Hello!! Hello!!
Happy Monday!! It was actually a great Monday!! I got to sleep in!! There was snow visable therefore a 2 hour late start. That is the general rule around here. If you can see it you can't possibly start the day off normally. So we all slept in a little bit. Derek and I both too complete advantage and slept in. I don't think he actually slept in but me and the kids did. So today is an awesome monday for me. I wish I could say that for everyone. It was a pretty sad week for my church. We had two deaths last week and a lady who lost her baby at 36 weeks. It was not her first baby she has lost during pregnany just the furthest along. It is very sad. Her husband was deployed and she is so blessed that the military let him come back and she was able to wait to deliver until he returned. I can't even imagine what she must be going through today having to deliver a baby she doesn't get to keep. Breaks my heart. I've been praying for them all day. I don't really even know them but it is just so sad. But I know there is still hope in the world because lots of great things are still happening all around me and I am so thankful for that. It is just like all the good and bad have to continue to happen to keep life in check. To keep everything balanced.
More sad/happy stuff rambling. Please be ready for a little bit of word vomit here. My husbands step grandmother is currently dying of lung cancer. It has been coming for awhile and everyone is ready for it. So, when my MIL's mom died her dad acted crazy and drank all the time went out with all sorts of women and then he met Dot. He loved her and he settled down. Then they got married and life was good again. They lived down in Georgia and she is several years younger than him. Well, about a year ago she was dignosed with lung cancer. She got a surgery or two but the outlook wasn't great. So, she was put on long term hospice care several months ago. Now she is in the last stages and Derek's grandpa has been having anxiety attacks but won't go see a doctor or anything because he doesn't want to leave Dot. Problem being that my MIL can't get FMLA unless he sees a DR. So she went down there and got him to see a DR who of course thinks he has lung cancer and wanted to rush him off to the hospital. BUt they denied treatment. For 1 because he wants to spend his wife's dying days with her and for 2 he's to old and frail to do anything about it. Since my MIL has been down in Georgia (from Cleveland, OH) she has found out some interesting information. Apparently Dot and Pawpaw, as he is referred to, have been married for 20 years as far as everyone has known. But the day they were going to get married they got drunk and never got to the courthouse. She was able to be insured through his work so they didn't worry about it. But the insurance changed last year and they were no longer covered under commonlaw so they just got married officially last year after being together for 20+ years and nobody had any clue. Not their friends or children or anybody. It didn't matter though. She was still my MIL stepmom and he was still the stepdad and it all worked out just fine. Family was family as it should be. It sounds like everything is going as it should be. Things are sad when they should be but everyone is in pretty good spirits considering the circumstances. The best part is that when Dot dies my MIL's dad is planning on grabbing his stuff and going home with my MIL. That has been something that has been a major stressor for my MIL for a long time. He's even looking forward to it. I'm not sure how he is going to feel about it when he gets out of the car and it is freezing cold out, but he'll be okay I am sure. Anyway, it is a sad situation for them but it sounds like it will be a good situation and my MIl will be able to be with her dad during the end of his life which will make her feel better also. I think she would never be able to get over the concept of him dying all alone. Okay...I'm done with my ramble now about my family stuff.
I am almost done with Christmas stuff. Ethan seems to want an $80 lego set. Ugh!! I thought I was done with him but he is adamant about this lego set and I don't want to get it for him. I mean $80 for legos? that is unreal. Legos?? Seriously?? Pieces of plastic. I don't know what I am going to do about that yet. We'll see. My list is much smaller though. Shrinking by the minute. Whoohoo!! My tree is up. That is exciting. I love that. I hate putting the tree up because we put up a fake tree and so I get all scratched up and the dust gets in the scratches and they flare up because I'm allergic to dust mites. Fun times.
But this year the neighbor kid put all the branches on so it wasn't so bad. It was fun. Ethan wanted to put all the ornaments on in one spot and it drove Derek crazy. I thought it was cute. Derek kept trying to move them and I kept making him put them back. If that was where Ethan wanted his ornaments then so be it was my thought. Well, I'd better get moving. I will chat soon.
Chris - sounds like your good spirit is still hanging on. I am so glad. I should be getting my package today. I'm pretty excited about to see everything.
Have fun tonight at the concert. I hope Cait rocked it!!
LindaW - Yay for getting the moving done. How exciting for her. I'm glad it all came together and finally happened. Awesome about getting the shopping done too. Want to finish mine? I just need to find those stupid legos for a decent price. Lame!! If you could find a coupon for legos I'd be rockin!!
Stupid Agents legos!! I am very jealous of your clean carpets. That is on my list for the new year. I am not looking forward to all the work that goes along with it.
Sally - You did what? Digital design? I thought that wasn't in your future? That is awesome. I am going to definately check that out. I can't imagine it being anything less than awesome. Elisa's stuff does rock doesn't it? I am loving it!!
Andrea - Yay for your son's visit!! Of course you are excited for him to come. It doesn't matter how tough you are. He's your boy!! That is so cool that you are finally healthy. It is about stinking time. Can't believe you waited so long to see the doctor lady!!
Leslie - Glad things are calmer for you. I hope you start getting more sleep. I don't do well without sleep at all. I can barely function without my 8 hours. I hope they get your dh's back figured out.
alright...i'm outta here.
Hope Caitlyn's concert went okay!! You will have to do a page for us!!
We are off to the doctors again to have it checked out. My poor pookie! He was up all night coughing 
Hope you got all your shopping done!! WOOOT WOOOOT on the launch!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!
