet potatoes, corn and apple pie for dessert.  Things were going great… Paul made up the venison wraps while the kids & I organized the living room as we would be putting our Christmas tree up later that night.  Since it was getting closer to lunch time Paul thought he would start grilling the wraps and outside he went.  Then not that long afterwards he came back inside with excruciating pain.  He kept saying something wasn’t right and had a sharp pain on his left side.   At that point he was knealing by the couch, but before long he was on the floor moaning really loud. 

I asked if I should be taking him to the ER (I know he has a low pain tollerance so I wasn’t quite sure how bad it truly was) and he said not yet.  Well, a few minutes later he told me to call someone to come here so they could watch the kids.  I knew my parents would be over at my aunts house (10 minutes away) so I called them to see if my Dad could come over and watch the kids so I could take Paul in. 

My Dad hurried over and Paul and I jumped in our car and off we went.  Thankfully the hospital is only 10-15 minutes away from our house and when we arrived Paul walked to the ER door, but as we were at the window signing in he ended up falling to the floor in pain where the receptionist started hitting the button under her desk to get a nurse out there ASAP.   We (the nurse and I)  got him in a wheel chair and off we went to the ER room and as soon as we got in the room, the ER doctor walked in and told the nurse he would put the IV in if she would go get the pain meds.   

The pain meds weren’t working fast enough for Paul and he was still moaning when they wheeled him away to get a cat scan to verify what they were thinking (as we were) that he was dealing with Kidney stones.   As I sat in the little room I realized one thing I should of done before my Dad came over was put the book I was reading in the car.  It would of been a perfect time to get caught up on my reading.  ~wink~    I lucked out though as there were some  magazines in the hall so I grabbed the AARP and really, it wasn’t as bad as what I thought it was going to be.

Before long Paul was wheeled back and I could tell the pain meds had kicked in as he looked so relaxed as if he could fall asleep.  What a difference 5-10 minutes could make!  Needless to say we sat around waiting for the results and when they came back we found out that yes he did have a 2mm size kidney stone that was about to drop in his bladder.   Since he had to urinate before we could leave (they wanted to make sure he didn’t also have an infection) we were stuck there for awhile yet. 

We finally we able to leave and were given 3 different prescriptions that we needed to get filled.  Of course with it being a holiday we had no clue what would be open so the nurse looked it up on their list and supposedly the Meijer pharmacy by our house was suppose to be open until 6pm, which gave me time to drop off Paul, go inside to Thank my Dad for watching the kids and then head out with 1-2 hours to spare!  So that’s what I did and after I found a nice close parking spot and started walking towards the store I could see that the pharmacy looked quite dark and when I got to the door there was a sign saying they were open, but until 2pm.. not 6pm!  So I went across the street to Wal-greens to find out their pharmacy was also closed, but there was one about 20 minutes away that was open, so off I went.  You could tell they were probably the only pharmacy open in town as they were quite busy and I didn’t end up getting home until 6pm, but after we ate and before Paul decided to hit the hay I did talk him into bringing our Christmas tree up from downstairs and the kids & I spent the night decorating it! 

As you can see, it was quite a crazy day for me (along with the days & week before) so needless to say you will now understand why I might end up talking about how excited I am for this upcoming Saturday when I get to go to Birch Run with a couple friends and will even be spending the night!   Let alone when it gets closer to my Las Vegas & orlando vacations!!   Needless to say I can’t wait for next year as I have a feeling at least the beginning of it will be the year of travel for me!

Here’s wishing you & your family a Happy Thanksgiving! 

I found this on youtube this morning and wanted to share with you all and to also say THANK YOU for those who have and are serving our armed forces! Thank you for giving/risking your life for us to be the land of the free and home of the brave! You are my hero!