Dad’s back in the hospital. The lung cancer from 2 years ago came back in the same spot, smaller this time. They removed it this week and now he’s recovering. Then they’ll discuss radiation or chemo. Last time he said he’d never do that again. It’s likely he’ll stick with that decision. Today he had trouble coughing up the mucus so it was blocking an airway and he wasn’t getting as much oxygen. They moved him to ICU but he could get upgraded back out of ICU tomorrow.
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Sep
04
Now, for this month’s challenge!
Here’s my post about what I want to try to do this month.
I already provided a breakdown of how much money we spent on food (restaurant, grocery, personal coffee/snacks/lunch) in July and August (way too much). This gave dh an idea of why he should brown-bag it to work more often and cut back on his sodas. We probably ought to also look at planning our meals more. Especially now that the dear nephew needs lunch each day.
I started looking at getting additional life insurance for dh, we need to finish that this month.
We need to update the executor of our estate and revisit that. Probably useful to combine that with the life insurance.
We use Quicken so basic stuff is organized.
I’m through buying curriculum so that sucking sound is gone for now.
The challenge is on. I’ll think of more things and report on progress during the month.
Category: End 08 Great, Home
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Sep
04
Here is the August entry
August was the month the nephew came back so this was easy!
Connor came back on Saturday August 23rd. He spent the night with Anthony at the Clash of the Clergy where our pastor and others were racing. We started home school the next Monday and spent time together shopping that night. The next weekend was Labor Day weekend. His brother came up and we spent Friday night at GameStop where he picked out his birthday gift. Then we spent Saturday around the house so he could play his new game. Then we had dinner with friends (for all ages) Saturday night and went to an indoor pool for a few hours on Monday. Plus, Monday was Connor’s 14th birthday. We went out for lunch after the pool and then met up with their dad for dinner at his choice of restaurant (Hooter’s).
All told, it was a great weekend. This weekend would have been another opportunity with the Roman Army Festival. But Hurricane Hannah threatened and the Festival was cancelled. So, he’ll go spend the weekend with his dad and brothers – which is even better.
Some suggestions from the Challenge post:
Here are some fun ideas to get you started:
- Take the afternoon off with your children. Begin with a picnic lunch, either at a park or just in your backyard. Then spend some time lying on the picnic blanket watching clouds, telling stories, or reading books out loud.
- Build something with your children. Maybe a sand castle, an outdoor fort or even an indoor tent. When the building process is over, keep playing with them.
- Let the children see you throw away your to-do list for the day. Then, turn to them and say, “I don’t want to work today. What do you want to do instead?” Then, try to be accommodating, within reason of course.
- Do something to make your kids feel extra special. Spell out their name in pancake batter, cut their sandwiches into fun shapes, let them stay up a little later and do something fun with mom or dad.
- Take your children on a one on one “date.” This could be something as simple as a trip alone to the library with mom, or a $1 ice cream at McDonalds.
- Have a family slumber party. Bring out the sleeping bags and smores and camp out in the living room for a night of flashlight fun.
- And there were lots of links for inspiration in Joy’s Super Surfing Saturday post this week too.
Category: End 08 Great, Family
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Sep
04
I came across Happy To Be At Home and they are having a great second half of 2008 challenge.
July was Conquer the Clutter
I’ll take credit for my work in June to clean out the nephew’s room after he went home for the summer. I took a large trash bag up there, threw out or gave away trash and toys. I also took the storage containers out of his room (fewer hiding places). Then this past weekend we also had him empty the boxes out of the closet to that room into the quiet room. That’s a lot of clutter conquering. (We won’t talk about the quiet room.) I tend to conquer clutter once a month in the main living areas. It’s those rooms with closed doors that get out of control.
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