Well, the understatement of the century would be for me to say “this has been an interesting week” LOL!  Reality would probably place it in the chaotic and crazy realm.  

Saturday:  In the morning, I left pretty early to go grocery shopping and start getting ready for the Twinkies’ birthday party.  Not more than a quarter of the way through my shopping list, I got a call on my cell phone from my Hubby asking me when I thought I’d be home. 

Immediately I was a little concerned, because there was NOTHING on our schedule that day except getting things done at home, so I asked him what was going on and he told me that our oldest son (CJ) had sliced a few of his fingers and would need to go in. 

Can I just say ACK!  Seriously people, I get out for only a few minutes each week, usually to do the mundane chore of grocery shopping and then to be called with that … sigh!   So needless to say, even though my Hubby told me that he’d be fine for a few more minutes, I raced through that store like a crazy woman trying to complete my list … I forgot some of the most important things on my list, but I needed to get home. 

The walk-in clinic actually only ended up giving him “glue” stitches marking one of the first times we actually wished we had taken a child to the ER for an injury.  No, I absolutely do NOT like the pain involved in getting stitches, but if you have experienced glue on children, especially on children’s hands or anywhere on their head or face, then you understand my frustration with this chosen method. 

Well, that pretty much used up Saturday and left us with Sunday to get the house ready for our guests (did I not mention that the party was being held here)?  

Saturday Evening: As Tater and Lion are in brushing their teeth before bed, Monkey runs in there lickety split, throws something in the toilet, flushes it and runs back out … all in a flash of speed that no one could follow.  This resulted in disasterous toilet backup that is still as yet unresolved (sadly enough).  When you have only one toilet for 8 people … well, we just aren’t going to go there right now.

Sunday:  Thankfully we were able to get everything ready for the party in time!  Cake made, house clean, etc.  Which is quite a feat around here, especially in light of the extra guests and clogged toilet situation.  CJ was dealing with his fingers most of the day, since the glue had already split the night before it requires that he change the bandaids almost constantly.  

So Far this week:  Well, I woke up in the middle of the night heading toward Monday morning sick, sick, sick!  Yup, the creeping crud.  It wasn’t pretty.  Thankfully my hubby stuck around a little longer than usual to help me get the kiddos off to school.  I survived though and I’m feeling much better today!  

As I got dinner going tonight, I suddenly heard a crash and ran over to the door to the living room to see that our 5 year old had landed on the floor.  It took a minute to evaluate that he wasn’t completely broken, but he’d been climbing on the back of the couch and had fallen off resulting in a pretty nasty gash in his inner cheeck from some teeth going through.  He is doing a lot better now after some compresses and time, but he’s swollen and sore poor baby!  

Needless to say, I’m looking forward to an injury and illness free rest of the week … AMEN?!

On the computer front, my neighbor has taken over the care and restoration of the poor thing and hopes to have it up and running within a week.  In the meantime I hope you’ll bear with me as I hop along on my hubby’s computer when it is available to me.

Oh, and I’m also over at Faith Lifts today .

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