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Missing you...
As I sit here at Nicholas' hockey practice this morning, my mind is on my Dad. I haven't talked about him much here on my blog lately, but needless to say, he and my sister are always in my thoughts. I am thinking of him now because I know how much he would love to be watching my boys play hockey...in fact, I am almost certin that he would be on the ice, coaching the team. He loved coaching me in ringette and loved watching Frankie play baseball...hockey would have made his dream of having a boy real. Sigh..I loved my Dad so much...moments like these make my heart hurt.

Back on track
Joe and I went back to Jenny Craig on Tuesday. I am proud to say that after a two month hiatus, I have LOST 0.7 lbs! Joe, on the other hand, has GAINED 4 whole lbs! HA! Sucker! He always lost weight so quickly even though he cheated, so it's nice to have a head start this time! ;o)My goal is to get to a total loss of 11 lbs this week...TOTALLY doable. Then, it is a real possibility that I will lose another 10 lbs by January 10th...the day we leave for our cruise! Christmas will be a challenge, but I will be careful not to overdo it too much!I have put my weightloss ticker back up on the blog as incentive...GO DAWN!

Awards!
I got two new awards!and So what if I just simply took them from Kate. She broke the rules, so I can too. Na ner na ner na ner!Thank

Us 2 - Pig Flu 0
Dear Pig Flu:You snuck up on us and hit WAAAAY below the belt. You hit us from behind, knowing we had no idea you were there. We had no equipment and you sent your strongest goon in to the corner. First, you took down our strongest player, Nicholas. You beat him, you roughed him up, you were VERY unsportsmanlike. And then, when Nicholas was at his weakest from your beating, you sent in your friend, pneumonia. Low blow man, low blow. There was more beating, more hitting him when he was down and more sneaky, low blows. We had nothing to defend us but the power of prayer. And you know what? My boy prevailed. He is still weakened by your blows and will be for some time.

Pig Flu...Part Two.
Julian is oinking.OK, he's not oinking, but he has the swine flu. Sigh.He woke up this morning at about 7:30 with a low grade fever (99.8) and a nasty cough. Imade a mental note to recheck his temperature a bit later and we went about our morning routine. I checked his temp again at 8:30 and it was 101.8. Time to treat it. Now normally, with Frankie and Nicholas, my treatable fever mark is 102.5, but because Julian had a febrile seizure last year, I treat him at 101'ish. I also called the doctor, knowing we needed Tamiflu. He seemed ok, playing all morning and he ate a nice big lunch, maintaining a low grade fever (100'ish).He went down a little ea