Friday night wine + nails before dinner with the family to celebrate my niece’s new internship. 5am Saturday morning I was woken up to the phone ringing and a tearful Jack telling me he missed me and wanted me to come get him. My mother-in-law said he had been up all night coughing and was running a fever.  Since he’d just been sick with a cough and fever a few weeks before I made sure we were the first patient as soon the doctor’s office opened. Jack ended up getting a breathing treatment at the clinic before being sent home with an inhaler, 2 antibiotics, and asthma. Poor guy. We…

My pasty white skin actually got a little color this weekend thanks to 80 degree temps which was great, but also made me realize I need to run out and pick up some sunless tanner. Stat.  via Besides blinding people, I’ve also been stealing my kids popsicles and hiding them in the back of the freezer because these Jolly Rancher ones are so darn good. Anyone else do this? Friday evening was pretty uneventful. I had a feeling you all didn’t want to see my trip to the grocery store and boy was I right. Saturday morning started with our usual breakfast of bagels/cinnamon rolls/donuts (not all at once, we…

And here we are at Monday again. Poor Jack’s been battling a nasty fever, cough, and just feeling like crap. He managed to stay fever free this weekend for the first time all week so I’m hoping (fingers crossed) that he’s on the up and up. Friday night we went to a hibachi restaurant to celebrate my sister’s birthday. Jack was fascinated with the fire and onion volcano although our chef may have either been new or drunk as he managed to drop and crack 3 eggs during a trick where he was supposed to catch an egg in his hat making dinner even more entertaining than usual. As part…