DeAnne's sinuses have kicked into high gear and after being miserable most of the day Sunday, she went to the doctor and got some antibiotics yesterday. Hopefully they'll knock this mess out and get her feeling better.
Saturday we went up to Montgomery to see my Mom and Sid and help them out with a few things around the house. Sid looked really good and seems to have made some great improvements since the last time we saw him. He's got a long way to go before he's fully recovered from his stroke, but if he keeps making progress like what DeAnne and I have seen between the visits we've made then it shouldn't be too long.
We also spent some time with my Memaw Friday night. She's got a long recovery ahead of her too but her foot seems to be doing pretty well. My Dad said that she's had some pain but other than that, it's healing well and as long as she stays off of it for the right amount of time, she should be fine.
So that's about all I've got. Not the happiest post with three paragraphs about different sick people, but that's what I've got for you today. Maybe Thursday will be better.
--Paul
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
Thursday, February 03, 2011
Shades of Things to Come
In what I view as a glimpse of the future, Emma, and now it appears one of the cats, has had the pet version of the stomach virus this week. We took Emma to the vet on Tuesday and she was running a small fever so we got her some antibiotics. She seems to be improving. She hasn't had an accident since yesterday morning but we're still being cautious. Just when we were beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel with Emma, last night we returned home from church to find one of the cats had been sick all over the office. It was not pretty.
I look at this as just the beginning though. A little pre-baby training via animal testing if you will. It's just the animals testing us instead of the other way around. I guess the hippie-libs out there will love that.
So that's been this week's adventure.
I began work on our taxes yesterday. That's always a pile of fun too. Fortunately, software is getting good enough now that it's not much more than coping numbers exactly as they show up on the forms. If we had some kind of business I probably wouldn't do them myself, but no more than we have to deal with, it's just a matter of getting everything punched in.
--Paul
I look at this as just the beginning though. A little pre-baby training via animal testing if you will. It's just the animals testing us instead of the other way around. I guess the hippie-libs out there will love that.
So that's been this week's adventure.
I began work on our taxes yesterday. That's always a pile of fun too. Fortunately, software is getting good enough now that it's not much more than coping numbers exactly as they show up on the forms. If we had some kind of business I probably wouldn't do them myself, but no more than we have to deal with, it's just a matter of getting everything punched in.
--Paul
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Rollin'
We took another step on our journey toward parenthood this past Saturday. We bought a new vehicle. We got a 2011 Nissan Rogue. It's Nissan's mid-sized crossover. I really wasn't planning on buying it on Saturday but I guess with it being the next to last sales day of the month, they were looking to get something sold and we were able to hammer out a deal that I was pretty happy with.
We didn't trade either of our cars in, so now not only have we bought a new car, we have a car for sale. We're actually willing to sell either one of our cars. They're in about the same shape, have about the same miles on them and are only a model year apart from each other. I guess it really depends on if someone wants white (with a scratch down the side) or green (with paint fading on the trunk).
So that was our morning Saturday. After we finished with the car dealer, DeAnne took off to Dothan with her Mom to pick up some maternity clothes. She's gotten a lot of stuff from different people, but there were a few things she needed to round it out and get her through the week. I came back to Andalusia, picked up Trey and we headed down to Crestview for the pre-release tournament for the newest Magic set. This was the third pre-release I had been to and Trey's first. The level of geek was pretty high but after doing just okay the past two tournaments, I managed to finish third in this one. I was pretty happy with how I did although I think a lot of it was me getting lucky in the pairings. Whatever it was, I finished 4-1 and couldn't be happier with how I did. Trey had a good time too although he didn't have quite the success that I had.
So that was the weekend basically. We had a crazy Saturday and then Sunday was it's usual self. February is shaping up to be a pretty crazy month though, so I guess this past weekend was just the start.
--Paul
We didn't trade either of our cars in, so now not only have we bought a new car, we have a car for sale. We're actually willing to sell either one of our cars. They're in about the same shape, have about the same miles on them and are only a model year apart from each other. I guess it really depends on if someone wants white (with a scratch down the side) or green (with paint fading on the trunk).
So that was our morning Saturday. After we finished with the car dealer, DeAnne took off to Dothan with her Mom to pick up some maternity clothes. She's gotten a lot of stuff from different people, but there were a few things she needed to round it out and get her through the week. I came back to Andalusia, picked up Trey and we headed down to Crestview for the pre-release tournament for the newest Magic set. This was the third pre-release I had been to and Trey's first. The level of geek was pretty high but after doing just okay the past two tournaments, I managed to finish third in this one. I was pretty happy with how I did although I think a lot of it was me getting lucky in the pairings. Whatever it was, I finished 4-1 and couldn't be happier with how I did. Trey had a good time too although he didn't have quite the success that I had.
So that was the weekend basically. We had a crazy Saturday and then Sunday was it's usual self. February is shaping up to be a pretty crazy month though, so I guess this past weekend was just the start.
--Paul
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