"Please help us to find Mommy's voice."

Friday evening I started losing my voice, no big deal, I felt fine. By the time I went to bed, my throat was starting to feel raw. When I woke up Saturday morning, I felt like I had been swallowing razor blades. I took a few Ibuprofen and was able to go to work, wearing a mask all day of course. By the time I came home from work, my voice was completely gone, that evening the aches started coming on and it was an effort to swallow my saliva. More Ibuprofen and off to bed. I slept in Sunday, I went to the last hour of Primary. My second counselor did it all and at the last minute as my first counselor's little girl had been at the hospital and I was going to take over her duties on Sunday.

After church, I put on my jammies and crawled into bed. I stayed there all day, reading, sleeping etc. At one point I woke up and found a bowl of cookie dough in the kitchen, Jeff informed me they were eating it for dinner. Then Jeff took the kids to a neighbors for an Elder's Quorum social, "Sundaes on Sunday". The kids had root beer floats and cookies. They probably love the freedom when mom is sick.

That night Jessica said the family prayer. I thought she would pray for mommy to feel better, instead she prayed, "Please help us to find Mommy's voice." So cute, I don't think she realizes how horrible my throat feel though.

I found some Lortab from my surgery last summer. One pill and I slept great. I woke up still with no voice, and I don't know why I keep swallowing razor blades in my sleep.
I have been taking, Ibuprofen, honey and lemon tea, throat spray, cold things; ice cream and yogurt and of course the one Lortab.

Any other suggestions. I can't take this much longer. Not only do I not have a voice but it hurts to whisper and I have a very demanding 4 yr old home today who is constantly talking and asking questions. Does any one know of a magic cure???? I don't have the aches or a fever so I don't think it is strep. I'm up for suggestions.

Spring?????

A child at my children's elementary school was overheard saying:

"Spring is just a war between winter and summer."

This week is feels like winter is winning. Brrrr--I'm ready for some sun!!

Bathroom Duties

Since this is my personal journal, I have to jot down the little things that are going on even though they become public on the blog.

Jessica still likes me to do the wiping after #2 on the toilet. Lately she has been calling me to "come squish her". At first I thought she wanted to be wiped but she said "no, squish my belly so more will come out". So I squish her belly and leave and then when she is ready to be done she calls me back to wipe her. I still haven't figured out how that child thinks--logically I guess.

Only on Thursdays

Jessica is a most vivacious child. She is full of energy, giggles and life. The other day I was cooking in the kitchen. She likes to be in there with me and usually on top of the counter. I am constantly telling sit on a chair not the counter. She moved off the counter on to a chair, back on the counter and all around, only as she does. Trying to be sweet and patient I asked, "Jessica do you ever settle down?". Her reply, " Yes, on Thursdays."

Jeweled Jello

This is a fun Jello recipe I found on another blog site (Gourmet mom on the go). We made it to take to our Super Bowl party tonight.

Here is the recipe:

Jeweled Jell-o
Ingredients:
4 small boxes of jello, different colors
1 can sweetened condensed milk
2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
water

Directions:
Dissolve each box of jello separately, into one cup of hot water. Pour into individual containers (small tupperware works well) and chill overnight.
Ready a 9×13 pan.
Cut flavors of jello into small blocks.
Mix together carefully in pan.
In a separate bowl, dissolve 2 envelopes unflavored gelatin in 1/4 cup cold water. Add dissolved gelatin to 1 3/4 cup hot water and condensed milk. Cool.
Pour cooled milk mixture over jello and chill overnight. Cut into 1" pieces and serve. This is a fun dish to serve at a party. You can color theme it for a holiday or a party. Have fun.

My brother Brad and his four kids were staying the weekend with us. I had worked all day and needed to get some things done for primary the next day. Brad and Jeff realized they needed to get the eight kids out of the house so they didn't go stir crazy. All the kids opted to go to the church house and play basketball in the gym. They were only gone for about 45 minutes when Jeff came home and had me come over and apply my nursing skills to my cute niece Madison who was hurt. When I asked Jeff what happened, he explained that he and Brad were playing a little one on one, they were both running full force down the court when Maddie jumped in front of Jeff trying to steal the ball. Jeff hit her full force and fell to the ground. She told me she heard a crack in her shoulder when Jeff hit her. We packed up the kids went home and Brad took Maddie to an Urgent Care. Sure enough a broken clavicle. She stayed the rest of the weekend and did great. She was such a trooper. She said running into Jeff was like running into a brick wall. Sorry Maddie.
Here is how we entertained all seven kids while Brad had Maddie at the doctor. Jeff was playing a new game on the computer and all seven kids gathered around him watching him play for over 30 minutes. What easy kids to babysit.

Temple Open house

This evening we went to the open house of the new LDS Draper temple. I has such a simple elegance in it's decor. I am grateful for opportunities like this for my kids to see the temple and hopefully begin to gain a testimony of the temple and the blessings it brings.

This temple is in an incredible location. What an awesome sight when we came out of the temple to the Salt Lake Valley at night. The city lights are magnificent from this view.

We went to dinner after at Sweet Tomatoes. The kids loved the macaroni and ice cream the best. I loved not cooking dinner. Ha, ha.