ohio was great
but it is nice to be home
new years was the quietest i think it has even been with my family
it was just us, the kids, my parents and my mamaw
usually we have at least 7 more people (though it used to be a lot more than that)
this year tom and jonas ran the beavercreek high school resolution run
tom did very well
we looked at the times from last year and knew there was no way he was going to place
tom is fast, but back to back to back 5 minute miles are not in him, not yet at least
but he was 4th in his age group and 32nd over all
the guys (and girls) that finished in the top 24 all had under 6 minute pace times
the guy that won, had a 4:55 pace
tom's was 6:25 and he was the only barefoot runner, as he usually is.
jonas ran the 6 and under 250 meter run
a lot shorter than his last half mile!
after all the festivities we came home, after a quick happy meal run for jonas, and we watched the big bang theory till about 11:45. then we watch dick clark's rockin new years eve.
wow, it kinda made me sad watching him, i had forgotten he had a stroke a few year back.

it is down right freezing here
literally it is 28 degrees outside, brr
jonas and i made these tonight critters that keep out the cold
only we made ours kitties and not snakes or puppies
they cost about 5 bucks to make, we made 4 and in the kitchen i can really tell a difference when i walk past the windows.

the kids had a follow up appointment today
about 3 and a half weeks ago they both and colds
hayley also had an ear infection and had to do a breathing treatment
hayley's biggest problem is they don't make cold medication or decongestants for babies anymore. shoot, they don't make anything over the counter for kids under 6 anymore (though jonas still takes the same dimeatapp and triaminic he did when has since he was 2 even though the box says he "can't" no worries, his doc says its cool)
she wrote us a prescription for some new stuff that hayley (and jonas) can take, just to keep around the house
her colds get horrible, simply because there no way to dry up all the mucus in her sinuses and chest. and if you can't dry it up, that's what can turn a cold into pneumonia.
jonas' old doc put it like this 'its like a puddle or bucket of stagnant water, if you don't drain it, then all the mosquitoes come to lay eggs, and when the eggs hatch you have problems.'
hopefully we won't ever have to use the new stuff, but it is good to know that if she does get a cold, it doesn't have to drag out to, 2 weeks and we won't have to do another breathing treatment.

i bought us a new printer and external hard drive tonight
thank you sear heroes at home program!
now i can print my coupons at home again!
our new printer is wireless which will be nice since all we have are laptops
sears says it will be here by the 19th but i'm hoping sooner