Cheap Tree

After work I stopped by the $8 tree stand.  I have no idea if they had any $8 trees.  The man immediately took me to the shorter trees.  My first criteria is it has to fit in my car.  So I'm looking for a four to five foot tree...if the price is right.  So we found a nice short tree with the right amount of thickness.  And he tells me it is five foot and it is $8 a foot.  Well that is beyond my budget.  I'm not spending $40 on a tree that will be tossed out in two weeks.  So he said he would take $30 and I bought it.  He carried it out to my car and it fit fine. 
Got it home and into the tree stand.  Our plan is to decorate this weekend.  Well this is the crookedest tree.  Between the little man and I, we managed to get it mostly upright in the stand.  Not perfect by any means, but not terrible either.  So now we are set for the next step tomorrow morning. 

Routine

Trying to get back to some kind of routine.  Not very successfully.  And then if we do manage, winter break starts in a couple of weeks.  And then Christmas.  Oy. 
Anyway the plan is to get a tree this weekend.  We have not had a tree in a couple of years.  The little man has promised to not open any presents before it is time.  He is also earning stuff back and one of those ways to do so is to not mess with the tree.  We shall see. 
We got our little projector set up.  I was not too sure of the little woman's choice for all white snowflakes.  We shined it on the front of the house, not the garage.  And it does pretty well.  It is amazing how bright it is in the middle of the night.  I thought someone left a light on, but it was just the snowflakes circling around.  I'm going to need to remember to unplug it every night.

Quick Health

The little woman slept in till almost 11 and then she felt fine.  So we spent the day taking it easy.  And I'm sure she is going back to school tomorrow.  I'm glad she didn't have it for all those days like I did. 

Super Tuesday

We had a plan and the littles followed through with it.  So we went and saw "Ralph Breaks the Internet" at the local theater.  Tuesday is Super because all admission is $5.  The littles also had soda and a candy.  We thoroughly enjoyed the movie.  The little man kept laughing.  He got a lot of the jokes. 
The little woman had to be picked up from school today with a fever.  A pill made her feel well enough to go to the movie, but I could tell when it wore off. 
We also met the new level 3 therapist.  Things are going to be a bit different this time.  I have an appointment next week and so does the little man.  We are working on a plan for crisis in the future and she also gave me the crisis line number. 
My homework is working on very specific household rules. 

Lunch Date

I was suppose to take Mom shopping for Christmas.  But it was soooo cold.  And I didn't want to.  I did go see her and then she wanted to go out to lunch.  We hit the local dive by her house and I thought lunch was fine.  But by the end of it, she did not. She did not like their coffee cups.  They were too thick and too heavy.  She squirted ketchup all over her fries and her sandwich which was a french dip.  Then she ate half the sandwich and most of the fries.  I couldn't tell if the complaint was too much food or she didn't get enough food.  She told me she did not want to go back there again.  She will forget before the next time.  The great thing about it is its convenience to her place.  Ah well.
Took her back home to nap.  Took myself back home to nap.  Lots of work days are coming so naps will again be in short supply.

Taking Care

It felt pretty good to spend the whole weekend at home.  Just taking care and taking it easy.  We got two Christmas cards on Saturday.  I was gifted this picture in one of them.  It is from 1969.  That is me, my grandfather and my cousin.  I'm still waiting to hear the story behind the picture because I sure don't remember it. 

Better

So Thanksgiving, then six days of being sick.  Sick enough that not much got done.  I did manage to make the turkey stock.  It was either that or throw it all away.  I did manage to get a couple of dishwashers ran. 
Then I worked a half day and then a full day and the evening of those days were filled with activity. 
There was the birthday party.  Then yesterday Chad and Ky came down, took us to dinner and then took the little man to his first Blazer game.  The little woman and I then hit the grocery store.
So today is the first day at home, feeling better and ready to kick a little butt.  Finished cleaning up pans and misc. odds and ends from Thanksgiving.  The roaster still awaits the dishwasher but it is clean. 
I set out the supplies for the little man to make some cookies.  And that he did until it was time to roll the dough in the cinnamon and suger mixture.  I think he does not like that texture on his hands.  He has such concentration when he cooks.  He did a great job and then I overbaked the snickerdoodles.  They taste all right but they don't have that right texture.  Ah, c'est la vie.