Friday Fragments

I've given up on my futile attempts to comprehend just why it is that a thirteen year old boy will act as if I'm an unreasonable prude when I suggest he wear a hoodie or even perhaps just some long pants or a long sleeve shirt on a 30 degree morning with expected high temps of 48 for the day yet will get off the bus on an unusually warm December afternoon of 72 degrees wearing long pants and a hoodie. I have decided that my sanity is just way more important so will therefore bite my tongue on this issue from here on out.  Some lessons they just have to learn on their own.

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I finally found a new little family of three light up reindeer at Big Lots without having to take out a second mortgage on the house.  Seriously, have you seen the prices on some of those Christmas yard decorations?  Target has some really beautiful ones but I figured the kids wouldn't appreciate me tapping into their college fund to buy them.

I also managed to find all the candles for all the windows in the house, including the attic.  It never did happen last year but apparently I just didn't want it badly enough then because they were all here.  It took some doing to get them all working and in place but once I set my mind on something, it will happen.  I should really aim higher.  

The wreaths happened as well though I came close to biting off more than I could chew on that little project.  When Charlie got home that day I was on my last windows, in the garage, climbed up on a step ladder vacuuming spider webs and eggs out of the corners before I would touch them and apparently I looked a bit flustered, out of sorts and like I was about to blow because he said hello and then tiptoed into the house quietly before I came at him with, "The window is out in Dracen's room and I can't get it back in!  And also there is something seriously wrong with the dining room window because I can't get the top part to come down like ALL the other windows in the house!"  Bless his heart.  

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Dracen ended up missing two days with his strep throat and then had to get out a little early for his Cardiologist appointment yesterday afternoon. After his passing out incident at the end of September our family doctor thought he should be tested further since this was now the second time it had happened although he'd been sick both times and the other time was four years earlier. 

We first went to a Neurologist a couple of weeks ago and they found nothing wrong with his noggin but referred us to a Cardiologist for further testing.  Turns out, he just has a low blood volume (like mother, like son) and needs to make sure he stays hydrated, especially when he's sick.  

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Dracen likes to hit me up for treats after any kind of doctor's appointments even when there are no needles involved (that is always the first question he asks the nurse, and then the doctor because he didn't believe the nurse).  

After the Neurologist appt. we passed a Dunkin Donuts and came home with a dozen of those.  After the Cardiology appt. yesterday we were near a Krispy Kreme so it was a dozen of those and holy smack, did you know they make a red velvet doughnut special for Christmastime? 

'No' was not even an option.    

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Speaking of Dunkin Donuts, I've been using their peppermint Mocha and Gingerbread flavored coffees for the past couple of weeks.  I don't think I'll ever be able to go back to plain coffee again. 

And this is pretty much how I feel every.single.morning when I drink it...

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We watched Elf last weekend.  The scene where Buddy calls that guy an angry elf  and then gets charged by him never gets old to me.  

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I haven't been able to find Clark and Cousin Eddie on t.v. yet this year.  I may have to buy the dvd if I don't find them soon.  I need my Griswold Family Christmas fix.  

"Sh*tter's full!"
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Happy Friday,