Why I've been AWOL

So, the hubby and I were called to babysit a couple of weeks ago because the one year old had a runny nose and cough and couldn't go to daycare.  Now, we BOTH got our flu shots this year, soooooo.....

We lasted 2 days.  Then I got a sore throat. And a tickle.  So, the mother-in-law was called and she babysat for... 6 DAYS!

In the meantime, I got a nasty bout of bronchitis.  I honestly don't even remember most of a week.  I stayed in my pajamas and took naps all day.  I coughed all night and couldn't sleep (neither could hubby because of my coughing).  I drank TONS of hot water with lemon and honey.

I am now on day 15.  I still have the cough and my energy level is very low.  If I go out in the morning, I am DONE for the day.  I need to go get a green smoothie and get my energy level back up.

I have, however, been working on various crafts.  I'm now into bookmaking (journaling).  Yesterday I sat on the couch and tea stained the pages in one book that I bought for $1.00 at the thrift store and used brown shoe polish on the other one.  I love the covers and spines of both books, so I ripped out about 300 pages in each one, keeping about 100, which is still WAYYYY too many!  I'll go through them again this morning and try to get them down to 50 pages each.  I want to turn one into a nature journal and I'm not sure what to do yet with the other one.  The prep on the books takes a LONG TIME!  I've been watching YouTube videos on how to make journals (in my free time!)  I REALLY love the nature ones.

We DID drive to Temecula Saturday to see the grandson's last baseball game.  His team WON, so they went to a playoff game that evening, and they won that too, so he has another game this week.  In the first game, the grandson got a double and 5 singles!  And, 5 RBI's and he scored 5x.  He watches a LOT of baseball games on TV and hubby says he has "baseball IQ"...(whatever that is...)  I guess he just understands the game and the strategies?

AND, we are getting a new car!  The XTerra is being traded for a Nissan Rogue, a hybrid!  Don't know yet when we are getting it as it is in Northern California.  Hubby found it online (there are NONE in Southern California currently...), so we are waiting to hear when they will ship it down here and to which dealership.  We'll go from 18 mpg to 35 mpg.  We can drive to the Sierra on one tank of gas, not 2!!!!  I'm going to miss the XTerra, but with gas now hovering about $3.00 a gallon, it is time to rethink it. And, once the California gas taxes are increased...OY!  OUCH!  Oh, and it is being included with a 10' CAMPING TENT!  An attachable tent!  So, I guess hubby HAS been listening to me complain about not being able to go camping!  Whoo, whoo!!!  We have our sleeping bags, our cots, our chairs, our camping stove, and our cast iron pans.  We actually have a Coleman 4 person tent (unused), so we are looking forward to doing some camping with our son and grandson this summer!!!!

Speaking of summer, it was 109 here Sunday and Monday.  Ugh.  Today it will ONLY be 107.  It cools down by the end of the week, down to 90!  We've had to turn on the air conditioner in order to survive!  I left some water running at the birdbath and yesterday I had 3 hummingbirds, the Oriole pair, doves, sparrows, and finches.  They sure appreciated the water!

Take care.  Don't get this HORRIBLE bronchitis.
~Cheryl Ann~   I will post photos of my projects as soon as I take some!!!!!   :-)

Well, "Little Man" is doing better!!!!

Thanks to Grandma's EXPERT CARE!  (yeah, right...All I did was put him down for 3 naps the other day and spoon fed him some water and gave him his meals...) "Little Man" no longer has a fever.  NONE!  GONE!  Phew!  Yes, it is scary when a little one is sick.

Anyway, his mom dressed him up in some UCLA stuff and took 14 photos of him the next day!  I don't know why...she DID graduate from UCLA and she has tons of UCLA swag for both kids...

So, here he is, the day after his 103 fever:

Babysitting

So, the youngest grandchild (so far....another one is on the way...) turned one year old April 29th.  We had to babysit him yesterday because he had a 103 degree temperature.

It's hard to watch a one year old screaming because he is sick.  I gave him his meds for his fever, then put him down for a short nap.  Actually, he fell asleep for 15 minutes on top of me, on my chest, then took another nap.  Then we went outside.  He actually perked up!  He played with his sister's toys (she was at daycare), played with the rocks, and played with anything he could find outside.  He LOVES the outdoors!  This may the the one grandchild I REALLY get to cultivate to love the outdoors!  He looks so much like my maternal grandfather and has his blue eyes, too!  And, my blond hair!

Anyway, he screamed for his lunch, so I fed him, kept him up until 2 p.m. and then he took a nice, long afternoon nap!  SO DID GRANDMA!!!!

By 4:00, he was screaming for his afternoon bottle, so he got that and then mommie came home.  He ran to the side door with his arms in the air!  He is so dang cute!

This morning he is fine.  NO FEVER!  I guess grandma did a good job yesterday!!!!!  Here's "Little Man" yesterday...playing with his big sister's toys!