JANUARY DECORATIONS

The past few days have been just ordinary days.  I have gone back to work.  The first day was very rough because I had so much to get caught up on.  My desk was all piled up with reports I had to do and to top it off I got a delivery of nine boxes to unpack, sort and shelve for processing.  The good part was none of them were for me.  Ha, ha.

My co-worker Diane has been coughing and choking for about two weeks now.  She has been getting progressively worse but so far has refused to go to the doctor.  Today I finally talked her into going.  The way she describes it I think she has pneumonia -- heaviness in her chest, trouble breathing, coughing up stuff.  I made her promise to stay home tomorrow and I think I may have talked her into taking Saturday off also.  So if you think of it, please pray for Diane.

I was able to get a few more things done when I got home from work today.  First I found my large snowflake.  I knew it was somewhere, I just couldn't remember where.  So it is now in my window with the smaller snowflakes around it.  Looks so nice.

I also put out my New Year's Cherished Teddies and my polar bears.  I love polar bears.  I have ever since I was a little kid around 18 months old and my parents took me to the zoo.

I also took down the Christmas wreath and cross from the front door and all of my birthday cards.  I still have so much more to do, but I did a lot in 30 minutes.  If I can just do that tomorrow, I can probably finish up the living room.  Then all I have to do is the dining room on my day off Friday.  That will make me so happy.

While I was looking for my snowflake, I found lots of Valentine's Day stuff that I didn't know I had.  I am going to enjoy putting those things out.

Well I think the laundry is done, so I will go so I can finally get to bed.  At least tomorrow is my late day so I can sleep in. 

FEELING BETTER -- FINALLY

OK, I will start believing my doctor more.  He said I would start to feel better around Sunday and he was absolutely right.  I am feeling more like myself today, although still tired, and my voice has come back.  I was even able to sing the Christmas carols in church this morning.  And you know some of them are hard to sing.

Today is Epiphany and Joe had the scripture reading today.  I thought it was appropriate that he read about the angel's message to Joseph.  We had communion today too.  In the church I attend we have communion only 5 times a year.  The first Sunday of the year is one of those times.

I got a bowl of Italian Wedding Soup at Wawa for lunch.  It went down much better than my Sonic burger yesterday.  It was really good.

I took a nap this afternoon for a couple of hours.  I don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow when I can't nap.

When I got up I put a chicken in the oven to roast for dinner.  This is only the second time I have ever made a whole roast chicken.  But I was watching Martha Stewart yesterday and she had it on her show.  I thought, "That's easy.  You just put it in the oven."   So when we went to Shop Rite yesterday I got a chicken to try her recipe.  She put rosemary, garlic and lemon in the cavity before she trussed it.  I had all of that so I did that too.  It smells wonderful.  I have an hour before it's done though.  I have some cranberry sauce in the pantry, some Stove Top stuffing (yes I'm cheating, but I'm still sick *cough, cough*), and I got some brussels sprouts that I'll heat up.  I am making a good dinner tonight,

I finally got my Christmas decorations out of the window and put up my January snow.  I just hope we don't get tons of real snow.  The little bit we had this morning was fine.  It was gone by lunch time.  These aren't very good pictures, but I had a very difficult time trying to take them.  The snowflakes just didn't show up.  And yes, I have blue lights.

     It's really pretty in person because the snowflakes are all sparkly and reflect the blue lights.  I'll show you the rest of the January decorations as I get them up.

I'M STILL SICK -- *SIGH*

I am so sick of being sick.  I feel better, try to do something, and end up going back to bed and sleeping.  Here it is after 9 p.m. and I still have not eaten dinner.  I don't feel like it, but I have to eat something in order to take my anti-biotic.  All I really want to do is sleep.

We were feeling better so Joe and I went to Sonic for lunch.  We both had gift cards, so decided to use one.  Joe had two Chicago hot dogs, onion rings, and a diet Dr. Pepper (his favorite).  I had a cheeseburger, tater tots and a lemon slush (of course).  It was really good.  Then we had to get gas and go food shopping.

I hadn't gotten very far into the food shopping before I had to run to the bathroom and was sick.  I guess my digestive system wasn't up to Sonic food yet.  It was sort of embarassing because there were a lot of people in the restroom, but what was I going to do?  So we finished up, came home, and I slept for about 2 hours.  I'm feeling better now.  But now you see why food has no interest for me.  

On a lighter note, Joe found a gift that he forgot to give me for my birthday.  I just love it.  It's Buddy the Birthday Bear.

Isn't he cute?  He's really soft and cuddly.  I love teddy bears.  You can tell by my shirt.  :)
 

 I watched some more of the Mummers' New Year's Day parade yesterday.  I finally finished the comic divisions and started on the fancies.  At the rate I'm going it's going to be February before I finish.

The only good thing about being sick is that I have no appetite and I have lost 3 lbs.  Yes!  My goal is 52 lbs this year (a pound a week) which I think I can do.

I've got to take it easy tomorrow because I go back to work on Monday.  Let's see how that works out.