Plans change!

This has been a looong week! I definately am ready for a new one to start,whatever it may bring.( I almost am afraid to write that,what if. . . )
We've had fevers,coughs,puking,headaches,grouchy people,people spread all over the house for bedtime trying to avoid the cough-ers. .
I'm tired of crumbs on my new couches that now smell like? ?? . . And SOMEONE left a dying popsicle on the carpet!
We've gone through all my stash of tylenol,cough meds ,we are using ROLLS of tp since i happened to run out of kleenex at this critical time and I'm slathering on Unkers salve on feet and chests. . . and who know if the raw honey/lemon juice/warm water actually does the trick, i choose to think so. It tastes better than the cough meds at least. Did you ever taste Buckleys Cough Mixture? Ohhh,that stuff is nasty. . . Its supposed to do the job if you can stomach it,i gag on it so i can't force my kids to take it.

Needless to say that meant kids out of school for a few days so they were doing homework as they felt better. I was supposed to work at the store 2 of those days so I had to get the other girls to fill in for me. AND i had to cancel our employee supper again,this is the 3rd time! Oh well It'll happen one of these days. . .

This week looks like an extra busy one at the store. Monday is the day for placing two orders that get delivered on Tuesday, Monday evening an order gets dropped that was ordered last week and Wednesday we get a pallet full of bulk food from Dutch Valley! That means the kids are gonna be stopping at the store after school and doing some heavy lifting and sorting out and bagging! Its always fun to see what new stuff we got in and of course the begging to sample :-) We have been really slow this last week which is normal for January and February so hopefully these orders won't take too long to sort through.

We finally got some beautiful snow these last few days! The kids didn't get to enjoy it much yet. Its snowing again tonite so maybe they'll have a chance yet. I get my love of seeing it snow from my mom. I remember as a kid she always said how she loves those wintery days when the snow hung heavy on the branches ,made you want to go knock the snow off just to have it fall down your back. Shivers. . . .
I love the peaceful quiet of snow falling and the traffic on hwy. 95 is hardly heard. The whole world sounds hushed. . . Sometimes I'd like to really be snowed in for a few days but its almost impossible with the four wheel drives everybody has nowdays and the snow plows going through in the early mornings to pave the way for the school buses. Not that i long to be a pioneer or anything. . .