Deb has the flu

Turns out it is a good thing we did not make the trip to Fairland on Saturday.  Debbie went to the walk-in clinic today and was diagnosed with type A influenza.  Hope the rest of us don't get it.  Tara got the flu shot for her chilluns.  Deb is feeling terrible and looks like she feels terrible.  She had a 102 temperature this morning.  Still has a fever but not sure it is that high.  Doc gave her some Tamiflu and a cough syrup of some sort.  Told her to take Theraflu (not Tamiflu), also.  Hope she starts feeling better soon.

Wrasslefest

For some reason, the kids decided it was fun to climb on Opie while he is trying to sit on the recliner. 

Christmas Day

We planned to make a trip to Fairland today but did not do so.  Debbie had a fever on Wednesday evening.  She was not feeling much better on Thursday and Friday.  This morning she got up and readied to go, but her sinuses were really bothering her.  Headache, coughing, yucky stuff out of her nose.  She decided not to expose Lillian to whatever it is she has.  Oliver has been coughing, too. 

We ate breakfast and milled around the house.  Introduced the grandchilluns to Loony Toons on youtube.  They watched several Bugs Bunny and Foghorn Leghorn cartoons.

Debbie, Tara, Kelsey and Jeremy made some desserts.  Oreo balls.  Tagalongs, or whatever you call Ritz crackers with peanut butter dipped in chocolate.  Cheeseball.  Jeremy dipped cinnamon and sugar donettes in chocolate. 

Debbie and Kelsey put a turkey breast and ham in the oven around noon.  Everyone was saying they were hungry and Debbie realized the turkey and ham would not be ready for a few hours.  Jeremy suggested that we go to a local Chinese buffet for lunch.  So, we did the Dean version of "A Christmas Story" and had Chinese food for lunch.  There were several other families there, too.  Could not convince any of the Asian servers to sing "Deck the Halls" to us.  No "Fa Ra Ra Ra Ra Ra Ra Ra Ra".  Darnit.  (you know you just sang that song to yourself).

Deb is taking a nap right now.  Maggie was supposed to lay down and take a nap, also.  But Maggie came back into the living room after a few minutes.  Jeremy is crashed on the recliner.  Tara and Kelsey are in the kitchen making green bean and brocolli casseroles.  We are all playing a new game, Rephrase.  Now playing "Funglish".

Tara was trying to explain the Funglish game but no one was listening.

Using words to describe a "parachute".  Nobody figured it out.

Not the day we had planned, but still good to be with family.  The ham and turkey sure do smell good. 

Hope everyone is having a Merry Christmas.

Miscellaneous stuff

Found some cool photos on the www.

Not so sure how cool this is really.  It is funny for sure because you know that dog is embarrassed and trying to find a way to hide before his neighborhood buds see him.

Not sure where this is, but wow.

People in Norway have some awesome scenery!!

There is some pretty scenery in the U.S., too.  Monument Valley in Utah.

Go ahead and admit that you sharted just a little when you saw this photo...

Scale of the universe

Scale of universe

Pretty cool.  Move the blue square side to side to see the relative scales of various parts of the universe. 

Deer update

As you might recall, we had deer grazing in our front yard a couple of times.  Debbie purchased a large bag of corn for deer food.  I put some in the front yard, but as far as I can tell the deer have not returned to our front yard to eat the corn.  Megan or Kelsey told Debbie that they saw a doe and two smaller deer in the neighbor's front yard grazing.  After that, I put some of the corn along the fence across the street from the house.  The next evening I checked and all of the corn was gone.  Last nite, I put more corn in the same area. This morning, all of the corn was gone.  Apparently, the deer are finding the corn.  Either that or some other corn-loving critter is having a great feast during the nite.  I am tempted to put out some more corn tonite, don some cold-weather gear and hide in the trees to see what is eating the corn.  Not sure how late into the nite I would have to wait.  I'd likely fall asleep and scare away the corn-eating critters by snoring too loudly. 

Hmmm.... I foresee another expedition similar to the "Arachnid Relocation Expedition"...

More updates to come.

Porky Pig singing Blue Christmas

Not necessarily back by popular demand, but I hear it was mentioned recently that I've posted this song on the blog in the past.  This song is by Seymour Swine and the Squealers.  You gotta admit, it's hilarious.  Can you ever again hear the regular version of this song without singing Porky's version?  LOL

Porky Pig singing Blue Christmas