Entry for Sunday, December 10, 2006 - Happy Birthday David

Yesterday evening we celebrated my Son David's birthday; but today is the real day.  I think he had a good time.  He and his sister took matters into their own hands and brought the Christmas tree and all the ornament boxes upstairs and then my Sister-in-law and niece decorated it.  They put on every ornament I had (and trust me after many years of participating in an ornament exchange, I had lots).  In fact they put more ornaments on the tree than I ever do, but it looks really beautiful!  Thank you everyone for all your help!!!  Warren had decided that he really wanted a tree this year and his plan was to take 2 pain pills and then try to wrestle all the boxes off the high shelf.  I didn't think that was too red hot a plan to begin with, so now he doesn't have to do that.  We joked that we'll have another party in mid-January for my Daughter's birthday to take everything back down again.  I took this picture last night without a flash so it doesn't do the tree justice.

I was on my feet all day yesterday cleaning and cooking and last night and today I'm paying for it.  I guess its the MD, but I couldn't straighten up this morning and was doing alot of moaning and groaning to get around.  I took two Tylenol extended relief tablets about 9:00 a.m. and that has helped loosen me up quite a bit.  They're each about 650 milligrams and I think they're intended for arthritus pain.  Glad I thought of them.  You can bet I'll be taking more before I go to bed tonight.

My Mom had spent the night with us and slept in until about 9:30.  My Sister-in-law was scheduled to pick her up to spend the day with them at 10:00, so I had to call and tell her I'd bring Mom over there once breakfast was over.  They just live about 10 miles down the road from us.

Whenever I have people over for dinner, I'm always afraid there won't be enough food so I end up making more than twice the number of people could eat.  As a consequence my refrigerator is stuffed full of leftovers.  On the bright side, I won't be cooking for a few days....just heating and eating.

Again, happy birthday to my baby boy.  I wish you many happy more years!