Pass the tylenol

Ugh. I can’t seem to shake this cold. Dripping and sneezing and stuffy head and aches. I sound like one of those commercials don’t I? And of course Steve’s got it too, and even worse as usual. Then Ella still has a bit of runny nose, and developed a virus over the weekend. She acted OK, but let’s just say her poor little bottom was really sore and red.

Oh well. It could be worse. A friend emailed today to tell me 34 people were cut from his newsroom yesterday. Ouch!

On a brighter note, we attended London’s Christmas pageant Tuesday night. She couldn’t have smiled bigger. As Sara said, she was the best one. And she did do really well. It seemed like she sang most of the words. She was so much younger last year at it. One year makes a big difference.

It’s Thursday already and my weekend to-do list is piling up. But it’s fun stuff. I need to

1. Get my Christmas tree up.

2. Decorate tree and house.

3. Breakfast with Santa on Saturday morning

4. Online Christmas shopping

5. Upload a bunch of photos (I promise to post some soon)

6. Christmas shopping on Monday

And of course there’s grocery shopping to do and my monthly Saturday night shift. That’s OK with me though. I kinda just want time to fly between now and Christmas. With Ella a little older this year, I think she’s really going to have a blast.

I almost forgot, BIG NEWS. Ella peed in the potty last night. Steve left her alone on it for a minute, then came back to her pointing to it. Major victory!

And just in case you’re still bored with this post, here’s one cute recent photo. Also, you may see a hint of why I want new carpet.