Daily Archives: February 2, 2015

Girl Scout cookies

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I can’t believe I haven’t posted yet that Eve joined Girl Scouts. She has been doing it for a few months and absolutely loves it. She’s earned some badges and ironed them onto her sash all by herself. Apparently they don’t sew them any more. She’s done some experiments and made some new friends. She loves it. She also is eagerly selling Girl Scout cookies right now! She has set herself a lofty goal and is working hard to achieve it. If only the weather would be a little more cooperative for door-to-door canvasing! Let me know if you are interested in ordering any cookies. I can ship them anywhere! This year they have:

  • Savannah Smiles (lemony)
  • Trefoils (shortbread)
  • Do-si-dos (peanut butter sandwiches)
  • Samoas (coconut/caramel)
  • Tagalongs (peanut butter patties)
  • Thin mints (of course)
  • and Rah-Rah-Raisins (oatmeal raisin cookies, new this year!).

Each are $4/box. They also have gluten-free Toffee-tastic for those with allergies. Let me know if you’d like any. Eve says thank you.

Sick house

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We had another snow day today. This time with lots of snow! The day off was helpful because I had to bring Alan and Lex to the doctor this morning. The mountains of snow were less helpful. Lex had a high fever last weekend (Sunday and Monday), which developed into a deep, hard cough on Tuesday and has persisted ever since. Alan came home Friday with flu-like symptoms and has been flat out ever since. Good times! The doctor swabbed Alan for strep and flu, but both came back negative, so she diagnosed them both with having “wicked bad colds.” Then she prescribed them extra-strength cold medicine. I’d be worried about myself if I hadn’t spent three days flat out two weeks ago with a strep throat and a sinus infection. Hopefully I won’t catch anything new! Both boys have been grumpy and irritable and us girls are trying our best to be rays of sunshine. :) Or something like that. Eve got mad at me at CVS today because I wouldn’t buy her a stuffed animal (as if the small fortune I was spending on medicine wasn’t already enough!) and has been grumpy ever since. She has also started complaining of sore joints and of being really, really cold. Sigh. AND, just to add to the fun, Daisy has been sneezing all day. Do cats catch cold? (I’m sure they do) Do I have to do something about that?!

Come on Spring!! We really need to open up the windows and air this place out!

Oh, PS, happy February! Only four short weeks until March. :)