Yes….she did!

Olivia will be 6 next month.  We've never had her hair cut at all, not even a trim.   And then....fast forward.   She wanted a Hannah Montana wig...and they were on clearance for $3.00 so we got her one.   After church today, we had a nice family meal, and then the kids came down to the family room while I washed the dishes.  I came in about 20 minutes later to unload my Sunday school bag. 

Olivia had put her wig on....and any hair of hers that was sticking out, she CUT OFF.  We just got back from Fanatastic Sams trying to get it "fixed".   Her hair was down past her backside, mid-thigh.  Now...

I'm mortified, and I know in the great scope of life it isn't important....but geeeez.

Random Things

The plague has passed and we all seem to be well again, thank God!!   Lindsey is scheduled for surgery on April 7 for her tonsils and adenoids and hopefully we'll be done with doctors for a bit after that.   I had planned on not telling her until like the day before...mental note...never tell your sister-in-law something you don't want the kids to know.  Just sayin.

We've been looking at getting a new digital camera for some time.  Ours is ancient and has started a nasty habit of corrupting files after the photos have been taken and you've moved on to the next thing...thanks to that handy feature, we're really short on a LOT of great photos that I thought I had.  So anyway, I recently stumbled across a going out of business sale at the Office DePot in a nearby town...and low and behold the camera I wanted was there...and on sale...for 30% off.  Imagine my glee!!   Now fast forward 2 weeks and imagine my great dismay, now that the camera doesn't work, Office DePot is NOT doing returns and Kodak says I have to mail it in to them for investigation.   Yeah.....this is working out well.   

We did Olivia's yearly test and she did wonderful.   She scored well above average in reading and math.   I watched her while she took the test and had to chuckle at a few of her answers...I knew they were wrong according to the "book", but right in her world.   For example, one question read "When its cold at night I put extra ______ on at bedtime."   The answers to choose from were socks, blankets and pillows.  Obviously the answer they were looking for was blankets.   Olivia's answer was socks, because when it is cold, she wears socks to bed.  Right in her world, wrong on the test.

We bought lots of vegetable seeds this weekend so we can start planting our first little garden.  Tomorrow we'll work on planting seeds in little peat pots that will then be planted outside at the proper time.  I would say "and I'll post photos'...but did I mention that my new camera DOESN'T WORK??  I'm not bitter, much.

Oh, and we've applied to the local co-op.  I'm waiting anxiously to see if we made the cut and have been accepted this year.  Friday was the last day to apply, so I'm hoping to hear soon.   One wouldn't think it would be a hard thing to join a co-op...but apparently in these parts, its a hot commodity.

This Too Shall Pass….Soon I Hope!

We've been dealing with various illnesses here since the week before Thanksgiving.  Quite honestly, I"m just tired of it all.  I've faired well through it all, because after all mom doesn't get sick right?!   Yeah so...woke up this morning with double pinkeye, a sore throat, bad cough, fever and chills.  But really, I'm fine...really.

So even though I'm in misery, my big concern is Olivia...she's had a bad cough and on again off again fever for 2 weeks.  Today she's super lethargic...ok she's only been awake for 30 minutes the entire day.  We have a doctors appointment for her at 2:15...I pray its not pneumonia.   Lindsey has an appointment with the ENT today about her latest round of tonsil issues.  It is going to be a long day.

On a positive note, the husband has finally agreed that the dog has got to go.  Thank God!!  Of course now we have my family and his family both wanting the dog...which will be good that the girls can at least see the dog on occasion.  But how do you decide which side of the family gets custody of the dog??  The sister-in-law wants to keep it as an indoor dog, which considering her size is good.  However, considering the fact that she refused to be house trained doesn't bode well for the house she rents.  My brother wants to keep the dog as an outdoor dog....but his outdoor dogs have all the comforts of home, heated dog boxes, water warmers on their water bowls and well....they don't ruin anyones carpet now do they?

We are planning to start our new school year this month.  This of course will depend on how well I can get and keep everyone.  Although, I do feel that a lot of the illnesses are dog related.  She arrived shortly before the plague hit.  So once she's gone, hopefully we'll see a vast improvement in health issues.

Flat Stella arrived back on U.S. soil recently.  She'd journeyed to South Africa, I can't wait for her to get home with her photos, I'm sure it was a wonderful trip.

So...thats about all the news I have for now.