Mommy and Daddy had a birthday

Surprise Visit

We went to Great Nana and Papa's house. Jonathan's physical therapy is in Concord so I zigged when I should have zagged and headed to Northwood. When I got on their road I called and asked her if she was busy. She said no, why? So I said, we are coming to visit and I will be there in 5 minutes. Oh gosh were they excited. Uncle Butch was there and it was dinner time. Yummo, boiled dinner and dandilion green salad....Delicious!

Jonathan's new crush

This is Jonathan's physical therapist Miss Shannon. He adores her and she has said that she wishes all the men in her life were as happy to see her as he is.

Christopher and Jonathan

Christopher and Jonathan accompanied me to the doctor's today. I have pulled a muscle in my back. The pain is in between my shoulder blades and it is terrible. While I was at the doctors office I discussed with him the pain that I have in my hip. I have bursitis in both hips. My left hip has been has been bothering me more than usual. I think it has to do with the 3 inch heels that I wear everyday and the fact that my lazy butt has not walked so much in 6 years. My cubicle is on the 2nd floor and at the end of a long hallway....Lots of walking. Well the doctor today checked the hip and found the inflamed bursa sack so we decided on a cortisone shot. I prefer those to taking anti-inflammatory medication. They make my bruising easy much worse. Well the kids were so worried about me and the shot that Christopher covered his ears and Jonathan sat in the corner. This shot for some reason hurt more than any other (my doc uses a local to ease the pain) and the kids were a bit upset about it. So when we were done and Jonathan took my pants off his head we headed out the door. At the check out place Christopher told me that I was very brave and could pick out a sticker. The doctor was behind me and he was laughing along with his staff. After the doctors we went to the grocery store (crazy as Jonathan calls it) and I bought the boys sunglasses for being good today.

Let's see

My most favorite thing is everyday when I get home from work I get to do Maddie's hair! LOVE IT I have been working for 6 weeks now. I love it. My actual job is Sales and Marketing Assistant but this week I have been working the phones and helping customers. Can't believe that I missed it this much. Kids are acclimating well to the changes. They are beginning to get better with their behavior for Auntie Karyn. Maddie behaves well while here and the boys behave better for her at her house. Jonathan's school has been extremely helpful with the transition too. His speech therapy is going well and he just loves his physical therapy. I think he is getting too spoiled though. His therapist is a tall blond that massages his feet once a week. Christopher has actually expressed that he wished god made him born with crooked feet so he could see Ms. Shannon every week. LOL - They just love the ladies. Jonathan and I ran errands on Thursday and we stopped by my work. I had him inside to meet my co-workers and of course his favorite was Karen. And yes she is blond!

Mom has gone back to work

So I wanted to post that I have rejoined the workforce.  I have gone back to work at Hitachi in Manchester.  Yes back to work and back to work at my old place of employment in the department that I last worked in.  So it is really cool!  There are some familiar faces and some new people to meet.

Karyn is helping with the kiddos while I am at work.  She picks the boys up from school.  Makes them their lunch when they get back to the house and greets the daycare kids.  She hangs out here until I get home.  So none of this would be possible without her help!

 I will keep you posted about how we all do with this change.

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Welcome Jordan Matthew

Justin and Nicole brought the newest member to our family. He was born January 6th at 948pm. He was 8 pounds 2.7 ounces.

Jonathan's new do

Jonathan is my guitar hero!

Daddy and the boys wrestling

Boys and the snow

Of course it took 20 minutes to get them ready for the snowy adventure that only lasted for about 10 minutes.

Me and the boys went to visit the Murphy family the Monday after Christmas. Well I actually needed to use my networking and phone skills to put in a wireless network. After a little coaxing on the phone with Linksys I got the network set up. The kids horsed around while I was working and Jonathan felt the need to be treated like a baby!

Christmas with Grampa and Grammy

Jonathan Fernando and Taylor Black Spidergirl Steve Mary's better side - lol Uncle Nando and his broken wrist A rare picture of Kristen We got together for dinner and presents. Grampa and Grammy bought the kids guitar hero and daddy has been addicted ever since. Mary and I did a little sisterly bonding - need to get copies of those pictures from Melissa. We had a nice day and the kids all played well - as usual.

Cholesterol, ghosts and a Merry Christmas to all

I had a tough week and it seems to be not improving. Monday I got a call from my family doctor - Dr. Dan - he needed to talk to me about the blood work I had done the week before. Well my cholesterol came back bad, very very bad

CHOLESTEROL 275 (<200)->

TRIGLYCERIDE 185 (<150)->

HDL CHOLESTEROL 62 (41-59) mg/dl Good guy

LDL CHOLESTEROL 176 (<130)->

Very bad - only saving grace is that the good cholesterol was very good so he is gonna give me a chance to get it under control myself. Two ugly words - DIET and EXERCISE. Great news just before the week of feasting on foods that are so bad for you that you only eat them a few times a year. No cookies and pie for me. As a matter of fact I can't eat anything good at all.

On Christmas Eve we turned the tree lights on and they shut off by themselves. The ghost of my sister Kerri definitely hovers in my home. Steve investigated the situation and the box had shorted out and started to melt. Just what I want is a house fire when we are waiting for the fat guy to arrive. No I am not talking about the husband I am referring to Saint Nick.

Christmas morning was going very nicely until I noticed purple liquid dripping from the heat vent in the ceiling onto the boys new kitchen set. My brand new 300 oz tide fell off the dryer - which I was not doing laundry, BTW. On the way into the heat vent the detergent first went through my canvas scrapbooking bag that had what I was working on in it. Pictures, papers and my craft tools all covered in tide. Plus the laundry room floor was covered too. I sat on the floor and cried for a bit. Then Steve helped me clean off the pictures the best we could and laid them out to dry.

Last night I dug the bag out of the trash, sat on the floor and cut the bad parts of the papers off. I was able to save about 50 % of the stuff. Not exactly a fun Saturday night but I am getting old and boring.

Dad and the kids were here today. We had a nice visit and I beat up Mary again. I will add pictures later. I have to charge my battery before I can do anything.