JibJab

Katie's grandpa made a JibJab Christmas card for all of the family - and all of the grandkids loved it.

I think that we watched it at least 25 times on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

The stars of the show are Carly, Luke, Katie, Maddy and Sam.

Did you want to see it?

http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/yKmlkm2hLoRB0DxtT9Gq

*My original plan for this post was to share Christmas pictures - but in plugging in my memory chip, I realized that all of our good pictures are on my parent's camera.  So I guess those will just have to wait.  Until next year.

Holiday Spirit

Katie didn't really like to sit on Santa's lap.  But she was perfectly happy to be held on the other side of the room and wave at him.

We finally got our boring tree up.  There are small teddy bears all over it and Katie really likes them.  Katie also likes books.

Katie also likes to wear her snowman hat that her grandma gave to her.

Katie is enjoying the season.  Her mommy is not.  Her mommy really hates Christmas shopping when she doesn't know what to get people.  Katie's mommy also hates crazy people that are in all of the stores at this time of year. 

Katie's mommy ALSO hates spending $50 on someone to get $50 in return.  Why don't we all just keep our money instead of spending it on things we don't really need??

As you can tell, we're really feeling the spirit of the season at our house.

But I will really be glad for the time off from work to be with my little honeybunch.

And to have a husband again.  Mine currently leaves for work in the middle of the night and comes home in the evening to take a shower, eat some dinner, hug his little girl, kiss his wife and then go to sleep by 7pm.

An Allergy Day

I went in for allergy testing this morning.  It was a fun process.  If you call getting "pricked" 43 times with different allergens, being told not to scratch anything that itches and then being left alone for 15 minutes to watch your skin react to the allergens that itch REALLY bad, "fun".

Of the 41 allergens that I was tested for - I showed allergies to 37 of them.  Numbers 17, 18, and 19 were by far the WORST, and all three of them are grasses.  And that picture was taken after only 5 minutes.  After 15 minutes, when the nurse came in to check on me, splotchy redness was traveling up my arm.  She hurried to get the doctor to look at me so that I could get some medication.

Anyway, after this visit (side note: I really, REALLY like the doctor.  He checked me out and diagnosed a sinus infection that I have right now before starting the allergy testing. He's youngish and funny.), I have made the decision to get allergy shots for the next 3-5 YEARS, so that I don't have to spend my summers taking drugs and stuffing my nose with wads of toilet paper at night.

I really don't like needles.  And to start off, I have to get shots twice a week for 2-3 months.

HOORAY.

According to my results, I'm allergic to dogs and cats.  What's up with that?  I'm not allergic to dogs or cats or horses (and my results say that I AM).  As far as seasonal allergies go (besides grass - which is all summer long), I'm pretty allergic to Willow and Linden trees in the spring, and Plantain and Marshelder weeds in the fall.

So, lucky me, I have allergies all year round.

And that is more information about me and my allergies than you ever wanted to know.  But now you know it.