Day 24: Playing Catch-Up

I got so behind with the snow days and then the girls being sick with the flu that I had to spend a good bit of time playing catch-up. So my picture for today is the screen as I'm uploading the picture for Day 23. It's kind of an interesting situation, similar to the mirror hall at a carnival. I'm blogging about blogging and posting a picture of posting a picture.

Day 23: Packer Fan

Here's Finleigh, the newest Packer fan in our family. She's all decked out in the Green Bay finery she got for Christmas from Uncle Ed and Aunt Jody, complete with a cheesehead on top. Today the Pack played for the NFC championship and the right to play in the Super Bowl. Maybe Finleigh was their good luck charm because they beat the Bears. We'll be breaking out the green and gold again in a couple of weeks for the Super Bowl!

Day 22: High Flyer

Luckily the flu only lasted 4 days for each of the girls. Karis woke up this morning without a fever so she was able to go on Kim & Dana's Great Adventure to Kentucky. Dana needed to go to KY to get her WIC formula for the baby and we figured it would be a 2-3 hour trek right up through NC, cross a little bit of TN and VA, then into Harlan, Kentucky. Well, not exactly. It turned out to be a real adventure! We stopped in Johnson City at the mall for lunch, where Karis got to do the Mall Jump, which she's wanted to do every time she's ever seen one. Once we left Johnson City though, all the roads we took were up the mountain, down the mountain, then back up the mountain. You get the picture. Sometimes we went miles without seeing any houses. We got to Harlan, but then we had to go to Middlesboro because the grocery store in Harlan wasn't set up to handle the EBT card. We had to find another way back to SC because I was determined NOT to go back the way we came. We went down 25E to I-81, which turned out to be so much easier I wondered why I hadn't chosen that route to begin with. We finally got home after 11 p.m. Poor Karis was just recovering from the flu and I know she was really tired but she barely complained at all. She slept most of the time and was a real trouper!

Day 18: Another One Bites the Dust

And now Karis is down. Same fever, same symptoms. I called the doctor, who agreed with me that it's probably the same thing. I have the two of them laying on opposite ends of the couch in the bonus room, watching movies. There are multiple bottles of hand sanitizer all over the house, and I'm kept pretty busy running up and down the stairs. Dana is off to the doctor this morning to get some TamiFlu for herself. Jon is out of town until tonight so he's missed most of the drama.

Day 17: Pitiful!

My poor little Quinner is sick! She officially has the flu (Influenza B). I took her to the doctor this morning and they did the nasal swab. She's been running a fever for a couple of days and complaining of a headache, but flu? I called my doctor and got some TamiFlu, but I'm hoping we can keep the germs away from the baby. The doctor said the best thing to do was quarantine Quinn, so bonus room, here we come!

Day 15: A New Phone

I must be one of the only people on the planet who uses the same cell phone for the term of their contract. At least that's what Dana tells me. Anyway, our contract is almost up and my old phone was turning itself off unexpectedly and without any warning whatsoever, so I decided to take myself off to the Verizon store and upgrade. I was unpleasantly surprised to find that they no longer offer any "free" (after rebate) phones that were worth using and I ended up paying $80 for my phone. I only had 4 decent options to choose from, since Jon won't let me get a Data Plan. I first thought I wasn't going to like the phone I got, but when I found out there was a $35 restocking fee if I returned it, I was determined to find reasons like it.

Day 14: Christmas (a little late!)

We were very sad about the closing of Club Libby Lu a couple of years ago, so when we saw that a new store in Haywood Mall called Club Tabby was offering similar products and services the girls were thrilled. As part of their Christmas present from Dana and James, we took them to Club Tabby today for a makeover. Karis chose the Princess makeover and Quinn chose the Rock Star treatment. For about $30 each they got their hair put up, temporary color and glitter put in, makeup application, and nails painted and decorated. It was a lot of fun, although Quinn was uncomfortable in the false eyelashes. I can see that we will be stopping in there often for impromptu girly fun. Having nails painted is only $3 and to have them painted and decorated is only $5.