Christmas is Over, Again!
Posted on 2008-Dec-30 at 06:04 - Post Comment
At last Christmas is behind us. It's been a time of family, a time of laughter and a time of tears. Christmas is never easy for me but this year was especially hard as everyone is so afraid this will be Daddy's last. For that reason and the fact that Codi's grandfather is ill too, Seth and Codi each decided to go their separate ways on Christmas Eve so they could spend time with their grandfathers.
Daddy actually gave us quite a scare Christmas night. I noticed when we were taking family pictures that Daddy's head kept tilting to the side. At first I thought he was just acting smart and told him to sit up straight as it looked as though he didn't like Mom. By the second time I told him it was obvious he wasn't doing it on purpose. Jeni had left her coat at the folks so my little sister ran it by on her way home. It was then she told us after everyone left Daddy told my DIL who is an RN that he had been feeling weak and dizzy for a couple of days. Sure enough they had to take him to the ER the next day. The ER doctor ( A PA who probably doesn't know much more than I do! Sorry, unless your a real doctor I don't have much faith in you!) said he couldn't find anything wrong with him and he probably just had the flu that is going around. Sindy and I neither one bought that! So, for days he has just sat in his chair watching all the old Red Skeleton shows we bought him. I talked to Mom this morning and she said he's feeling a little better but not acting like his old self. Tomorrow she's going with some of her friends (She is tied to that house 24/7 so really needs a break) so I'll be going over to spend the day with Daddy. My sister Sindy will be relieving me that night and then Michael will be there Thursday. I'm someone who panics in an emergency so I'm terrified to be alone with him and yet Mom really needs this break. Please pray we get through the day without anything happening.
Since I'll be gone all day tomorrow I've spent all day today getting ready. I've got a big meal planned for Daddy and I've baked him tons of cookies. We plan to spend the day eating and watching old movies. I also dug out my book of ghost towns here in Kansas and I'm sure he'll enjoy reading that...At 83 he'll probably remember when those towns were in their prime! HA I'm also hoping I can get him to talk about when all eleven kids were home on the family farm so I can get those stories written down.
Along with Daddy's health we have been battling extremely cold weather. I swear, I could just hear the propane being sucked through that furnace it ran so much. These past few days have been super warm (So nice the kids have been running around outside in heavy sweat shirts) but we are going back into a cold spell this evening. Oh well, it was great while it lasted!
We got the last of the Christmas decorations taken down today so our house is some-what returning to normal. I loved the tree we had up this year...Very primitive looking and it took up very little room. Keith and I both agreed as we were taking it down it will be "our tree" from now on! (I'm trying to talk Sam and Renee into taking our big expensive one but so far not having much luck! HA I guess no one wants a big tree in a little house!)
I'm hoping later on this week to get back into crafting in a big way. I think it's been a year since I did any cross stitching and while I did do some Needle Punching these past few weeks, it's been ages since I picked up my rug hooking. (I'm ashamed to admit this but I'm still hooking on a Halloween rug!)
Well Guys and Gals it's time for this old gal to finish up her kitchen and maybe I can do something fun. I hope you've all had a safe, family filled holiday. Stay warm and stay safe tomorrow night if you go out. Hugs, Sher
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