"That Looks Like a Lot of Work!"

Meg had a hair appointment right after work this evening, so I took the children to Chick-fil-A for supper (there is a play place).  We stayed for 1 1/2 hours!  The kids were good...didn't even resist me when I said it was time to go.  On the ride home, Ryan told Robin to "keep an eye out for Christmas decorations".  Sooo...we drove around a little bit.  Down to Hummel Park where they have some "coo" lights...and through a couple of neighborhoods that have luminary displays, etc.  Every time we went by a house with lots of lights, Ryan would say, "That looks like a lot of work!"  He must have said it a dozen times.  I thought it looked like a lot of work, too, but I didn't say it!  'Tis the reason that we have a chintzy little strand of garland and lights on the fence in front of the house.  Grandma doesn't do ladders!

The children's cousin Joey (Robin's age) in Tennessee has a staph infection in his ankle and is in the hospital.  They had to drill a hole in his ankle bone to try to get to the area.  He has had a dangerously high fever and may be messing with this for months and months because of a growth plate deal.  If you are the praying type, please remember Joey Fletcher in your prayers.  Grandma Judy has gone down to help, but it can't be fun for any of them.  Poor Joey!

The news from Meg's father is that he probably has to have his knee replacements replaced...maybe in December.  I won't comment further except to say that I once determined that if anything could go wrong with a health concern, it would happen to him.  He had an appendectomy back when I was preggers with Megan.  He got an infection that put him back in the hospital for longer than the original surgery.  Then there was the allergic reaction to penicillin after he had a tooth pulled...and the tiny drop of blood that seeped out of an incision that caused him to pass out when he had a bursa sack removed from one knee.  The list goes on and on...  His current wife is his caregiver now.  God bless the woman.  She has her hands full!

Three more weeks until Christmas Break.  I am working to try to make what we have left to do come out even with the time left in which to do it.  Tall order, sometimes! 

Robin got a "red light" at school this week.  She was caught doing something (ridiculously) wrong, and was traumatized by the fact that she had spoiled her perfect disciplinary record in Kindergarten.  We hope it was sufficiently traumatic to prevent it from happening again.  God bless my little bean.  She reminds me so much of her mother as a young'un!  I learn more about both children every day...

I am still in the middle of an insurance nightmare.  The ruptured aneurysm may cause me to have to keep working past the time I'd like to retire.  We'll see.  It "ain't" over yet, but I'm not crazy about the situation, so far...

Blessings.  Time for bed.