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treeskin ([personal profile] treeskin) wrote2011-04-26 10:43 am

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Took the kids back in to get their ears checked this morning. The good news--no ear infections. The bad news--The Miss is flailing-tantrum terrified of the doctor. Could not get her anywhere near the scale to get her weight (The BoyChild kept playing with the buttons), had to hold her down so Doc could check her ears. But it's over, we're back home, and she's been plied with pumpkin muffins and peanut butter toast and tea, and is in a better humor now.

We were rained in all day yesterday. It's not raining today, but it's cloudy and cold and there's standing water in the yard. Blech.

I did manage to sneak out during naptime, and get some seeds put down: parsley, blue curled kale, lemon basil, 'Black Prince' snapdragons, and some celosia. Plus, I got nasturtiums seeded here and there throughout the garden, and some old bronze fennel seed tossed out. If the kids nap well today, I need to dug through my seed box and see what else I want to start this year.

And I need to figure out what to bake. It's grey and cold, and I want to bake and make the house feel warmer, but we're awash in homemade bread at the moment....oatmeal bread from Sunday, cinnamon raisin bread from last night (payment to someone for tools he gave By, but it makes 2 loaves), and there are still pumpkin bars and muffins in the fridge. Maybe cookies.

Still no word on Grandma's condition. Mom was hoping to see Grandma's doc this weekend, but I haven't heard how that went. She didn't sound any better last night, and she's complaining about wanting to go home. That's all I know.

And I need to call D today, and see how her mom is doing. D made an emergency run to Oklahoma on Friday, because her mom had checked herself in because she suddenly felt much worse. Last I'd heard, they were still running tests, and were afraid that her cancer had spread suddenly despite the chemo.