The Germs are Gone; no, I'm not talking about Hillary and Garnet.....but they are gone too :(

What started as Tonsilitis - turned into a huge hacking cough and stuffed up head. The poor kid has been sick for 2 weeks! He seems to be on the mend now, although he is still somehow convincing me that he needs 47 popsicles a day!

Now, for this much anticipated update;

We returned to North Bay the following weekend after Kim's wedding because I was overcome with guilt and missing my Grandma. Garnet had also forgotten his suit, which he needed for training this week in Orillia. So, we made the treck up again. The six hours seem to be getting shorter and shorter each time we go......nah, I'm totally lying, but it sounded positive didn't it? I was able to enjoy a few cups of coffee and some great chats and giggles with my Grandma. I cleaned out her winter-yuck gardens --which Tim helped me with by planting the sticks as I ripped them out. Garnet showed his undying devotion and love for her by taking a trip to the dump. Yes, he put garbage bags in the back of the PT people!! (They were quadruple bagged and laid on a shield of styrofoam....but they were inside the car.) He really loves my Grandma :) She even let him win cards once -- but she still kicked butt in the best of three!



Saturday night worked out perfectly; one of my favorite girls in the world was also visiting the Bay and we got to have supper with her clan. Emily, Cam and their adorable boys are a family that we don't get to see very often -- but when I do I feel renewed and refreshed. It is a blessing to have a friend who just gets you. Someone who understands that while life gets hectic and crazy there is always someone there when you need to vent, laugh, cry, hug, scream....and she'll do it right along with me because she's been there too!! The more people I meet in life the more thankful I am for Em. You help keep me grounded and remind me who I am, sweetie.

Because I value the time with Em so much, taking pictures was actually last on my list when I saw her -- but I managed a couple cute ones of little Sebastian;

 
I can't wait to see you guys again in June!!!

The next day we had a special birthday party for little Princess Dakota. My cousin Bobbi's little girl turned 2!!

We got back home and had more sickness, I caught a less severe version of whatever Tim had. Stuffed up, sneezing, coughing yuckiness. But Tim had it so much worse -- there is nothing worse than hearing those little coughs all night long.

Saturday morning was a quick goodbye to Garnet - he is in Orillia for a week of training. We miss him, and it sounds like he is very busy and tired. I am so proud of him and what he is doing. I can't share a lot of details becuase we are on a public Blog....but I am so proud of him as he follows his dream.

The beautiful weather was once again torture all weekend as I was working and Tim was sick -- and as much as he wanted to run around and enjoy the sun -- he needed his rest. There is not a 6 year old in the world who likes to hear "Lay down and rest!" on a sunny spring day!

Last night we said goodbye to Hillary. She is back to Windsor to finish up school and I miss her. But there will be another post about that -- because I am totally blogged out for tonight -- and there are some funny videos to share of Tim being Tim when we went out for Fries under the Bridge in Classic Sarnia Style to say goodbye to her.

So from a very quiet, dark, lonely house, I will say Goodnight. (Ok, I won't lie -- I am still enjoying the peaceful, quiet alone time)

I LOVE EMILY!!!!

It's pretty bad when my bestest friend in the whole world emails me and asks if she's doing something wrong because she can't seem to see a new blog entry!!! Em, sweetie -- I'm being extremely blog lazy lately......sorry :(

There is a lot to update on and I just haven't felt like sitting down and sorting through it all. Tim has been sick since our first visit to North Bay, we went to North Bay again the weekend after - had a great visit with my Grandma and Em and her boys, a birthday party for little Dakota, then Tim was sick again (I think he just really hasn't gotten over it yet). Now Garnet is off to Orillia for a week and Hillary moves out today :(....I'm sure that a whole week with just Tim and I here will definitely allow for some time for a proper update. I'm looking forward to the empty house -- but I'm sure I'll be missing Garnet and some adult conversation.

Better update to come.....

Wow

Ok, so the title is short and uncreative -- but the story is long and CRAZY so you will totally understand why that is all I could come up with for the title. There is simply no other way to describe the weekend.

We arrived in North Bay at 1:30 am early Saturday morning. At 2:00 Tim started complaining of a tummy ache and saying he felt like he was going to be sick -- on and off until about 3. We brushed him off at first because I thought it was simply exaustion from the car ride and he needed to sleep. At 3 he started complaining about his head, breathing, aching legs....and he was burning up. We decided to bring him into North Bay Emerg -- he was starting to hallucinate and my parents didn't have children's tylenol to bring the fever down. They took his temperature and blood and all the other fun things you do at a hospital and sent us home with a prescription and the details 'he has a bacterial infection'. Based on what the Doctor told us we think that means he has tonsilitis or strep throat because he seemed worried about his throat and glands.

We fell into our beds around 5:45 that morning -- and up bright and early at 7 to a crying in pain 6 year old. The great thing about a small northern town (and by great I mean totally stupid and inconvenient!) is that NOTHING is open during the night. The hospital told us that Shoppers Drug Mart opened at 8 the next morning -- right as soon as Tim would be ready for his next dose of Tylenol. So I managed to change out of pj's (though it as very convincing to leave them on) and grab a coffee and was sitting in the SDM parking lot a 7:45.....to read the sign that said they don't open until 9!!!!

I ran over to the Grocery Store across the street - and found the store open but all the meds locked up behind the cage until 9....I was ready to blow. I went up to the counter, on the verge of tears - I could feeel my eyeballs bulging out of their sockets from utter exaustion and frustration. My hair was a complete mess from 6 hours in the car, 3 hours in the hospital and 1 hour of sleep......I think I looked like a mad women;

"Is there ANYWHERE in this city where I can buy Children's Tylenol BEFORE 9 o'clock in the morning? ANYWHERE????"

The man behind the counter and a very sweet cashier were amazing. Which I will attribute to their amazing customer service and not their fear of this seriously disturbed woman about to hurt someone for Children's Tylenol. He grabbed a broom, got down on the floor and through sheer genius (and maybe a little fear) reached under the locked cage and knocked the children's tylenol off the shelf and slid it under the cage. I thanked them a million times. "We stop at nothing when it comes to Children!" (although under their breath I'm sure it was more; "We stop at nothing to get the CRAZIES out of our store!")

Of course that meant that I had to return back in an hour (my parents live about 15 minutes outside of the city) to get the prescription filled....but at least he would be relieved of the pain and fever.

I ended up laying down for about an hour (that would bring total sleep time to about 2 hours) before getting ready for Kim's wedding. Garnet and I decided that he would stay with Tim. I could have been nasty and made him come with me -- but I know that Tim wanted one of us there, and that was more important to me. So, yes, Garnet didn't come to the wedding. This means that his count for number of weddings ever attended is still zero. But I asked Hillary to be my date - and she was more than willing. That little sweety scrounged up an old dress that she had left at Mom and Dad's and we stopped quickly on the way in to grab a pair of shoes to wear with it. And she was the best date I could have asked for....not to mention much more beautiful than Garnet ;)

The wedding was beautiful, Kim was beautiful and so relaxed. She broke out in giggles and tears in true Kim style -- but that is what made it so real. After a hesitant 'yes' to one of the questions from the reverand we all laughed, and he said "Kim, it's just a simple question..." and she shot back "Thats a simple question??" And when Dan put her ring on she looked down and did a little 'look at me and my ring' dance....very cute! It was amazing - and I feel blessed to have shared the day with her.

By the time the for the reception I felt like I had been run over by a truck about 4 times. It's a very weird feeling to be up for two days straight. It was a beautiful reception -- Kim made a speech that brought everyone to tears, and then rolling laughter. She is one of the most real and down to earth people you will ever meet! And their first dance was to Adam Sandler's "I Want to Grow Old With You"....so perfect!! My sister had plans that night so I was solo. Luckily, my old friend Trevor was there to fill in as my date. He was hungover from the night before so we made a great pair. I really didn't know anyone else besides Kim and Dan! So Trev and I held up the wall for most of the night cause we didn't get there quick enough to get a seat. I danced with Kim a bit and finally dragged Trevor out for one of the few 'non-country' songs. But I was home and in bed before mid-night and still feeling like the truck was on top of me.

The next day I went out to see Grandma - and spent that 3 hour visit in tears. It is very hard to walk into her quiet house and see her in bed. She's usually there to greet you at the door and make a pie ;) She started crying because Tim couldn't come out and visit....and that set off my flow of overly-exausted, seriously missing her, guilt ridden for not living closer sea of tears. I miss her so much and it's hard to see her in need and not being able to help. I love my Grandma. We got to sit and have a much needed chat, which is probably what I miss the most about living down the road from her in Rutherglen. The best part of my Grandma is her stories -- she loves to talk about a time in her life that I can relate to.....and I can picture her there. That is probably why I love this picture of her the most. She's in her late teens early twenties and you can almost hear her laugh;

I'm tired.

Catching up

So our kitchen is back to normal - the cupboards are in and the fridge is back to it's respective outlet. We are going up to North Bay this weekend to my friends Kim's wedding!! I can't wait! I'm sad because our friend Mel was supposed to be coming all the way from New York - but she had some complications and now can't make it :( I didn't think our kitchen would be done in time -- Garnet was trying his hardest to get out of going. "Oh, I should wait and do the grout on the weekend."... "Oh, we are going to come home to this mess, why don't I stay and clean it all up and then you don't have to worry about it when you come back.".... "Oh, I think I'm coming down with viral meningitis, and mononucleosis on the side; hear me coughing?"
He likes Kim - but weddings....yeah, not so much. And, while his efforts were star quality....he is coming.

My Grandma is out of the hospital and we are going to squeeze in a visit with her too! It sounds like she is doing a lot better. I'm so relieved!

Grout is done....but our ENTIRE kitchen is in our living room.

I had to unplug the fridge from the outlet to use the computer to post this. It's a great set-up and I'm ready to pull my hair out!! But I'm NOT complaining because my tile is done!!

Garnet preparing for grout

The messy grout

They even let me help.....wax on wax off - but don't weaken the grout lines! Good thing I didn't just have a manicure....

Beautiful!!!

Easter? or Christmas?

I've been fighting a yucky cold all weekend and was enjoying laying around and having no where to go -- letting Tim watch movies and have cup after cup of warm tea. But yesterday morning I decided to be Super Mom and brave Easter in the Park......this is what it looked like;

Tim's friend came along with us and apparently told his mom that he had fun -- "but Jessica complained the WHOLE time about how cold it was!" You're damn right I did! I even tried after about an hour into it to bribe them; "If we leave now I will buy you all the chocolate you can eat --- bags and bags of it!!!" No deal. But they still had fun;

Then the Easter Bunny came and we had to wake up at 6:30 to see what he brought because Daddy wanted to see too and he had to work all weekend.

I love Easter -- I loved seeing Tim's excitement over his new shoes and new Spring Jacket -- oh, and Chocolate too ;).........snow is just so depressing!! I hope it goes away soon - those few weeks of warm weather was such a tease!

you mess with the bloggers........

This is a nice picture of my little brother. He looks normal doesn't he? He bugs hillary about updating her blog --- she gets blogger revenge!!!!!!!
Go see her blog for REAL pictures of the TRUE Josh.

What the......?????

Good Friday last year;

Good Friday this year;

so. not. fair.

It's starting to look like it's all been worth it!!!

A headache that's worth it......isn't it?

So, I said to Garnet the other day; "I think we should put the house up for sale and move."

He gave me a puzzled look and asked why.

"Because that's the only time you got all the projects finished around the Condo - so maybe it will inspire you to finish the projects around here....."

He shook his head and may have said some nasty things -- but the subfloor is in and tile is getting started tonight.

But apparently he didn't get my sense of humour and decided to call me from work the other day.....asking if I want to move. Buster, you have amazing skills as a realtor -- but for the love of God would you keep your skills away from my husband!! I don't need him calling me from work asking if I want to move into a house that needs EVERYTHING!!! We are already up to our eyeballs in a house that needs everything......It's fun - look;


Help me............