Allergic.

I don’t know what made me think of this recently (talking with another mom about antibiotics, maybe?), but I’m wondering if any of you have ever experienced severe allergic reactions in your kids (or yourself) before. ‘Cause we certainly have around here. And because I like to document significant Diehl family history, I thought [...]

FAIL

First of all, addendum to yesterday’s post:
-I regularly forget Luke’s snack on Tuesdays since I don’t pack him a lunch on that day. Yep, it happened today.
-I did not get mooned today. Yay for me.
Friday was not my best performance as a mom. Yes, we were just coming off some major sickness [...]

What I’ve Learned So Far

About the flu, I mean. Not life in general.
1. The fever seems to come and go a lot, especially with the kids. Luke has now twice gone 12+ and later, 24+ hours without a fever only to have it return. Very frustrating. This is obviously one way that makes this virus [...]

This is the Pits.

As of 15 minutes ago, there are now three of us with the flu in this house. In addition to Luke (Friday) and me (today), I noticed that Bennett was looking feverish right before bed. And sure enough, he was.
I started feeling really crummy this morning, and my cold symptoms quickly [...]

What H1N1 Looks Like

(borrowing that title, unfortunately, from Robin, who has already been through what I’m just starting!)
Yep. Luke’s got it.

I just got an email from his teacher saying that more than half of the kids in his class are home sick today. Not surprising after Luke came home from school on Tuesday and told me [...]

Frustrated.

Ok, so most of you know that I’m married to a banker. Obviously, that impacts my view of banks in a way that may be different from someone outside of this situation. So that’s my disclaimer…
This morning two girls on a local radio show were talking about some new bank fees that are [...]

Washing Machines

So, remember just a couple of hours ago, how I blogged about digging myself out of a mountain of dirty clothes? Yeah, that’s not happening anytime soon.
I went downstairs to move the load from the washer to the dryer, and it was still full of water. But the cycle was done. Basically, [...]

Borrowing from a Friend…

Olivia had a day that prompted her to post this one time, and frankly, that’s kind of today for me, too:
If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.
Don’t be worried; nothing horrible happened. It’s just not my day.
I’ll be back tomorrow.

Tired.

I know this will ruffle some feathers, and I apologize for that, but I have some things I want to say. I promised myself last week that I wasn’t going to post on this subject, especially after the firestorm at a friend’s blog, but here goes…
I’m tired of being lumped into a category that [...]

Public Service Announcement: Cell Phone Charges

Ok, folks, go grab your cell phone bill…I’ll wait.
Back? Great. Look carefully over your charges. Is there one from a company called “m-qube”? Or potentially a horoscope charge? It’s probably $9.99. And you probably didn’t authorize it.
Matt and I bought new phones last weekend, and in doing so, took [...]