We've had a good week. It seems like everyone in the local family has finally gotten over all of the illnesses now. Hopefully it will stay that way! Now if the weather would make up its mind! Thursday the temperature was 54 and yesterday it was 34 and very windy. Tuesday it's supposed to be nearly 60 and Wednesday it's only supposed to be 35. It's no wonder the flu is rampant this year. It's only about 40 today and now it has clouded up and just looks cold.

We've made a little progress in getting the furniture emptied and ready for Ryan. He wasn't able to get it this week-end like we had planned, so we didn't work as hard as we could. We're also getting it ready to paint, along with re-doing the master bath. Our painter/handyman isn't pleased as we're not gutting the bathroom like he wants. We had talked about it, but we're not going to remove the shower like we had planned. And that is mainly on me, it will take forever to do that. I'm not really looking forward to doing the bedroom. We're not going to re-finish the floor in there so Ron will have to be extremely careful and cover the floor. He wants to take down all of the molding and not put it back up, or put up another kind, but then that won't match the rest of the house. So, I get to be the bad guy again, and force him to do it my way! I've picked the paint color and I'm looking for curtains now.

We had some overnight guests this week. Ryan and Amanda's house was being fumigated and they had to leave it for 24 hours. So, they, along with Spooky the dog, were here Thursday evening/night and most of yesterday. They left when it was time to pick up the kids for the week-end.

Thursday was Brianna's 15th birthday. It doesn't seem possible that she's that old already. She decided she didn't want a party of any kind but the family was all invited to join them for dinner last night. There were 17 of us there. Some shouldn't have gone because they weren't feeling good...stomach virus. Emily's step-mother had been sick with it all week and ended up in the emergency room. They said it was Rotavirus and that's really nasty. So we stayed totally away from them. And her step-brother's wife was sitting not too far away and she said she had felt bed for a couple of days with her stomach. Bryan's sister's daughter ended up leaving early because she didn't feel well and she was sitting across from Bill. I hope we neither one get anything.

I know most people don't think about illness as much as we do because of Bill's compromised immune system. But, I don't understand why they don't think of spreading illnesses as a rule. I have a friend in another state who has been vomiting and running a fever and is still going to work, and she works in retail. I shudder to think of the people she has come in contact with that will also spread the illness. I know people need to work, but a little common sense is needed. Alright, I'll get off my soapbox!

We did some housework today, or I should say Bill did his housework while I did laundry. We also went shopping for a few groceries and gas and we've spent a quiet afternoon. It's been extremely windy today. We're on standby for Brianna and McKenna. Emily and Bryan had a business dinner in Little Rock, which is 3 hours away. So, if there is a problem, we're the ones the girls will call. We don't anticipate any problems, unless the wind takes down the power lines and since they live in the country it's entirely possible.

All for this week. I hope everyone has a good week.