Croup…

Yep. This makes cold/flu #2 for the school year. The croupy cough has made it’s way to our house, and so far it is just Dylan and I that have it. Thade has started coughing, but he says he still feels pretty good. Sorry James and Agnes, looks like you are next.

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Heat+Sun+Local Festival=Migraine

Every year the first weekend in June it rolls around, and I start thinking of reasons why I should just stay at home. My hubby loves to go, and so do the kids. So I go along, and I always get really really really sick, I think I learned my lesson this year…

I’m talking about the Good ‘Ol Days. It’s our local Summer festival where the whole town shuts down for a good 3 days and there is a big festival downtown. It is all good and fun, but unbelievably hot, how I wish they would break tradition and move the festivities to a cooler time of year.

The boys enjoyed some super tasty homemade lemonade, I had one too. It was really delicious.

We walked around a bit and enjoyed the sites, but a good half an hour in to the festival my head was throbbing, and I was ready to call it a day.

Even Miss Agnes was HOT!

We all decided to grab some tasty treats and head back home to the a.c. It was a fun day for the kiddos, and my hubby too, but I was miserable.

So what didn’t make it into this post, a picture of me… Sunburned (even though I put on the 50 spf sunblock), covered in itchy hives (from the sunlight), migraine for 24 hours, and 3 days of nausea. Yeah, the Good ‘Ol Days just aren’t for me.

I am finally starting to feel better, and the nausea has passed. I’ve learned my lesson, I’m just not made for the Summertime.

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Nicostuff FAILs

Sometimes I have these great ideas, and I think that a new project will be cool. I map out a plan in mind, and then FAIL hard… Here’s three to share.

12 Months 12 Projects

Shortly after I had Agnes, I looked around our current address and decided I couldn’t take it any longer. We needed to redecorate every square inch of the house. I made a list of 12 projects that I would tackle in 12 months, and I didn’t get a single one of them done…

Nicostuff’s Fried Chicken Quest

This one made it onto facebook and through the twitter-verse, but it never quite made it to Nicostuff, here’s why.

I had this cool idea… I currently live in the fried chicken capital of the world, and I thought it would be fun to check out all of the surrounding communities Fried Chicken restaurants, and see if my homemade fried chicken is better. I made a short list of about 6 places to go, and kept busy perfecting my recipe, and I headed out to enjoy our first meal on the quest for the best.

I drove about 12 miles away for a local favorite, brought it home, presented it to the family, and I got food poisoning. They ate the tenders, I had the one that was still on the bone. I was brutally sick for a good week and a half, and thus the quest was ended.

P.S. My chicken is the best!

Lastly….

February’s 2011 No Take-Out Month

I had a plan, I had a great menu, I had a family that couldn’t take it one minute longer. We made it to day 25, and I caved and picked up donuts, thus ending the project…I might just go and get Taco Bell for dinner and call it officially done.

Here’s to a new day, and maybe a noggin full of new projects. Some I might actually accomplish.

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Sure It Is Pretty, But I Don’t Like It

It started snowing and looks like there is no sign of it stopping too soon. It is pretty to look at, but oh my goodness I can’t drive in it, and today I spun out on some black ice taking my oldest to school. Not cool…

Thank goodness we were fine, but boy was I angry. The roads were untouched, and traffic was backed up everywhere. There were cars and vans stuck on the hills with their hazards on, and hmmm the school didn’t think it was a good idea to cancel. I’m scared to go back out there this afternoon and pick up my big kid. I’m planning on leaving extra early, and trying a different route, but it is going to be rough. The snow is in the forecast for the next few days, and I just want to stay put. I’m praying for a snow day tomorrow and Wednesday too.

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