Great Weekend

My weekend started off with Wine Tasting which was fun. It was nice to visit with friends from church and enjoy small tastes of many different types of wine. The hostess liked my Merlot so much I think she actually drank about 3/4 of the bottle! Good thing she wasn't driving! :)

On Saturday we went to a party for foreign exchange students. We had lots of fun and Eline met a few new friends, a girl and a guy from Germany and another girl from the Ukraine (who is originally from Russia). We had a chance to taste food from all the countries represented and Eline and I made Speculaas, which are Dutch Spice Cookies, which are traditionally made for Dec. 6th (St. Nicholas Day). Later we went to a Social Work Club social, which was held at one of the member's barn. It was snowing and cold, so we enjoyed some chili (Eline's first opportunity to taste chili, which she really liked), and headed home. We rented a couple of movies, put on our pajamas and the three of us just chilled and watched a movie, before turning in for the night.

The other exciting thing happened was that Chelsea had to bring home a baby doll on Thursday that actually cries and that you actually have to feed and change diapers. It was fun until Saturday night when Chelsea came to my room crying because the baby kept waking up. That baby woke up every 45-60 minutes that night to eat. Now, I'm no expert but I haven't met a baby that could eat that much! Then on Sunday night the baby couldn't be soothed, no matter what she did. Chelsea came crying again around 2:30 in the morning, but I sent her away because there was nothing I could do. On Saturday night I did feed the baby four times, but I wasn't about to sit up all night Sunday rocking a doll, especially since it was her project, not mine. Needless to say, both of us where happy to see Sheldon (Chelsea's name choice for the doll) go back to school! Chelsea told me yesterday that she gets the goal of the project and she definitely doesn't want to have kids. I just told her to hold that thought for about 10 more years!

Last night we went to Chili's for dinner to celebrate Chelsea's 15th birthday which is actually today. Unfortunately Chili's is about the only chain restaurant that doesn't sing and make fools of people. They just give you a free dessert. So that's a heads up for those of you who want to go out for your b-day but don't want to be embarrassed!

Around 8:30 we went to "flock" my friend Michelle's house. It is her birthday this week, and she has been cancer free for a year, so pink was our theme. We went with another friend, Teri, and put flamingos and pink balloons in her yard, and then we used pink streamers to "TP" her trees. Chelsea rang the doorbell and then we all took off running. Later we realized that was pretty silly because we left a sign near her front door which had our names on it! I did discover, however, that Chelsea is very knowledgeable about how to "TP" trees. Hmm, I might need to ask her where she learned that skill! :) By the way, Michelle, if you are reading this, the whole thing was Teri's idea!!!

Thanks for the well wishes for my health issues. I went to have my ultrasound today, and after two techs tried to find the spots on my liver they finally gave up. I was happy to think that maybe they'd just disappeared until they told me that sometimes things don't show up on ultrasound that do show up on CT scans. This probably means I'll have to have another CT scan, which sucks because I hate that barium liquid I have to drink. It makes me sick just to think about it. I'll call the Dr. on Thursday to get the results of my ultrasound (which I already know) and see where we go from there.

Tonight is Chelsea's Soccer Banquet for High School soccer so that should be fun. She just started indoor soccer again, which is nice to watch in the winter because there is no rain or snow (like there was this past Saturday for her outdoor game!). Unfortunately her games are Monday afternoons and I work so won't be able to attend any of them. Oh well, she doesn't seem to care, she just wants to play!

Well, I need to head off to class. Bye for now! Mary