Today is Down the Rabbit Hole Day where bloggers post in a different style than they usually do. Everyone is doing something a little different.
I’ve decided to live blog all day long. Since I’m home all day today, and sick, this will work. 🙂
You should join the fun and come up with something creative and different than your normal posting style.
If you are going to celebrate Down the Rabbit Hole Day on your blog, comment here and let us know so we can check it out.
It turns out that my Mom was right. When the doctor gives you a prescription for antibiotics to clear up your sinus infection, you need to take all the pills.
A few weeks ago, I was deathly sick with the Fungus of the Bungus (or, sinus infection for you less-creative types) and in all of the drama, I only took about 5 pills. I’m used to taking a Z-Pac when I have an infection and when I was handed an entire bottle of pills instead (huge pills, no less), I just frankly didn’t remember to ever take them.
Here we are, a few weeks later. And the sinus infection is back. And it’s so much worse this time.
The bottle of antibiotics greeted me at breakfast this morning and I politely said yes.
So what do you do when you are at home and very sick? Redesign your blog, of course!
You might also notice that I’ve removed some posts I’d written on faith.
This past week I had a very difficult conversation with a friend of mine about what I’ve previously written and it was simply the last straw. I decided to simply mark the posts unpublished for now.
I’m not saying I’ll never write about faith again. I just know that right now, I don’t feel like I can write freely without repercussions from my friends and family. Repercussions that hurt the relationship.
I had hoped that writing honestly, and truthfully, would be much better than just pretending like nothing has happened. Wearing masks with each other is not only a pet peeve of mine but it’s also something I’m passionately against. I’ve had comments of “you shouldn’t write about that kind of stuff online” occasionally but I believe that being real and speaking truth is much more important than feelings.
But when my relationships with friends and family crumble just slightly due to hurt feelings, I start to re-think that.
I just wanted to let you know that’s why some of the posts are missing.
Anyway. Enough awkward talk.
Do you like the redesign?
I love Saturday’s in which you don’t have plans. Well, other than laundry that I need to catch up on.
I woke up with a horrible cold so I think today will consist mostly of sitting on the couch, catching up on Grey’s Anatomy & Private Practice, delving into my stack of books-to-read, and playing with Drew.
Daniel is working in the basement right now, Drew is napping, and I’m cooking an odd concoction on the stove. I just leaned over it to let the steam attack my cold and WHOA OH MY WORD. I’m making leek soup, by the way, which was made popular in French Women Don’t Get Fat.
They smell very yummy but I’m not sure about it. One of the other books I was reading this week actually mocked the leek soup recipe so badly that I felt ashamed that I had a pile of fresh leeks in my refrigerator. Oh, well. It isn’t that I’m afraid my husband or friends think I’m bouboum. I AM bouboum. I’m just curious if this will break my current addiction to all things sugar, bread, chocolate, bread, and oh, did I mention bread?
And, if I give in and eat grilled cheese sandwiches by this evening, I can at least boil more leeks to help my cold.
Drew and I flew through the doors of our house after a morning of errands, quickly ate lunch, and settled on to the couch to watch the Inauguration.
All morning long I’ve been praying for the Bush family and Obama family as this day has to hold so many different emotions for all of them. The historical richness of this day fascinates me. And the somber tone of this day puts me in awe.
Here’s a few Inauguration-related links you might be interested in:
– President Obama’s address
– An open letter from Jenna and Barbara Bush to Sasha and Malia Obama
– The new White House website (compared to the old one)
– A fellow blogger’s open letter to the new President
– Rick Warren’s prayer
“Give to our new president Barack Obama the wisdom to lead us with humility, the courage to lead us with integrity, the compassion to lead us with generosity. Bless and protect him, his family, Vice President Biden, the Cabinet, and every one of our freely elected leaders.”
Drew had his first “real” hair-cut this morning.
We found a lovely little salon where the ladies adore him and Atticus the Dog thinks Drew is the bees knees.
Surprisingly, Drew did pretty well. He played with a few toys and then got squirmy so Daniel pulled out a laptop + Monsters Inc.
It was working VERY well until the hair started tickling him.
The hair-cut isn’t perfect but the kind lady did her very best with a wiggling toddler.
