I'm Still Here

No, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth, although there were a couple of days in the past couple of weeks that kinda made me wish I had. Let's start with the down and dirty - what's been going on around here, and essentially my excuses for not blogging recently.

First, remember the sick kids, well the hits just keep on coming. The chest cold my daughter had got passed to my son (no surprise there), but he decided to take it to the next level. The condensed version is that we wound up taking him to the hospital on Labor Day and got to be their guests overnight. My precious boy had croup and pneumonia. Now, add to this that the Friday before Labor Day I came down with a horrid stomach bug which has yet to go away. That's right - 13 days and counting. The doctor now thinks this is not a virus, but a bacterial infection - yippy! However, as a mom, I've been plugging along despite feeling like poop. The good news on the illness side, is that my daughter is well and is doing well in school.

The other excitement in our house is that the wonderful kitchen floor did finally dry out, but the wood was so buckled that it had to come out (don't even ask how many times we tripped)! So the Saturday of Labor Day weekend we sent the kids to my parents and began demo. (Keep in mind, I felt like puke the whole time.) I won't bore anyone with tedious details, but after replacing sections of subfloor and visiting our neighborhood Home Depot, we are living on concrete sheets right now until we can find the time and money to actually tile the floor.

So, that's my past 2 weeks in a nutshell. Hopefully, my readers will be understanding and overlook my lapse in updates lately.

Please also forgive the whiny nature of this post. We are on our way to getting our act back together around here.