Well, my faithful followers, I'll try and update you on Clara's World... of sickness mostly. Yesterday it was 8am and Garfield (my alarm clock) was flustered that his family was still sleeping, he felt we were very out of routine, I was shocked too. So we cuddled for a little bit, Jon woke up at 815am. By the time I was done with him (bottle, medicine etc.) it was 9am. And Miss Jessica was still not out of bed. She had to be up by now, I heard her coughing. I opened the door, and out she came. Did she forget she can come out herself? Who knows...

Then I decided to clean the bathroom. I think I've decided I want Jeff to take the shower doors off. They are nice, but a pain in the ass to keep clean, too many spots mold and mildew can grow. And I'll be damned if I am going to scrub them every day. I am not that anal. When we got the house, either the couple just bought them, or she was anal. And from the looks of the rest of the house, she was anal. It's just easier to give the kids a bath also with the doors gone. So that will be a nice weekend project for hubby. I like to fill his calendar with house projects, hahha. Every year we usually have a whole bunch, whatever time and money will allow.

This year I think I am limiting it to removing shower doors, put up curtain, get over the toilet shelving unit. Add shelves and cupboard doors to our existing cupboards in the kitchen. It now is just a junk collector space, and it has hanging wine glasses above it. We don't drink, so it's just wasted space. It's better utilized as more cupboard space for canned goods, etc. We have to fix up the front yard. After all that digging for the sewers, it's left quite a mess. And I'd like a deck box to put some of the kids outdoor toys in. I want to transplant this one ugly bush by our back door and put it there. The sandbox has too many toys in it now, there's no room to play, and they can be put right into the box, for easy removal when needed. Also on my list, but really I doubt we will have the money to get this year, is some sort of canopy to put on our patio. I really can't decide which kind to get, but we have big sun issues in the afternoon. So if we accomplish the first few things on the list, I'll be happy.

We are still all very miserable. I think we are getting worse instead of better. I can not breathe, and blow my nose constantly for relief, so now my ears hurt so bad, and I can't hear too well out of them, everything is muffled. And trying to eat, when you can't breathe is a real challenge. I think Jon is worse than Jess now. Poor little guy, sneezing, coughing, runny nose, etc. and add teething on top of all of it. He didn't want to drink much last night, and woke up at 430am. I got him to drink something, even though he really didn't want it, and he was coughing and coughing. I just held him and rocked him. I haven't done that in forever. I must have done it for an hour, mostly just savoring the moment with my little guy, he was in and out of sleep. I hate when the kids are sick, there's not much to do, but wait it out. Finally I layed him down at 530am, and he was wide awake. He keeps rolling over in the crib. That's the main reason he woke up so early, his legs got caught in the side. I finally got him to go to sleep, and tryed to lay down for a while. But I can't breathe and am miserable, so by the time I fell asleep, Jess woke up, bright and early. I was pretty messed up today.

I finally just put the pics from the camera on the computer (why do I wait so long, then there's just sooo many to go through, ugh), so I should really go through them, but I thought I'd update the journal. Jeff has a 3 day weekend, so that is nice.... I just wish we all felt better. Boy, our first illness of the winter and it is lingering on......