Hi everyone!
First, i would like to say that my shift key isn't working very well, so there might be a few missing capital letters. I am not being a poor grammarian on purpose, I am just being lazy in not going back to correct my work.
It has been an exciting week at our house. Top things that have happened:
1. Jens poured Tilex on his pants and then trailed it around the house, so we have terrible looking bleach spots all over our carpet.
2. my gingerbread house collapsed. I think the humidity did it in.
3. I got a flu shot and now my arm really hurts!
4. Jens got a new bike from his great Gram. He loves it, and we take him on frequent rides up and down the hall.
5. we got family pictures done (at last). Jens was pretty terrible--there was a prop train on our "set" and he just wanted to climb on it. Trying to keep him in the pose was pretty hard work. BUT we did get one to work out, and it is on our Christmas card, coming soon to a mailbox near you.
6. Mike and i went on a jens-free date. Wendie watched him for us while we went for Chinese food. When we came to pick him up, Wendie was very distressed as Jens had just, at the moment we rang the doorbell, wedged himself into their health rider, one of those old excercise bikes. His legs were stuck pretty good and we had to use a crowbar to get him out. he has a
little bruise on his leg, but is otherwise fine.
7. We went to the zoo. it was cold and grey so no one else was there (and I mean that literally) but all of the animals were out! We saw the tigers, all four foxes, tons of peacocks, etc.
8. I had my follow up doctor's appt. and my blood work looks okay, BUT I have to go back in three months and have ANOTHER blood draw! i am starting to feel like a pincushion.
9. we had good news and are excited that betty's doctors appointments have also gone well and that she will be able to get radiation treatments over with quickly!
10. I am trying really hard to think of something to put here because ten seems like a nice, round number. Ahh! The new safeway across the street opened. it is very nice, although much more expensive then the very far away winco.
i hope you are all enjoying the festive season. i do love the holidays! see most of you very soon--i am excited, although not for the traveling or the inevitable illness that jens will get . . .
loren--are you still alive somewhere? you should write to us all after you are done with exams tomorrow. and making all your books. because i hear that you are very behind with that.
Summer, Alissa, and matt--travel safely to Brazil!
Merry Christmas, everyone1
Love,
First, i would like to say that my shift key isn't working very well, so there might be a few missing capital letters. I am not being a poor grammarian on purpose, I am just being lazy in not going back to correct my work.
It has been an exciting week at our house. Top things that have happened:
1. Jens poured Tilex on his pants and then trailed it around the house, so we have terrible looking bleach spots all over our carpet.
2. my gingerbread house collapsed. I think the humidity did it in.
3. I got a flu shot and now my arm really hurts!
4. Jens got a new bike from his great Gram. He loves it, and we take him on frequent rides up and down the hall.
5. we got family pictures done (at last). Jens was pretty terrible--there was a prop train on our "set" and he just wanted to climb on it. Trying to keep him in the pose was pretty hard work. BUT we did get one to work out, and it is on our Christmas card, coming soon to a mailbox near you.
6. Mike and i went on a jens-free date. Wendie watched him for us while we went for Chinese food. When we came to pick him up, Wendie was very distressed as Jens had just, at the moment we rang the doorbell, wedged himself into their health rider, one of those old excercise bikes. His legs were stuck pretty good and we had to use a crowbar to get him out. he has a
little bruise on his leg, but is otherwise fine.
7. We went to the zoo. it was cold and grey so no one else was there (and I mean that literally) but all of the animals were out! We saw the tigers, all four foxes, tons of peacocks, etc.
8. I had my follow up doctor's appt. and my blood work looks okay, BUT I have to go back in three months and have ANOTHER blood draw! i am starting to feel like a pincushion.
9. we had good news and are excited that betty's doctors appointments have also gone well and that she will be able to get radiation treatments over with quickly!
10. I am trying really hard to think of something to put here because ten seems like a nice, round number. Ahh! The new safeway across the street opened. it is very nice, although much more expensive then the very far away winco.
i hope you are all enjoying the festive season. i do love the holidays! see most of you very soon--i am excited, although not for the traveling or the inevitable illness that jens will get . . .
loren--are you still alive somewhere? you should write to us all after you are done with exams tomorrow. and making all your books. because i hear that you are very behind with that.
Summer, Alissa, and matt--travel safely to Brazil!
Merry Christmas, everyone1
Love,
Alison
