Our Family Chronicle

So Pattie has caught my cold or what ever I have been dealing with for the last couple of days. The good news is  - it seems to only last one week, so Pattie will be over it soon enough.  In the meantime she (like myself) is feeling like a snot nose kid as our noses just keep running.  On the up side I look at it, as we got our cold out of the way before ski season gets going full tilt as we will be skiing this weekend.  Pattie (with her cold) worked out today after bike riding yesterday so her legs are sore. I am feeling a bit jealous as I do not feel I can work out with that damn abscess that has still not healed and I have finished my $200.00 worth of antibiotics. That was a mouth full. I have actually gained weight because I haven’t been working out. I have an appointment to see my surgeon next week though I do not know what good it will do. Until we have better insurance I do not think I can afford to have his team do the surgery. I am (trying to be) hopeful that he will have some kind of good news for me (like maybe another round of antibiotics might do the trick) In the mean time I am still planning on ski instructing part time this year with Pattie regardless of this pain in the butt. No sense in just lying around waiting for something bad to happen.  Hopefully I won’t need the operation at least until the summer or better yet at all.  I am planing on losing the extra weight that I have gained these last couple of months.

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I am so glad I am not a woman - I do not have to deal with these hair issues. Pattie has become worried about the fact that she has a few gray hairs so has started coloring her hair once in a while to hide that little bit of gray. I told her that I could just pull it out for her - she rejected my help.  I don’t need to worry about coloring my hair or even pulling out the gray ones as they seem to just fall out on their own. At any rate Savannah and Melinda helped to color Pattie’s hair tonight and Alex and I tried to stay out of the way.

The clan at work on Pattie’s hair

And no she was not happy I took this picture and I am sure I will pay for it later - but it was worth it. 

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Randy had to spend over an hour at the dentist office today. Melinda had to have another crown put on today- she was very brave and laid still the whole time. She had to wait for her tooth to stop bleeding before they could put the crown on. She seems like she is doing well. Of course, we had to give her pain medication before she tried to go to sleep per the dentist.

We all played the game of “Boggle” . This is a game where you try to put letters together to make up as many words as you can within a given amount of time (a little hour glass timer). Though Melinda is generally better at spelling than Alex - Alex does a better job at this game because he isn’t worried about making mistakes. He just tries as many letter combinations in hopes that they might be a word and sometimes they are but he just likes playing the game. Panayota is much better at spelling but can’t always see the big picture so it is a good chance that Randy wins more often than not. No worries for everyone but Melinda. This game seems to stress her out. Got to figure how to lighten her up a bit and learn to just have fun - we’re her family and we don’t care who wins just so that we are having fun.

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I asked Melinda to go to the store with me two nights ago and Melinda said: sure just give me a minute. 10 minutes later I asked what was she doing - getting ready - we’re just going to the grocery store. I hear from her room “I will be there in a minute.”  After a few more “minutes” I went in to see what she was up to. She was standing there trying to decide which bracelet would best match her outfit.  Melinda is only eight and she is already concerning herself with THE LOOK.  I am already waiting for her to get primped just to go to the grocery store.  I can’t imagine how much time I will be spending waiting for her to get ready to go out when she is a teen.

I have to be careful what I complain about because while at the store I saw this tough looking construction worker with his teen son. His son was a (what I have just learned of) Emo. I do not know if that is the right spelling - at any rate this look is one that I do not know that I could put up with. So I guess I will not complain about Melinda’s LOOK (to much).

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The girls showing off their hair -  Yes Melinda enjoyed the attention from Savanna

   Alex trying to read while the girls do their hair.  He is still struggling with his fluency but he is capable of sounding out most of the words he runs into as long as I don’t let him mumble through it. 

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