With all of the sickness that has been going around in this house, I have started my disinfecting process (again) today.  I hope that I have stock in Lysol, because I am buying enough of it!  Just as we were getting over one cold, the germ-catchers started again with another snottier one!  (Come to think of it I should check whether or not I have stock in Campbells soup too!) 

Other than our children making us sick, we have been leading a pretty quiet life.  Staying home and watching movies, sleeping in on the weekends (last Saturday, I slept until 8 a.m.!!!!), and doing all the normal things that we do on a day-to-day basis.  It's been pretty cold here, so I've been making ALOT of soup.  Last weekend I made Turkey Soup from the carcass of our Thanksgiving bird.  It turned out great!  Next weekend I will be making Minestrone again.  I should post some of my recipes here.  I have quite a few...maybe I should write a cookbook...I'll have to think about that some more.

My son has pretty much stopped the biting thing - Thank God! - but still hits and pitches fits on a daily basis.  Some of the fits I can put down to being tired because he doesn't sleep very well when he has a cold, but others are just because he's two and can't process what is happening.  Yesterday, while he was at my sister's, he was running around the house screaming and crying, "I'm crabby, I'm crabby!"  He finally went into his cousin's bedroom and cuddled on the couch with a pillow and blanket - that's where I found him when I came to pick them up.  Today his nose is pretty snotty still, but he is wearing his camoflauge bibs, and calling himself "hunting guy", so he is pretty serene for a 2-year-old with a cold. 

My daughter also has a stuffy nose and cough.  She has lately taken to refusing her medicine and if I try to force it she throws it up, so if she doesn't want it fine.  She has also taken a serious interest in Christmas this year and wants to decorate the house.  I told her that we would do it on Saturday, but that hasn't stopped her from pestering me every five minutes since she's been awake to go downstairs and get the Christmas decorations.  The potty training is just about complete with her.  She has slept through the night twice now without a pull-up or an accident!

My youngest brother called last night and asked me for some help with a project.  He wants to write letters to our state legislators, governor, and anyone else who will listen regarding the state of the family law system and what changes need to be made so the laws are fair and equitable when it comes to the father's parental rights in custody.  This is not going to be an easy project.  He has been screwed yet again by the courts in this state, and cannot let go of his anger to look at this dispassionately.  You can't write a ranting letter to a Senator and expect any progress or even a reply.  It's my job to tone down his outrage and try to make sense of his rant and rage.

So my list of things to do this week go like this:

1. Clean the house

2. Disinfect the house

3. Clean out the downstairs freezer so I can fit more soup

4. Plan dinners for the next 2 weeks

5. Laundry, Laundry, Laundry

6. Brett's project

Well, I guess I better get started.  TTFN!