New month, new start?? Maybe..we’ll see. lol It’s been a bit busy, like usual. The older five joined 4-H this past year and have been busy with projects. Just last month the girls showed rabbits at our local County Youth Fair. Being “newbies” we prepped them so they wouldn’t be disappointed if they didn’t place well and reminded them this was a learning time so we know what to expect. They didn’t place high but they are looking forward to our next show…which happens to be this Friday. Today we went in for set up. Even though it was hard work they enjoyed it. The biggest stress this time is the fact that they have to bring their rabbits in tomorrow and they stay there until after the show.
We had the flu run though our house a couple weeks ago. Thankfully we all seem to be on the mend from that. Now it’s those darn allergies bugging us all. FireKid had the worst of it. 103+ fevers that only got down to 100.5 at best for 4 days. Made for a very exhausted momma. Once he started clearing up that Sunday hubby and I planned on tag-teaming for church. However, while he was gone I began having a migraine. With ever step I took it felt as if someone banged on my head. I ended up sleeping for several hours and still woke up with it. Thankfully it was gone by bedtime.
We thought we had our first broken bone. DesignerGirl and BabyDoc when skating for the first time with a friend. I insisted they be careful not to break anything! I was pretty clear about that. DesignerGirl was holding her arm and moving her hand around. I asked her what happened and she explained how she fell on it. *sigh* I was very sore..enough to make her cry at one point. However, after some Ibuprofen she felt better. There was no swelling, bruising, deformity etc so it was hard to tell. We splinted it for the night and in the morning we checked it out. She thought it was fine but an hour later it was hurting again despite trying not to use it much. Thankfully, a Dr friend of ours was home and allowed us to bring her by to check it and give us an opinion on whether we should go to the hospital or not. Thankfully, he didn’t feel it was broken and with a little rest, it should be good as new fairly soon. We got a support wrap for it at a local pharmacy for her to wear. This evening she took it off and said it still feels sore, but it’s a lot better.
Lent is quickly approaching and I still have yet to figure out what I’m doing. :S One of my kids mentioned “I sure hope mom doesn’t do that “40 bags in 40 days” thing again. Hey…I think that’s a GREAT idea!!! Thanks for reminding me. 
For those not familiar: http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/40_bags_in_40_days/ It worked well for me when I did it 2 years ago. I’m certain I can fill 40 bags again. Not sure what the kids are so worried about. I have yet to hear them ask for anything that went “missing” since then. muahahahah!
God bless!!
